List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as being a type of music release that feature more than four tracks and last longer than 25 minutes;[1] sales of albums in the UK are recorded on behalf of the British music industry by the OCC and compiled weekly as the UK Albums Chart.[2]

UK Albums Chart
number ones
UK Albums Chart
Official Charts Company
Christmas number one

The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales,[3] as well as audio streaming,[4] and each week's new number one is first announced every Friday on The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, which is currently hosted by Scott Mills.[5] The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40),[6] in Music Week magazine (Top 75),[7] and on the OCC website (Top 100).[8]

The following albums have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.[8][6]

Number-one albums
Key
No. nth album to top the UK Albums Chart
re Return of an album to number one
Contents
← 2010s • 2020
No. Artist[lower-alpha 1] Album[lower-alpha 1] Record label[lower-alpha 2] Reached number one[lower-alpha 1] Weeks at
number one[lower-alpha 1]		 Certification[lower-alpha 3]
2020
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 3 January 2020 1 3× Platinum
1181 Stormzy Heavy Is the Head Atlantic/Merky 10 January 2020 1 Gold
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 17 January 2020 1 3× Platinum
1182 Eminem Music to Be Murdered By Interscope 24 January 2020 1 Gold
1183 J Hus Big Conspiracy Black Butter 31 January 2020 1 Silver
1184 Blossoms Foolish Loving Spaces EMI 7 February 2020 1
1185 Green Day Father of All Motherfuckers Reprise 14 February 2020 1
1186 Justin Bieber Changes Def Jam 21 February 2020 1
1187 BTS Map of the Soul: 7 Big Hit 28 February 2020 1 Silver
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 6 March 2020 1 3× Platinum
1188 Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott Manchester Calling EMI 13 March 2020 1
1189 Niall Horan Heartbreak Weather Virgin EMI 20 March 2020 1
1190 The Weeknd After Hours Republic/XO 27 March 2020 1 Silver
1191 5 Seconds of Summer Calm Interscope 3 April 2020 1
1192 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 10 April 2020 2 Gold
1193 Gerry Cinnamon The Bonny Little Runaway 24 April 2020 1 Silver
re Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 1 May 2020 1 Gold
1194 Drake Dark Lane Demo Tapes Republic/OVO 8 May 2020 1
re Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 15 May 2020 1 Gold
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 22 May 2020 1 3× Platinum
1195 The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form Dirty Hit/Polydor 29 May 2020 1
1196 Lady Gaga Chromatica Streamline/Interscope 5 June 2020 2 Silver
1197 Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) Warner 19 June 2020 1
1198 Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways Columbia 26 June 2020 1 Silver
1199 Haim Women in Music Pt. III Polydor/Vertigo Berlin/Columbia 3 July 2020 1
1200 Paul Weller On Sunset Polydor 10 July 2020 1
1201 Juice Wrld Legends Never Die Grade A/Interscope 17 July 2020 1
1202 Ellie Goulding Brightest Blue Polydor 24 July 2020 1
1203 Taylor Swift Folklore Republic 31 July 2020 3

See also

Notes
  1. The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[9]
  2. The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[10]
  3. The certifications are those given by the British Phonographic Industry.[11]

References
  1. "Rules For Chart Eligibility – Albums" (PDF). Official Charts Company. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. "Who We Are – Our Charts & data". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. "Getting into the charts – Meeting the chart rules". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. "UK's Official Albums Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. BBC Radio 1. "The Official Chart with Scott Mills". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. MusicWeek. "Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  8. "The Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. "All the Official Albums Chart Number 1s". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. "Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  11. "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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