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The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. 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 on The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, which is currently hosted by Jack Saunders.[5] The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40),[6] in Music Week magazine (Top 75),[7] and on the OCC website (Top 100).[8] Lewis Capaldi was the first artist to top the albums chart in the 2020s with Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. In July 2020, On Sunset by Paul Weller became the 1200th album to ever top the UK Albums Chart. In December 2022, This Is What I Mean by Stormzy became the 1300th album to ever top the UK Albums Chart.
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The following albums have all been number-one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.[8][6]
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| No. | nth album to top the UK Albums Chart |
|---|---|
| re | Return of an album to number one |
| † | Best-selling album of the year |
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Artists with the most number ones in the 2020s
- † Originally reached number one in the 1970s, but went to number one again during the 2020s.
- †† Originally reached number one in the 2010s, but went to number one again during the 2020s.
Albums with the most weeks at number one
The following albums spent at least three weeks at number one during the 2020s.
Artists with the most weeks at number one
Fifteen different artists have spent three weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s. Taylor Swift has spent the most weeks at number one, with a total of 26 weeks.
| Artist | Weeks at number one |
Albums |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor Swift | 26 |
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| Ed Sheeran | 7 |
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| Lewis Capaldi | ||
| Harry Styles | 6 |
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| Olivia Rodrigo | ||
| Adele | 5 |
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| Drake |
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| Dua Lipa |
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| Michael Bublé | 4 | |
| Liam Gallagher | ||
| Eminem | ||
| The Killers | 3 |
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| The Rolling Stones |
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| Ariana Grande |
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| Beyoncé |
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| Blossoms |
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| Kylie Minogue |
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By record label
Twelve different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s.
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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 Friday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Friday itself, the official number-one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart.[12] During the 2020s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.
| Year | Artist | Album | Record label | Weeks at number one |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Paul McCartney | McCartney III | Capitol | 1 | [13] |
| 2021 | Adele | 30 | Columbia | 5 | [14] |
| 2022 | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 5 | [15] |
| 2023 | The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 2 | [16] |
| 2024 | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 2 | [17] |
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- A ^ Certification achieved in 1973.
- The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[9]
- The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[10]
- The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.[11]
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