List of UK Independent Album Breakers Chart number ones of the 2020s

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This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Indie Breakers Chart during the 2020s.

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Number-one albums

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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]
2020
re Peppa Pig My First Album Eone Music 5 December 20196
450 Stephen Hough Bramhs/The Final Piano Pieces Hyperion 16 January 20201
451 Poppy I Disagree Sumerian 23 January 20201
452 Pinegrove Marigold Rough Trade 30 January 20201
453VukoviFall BetterVukovi6 February 20201
454 Smoke Fairies Darkness Brings the Wonders HomeYear Seven13 February 20201
455 Delain Apocalypse & Chill Napalm 20 February 20201
456 Moses Boyd Dark Matter Exodus 27 February 20201
457 Biff Byford School of Hard KnocksSilver Lining5 March 20201
458 The Orielles Disco Volador Heavenly 12 March 20201
459 Jonathan Wilson Dixie Blur Bella Union 19 March 20201
460 Porridge Radio Every Bad Secretly Canadian 26 March 20201
461 Baxter Dury The Night Chancers Pias De Label 2 April 20201
462 Hania Rani EsjaGondwana9 April 20201
463 The Lovely Eggs I Am Moron Egg16 April 20201
464 The Mountain Goats Songs for Pierre Chuvin Merge 23 April 20201
465TwinnieHollywood Gypsy BMG 30 April 20201
466 B.C. Camplight Shortly after Takeoff Bella Union 7 May 20201
467Ist IstArticultureKind Violence14 May 20201
468 Car Seat Headrest Making a Door Less Open Matador 21 May 20201
469 The Vapors TogetherManmade Soul28 May 20201
470 Sean Shibe Bach Delphian 4 June 20201
471 Alestorm Curse of the Crystal Coconut Napalm 11 June 20201
472 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Sideways to New Italy Sub Pop 18 June 20201
473 Larkin Poe Self Made ManTricki-Woo25 June 20201
474The SpitfiresLife Worth Living Acid Jazz 2 July 20201
475PotteryWelcome To Bobby's Motel Partisan 9 July 20201
476Toyah and the HumansNoise in Your Head Edsel 16 July 20201
477 The Midnight MonstersCounter23 July 20201
478BlindersFantasies of a Stay At Home PsychopathModern Sky30 July 20201
479 Courtney Marie Andrews Old FlowersLoose Music6 August 20201
480 Small Faces and Humble Pie The Ultimate Collection BMG 13 August 20201
481Willie J HealeyTwin HeavyYala20 August 20201
482MarsicansUrsa MajorKilling Moon27 August 20201
483 The Lemon Twigs Songs for the General Public 4AD 3 September 20201
484 Walter Trout Ordinary Madness Provogue 10 September 20201
485 Emily Barker A Dark Murmuration Of WordsEveryone Sang17 September 20201
486 Fay Hield WracklineTopic24 September 20201
487 Bright Light Bright Light Fun CityYSKWN1 October 20201
488 A Certain Ratio Acr Loco Mute 8 October 20201
489 The Jaded Hearts Club You're Always Been There Infectious 15 October 20201
490 Emmy the Great April Bella Union 22 October 20201
491 Autechre Sign Warp 29 October 20201
492MoonsPocket MelodiesColorama5 November 20201
493 Mr. Bungle The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Ipecac 12 November 20201
494JubilleeYou And IRepertoire19 November 20201
495 Lunatic Soul Through Shaded Woods Kscope 26 November 20201
496 Killer Be Killed Reluctant Hero Nuclear Blast 3 December 20201
496 Cats in Space AtlantisHarmony Factory10 December 20201
497 Rimzee Upper Clapton Dream 2Rimzee17 December 20201
498Late Night FinalA Wonderful Hope Pias 24 December 20201
499 Chilly Gonzales A Very Chilly ChristmasGentle Threat31 December 20201
2021
500 Sault Untitled (Black Is) Forever Living Originals7 January 20211
501 Madvillainy Madvillain Stones Throw14 January 20211
502 Viagra Boys Welfare Jazz YEAR0001 21 January 20212
503Byson FamilyKick the TracesAssai Recordings4 February 20211
504 Martin Gore The Third Chimpanzee Mute 11 February 20211
505 The Weather Station Ignorance Fat Possum 18 February 20211
506 Jeff Tweedy Love is the KingDBPM25 February 20211
507 Ricky Warwick When Life Was Hard and Fast Nuclear Blast 4 March 20211
508 Julien Baker Little Oblivions Matador 11 March 20211
509DimensionsOrgan Dimension 18 March 20211
510 Blackmore's Night Nature's Light Ear Music25 March 20211
511 William Doyle Great Spans of Muddy Time Tough Love1 April 20211
512 Tomahawk Tonic Immobility Ipecac 8 April 20211
513 Chris Catalyst KaleidoscopesWrath15 April 20211
514 Devil Sold His Soul Loss Nuclear Blast 22 April 20211
515 Cannibal Corpse Violence Unimagined Metal Blade 29 April 20211
516Alfa MistBring Backs Anti 6 May 20211
517 Dropkick Murphys Turn Up That Dial Born and Bred13 May 20211
518 Alfie Templeman Forever Isn't Long Enough Chess Club20 May 20211
519 Seefeel Rupt & Flex Warp 27 May 20211
520 John Hiatt/Jerry Douglas Band Leftover Feelings New West 3 June 20211
521 Black Midi Cavalcade Rough Trade 10 June 20211
522 Japanese Breakfast Jubilee Dead Oceans 17 June 20211
523 Mammoth WVH Mammoth WVH EX124 June 20211
524TigercubAs Blue As IndigoBlame1 July 20211
525 Hiatus Kaiyote Mood Valiant Ninja Tune 8 July 20211
526 Snapped Ankles Forest Of Your Problems The Leaf Label 15 July 20211
527 The Goon Sax Mirror II Matador 22 July 20211
528 Powerwolf Call of the Wild Napalm 29 July 20211
529Emma-Jean ThackrayYellow Warp 5 August 20211
530 Durand Jones & The Indications Private Space Dead Oceans 12 August 20211
531Wandering HeartsThe Wandering Hearts Cooking Vinyl 19 August 20211
532 Joy Orbison Still Slipping Vol.1 XL 26 August 20211
533Shaun William RyderVisits From Future TechnologySwrx Recordings2 September 20211
534 Goat HeadsoupRocket9 September 20211
535 Trampolene Love No Less Than a QueenStrap Originals16 September 20211
536Byson FamilyKick the TracesSeshlehem23 September 20211
537 Carcass Torn Arteries Nuclear Blast 30 September 20211
538Tom SpeightEverything's Waiting for You Nettwerk 7 October 20211
539KK's PriestSermons of the SinnerEx114 October 20211
540 Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane Lost in the Cedar Wood Transgressive 21 October 20211
541 Enhypen Dimension: Dilemma Hybe28 October 20211
542Sonony FodeaWide AwakeSolotoko4 November 20211
543 Beast in Black Dark Connection Nuclear Blast 11 November 20211
544 Rina Sawayama Sawayama Dirty Hit 18 November 20211
545W H LungVanitiesMelodic25 November 20211
546 When Rivers Meet Saving GraceOne Road2 December 20211
547 Ist Ist The Art of LyingKind Violence9 December 20211
548GeeseProjector Partisan 16 December 20211
548 Spell Songs Spell Songs II - Let the Light inQuercus23 December 20211
549Afflecks PalaceWhat Do You Mean It's Not RainingSpirit of Spike Island30 December 20211
2022
re Enhypen Dimension: Dilemma Hybe6 January 20221
550 Monsta X The Dreaming BMG 13 January 20221
551 Burial Antidawn Hyperdub 20 January 20221
552 Orlando Weeks Hop Up Pias 27 January 20221
553 Battle Beast Circus of Doom Nuclear Blast 3 February 20221
554 Lady Blackbird Black Acid Soul BMG 10 February 20221
555 Cate Le Bon Pompeii Mexican Summer 17 February 20221
556DelinesThe Sea DriftDecor24 February 20221
557 Los Campesinos Hello Sadness Heart Smells3 March 20221
558 Elles Bailey Shining in the Half LightOutlaw Music10 March 20221
559 Nilüfer Yanya PainlessCooperative Music17 March 20221
560 Bodega Broken EquipmentWhat's Your Rupture?24 March 20221
561 Peter Doherty with Frédéric Lo The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime Strap Originals31 March 20221
562 Ibibio Sound Machine Electricity Merge 7 April 20221
563 Fatherson Normal FearsEasy Life14 April 20221
564 Envy of None Envy of None Kscope21 April 20221
565 Sault Air Forever Living Originals28 April 20221
566 Pip Blom Welcome Break Heavenly 5 May 20221
567HoneyglazeHoneyglazeSpeedy Wunderground12 May 20221
568 Stand Atlantic F.E.A.R. Hopeless 19 May 20221
569 Kevin Morby This Is a Photograph Dead Oceans 26 May 20221
570 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Endless Rooms Sub Pop 2 June 20221
571 Just Mustard Heart Under Partisan 9 June 20221
572 Horsegirl Versions of Modern Romance Matador 16 June 20221
573 Kreator Hate Über Alles Nuclear Blast 23 June 20221
574 Viktor Vaughn Vaudeville Villain Get On Down30 June 20221
575 Alexisonfire Otherness Dine Alone 7 July 20221
576 Warmduscher At the Hotspot Bella Union 14 July 20221
577Katy J PearsonSound of the Morning Heavenly 21 July 20221
578 Trashcan Sinatras Weightlifting Last Night From Glasgow28 July 20221
579 Odesza The Last Goodbye Foreign Family Collective4 August 20221
580 Cats in Space Kickstart the Sun Harmony Factory11 August 20221
581 Dub War Westgate Under Fire Earache 18 August 20221
582 Osees A Foul Form Castle Face25 August 20221
583 The Chats Get Fucked Bargain Bin1 September 20221
584 Julia Jacklin Pre Pleasure Transgressive 8 September 20221
585 Blind Guardian The God Machine Nuclear Blast 15 September 20221
586 Oliver Sim Hideous Bastard Young 22 September 20221
587 Behemoth Opvs Contra Natvram Nuclear Blast 29 September 20221
588 Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Ali Dead Oceans 6 October 20221
589 Off! Free LSD Fat Possum 13 October 20221
590 Courtney Marie Andrews Loose Future 20 October 20221
591 David Longdon Door OneBig Big Train27 October 20221
592 Hugh Cornwell Moments of Madness His3 November 20221
re Lady Blackbird Black and Soul BMG 10 November 20221
593 Daniel Avery Ultra Truth Phantasy Sound 17 November 20221
594 Larkin Poe Blood HarmonyTricki-Woo24 November 20221
595 Richard Dawson The Ruby Cord Domino 1 December 20221
596In the ForestThese Last WallsLast Night From Glasgow8 December 20221
597 Derek Ryan Pure and SimpleSharpe Music15 December 20222
598 The Trash Can Sinatras In the MusicLo-Five29 December 20221
2023
re Lady Blackbird Black Acid Soul BMG 5 January 20231
599 Jockstrap I Love You Jennifer B Rough Trade 12 January 20231
600 Orlando Weeks The GrittermanBlood19 January 20231
601 Trashcan Sinatras A Happy Pocket Last Night From Glasgow26 January 20231
602 Katatonia Sky Void of Stars Napalm 2 February 20231
603Mozart EstatePop-Up Ker-Ching and the Possibilities Cherry Red 9 February 20231
604Hi-Fi Sean and David McAlmont Happy EndingPlastique16 February 20231
605 In Flames Foregone Nuclear Blast 23 February 20231
606 Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Land of Sleeper Rocket Recordings2 March 20231
607Hamish HawkAngel NumbersPost Electric9 March 20231
608 Enslaved Heimdal Nuclear Blast 16 March 20231
609 Dub Pistols FrontlineCyclone23 March 20231
610 Trampolene Rules of Love and WarStrap Originals30 March 20231
611 Lankum False Lankum Rough Trade 6 April 20231
612 Ist Ist ProtagonistsKind Violence13 April 20231
613Afflecks ParadiseThe Only Light In This Tunnel Is The Oncoming TrainSpirit of Spike Island20 April 20231
614 Overkill Scorched Nuclear Blast 27 April 20231
615BlueyDance Mode Demon 4 May 20231
616 Dream Machine Thank God It's Dream MachineModern Sky11 May 20231
617 The Lemon Twigs Everything Harmony Captured Tracks 18 May 20231
618 Craven Faults StandersThe Leaf Label25 May 20231
619 (G)I-dle I Feel Cube Entertainment 1 June 20231
620 Rhoda Dakar Version GirlSunday Best8 June 20231
621 Baxter Dury I Thought I Was Better Than You Heavenly 15 June 20231
622 Hak Baker Worlds End FM Hak Attack22 June 20231
623 Steve Lukather Bridges The Players Club29 June 20231
624 Luke Morley Songs From the Blue RoomLuke Morley6 July 20231
625 BDRMM I Don't Know Rock Action13 July 20231
626 Julie Byrne The Greater Wings Ghostly International20 July 20231
627 Vivian Stanshall Rawlinson's End Madfish27 July 20231
628 The Lilac Time Dance Till All the Stars Come Down Poetica3 August 20231
629BrendaBrendaLast Night From Glasgow10 August 20231
630PrestigeGirl RayMoshi Moshi17 August 20231
631Tom SpeightLove + Light Nettwerk 24 August 20231
632Here At LastEP1Halo Army31 August 20231
633 Holding Absence The Noble Art of Self DestructionSharpe Tone7 September 20231
634Joel StokerThe Undertow Cooking Vinyl 14 September 20231
635 Coach Party Killjoy Chess Club21 September 20231
636The BitesSqueeze Earache 28 September 20231
637Das KooliesDK01Strangetown5 October 20231
638Andrew CushinWaiting for the Rain6912 October 20231
639John and Cody CarpenterAnthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988) Sacred Bones 19 October 20231
640 The Mary Wallopers Irish Rock N RollBC Recordings26 October 20231
641Apollo JunctionHere We AreShed Load2 November 20231
642 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond ATO 9 November 20231
643 Green Lung This Heathen Land Nuclear Blast 16 November 20231
644 Johnny Flynn/Robert Macfarlane The Moon Also Rises Transgressive 23 November 20231
645 Vince Clarke Songs of Silence Mute 30 November 20231
646K'SLive at Lafayette Lab 7 December 20231
647HarpAlbion Bella Union 14 December 20231
re Lankum False Lankum Rough Trade 21 December 20233
2024
re The Mary Wallopers Irish Rock N RollBC Recordings11 January 20242
648 Marika Hackman Big Sigh Chrysalis 25 January 20241
649South of SalemDeath of the PartySpider Party1 February 20241
650Driver EraLive at the GreekToo8 February 20241
651Florence BlackBed of NailsFlorence Black15 February 20241
652Dead SouthChains & Stakes Six Shooter 22 February 20241
653 Katherine Priddy The Pendulum Swing Cooking Vinyl 29 February 20241
654 John Bramwell The Light FantasticTownsend Music7 March 20241
655These Wicked RiversForce of NatureFat Earth14 March 20241
656 Kim Gordon The Collective Matador 21 March 20241
657 Elles Bailey Live at the Fire StationOutlaw Music28 March 20241
658Hybrid MindsTidesHybrid Music4 April 20241
659 Courting New Last Name Lower Third11 April 20241
660 Cock Sparrer Hand on Heart Captain Oi!/Cherry Red 18 April 20241
661 Bodega Our Brand Could Be Yr Life Chrysalis 25 April 20241
662 Paraorchestra Death Songbook World Circuit 2 May 20241
663 Bears in Trees How to Build An Ocean: InstructionsI Sure Hope It Does9 May 20241


By record label

As of 15 December 2023, Nine record labels have spent four or more updateso far during the 2020s.

Record labelNumber-one albumsWeeks at number one
Nuclear Blast 1313
Rough Trade 47
Bella Union 55
BMG 56
Matador 55
Dead Oceans 44
Napalm 44
Heavenly 44
Last Night From Glasgow44
  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. [1] [2] [3] [4]
  2. ↑ The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company. [5]

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.

ArtistNumber-one albumsWeeks at number one
Lankum 14
Ist Ist 33
Lady Blackbird 13
The Mary Wallopers 13

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.

The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the relevance of the chart dwindled in the 1990s as major-label ownership blurred the boundary between independent and major labels.

The UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart and the UK Independent Album Breakers Chart are music charts based on UK sales of singles and albums released on independent record labels by musical artists who have never made the UK top 40. It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), and is first published on their official website on Friday evenings. The chart was first launched on 29 June 2009, and, according to Martin Talbot, managing director of the OCC, would have benefited acts such as Friendly Fires and Grizzly Bear.

References

  1. ↑ "2020 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "2011 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "2012 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "2013 Top 40 Independent Albums Breakers Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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