List of artists by number of 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 seventeen artists who have topped the chart, with nine or more albums. English band The Beatles has the most number one albums with sixteen, spending 176 weeks at the top, longer than any other artist. English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has the most number one albums for a solo artist, with fourteen.[1] American musician Bruce Springsteen is the first artist to score number-one album in five consecutive decades.[2] Second is Australian singer-songwriter-actress-businesswoman Kylie Minogue, who is also the latest artist to score nine number-one albums.[3]

Tally
Artists with the most number one albums in the UK Albums Chart
Artist Number ones Number one studio albums Album title Record label(s) First reached number one Weeks at number one Ref.
The Beatles
16
11
 Please Please Me Parlophone 5 May 1963 30 [4]
With the Beatles Parlophone 1 December 1963 21
A Hard Day's Night Parlophone 19 July 1964 21
Beatles for Sale Parlophone 13 December 1964 11
Help! Parlophone 8 August 1965 9
Rubber Soul Parlophone 19 December 1965 8
Revolver Parlophone 7 August 1966 7
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Parlophone 4 June 1967 28
The Beatles Apple 1 December 1968 8
Abbey Road Apple 28 September 1969 18
Let It Be Apple 17 May 1970 3
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl Parlophone 12 June 1977 1
Abbey Road[lower-alpha 1] Apple 31 October 1987 1
Live at the BBC Apple 4 December 1994 1
Anthology 2 Apple 24 March 1996 1
1 Apple 19 November 2000 9
The Rolling Stones
13
11
 The Rolling Stones Decca 26 April 1964 12 [5]
The Rolling Stones No. 2 Decca 31 January 1965 10
Aftermath Decca 24 April 1966 8
Let It Bleed Decca 14 December 1969 1
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! Decca 13 September 1970 2
Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones 13 June 1971 5
Exile on Main St. Rolling Stones 4 June 1972 2
Goats Head Soup Rolling Stones 16 September 1973 3
Emotional Rescue Rolling Stones 29 June 1980 2
Voodoo Lounge Virgin 17 July 1994 1
Exile on Main St.[lower-alpha 2] Polydor 29 May 2010 1
Blue & Lonesome Polydor 9 December 2016 1
Goats Head Soup[lower-alpha 3] Polydor 17 September 2020 1
Robbie Williams
14
11
 Life thru a Lens Chrysalis 12 April 1998 2 [6]
I've Been Expecting You Chrysalis 1 November 1998 3
Sing When You're Winning Chrysalis 3 September 2000 3
Swing When You're Winning Chrysalis 25 November 2001 7
Escapology EMI 24 November 2002 7
Greatest Hits Chrysalis 24 October 2004 4
Intensive Care Chrysalis 30 October 2005 1
Rudebox Chrysalis 29 October 2006 1
In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 Virgin 17 October 2010 1
Take the Crown Island 11 November 2012 1
Swings Both Ways Island 24 November 2013 4
The Heavy Entertainment Show Columbia 11 November 2016 1
The Christmas Present Columbia 6 December 2019 1
XXV Columbia 9 September 2022 1
Elvis Presley
13
5
 Rock 'N' Roll His Master's Voice 4 November 1956 1 [7]
Loving You RCA 1 September 1957 3
King Creole RCA 14 September 1958 7
Elvis Is Back! RCA 24 July 1960 1
G.I. Blues RCA 1 August 1961 22
Blue Hawaii RCA 31 December 1961 18
Pot Luck RCA 22 July 1962 6
From Elvis in Memphis RCA Victor 24 August 1969 1
Elvis' 40 Greatest Arcade 4 September 1977 1
ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits RCA 29 September 2002 2
The King RCA 19 August 2007 1
If I Can Dream[lower-alpha 4] RCA, Legacy 6 November 2015 2
The Wonder of You[lower-alpha 5] RCA, Legacy 28 October 2016 1
Madonna
12
9
 Like a Virgin Sire 15 September 1985 2 [8]
True Blue Sire 6 July 1986 6
Like a Prayer Sire 26 March 1989 2
The Immaculate Collection Sire 18 November 1990 9
Evita[lower-alpha 6] Warner Bros. 26 January 1997 1
Ray of Light Maverick 8 March 1998 2
Music Maverick 24 September 2000 2
American Life Maverick 27 April 2003 1
Confessions on a Dance Floor Warner Bros. 20 November 2005 2
Hard Candy Warner Bros. 4 May 2008 1
Celebration Warner Bros. 27 September 2009 1
MDNA Interscope 1 April 2012 1
Bruce Springsteen
12
11
 Born in the U.S.A. CBS 16 June 1984 5 [9]
Tunnel of Love CBS 17 October 1987 1
Human Touch Columbia 4 April 1992 1
Greatest Hits Columbia 11 March 1995 2
The Rising Columbia 10 August 2002 1
Devils & Dust Columbia 7 May 2005 1
Magic Columbia 13 October 2007 1
Working on a Dream Columbia 2 July 2009 2
Wrecking Ball Columbia 11 March 2012 1
High Hopes Columbia 19 January 2014 1
Western Stars Columbia 27 June 2019 1
Letter to You Columbia 5 November 2020 1
David Bowie
11
9
 Aladdin Sane RCA 5 May 1973 5 [10]
Pin Ups RCA 3 November 1973 5
Diamond Dogs RCA 8 June 1974 4
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) RCA 27 September 1980 2
Let's Dance EMI 23 April 1983 3
Tonight EMI 6 October 1984 1
Changesbowie EMI 24 March 1990 1
Black Tie White Noise Arista 17 April 1993 1
The Next Day ISO/Columbia 23 March 2013 1
Blackstar RCA 15 January 2016 3
Best of Bowie EMI 5 February 2016 1
U2
11
10
 War Island 6 March 1983 1 [11]
The Unforgettable Fire Island 7 October 1984 2
The Joshua Tree Island 15 March 1987 2
Rattle and Hum Island 16 October 1988 1
Zooropa Island 11 July 1993 1
Pop Island 9 March 1997 1
The Best of 1980–1990 Island 8 November 1998 1
All That You Can't Leave Behind Island 5 November 2000 1
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Island 28 November 2004 3
No Line on the Horizon Vertigo 8 March 2009 2
Songs of Surrender Island 24 March 2023 1
ABBA 10 6 Greatest Hits Epic 2 May 1976 11 [12]
Arrival Epic 9 January 1977 10
ABBA: The Album Epic 29 January 1978 7
Voulez-Vous Epic 13 May 1979 4
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Epic 11 November 1979 4
Super Trouper Epic 16 November 1980 9
The Visitors Epic 13 December 1981 3
The Singles: The First Ten Years Epic 21 November 1982 1
Gold: Greatest Hits Polydor 27 September 1992 8
Voyage Universal 12 November 2021 1
Michael Jackson 10 5 Thriller Epic 27 February 1983 8 [13]
18 Greatest Hits[lower-alpha 7] Telstar 14 August 1983 3
Bad Epic 6 September 1987 5
Dangerous Epic 24 November 1991 1
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Epic 18 June 1995 1
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Epic 18 May 1997 2
Invincible Epic 4 November 2001 1
Number Ones Epic 23 November 2003 2
The Essential Michael Jackson Epic 5 July 2009 7
Xscape Epic 18 May 2014 1
Rod Stewart 10 7 Every Picture Tells a Story Mercury 2 October 1971 6 [14]
Never a Dull Moment Philips 16 September 1972 2
Sing It Again Rod Mercury 1 September 1973 3
Smiler Mercury 19 October 1974 2
Atlantic Crossing Warner Bros. 30 August 1975 7
A Night on the Town Riva 10 July 1976 2
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Riva 8 December 1979 5
Time Capitol 25 May 2013 1
Blood Red Roses Decca 11 October 2018 1
You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Rhino 13 December 2019 3
Eminem 10 9 The Marshall Mathers LP Interscope 23 May 2000 2 [15]
The Eminem Show Interscope 26 May 2002 5
Encore Interscope 11 December 2004 2
Curtain Call: The Hits Interscope 6 December 2005 5
Relapse Interscope 15 May 2009 2
Recovery Interscope 18 June 2010 7
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Interscope 5 November 2013 1
Revival Interscope 15 December 2017 1
Kamikaze Interscope 31 August 2018 4
Music to Be Murdered By Interscope 17 January 2020 1
Queen 10 7 A Night at the Opera EMI 21 December 1975 4 [16]
A Day at the Races EMI 2 January 1977 1
The Game EMI 13 July 1980 2
Greatest Hits EMI 8 November 1981 4
A Kind of Magic EMI 8 June 1986 1
The Miracle Parlophone 28 May 1989 1
Innuendo Parlophone 10 February 1991 2
Greatest Hits II Parlophone 3 November 1991 5
Made in Heaven Parlophone 12 November 1995 1
Live Around the World[lower-alpha 8] EMI 2 October 2020 1
Taylor Swift 10 10 Red Mercury 3 November 2012 1 [17]
1989 EMI 8 November 2014 1
Reputation EMI 23 November 2017 1
Lover EMI 5 September 2019 1
Folklore EMI 6 August 2020 3
Evermore EMI 24 December 2020 2
Fearless (Taylor's Version) EMI 22 April 2021 1
Red (Taylor's Version) EMI 25 November 2021 1
Midnights EMI 3 November 2022 5
Speak Now (Taylor's Version) EMI 20 July 2023 1
Bob Dylan 9 9 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan CBS 23 May 1964 2 [18]
Bringing It All Back Home CBS 15 May 1965 1
John Wesley Harding CBS 3 February 1968 13
Nashville Skyline CBS 17 May 1969 4
Self Portrait CBS 11 June 1970 1
New Morning CBS 28 November 1970 1
Together Through Life Columbia 9 May 2009 2
Shadows in the Night Columbia 14 February 2015 1
Rough and Rowdy Ways Columbia 2 July 2020 1
Coldplay 9 9 Parachutes Parlophone 22 July 2000 1 [19]
A Rush of Blood to the Head Parlophone 7 September 2002 3
X&Y Parlophone 6 June 2005 4
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Parlophone 18 June 2008 6
Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 5 November 2011 1
Ghost Stories Parlophone 19 May 2014 1
A Head Full of Dreams Parlophone 18 February 2016 1
Everyday Life Parlophone 5 December 2019 1
Music of the Spheres Parlophone 28 October 2021 1
Kylie Minogue
9
7
 Kylie PWL 16 July 1988 6 [20]
Enjoy Yourself PWL 21 October 1989 1
Greatest Hits PWL 5 September 1992 1
Fever Parlophone 13 October 2001 2
Aphrodite Parlophone 17 July 2010 1
Golden BMG 19 April 2018 1
Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection BMG 11 July 2019 1
Disco BMG 19 November 2020 1
Tension BMG 29 September 2023 1

Notes
  1. 1987 version
  2. Re-issue
  3. Re-issue
  4. The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  5. The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  6. The album is also credited to Madonna & various artists
  7. The album is credited to Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson 5
  8. The album is credited to Queen + Adam Lambert

References
  1. "Acts with the most Number 1 albums on the Official UK Chart". Official Charts Company. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. Friedlander, Matt (3 November 2020). "Bruce Springsteen becomes 1st artist to have a top 5 album in last 6 decades". Good Morning America. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. Smith, Carl (29 September 2023). "Kylie Minogue's Tension earns her ninth Number 1 album". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. "The Beatles full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. "The Rolling Stones full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. "Robbie Williams full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. "Elvis Presley full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. "Madonna full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  9. "Bruce Springsteen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  10. "David Bowie full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  11. "U2 full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  12. "ABBA full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  13. "Michael Jackson full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  14. "Rod Stewart full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  15. "Eminem full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  16. "Queen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  17. "Taylor Swift full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  18. "Bob Dylan full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  19. "Coldplay full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  20. "Kylie Minogue full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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