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Of the UK's top 60 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists. [1] Fourteen are by American artists, with the rest being from Ireland, Canada, Sweden and Jamaica. [6] Ten acts feature on the chart with more than one album, with Queen and Michael Jackson both featuring twice within the top ten. [1]
The UK Albums Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Initially based solely on the sales of albums in the vinyl and CD formats, digital albums began being included from April 2006. [2]
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for albums.Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. [1] It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays).
The Beatles went on to earn the most best-selling albums of the year, five times with With the Beatles (1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Abbey Road (1969) and 1 (2000). Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with 21 (2011), 25 (2015, 2016) and 30 (2021).
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 .
This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2023, as well as albums which peaked in 2022 and 2024 but were in the top 10 in 2023. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. 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 ...
This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2024, as well as albums which peaked in 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2024. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).