The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom;, there had been 266 number-one albums during the 2010s, by 76 artists. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as being a type of music release that feature more than four tracks and last longer than 25 minutes;[1] sales of albums in the UK are recorded on behalf of the British music industry by the OCC and compiled weekly as the UK Albums Chart.[2]
The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales,[3] as well as audio streaming,[4] and each week's new number one is first announced every Friday (previously Sunday) on The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, which is currently hosted by Scott Mills.[5] The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40), in Music Week magazine (Top 75),[6] on the OCC website (Top 100) and the full Top 200 is published exclusively in UKChartsPlus.[7] In June 2010, Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis became the 900th album ever to top the UK Albums Chart,[8] in November 2013, Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams became the 1,000th,[9] and in November 2016, 24 Hrs by Olly Murs became the 1,100th. Ed Sheeran, who released four albums during the decade, spent a total of 41 weeks at number one, more than any other artist, while the two albums released by Adele during the decade (21 and 25) spent 36 weeks at number one, and were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s.[10]
The following albums were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.[11] [12]
| nth album to top the UK Albums Chart | |||
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| Best-selling album of the year | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue align=center | Best-selling album of the decade |
| scope=col | scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Reached number one | scope=col | Weeks at number one | scope=col | Certification | |
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Sunny Side Up | Atlantic | 2 | 6× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 888 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | Island | 2 | 6× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Sunny Side Up | Atlantic | 1 | 6× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 889 | J | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 890 | Glee Cast | Epic | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Lady Gaga | Interscope | 1 | 11× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 891 | Lights | Polydor | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 892 | Boyzone | Brother | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Lady Gaga | Interscope | 1 | 11× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Boyzone | Brother | Polydor | 2 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Lady Gaga | Interscope | 1 | 11× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 893 | Plan B | 679/Atlantic | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 894 | AC/DC | Iron Man 2 | Columbia | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Plan B | 679/Atlantic | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 895 | Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | RCA | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 896 | Keane | Night Train | Island | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Exile on Main St. | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 897 | Pendulum | Immersion | Warner Bros. | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 898 | To the Sea | Brushfire/Island | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 899 | Bionic | RCA | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 900 | Oasis | Time Flies... 1994–2009 | Big Brother | 1 | 6× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 901 | Eminem | Recovery | Interscope | 2 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 902 | Aphrodite | Parlophone | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Eminem | Recovery | Interscope | 3 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 903 | Arcade Fire | Mercury | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Eminem | Recovery | Interscope | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 904 | Iron Maiden | EMI | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Eminem | Recovery | Interscope | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 905 | Teenage Dream | Virgin | 1 | 6× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 906 | Flamingo | Vertigo | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 907 | Science & Faith | Phonogenic | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 908 | Going Back | Atlantic | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Science & Faith | Phonogenic | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 909 | Disc-Overy | Parlophone | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 910 | In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 | Virgin | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 911 | Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | Hand Me Down | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 912 | Messy Little Raindrops | Fascination | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 913 | Syco | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 914 | Take That | Progress | Polydor | 6 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 915 | Rihanna | Loud | Def Jam | 3 | 7× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 916 | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | Elektra | 1 | 7× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 917 | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 11 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 918 | Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | RCA | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 5 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 919 | Lady Gaga | Born This Way | Interscope | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 920 | Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Take That | Progress | Polydor | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Lady Gaga | Born This Way | Interscope | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 921 | Beyoncé | Columbia/Parkwood | 2 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 2 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Back to Black | Island | 3 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 922 | Nero | Welcome Reality | MTA | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 923 | Echoes | RCA | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 924 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | I'm with You | Warner | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 925 | Example | Playing in the Shadows | Ministry of Sound | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 926 | + | Asylum | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 927 | Kasabian | Velociraptor! | Columbia | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 928 | Island | 2 | Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 929 | Steps | Sony | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 930 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Sour Mash | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 931 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto | Parlophone | 1 | 5× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 932 | Florence and the Machine | Ceremonials | Island | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 933 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Syco | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 934 | Christmas | Reprise | 1 | 11× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 935 | Rihanna | Talk That Talk | Def Jam | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 936 | In Case You Didn't Know | Epic | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 937 | Island | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Christmas | Reprise | 2 | 11× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | + | Asylum | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 1 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | Elektra | 1 | 6× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 1 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | + | Asylum | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 938 | Born to Die | Polydor | 2 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 939 | Virgin | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 1 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Virgin | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 940 | Wrecking Ball | Columbia | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 941 | Military Wives | In My Dreams | Decca | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 942 | Sonik Kicks | Island | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 943 | Madonna | MDNA | Interscope | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 944 | Nicki Minaj | Cash Money/Island | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Adele | bgcolor=lightblue | XL | 2 | 18× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 945 | Blunderbuss | XL | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 946 | Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart | 679/Atlantic | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 947 | Keane | Strangeland | Island | 2 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Virgin | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 948 | Gary Barlow and The Commonwealth Band | Sing | Decca | 3 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 949 | Believe | Def Jam | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 950 | Linkin Park | Living Things | Warner Bros. | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 951 | Chris Brown | Fortune | RCA | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 952 | Write It On Your Skin | Ugly Truth | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 953 | vs. Pnau | Good Morning to the Night | Mercury | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 954 | Plan B | Ill Manors | 679/Atlantic | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 955 | Contrast | Parlophone | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Rihanna | Talk That Talk | Def Jam | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Virgin | 2 | 8× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 956 | Ora | Columbia/Roc Nation | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 957 | Come of Age | Columbia | 1 | Platinun | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 958 | Coexist | Young Turks | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 959 | Battle Born | Vertigo | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 960 | Mumford & Sons | Babel | Gentlemen of the Road/Island | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 961 | Muse | Helium 3/Warner | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Mumford & Sons | Babel | Gentlemen of the Road/Island | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 962 | Jake Bugg | Mercury | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 963 | Red | Big Machine | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 964 | 18 Months | Columbia/Fly Eye | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 965 | Take the Crown | Island | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 966 | One Direction | Take Me Home | Syco | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 967 | Rihanna | Unapologetic | Def Jam | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 968 | Right Place Right Time | Epic | 2 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 969 | Unorthodox Jukebox | Atlantic | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Virgin | 2 | 8× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | 18 Months | Columbia/Fly Eye | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Our Version of Events | Virgin | 1 | 8× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 970 | Motion Picture Cast Recording | Les Misérables | Polydor | 2 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 971 | Biffy Clyro | Opposites | 14th Floor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Motion Picture Cast Recording | Les Misérables | Polydor | 2 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Our Version of Events | Virgin | 2 | 8× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 972 | Bastille | Bad Blood | Virgin | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 973 | RCA | 1 | Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 974 | RCA | 3 | Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 975 | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 976 | To Be Loved | Reprise | 2 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 977 | Rudimental | Home | Asylum | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 978 | The Shocking Miss Emerald | Grandmono/Dramatico | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 979 | Time | Capitol/Decca | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 980 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Columbia | 2 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 981 | Disclosure | Settle | PMR | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 982 | Black Sabbath | 13 | Vertigo | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 983 | Yeezus | Def Jam | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 984 | Long Way Down | Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Mumford & Sons | Babel | Gentlemen of the Road/Island | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 985 | Jay-Z | Magna Carta Holy Grail | Roc Nation | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 986 | Blurred Lines | Interscope | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 987 | Love Never Fails | RCA | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 988 | Richard & Adam | Sony Music | 4 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 989 | Avenged Sevenfold | Hail to the King | Warner Bros. | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 990 | The 1975 | Dirty Hit/Polydor | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 991 | Arctic Monkeys | AM | Domino | 2 | 6× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 992 | Kings of Leon | Mechanical Bull | RCA | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 993 | Haim | Days Are Gone | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 994 | Bangerz | RCA | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 995 | Tribute | Island | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 996 | Prism | Virgin | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 997 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | Sonovox | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 998 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Interscope | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 999 | Lady Gaga | Artpop | Interscope | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1000 | Swings Both Ways | Island | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1001 | One Direction | Midnight Memories | Syco | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Swings Both Ways | Island | 3 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1002 | Halcyon | Polydor | 2 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1003 | High Hopes | Columbia | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Halcyon | Polydor | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1004 | You Me at Six | Cavalier Youth | BMG Rights | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1005 | Bombay Bicycle Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow | Island | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1006 | Katy B | Little Red | Columbia | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Bastille | Bad Blood | Virgin | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1007 | Girl | Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1008 | Elbow | The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Fiction | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1009 | Symphonica | Virgin EMI | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1010 | The Power of Love | Sony | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1011 | Kaiser Chiefs | Education, Education, Education & War | Fiction | 2 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1012 | Caustic Love | Atlantic | 3 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1013 | Sheezus | Parlophone | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1014 | Xscape | MJJ | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1015 | Coldplay | Ghost Stories | Parlophone | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1016 | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 2 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1017 | Kasabian | Columbia/Sony | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1018 | Ultraviolence | Interscope/Polydor | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1019 | Asylum/Atlantic | 8 | 13× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1020 | Collabro | Stars | Syco | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1021 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | Warner Bros. | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 2 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1022 | No Sound Without Silence | Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1023 | alt-J | This Is All Yours | Infectious | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1024 | Wanted on Voyage | Columbia | 2 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1025 | Chapter One | Syco | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1026 | I Forget Where We Were | Island | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1027 | 1989 | Big Machine | 1 | 6× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Asylum/Atlantic | 1 | 13× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1028 | Pink Floyd | The Endless River | Parlophone | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1029 | One Direction | Four | Columbia/Syco | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1030 | Never Been Better | Syco/Epic | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1031 | Take That | III | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Asylum/Atlantic | 3 | 13× Platinum | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Wanted on Voyage | Columbia | 1 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Wanted on Voyage | Columbia | 1 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1032 | Uptown Special | Columbia | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1033 | Title | Epic | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1034 | Shadows in the Night | Columbia | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1035 | Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors | Interscope | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1036 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Chasing Yesterday | Sour Mash | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | In the Lonely Hour | Capitol | 1 | 9× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1037 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Interscope | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1038 | Chaos and the Calm | Virgin | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1039 | The Prodigy | The Day Is My Enemy | Cooking Vinyl | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1040 | All Time Low | Future Hearts | Hopeless | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1041 | The Ultimate Collection | Sony | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1042 | Stages | Reprise | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1043 | Blur | The Magic Whip | Parlophone | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1044 | Mumford & Sons | Wilder Mind | Gentlemen of the Road/Island | 2 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1045 | The Desired Effect | Vertigo | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1046 | 85% Proof | Island | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1047 | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Island | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1048 | Muse | Drones | Warner Bros. | 2 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Island | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1049 | The Definitive Collection | Motown | 1 | 3× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | x | Asylum/Atlantic | 1 | 13× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1050 | Years & Years | Communion | Polydor | 2 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1051 | Born in the Echoes | Virgin | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1052 | Marks to Prove It | Polydor | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1053 | Dr. Dre | Compton | Interscope | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1054 | The Very Best of Cilla Black | Parlophone | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1055 | I Cry When I Laugh | Atlantic | 1 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1056 | Beauty Behind the Madness | Republic | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1057 | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls | Parlophone | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1058 | Stereophonics | Keep the Village Alive | Stylus | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1059 | Rattle That Lock | Columbia | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1060 | Disclosure | Caracal | Island | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1061 | Rudimental | We the Generation | Atlantic | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1062 | Faithless | Faithless 2.0 | Sony | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1063 | Jamie Lawson | Atlantic | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1064 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Sounds Good Feels Good | Capitol | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1065 | with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | If I Can Dream | RCA | 2 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1066 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. | Columbia/Syco | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1067 | Adele | 25 | XL | 7 | 13× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1068 | David Bowie | Blackstar | RCA | 3 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1069 | Best of Bowie | EMI | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1070 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams | Parlophone | 1 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Adele | 25 | XL | 2 | 13× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1071 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It | Dirty Hit/Polydor | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Adele | 25 | XL | 3 | 13× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1072 | Zayn | Mind of Mine | RCA | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1073 | Everything You've Come to Expect | Domino | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1074 | Cleopatra | Dualtone | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1075 | The Hope Six Demolition Project | Island | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1076 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | Parkwood/Columbia | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1077 | Drake | Views | Young Money/Republic | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1078 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Drake | Views | Young Money/Republic | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1079 | Dangerous Woman | Republic | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1080 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | The Ride | Capitol | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1081 | Stranger to Stranger | Concord | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:centre" | 1082 | 50 | BMG | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Adele | 25 | XL | 1 | 13× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1083 | Blink-182 | California | BMG | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1084 | Biffy Clyro | Ellipsis | 14th Floor | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1085 | Love & Hate | Polydor | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1086 | Electric Light Orchestra | Sony | 1 | 5× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1087 | Viola Beach | Viola Beach | Fuller Beans | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1088 | Blossoms | Blossoms | Virgin | 2 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1089 | Blonde | Boys Don't Cry | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1090 | Columbia | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1091 | Ward Thomas | Cartwheels | WTW Music | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1092 | Bastille | Wild World | Virgin EMI | 2 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1093 | Passenger | Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea | Nettwerk | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1094 | Following My Intuition | Insanity | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1095 | Green Day | Revolution Radio | Reprise | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1096 | Kings of Leon | Walls | RCA | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1097 | Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Wonder of You | RCA | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1098 | Back from the Edge | Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1099 | The Heavy Entertainment Show | Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1100 | 24 Hrs | Sony | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1101 | Little Mix | Glory Days | Syco | 2 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1102 | Blue & Lonesome | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1103 | Michael Ball and Alfie Boe | Together | Decca | 2 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Little Mix | Glory Days | Syco | 3 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1104 | I See You | Young Turks | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1105 | Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra and Jules Buckley | Classic House | Universal | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1106 | Various artists | La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Interscope | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1107 | Elbow | Little Fictions | Polydor | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1108 | Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | Columbia | 2 | 4× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1109 | Stormzy | Gang Signs & Prayer | Merky | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1110 | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 9 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1111 | Kasabian | For Crying Out Loud | Columbia | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1112 | Harry Styles | Erskine/Columbia | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 1 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Parlophone | 1 | 18× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 1 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1113 | London Grammar | Truth Is a Beautiful Thing | Metal & Dust/Ministry of Sound | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1114 | Royal Blood | How Did We Get So Dark? | Warner Bros. | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 3 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1115 | The Vamps | Night & Day | Mercury/Virgin EMI | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1116 | Lust for Life | Polydor/Interscope | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1117 | Arcade Fire | Everything Now | Columbia/Sonovox | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 3 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1118 | Queens of the Stone Age | Villains | Matador | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1119 | Freedom Child | Columbia/Sony | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1120 | Sleep Well Beast | 4AD | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1121 | Foo Fighters | Concrete and Gold | RCA | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1122 | Wonderful Wonderful | Island | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1123 | Now | Mercury Nashville | 1 | Silver | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1124 | As You Were | Warner Bros. | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1125 | Pink | Beautiful Trauma | RCA | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1126 | Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 / MTV Unplugged | Columbia | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1127 | Michael Ball and Alfie Boe | Together Again | Decca | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1128 | The Thrill of It All | Capitol | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1129 | Reputation | Big Machine | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1130 | The Architect | RCA, Epic | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1131 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Who Built the Moon? | Sour Mash | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | The Thrill of It All | Capitol | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 1 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1132 | Eminem | Revival | Interscope | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | ÷ | Asylum/Atlantic | 2 | 14× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1133 | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 11 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1134 | Staying at Tamara's | Columbia | 1 | 4× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1135 | Kylie Minogue | Golden | BMG | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 2 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1136 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Republic | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1137 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Domino | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 6 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1138 | Drake | Scorpion | Young Money/Republic | 3 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1139 | Various artists | Polydor | 4 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1140 | Ariana Grande | Sweetener | Republic | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Various artists | Polydor | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1141 | Eminem | Kamikaze | Interscope | 4 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1142 | Rod Stewart | Blood Red Roses | Decca | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1143 | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born | Interscope | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1144 | Jess Glynne | Always in Between | Atlantic | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born | Interscope | 1 | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1145 | Andrea Bocelli | Sì | Decca | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1146 | The Prodigy | No Tourists | BMG | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1147 | Muse | Simulation Theory | Helium 3/Warner Bros. | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1148 | Love | Reprise | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1149 | Take That | Odyssey | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1150 | A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships | Dirty Hit/Polydor | 1 | Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 7 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1151 | Bring Me the Horizon | Amo | RCA | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1152 | The Specials | Encore | UMG | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1153 | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | Republic | 3 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1154 | Tom Walker | What a Time to Be Alive | Relentless | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1155 | Dave | Psychodrama | Dave/Neighbourhood | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1156 | Jack Savoretti | Singing to Strangers | BMG | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1157 | Michael Ball | Coming Home to You | Decca | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1158 | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Interscope | 2 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1159 | BTS | Big Hit | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Interscope | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1160 | Pink | Hurts 2B Human | RCA | 3 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1161 | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | EMI | 4 | 5× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1162 | Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars | Columbia | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | EMI | 1 | 5× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1163 | Kylie Minogue | BMG | 1 | Gold | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | EMI | 1 | 5× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1164 | Ed Sheeran | No.6 Collaborations Project | Asylum | 4 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1165 | Slipknot | We Are Not Your Kind | Roadrunner | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | Ed Sheeran | No.6 Collaborations Project | Asylum | 1 | 3× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1166 | Lover | Republic | 1 | 2× Platinum | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1167 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1168 | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | Republic | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1169 | Sam Fender | Hypersonic Missiles | Polydor | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1170 | Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not. | Warner | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | re | The Beatles | Abbey Road | Apple Corps | 1 | 8× Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1171 | Dermot Kennedy | Without Fear | Island | 1 | Platinum | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1172 | Elbow | Giants of All Sizes | Polydor | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1173 | Foals | Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 | Warner | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1174 | Stereophonics | Kind | Parlophone | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1175 | Jeff Lynne's ELO | From Out of Nowhere | RCA | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1176 | The Script | Sunsets & Full Moons | Columbia | 1 | Silver | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1177 | Westlife | Spectrum | EMI | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1178 | Coldplay | Everyday Life | Parlophone | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1179 | Robbie Williams | The Christmas Present | Columbia | 1 | Gold | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 1180 | Rod Stewart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhino | 3 | Platinum |
Eighteen different artists had three number ones on the UK Albums Chart during the 2010s, whilst eight artists have had four number ones. In 2012, Rihanna became the first artist to have three albums reach number one: Loud, which spent three weeks at number one; Talk That Talk, which spent two weeks at number one, and Unapologetic, which spent one week at number one.[13] One Direction gained their fourth UK number-one album in 2015, followed by Robbie Williams and Olly Murs in 2016. Eminem, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Coldplay later scored their fourth chart-toppers of the decade as well.[14] In December 2019, Williams' album The Christmas Present claimed the number 1 spot, making him the first artist of the decade to have five number-one albums and the artist with the most-chart topping albums for the second consecutive decade.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Number ones | scope=col | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | |||||
| Coldplay | 4 | ||||
| Eminem | |||||
| Lady Gaga | |||||
| One Direction | |||||
| Taylor Swift | |||||
| Arcade Fire | 3 | ||||
| Arctic Monkeys | |||||
| Elbow | |||||
| Florence and the Machine | |||||
| Kasabian | |||||
| Kings of Leon | |||||
| Muse | |||||
| Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | |||||
| Rihanna | |||||
| Take That | |||||
The following albums spent at least seven weeks at number one during the 2010s.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Jackman & Various artists | The Greatest Showman | 28 | |||
| Adele | 21 | 23 | |||
| ÷ | 20 | ||||
| Adele | 25 | 13 | |||
| x | |||||
| Emeli Sandé | Our Version of Events | 10 | |||
| In the Lonely Hour | 8 | ||||
| Take That | Progress | 7 | |||
| Eminem | Recovery |
Twenty different artists spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 2010s. Ed Sheeran spent the most weeks at number one, with a total of 41 weeks.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Weeks at number one | scope=col | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | |||||
| Adele | 36 | ||||
| Eminem | 13 | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| Lady Gaga | 9 | ||||
| Take That | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| Rihanna | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| Drake | |||||
| Florence and the Machine | |||||
| Little Mix | |||||
| One Direction | |||||
Thirteen different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2010s.
| scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Number-one albums | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | XL Recordings | 4 | 39 | ||
| scope=row | Polydor Records | 14 | 29 | ||
| scope=row | Atlantic Records | 12 | 29 | ||
| scope=row | Island Records | 17 | 26 | ||
| scope=row | Virgin Records | 9 | 25 | ||
| scope=row | Columbia Records | 18 | 23 | ||
| scope=row | RCA Records | 15 | 20 | ||
| scope=row | Interscope Records | 11 | 20 | ||
| scope=row | Parlophone | 11 | 11 | ||
| scope=row | Syco Music | 8 | 10 | ||
| scope=row | Sony Music | 7 | 10 | ||
| scope=row | Def Jam Recordings | 5 | 8 | ||
| scope=row | Reprise Records | 4 | 7 |
See main article: List of UK Albums Chart Christmas number ones. In the UK, Christmas number one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart on Christmas Day. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number one on the Sunday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday itself, the official number one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart.[15] During the 2010s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.
| scope=col | Year | scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Weeks at number one | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Take That | Progress | 7 | [16] | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Michael Bublé | Christmas | 4 | [17] | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 2012 | Emeli Sandé | Our Version of Events | Virgin | 10 | [18] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Robbie Williams | Swings Both Ways | Island | 4 | [19] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Ed Sheeran | X | Asylum | 13 | [20] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Adele | 25 | XL | 13 | [21] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Michael Ball & Alfie Boe | Together | Decca | 2 | [22] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Eminem | Revival | Interscope | 1 | [23] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Various Artists | The Greatest Showman | Atlantic | 28 | [24] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Warner | 3 | [25] |