Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side of the Moon has spent 996 nonconsecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, moving closer to reaching the historic 1,000-week milestone. The iconic 1973 album dropped from No. 114 to No. 167 on the tally dated January 10, with those 996 charting-weeks equalling more than 19 total years on the rankings. The record has held the title as longest-charting album since 1983, when it surpassed Johnny Mathis‘ Johnny’s Greatest Hits at 491 weeks. The Dark Side of the Moon briefly reached No. 1 for one week in April 1973, and features the band’s first Hot 100 entry, “Money,” which peaked at No. 13. The album maintained nearly constant chart presence from March 1973 through October 1988, spending 741 of 813 possible weeks on the list before returning in 2009 when chart rules changed to allow older catalog albums to be included. (Billboard)
