| UK Independent Breakers Chart number ones |
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This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Indie Breakers Chart during the 2020s.
Number-one albums
| No. | Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one[a] | Weeks at number one[a] |
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| 2020 | |||||
| re | Peppa Pig | My First Album | Eone Music | 5 December 2019 | 6 |
| 450 | Stephen Hough | Bramhs/The Final Piano Pieces | Hyperion | 16 January 2020 | 1 |
| 451 | Poppy | I Disagree | Sumerian | 23 January 2020 | 1 |
| 452 | Pinegrove | Marigold | Rough Trade | 30 January 2020 | 1 |
| 453 | Vukovi | Fall Better | Vukovi | 6 February 2020 | 1 |
| 454 | Smoke Fairies | Darkness Brings the Wonders Home | Year Seven | 13 February 2020 | 1 |
| 455 | Delain | Apocalypse & Chill | Napalm | 20 February 2020 | 1 |
| 456 | Moses Boyd | Dark Matter | Exodus | 27 February 2020 | 1 |
| 457 | Biff Byford | School of Hard Knocks | Silver Lining | 5 March 2020 | 1 |
| 458 | The Orielles | Disco Volador | Heavenly | 12 March 2020 | 1 |
| 459 | Jonathan Wilson | Dixie Blur | Bella Union | 19 March 2020 | 1 |
| 460 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | Secretly Canadian | 26 March 2020 | 1 |
| 461 | Baxter Dury | The Night Chancers | Pias De Label | 2 April 2020 | 1 |
| 462 | Hania Rani | Esja | Gondwana | 9 April 2020 | 1 |
| 463 | The Lovely Eggs | I Am Moron | Egg | 16 April 2020 | 1 |
| 464 | The Mountain Goats | Songs for Pierre Chuvin | Merge | 23 April 2020 | 1 |
| 465 | Twinnie | Hollywood Gypsy | BMG | 30 April 2020 | 1 |
| 466 | B.C. Camplight | Shortly after Takeoff | Bella Union | 7 May 2020 | 1 |
| 467 | Ist Ist | Articulture | Kind Violence | 14 May 2020 | 1 |
| 468 | Car Seat Headrest | Making a Door Less Open | Matador | 21 May 2020 | 1 |
| 469 | The Vapors | Together | Manmade Soul | 28 May 2020 | 1 |
| 470 | Sean Shibe | Bach | Delphian | 4 June 2020 | 1 |
| 471 | Alestorm | Curse of the Crystal Coconut | Napalm | 11 June 2020 | 1 |
| 472 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Sideways to New Italy | Sub Pop | 18 June 2020 | 1 |
| 473 | Larkin Poe | Self Made Man | Tricki-Woo | 25 June 2020 | 1 |
| 474 | The Spitfires | Life Worth Living | Acid Jazz | 2 July 2020 | 1 |
| 475 | Pottery | Welcome To Bobby's Motel | Partisan | 9 July 2020 | 1 |
| 476 | Toyah and the Humans | Noise in Your Head | Edsel | 16 July 2020 | 1 |
| 477 | The Midnight | Monsters | Counter | 23 July 2020 | 1 |
| 478 | Blinders | Fantasies of a Stay At Home Psychopath | Modern Sky | 30 July 2020 | 1 |
| 479 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Old Flowers | Loose Music | 6 August 2020 | 1 |
| 480 | Small Faces and Humble Pie | The Ultimate Collection | BMG | 13 August 2020 | 1 |
| 481 | Willlie J Healey | Twin Heavy | Yala | 20 August 2020 | 1 |
| 482 | Marsicans | Ursa Major | Killing Moon | 27 August 2020 | 1 |
| 483 | The Lemon Twigs | Songs for the General Public | 4AD | 3 September 2020 | 1 |
| 484 | Walter Trout | Ordinary Madness | Provogue | 10 September 2020 | 1 |
| 485 | Emily Barker | A Dark Murmuration Of Words | Everyone Sang | 17 September 2020 | 1 |
| 486 | Fay Hield | Wrackline | Topic | 24 September 2020 | 1 |
| 487 | Bright Light Bright Light | Fun City | YSKWN | 1 October 2020 | 1 |
| 488 | A Certain Ratio | Acr Loco | Mute | 8 October 2020 | 1 |
| 489 | The Jaded Hearts Club | You're Always Been There | Infectious | 15 October 2020 | 1 |
| 490 | Emmy the Great | April | Bella Union | 22 October 2020 | 1 |
| 491 | Autechre | Sign | Warp | 29 October 2020 | 1 |
| 492 | Moons | Pocket Melodies | Colorama | 5 November 2020 | 1 |
| 493 | Mr. Bungle | The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo | Ipecac | 12 November 2020 | 1 |
| 494 | Jubillee | You And I | Repertoire | 19 November 2020 | 1 |
| 495 | Lunatic Soul | Through Shaded Woods | Kscope | 26 November 2020 | 1 |
| 496 | Killer Be Killed | Reluctant Hero | Nuclear Blast | 3 December 2020 | 1 |
| 496 | Cats in Space | Atlantis | Harmony Factory | 10 December 2020 | 1 |
| 497 | Rimzee | Upper Clapton Dream 2 | Rimzee | 17 December 2020 | 1 |
| 498 | Late Night Final | A Wonderful Hope | Pias | 24 December 2020 | 1 |
| 499 | Chilly Gonzales | A Very Chilly Christmas | Gentle Threat | 31 December 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | |||||
| 500 | Sault | Untitled (Black Is) | Forever Living Originals | 7 January 2021 | 1 |
| 501 | Madvillainy | Madvillain | Stones Throw | 14 January 2021 | 1 |
| 502 | Viagra Boys | Welfare Jazz | YEAR0001 | 21 January 2021 | 2 |
| 503 | Byson Family | Kick the Traces | Assai Recordings | 4 February 2021 | 1 |
| 504 | Martin Gore | The Third Chimpanzee | Mute | 11 February 2021 | 1 |
| 505 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | Fat Possum | 18 February 2021 | 1 |
| 506 | Jeff Tweedy | Love is the King | DBPM | 25 February 2021 | 1 |
| 507 | Ricky Warwick | When Life Was Hard and Fast | Nuclear Blast | 4 March 2021 | 1 |
| 508 | Julien Baker | Little Oblivions | Matador | 11 March 2021 | 1 |
| 509 | Dimensions | Organ | Dimension | 18 March 2021 | 1 |
| 510 | Blackmore's Night | Nature's Light | Ear Music | 25 March 2021 | 1 |
| 511 | William Doyle | Great Spans of Muddy Time | Tough Love | 1 April 2021 | 1 |
| 512 | Tomahawk | Tonic Immobility | Ipecac | 8 April 2021 | 1 |
| 513 | Chris Catalyst | Kaleidoscopes | Wrath | 15 April 2021 | 1 |
| 514 | Devil Sold His Soul | Loss | Nuclear Blast | 22 April 2021 | 1 |
| 515 | Cannibal Corpse | Violence Unimagined | Metal Blade | 29 April 2021 | 1 |
| 516 | Alfa Mist | Bring Backs | Anti | 6 May 2021 | 1 |
| 517 | Dropkick Murphys | Turn Up That Dial | Born and Bred | 13 May 2021 | 1 |
| 518 | Alfie Templeman | Forever Isn't Long Enough | Chess Club | 20 May 2021 | 1 |
| 519 | Seefeel | Rupt & Flex | Warp | 27 May 2021 | 1 |
| 520 | John Hiatt/Jerry Douglas Band | Leftover Feelings | New West | 3 June 2021 | 1 |
| 521 | Black Midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade | 10 June 2021 | 1 |
| 522 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee | Dead Oceans | 17 June 2021 | 1 |
| 523 | Mammoth WVH | Mammoth WVH | EX1 | 24 June 2021 | 1 |
| 524 | Tigercub | As Blue As Indigo | Blame | 1 July 2021 | 1 |
| 525 | Hiatus Kaiyote | Mood Valiant | Ninja Tune | 8 July 2021 | 1 |
| 526 | Snapped Ankles | Forest Of Your Problems | The Leaf Label | 15 July 2021 | 1 |
| 527 | The Goon Sax | Mirror II | Matador | 22 July 2021 | 1 |
| 528 | Powerwolf | Call of the Wild | Napalm | 29 July 2021 | 1 |
| 529 | Emma-Jean Thackray | Yellow | Warp | 5 August 2021 | 1 |
| 530 | Durand Jones & The Indications | Private Space | Dead Oceans | 12 August 2021 | 1 |
| 531 | Wandering Hearts | The Wandering Hearts | Cooking Vinyl | 19 August 2021 | 1 |
| 532 | Joy Orbison | Still Slipping Vol.1 | XL | 26 August 2021 | 1 |
| 533 | Shaun William Ryder | Visits From Future Technology | Swrx Recordings | 2 September 2021 | 1 |
| 534 | Goat | Headsoup | Rocket | 9 September 2021 | 1 |
| 535 | Trampolene | Love No Less Than a Queen | Strap Originals | 16 September 2021 | 1 |
| 536 | Byson Family | Kick the Traces | Seshlehem | 23 September 2021 | 1 |
| 537 | Carcass | Torn Arteries | Nuclear Blast | 30 September 2021 | 1 |
| 538 | Tom Speight | Everything's Waiting for You | Nettwerk | 7 October 2021 | 1 |
| 539 | KK's Priest | Sermons of the Sinner | Ex1 | 14 October 2021 | 1 |
| 540 | Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane | Lost in the Cedar Wood | Transgressive | 21 October 2021 | 1 |
| 541 | Enhypen | Dimension: Dilemma | Hybe | 28 October 2021 | 1 |
| 542 | Sonony Fodea | Wide Awake | Solotoko | 4 November 2021 | 1 |
| 543 | Beast in Black | Dark Connection | Nuclear Blast | 11 November 2021 | 1 |
| 544 | Rina Sawayama | Sawayama | Dirty Hit | 18 November 2021 | 1 |
| 545 | W H Lung | Vanities | Melodic | 25 November 2021 | 1 |
| 546 | When Rivers Meet | Saving Grace | One Road | 2 December 2021 | 1 |
| 547 | Ist Ist | The Art of Lying | Kind Violence | 9 December 2021 | 1 |
| 548 | Geese | Projector | Partisan | 16 December 2021 | 1 |
| 548 | Spell Songs | Spell Songs II - Let the Light in | Quercus | 23 December 2021 | 1 |
| 549 | Afflecks Palace | What Do You Mean It's Not Raining | Spirit of Spike Island | 30 December 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | |||||
| re | Enhypen | Dimension: Dilemma | Hybe | 6 January 2022 | 1 |
| 550 | Monsta X | The Dreaming | BMG | 13 January 2022 | 1 |
| 551 | Burial | Antidawn | Hyperdub | 20 January 2022 | 1 |
| 552 | Orlando Weeks | Hop Up | Pias | 27 January 2022 | 1 |
| 553 | Battle Beast | Circus of Doom | Nuclear Blast | 3 February 2022 | 1 |
| 554 | Lady Blackbird | Black Acid Soul | BMG | 10 February 2022 | 1 |
| 555 | Cate Le Bon | Pompeii | Mexican Summer | 17 February 2022 | 1 |
| 556 | Delines | The Sea Drift | Decor | 24 February 2022 | 1 |
| 557 | Los Campesinos | Hello Sadness | Heart Smells | 3 March 2022 | 1 |
| 558 | Elles Bailey | Shining in the Half Light | Outlaw Music | 10 March 2022 | 1 |
| 559 | Nilüfer Yanya | Painless | Cooperative Music | 17 March 2022 | 1 |
| 560 | Bodega | Broken Equipment | What's Your Rupture? | 24 March 2022 | 1 |
| 561 | Peter Doherty with Frédéric Lo | The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime | Strap Originals | 31 March 2022 | 1 |
| 562 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Electricity | Merge | 7 April 2022 | 1 |
| 563 | Fatherson | Normal Fears | Easy Life | 14 April 2022 | 1 |
| 564 | Envy of None | Envy of None | Kscope | 21 April 2022 | 1 |
| 565 | Sault | Air | Forever Living Originals | 28 April 2022 | 1 |
| 566 | Pip Blom | Welcome Break | Heavenly | 5 May 2022 | 1 |
| 567 | Honeyglaze | Honeyglaze | Speedy Wunderground | 12 May 2022 | 1 |
| 568 | Stand Atlantic | F.E.A.R. | Hopeless | 19 May 2022 | 1 |
| 569 | Kevin Morby | This Is a Photograph | Dead Oceans | 26 May 2022 | 1 |
| 570 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Endless Rooms | Sub Pop | 2 June 2022 | 1 |
| 571 | Just Mustard | Heart Under | Partisan | 9 June 2022 | 1 |
| 572 | Horsegirl | Versions of Modern Romance | Matador | 16 June 2022 | 1 |
| 573 | Kreator | Hate Über Alles | Nuclear Blast | 23 June 2022 | 1 |
| 574 | Viktor Vaughn | Vaudeville Villain | Get On Down | 30 June 2022 | 1 |
| 575 | Alexisonfire | Otherness | Dine Alone | 7 July 2022 | 1 |
| 576 | Warmduscher | At the Hotspot | Bella Union | 14 July 2022 | 1 |
| 577 | Katy J Pearson | Sound of the Morning | Heavenly | 21 July 2022 | 1 |
| 578 | Trashcan Sinatras | Weightlifting | Last Night From Glasgow | 28 July 2022 | 1 |
| 579 | Odesza | The Last Goodbye | Foreign Family Collective | 4 August 2022 | 1 |
| 580 | Cats in Space | Kickstart the Sun | Harmony Factory | 11 August 2022 | 1 |
| 581 | Dub War | Westgate Under Fire | Earache | 18 August 2022 | 1 |
| 582 | Osees | A Foul Form | Castle Face | 25 August 2022 | 1 |
| 583 | The Chats | Get Fucked | Bargain Bin | 1 September 2022 | 1 |
| 584 | Julia Jacklin | Pre Pleasure | Transgressive | 8 September 2022 | 1 |
| 585 | Blind Guardian | The God Machine | Nuclear Blast | 15 September 2022 | 1 |
| 586 | Oliver Sim | Hideous Bastard | Young | 22 September 2022 | 1 |
| 587 | Behemoth | Opvs Contra Natvram | Nuclear Blast | 29 September 2022 | 1 |
| 588 | Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin | Ali | Dead Oceans | 6 October 2022 | 1 |
| 589 | Off! | Free LSD | Fat Possum | 13 October 2022 | 1 |
| 590 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Loose Future | 20 October 2022 | 1 | |
| 591 | David Longdon | Door One | Big Big Train | 27 October 2022 | 1 |
| 592 | Hugh Cornwell | Moments of Madness | His | 3 November 2022 | 1 |
| re | Lady Blackbird | Black and Soul | BMG | 10 November 2022 | 1 |
| 593 | Daniel Avery | Ultra Truth | Phantasy Sound | 17 November 2022 | 1 |
| 594 | Larkin Poe | Blood Harmony | Tricki-Woo | 24 November 2022 | 1 |
| 595 | Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord | Domino | 1 December 2022 | 1 |
| 596 | In the Forest | These Last Walls | Last Night From Glasgow | 8 December 2022 | 1 |
| 597 | Derek Ryan | Pure and Simple | Sharpe Music | 15 December 2022 | 2 |
| 598 | The Trash Can Sinatras | In the Music | Lo-Five | 29 December 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | |||||
| re | Lady Blackbird | Black Acid Soul | BMG | 5 January 2023 | 1 |
| 599 | Jockstrap | I Love You Jennifer B | Rough Trade | 12 January 2023 | 1 |
| 600 | Orlando Weeks | The Gritterman | Blood | 19 January 2023 | 1 |
| 601 | Trashcan Sinatras | A Happy Pocket | Last Night From Glasgow | 26 January 2023 | 1 |
| 602 | Katatonia | Sky Void of Stars | Napalm | 2 February 2023 | 1 |
| 603 | Mozart Estate | Pop-Up Ker-Ching and the Possibilities | Cherry Red | 9 February 2023 | 1 |
| 604 | Hi-Fi Sean and David McAlmont | Happy Ending | Plastique | 16 February 2023 | 1 |
| 605 | In Flames | Foregone | Nuclear Blast | 23 February 2023 | 1 |
| 606 | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Land of Sleeper | Rocket Recordings | 2 March 2023 | 1 |
| 607 | Hamish Hawk | Angel Numbers | Post Electric | 9 March 2023 | 1 |
| 608 | Enslaved | Heimdal | Nuclear Blast | 16 March 2023 | 1 |
| 609 | Dub Pistols | Frontline | Cyclone | 23 March 2023 | 1 |
| 610 | Trampolene | Rules of Love and War | Strap Originals | 30 March 2023 | 1 |
| 611 | Lankum | False Lankum | Rough Trade | 6 April 2023 | 1 |
| 612 | Ist Ist | Protagonists | Kind Violence | 13 April 2023 | 1 |
| 613 | Afflecks Paradise | The Only Light In This Tunnel Is The Oncoming Train | Spirit of Spike Island | 20 April 2023 | 1 |
| 614 | Overkill | Scorched | Nuclear Blast | 27 April 2023 | 1 |
| 615 | Bluey | Dance Mode | Demon | 4 May 2023 | 1 |
| 616 | Dream Machine | Thank God It's Dream Machine | Modern Sky | 11 May 2023 | 1 |
| 617 | The Lemon Twigs | Everything Harmony | Captured Tracks | 18 May 2023 | 1 |
| 618 | Craven Faults | Standers | The Leaf Label | 25 May 2023 | 1 |
| 619 | (G)I-dle | I Feel | Cube Entertainment | 1 June 2023 | 1 |
| 620 | Rhoda Dakar | Version Girl | Sunday Best | 8 June 2023 | 1 |
| 621 | Baxter Dury | I Thought I Was Better Than You | Heavenly | 15 June 2023 | 1 |
| 622 | Hak Baker | Worlds End FM | Hak Attack | 22 June 2023 | 1 |
| 623 | Steve Lukather | Bridges | The Players Club | 29 June 2023 | 1 |
| 624 | Luke Morley | Songs From the Blue Room | Luke Morley | 6 July 2023 | 1 |
| 625 | BDRMM | I Don't Know | Rock Action | 13 July 2023 | 1 |
| 626 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings | Ghostly International | 20 July 2023 | 1 |
| 627 | Vivian Stanshall | Rawlinson's End | Madfish | 27 July 2023 | 1 |
| 628 | The Lilac Time | Dance Till All the Stars Come Down | Poetica | 3 August 2023 | 1 |
| 629 | Brenda | Brenda | Last Night From Glasgow | 10 August 2023 | 1 |
| 630 | Prestige | Girl Ray | Moshi Moshi | 17 August 2023 | 1 |
| 631 | Tom Speight | Love + Light | Nettwerk | 24 August 2023 | 1 |
| 632 | Here At Last | EP1 | Halo Army | 31 August 2023 | 1 |
| 633 | Holding Absence | The Noble Art of Self Destruction | Sharpe Tone | 7 September 2023 | 1 |
| 634 | Joel Stoker | The Undertow | Cooking Vinyl | 14 September 2023 | 1 |
| 635 | Coach Party | Killjoy | Chess Club | 21 September 2023 | 1 |
| 636 | The Bites | Squeeze | Earache | 28 September 2023 | 1 |
| 637 | Das Koolies | DK01 | Strangetown | 5 October 2023 | 1 |
| 638 | Andrew Cushin | Waiting for the Rain | 69 | 12 October 2023 | 1 |
| 639 | John and Cody Carpenter | Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988) | Sacred Bones | 19 October 2023 | 1 |
| 640 | The Mary Wallopers | Irish Rock N Roll | BC Recordings | 26 October 2023 | 1 |
| 641 | Apollo Junction | Here We Are | Shed Load | 2 November 2023 | 1 |
| 642 | Black Pumas | Chronicles of a Diamond | ATO | 9 November 2023 | 1 |
| 643 | Green Lung | This Heathen Land | Nuclear Blast | 16 November 2023 | 1 |
| 644 | Johnny Flynn/Robert Macfarlane | The Moon Also Rises | Transgressive | 23 November 2023 | 1 |
| 645 | Vince Clarke | Songs of Silence | Mute | 30 November 2023 | 1 |
| 646 | K'S | Live at Lafayette | Lab | 7 December 2023 | 1 |
| 647 | Harp | Albion | Bella Union | 14 December 2023 | 1 |
| re | Lankum | False Lankum | Rough Trade | 21 December 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | |||||
| re | The Mary Wallopers | Irish Rock N Roll | BC Recordings | 11 January 2024 | 2 |
| 648 | Marika Hackman | Big Sigh | Chrysalis | 25 January 2024 | 1 |
| 649 | South of Salem | Death of the Party | Spider Party | 1 February 2024 | 1 |
| 650 | Driver Era | Live at the Greek | Too | 8 February 2024 | 1 |
| 651 | Florence Black | Bed of Nails | Florence Black | 15 February 2024 | 1 |
| 652 | Dead South | Chains & Stakes | Six Shooter | 22 February 2024 | 1 |
| 653 | Katherine Priddy | The Pendulum Swing | Cooking Vinyl | 29 February 2024 | 1 |
| 654 | John Bramwell | The Light Fantastic | Townsend Music | 7 March 2024 | 1 |
| 655 | These Wicked Rivers | Force of Nature | Fat Earth | 14 March 2024 | 1 |
| 656 | Kim Gordon | The Collective | Matador | 21 March 2024 | 1 |
| 657 | Elles Bailey | Live at the Fire Station | Outlaw Music | 28 March 2024 | 1 |
| 658 | Hybrid Minds | Tides | Hybrid Music | 4 April 2024 | 1 |
| 659 | Courting | New Last Name | Lower Third | 11 April 2024 | 1 |
| 660 | Cock Sparrer | Hand on Heart | Captain Oi!/Cherry Red | 18 April 2024 | 1 |
| 661 | Bodega | Our Brand Could Be Yr Life | Chrysalis | 25 April 2024 | 1 |
By record label
As of 15 December 2023, Nine record labels have spent four or more weeks at the top of the chart so far during the 2020s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Blast | 13 | 13 |
| Rough Trade | 4 | 7 |
| Bella Union | 5 | 5 |
| BMG | 5 | 6 |
| Matador | 5 | 5 |
| Dead Oceans | 4 | 4 |
| Napalm | 4 | 4 |
| Heavenly | 4 | 4 |
| Last Night From Glasgow | 4 | 4 |
By Artist
As of 13 January 2024, Four artists have spent three or more weeks at the top of the chart so far during the 2020s.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Lankum | 1 | 4 |
| Ist Ist | 3 | 3 |
| Lady Blackbird | 1 | 3 |
| The Mary Wallopers | 1 | 3 |
See also
References
- ^ "2020 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "2011 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "2012 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "2013 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
External links
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