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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads.[2][3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. 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).
Sixty-nine albums have been in the top 10 so far this year (as of 2 May 2024, week ending). One album from 2021, one album from 2022 and six albums from 2023 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, and Stick Season by Noah Kahan were the albums from 2023 to reach their peak in 2024.
The first new number-one album of the year was Christmas by Michael Bublé. Overall, fourteen different albums have peaked at number-one so far in 2024, with fourteen unique artists hitting that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.
Top-ten albums
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2021, 2022 or 2023 but still in chart in 2024. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2024 but peaked in 2025. |
| (#) | Year-end top ten album position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 2021 | ||||||
| 18 February 2021 | 111* | The Highlights ‡ | The Weeknd | 2 | 18 February 2021 | 7 |
| Albums in 2022 | ||||||
| 3 November 2022 | 57 | Midnights ‡ | Taylor Swift | 1 | 3 November 2022 | 5 |
| Albums in 2023 | ||||||
| 16 February 2023 | 4 | My 21st Century Blues ‡ | Raye | 2 | 16 February 2023 | 1 |
| 1 June 2023 | 7 | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent ‡ | Lewis Capaldi | 1 | 1 June 2023 | 3 |
| 21 September 2023 | 26* | Guts ‡ | Olivia Rodrigo | 1 | 21 September 2023 | 1 |
| 2 November 2023 | 11 | Hackney Diamonds ‡ | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 2 November 2023 | 2 |
| 9 November 2023 | 22 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‡ | Taylor Swift | 1 | 9 November 2023 | 3 |
| 23 November 2023 | 20* | Stick Season | Noah Kahan | 1 | 22 February 2024 | 1 |
| 14 December 2023 | 4 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 1 | 4 January 2024 | 1 |
| Albums in 2024 | ||||||
| 4 January 2024 | 9 | Diamonds | Elton John | 4 | 4 January 2024 | 1 |
| 6* | ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | 4 | 11 January 2024 | 1 | |
| 9 | Curtain Call: The Hits | Eminem | 7 | 25 January 2024 | 2 | |
| 11 January 2024 | 2 | Folklore | Taylor Swift | 9 | 11 January 2024 | 1 |
| 18 January 2024 | 1 | A Matter of Time | Shed Seven | 1 | 18 January 2024 | 1 |
| 25 January 2024 | 1 | Rolling Stone | D-Block Europe | 1 | 25 January 2024 | 1 |
| 2 | American Dream | 21 Savage | 2 | 25 January 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations | The Vaccines | 3 | 25 January 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 February 2024 | 1 | Saviors | Green Day | 1 | 1 February 2024 | 1 |
| 9* | 50 Years – Don't Stop | Fleetwood Mac | 7 | 11 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 8 February 2024 | 1 | Bitter Sweet Love | James Arthur | 1 | 8 February 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | Ballad of a Bystander | The Reytons | 2 | 8 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Wall of Eyes | The Smile | 3 | 8 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Black Friday | Tom Odell | 5 | 8 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | People Who Aren't There Anymore | Future Islands | 7 | 8 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Dark Rainbow | Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes | 10 | 8 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 15 February 2024 | 2 | Prelude to Ecstasy | The Last Dinner Party | 1 | 15 February 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | 10 for the People | Jamie Webster | 2 | 15 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 22 February 2024 | 3 | Vultures 1 | Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign | 2 | 22 February 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | What Happened to the Beach? | Declan McKenna | 3 | 22 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 29 February 2024 | 1 | Tangk | Idles | 1 | 29 February 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | The Glorification of Sadness | Paloma Faith | 2 | 29 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 6 | 29 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Mess We Seem to Make | Crawlers | 7 | 29 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 7 March 2024 | 3 | Swing Fever | Rod Stewart & Jools Holland | 1 | 7 March 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | Millennials | The Snuts | 2 | 7 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Thanks for Hating | Potter Payper | 5 | 7 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Western Approaches | Red Rum Club | 8 | 7 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 14 March 2024 | 2 | Liam Gallagher John Squire | Liam Gallagher & John Squire | 1 | 14 March 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | The Mandrake Project | Bruce Dickinson | 3 | 14 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Where's My Utopia? | Yard Act | 4 | 14 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album | Kaiser Chiefs | 6 | 14 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Mountainhead | Everything Everything | 9 | 14 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Reflection | Skrapz | 10 | 14 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 21 March 2024 | 5 | Eternal Sunshine | Ariana Grande | 1 | 21 March 2024 | 2 |
| 1 | Invincible Shield | Judas Priest | 2 | 21 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Bleachers | Bleachers | 5 | 21 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 28 March 2024 | 1 | Deeper Well | Kacey Musgraves | 3 | 28 March 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | Everything I Thought It Was | Justin Timberlake | 5 | 28 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Still Learning | Caity Baser | 7 | 28 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 4 April 2024 | 1 | Audio Vertigo | Elbow | 1 | 4 April 2024 | 1 |
| 2 | We Don't Trust You | Future & Metro Boomin | 2 | 4 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Glasgow Eyes | The Jesus and Mary Chain | 7 | 4 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 11 April 2024 | 4* | Cowboy Carter | Beyoncé | 1 | 11 April 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | Interplay | Ride | 8 | 11 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 18 April 2024 | 1 | All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade | The Libertines | 1 | 18 April 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | I Wonder If the World Knows | The K's | 3 | 18 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Found Heaven | Conan Gray | 4 | 18 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Might Delete Later | J. Cole | 7 | 18 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Black/Red | Feeder | 8 | 18 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 25 April 2024 | 1 | Yummy | James | 1 | 25 April 2024 | 1 |
| 1 | One Deep River | Mark Knopfler | 3 | 25 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) | Linkin Park | 4 | 25 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Halo Effetc | Kris Barras Band | 5 | 25 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | This Could Be Texas | English Teacher | 8 | 25 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | Hombres | Gun | 10 | 25 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 May 2024 | 1* | The Tortured Poets Department | Taylor Swift | 1 | 2 May 2024 | 1 |
| 1* | Dark Matter | Pearl Jam | 2 | 2 May 2024 | 1 | |
| 1* | UB45 | UB40 | 5 | 2 May 2024 | 1 | |
| 1* | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 9 | 2 May 2024 | 1 | |
Entries by artist
The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2024, including albums that reached their peak in 2023. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2024 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Taylor Swift | 15* | Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), Folklore, The Tortured Poets Department |
| 2 | Fleetwood Mac | 9* | 50 Years – Don't Stop, Rumours |
See also
References
- ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
Sources
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
- 2024 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)
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