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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 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; 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.

The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales, as well as audio streaming, 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. The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40), in Music Week magazine (Top 75), on the OCC website (Top 100) and the full Top 200 is published exclusively in UKChartsPlus. In June 2010, Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis became the 900th album ever to top the UK Albums Chart, in November 2013, Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams became the 1,000th, 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.

The following albums were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.

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. 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. 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..
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. Selling 24,000 copies, it became the lowest selling number-one album in eight years.
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, 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.
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.
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.
Key
No. nth album to top the UK Albums Chart
re Return of an album to number one
† Best-selling album of the year
‡ Best-selling album of the decade
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No. Artist Album Record label Reached number one Weeks at
number one 		Certification
2010
re Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up Atlantic 3 January 2010 2 6× Platinum
888 Florence and the Machine Lungs Island 17 January 2010 2 6× Platinum
re Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up Atlantic 31 January 2010 1 6× Platinum
889 Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom J 7 February 2010 2 3× Platinum
890 Glee Cast Glee: The Music, Volume 1 Epic 21 February 2010 1 Platinum
re Lady Gaga The Fame Interscope 28 February 2010 1 11× Platinum
891 Ellie Goulding Lights Polydor 7 March 2010 1 2× Platinum
892 Boyzone Brother Polydor 14 March 2010 1 Platinum
re Lady Gaga The Fame Interscope 21 March 2010 1 11× Platinum
re Boyzone Brother Polydor 28 March 2010 2 Platinum
re Lady Gaga The Fame Interscope 11 April 2010 1 11× Platinum
893 Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks 679/Atlantic 18 April 2010 1 4× Platinum
894 AC/DC Iron Man 2 Columbia 25 April 2010 1 2× Platinum
re Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks 679/Atlantic 2 May 2010 1 4× Platinum
895 Diana Vickers Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree RCA 9 May 2010 1 Gold
896 Keane Night Train Island 16 May 2010 1 Silver
re The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. Polydor 23 May 2010 1 Platinum
897 Pendulum Immersion Warner Bros. 30 May 2010 1 Platinum
898 Jack Johnson To the Sea Brushfire/Island 6 June 2010 1 Gold
899 Christina Aguilera Bionic RCA 13 June 2010 1 Silver
900 Oasis Time Flies... 1994–2009 Big Brother 20 June 2010 1 6× Platinum
901 Eminem Recovery Interscope 27 June 2010 2 4× Platinum
902 Kylie Minogue Aphrodite Parlophone 11 July 2010 1 Platinum
re Eminem Recovery Interscope 18 July 2010 3 4× Platinum
903 Arcade Fire The Suburbs Mercury 8 August 2010 1 Platinum
re Eminem Recovery Interscope 15 August 2010 1 4× Platinum
904 Iron Maiden The Final Frontier EMI 22 August 2010 1 Gold
re Eminem Recovery Interscope 29 August 2010 1 4× Platinum
905 Katy Perry Teenage Dream Virgin 5 September 2010 1 6× Platinum
906 Brandon Flowers Flamingo Vertigo 12 September 2010 1 Gold
907 The Script Science & Faith Phonogenic 19 September 2010 1 2× Platinum
908 Phil Collins Going Back Atlantic 26 September 2010 1 Gold
re The Script Science & Faith Phonogenic 3 October 2010 1 2× Platinum
909 Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy Parlophone 10 October 2010 1 3× Platinum
910 Robbie Williams In and Out of Consciousness:
Greatest Hits 1990–2010 		Virgin 17 October 2010 1 2× Platinum
911 Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown Hand Me Down 24 October 2010 2 3× Platinum
912 Cheryl Cole Messy Little Raindrops Fascination 7 November 2010 1 Platinum
913 Susan Boyle The Gift Syco 14 November 2010 1 2× Platinum
914 Take That Progress † Polydor 21 November 2010 6 8× Platinum
2011
915 Rihanna Loud Def Jam 2 January 2011 3 7× Platinum
916 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 23 January 2011 1 7× Platinum
917 Adele 21 ‡ XL 30 January 2011 11 18× Platinum
918 Foo Fighters Wasting Light RCA 17 April 2011 1 Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 24 April 2011 5 18× Platinum
919 Lady Gaga Born This Way Interscope 29 May 2011 2 3× Platinum
920 Arctic Monkeys Suck It and See Domino 12 June 2011 1 Platinum
re Take That Progress Polydor 19 June 2011 1 8× Platinum
re Lady Gaga Born This Way Interscope 26 June 2011 1 3× Platinum
921 Beyoncé 4 Columbia/Parkwood 3 July 2011 2 3× Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 17 July 2011 2 18× Platinum
re Amy Winehouse Back to Black Island 31 July 2011 3 14× Platinum
922 Nero Welcome Reality MTA 21 August 2011 1 Gold
923 Will Young Echoes RCA 28 August 2011 1 Platinum
924 Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm with You Warner 4 September 2011 1 Gold
925 Example Playing in the Shadows Ministry of Sound 11 September 2011 1 Platinum
926 Ed Sheeran + Asylum 18 September 2011 1 9× Platinum
927 Kasabian Velociraptor! Columbia 25 September 2011 1 2× Platinum
928 James Morrison The Awakening Island 2 October 2011 2 Platinum
929 Steps The Ultimate Collection Sony 16 October 2011 1 Platinum
930 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Sour Mash 23 October 2011 1 3× Platinum
931 Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 30 October 2011 1 5× Platinum
932 Florence and the Machine Ceremonials Island 6 November 2011 1 3× Platinum
933 Susan Boyle Someone to Watch Over Me Syco 13 November 2011 1 Platinum
934 Michael Bublé Christmas Reprise 20 November 2011 1 11× Platinum
935 Rihanna Talk That Talk Def Jam 27 November 2011 1 3× Platinum
936 Olly Murs In Case You Didn't Know Epic 4 December 2011 1 3× Platinum
937 Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures Island 11 December 2011 1 3× Platinum
re Michael Bublé Christmas Reprise 18 December 2011 2 11× Platinum
2012
re Ed Sheeran + Asylum 1 January 2012 1 9× Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 8 January 2012 1 18× Platinum
re Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 15 January 2012 1 6× Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 22 January 2012 1 18× Platinum
re Ed Sheeran + Asylum 29 January 2012 1 9× Platinum
938 Lana Del Rey Born to Die Polydor 5 February 2012 2 5× Platinum
939 Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events † Virgin 19 February 2012 1 8× Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 26 February 2012 1 18× Platinum
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events † Virgin 4 March 2012 1 8× Platinum
940 Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball Columbia 11 March 2012 1 Gold
941 Military Wives In My Dreams Decca 18 March 2012 1 Gold
942 Paul Weller Sonik Kicks Island 25 March 2012 1 Silver
943 Madonna MDNA Interscope 1 April 2012 1 Gold
944 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Cash Money/Island 8 April 2012 1 Platinum
re Adele 21 ‡ XL 15 April 2012 2 18× Platinum
945 Jack White Blunderbuss XL 29 April 2012 1 Gold
946 Marina and the Diamonds Electra Heart 679/Atlantic 6 May 2012 1 Gold
947 Keane Strangeland Island 13 May 2012 2 Gold
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events † Virgin 27 May 2012 1 8× Platinum
948 Gary Barlow and The Commonwealth Band Sing Decca 3 June 2012 3 Gold
949 Justin Bieber Believe Def Jam 24 June 2012 1 Platinum
950 Linkin Park Living Things Warner Bros. 1 July 2012 1 Gold
951 Chris Brown Fortune RCA 8 July 2012 1 Gold
952 Newton Faulkner Write It On Your Skin Ugly Truth 15 July 2012 1 Silver
953 Elton John vs. Pnau Good Morning to the Night Mercury 22 July 2012 1
954 Plan B Ill Manors 679/Atlantic 29 July 2012 1 Gold
955 Conor Maynard Contrast Parlophone 5 August 2012 1 Silver
re Rihanna Talk That Talk Def Jam 12 August 2012 1 3× Platinum
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events † Virgin 19 August 2012 2 8× Platinum
956 Rita Ora Ora Columbia/Roc Nation 2 September 2012 1 Platinum
957 The Vaccines Come of Age Columbia 9 September 2012 1 Platinum
958 The xx Coexist Young Turks 16 September 2012 1 Platinum
959 The Killers Battle Born Vertigo 23 September 2012 1 Platinum
960 Mumford & Sons Babel Gentlemen of the Road/Island 30 September 2012 1 4× Platinum
961 Muse The 2nd Law Helium 3/Warner 7 October 2012 1 Platinum
re Mumford & Sons Babel Gentlemen of the Road/Island 14 October 2012 1 4× Platinum
962 Jake Bugg Jake Bugg Mercury 21 October 2012 1 2× Platinum
963 Taylor Swift Red Big Machine 28 October 2012 1 2× Platinum
964 Calvin Harris 18 Months Columbia/Fly Eye 4 November 2012 1 4× Platinum
965 Robbie Williams Take the Crown Island 11 November 2012 1 Platinum
966 One Direction Take Me Home Syco 18 November 2012 1 4× Platinum
967 Rihanna Unapologetic Def Jam 25 November 2012 1 3× Platinum
968 Olly Murs Right Place Right Time Epic 2 December 2012 2 5× Platinum
969 Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox Atlantic 16 December 2012 1 3× Platinum
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events † Virgin 23 December 2012 2 8× Platinum
2013
re Calvin Harris 18 Months Columbia/Fly Eye 6 January 2013 1 4× Platinum
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events Virgin 13 January 2013 1 8× Platinum
970 Motion Picture Cast Recording Les Misérables Polydor 20 January 2013 2 2× Platinum
971 Biffy Clyro Opposites 14th Floor 3 February 2013 1 Platinum
re Motion Picture Cast Recording Les Misérables Polydor 10 February 2013 2 2× Platinum
re Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events Virgin 24 February 2013 2 8× Platinum
972 Bastille Bad Blood Virgin 10 March 2013 1 3× Platinum
973 David Bowie The Next Day RCA 17 March 2013 1 Platinum
974 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience RCA 24 March 2013 3 Platinum
975 Paramore Paramore Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen 14 April 2013 1 Platinum
976 Michael Bublé To Be Loved Reprise 21 April 2013 2 2× Platinum
977 Rudimental Home Asylum 5 May 2013 1 2× Platinum
978 Caro Emerald The Shocking Miss Emerald Grandmono/Dramatico 12 May 2013 1 Gold
979 Rod Stewart Time Capitol/Decca 19 May 2013 1 2× Platinum
980 Daft Punk Random Access Memories Columbia 26 May 2013 2 2× Platinum
981 Disclosure Settle PMR 9 June 2013 1 2× Platinum
982 Black Sabbath 13 Vertigo 16 June 2013 1 Gold
983 Kanye West Yeezus Def Jam 23 June 2013 1 Gold
984 Tom Odell Long Way Down Columbia 30 June 2013 1 Platinum
re Mumford & Sons Babel Gentlemen of the Road/Island 7 July 2013 1 4× Platinum
985 Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail Roc Nation 14 July 2013 1 Gold
986 Robin Thicke Blurred Lines Interscope 21 July 2013 1 Gold
987 Jahméne Douglas Love Never Fails RCA 28 July 2013 1 Silver
988 Richard & Adam The Impossible Dream Sony Music 4 August 2013 4 Gold
989 Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King Warner Bros. 1 September 2013 1 Gold
990 The 1975 The 1975 Dirty Hit/Polydor 8 September 2013 1 2× Platinum
991 Arctic Monkeys AM Domino 15 September 2013 2 6× Platinum
992 Kings of Leon Mechanical Bull RCA 29 September 2013 1 Platinum
993 Haim Days Are Gone Polydor 6 October 2013 1 Platinum
994 Miley Cyrus Bangerz RCA 13 October 2013 1 Gold
995 John Newman Tribute Island 20 October 2013 1 Platinum
996 Katy Perry Prism Virgin 27 October 2013 1 Platinum
997 Arcade Fire Reflektor Sonovox 3 November 2013 1 Gold
998 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Interscope 10 November 2013 1 2× Platinum
999 Lady Gaga Artpop Interscope 17 November 2013 1 Gold
1000 Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways Island 24 November 2013 1 2× Platinum
1001 One Direction Midnight Memories † Syco 1 December 2013 2 3× Platinum
re Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways Island 15 December 2013 3 2× Platinum
2014
1002 Ellie Goulding Halcyon Polydor 5 January 2014 2 4× Platinum
1003 Bruce Springsteen High Hopes Columbia 19 January 2014 1 Gold
re Ellie Goulding Halcyon Polydor 26 January 2014 1 4× Platinum
1004 You Me at Six Cavalier Youth BMG Rights 2 February 2014 1 Gold
1005 Bombay Bicycle Club So Long, See You Tomorrow Island 9 February 2014 1 Gold
1006 Katy B Little Red Columbia 16 February 2014 1 Silver
re Bastille Bad Blood Virgin 23 February 2014 2 3× Platinum
1007 Pharrell Williams Girl Columbia 9 March 2014 1 Platinum
1008 Elbow The Take Off and Landing of Everything Fiction 16 March 2014 1 Gold
1009 George Michael Symphonica Virgin EMI 23 March 2014 1 Gold
1010 Sam Bailey The Power of Love Sony 30 March 2014 1 Gold
1011 Kaiser Chiefs Education, Education, Education & War Fiction 6 April 2014 2 Gold
1012 Paolo Nutini Caustic Love Atlantic 20 April 2014 3 2× Platinum
1013 Lily Allen Sheezus Parlophone 11 May 2014 1 Gold
1014 Michael Jackson Xscape MJJ 18 May 2014 1 Gold
1015 Coldplay Ghost Stories Parlophone 25 May 2014 1 2× Platinum
1016 Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 1 June 2014 2 10× Platinum
1017 Kasabian 48:13 Columbia/Sony 15 June 2014 1 Platinum
1018 Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence Interscope/Polydor 22 June 2014 1 Platinum
1019 Ed Sheeran x † Asylum/Atlantic 29 June 2014 8 13× Platinum
1020 Collabro Stars Syco 24 August 2014 1 Gold
1021 Royal Blood Royal Blood Warner Bros. 31 August 2014 1 2× Platinum
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 7 September 2014 2 10× Platinum
1022 The Script No Sound Without Silence Columbia 21 September 2014 1 Platinum
1023 alt-J This Is All Yours Infectious 28 September 2014 1 Gold
1024 George Ezra Wanted on Voyage Columbia 5 October 2014 2 5× Platinum
1025 Ella Henderson Chapter One Syco 19 October 2014 1 Platinum
1026 Ben Howard I Forget Where We Were Island 26 October 2014 1 Gold
1027 Taylor Swift 1989 Big Machine 2 November 2014 1 6× Platinum
re Ed Sheeran x † Asylum/Atlantic 9 November 2014 1 13× Platinum
1028 Pink Floyd The Endless River Parlophone 16 November 2014 1 Platinum
1029 One Direction Four Columbia/Syco 23 November 2014 1 2× Platinum
1030 Olly Murs Never Been Better Syco/Epic 30 November 2014 1 3× Platinum
1031 Take That III Polydor 7 December 2014 1 Platinum
re Ed Sheeran x † Asylum/Atlantic 14 December 2014 3 13× Platinum
2015
re George Ezra Wanted on Voyage Columbia 4 January 2015 1 5× Platinum
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 11 January 2015 1 10× Platinum
re George Ezra Wanted on Voyage Columbia 18 January 2015 1 5× Platinum
1032 Mark Ronson Uptown Special Columbia 25 January 2015 1 Gold
1033 Meghan Trainor Title Epic 1 February 2015 1 Platinum
1034 Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night Columbia 8 February 2015 1
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 15 February 2015 1 10× Platinum
1035 Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors Interscope 22 February 2015 1 Platinum
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 1 March 2015 1 10× Platinum
1036 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday Sour Mash 8 March 2015 1 Platinum
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 15 March 2015 1 10× Platinum
1037 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Interscope 22 March 2015 1 Platinum
1038 James Bay Chaos and the Calm Virgin 29 March 2015 1 3× Platinum
1039 The Prodigy The Day Is My Enemy Cooking Vinyl 5 April 2015 1 Gold
1040 All Time Low Future Hearts Hopeless 12 April 2015 1 Silver
1041 Paul Simon The Ultimate Collection Sony 19 April 2015 1 Platinum
1042 Josh Groban Stages Reprise 26 April 2015 1 Gold
1043 Blur The Magic Whip Parlophone 3 May 2015 1 Gold
1044 Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind Gentlemen of the Road/Island 10 May 2015 2 Platinum
1045 Brandon Flowers The Desired Effect Vertigo 24 May 2015 1 Gold
1046 Will Young 85% Proof Island 31 May 2015 1 Gold
1047 Florence and the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Island 7 June 2015 1 Platinum
1048 Muse Drones Warner Bros. 14 June 2015 2 Gold
re Florence and the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Island 28 June 2015 1 Platinum
1049 Lionel Richie The Definitive Collection Motown 5 July 2015 1 3× Platinum
re Ed Sheeran x Asylum/Atlantic 10 July 2015 1 13× Platinum
1050 Years & Years Communion Polydor 17 July 2015 2 2× Platinum
1051 The Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes Virgin 31 July 2015 1 Silver
1052 The Maccabees Marks to Prove It Polydor 7 August 2015 1 Silver
1053 Dr. Dre Compton Interscope 14 August 2015 1 Gold
1054 Cilla Black The Very Best of Cilla Black Parlophone 21 August 2015 1 Platinum
1055 Jess Glynne I Cry When I Laugh Atlantic 28 August 2015 1 5× Platinum
1056 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Republic 4 September 2015 1 2× Platinum
1057 Iron Maiden The Book of Souls Parlophone 11 September 2015 1 Gold
1058 Stereophonics Keep the Village Alive Stylus 18 September 2015 1 Gold
1059 David Gilmour Rattle That Lock Columbia 25 September 2015 1 Gold
1060 Disclosure Caracal Island 2 October 2015 1 Gold
1061 Rudimental We the Generation Atlantic 9 October 2015 1 Gold
1062 Faithless Faithless 2.0 Sony 16 October 2015 1 Silver
1063 Jamie Lawson Jamie Lawson Atlantic 23 October 2015 1 Gold
1064 5 Seconds of Summer Sounds Good Feels Good Capitol 30 October 2015 1 Gold
1065 Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra If I Can Dream RCA 6 November 2015 2 4× Platinum
1066 One Direction Made in the A.M. Columbia/Syco 20 November 2015 1 2× Platinum
1067 Adele 25 † XL 27 November 2015 7 13× Platinum
2016
1068 David Bowie Blackstar RCA 15 January 2016 3 Platinum
1069 Best of Bowie EMI 5 February 2016 1 4× Platinum
1070 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Parlophone 12 February 2016 1 4× Platinum
re Adele 25 † XL 19 February 2016 2 13× Platinum
1071 The 1975 I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It Dirty Hit/Polydor 4 March 2016 1 Platinum
re Adele 25 † XL 11 March 2016 3 13× Platinum
1072 Zayn Mind of Mine RCA 1 April 2016 1 Gold
1073 The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You've Come to Expect Domino 8 April 2016 1 Gold
1074 The Lumineers Cleopatra Dualtone 15 April 2016 1 Gold
1075 PJ Harvey The Hope Six Demolition Project Island 22 April 2016 1
1076 Beyoncé Lemonade Parkwood/Columbia 29 April 2016 1 Platinum
1077 Drake Views Young Money/Republic 6 May 2016 1 2× Platinum
1078 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool XL 13 May 2016 1 Gold
re Drake Views Young Money/Republic 20 May 2016 1 2× Platinum
1079 Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman Republic 27 May 2016 1 Platinum
1080 Catfish and the Bottlemen The Ride Capitol 3 June 2016 1 Platinum
1081 Paul Simon Stranger to Stranger Concord 10 June 2016 1 Silver
1082 Rick Astley 50 BMG 17 June 2016 1 Platinum
re Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool XL 24 June 2016 1 Gold
re Adele 25 † XL 1 July 2016 1 13× Platinum
1083 Blink-182 California BMG 8 July 2016 1 Gold
1084 Biffy Clyro Ellipsis 14th Floor 15 July 2016 1 Gold
1085 Michael Kiwanuka Love & Hate Polydor 22 July 2016 1 Gold
1086 Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Sony 29 July 2016 1 5× Platinum
1087 Viola Beach Viola Beach Fuller Beans 5 August 2016 1 Silver
1088 Blossoms Blossoms Virgin 12 August 2016 2 Gold
1089 Frank Ocean Blonde Boys Don't Cry 26 August 2016 1 Platinum
1090 Barbra Streisand Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Columbia 2 September 2016 1
1091 Ward Thomas Cartwheels WTW Music 9 September 2016 1 Gold
1092 Bastille Wild World Virgin EMI 16 September 2016 2 Gold
1093 Passenger Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea Nettwerk 30 September 2016 1 Silver
1094 Craig David Following My Intuition Insanity 7 October 2016 1 Gold
1095 Green Day Revolution Radio Reprise 14 October 2016 1 Gold
1096 Kings of Leon Walls RCA 21 October 2016 1 Platinum
1097 Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Wonder of You RCA 28 October 2016 1 2× Platinum
1098 James Arthur Back from the Edge Columbia 4 November 2016 1 Platinum
1099 Robbie Williams The Heavy Entertainment Show Columbia 11 November 2016 1 Platinum
1100 Olly Murs 24 Hrs Sony 18 November 2016 1 Platinum
1101 Little Mix Glory Days Syco 25 November 2016 2 4× Platinum
1102 The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome Polydor 9 December 2016 1 Platinum
1103 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe Together Decca 16 December 2016 2 2× Platinum
re Little Mix Glory Days Syco 30 December 2016 3 4× Platinum
2017
1104 The xx I See You Young Turks 20 January 2017 1 Gold
1105 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra and Jules Buckley Classic House Universal 27 January 2017 1 Gold
1106 Various artists La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Interscope 3 February 2017 1 Gold
1107 Elbow Little Fictions Polydor 10 February 2017 1 Gold
1108 Rag'n'Bone Man Human Columbia 17 February 2017 2 4× Platinum
1109 Stormzy Gang Signs & Prayer Merky 3 March 2017 1 Platinum
1110 Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 10 March 2017 9 14× Platinum
1111 Kasabian For Crying Out Loud Columbia 12 May 2017 1 Gold
1112 Harry Styles Harry Styles Erskine/Columbia 19 May 2017 1 Platinum
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 26 May 2017 1 14× Platinum
re The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Parlophone 2 June 2017 1 18× Platinum
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 9 June 2017 1 14× Platinum
1113 London Grammar Truth Is a Beautiful Thing Metal & Dust/Ministry of Sound 16 June 2017 1 Gold
1114 Royal Blood How Did We Get So Dark? Warner Bros. 23 June 2017 1 Gold
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 30 June 2017 3 14× Platinum
1115 The Vamps Night & Day Mercury/Virgin EMI 21 July 2017 1 Gold
1116 Lana Del Rey Lust for Life Polydor/Interscope 28 July 2017 1 Gold
1117 Arcade Fire Everything Now Columbia/Sonovox 4 August 2017 1 Gold
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 11 August 2017 3 14× Platinum
1118 Queens of the Stone Age Villains Matador 1 September 2017 1 Gold
1119 The Script Freedom Child Columbia/Sony 8 September 2017 1 Gold
1120 The National Sleep Well Beast 4AD 15 September 2017 1 Silver
1121 Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold RCA 22 September 2017 1 Gold
1122 The Killers Wonderful Wonderful Island 29 September 2017 1 Gold
1123 Shania Twain Now Mercury Nashville 6 October 2017 1 Silver
1124 Liam Gallagher As You Were Warner Bros. 13 October 2017 1 Platinum
1125 Pink Beautiful Trauma RCA 20 October 2017 1 2× Platinum
1126 George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 / MTV Unplugged Columbia 27 October 2017 1
1127 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe Together Again Decca 3 November 2017 1 Platinum
1128 Sam Smith The Thrill of It All Capitol 10 November 2017 1 2× Platinum
1129 Taylor Swift Reputation Big Machine 17 November 2017 1 3× Platinum
1130 Paloma Faith The Architect RCA, Epic 24 November 2017 1 Platinum
1131 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Who Built the Moon? Sour Mash 1 December 2017 1 Platinum
re Sam Smith The Thrill of It All Capitol 8 December 2017 1 2× Platinum
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 15 December 2017 1 14× Platinum
1132 Eminem Revival Interscope 22 December 2017 1 Platinum
re Ed Sheeran ÷ † Asylum/Atlantic 29 December 2017 2 14× Platinum
2018
1133 Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 12 January 2018 11 8× Platinum
1134 George Ezra Staying at Tamara's Columbia 30 March 2018 1 4× Platinum
re Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 6 April 2018 1 8× Platinum
1135 Kylie Minogue Golden BMG 13 April 2018 1 Gold
re Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 20 April 2018 2 8× Platinum
1136 Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys Republic 4 May 2018 1 2× Platinum
re Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 11 May 2018 1 8× Platinum
1137 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Domino 18 May 2018 1 Gold
re Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 25 May 2018 6 8× Platinum
1138 Drake Scorpion Young Money/Republic 6 July 2018 3 2× Platinum
1139 Various artists Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack Polydor 27 July 2018 4 2× Platinum
1140 Ariana Grande Sweetener Republic 24 August 2018 1 Platinum
re Various artists Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack Polydor 31 August 2018 1 2× Platinum
1141 Eminem Kamikaze Interscope 7 September 2018 4 Platinum
1142 Rod Stewart Blood Red Roses Decca 5 October 2018 1 Gold
1143 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Interscope 12 October 2018 1 2× Platinum
1144 Jess Glynne Always in Between Atlantic 19 October 2018 1 Platinum
re Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Interscope 26 October 2018 1 2× Platinum
1145 Andrea Bocelli Sì Decca 2 November 2018 1 Gold
1146 The Prodigy No Tourists BMG 9 November 2018 1 Silver
1147 Muse Simulation Theory Helium 3/Warner Bros. 16 November 2018 1 Gold
1148 Michael Bublé Love Reprise 23 November 2018 1 Platinum
1149 Take That Odyssey Polydor 30 November 2018 1 Platinum
1150 The 1975 A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships Dirty Hit/Polydor 7 December 2018 1 Platinum
re Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman † Atlantic 14 December 2018 7 8× Platinum
2019
1151 Bring Me the Horizon Amo RCA 1 February 2019 1 Gold
1152 The Specials Encore UMG 8 February 2019 1
1153 Ariana Grande Thank U, Next Republic 15 February 2019 3 Platinum
1154 Tom Walker What a Time to Be Alive Relentless 8 March 2019 1 Platinum
1155 Dave Psychodrama Dave/Neighbourhood 15 March 2019 1 Platinum
1156 Jack Savoretti Singing to Strangers BMG 22 March 2019 1 Silver
1157 Michael Ball Coming Home to You Decca 29 March 2019 1
1158 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Interscope 5 April 2019 2 3× Platinum
1159 BTS Map of the Soul: Persona Big Hit 19 April 2019 1 Gold
re Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Interscope 26 April 2019 1 3× Platinum
1160 Pink Hurts 2B Human RCA 3 May 2019 3 Gold
1161 Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † EMI 24 May 2019 4 5× Platinum
1162 Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Columbia 21 June 2019 1 Gold
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † EMI 28 June 2019 1 5× Platinum
1163 Kylie Minogue Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection BMG 5 July 2019 1 Gold
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † EMI 12 July 2019 1 5× Platinum
1164 Ed Sheeran No.6 Collaborations Project Asylum 19 July 2019 4 3× Platinum
1165 Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Roadrunner 16 August 2019 1 Gold
re Ed Sheeran No.6 Collaborations Project Asylum 23 August 2019 1 3× Platinum
1166 Taylor Swift Lover Republic 30 August 2019 1 2× Platinum
1167 Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! Polydor 6 September 2019 1 Platinum
1168 Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding Republic 13 September 2019 1 2× Platinum
1169 Sam Fender Hypersonic Missiles Polydor 20 September 2019 1 Platinum
1170 Liam Gallagher Why Me? Why Not. Warner 27 September 2019 1 Gold
re The Beatles Abbey Road Apple Corps 4 October 2019 1 8× Platinum
1171 Dermot Kennedy Without Fear Island 11 October 2019 1 Platinum
1172 Elbow Giants of All Sizes Polydor 18 October 2019 1 Silver
1173 Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 Warner 25 October 2019 1 Silver
1174 Stereophonics Kind Parlophone 1 November 2019 1 Gold
1175 Jeff Lynne's ELO From Out of Nowhere RCA 8 November 2019 1 Silver
1176 The Script Sunsets & Full Moons Columbia 15 November 2019 1 Silver
1177 Westlife Spectrum EMI 22 November 2019 1 Gold
1178 Coldplay Everyday Life Parlophone 29 November 2019 1 Gold
1179 Robbie Williams The Christmas Present Columbia 6 December 2019 1 Gold
1180 Rod Stewart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Rhino 13 December 2019 3 Platinum
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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. 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. 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.

Artist Number ones Albums
Robbie Williams 5 List
Coldplay 4 List
Lana Del Rey List
Eminem List
Lady Gaga List
Olly Murs List
One Direction List
The Script List
Ed Sheeran List
Taylor Swift List
Arcade Fire 3 List
Arctic Monkeys List
David Bowie List
Michael Bublé List
Elbow List
Florence and the Machine List
Ariana Grande List
Kasabian List
Kings of Leon List
Kylie Minogue List
Muse List
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds List
Rihanna List
Bruce Springsteen List
Rod Stewart List
Take That List
The 1975 List
  • † Originally released in the 2000s, but went to number one during the 2010s.

Albums with the most weeks at number one

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

Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Hugh Jackman & Various artists The Greatest Showman 28
Adele 21 23
Ed Sheeran ÷ 20
Adele 25 13
Ed Sheeran x
Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events 10
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour 8
Take That Progress 7
Eminem Recovery

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.

Artist Weeks at
number one 		Albums
Ed Sheeran 41 List
Adele 36 List
    1. 21 (23 weeks)
    2. 25 (13 weeks)
Eminem 13 List
Emeli Sandé 10 List
Sam Smith List
Lady Gaga 9 List
Take That List
Robbie Williams 7 List
Michael Bublé 6 List
Lewis Capaldi List
Paolo Nutini List
Rihanna List
David Bowie 5 List
Lana Del Rey List
Drake List
George Ezra List
Florence and the Machine List
Ariana Grande List
Little Mix List
Olly Murs List
One Direction List
Rod Stewart List

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.

Record label Number-one
albums 		Weeks at
number one
XL Recordings 4 39
Polydor Records 14 29
Atlantic Records 12 29
Island Records 17 26
Virgin Records 9 25
Columbia Records 18 23
RCA Records 15 20
Interscope Records 11 20
Parlophone 11 11
Syco Music 8 10
Sony Music 7 10
Def Jam Recordings 5 8
Reprise Records 4 7

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

Year Artist Album Record label Weeks at
number one 		Ref.
2010 Take That Progress Polydor 7
2011 Michael Bublé Christmas 143/Reprise 4
2012 Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events Virgin 10
2013 Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways Island 4
2014 Ed Sheeran X Asylum 13
2015 Adele 25 XL 13
2016 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Together Decca 2
2017 Eminem Revival Interscope 1
2018 Various Artists The Greatest Showman Atlantic 28
2019 Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Warner 3

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.
  2. The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.
  3. The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.

References

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