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 2017, as well as albums which peaked in 2016 and 2018 but were in the top 10 in 2017. 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 ninety-five albums were in the top 10 this year. One album from 2015 and twelve albums from 2016 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Dua Lipa by Dua Lipa was released in 2017 but did not reach its peak until 2018. Dua Lipa and Pete Tong were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2017.
Glory Days by Little Mix returned to number-one for the first three weeks of 2017. The first new number-one album of the year was I See You by The xx. Overall, twenty-nine different albums peaked at number-one in 2017, with twenty-nine unique artists hitting that position.
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.
Four soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included Beauty and the Beast, La La Land, Moana and Trolls.
Ed Sheeran had the best-selling album of the year with ÷. Human by Rag'n'Bone Man came in second place. Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All, Glory Days from Little Mix and Beautiful Trauma by Pink made up the top five. Albums by Ed Sheeran (×), Michael Ball & Alfie Boe, Drake, Liam Gallagher and Stormzy were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 2015 or 2016 but still in chart in 2017. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2017 but peaked in 2018. | |
| (#) | Year-end top ten album position and rank | |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. | |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2017, including albums that reached their peak in 2016. 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 2015 is also shown.
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