Albums That Have Spent the Most Weeks at No. 2 Without Reaching No. 1: Full List

The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack logs its seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on the chart dated Sept. 13. That is, of course, a tremendous showing. The only disappointing aspect is that the album has yet to reach No. 1. It ranked second behind Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem for six weeks and this week places second behind Sabrina Carpenter‘s debuting Man’s Best Friend.

KPop Demon Hunters thus joins our list of albums that spent seven or more weeks in the runner-up spot without going all the way. (Of course, it’s possible that KPop will make it to No. 1 eventually. No one would bet against the pop-culture juggernaut at this point.)

The artists with albums that logged seven or more weeks at No. 2 without reaching No. 1 are a varied bunch, running the gamut from mellow instrumentalist Kenny G to English glam metal band Whitesnake. Our list includes debut albums by Sonny & Cher, Wilson Phillips and C&C Music Factory. There’s also a label sampler from RCA Records that featured many of its biggest stars.

The Beatles kept Sonny & Cher’s debut album from reaching No. 1; they also kept two of their own albums from the top spot. Michael Jackson never blocked one of his own albums from the No. 1 spot, but he kept albums by Stray Cats, Journey and Whitesnake from making No. 1.

Here are all the albums that have logged seven or more weeks at No. 2 without reaching No. 1. They are ranked from least to most weeks at No. 2, with ties shown in chronological order.