List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s

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This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Album Downloads Chart during the 2020s.

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Number-one albums

Key
No.nth album to top the UK Album Downloads Chart
reReturn of an album to number one
Contents
← 2010s  • 2020  • 2021  • 2022  • 2023  • 2024
No.Artist [lower-alpha 1] Album [lower-alpha 1] Record label [lower-alpha 2] Reached number one
(for the week ending) [lower-alpha 1] 		Weeks at
number one [lower-alpha 1]
2020
reVarious Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas EMI/Universal 2 January 20201
438 Jme Grime MC Boy Better Know9 January 20201
re Stormzy Heavy Is the Head Atlantic/Merky16 January 20201
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 23 January 20201
439 Eminem Music to Be Murdered By Interscope 30 January 20202
440 Liam Gallagher Acoustic Sessions Warner 13 February 20201
441 Green Day Father of All... Reprise 20 February 20201
442 Justin Bieber Changes Def Jam 27 February 20201
443 BTS Map of the Soul: 7 Big Hit 5 March 20201
444 Five Finger Death Punch F8 Better Noise 12 March 20201
445 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott Manchester Calling EMI 19 March 20201
446 The Shires Good Years BMG 26 March 20201
447 The Weeknd After Hours Republic/XO 2 April 20201
448 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 9 April 20202
449 Laura Marling Song for Our Daughter Chrysalis 23 April 20201
450 Gerry Cinnamon The Bonny Little Runaway30 April 20201
re Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Warner 7 May 20201
451Various Artists100 Hits - Wartime Memories 100 Hits 14 May 20201
452Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 105 EMI/Universal 21 May 20202
453 KSI Dissimulation RBC 4 June 20201
454 Lady Gaga Chromatica Interscope 11 June 20201
455 Sports Team Deep Down HappyBig Desert/Island 18 June 20201
456 Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) Warner 25 June 20201
457 Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways Columbia 2 July 20201
458 Haim Women in Music Pt. III Polydor 9 July 20201
459 Paul Weller On Sunset Polydor 16 July 20201
460 DMA's The Glow Infectious 23 July 20201
461 Ellie Goulding Brightest Blue Polydor 30 July 20201
462 Taylor Swift Folklore EMI 6 August 20201
463Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 106 EMI/Universal 13 August 20202
464 Biffy Clyro A Celebration of Endings Warner 27 August 20201
465 The Killers Imploding the Mirage EMI 3 September 20201
466 Nines Crabs in a Bucket Warner 10 September 20201
467 Declan McKenna Zeros Columbia 17 September 20201
468 Doves The Universal Want Virgin 24 September 20201
469 Ava Max Heaven & Hell Atlantic 1 October 20201
470 Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka Polydor 8 October 20201
471 Queen + Adam Lambert Live Around the World EMI 15 October 20201
472 Travis 10 Songs BMG 22 October 20201
re Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka Polydor 29 October 20201
473 Bruce Springsteen Letter to You Columbia 5 November 20201
474 Bring Me the Horizon Post Human: Survival Horror RCA 12 November 20201
475 Kylie Minogue Disco BMG 19 November 20201
476 AC/DC Power Up Columbia 26 November 20201
477 BTS Be Big Hit 3 December 20201
478 Steps What the Future Holds BMG 10 December 20201
479Various Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas2020 EMI/Universal 17 December 20201
480 Taylor Swift Evermore EMI 24 December 20201
reVarious Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas2020 EMI/Universal 31 December 20201
2021
481Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 107 EMI/Universal 7 January 20212
482 Barry Gibb Greenfields EMI 21 January 20211
483 Passenger Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted Cooking Vinyl 28 January 20211
484 Bicep Isles Ninja Tune 4 February 20211
485 Celeste Not Your Muse Polydor 11 February 20211
486 Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight Columbia 18 February 20212
487 Ghetts Conflict of Interest Warner 4 March 20211
488 Architects For Those That Wish to Exist Epitaph 11 March 20211
489 Kings of Leon When You See Yourself Columbia 18 March 20211
490 RJ Thompson Lifeline Codename25 March 20211
491 Lana Del Rey Chemtrails over the Country Club Polydor 1 April 20211
492Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 108 EMI/Universal 8 April 20211
493 The Snuts W.L. Parlophone 15 April 20211
494 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor's Version) EMI 22 April 20211
495 London Grammar Californian Soil Ministry of Sound 29 April 20211
496 Tom Jones Surrounded by Time EMI 6 May 20211
497 Royal Blood Typhoons Warner 13 May 20211
498 Rag'n'Bone Man Life by Misadventure Columbia 20 May 20212
499 Pink All I Know So Far: Setlist RCA 3 June 20211
500 Texas Hi BMG 10 June 20211
501 Wolf Alice Blue Weekend Dirty Hit 17 June 20211
502 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) Sour Mash24 June 20211
503 Griff One Foot in Front of the Other Warner 1 July 20211
504 Jack Savoretti Europiana EMI 8 July 20212
505Football Classics BandFootie Anthems Crimson 22 July 20211
506 KSI All Over the Place BMG 29 July 20211
507Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 109 EMI/Universal 5 August 20211
508 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Interscope 12 August 20211
509 Will Young Crying on the Bathroom Floor Cooking Vinyl 19 August 20211
510 The Killers Pressure Machine EMI 26 August 20211
511 Lorde Solar Power EMI 2 September 20211
512 Kanye West Donda Def Jam 9 September 20211
513 Iron Maiden Senjutsu Parlophone 16 September 20211
514 Steps What the Future Holds Pt. 2 BMG 23 September 20211
515 Lil Nas X Montereo Columbia 30 September 20211
516 Public Service Broadcasting Bright Magic Pias 7 October 20211
517 Grace Petrie ConnectivityRobot Needs Home14 October 20211
518 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under Polydor 21 October 20211
519 Coldplay Music of the Spheres Parlophone 28 October 20211
520 Elton John The Lockdown Sessions EMI 4 November 20211
521 Ed Sheeran = Asylum 11 November 20211
522 ABBA Voyage Polar 18 November 20211
523 Taylor Swift Red (Taylor's Version) EMI 25 November 20211
524 Adele 30 Columbia 2 December 20213
525Various Artists Now That's What I Call Christmas (2021) EMI/Universal 23 December 20212
2022
re Ed Sheeran = Asylum 13 January 20222
526 The Weeknd Dawn FM Republic/XO 20 January 20221
527 Bonobo Fragments Ninja Tune 27 January 20221
528 Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell Epic 3 February 20221
529 Jamie Webster Moments Modern Sky10 February 20221
530 Bastille Give Me the Future Virgin 17 February 20221
531 Frank Turner FTHC Polydor 24 March 20221
532Motion Picture Cast Recording Encanto (soundtrack) Walt Disney 3 March 20221
533 Tears for Fears Tipping Point Concord 10 March 20221
534 Stereophonics Oochya! Stylus17 March 20221
535 Ghost Impera Loma Vista 24 March 20221
reMotion Picture Cast Recording Encanto (soundtrack) Walt Disney 31 March 20221
536 Michael Bublé Higher Reprise 7 April 20221
537 Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlimited Love Warner 14 April 20221
538 Wet Leg Wet Leg Domino 21 April 20221
539Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 111 EMI/Universal 28 April 20221
540 Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia Partisan 5 May 20221
541 Rammstein Zeit Spinefarm 12 May 20221
541 Arcade Fire We Columbia 19 May 20221
542 Florence and the Machine Dance Fever Polydor 26 May 20221
543 Harry Styles Harry's House Columbia 2 June 20221
544 Liam Gallagher C'mon You Know Warner 9 June 20221
545Various Artists Now That's What I Call Timeless EMI/Universal 16 June 20221
546 George Ezra Gold Rush Kid Columbia 23 June 20222
547 Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation Music For Nations 7 July 20221
548 Paolo Nutini Last Night in the Bittersweet Atlantic 14 July 20221
549 James Bay Leap EMI 21 July 20221
550 J-Hope Jack in the Box Big Hit 28 July 20221
551 Jamie T The Theory of Whatever Polydor 4 August 20221
552 Beyoncé Renaissance Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment 11 August 20221
553Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 112 EMI/Universal 18 August 20221
554 Kasabian The Alchemist's Euphoria Columbia 25 August 20221
555 Steps Platinum Collection Sony 1 September 20221
556 Muse Will of the People Warner 8 September 20221
557 Megadeth The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! UMC15 September 20221
558 Robbie Williams XXV Columbia 22 September 20221
559 Suede Autofiction BMG 29 September 20221
560 5 Seconds of Summer 5SOS5 BMG 6 October 20221
561 Slipknot The End, So Far Roadrunner 13 October 20221
562 RJ Thompson Yearbook Codename20 October 20221
562 The 1975 Being Funny in a Foreign Language Dirty Hit 27 October 20221
563 Taylor Swift Midnights EMI 3 November 20221
564 Massive Wagons Triggered! Earache 10 November 20221
565 Luke Evans A Song for You BMG 17 November 20221
566 Louis Tomlinson Faith in the Future BMG 24 November 20221
567Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 113 EMI/Universal 1 December 20221
568 Stormzy This Is What I Mean 0207/Merky8 December 20221
569Various Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas2022 EMI/Universal 15 December 20221
570 Sam Ryder There's Nothing but Space, Man! Parlophone 22 December 20221
reVarious Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas2022 EMI/Universal 29 December 20222
2023
re Sam Ryder There's Nothing but Space, Man! Parlophone 12 January 20231
571 Gabrielle Aplin Phosphorescent Never Fade 19 January 20231
572 Joesef Permanent Damage Bold Cut26 January 20231
573 Black Star Riders Wrong Side of Paradise Earache 2 February 20231
574 Sam Smith Gloria Capitol 9 February 20231
575 Raye My 21st Century Blues Human Re Sources16 February 20231
576 Paramore This Is Why Atlantic 23 February 20231
577 Pink Trustfall RCA 2 March 20231
578Obey RobotsOne In A ThousandMy Big Sister Recordings9 March 20231
579 Slowthai Ugly Method16 March 20231
580 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation RCA 23 March 20231
581 U2 Songs of Surrender Island 30 March 20231
582 Depeche Mode Memento Mori Columbia 6 April 20231
583 Ist Ist ProtagonistsKind Violence13 April 20231
re Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent EMI 20 April 20231
584 Metallica 72 Seasons Vertigo 27 April 20231
585 Everything but the Girl Fuse Buzzin' Fly4 May 20231
586 The Lottery Winners Anxiety Replacement Therapy Modern Sky11 May 20231
587 Ed Sheeran - Asylum 18 May 20232
588 Lewis Capaldi Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent EMI 1 June 20232
589 Foo Fighters But Here We Are Columbia 15 June 20231
590 McFly Power to Play BMG 22 June 20231
591 Tom Grennan What Ifs & Maybes Insanity29 June 20231
592 Elton John Diamonds Mercury/UMC6 July 20231
593 Nothing But Thieves Dead Club City Sony 13 July 20231
594 Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor's Version) EMI 20 July 20231
595 Rita Ora You & I BMG 27 July 20231
596As December FallsJoin the ClubADF3 August 20231
597Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 115 EMI/Universal 10 August 20221
598 Skindred Smile Earache 17 August 20231
599 Liam Gallagher Knebworth 22 Warner 24 August 20231
600 Hozier Unreal Unearth Island 31 August 20231
601 Claire Richards Euphoria Edsel 7 September 20231
602 Royal Blood Back to the Water Below Warner 14 September 20231
603 V Layover Big Hit 21 September 20231
604 Busted Greatest Hits 2.0 Juno 28 September 20231
605 Kylie Minogue Tension BMG 5 October 20231
606 Ed Sheeran Autumn Variations Gingerbread Man 12 October 20231
607 Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Redux Cooking Vinyl 19 October 20231
608 Ren Gill Sick Boi The Other Songs26 October 20231
609 The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds Polydor 2 November 20231
610 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version) EMI 9 November 20231
611 Jungkook Golden Big Hit 16 November 20231
612 James Marriott Are We There Yet? James Marriott 23 November 20231
613 Madness Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie BMG 30 November 20231
614 Take That This Life EMI 7 December 20231
reVarious Artists Now 100 Hits Christmas2022 EMI/Universal 14 December 20234
2024
re Lewis Capaldi Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent EMI 11 January 20241
615 Shed Seven A Matter of Time Cooking Vinyl 18 January 20242
616 Green Day Saviors Reprise 1 February 20241
617 James Arthur Bitter Sweet Love Columbia 8 February 20241
618 The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy Island 15 February 20241
619 Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign Vultures 1 YZY22 February 20241
620 Paloma Faith The Glorification of Sadness RCA 29 February 20241
621 Rod Stewart and Jools Holland Swing Fever East West/Rhino 7 March 20241
622 Liam Gallagher and John Squire Liam Gallagher John Squire Warner 14 March 20241
623 Grace Petrie Build Something BetterRobot Needs Home21 March 20241
624 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was RCA 28 March 20241
625 Elbow Audio Vertigo Polydor 4 April 20241
626 Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Parkwood/Columbia 11 April 20241
627 The Libertines All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade EMI 18 April 20241
628 Kris Barras Band Halo Effect Earache 25 April 20241
629 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department EMI 2 May 20241

By artist

Five artists have spent three or more weeks at the top of the UK Official Download Chart so far during the 2020s. The totals below do not include compilation albums credited to various artists.

ArtistNumber-one
albums		Weeks at
number one
Taylor Swift 88
Ed Sheeran 36
Liam Gallagher 44
Dua Lipa 13
Adele 13

By record label

Fifteen record labels have spent three or more weeks at the top of the UK Official Download Chart so far during the 2020s. The totals below do not include compilation albums credited to various artists apart from soundtracks which are included.

Record labelNumber-one
albums		Weeks at
number one
EMI 2326
Columbia 1823
Warner 1416
BMG 1515
Polydor 1213
RCA 66
Parlophone 45
Big Hit 55
Asylum 25
Interscope 34
Atlantic 44
Island 44
Earache 44
Cooking Vinyl 45
Reprise 33
  1. 1 2 3 4 The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.
  2. ↑ The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

The Official Albums Chart, previously the UK Albums Chart, is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays. It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed, this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved.

References

  1. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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