List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016

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Metallica's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct was the longest-running number one album of 2016, spending the last five weeks of the year atop the chart. Metallica live London 2003-12-19 (cropped).jpg
Metallica's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct was the longest-running number one album of 2016, spending the last five weeks of the year atop the chart.

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. [1] In 2016, there were 37 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO, which reached the top of the chart for the week ending 26 November 2015 and remained at number one for nine consecutive weeks. [2] [3] The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's tenth studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct , which reached number one for the week ending 1 December and remained there for six consecutive weeks into January 2017. [4] [5]

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The most successful albums on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2016 were Metallica's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct and Disturbed's 2015 release Immortalized , both of which spent a total of five weeks at number one during the year. Hardwired... to Self-Destruct was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 56th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart and receiving a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. [6] [7] Biffy Clyro's seventh studio album Ellipsis spent four weeks at number one during 2016, and finished as the 59th best-selling album in the UK at the end of the year. [6] Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO spent three weeks at number one, while two albums – Killswitch Engage's Incarnate and Avenged Sevenfold's The Stage – spent two weeks at number one. [8] [9]

Chart history

Disturbed's 2015 album Immortalized returned to the top of the chart twice in 2016, spending a total of five weeks at number one during the year. 2016 RiP Disturbed - by 2eight - DSC7890.jpg
Disturbed's 2015 album Immortalized returned to the top of the chart twice in 2016, spending a total of five weeks at number one during the year.
Biffy Clyro's seventh studio album Ellipsis spent four weeks at number one during 2016 over two spells. Biffy Clyro signing autographs.jpg
Biffy Clyro's seventh studio album Ellipsis spent four weeks at number one during 2016 over two spells.
Alone in the Universe, the first album credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO, was number one for the first three weeks of the year. Jefflynne hydepark.jpg
Alone in the Universe , the first album credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO, was number one for the first three weeks of the year.
Killswitch Engage spent two weeks at number one during March 2016 with their seventh studio album Incarnate. KillswitchEngage2014.JPG
Killswitch Engage spent two weeks at number one during March 2016 with their seventh studio album Incarnate .
Green Day's Revolution Radio was one of three 2016 number-one albums to also top the UK Albums Chart. Green Day House OF Blues 2015 2.jpg
Green Day's Revolution Radio was one of three 2016 number-one albums to also top the UK Albums Chart.
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Indicates best-selling rock album of 2016
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
7 January Alone in the Universe Jeff Lynne's ELO RCA [10]
14 January [11]
21 January [3]
28 January White Bear The Temperance Movement Earache [12]
4 February Dystopia Megadeth Universal [13]
11 February The Astonishing Dream Theater Roadrunner [14]
18 February Hidden City The Cult Cooking Vinyl [15]
25 February Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [16]
3 March Victorious Wolfmother Universal [17]
10 March For All Kings Anthrax Nuclear Blast [18]
17 March Limitless Tonight Alive Easy Life [19]
24 March Incarnate Killswitch Engage Roadrunner [20]
31 March [8]
7 April The Black Asking Alexandria Sumerian [21]
14 April Kentucky Black Stone Cherry Mascot [22]
21 April Gore Deftones Reprise [23]
28 April Immortalized Disturbed Reprise [24]
5 May [25]
12 May [26]
19 May [27]
26 May Misadventures Pierce the Veil Fearless [28]
2 JuneImmortalizedDisturbedReprise [29]
9 June All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us Architects Epitaph [30]
16 June Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie Volbeat Spinefarm [31]
23 June Hollow Bones Rival Sons Earache [32]
30 June Magma Gojira Roadrunner [33]
7 July Drones Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [34]
14 July California Blink-182 BMG [35]
21 July Ellipsis Biffy Clyro 14th Floor [36]
28 July [37]
4 August [38]
11 August Afraid of Heights Billy Talent Atlantic [39]
18 August Blush Moose Blood Hopeless [40]
25 August This Could Be Heartbreak The Amity Affliction Roadrunner [41]
1 September The Last Stand Sabaton Nuclear Blast [42]
8 SeptemberEllipsisBiffy Clyro14th Floor [43]
15 September Bad Vibrations A Day to Remember ADTR [44]
22 September GLA Twin Atlantic Red Bull [45]
29 September The Complete BBC Sessions Led Zeppelin Rhino [46]
6 October F E A R Marillion earMusic [47]
13 October Sorceress Opeth Nuclear Blast [48]
20 October Revolution Radio Green Day Reprise [49]
27 October Like an Arrow Blackberry Smoke Earache [50]
3 November The Serenity of Suffering Korn Roadrunner [51]
10 November The Stage Avenged Sevenfold Capitol [52]
17 November [9]
24 November The Early Years 1965–1972 Pink Floyd Rhino [53]
1 December Hardwired... to Self-Destruct Metallica Blackened/Vertigo [4]
8 December [54]
15 December [55]
22 December [56]
29 December [57]

See also

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