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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; 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.

The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales, as well as audio streaming, 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. The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40), in Music Week magazine (Top 75), and on the OCC website (Top 100). 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.

The following albums have all been number-one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.

Number-one albums

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.

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.

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 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. During the 2020s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.

See also

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

Notes

• A Certification achieved in 1973.

1. ^ The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
2. The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.
3. The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.

References

1. "Rules For Chart Eligibility – Albums" (PDF). Official Charts Company. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
2. "Who We Are – Our Charts & data". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
3. "Getting into the charts – Meeting the chart rules". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
4. "UK's Official Albums Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
5. BBC Radio 1. "The Official Chart with Jack Saunders". Retrieved 4 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. ^ "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
7. Music Week. "Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
8. ^ "The Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
9. "All the Official Albums Chart Number 1s". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
10. "Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
11. "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
12. "Get into The Festive Spirit With Music". Easier. 20 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
13. "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive: 31st December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
14. "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive: 30th December 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
15. "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive: 29th December 2022". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
16. "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive: 28th December 2023". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
17. "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive: 26th December 2024". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

• Official Albums Chart Top 100 at the Official Charts Company
• The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart at BBC Radio 1

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