List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s
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This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2020s.
Number ones[]
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| Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one[a] | Weeks at number one[a] | |
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| 2020 | |||||
| Stephen Hough | Hyperion | 16 January 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 23 January 2020 | 6 | |
| Stephen Fry,Debbie Wiseman and the National Symphony Orchestra | Decca | 28 February 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 6 March 2020 | 4 | |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 3 April 2020 | 5 | |||
| Stephen Hough/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu | Hyperion | 8 May 2020 | 1 | ||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Decca | 15 May 2020 | 1 | ||
| Stjepan Hauser | Sony Classical | 22 May 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sean Shibe | Delphian | 29 May 2020 | 1 | ||
| Alina Ibragimova and Vladimir Jurowski | Hyperion | 5 June 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sean Shibe | Delphian | 12 June 2020 | 1 | ||
| Jonas Kaufmann | Sony Classical | 19 June 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sean Shibe | Delphian | 26 June 2020 | 1 | ||
| Piers Lane//Leon Botstein | Hyperion | 3 July 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 10 July 2020 | 3 | |
| Voces8 | VCM | 31 July 2020 | 1 | ||
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Chandos | 7 August 2020 | 1 | ||
| Nicola Benedetti | Decca | 14 August 2020 | 2 | ||
| Suzi Digby/ | Harmonia Mundi | 28 August 2020 | 1 | ||
| Craig Armstrong/ | BMG | 4 September 2020 | 1 | ||
| Lang Lang | Deutsche Grammophon | 11 September 2020 | 2 | ||
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 25 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Ermonela Jaho | Opera Rara | 2 October 2020 | 2 | ||
| Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs | Naxos | 16 October 2020 | 1 | ||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 23 October 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | |||||
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Kings College Cambridge | 1 January 2021 | 1 | ||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 8 January 2021 | 9 | |
| Pat Metheny | Road to the Sun | BMG | 12 March 2021 | 1 | |
| Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis | Hyperion | 19 March 2021 | 2 | ||
| Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic and Mark Elder | Decca | 2 April 2021 | 1 | ||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 9 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Voices 2 | Decca | 16 April 2021 | 1 | |
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Decca | 23 April 2021 | 2 | ||
| Alina Ibragimova | Hyperion | 7 May 2021 | 1 | ||
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Decca | 14 May 2021 | 1 | ||
| Lucy Crowe/The English Concert/Harry Bicket | Linn | 21 May 2021 | 1 | ||
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Decca | 28 May 2021 | 1 | ||
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Sony Classical | 4 June 2021 | 1 | ||
| Andras Schiff/ | ECM New Series | 11 June 2021 | 1 | ||
| Helen Mirren/Damian Lewis | Classic FM | 18 June 2021 | 1 | ||
| Andras Schiff/ | ECM New Series | 25 June 2021 | 1 | ||
| Boston Symphony Orchestra/ | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 July 2021 | 1 | ||
| Angela Hewitt | Hyperion | 9 July 2021 | 1 | ||
| Decca | 16 July 2021 | 1 | |||
| Nicola Benedetti | Decca | 23 July 2021 | 3 | ||
| Max Richter/Baltic Sea Philharmonic/Kristjan Järvi | Exiles | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 August 2021 | 2 | |
| Sean Shibe | Pentatone | 27 August 2021 | 1 | ||
By artist[]
As of 12 June 2020, Two artists has spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far during the 2020s. The totals below include only credited performances.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
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| Poor Clares of Arundel | 1 | 20 |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason | 1 | 14 |
By record label[]
As of 27 August 2021, Fourteen record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2020s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
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| Decca | 10 | 46 |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 4 | 10 |
| Hyperion | 7 | 8 |
| Delphian | 1 | 3 |
| Opera Rara | 1 | 2 |
| Sony Classical | 2 | 2 |
| VCM | 1 | 1 |
| Chandos | 1 | 1 |
| Harmonia Mundi | 1 | 1 |
| BMG | 2 | 2 |
| Naxos | 1 | 1 |
| Kings College Cambridge | 1 | 1 |
| Linn | 1 | 1 |
| ECM | 1 | 2 |
| Classic FM | 1 | 1 |
| Pentatone | 1 | 1 |
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2020s in British music
- 2020s record charts
- Lists of number-one albums in the United Kingdom
- 2020s-related lists
- Classical music discographies