The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales.

This list shows the eighteen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles has the most number one albums with sixteen. English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has the most number one albums for a solo artist, with fourteen.^[1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter-actress-businesswoman Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades.^[2]