List of UK top-ten albums in 2006 explained

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 2006, as well as albums which peaked in 2005 and 2007 but were in the top 10 in 2006. 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 thirty-two albums were in the top ten this year. Fourteen albums from 2005 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and Loose by Nelly Furtado were both released in 2006 but did not reach their peak until 2007. 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 the albums from 2005 to reach their peak in 2006. Two artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2006. Arctic Monkeys, Editors, The Kooks, Rihanna and Shayne Ward were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2006.

The 2005 Christmas number-one album, by Eminem, remained at the top spot for the first week of 2006. The first new number-one album of the year was First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2006, with thirty-three unique artists hitting that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and thirty-two albums charted in the top 10 in 2006, with one-hundred and twenty-one albums reaching their peak this year (including Snap!, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on its latest chart run).

Two artist scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2006. Robbie Williams had three top 10 albums this year, while Daniel O'Donnell had two entries. Daniel O'Donnell's two entries were both released this year.

Chart debuts

Thirty-six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2006 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
Editors	1	The Back Room	2	-
José González	1	Veneer	7	-
Arctic Monkeys	1	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	1	-
	1	Inside In / Inside Out	2	-
Corinne Bailey Rae	1	Corinne Bailey Rae	1	-
Vittorio Grigolo	1	In the Hands of Love	6	-
Journey South	1	Journey South	1	-
Andy Abraham	1	The Impossible Dream	2	-
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	Show Your Bones	7	-
	1	At War with the Mystics	6	-
Shayne Ward	1	Shayne Ward	1	-
Peter Grant	1	New Vintage	8	-
Gnarls Barkley	1	St. Elsewhere	1	-
Rihanna	1	A Girl like Me	5	-
Emmylou Harris	1	All the Roadrunning	8	-
Jamie Foxx	1	Unpredictable	9	-
Tool	1	10,000 Days	4	-
Dirty Pretty Things	1	Waterloo to Anywhere	3	-
	1	Broken Boy Soldiers	2	-
Angels & Airwaves	1	We Don't Need to Whisper	6	-
Orson	1	Bright Idea	1	-
Sandi Thom	1	Smile... It Confuses People	1	-
	1	Twelve Stops and Home	2	-
	1	Not Accepted Anywhere	3	-
Dixie Chicks	1	Taking the Long Way	10	-
Ray LaMontagne	1	Trouble	5	-
Lily Allen	1	Alright, Still	2	-
Paolo Nutini	1	These Streets	3	-
James Morrison	1	Undiscovered	1	-
	1	Costello Music	2	-
Trivium	1	The Crusade	7	-
John Legend	1	Once Again	10	-
Angelis	1	Angelis	2	-
All Angels	1	All Angels	9	-
Tenacious D	1	The Pick of Destiny	10	-
Fron Male Voice Choir	1	Voices of the Valley	9	-

NotesSimon Webbe released his debut album in 2006 during his group Blue's hiatus - he had recorded 3 number-one albums and a number 6 peaking compilation album with his bandmates by that point. David Gilmour was part of the highly successful Pink Floyd but he secured his first solo top 10 album this year with On an Island going straight to the top of the chart. His previous two efforts - 1978's self-titled album (17) and 1984's About Face (21) - both fell short of the top ten.

Like fellow Libertines member Pete Doherty with Babyshambles the previous year, Carl Barat hit the chart with his new band Dirty Pretty Things with their debut album Waterloo to Anywhere, peaking at number three. Similarly another new rock band The Raconteurs included The White Stripes frontman Jack White among its line-up.

Thom Yorke stepped into the spotlight away from Radiohead with his debut album, The Eraser reaching third position in the chart. Pharrell Williams also reached the top 10 with his first solo effort, In My Mind. With his group N.E.R.D., Fly or Die had previously made the chart.

Best-selling albums

Snow Patrol had the best-selling album of the year with Eyes Open. The album spent 35 weeks in the top 10 (including three weeks at number one), sold 1.504 million copies and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Beautiful World by Take That came in second place. Scissor Sisters' Ta-Dah, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not from Arctic Monkeys and Inside In / Inside Out by The Kooks made up the top five. Albums by Razorlight, Oasis, Westlife, Pink and James Morrison were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 2005 but still in chart in 2006.
♦	Album released in 2006 but peaked in 2007.
(#)	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.

Albums in 2005
Entered (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Album	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
	35	Employment	Kaiser Chiefs	2		1
	19	Eye to the Telescope ‡	KT Tunstall	3		2
	22	Demon Days ‡	Gorillaz	1		1
	40	Back to Bedlam ‡	James Blunt	1		10
	18	X & Y ‡	Coldplay	1		4
	7	Stars of CCTV	Hard-Fi	1		1
	23	Breakaway	Kelly Clarkson	3		1
	17	In Between Dreams	Jack Johnson	1		1
	5	PCD		7		1
	10	Piece by Piece ‡	Katie Melua	1		1
	10	Intensive Care ‡	Robbie Williams	1		1
	7	Confessions on a Dance Floor ‡	Madonna	1		2
	10	Keep On ‡	Will Young	2		1
	8	‡	Eminem	1		5
Albums in 2006
	2	Greatest Hits	Robbie Williams	5		1
	3	First Impressions of Earth		1		1
	3	The Back Room	Editors	2		1
	4	Veneer	José González	7		2
	8	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (#4)	Arctic Monkeys	1		4
	3	Keys to the World	Richard Ashcroft	2		2
	3	From Daniel with Love: A Collection of 20 Great Love Songs	Daniel O'Donnell	5		1
	25	Inside In / Inside Out (#5)		2		2
	1	The Very Best of Johnny Mathis	Johnny Mathis	6		1
	1	The Life Pursuit	Belle and Sebastian	8		1
	3	Snap!		8		2
	3	12 Songs	Neil Diamond	5		1
	10	Corinne Bailey Rae	Corinne Bailey Rae	1		2
	2	Sanctuary	Simon Webbe	7		1
	2	On an Island	David Gilmour	1		1
	4	Amore	Andrea Bocelli	4		1
	1	Pay the Devil	Van Morrison	8		1
	3	The Voice: The Ultimate Collection	Russell Watson	2		1
	2	In the Hands of Love	Vittorio Grigolo	6		1
	1	Meds	Placebo	7		1
	2	Greatest Hits	David Essex	7		1
	3	Journey South	Journey South	1		1
	3	The Impossible Dream	Andy Abraham	2		1
	1	3121	Prince	9		1
	3	Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight	Beverley Knight	9		2
	3	This New Day	Embrace	1		1
	7	Collected	Massive Attack	2		3
	1	Show Your Bones	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	7		1
	2	Ringleader of the Tormentors	Morrissey	1		1
	7	I'm Not Dead (#9)	Pink	3		1
	1	At War with the Mystics		6		1
	2	The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living		1		1
	5	Shayne Ward	Shayne Ward	1		1
	7	Tired of Hanging Around		2		1
	1	New Vintage	Peter Grant	8		1
	1	Simpatico		10		1
	7	St. Elsewhere	Gnarls Barkley	1		1
	1		Bruce Springsteen	3		1
	9	A Girl Like Me	Rihanna	5		1
	1	All the Roadrunning	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	8		1
	1	Unpredictable	Jamie Foxx	9		1
	35	Eyes Open (#1)	Snow Patrol	1		3
	1	10,000 Days	Tool	4		1
	1	Pearl Jam	Pearl Jam	5		1
	6	Stadium Arcadium	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1		3
	2	Waterloo to Anywhere	Dirty Pretty Things	3		1
	2	Broken Boy Soldiers		2		1
	4	The Singles	Feeder	2		1
	1	Superbi		6		1
	2	The Garden	Zero 7	4		1
	1	Fundamental	Pet Shop Boys	5		1
	1	We Don't Need to Whisper	Angels & Airwaves	6		1
	5	Bright Idea	Orson	1		1
	13	The Very Best of Nina Simone	Nina Simone	6		1
	4	Smile... It Confuses People	Sandi Thom	1		1
	9	Twelve Stops and Home		2		1
	1	Bring You Home	Ronan Keating	3		1
	2	Surprise	Paul Simon	4		2
	1	Riot City Blues	Primal Scream	5		1
	9	Under the Iron Sea	Keane	1		2
	18	Loose ♦	Nelly Furtado	4		1
	1	The Complete Greatest Hits	Eagles	9		1
	4	The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder	Fatboy Slim	2		1
	2	Not Accepted Anywhere		3		1
	1	Taking the Long Way	Dixie Chicks	10		1
	2	Liberation Transmission	Lostprophets	1		1
	6	Black Holes and Revelations	Muse	1		2
	1		Johnny Cash	9		1
	1	The Eraser	Thom Yorke	3		1
	5	Trouble	Ray LaMontagne	5		1
	23	Razorlight (#6)	Razorlight	1		2
	12	Alright, Still	Lily Allen	2		1
	15	These Streets	Paolo Nutini	3		1
	1	In My Mind	Pharrell Williams	7		1
	17	Undiscovered (#10)	James Morrison	1		2
	3	Back to Basics	Christina Aguilera	1		1
	4	Empire	Kasabian	1		1
	5	Modern Times	Bob Dylan	3		1
	1	A Matter of Life and Death	Iron Maiden	4		1
	2	B'Day	Beyoncé	3		1
	1	Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo	Freddie Mercury	6		1
	1	Respect M.E.	Missy Elliot	7		1
	9	FutureSex/LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake	1		1
	11	Costello Music		2		3
	3	The Truth About Love	Lemar	3		1
	8	Ta-Dah (#3)	Scissor Sisters	1		2
	1	The Captain & the Kid	Elton John	6		1
	8	Sam's Town		1		3
	3	The Open Door	Evanescence	2		1
	1	Until the Next Time	Daniel O'Donnell	10		1
	1	The Crusade	Trivium	7		1
	1	The Ultimate	Luther Vandross	10		1
	3	Rudebox	Robbie Williams	1		1
	2	The Black Parade	My Chemical Romance	2		1
	2		Meat Loaf	3		1
	2	Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time	Rod Stewart	4		1
	1	Once Again	John Legend	10		1
	7		Girls Aloud	1		1
	54	Back to Black ♦	Amy Winehouse	1		3
	1	Endless Wire		9		1
	6		Jamiroquai	1		1
	3	Angelis	Angelis	2		1
	1	9	Damien Rice	4		1
	2	Serenade	Katherine Jenkins	5		1
	1	Motion in the Ocean	McFly	6		1
	2	Hit Parade	Paul Weller	7		1
	1	Two's Company: The Duets	Cliff Richard	8		1
	7	Twenty Five	George Michael	1		1
	2		Sugababes	3		1
	1	All Angels	All Angels	9		1
	1	The Pick of Destiny	Tenacious D	10		1
	6	The Love Album (#8)	Westlife	1		1
	8	Stop the Clocks (#7)	Oasis	2		4
	9	Love		3		1
	6	U218 Singles	U2	4		1
	28	Beautiful World (#2)	Take That	1		8
	4	Siempre	Il Divo	2		1
	2	Voices of the Valley	Fron Male Voice Choir	9		2

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2006, including albums that reached their peak in 2005. 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 2006 is also shown.

Entries	Artist	Weeks	Albums
3	Robbie Williams	6	Greatest Hits, Intensive Care, Rudebox
2	Daniel O'Donnell	4	From Daniel with Love: A Collection of 20 Great Love Songs, Until the Next Time

Notes

Employment re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 7 January 2006 (week ending) for 10 weeks.
Eye to the Telescope re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 14 January 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 4 on 25 February 2006 (week ending) for 5 weeks.
Demon Days re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 25 February 2006 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
Monkey Business re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 22 April 2006 (week ending).
X & Y re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 25 February 2006 (week ending).
Stars of CCTV re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 7 January 2006 (week ending) for 6 weeks.
Breakaway re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 28 January 2006 (week ending) and at number 10 on 11 February 2006 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
In Between Dreams re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 28 January 2006 (week ending), at number 6 on 25 February 2006 (week ending) for 10 weeks and at number 10 on 13 May 2006 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
PCD re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 7 January 2006 (week ending) and at number 7 on 8 July 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Piece by Piece re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 14 January 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Keep On re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 21 January 2006 (week ending) for 6 weeks and at number 10 on 6 May 2006 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
Greatest Hits by Robbie Williams originally peaked at number-one on its initial release in 2004.
Inside In / Inside Out re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 8 April 2006. (week ending) for 10 weeks, at number 7 on 24 June 2006 (week ending) for 12 weeks and at number 8 on 7 October 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Snap! originally peaked at number 2 upon its initial release in 1983.
Corinne Bailey Rae re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 20 May 2006 (week ending) and at number 10 on 21 October 2006 (week ending).
Voice: The Best of Beverley Knight re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 22 April 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
I'm Not Dead re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 10 June 2006 (week ending), at number 10 on 16 September 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 6 on 6 January 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Tired of Hanging Around re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 8 July 2006 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
St. Elsewhere re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 12 August 2006 (week ending).
A Girl like Me re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 8 July 2006 (week ending) for 7 weeks.
Eyes Open re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 22 July 2006 (week ending) for 16 weeks and at number 7 on 23 December 2006 (week ending) for 12 weeks.
Bright Idea re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 19 August 2006 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
Twelve Stops and Home re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 26 August 2006 (week ending) for 6 weeks.
Under the Iron Sea re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 26 August 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 8 on 3 February 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Loose re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 9 September 2006 (week ending) for 3 weeks, at number 9 on 3 March 2007 (week ending) for 3 weeks, at number 6 on 31 March 2007 (week ending) for 7 weeks and at number 7 on 14 July 2007 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
Black Holes and Revelations re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 9 September 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Razorlight re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 23 September 2006 (week ending) for 8 weeks, at number 7 on 25 November 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 9 on 30 December 2006 (week ending) for 6 weeks and at number 9 on 24 February 2007 (week ending).
Alright, Still re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 7 October 2006 (week ending) for 4 weeks, at number 6 on 27 January 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 7 on 3 March 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
These Streets re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 7 October 2006 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 8 on 28 October 2006 (week ending), at number 9 on 13 January 2007 (week ending) for 4 weeks and at number 10 on 1 September 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
Undiscovered re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 21 October 2006 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 8 on 6 January 2007 (week ending) for 9 weeks.
FutureSex/LoveSounds re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 11 November 2006 (week ending), at number 9 on 31 March 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 7 on 21 April 2007 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
Costello Music re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 13 January 2007 (week ending) for 4 weeks and at number 10 on 3 March 2007 (week ending).
Ta-Dah re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 30 December 2006 (week ending).
Sam's Town re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 3 March 2007 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 9 on 7 July 2007 (week ending).
Back to Black re-entered the top 10 at number 2 on 13 January 2007 (week ending) for 28 weeks, at number 8 on 28 July 2007 (week ending) for 18 weeks and at number 9 on 8 December 2007 (week ending) for 7 weeks.
Beautiful World re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 24 February 2007 (week ending) for 10 weeks, at number 9 on 24 November 2007 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 10 on 15 December 2007 (week ending) for 8 weeks.
B'Day re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 5 May 2007 (week ending).
Figure includes album that peaked in 2005.

References

General

Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

2006 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums.
Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.