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List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s

List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s

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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; as of 15 February 2019, there had been 266 number-one albums during the 2010s, by 76 artists. 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]

Releasing four albums in the decade, Ed Sheeran spent a total of 41 weeks at number one, more than any other artist.
Adele's 2015 album 25 sold 800,307 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling album of all time in the UK. Her two albums released in the 2010s, 21 and 25, were the two best-selling albums of the decade.

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 (previously Sunday) 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] on the OCC website (Top 100)[8] and the full Top 200 is published exclusively in UKChartsPlus.[9] In June 2010, Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis became the 900th album ever to top the UK Albums Chart,[10] in November 2013, Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams became the 1,000th,[11] and in November 2016, 24 Hrs by Olly Murs became the 1,100th. Ed Sheeran, who released four albums during the decade, spent a total of 41 weeks at number one, more than any other artist, while the two albums released by Adele during the decade (21 and 25) spent 36 weeks at number one, and were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s.[12]

The following albums were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.[6][8]

Number-one albums

Florence and the Machine had the first new number-one album of the decade with their debut album Lungs—topping the chart again in November 2011 with Ceremonials and then for a third time in June 2015 with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
Little Mix achieved their number-one with Glory Days, in 2016. It had the highest first-week UK album sales for a girl group since Spiceworld in 1997, and became the fastest-selling number-one album by a girl group since 2001, with Survivor by Destiny's Child.[13] It spent the most weeks at number one for a girl group album (5 weeks), since the Spice Girls spent 15 weeks at number one with Spice in 1996.[14] In November 2018, it set a new chart record for the most weeks spent inside the top 40 of the UK Albums chart for a girl group album.[15].
Kylie Minogue achieved her fifth number one in July 2010 with Aphrodite, making her the first act to achieve a number-one album in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. She subsequently achieved her sixth number one in April 2018 with Golden and seventh number one in June 2019 with Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection.
Christina Aguilera's sixth album, Bionic, made UK chart history in June 2010 by registering the largest drop in chart positions for a number-one album at the time, when it fell 28 places to number 29.[16] Selling 24,000 copies, it became the lowest selling number-one album in eight years.[16]
In September 2018, Eminem broke the UK chart record for the most consecutive number-one albums, with nine, after his album "Kamikaze" topped the chart. He had previously scored number ones earlier in the decade with "Recovery", "The Marshall Mathers LP 2", and "Revival".
Take That's sixth album Progress sold 520,000 copies in one week to become the second-fastest-selling album of all-time.
Following her death in July 2011, Amy Winehouse returned to number-one with Back to Black (2007) and again with the posthumous compilation Lioness: Hidden Treasures in December.
MDNA marked Madonna's twelfth number-one album in the UK, allowing her to become the female solo artist with the most number-one albums ever.
Emeli Sandé reached number-one in February 2012 with her debut album, Our Version of Events—which spent a total of ten non-consecutive weeks at the summit; including one as the Christmas number-one.
Mumford & Sons sold 158,923 copies of their second studio album Babel in one week in September 2012—the biggest first week sales of the year.
David Bowie reached number-one in March 2013 with The Next Day, his 24th studio album and first release since 2003 (Reality); and then again in January 2016 with his final studio album Blackstar, which was released just two days before his death. After spending three weeks at the top, Blackstar was replaced by Bowie's 2002 greatest hits collection, Best of Bowie.
Justin Timberlake attained the highest first week sales of the year in March 2013 (105,888 copies), when his third studio album—The 20/20 Experience—reached the summit.
In November 2013, Robbie Williams' tenth album Swings Both Ways became the 1,000th album ever to top the album chart.
One Direction's third album Midnight Memories became the best selling album of 2013.
Ellie Goulding reached number-one in January 2014 with Halcyon after its 56th week in the chart.
Sam Smith broke a record in March 2015 for the studio album by a male solo artist with the most non-consecutive runs at number one ever with In the Lonely Hour.
Following her death in August 2015, Cilla Black reached number-one with The Very Best of Cilla Black.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles saw a return to number-one after 50 years when the album was reissued in 2017, meaning that the Beatles have achieved a number-one album in five different decades.
In August 2017, the Vamps gained their first number one with Night & Day,[17] but the following week it dropped from number 1 to number 35, surpassing Christina Aguilera's record for the largest fall from the top spot.[18]
Taylor Swift has earned four number-one albums in this decade with her albums Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017) and Lover (2019).
Lady Gaga has had four number-one albums this decade: The Fame (2010), Born This Way (2011), Artpop (2013) and A Star Is Born (2018).
The soundtrack to the 2017 film The Greatest Showman broke records when it spent 28 non-consecutive weeks at number one during 2018 and 2019, the most weeks spent at number one for an album that decade.[19]
Billie Eilish was 17 years and four months old when she became the youngest female solo artist to top the album charts in 2019 with her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
BTS became the first Korean act to top the album charts with their 2019 EP Map of the Soul: Persona.
Lewis Capaldi's debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent became the best selling album of 2019.
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Artists with the most number ones in the 2010s

Eighteen different artists had three number ones on the UK Albums Chart during the 2010s, whilst eight artists have had four number ones. In 2012, Rihanna became the first artist to have three albums reach number one: Loud, which spent three weeks at number one; Talk That Talk, which spent two weeks at number one, and Unapologetic, which spent one week at number one.[23] One Direction gained their fourth UK number-one album in 2015, followed by Robbie Williams and Olly Murs in 2016. Eminem, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Coldplay later scored their fourth chart-toppers of the decade as well.[24] In December 2019, Williams' album The Christmas Present claimed the number 1 spot, making him the first artist of the decade to have five number-one albums and the artist with the most-chart topping albums for the second consecutive decade.

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Albums with the most weeks at number one

The following albums spent at least seven weeks at number one during the 2010s.

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Artists with the most weeks at number one

Twenty different artists spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 2010s. Ed Sheeran spent the most weeks at number one, with a total of 41 weeks.

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By record label

Thirteen different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2010s.

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Christmas number ones

Main article: List of UK Albums Chart Christmas number ones
Michael Bublé earned the Christmas number-one in 2011 with his staple album Christmas.

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.[25] During the 2010s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.

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See also

Notes

  1. The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[20]
  2. The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[21]
  3. The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.[22]

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