List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

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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 Scott Mills.[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.

The following albums have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.[8][6]

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift surpassed The Beatles' record for fastest accumulation of three consecutive number one albums, achieving the feat in 259 days. Swift earned her fifth number-one album Folklore in August 2020, her sixth with Evermore in December 2020, her seventh with Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April 2021, and her eighth with Red (Taylor's Version) in November 2021.

Number-one albums[]

Key
No. nth album to top the UK Albums Chart
re Return of an album to number one
dagger Best-selling album of the year
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Australian singer Kylie Minogue became the first female artist to earn a number-one album in five consecutive decades, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s with her eighth number one album Disco.
British singer-songwriter Adele scored the fastest selling album of 2021 with her fourth number-one album 30. The album was also the fastest selling album since her previous album 25 in November 2015.
American singer Bruce Springsteen earned his twelfth number-one album Letter to You. This made him the first credited solo artist to earn a number one album in five consecutive decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
British singer Dua Lipa earned her first number one album Future Nostalgia. The album topped the charts for four non-consecutive weeks, the longest number one album for a solo British female artist since Adele with 25 (2015), which topped the charts for 13 non-consecutive weeks.
Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bublé had the first number one album of 2021 with Christmas. The album returned to the top position for the first time since 2011.
The 2020 recipient of the Rising Star Award at the Brit Awards, Celeste debuted at number one in February 2021 with her debut album Not Your Muse. This made her the first British female artist in five years to have a number-one debut album since Jess Glynne with I Cry When I Laugh (2015).
American singer-songwriter and actress Olivia Rodrigo earned her first UK number-one album with Sour in May 2021. Rodrigo became the youngest artist to earn the coveted UK chart double at 18 years and 3 months old. The album has spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one.
Swedish pop group ABBA returned to the top of the albums chart in November 2021 earning their tenth number one album with Voyage, the group's first number one in forty years.
No. Artist[a] Album[a] Record label[b] Reached number one[a] Weeks at
number one[a] 		Certification[c]
2020
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent dagger EMI 3 January 2020 1 4× Platinum
1181 Stormzy Heavy Is the Head Atlantic/Merky 10 January 2020 1 Platinum
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent dagger EMI 17 January 2020 1 4× Platinum
1182 Eminem Music to Be Murdered By Interscope 24 January 2020 1 Gold
1183 J Hus Big Conspiracy Black Butter 31 January 2020 1 Gold
1184 Blossoms Foolish Loving Spaces EMI 7 February 2020 1
1185 Green Day Father of All Motherfuckers Reprise 14 February 2020 1
1186 Justin Bieber Changes Def Jam 21 February 2020 1 Silver
1187 BTS Map of the Soul: 7 Big Hit 28 February 2020 1 Gold
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent dagger EMI 6 March 2020 1 4× Platinum
1188 Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott Manchester Calling EMI 13 March 2020 1
1189 Niall Horan Heartbreak Weather Virgin EMI 20 March 2020 1 Silver
1190 The Weeknd After Hours Republic/XO 27 March 2020 1 Gold
1191 5 Seconds of Summer Calm Interscope 3 April 2020 1 Silver
1192 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 10 April 2020 2 Platinum
1193 Gerry Cinnamon The Bonny Little Runaway 24 April 2020 1 Gold
re Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 1 May 2020 1 Platinum
1194 Drake Dark Lane Demo Tapes Republic/OVO 8 May 2020 1 Silver
re Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 15 May 2020 1 Platinum
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent dagger EMI 22 May 2020 1 4× Platinum
1195 The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form Dirty Hit/Polydor 29 May 2020 1 Silver
1196 Lady Gaga Chromatica Streamline/Interscope 5 June 2020 2 Gold
1197 Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) Warner 19 June 2020 1
1198 Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways Columbia 26 June 2020 1 Silver
1199 Haim Women in Music Pt. III Polydor/Vertigo Berlin/Columbia 3 July 2020 1
1200 Paul Weller On Sunset Polydor 10 July 2020 1
1201 Juice Wrld Legends Never Die Grade A/Interscope 17 July 2020 1 Gold
1202 Ellie Goulding Brightest Blue Polydor 24 July 2020 1
1203 Taylor Swift Folklore Republic 31 July 2020 3 Gold
1204 Biffy Clyro A Celebration of Endings Warner 21 August 2020 1
1205 The Killers Imploding the Mirage EMI 28 August 2020 1 Gold
1206 Nines Crabs in a Bucket Zino/Warner 4 September 2020 1
re The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup Rolling Stones 11 September 2020 1
1207 Doves The Universal Want Virgin 18 September 2020 1
1208 Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Victor Victor/Republic 25 September 2020 1 Platinum
1209 Idles Ultra Mono Partisan 2 October 2020 1
1210 Queen + Adam Lambert Live Around the World EMI 9 October 2020 1 Silver
1211 Headie One Edna Relentless 16 October 2020 1 Silver
1212 The Vamps Cherry Blossom Virgin EMI/Universal 23 October 2020 1
1213 Bruce Springsteen Letter to You Columbia 30 October 2020 1 Gold
1214 Ariana Grande Positions Republic 6 November 2020 1 Gold
1215 Kylie Minogue Disco BMG 13 November 2020 1 Gold
1216 AC/DC Power Up Columbia 20 November 2020 1 Gold
1217 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe Together at Christmas Decca 27 November 2020 1 Gold
1218 Gary Barlow Music Played by Humans Polydor 4 December 2020 1 Gold
1219 Yungblud Weird! Interscope 11 December 2020 1 Silver
1220 Taylor Swift Evermore Republic 18 December 2020 1 Gold
1221 Paul McCartney McCartney III Capitol 25 December 2020 1
2021
re Michael Bublé Christmas 143/Reprise 1 January 2021 1 10× Platinum
re Taylor Swift Evermore Republic 8 January 2021 1 Gold
1222 Barry Gibb Greenfields EMI 15 January 2021 1
1223 You Me at Six Suckapunch Underdog 22 January 2021 1
1224 Bring Me the Horizon Post Human: Survival Horror RCA 29 January 2021 1
1225 Celeste Not Your Muse Polydor 5 February 2021 1 Silver
1226 Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight Columbia 12 February 2021 1 Silver
1227 Slowthai Tyron Method 19 February 2021 1
1228 Mogwai As the Love Continues Rock Action 26 February 2021 1
1229 Architects For Those That Wish to Exist Epitaph 5 March 2021 1
1230 Kings of Leon When You See Yourself Columbia 12 March 2021 1
1231 Tom Grennan Evering Road Insanity 19 March 2021 1
1232 Lana Del Rey Chemtrails over the Country Club Polydor 26 March 2021 1 Silver
1233 Ben Howard Collections from the Whiteout Island 2 April 2021 1
1234 The Snuts W.L. Parlophone 9 April 2021 1
1235 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor's Version) EMI 16 April 2021 1 Silver
1236 London Grammar Californian Soil Ministry of Sound 23 April 2021 1
1237 Tom Jones Surrounded by Time EMI 30 April 2021 1
1238 Royal Blood Typhoons Warner 7 May 2021 1 Silver
1239 Rag'n'Bone Man Life by Misadventure Columbia 14 May 2021 1 Gold
1240 Paul Weller Fat Pop (Volume 1) Polydor 21 May 2021 1
1241 Olivia Rodrigo Sour Geffen 28 May 2021 2 Platinum
1242 Wolf Alice Blue Weekend Dirty Hit 11 June 2021 1 Silver
1243 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) Sour Mash 18 June 2021 1
re Olivia Rodrigo Sour Geffen 25 June 2021 1 Platinum
1244 Jack Savoretti Europiana EMI 2 July 2021 1
re Olivia Rodrigo Sour Geffen 9 July 2021 1 Platinum
1245 Inhaler It Won't Always Be Like This Polydor 16 July 2021 1
1246 KSI All Over the Place BMG 23 July 2021 1 Silver
1247 Dave We're All Alone in This Together Neighbourhood 30 July 2021 1 Gold
1248 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Interscope 6 August 2021 1 Silver
re Dave We're All Alone in This Together Neighbourhood 13 August 2021 1 Gold
1249 The Killers Pressure Machine EMI 20 August 2021 1
re Olivia Rodrigo Sour Geffen 27 August 2021 1 Platinum
1250 Kanye West Donda Def Jam 3 September 2021 1
1251 Drake Certified Lover Boy Republic/OVO 10 September 2021 1 Silver
1252 Manic Street Preachers The Ultra Vivid Lament Columbia 17 September 2021 1
re Drake Certified Lover Boy Republic/OVO 24 September 2021 1 Silver
1253 The Lathums How Beautiful Life Can Be Island 1 October 2021 1
1254 The Script Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits Phonogenic/Sony 8 October 2021 1
1255 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under Polydor 15 October 2021 1 Silver
1256 Coldplay Music of the Spheres Parlophone 22 October 2021 1 Gold
1257 Elton John The Lockdown Sessions EMI 29 October 2021 1 Gold
1258 Ed Sheeran = Atlantic 5 November 2021 1 Platinum
1259 ABBA Voyage Universal 12 November 2021 1 Platinum
1260 Taylor Swift Red (Taylor's Version) EMI 19 November 2021 1 Gold
1261 Adele 30 Columbia 26 November 2021 5 Platinum
2022

Artists with the most number ones in the 2020s[]

Four artists have had more than one album number-one album in the 2020s. Taylor Swift reached the top position in August 2020 with Folklore, December 2020 with Evermore, April 2021 with Fearless (Taylor's Version) and in November 2021 with Red (Taylor's Version). The Killers reached the top position in August 2020 with Imploding the Mirage and in August 2021 with Pressure Machine. Paul Weller reached the top position in July 2020 with On Sunset and in May 2021 with Fat Pop (Volume 1). Drake reached the top position in May 2020 with Dark Lane Demo Tapes and in September 2021 with Certified Lover Boy.

Artist Number ones Albums
Taylor Swift 4
List
The Killers 2
List
Paul Weller
List
    1. On Sunset (2020)
    2. Fat Pop (Volume 1) (2021)
Drake
List
    1. Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020)
    2. Certified Lover Boy (2021)

Albums with the most weeks at number one[]

The following albums spent at least two weeks at number one during the 2020s.

Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Adele 30 5
Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia 4
Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Taylor Swift Folklore 3
Evermore 2
Lady Gaga Chromatica
Dave We're All Alone in This Together
Drake Certified Lover Boy

Artists with the most weeks at number one[]

Five 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 7 weeks.

Artist Weeks at
number one 		Albums
Taylor Swift 7
List
Adele 5
List
    1. 30 (5 weeks)
Olivia Rodrigo
List
    1. Sour (5 weeks)
Dua Lipa 4
List
    1. Future Nostalgia (4 weeks)
Lewis Capaldi
List
    1. Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (4 weeks)

By record label[]

Six different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s.

Record label Number-one
albums 		Weeks at
number one
EMI 14 17
Columbia 9 13
Republic 7 11
Polydor 10 10
Warner 5 9
Geffen 1 5

Christmas number ones[]

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.[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]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.[9]
  2. ^ The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[10]
  3. ^ The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.[11]

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 Scott Mills". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. ^ MusicWeek. "Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "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.

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