By returning to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Jan. 17) for a 13th nonconsecutive week with I’m the Problem, Morgan Wallen ups his career total of weeks at No. 1 on that chart to 42. That tally is topped by only seven acts in history — and by only three male solo artists:  Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks and Michael Jackson.

Wallen, 32, is the youngest artist on our list of artists who have logged 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Taylor Swift, who he bumped from the No. 1 spot this week, is 36.

A few quick notes: While Presley’s feats on the Billboard Hot 100 are shortchanged by the fact that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard’s flagship songs chart by more than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s entire career. His debut album, Elvis Presley, entered the chart at No. 11 in the issue dated March 31, 1956 — which was the chart’s second week.

If you count the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on top. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — five of which were No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. But Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.

Here’s a look at all acts with 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart began publishing on a consistent weekly basis. Ties are shown in alphabetical order.

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