The Official Albums Streaming Chart is a weekly music chart in the United Kingdom which calculates the most popular albums on audio streaming sites. It was first launched in March 2015 and the first album to top the chart was Ed Sheeran's x. These are the albums which were number one on the chart in 2015.

Number ones

Key
No. nth album to top the Official Albums Streaming Chart
re Return of an album to number one
Most-streamed album of the year
No. Artist[a] Album[a] Record label[b] Reached number one
(for the week ending)[a]
Weeks at
number one[a]
Ref.
1 Ed Sheeran x Atlantic 7 March 2015 2 [2]
14 March 2015 [3]
2 Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 21 March 2015 1 [4]
3 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Top Dawg 28 March 2015 1 [5]
re Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Capitol 4 April 2015 1 [6]
re Ed Sheeran x † Atlantic 11 April 2015 5 [7]
18 April 2015 [8]
25 April 2015 [9]
2 May 2015 [10]
9 May 2015 [11]
4 Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind Gentlemen of the Road/Island 16 May 2015 2 [12]
23 May 2015 [13]
re Ed Sheeran x † Atlantic 30 May 2015 7 [14]
6 June 2015 [15]
13 June 2015 [16]
20 June 2015 [17]
27 June 2015 [18]
4 July 2015 [19]
9 July 2015 [20]
5 Taylor Swift 1989 EMI 16 July 2015 1 [21]
re Ed Sheeran x † Atlantic 23 July 2015 6 [22]
30 July 2015 [23]
6 August 2015 [24]
13 August 2015 [25]
20 August 2015 [26]
27 August 2015 [27]
6 Jess Glynne I Cry When I Laugh Atlantic 3 September 2015 1 [28]
7 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Republic/XO 10 September 2015 2 [29]
17 September 2015 [30]
8 Bring Me the Horizon That's the Spirit RCA 24 September 2015 1 [31]
re The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Republic/XO 1 October 2015 1 [32]
9 Drake & Future What a Time to Be Alive Cash Money/Epic/Republic 8 October 2015 1 [33]
re Ed Sheeran x † Atlantic 15 October 2015 6 [34]
22 October 2015 [35]
29 October 2015 [36]
5 November 2015 [37]
12 November 2015 [38]
19 November 2015 [39]
10 Justin Bieber Purpose Def Jam 26 November 2015 6 [40]
3 December 2015 [41]
10 December 2015 [42]
17 December 2015 [43]
24 December 2015 [44]
31 December 2015 [45]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The artist, song, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the OCC.
  2. ^ The record labels are those given by the OCC.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ "01 March 2015 – 07 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ "08 March 2015 – 14 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  4. ^ "15 March 2015 – 21 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. ^ "22 March 2015 – 28 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. ^ "29 March 2015 – 4 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. ^ "5 April 2015 – 11 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. ^ "12 April 2015 – 18 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  9. ^ "19 April 2015 – 25 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  10. ^ "26 April 2015 – 02 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  11. ^ "03 May 2015 – 09 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  12. ^ "10 May 2015 – 16 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  13. ^ "17 May 2015 – 23 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  14. ^ "24 May 2015 – 30 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  15. ^ "31 May 2015 – 06 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  16. ^ "07 June 2015 – 13 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  17. ^ "14 June 2015 – 20 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  18. ^ "21 June 2015 – 27 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  19. ^ "28 June 2015 – 04 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  20. ^ "05 July – 09 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  21. ^ "10 July 2015 – 16 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  22. ^ "17 July 2015 – 23 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  23. ^ "24 July 2015 – 30 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  24. ^ "31 July 2015 – 06 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  25. ^ "7 August 2015 – 13 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  26. ^ "14 August 2015 – 20 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  27. ^ "21 August 2015 – 27 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  28. ^ "28 August 2015 – 03 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  29. ^ "04 September 2015 – 10 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  30. ^ "11 September 2015 – 17 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  31. ^ "18 September 2015 – 24 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  32. ^ "25 September 2015 – 01 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  33. ^ "02 October 2015 – 08 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  34. ^ "09 October 2015 – 15 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  35. ^ "16 October 2015 – 22 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  36. ^ "23 October – 29 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  37. ^ "30 October 2015 – 05 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  38. ^ "6 November 2015 – 12 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  39. ^ "13 November – 19 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  40. ^ "20 November 2015 – 26 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  41. ^ "27 November 2015 – 03 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  42. ^ "04 December 2015 – 10 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  43. ^ "11 December 2015 – 17 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  44. ^ "18 December 2015 – 24 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  45. ^ "25 December 2015 – 31 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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