List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones
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 have 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]
Tally
Artist | Number ones | Number one studio albums | Number one album | Record label(s) | First reached number one | Ref. |
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The Beatles | 16 | 11 | Please Please Me | Parlophone | 5 May 1963 | [3] |
With the Beatles | Parlophone | 1 December 1963 | ||||
A Hard Day's Night | Parlophone | 19 July 1964 | ||||
Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 13 December 1964 | ||||
Help! | Parlophone | 8 August 1965 | ||||
Rubber Soul | Parlophone | 19 December 1965 | ||||
Revolver | Parlophone | 7 August 1966 | ||||
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Parlophone | 4 June 1967 | ||||
The Beatles | Apple | 1 December 1968 | ||||
Abbey Road | Apple | 28 September 1969 | ||||
Let It Be | Apple | 17 May 1970 | ||||
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | Parlophone | 12 June 1977 | ||||
Abbey Road[a] | Apple | 31 October 1987 | ||||
Live at the BBC | Apple | 4 December 1994 | ||||
Anthology 2 | Apple | 24 March 1996 | ||||
1 | Apple | 19 November 2000 | ||||
The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | The Rolling Stones | Decca | 26 April 1964 | [4] |
The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 31 January 1965 | ||||
Aftermath | Decca | 24 April 1966 | ||||
Let It Bleed | Decca | 14 December 1969 | ||||
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! | Decca | 13 September 1970 | ||||
Sticky Fingers | Rolling Stones | 13 June 1971 | ||||
Exile on Main St. | Rolling Stones | 4 June 1972 | ||||
Goats Head Soup | Rolling Stones | 16 September 1973 | ||||
Emotional Rescue | Rolling Stones | 29 June 1980 | ||||
Voodoo Lounge | Virgin | 17 July 1994 | ||||
Exile on Main St.[b] | Polydor | 29 May 2010 | ||||
Blue & Lonesome | Polydor | 9 December 2016 | ||||
Goats Head Soup[c] | Polydor | 17 September 2020 | ||||
Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 27 October 2023 | ||||
Robbie Williams | 14 | 11 | Life thru a Lens | Chrysalis | 12 April 1998 | [5] |
I've Been Expecting You | Chrysalis | 1 November 1998 | ||||
Sing When You're Winning | Chrysalis | 3 September 2000 | ||||
Swing When You're Winning | Chrysalis | 25 November 2001 | ||||
Escapology | EMI | 24 November 2002 | ||||
Greatest Hits | Chrysalis | 24 October 2004 | ||||
Intensive Care | Chrysalis | 30 October 2005 | ||||
Rudebox | Chrysalis | 29 October 2006 | ||||
In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 | Virgin | 17 October 2010 | ||||
Take the Crown | Island | 11 November 2012 | ||||
Swings Both Ways | Island | 24 November 2013 | ||||
The Heavy Entertainment Show | Columbia | 11 November 2016 | ||||
The Christmas Present | Columbia | 6 December 2019 | ||||
XXV | Columbia | 9 September 2022 | ||||
Elvis Presley | 13 | 5 | Rock 'N' Roll | His Master's Voice | 4 November 1956 | [6] |
Loving You | RCA | 1 September 1957 | ||||
King Creole | RCA | 14 September 1958 | ||||
Elvis Is Back! | RCA | 24 July 1960 | ||||
G.I. Blues | RCA | 1 August 1961 | ||||
Blue Hawaii | RCA | 31 December 1961 | ||||
Pot Luck | RCA | 22 July 1962 | ||||
From Elvis in Memphis | RCA Victor | 24 August 1969 | ||||
Elvis' 40 Greatest | Arcade | 4 September 1977 | ||||
ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits | RCA | 29 September 2002 | ||||
The King | RCA | 19 August 2007 | ||||
If I Can Dream[d] | RCA, Legacy | 6 November 2015 | ||||
The Wonder of You[e] | RCA, Legacy | 28 October 2016 | ||||
Madonna | 12 | 9 | Like a Virgin | Sire | 15 September 1985 | [7] |
True Blue | Sire | 6 July 1986 | ||||
Like a Prayer | Sire | 26 March 1989 | ||||
The Immaculate Collection | Sire | 18 November 1990 | ||||
Evita[f] | Warner Bros. | 26 January 1997 | ||||
Ray of Light | Maverick | 8 March 1998 | ||||
Music | Maverick | 24 September 2000 | ||||
American Life | Maverick | 27 April 2003 | ||||
Confessions on a Dance Floor | Warner Bros. | 20 November 2005 | ||||
Hard Candy | Warner Bros. | 4 May 2008 | ||||
Celebration | Warner Bros. | 27 September 2009 | ||||
MDNA | Interscope | 1 April 2012 | ||||
Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Born in the U.S.A. | CBS | 16 June 1984 | [8] |
Tunnel of Love | CBS | 17 October 1987 | ||||
Human Touch | Columbia | 4 April 1992 | ||||
Greatest Hits | Columbia | 11 March 1995 | ||||
The Rising | Columbia | 10 August 2002 | ||||
Devils & Dust | Columbia | 7 May 2005 | ||||
Magic | Columbia | 13 October 2007 | ||||
Working on a Dream | Columbia | 2 July 2009 | ||||
Wrecking Ball | Columbia | 11 March 2012 | ||||
High Hopes | Columbia | 19 January 2014 | ||||
Western Stars | Columbia | 27 June 2019 | ||||
Letter to You | Columbia | 5 November 2020 | ||||
Taylor Swift | 12 | 12 | Red | Mercury | 3 November 2012 | [9] |
1989 | EMI | 8 November 2014 | ||||
Reputation | EMI | 23 November 2017 | ||||
Lover | EMI | 5 September 2019 | ||||
Folklore | EMI | 6 August 2020 | ||||
Evermore | EMI | 24 December 2020 | ||||
Fearless (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 22 April 2021 | ||||
Red (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 25 November 2021 | ||||
Midnights | EMI | 3 November 2022 | ||||
Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 20 July 2023 | ||||
1989 (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 3 November 2023 | ||||
The Tortured Poets Department | EMI | 26 April 2024 | ||||
David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Aladdin Sane | RCA | 5 May 1973 | [10] |
Pin Ups | RCA | 3 November 1973 | ||||
Diamond Dogs | RCA | 8 June 1974 | ||||
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | RCA | 27 September 1980 | ||||
Let's Dance | EMI | 23 April 1983 | ||||
Tonight | EMI | 6 October 1984 | ||||
Changesbowie | EMI | 24 March 1990 | ||||
Black Tie White Noise | Arista | 17 April 1993 | ||||
The Next Day | ISO/Columbia | 23 March 2013 | ||||
Blackstar | RCA | 15 January 2016 | ||||
Best of Bowie | EMI | 5 February 2016 | ||||
Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Mercury | 2 October 1971 | [11] |
Never a Dull Moment | Philips | 16 September 1972 | ||||
Sing It Again Rod | Mercury | 1 September 1973 | ||||
Smiler | Mercury | 19 October 1974 | ||||
Atlantic Crossing | Warner Bros. | 30 August 1975 | ||||
A Night on the Town | Riva | 10 July 1976 | ||||
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Riva | 8 December 1979 | ||||
Time | Capitol | 25 May 2013 | ||||
Blood Red Roses | Decca | 11 October 2018 | ||||
You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhino | 13 December 2019 | ||||
Swing Fever | Warner | 1 March 2024 | ||||
U2 | 11 | 10 | War | Island | 6 March 1983 | [12] |
The Unforgettable Fire | Island | 7 October 1984 | ||||
The Joshua Tree | Island | 15 March 1987 | ||||
Rattle and Hum | Island | 16 October 1988 | ||||
Zooropa | Island | 11 July 1993 | ||||
Pop | Island | 9 March 1997 | ||||
The Best of 1980–1990 | Island | 8 November 1998 | ||||
All That You Can't Leave Behind | Island | 5 November 2000 | ||||
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | Island | 28 November 2004 | ||||
No Line on the Horizon | Vertigo | 8 March 2009 | ||||
Songs of Surrender | Island | 24 March 2023 | ||||
ABBA | 10 | 6 | Greatest Hits | Epic | 2 May 1976 | [13] |
Arrival | Epic | 9 January 1977 | ||||
ABBA: The Album | Epic | 29 January 1978 | ||||
Voulez-Vous | Epic | 13 May 1979 | ||||
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Epic | 11 November 1979 | ||||
Super Trouper | Epic | 16 November 1980 | ||||
The Visitors | Epic | 13 December 1981 | ||||
The Singles: The First Ten Years | Epic | 21 November 1982 | ||||
Gold: Greatest Hits | Polydor | 27 September 1992 | ||||
Voyage | Universal | 12 November 2021 | ||||
Eminem | 10 | 9 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Interscope | 23 May 2000 | [14] |
The Eminem Show | Interscope | 26 May 2002 | ||||
Encore | Interscope | 11 December 2004 | ||||
Curtain Call: The Hits | Interscope | 6 December 2005 | ||||
Relapse | Interscope | 15 May 2009 | ||||
Recovery | Interscope | 18 June 2010 | ||||
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Interscope | 5 November 2013 | ||||
Revival | Interscope | 15 December 2017 | ||||
Kamikaze | Interscope | 31 August 2018 | ||||
Music to Be Murdered By | Interscope | 17 January 2020 | ||||
Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Thriller | Epic | 27 February 1983 | [15] |
18 Greatest Hits[g] | Telstar | 14 August 1983 | ||||
Bad | Epic | 6 September 1987 | ||||
Dangerous | Epic | 24 November 1991 | ||||
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Epic | 18 June 1995 | ||||
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | Epic | 18 May 1997 | ||||
Invincible | Epic | 4 November 2001 | ||||
Number Ones | Epic | 23 November 2003 | ||||
The Essential Michael Jackson | Epic | 5 July 2009 | ||||
Xscape | Epic | 18 May 2014 | ||||
Queen | 10 | 7 | A Night at the Opera | EMI | 21 December 1975 | [16] |
A Day at the Races | EMI | 2 January 1977 | ||||
The Game | EMI | 13 July 1980 | ||||
Greatest Hits | EMI | 8 November 1981 | ||||
A Kind of Magic | EMI | 8 June 1986 | ||||
The Miracle | Parlophone | 28 May 1989 | ||||
Innuendo | Parlophone | 10 February 1991 | ||||
Greatest Hits II | Parlophone | 3 November 1991 | ||||
Made in Heaven | Parlophone | 12 November 1995 | ||||
Live Around the World[h] | EMI | 2 October 2020 | ||||
Coldplay | 9 | 9 | Parachutes | Parlophone | 22 July 2000 | [17] |
A Rush of Blood to the Head | Parlophone | 7 September 2002 | ||||
X&Y | Parlophone | 6 June 2005 | ||||
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Parlophone | 18 June 2008 | ||||
Mylo Xyloto | Parlophone | 5 November 2011 | ||||
Ghost Stories | Parlophone | 19 May 2014 | ||||
A Head Full of Dreams | Parlophone | 18 February 2016 | ||||
Everyday Life | Parlophone | 5 December 2019 | ||||
Music of the Spheres | Parlophone | 28 October 2021 | ||||
Bob Dylan | 9 | 9 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | CBS | 23 May 1964 | [18] |
Bringing It All Back Home | CBS | 15 May 1965 | ||||
John Wesley Harding | CBS | 3 February 1968 | ||||
Nashville Skyline | CBS | 17 May 1969 | ||||
Self Portrait | CBS | 11 June 1970 | ||||
New Morning | CBS | 28 November 1970 | ||||
Together Through Life | Columbia | 9 May 2009 | ||||
Shadows in the Night | Columbia | 14 February 2015 | ||||
Rough and Rowdy Ways | Columbia | 2 July 2020 | ||||
Kylie Minogue | 9 | 7 | Kylie | PWL | 16 July 1988 | [19] |
Enjoy Yourself | PWL | 21 October 1989 | ||||
Greatest Hits | PWL | 5 September 1992 | ||||
Fever | Parlophone | 13 October 2001 | ||||
Aphrodite | Parlophone | 17 July 2010 | ||||
Golden | BMG | 19 April 2018 | ||||
Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection | BMG | 11 July 2019 | ||||
Disco | BMG | 19 November 2020 | ||||
Tension | BMG | 29 September 2023 | ||||
Take That | 9 | 7 | Everything Changes | Records | 18 October 1993 | [20] |
Nobody Else | RCA | 13 May 1995 | ||||
Greatest Hits | RCA | 1 April 1996 | ||||
Beautiful World | Polydor | 4 December 2006 | ||||
The Circus | Polydor | 8 December 2008 | ||||
Progress | Polydor | 22 November 2010 | ||||
III | Polydor | 8 December 2014 | ||||
Odyssey | Polydor | 30 November 2018 | ||||
This Life | EMI | 1 December 2023 |
Notes
- ^ 1987 version
- ^ Re-issue
- ^ Re-issue
- ^ The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- ^ The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- ^ The album is also credited to Madonna & various artists
- ^ The album is credited to Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson 5
- ^ The album is credited to Queen + Adam Lambert
References
- ^ "Acts with the most Number 1 albums on the Official UK Chart". Official Charts Company. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue 'lost for words' after latest album hits UK number 1, her fifth decade as a chart-topper". ABC News. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "The Beatles full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "The Rolling Stones full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Robbie Williams full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Elvis Presley full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Madonna full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Taylor Swift full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "David Bowie full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Rod Stewart full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "U2 full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "ABBA full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Eminem full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Michael Jackson full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Queen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Coldplay full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Bob Dylan full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Take That full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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