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] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads.[2] [3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2023, as well as albums which peaked in 2022 and 2024 but were in the top 10 in 2023. 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-two albums were in the top 10 this year. Two albums from 2021 and six albums from 2022 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Stick Season by Noah Kahan was released in 2023 but did not reach its peak until 2024. Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, was the only album from 2022 to reach its peak in 2023.
The first new number-one album of the year was Christmas by Michael Bublé. Overall, forty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2023, with Damon Albarn, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift (2) having the joint most albums hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.
The Weeknd had the best-selling album of the year with The Highlights. Midnights by Taylor Swift came in second place. Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version), Diamonds by Elton John and Harry Styles' Harry's House made up the top five. Albums by Fleetwood Mac, Eminem, SZA, Arctic Monkeys and ABBA were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 2021 or 2022 but still in chart in 2023. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2023 but peaked in 2024. | |
| (#) | 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 have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2023, including albums that reached their peak in 2022. 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 2023 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Taylor Swift | 46 | Midnights, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, Lover, Speak Now (Taylor's Version), 1989, Folklore, 1989 (Taylor's Version) |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | 15 | =, -, Autumn Variations |
| Roger Waters | 3 | The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, The Dark Side of the Moon | |
| 2 | The 1975 | 2 | Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The 1975 |
| Damon Albarn | 4 | Cracker Island, The Ballad of Darren | |
| Lana Del Rey | 3 | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Ultraviolence | |
| Lewis Capaldi | 13 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | |
| Liam Gallagher | 2 | Knebworth 22, The Masterplan | |
| Noel Gallagher | 3 | Council Skies, The Masterplan | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 21 | Rumours, 50 Years – Don't Stop | |
| Olivia Rodrigo | 15 | Guts, Sour | |
| Nines | 4 | Crop Circle 2, Crop Circle 3 | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 1967–1970, 1962–1966 | |