The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] [2] [3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1963, as well as albums which peaked in 1962 and 1964 but were in the top 10 in 1963. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Overall, three different albums peaked at number one in 1963, with The Beatles (2) having the most albums hit that position.
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 1958, 1959, 1961 or 1962 but still in chart in 1963. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1963 but peaked in 1964. | |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. | |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | data-sort-type="number" | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1958 | |||||||||
| 276 | South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 115 | |||||
| Albums in 1959 | |||||||||
| 43 | The Buddy Holly Story ‡ | Buddy Holly | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Albums in 1960 | |||||||||
| 24 | The Black and White Minstrel Show ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Albums in 1961 | |||||||||
| 24 | Another Black and White Minstrel Show ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 47 | Blue Hawaii ‡ | Elvis Presley | 1 | 18 | |||||
| Albums in 1962 | |||||||||
| 153 | West Side Story: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 13 | |||||
| 20 | A Golden Age of Donegan ‡ | Lonnie Donegan | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 19 | A Picture of You ‡ | Joe Brown and the Bruvvers | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard ‡ | Cliff Richard with The Shadows and Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 29 | Out of the Shadows ‡ | The Shadows | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 17 | On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 21 | Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets | Bobby Vee and The Crickets | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Rock 'N' Roll No. 2 | Elvis Presley | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Albums in 1963 | |||||||||
| 31 | Summer Holiday | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | 1 | 14 | |||||
| 18 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Elvis Presley | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 2 | A Bobby Vee Recording Session | Bobby Vee | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 32 | I'll Remember You | Frank Ifield | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | Frank Sinatra and Count Basie | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 12 | All Star Festival: The Unique Record in Aid of the World's Refugees | Various artists | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Richard Chamberlain Sings | Richard Chamberlain | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 62 | Please Please Me | The Beatles | 1 | 30 | |||||
| 26 | Reminiscing | Buddy Holly | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Hats Off to Del Shannon | Del Shannon | 9 | 4 | |||||
| 17 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Elvis Presley | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 13 | Billy | Billy Fury | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 40 | The Shadows' Greatest Hits | The Shadows | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 1 | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | Bobby Vee | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Cliff's Hit Album | Cliff Richard | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | The Concert Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 36 | Meet The Searchers | The Searchers | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 17 | Kenny Ball's Golden Hits | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Steptoe and Son | Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 27 | Born Free | Frank Ifield | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | When in Spain | Cliff Richard | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Fool Britannia | Peter Sellers, Joan Collins and Anthony Newley | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Chuck Berry on Stage | Chuck Berry | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Sinatra's Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 27 | How Do You Like It? | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 21 | Freddie and the Dreamers ♦ | Freddie and the Dreamers | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Trini Lopez at PJ's | Trini Lopez | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Sugar and Spice | The Searchers | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 44 | With the Beatles | The Beatles | 1 | 21 | |||||
| 20 | In Dreams | Roy Orbison | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | On Tour with the George Mitchell Minstrels ♦ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 6 | 1 | |||||
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