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] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2005, as well as albums which peaked in 2004 and 2006 but were in the top 10 in 2005. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and twenty-nine albums were in the top ten this year. Nineteen albums from 2004 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, Employment by Kaiser Chiefs, In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson, PCD by The Pussycat Dolls and Stars of CCTV by Hard-Fi were all released in 2005 but did not reach their peak until 2006. Hot Fuss by The Killers and by Phil Collins were the albums from 2004 to reach their peak in 2005. Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Akon, James Blunt, Kaiser Chiefs, Kelly Clarkson and The Pussycat Dolls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2005.
The 2004 Christmas number-one album, Greatest Hits by Robbie Williams, remained at the top spot for the first week of 2005. American Idiot by Green Day returned for a second week as a chart topper after scaling the chart in October 2004, followed by the self titled album by Scissor Sisters which spent its third of four separate weeks as a chart topper. The first new number-one album of the year was Hot Fuss by The Killers. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2005, with Robbie Williams (2) having the most albums hit that position.
One-hundred and twenty-nine albums charted in the top 10 in 2005, with one-hundred and two albums reaching their peak this year (including Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey) and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, which both charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).
Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Eminem, Franz Ferdinand, G4, Green Day, Il Divo, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. G4's two entries were both released this year, with Greatest Hits by Mariah Carey returning after missing the top 10 when it was first released in 2001.
Thirty-one artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2005 as a lead artist.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries | |
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1 | Who Killed...... The Zutons? | 6 | - | ||
Rooster | 1 | Rooster | 3 | - | |
1 | The Documentary | 7 | - | ||
Athlete | 1 | Tourist | 1 | - | |
Bloc Party | 1 | Silent Alarm | 3 | - | |
Tony Christie | 1 | Definitive Collection | 1 | - | |
G4 | 1 | G4 | 1 | - | |
Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | Employment | 2 | - | |
Mario | 1 | Turning Point | 8 | - | |
1 | The Bravery | 5 | - | ||
Jem | 1 | Finally Woken | 6 | - | |
Akon | 1 | Trouble | 1 | - | |
Patrizio Buanne | 1 | The Italian | 10 | - | |
Strange Sensation | 1 | Mighty ReArranger | 4 | - | |
Steve Brookstein | 1 | Heart & Soul | 1 | - | |
KT Tunstall | 1 | Eye to the Telescope | 3 | - | |
System of a Down | 1 | Mezmerize | 2 | - | |
James Blunt | 1 | Back to Bedlam | 1 | - | |
Audioslave | 1 | Out of Exile | 5 | - | |
1 | The Magic Numbers | 7 | - | ||
Hard-Fi | 1 | Stars of CCTV | 1 | - | |
Kelly Clarkson | 1 | Breakaway | 3 | - | |
Crazy Frog | 1 | Crazy Hits | 5 | - | |
Daniel Powter | 1 | Daniel Powter | 5 | - | |
Madeleine Peyroux | 1 | Careless Love | 7 | - | |
Goldfrapp | 1 | Supernature | 2 | - | |
Kanye West | 1 | Late Registration | 2 | - | |
Jack Johnson | 1 | In Between Dreams | 1 | - | |
1 | PCD | 7 | - | ||
Paul Anka | 1 | Rock Swings | 9 | - | |
Babyshambles | 1 | Down in Albion | 10 | - |
Lee Ryan had three successive number-one albums in the line-up of Blue, beginning with All Rise in 2001, followed by One Love and Guilty in successive years. His self titled album was his first and only solo entry on the album chart. Babyshambles was a new project for former Libertines singer Pete Doherty, with their debut album Down in Albion reaching number ten.
James Blunt had the best-selling album of the year with Back to Bedlam. The album spent 40 weeks in the top 10 (including ten weeks at number one), sold almost 2.368 million copies and was certified 8× platinum by the BPI. X & Y by Coldplay came in second place. Robbie Williams' Intensive Care, Employment from Kaiser Chiefs and Demon Days by Gorillaz made up the top five. Albums by Westlife, KT Tunstall, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem and Faithless were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Symbol | Meaning | |
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bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 2004 but still in chart in 2005. |
♦ | Album released in 2005 but peaked in 2006. | |
(#) | Year-end top-ten album position and rank | |
Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. | |
Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2005, including albums that reached their peak in 2004. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2005 is also shown.
Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
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2 | Eminem | 9 | , Encore |
Franz Ferdinand | 10 | Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better | |
G4 | 9 | G4, G4 & Friends | |
Green Day | 13 | American Idiot, Bullet in a Bible | |
Il Divo | 11 | Ancora, Il Divo | |
Mariah Carey | 7 | Greatest Hits, The Emancipation of Mimi | |
Robbie Williams | 12 | Greatest Hits, Intensive Care | |
Westlife | 9 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank, Face to Face |
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