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The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC).[1]

This list accurately[2][3][4] specifies outstanding achievements and milestones reached by artists and their albums on the UK albums chart.

Most number-one albums

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Artist Albums Year(s) Total
Blur Parklife 1994
4
The Great Escape 1995
Blur 1997
13 1999
Boyzone Said and Done 1995
A Different Beat 1996
Where We Belong 1998
By Request 1999
Céline Dion The Colour of My Love 1995
Falling into You 1996
Let's Talk About Love 1997/8
All the Way... A Decade of Song 1999
R.E.M. Out of Time 1991
Automatic for the People 1992/3
Monster 1994
New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1996
Simply Red Stars 1991/2
Life 1995
Greatest Hits 1996
Blue 1998

2000s

Artist Albums Year(s) Total
Westlife Coast to Coast 2000
7
World of Our Own 2001
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 2002
Turnaround 2003
Face to Face 2005
The Love Album 2006
Back Home 2007
Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning 2000
6
Swing When You're Winning 2001/2
Escapology 2002/3
Greatest Hits 2004
Intensive Care 2005
Rudebox 2006
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000
5
The Eminem Show 2002
Encore 2004
Curtain Call: The Hits 2005/6
Relapse 2009
Madonna Music 2000
American Life 2003
Confessions on a Dancefloor 2005
Hard Candy 2008
Celebration 2009

2010s

N/A - No artist has achieved more than one number-one album in the 2010s decade thus far.

Overall

Overall excluding soundtracks

Most weeks at number-one (artist)

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Artist Album(s) Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Simply Red Stars 12 October 1991 12
19
Life 21 October 1995 3
Greatest Hits 19 October 1996 2
Blue 31 May 1998 2
Spice Girls Spice 16 November 1996 15
18
Spiceworld 15 November 1997 3
Oasis Definitely Maybe 10 September 1994 1
16
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? 14 October 1995 10
Be Here Now 30 August 1997 5

2000s

Artist Album(s) Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning 3 September 2000 3
23
Swing When You're Winning 25 November 2001 7
Escapology 24 November 2002 7
Greatest Hits 24 October 2004 4
Intensive Care 30 October 2005 1
Rudebox 29 October 2006 1
Dido No Angel 4 February 2001 7
17
Life for Rent 5 October 2003 10
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 25 June 2000 2
16
The Eminem Show 2 June 2002 5
Encore 14 November 2004 2
Curtain Call: The Hits 4 December 2005 5
Relapse 24 May 2009 2

2010s

As of August 15, 2010.

Artist Album(s) Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Eminem Recovery 7 June 2010 6
6
Boyzone Brother 14 March 2010 3
3
Lady Gaga The Fame 28 February 2010 3
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up 3 January 2010 3

Overall

Overall excluding soundtracks

Most weeks at number-one (album)

1950s

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Original Soundtrack South Pacific 8 November 1958 60 60
Original Soundtrack The King and I 13 October 1956 2
47
3 November 1956 1
17 November 1956 14
9 March 1957 1
23 March 1957 1
6 April 1957 3
4 May 1957 6
22 June 1957 4
10 August 1957 3
16 November 1957 11
22 March 1958 1
Original Soundtrack My Fair Lady 10 May 1958 19 19

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Spice Girls Spice 16 November 1996 1
15
7 December 1996 8
8 March 1997 1
22 March 1997 4
17 May 1997 1
Simply Red Stars 12 October 1991 2
12
2 November 1991 1
4 January 1992 5
22 February 1992 3
9 May 1992 1
The Verve Urban Hymns 11 October 1997 5
4 January 1998 6
22 February 1998 1

2000s

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Dido Life for Rent 5 October 2003 4
10
16 November 2003 1
14 December 2003 1
11 January 2004 2
James Blunt Back to Bedlam 10 July 2005 8
11 September 2005 1
15 January 2006 1
The Beatles 1 19 November 2000 9
9

2010s

As of August 15, 2010.

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Total weeks
Eminem Recovery 27 June 2010 2
6
18 July 2010 3
15 August 2010 1
Boyzone Brother 14 March 2010 1
3
28 March 2010 2
Lady Gaga The Fame 28 February 2010 1
21 March 2010 1
11 April 2010 1
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up 3 January 2010 2
31 January 2010 1

Overall

Overall excluding soundtracks

Most consecutive weeks at number-one

1950s

Artist Album First week of run Weeks
Original Soundtrack South Pacific 8 November 1958 60
Original Soundtrack My Fair Lady 17 November 1956 19
Original Soundtrack The King and I 10 May 1958 14

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Artist Album First week of run Weeks
Eurythmics Greatest Hits 30 March 1991
9
Madonna The Immaculate Collection 18 November 1990
Spice Girls Spice 7 December 1996 8

2000s

Artist Album First week of run Weeks
The Beatles 1 19 November 2000 9
James Blunt Back to Bedlam 10 July 2005 8
Leona Lewis Spirit 18 November 2007
7
Michael Jackson The Essential Michael Jackson 5 July 2009
Robbie Williams Swing When You're Winning 25 November 2001

2010s

As of August 15, 2010.

Artist Album First week of run Weeks
Eminem Recovery 18 July 2010 3
Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom 7 February 2010
2
Boyzone Brother 28 March 2010
Eminem Recovery 27 June 2010
Florence + the Machine Lungs 17 January 2010
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up 3 January 2010

Most separate runs at number-one

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Runs
The Corrs Talk on Corners 28 June 1998 1
6
12 July 1998 1
16 August 1998 3
20 September 1998 1
21 February 1999 3
4 April 1999 1
Meatloaf Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell 18 September 1993 1
5
2 October 1993 1
16 October 1993 1
30 October 1993 3
27 November 1993 5
Simply Red Stars 12 October 1991 2
2 November 1991 1
4 January 1992 5
22 February 1992 3
9 May 1992 1
Spice Girls Spice 16 November 1996 1
7 December 1996 8
8 March 1997 1
22 March 1997 4
17 May 1997 1

2000s

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Runs
Dido Life for Rent 5 October 2003 4
4
16 November 2003 1
14 December 2003 3
11 January 2004 2
Justin Timberlake Justified 26 January 2003 2
23 February 2003 1
4 May 2003 1
18 May 2003 3
Keane Hopes and Fears 16 May 2004 2
6 June 2004 1
20 June 2004 1
13 February 2005 1
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 4 July 2004 1
18 July 2004 1
9 January 2005 1
20 February 2005 1

2010s

As of August 15, 2010.

Artist Album Reached number-one Weeks Runs
Eminem Recovery 27 June 2010 2
3
18 July 2010 3
15 August 2010 1
Lady Gaga The Fame 28 February 2010 1
21 March 2010 1
11 April 2010 1
Boyzone Brother 14 March 2010 1
2
28 March 2010 2
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up 3 January 2010 2
31 January 2010 1
Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks 18 April 2010 1
2 May 2010 1

Overall

Overall excluding soundtracks

Note

Please note: For the decade specific records, any time an album spent at number-one before that specific decade will not be counted for that particular record. For example, Lady Gaga's, The Fame, spent 4 weeks at number-one in 2009, and 3 weeks at number-one in 2010. So the official number of weeks spent at number-one in the 2010s decade for The Fame is 3, not 7.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Official UK Charts Company. "The Official UK Charts Company: CHART RULES". Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  2. ^ The Official UK Charts Company. "Six Decades of Album Charts". Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  3. ^ everyHit. "Chart Archive". Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  4. ^ Chart Stats. "All the number ones". Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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