Official Progressive Albums Chart Explained

The Official Progressive Albums Chart is a monthly album chart for progressive music sales compiled by the Official Charts Company and launched in September 2015. The first album to top the chart was Currents by Tame Impala.^[1]

Number ones

nth album to top the Official Progressive Albums Chart
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	re	Return of an album to number one

scope=col		scope=col	Artist	scope=col	Album	scope=col	Record label	scope=col	Reached number one	scope=col	Months at number one	scope=col class=unsortable	Ref.
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	Tame Impala	Currents	Fiction		1	^[2]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	Muse	Drones	Warner Bros.		1	^[3]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3	David Gilmour	Rattle That Lock	Columbia		1	^[4]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	4	Jeff Lynne's ELO	Alone in the Universe	Columbia		3	^[5]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Tame Impala	Currents	Fiction		1	^[6]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Muse	Drones	Warner Bros.		1	^[7]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	5	Radiohead		XL Recordings		7	^[8]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	6	Kate Bush	Before the Dawn	Fish People		2	^[9]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	7	Rick Wakeman	Piano Portraits	UMC		2	^[10]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	8	Mike and the Mechanics	Let Me Fly	BMG		1	^[11]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	9	Hawkwind	Into the Woods	Cherry Red		1	^[12]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10	Radiohead	OK Computer	XL Recordings		2	^[13]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11	Steven Wilson	To the Bone	Caroline		1	^[14]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12	David Gilmour	Live at Pompeii	Columbia		1	^[15]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13	Jeff Lynne's ELO	Wembley or Bust	RCA		3	^[16]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14	Jethro Tull	Heavy Horses	Rhino		1	^[17]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Radiohead	OK Computer	XL Recordings		1	^[18]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15	A Perfect Circle	Eat the Elephant	BMG		1	^[19]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16	Wooden Shjips	V	Thrill Jockey		1	^[20]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17	Roger Waters	Is This the Life We Really Want?	Columbia		1	^[21]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Tame Impala	Currents	Fiction		1	^[22]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18	Spiritualized	And Nothing Hurt	Bella Union		1	^[23]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19	Rick Wakeman	Piano Odyssey	Sony Classical		1	^[24]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20	Muse	Simulation Theory	Helium 3/Warner Bros		2	^[25]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21	Within Temptation	Resist	Spinefarm		1	^[26]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22	Dream Theater	Distance over Time	Century Media		1	^[27]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23	Kate Bush	The Other Sides	Rhino		1	^[28]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24	Mike and the Mechanics	Out of the Blue	BMG		1	^[29]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Muse	Simulation Theory	Helium 3/Warner Bros		2	^[30]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25	Brian Eno		UMC		1	^[31]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26	Opeth	In Cauda Venenum	Nuclear Blast		1	^[32]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27	Jeff Lynne's ELO	From Out of Nowhere	RCA		3	^[33]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28	Pink Floyd	The Later Years 1987–2019	Rhino		1	^[34]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29	Tame Impala	The Slow Rush	Fiction		2	^[35]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30	Nightwish		Nuclear Blast		1	^[36]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31	Rush	Permanent Waves	Mercury/UMC		1	^[37]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Pink Floyd	The Later Years 1987–2019	Rhino		2	^[38]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32	The Flaming Lips	American Head	Bella Union		1	^[39]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Tame Impala	The Slow Rush	Fiction		3	^[40]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33	Steven Wilson	The Future Bites	SW Records		1	^[41]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34	Mogwai	As the Love Continues	Rock Action		1	^[42]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35	Jean-Michel Jarre	Amazônia	RCA		1	^[43]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36	Matt Berry	The Blue Elephant	Acid Jazz		1	^[44]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37	Mogwai	ZeroZeroZero	Rock Action		1	^[45]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38	Big Big Train	Common Ground	English Electric		1	^[46]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39	Marillion	Fugazi	Parlophone		1	^[47]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40	Yes	The Quest	Inside Out		1	^[48]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41	Radiohead	Kid A Mnesia	XL Recordings		2	^[49]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42	Jethro Tull	The Zealot Gene	Inside Out		1	^[50]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43	Marillion	An Hour Before It's Dark	earMUSIC		1	^[51]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44	Spiritualized	Everything Was Beautiful	Bella Union		1	^[52]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45	10cc	The Things We Do for Love - The Ultimate	Xploded Music		1	^[53]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46	Porcupine Tree	Closure/Continuation	Music for Nations		1	^[54]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47	Muse	Will of the People	Warner Records		2	^[55]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48	Pink Floyd	Animals	Rhino		1	^[56]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Muse	Will of the People	Warner Records		2	^[57]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49	Riverside	ID.Entity	Inside Out		1	^[58]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Muse	Will of the People	Warner Records		1	^[59]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50	The Zombies	Different Game	Cooking Vinyl		1	^[60]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	51	Yes	Mirror to the Sky	Century Media		1	^[61]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		Muse	Will of the People	Warner Records		2	^[62]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	52	Public Service Broadcasting	This New Noise	Test Card		1	^[63]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	53	Steven Wilson	The Harmony Codex	SW Records		2	^[64]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	54	Peter Gabriel	i/o	Real World		2	^[65]

External links

• Official Progressive Albums Chart Top 30 at the Official Charts Company

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive music gets an official chart '45 years too late' . BBC News . 3 September 2015 . 4 September 2015 . Master, Tim.
2. Web site: 07 October 2015 - 13 October 2015. 7 October 2015. Official Charts Company. London. 31 July 2016.
3. Web site: 14 October 2015 - 17 November 2015. 14 October 2015. Official Charts Company. London. 31 July 2016.
4. Web site: 18 November 2015 - 22 December 2015. 18 November 2015. Official Charts Company. London. 31 July 2016.
5. Web site: 03 March 2016 - 05 April 2016. 3 March 2016. Official Charts Company. London. 31 July 2016.
6. Web site: 06 April 2016 - 10 May 2016. 6 April 2016. Official Charts Company. London. 31 July 2016.
7. Web site: 11 May 2016 - 14 June 2016. 14 June 2016. Official Charts Company. London. 18 February 2017.
8. Web site: 07 December 2016 - 11 January 2017. 7 December 2016. Official Charts Company. London. 18 February 2017.
9. Web site: 15 February 2017 - 21 March 2017. 15 February 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
10. Web site: 25 April 2017 - 24 May 2017. 25 April 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
11. Web site: 25 May 2017 - 29 June 2017. 25 May 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
12. Web site: 30 June 2017 - 03 August 2017. 30 June 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
13. Web site: 08 September 2017 - 11 October 2017. 8 September 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
14. Web site: 12 October 2017 - 15 November 2017. 12 October 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
15. Web site: 16 November 2017 - 20 December 2017. 16 November 2017. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
16. Web site: 01 March 2018 - 04 April 2018. 1 March 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
17. Web site: 05 April 2018 - 09 May 2018. 5 April 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
18. Web site: 10 May 2018 - 13 June 2018. 10 May 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
19. Web site: 14 June 2018 - 18 July 2018. 14 June 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
20. Web site: 19 July 2018 - 22 August 2018. 19 July 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
21. Web site: 23 August 2018 - 26 September 2018. 23 August 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
22. Web site: 27 September 2018 - 30 October 2018. 27 September 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
23. Web site: 31 October 2018 - 29 November 2018. 31 October 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
24. Web site: 30 November 2018 - 27 December 2018. 30 November 2018. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
25. Web site: 01 February 2019 - 04 March 2019. 1 February 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
26. Web site: 05 March 2019 - 01 April 2019. 5 March 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
27. Web site: 02 April 2019 - 02 May 2019. 2 April 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
28. Web site: 03 May 2019 - 06 June 2019. 3 May 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
29. Web site: 07 June 2019 - 11 July 2019. 7 June 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
30. Web site: 16 August 2019 - 19 September 2019. 16 August 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
31. Web site: 20 September 2019 - 24 October 2019. 20 September 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
32. Web site: 25 October 2019 - 28 November 2019. 25 October 2019. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
33. Web site: 04 February 2020 - 04 March 2020. 4 February 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
34. Web site: 05 March 2020 - 02 April 2020. 5 March 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
35. Web site: 07 May 2020 - 11 June 2020. 7 May 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
36. Web site: 12 June 2020 - 16 July 2020. 12 June 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
37. Web site: 17 July 2020 - 20 August 2020. 17 July 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
38. Web site: 25 September 2020 - 27 October 2020. 25 September 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
39. Web site: 28 October 2020 - 26 November 2020. 26 October 2020. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
40. Web site: 09 February 2021 - 18 March 2021. 9 February 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
41. Web site: 19 March 2021 - 22 April 2021. 19 March 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
42. Web site: 23 April 2021 - 27 May 2021. 23 April 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
43. Web site: 28 May 2021 - 01 July 2021. 28 May 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
44. Web site: 02 July 2021 - 05 August 2021. 2 July 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
45. Web site: 06 August 2021 - 09 September 2021. 6 August 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
46. Web site: 10 September 2021 - 14 October 2021. 10 September 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
47. Web site: 15 October 2021 - 25 November 2021. 15 October 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
48. Web site: 26 November 2021 - 30 December 2021. 26 November 2021. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
49. Web site: 04 February 2022 - 10 March 2022. 4 February 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
50. Web site: 11 March 2022 - 21 April 2022. 11 March 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
51. Web site: 22 April 2022 - 27 May 2022. 22 April 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
52. Web site: 28 May 2022 - 30 June 2022. 28 May 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
53. Web site: 01 July 2022 - 04 August 2022. 1 July 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
54. Web site: 05 August 2022 - 08 September 2022. 5 August 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
55. Web site: 21 October 2022 - 24 November 2022. 21 October 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
56. Web site: 25 November 2022 - 29 December 2022. 25 November 2022. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
57. Web site: 03 February 2023 - 09 March 2023. 3 February 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 29 May 2023.
58. Web site: 10 March 2023 - 13 April 2023. 10 March 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 7 June 2023.
59. Web site: 14 April 2023 - 18 May 2023. 14 April 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 7 June 2023.
60. Web site: 19 May 2023 - 22 June 2023. 19 May 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 7 June 2023.
61. Web site: 23 June 2023 - 4 August 2023. 23 June 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 20 September 2023.
62. Web site: 5 August 2023 - 7 September 2023. 5 August 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 9 December 2023.
63. Web site: 20 October 2023 - 23 November 2023. 20 October 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 9 December 2023.
64. Web site: 29 December 2023 - 1 February 2024. 29 December 2023. Official Charts Company. London. 17 January 2024.
65. Web site: 8 March 2024 - 11 April 2024. 8 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London. 6 April 2024.