List of UK top-ten albums in 2024 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] 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 2024, as well as albums which peaked in 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2024. 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 seventeen albums have been in the top 10 so far this year (as of 22 August 2024, week ending). One album from 2021, one album from 2022 and six albums from 2023 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, and Stick Season by Noah Kahan were the albums from 2023 to reach their peak in 2024.

The first new number-one album of the year was Christmas by Michael Bublé. Overall, twenty-one different albums have peaked at number-one so far in 2024, with twenty-one unique artists hitting that position.

An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 2021, 2022 or 2023 but still in chart in 2024.
♦	Album released in 2024 but peaked in 2025.
(#)	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.

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
Albums in 2021
	127*	The Highlights ‡	The Weeknd	2		7
Albums in 2022
	57	Midnights ‡	Taylor Swift	1		5
Albums in 2023
	4	My 21st Century Blues ‡	Raye	2		1
	7	Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent ‡	Lewis Capaldi	1		3
	32	Guts ‡	Olivia Rodrigo	1		1
	11	Hackney Diamonds ‡	The Rolling Stones	1		2
	25	1989 (Taylor's Version) ‡	Taylor Swift	1		3
	26*	Stick Season	Noah Kahan	1		1
	4	Christmas	Michael Bublé	1		1
Albums in 2024
	9	Diamonds	Elton John	4		1
	9	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	4		1
	16		Eminem	5		1
	2	Folklore	Taylor Swift	9		1
	1	A Matter of Time	Shed Seven	1		1
	1	Rolling Stone	D-Block Europe	1		1
	2	American Dream	21 Savage	2		1
	1	Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations	The Vaccines	3		1
	1	Saviors	Green Day	1		1
	23*	50 Years – Don't Stop	Fleetwood Mac	7		2
	1	Bitter Sweet Love	James Arthur	1		1
	1	Ballad of a Bystander	The Reytons	2		1
	1	Wall of Eyes	The Smile	3		1
	1	Black Friday	Tom Odell	5		1
	1	People Who Aren't There Anymore	Future Islands	7		1
	1	Dark Rainbow	Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes	10		1
	2	Prelude to Ecstasy	The Last Dinner Party	1		1
	1	10 for the People	Jamie Webster	2		1
	3	Vultures 1	¥$	2		1
	1	What Happened to the Beach?	Declan McKenna	3		1
	1	Tangk	Idles	1		1
	1	The Glorification of Sadness	Paloma Faith	2		1
	2	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	6		1
	1	The Mess We Seem to Make	Crawlers	7		1
	3	Swing Fever	Rod Stewart & Jools Holland	1		1
	1	Millennials	The Snuts	2		1
	1	Thanks for Hating	Potter Payper	5		1
	1	Western Approaches	Red Rum Club	8		1
	2	Liam Gallagher John Squire	Liam Gallagher & John Squire	1		1
	1	The Mandrake Project	Bruce Dickinson	3		1
	1	Where's My Utopia?	Yard Act	4		1
	1	Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album	Kaiser Chiefs	6		1
	1	Mountainhead	Everything Everything	9		1
	1	Reflection	Skrapz	10		1
	5	Eternal Sunshine	Ariana Grande	1		2
	1	Invincible Shield	Judas Priest	2		1
	1	Bleachers	Bleachers	5		1
	1	Deeper Well	Kacey Musgraves	3		1
	1	Everything I Thought It Was	Justin Timberlake	5		1
	1	Still Learning	Caity Baser	7		1
	1	Audio Vertigo	Elbow	1		1
	2	We Don't Trust You	Future & Metro Boomin	2		1
	1	Glasgow Eyes	The Jesus and Mary Chain	7		1
	5	Cowboy Carter	Beyoncé	1		1
	1	Interplay	Ride	8		1
	1	All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade	The Libertines	1		1
	1	I Wonder If the World Knows	The K's	3		1
	1	Found Heaven	Conan Gray	4		1
	1	Might Delete Later	J. Cole	7		1
	1	Black/Red	Feeder	8		1
	1	Yummy	James	1		1
	1	One Deep River	Mark Knopfler	3		1
	1	Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)	Linkin Park	4		1
	1	Halo Effetc	Kris Barras Band	5		1
	1	This Could Be Texas	English Teacher	8		1
	1	Hombres	Gun	10		1
	17*	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	1		8
	1	Dark Matter	Pearl Jam	2		1
	1	UB45	UB40	5		1
	1	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	9		1
	1	Nonetheless	Pet Shop Boys	2		1
	1	All Born Screaming	St. Vincent	5		1
	1	Jess	Jess Glynne	6		1
	1	The Big Decider	The Zutons	7		1
	5	Radical Optimism	Dua Lipa	1		1
	1	Undefeated	Frank Turner	3		1
	1	Inevitable Incredible	Kelly Jones	6		1
	2	Sour	Olivia Rodrigo	10		2
	1	Can We Please Have Fun	Kings of Leon	2		1
	1	One of Wun	Gunna	4		1
	1	Hopes and Fears	Keane	7		1
	12*	Hit Me Hard and Soft	Billie Eilish	1		1
	1	Room Under the Stairs	Zayn	3		1
	1	Lives Outgrown	Beth Gibbons	7		1
	1	Orgy of the Damned	Slash	8		1
	1	Loophole	Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band	10		1
	1	Clancy	Twenty One Pilots	2		1
	1	66	Paul Weller	4		1
	1		Bring Me the Horizon	5		1
	1	Believe Me Now?	Becky Hill	3		1
	1		Ateez	4		1
	1	In This City They Call You Love	Richard Hawley	5		1
	1	Gravity Stairs	Crowded House	8		1
	1	Smile?	K-Trap	10		1
	9*	Brat	Charli XCX	2		2
	1	Forever	Bon Jovi	3		1
	4	Lover	Taylor Swift	7		3
	1	What Happened to the Heart?	Aurora	8		1
	1	Midnight Butterflies	Sea Girls	5		1
	9*	The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess	Chappell Roan	1		1
	1	One Hand Clapping	Paul McCartney and Wings	10		1
	1	The Secret of Us	Gracie Abrams	1		1
	1	Loom	Imagine Dragons	5		1
	1	Future Nostalgia	Dua Lipa	8		1
	1	Dua Lipa		10		1
	1	Happenings	Kasabian	1		1
	5*	The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)	Eminem	1		3
	1	Vertigo	Griff	3		1
	1	L.A. Times	Travis	4		1
	1	Early Twenties	Cat Burns	7		1
	1	Heavy Jelly	Soft Play	3		1
	1	I Love You So F***ing Much	Glass Animals	5		1
	1	Live at Wembley	Blur	6		1
	1	Hi, My Name Is Insecure	Sam Tompkins	8		1
	1	Rite Here Rite Now	Ghost	10		1
	1	Vultures 2	¥$	7		1
	1*	This Is How Tomorrow Moves	Beabadoobee	1		1
	1*	Light It Up	Will Young	5		1

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2024, including albums that reached their peak in 2023. 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 2024 is also shown.

Entries	Artist	Weeks	Albums
5	Taylor Swift	30*	Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), Folklore, The Tortured Poets Department, Lover
3	Dua Lipa	5	Radical Optimism, Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa
2	Eminem	20*	, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
	Fleetwood Mac	30*	50 Years – Don't Stop, Rumours
	Olivia Rodrigo	16	Guts, Sour
	¥$	4	Vultures 1, Vultures 2

See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

Sources

• 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 .

External links

• 2024 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

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