List of UK top-ten albums in 2020
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 2020, as well as albums which peaked in 2019 but were in the top 10 in 2020. 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).
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Irish singer-songwriter and former One Direction member Niall Horan reached number-one in the UK Albums Chart in March 2020 with his second studio album Heartbreak Weather, making him the third Irish artist to reach the top of the chart in the space of five months, after Dermot Kennedy and The Script.
One-hundred and twelve albums have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 13 August 2020, week ending). Twelve albums from 2019 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Lil Uzi Vert is among the many artists who have achieved their first top 10 album in 2020.
The first new number-one album of the year was Heavy Is the Head by Stormzy. Overall, twenty-three different albums have peaked at number-one so far in 2020, with twenty-three unique artists hitting that position. An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.
Background
Chart debuts
Twenty-three artists have achieved their first top-ten album in 2020 (as of 9 July 2020, week ending), as a lead artist.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top-ten solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selena Gomez | 1 | Rare | 2 | — |
| Easy Life | 1 | Junk Food | 7 | — |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason | 1 | Elgar | 8 | — |
| Mac Miller | 1 | Circles | 8 | — |
| M Huncho | 1 | Huncholini the 1st | 5 | — |
| New Hope Club | 1 | New Hope Club | 5 | — |
| Grimes | 1 | Miss Anthropocene | 10 | — |
| Lil Baby | 1 | My Turn | 6 | — |
| Lil Uzi Vert | 1 | Eternal Atake | 3 | — |
| Lauv | 1 | How I'm Feeling | 9 | — |
| The Slow Readers Club | 1 | The Joy of the Return | 9 | — |
| PartyNextDoor | 1 | Partymobile | 7 | — |
| Gerry Cinnamon | 1 | The Bonny | 1 | — |
| DaBaby | 1 | Blame It on Baby | 8 | — |
| Yussef Dayes | 1 | What Kinda Music | 4 | — |
| The D-Day Darlings | 1 | I'll Remember You | 5 | — |
| Kehlani | 1 | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | 10 | — |
| Polo G | 1 | The Goat | 6 | — |
| KSI | 1 | Dissimulation | 2 | — |
| Gunna | 1 | Wunna | 5 | — |
| Sports Team | 1 | Deep Down Happy | 2 | — |
| Phoebe Bridgers | 1 | Punisher | 6 | — |
| Khruangbin | 1 | Mordechai | 7 | — |
- Notes
Louis Tomlinson of the group One Direction reached the top 10 with his debut solo album this year, Walls. This added to his haul of five top 10 albums with One Direction to date, including four which had topped the chart.
Top-ten albums
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| Symbol | Meaning |
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| ‡ | Album peaked in 2019 but still in chart in 2020. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2020 but peaked in 2021. |
| (#) | 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 2019 | ||||||
| 14 March 2019 | 14 | What a Time to Be Alive ‡ | Tom Walker | 1 | 14 March 2019 | 1 |
| 11 April 2019 | 50 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‡ | Billie Eilish | 1 | 11 April 2019 | 3 |
| 30 May 2019 | 65* | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent ‡ | Lewis Capaldi | 1 | 30 May 2019 | 10 |
| 25 July 2019 | 48 | No.6 Collaborations Project ‡ | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 25 July 2019 | 5 |
| 19 September 2019 | 13 | Hollywood's Bleeding ‡ | Post Malone | 1 | 19 September 2019 | 1 |
| 21 November 2019 | 9 | Back Together ‡ | Michael Ball & Alfie Boe | 2 | 21 November 2019 | 1 |
| 5 December 2019 | 7 | Everyday Life ‡ | Coldplay | 1 | 5 December 2019 | 1 |
| 5 | The Christmas Present ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | 12 December 2019 | 1 | |
| 8 | You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ‡ | Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 | 19 December 2019 | 3 | |
| 12 December 2019 | 4 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 2 | 2 January 2020 | 1 |
| 26 December 2019 | 15 | Heavy Is the Head | Stormzy | 1 | 16 January 2020 | 1 |
| 35* | Fine Line ‡ | Harry Styles | 3 | 26 December 2019 | 2 | |
| Albums in 2020 | ||||||
| 9 January 2020 | 1 | Street Trauma | D-Block Europe | 9 | 9 January 2020 | 1 |
| 23 January 2020 | 1 | Rare | Selena Gomez | 2 | 23 January 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Junk Food | Easy Life | 7 | 23 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Elgar | Sheku Kanneh-Mason | 8 | 23 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 30 January 2020 | 7 | Music to be Murdered By | Eminem | 1 | 30 January 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | More. Again. Forever. | The Courteeners | 2 | 30 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Everything Else Has Gone Wrong | Bombay Bicycle Club | 4 | 30 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Manic | Halsey | 6 | 30 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Circles | Mac Miller | 8 | 30 January 2020 | 1 | |
| 6 February 2020 | 4 | Big Conspiracy | J Hus | 1 | 6 February 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Hotspot | Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 6 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 3 | Huncholini the 1st | M Huncho | 5 | 6 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | All the Hits | The Dave Clark Five | 10 | 6 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 13 February 2020 | 1 | Foolish Loving Spaces | Blossoms | 1 | 13 February 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Walls | Louis Tomlinson | 4 | 13 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 20 February 2020 | 1 | Father of All... | Green Day | 1 | 20 February 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | No One Else Can Wear Your Crown | Oh Wonder | 8 | 20 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 27 February 2020 | 3 | Changes | Justin Bieber | 1 | 27 February 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | 3 | 27 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | New Hope Club | New Hope Club | 5 | 27 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 5 March 2020 | 2 | Map of the Soul: 7 | BTS | 1 | 5 March 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Ordinary Man | Ozzy Osbourne | 3 | 5 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Miss Anthropocene | Grimes | 10 | 5 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 12 March 2020 | 1 | My Turn | Lil Baby | 6 | 12 March 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | F8 | Five Finger Death Punch | 7 | 12 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 19 March 2020 | 2 | Manchester Calling | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott | 1 | 19 March 2020 | 1 |
| 2 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | 3 | 19 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | City of Love | Deacon Blue | 4 | 19 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | How I'm Feeling | Lauv | 9 | 19 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 26 March 2020 | 1 | Heartbreak Weather | Niall Horan | 1 | 26 March 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Good Years | The Shires | 3 | 26 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Sad Happy | Circa Waves | 4 | 26 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Stranger in Paradise – The Lost New York | Matt Monro | 8 | 26 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 2 April 2020 | 7 | After Hours | The Weeknd | 1 | 2 April 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | I Am Not a Dog on a Chain | Morrissey | 3 | 2 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | All the Hits & All New Love Songs | Kenny Rogers | 6 | 2 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Joy of the Return | The Slow Readers Club | 9 | 2 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Is It Any Wonder? (EP) | David Bowie | 10 | 2 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 9 April 2020 | 1 | Calm | 5 Seconds of Summer | 1 | 9 April 2020 | 1 |
| 19* | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | 1 | 16 April 2020 | 4 | |
| 2 | Insomnia | Skepta, Chip & Young Adz | 3 | 9 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Gigaton | Pearl Jam | 6 | 9 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Partymobile | PartyNextDoor | 7 | 9 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 13 | Diamonds | Elton John | 7 | 25 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 16 April 2020 | 3 | Greatest Hits | Queen | 7 | 16 April 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | The Ultimate Collection | Bill Withers | 10 | 16 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 23 April 2020 | 2 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | 3 | 23 April 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | The New Toronto 3 | Tory Lanez | 4 | 23 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 30 April 2020 | 3 | The Bonny | Gerry Cinnamon | 1 | 30 April 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible | Enter Shikari | 2 | 30 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | 8 | 30 April 2020 | 1 | |
| 7 May 2020 | 1 | What Kinda Music | Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes | 4 | 7 May 2020 | 1 |
| 14 May 2020 | 3 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | 1 | 14 May 2020 | 1 |
| 21 May 2020 | 1 | Petals for Armor | Hayley Williams | 4 | 21 May 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | I'll Remember You | The D-Day Darlings | 5 | 21 May 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | 10 | 21 May 2020 | 1 | |
| 28 May 2020 | 1 | High Off Life | Future | 5 | 28 May 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | The Goat | Polo G | 6 | 28 May 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | All That Glue | Sleaford Mods | 10 | 28 May 2020 | 1 | |
| 4 June 2020 | 2 | Notes on a Conditional Form | The 1975 | 1 | 4 June 2020 | 1 |
| 4 | Dissimulation | KSI | 2 | 4 June 2020 | 2 | |
| 1 | Wunna | Gunna | 5 | 4 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | D-2 | Agust D | 7 | 4 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 11 June 2020 | 7 | Chromatica | Lady Gaga | 1 | 11 June 2020 | 2 |
| 1 | Golden Hour | Kygo | 6 | 11 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Polaris (EP) | Aitch | 7 | 11 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 5* | 50 Years – Don't Stop | Fleetwood Mac | 9 | 25 June 2020 | 2 | |
| 18 June 2020 | 1 | Deep Down Happy | Sports Team | 2 | 18 June 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Wake Up, Sunshine | All Time Low | 3 | 18 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 25 June 2020 | 2 | MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) | Liam Gallagher | 1 | 25 June 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Love, Death & Dancing | Jack Garratt | 8 | 25 June 2020 | 1 | |
| 2 July 2020 | 4 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | 1 | 2 July 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Homegrown | Neil Young | 2 | 2 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | 6 | 2 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 3* | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 9 | 6 August 2020 | 1 | |
| 9 July 2020 | 1 | Women in Music Pt. III | Haim | 1 | 9 July 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | 3 | 9 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | 7 | 9 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 16 July 2020 | 2 | On Sunset | Paul Weller | 1 | 16 July 2020 | 1 |
| 6* | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | 2 | 16 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Cinema Paradiso | Katherine Jenkins | 3 | 16 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip | Sparks | 7 | 16 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Cannibal | Bury Tomorrow | 10 | 16 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 23 July 2020 | 5* | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | 1 | 23 July 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive | The Streets | 2 | 23 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Glow | DMA's | 4 | 23 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Song for Our Daughter | Laura Marling | 6 | 23 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 30 July 2020 | 1 | Brightest Blue | Ellie Goulding | 1 | 30 July 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Gaslighter | The Chicks | 5 | 30 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Closer | Joy Division | 6 | 30 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | 7 | 30 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | House of Noise | Massive Wagons | 9 | 30 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 6 August 2020 | 3* | Folklore | Taylor Swift | 1 | 6 August 2020 | 3 |
| 2 | Twenty Twenty | Ronan Keating | 2 | 6 August 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | All Distortions Are Intentional | Neck Deep | 4 | 6 August 2020 | 1 | |
| 13 August 2020 | 1 | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | 2 | 13 August 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Sex, Death & the Infinite Void | Creeper | 5 | 13 August 2020 | 1 | |
| 1 | Such Pretty Forks in the Road | Alanis Morissette | 8 | 13 August 2020 | 1 | |
| 20 August 2020 | 1* | Dreamland | Glass Animals | 2 | 20 August 2020 | 1 |
| 1* | Whoosh! | Deep Purple | 4 | 20 August 2020 | 1 | |
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References
General
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Specific
- "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.
External links
- 2020 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)
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