These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2016.
Best-selling indie album of the year |
scope=col | Issue date | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Artist(s) | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Ref. | |
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scope=row | 1 January | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center rowspan="14" | 25 | align=center rowspan="14" | Adele | align=center rowspan="14" | XL | [1] | ||
scope=row | 8 January | [2] | ||||||||
scope=row | 15 January | [3] | ||||||||
scope=row | 22 January | [4] | ||||||||
scope=row | 29 January | [5] | ||||||||
scope=row | 5 February | [6] | ||||||||
scope=row | 12 February | [7] | ||||||||
scope=row | 19 February | [8] | ||||||||
scope=row | 26 February | [9] | ||||||||
scope=row | 4 March | [10] | ||||||||
scope=row | 11 March | [11] | ||||||||
scope=row | 18 March | [12] | ||||||||
scope=row | 25 March | [13] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 April | [14] | ||||||||
scope=row | 8 April | align=center | Everything You've Come to Expect | align=center | The Last Shadow Puppets | align=center | Domino | [15] | ||
scope=row | 15 April | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center rowspan="4" | 25 | align=center rowspan="4" | Adele | align=center rowspan="6" | XL | [16] | ||
scope=row | 22 April | [17] | ||||||||
scope=row | 29 April | [18] | ||||||||
scope=row | 6 May | [19] | ||||||||
scope=row | 13 May | align=center rowspan="2" | A Moon Shaped Pool | align=center rowspan="2" | Radiohead | align=center" | [20] | |||
scope=row | 20 May | align=center" | [21] | |||||||
scope=row | 27 May | align=center | These People | align=center | Richard Ashcroft | align=center | Righteous Phonographic Association | align=center" | [22] | |
scope=row | 3 June | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | 25 | align=center | Adele | align=center | XL | align=center" | [23] | |
scope=row | 10 June | align=center | Facing Time | align=center | Bugzy Malone | align=center | Il Gotten | align=center" | [24] | |
scope=row | 17 June | align=center | 50 | align=center | Rick Astley | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [25] | |
scope=row | 24 June | align=center | A Moon Shaped Pool | align=center | Radiohead | align=center rowspan="2" | XL | align=center" | [26] | |
scope=row | 1 July | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | 25 | align=center | Adele | align=center" | [27] | |||
scope=row | 8 July | California | Blink-182 | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [28] | |||
scope=row | 15 July | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | 25 | align=center | Adele | align=center | XL | align=center" | [29] | |
scope=row | 22 July | align=center rowspan="3" | Chaleur Humaine | align=center rowspan="3" | Christine and the Queens | align=center rowspan="3" | Because Music | align=center" | [30] | |
scope=row | 29 July | align=center" | [31] | |||||||
scope=row | 5 August | align=center" | [32] | |||||||
scope=row | 12 August | align=center | Landlord | align=center | Giggs | align=center | SNL | align=center" | [33] | |
scope=row | 19 August | align=center | Chaleur Humaine | align=center | Christine and the Queens | align=center | Because Music | align=center" | [34] | |
scope=row | 26 August | align=center rowspan="2" | Blonde | align=center rowspan="2" | Frank Ocean | align=center rowspan="2" | Boys Don't Cry | align=center" | [35] | |
scope=row | 2 September | align=center" | [36] | |||||||
scope=row | 9 September | align=center | Foreverland | align=center | The Divine Comedy | align=center | Divine Comedy | align=center" | [37] | |
scope=row | 16 September | align=center rowspan="2" | Skeleton Tree | align=center rowspan="2" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | align=center rowspan="2" | Bad Seed | align=center" | [38] | |
scope=row | 23 September | align=center" | [39] | |||||||
scope=row | 30 September | align=center | Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea | align=center | Passenger | align=center | Black Crow | align=center" | [40] | |
scope=row | 7 October | align=center | 22, A Million | align=center | Bon Iver | align=center | Jagjaguwar | align=center" | [41] | |
scope=row | 14 October | align=center | The Last Hero | align=center | Alter Bridge | align=center | Napalm | align=center" | [42] | |
scope=row | 21 October | align=center | Like an Arrow | align=center | Blackberry Smoke | align=center | Earache | align=center" | [43] | |
scope=row | 28 October | align=center | In Winter | align=center | Katie Melua | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [44] | |
scope=row | 4 November | align=center | Mapping the Rendezvous | align=center | Courteeners | align=center | align=center" | [45] | ||
scope=row | 11 November | align=center | I Have a Dream | align=center | Daniel O'Donnell | align=center | DMG T.V | align=center" | [46] | |
scope=row | 18 November | align=center | Unfinished Business | align=center | Nathan Sykes | align=center | Global Music | align=center" | [47] | |
scope=row | 25 November | align=center rowspan="2" | 50 | align=center rowspan="2" | Rick Astley | align=center rowspan="2" | BMG | align=center" | [48] | |
scope=row | 2 December | align=center" | [49] | |||||||
scope=row | 9 December | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | 25 | align=center | Adele | align=center | XL | align=center" | [50] | |
scope=row | 16 December | align=center | 50 | align=center | Rick Astley | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [51] | |
scope=row | 23 December | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | 25 | align=center | Adele | align=center | XL | align=center" | [52] | |
scope=row | 30 December | align=center | 50 | align=center | Rick Astley | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [53] |