List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2021

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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 and digital downloads. [1]

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Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
1 January Power Up AC/DC Columbia [2]
8 January [3]
15 January Dance of the Black Tattoo Magnum Steamhammer [4]
22 January Suckapunch You Me at Six Underdog [5]
29 January Post Human: Survival Horror Bring Me the Horizon RCA [6]
5 February Immortal Michael Schenker Group Nuclear Blast [7]
12 February Medicine at Midnight Foo Fighters Columbia [8]
19 February Death by Rock and Roll The Pretty Reckless Central Media [9]
26 FebruaryMedicine at MidnightFoo FightersColumbia [10]
5 March For Those That Wish to Exist Architects Epitaph [11]
12 MarchAgainst the WallMason Hill7Hz Productions [12]
19 March All the Right Noises Thunder BMG [13]
26 March Inspirations Saxon Transistor [14]
2 April The Bitter Truth Evanescence RCA [15]
9 April The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd Rhino [16]
16 AprilThe Underfall Yard Big Big Train English Electric Recordings [17]
23 April Let the Bad Times Roll The Offspring Concord [18]
30 AprilLouder Than Noise - Live In Berlin Motörhead Motörhead Music [19]
7 May Fortitude Gojira Roadrunner [20]
14 May Seek Shelter Iceage Mexican Summer [21]
21 May The Ides of March Myles Kennedy Napalm [22]
28 MayThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino [23]
4 June The Blue Meaning Toyah Cherry Red [24]
11 June Hardware Billy F Gibbons Concord [25]
18 June Meteora Linkin Park Warner [26]
25 June Helloween Helloween Nuclear Blast [27]
2 July Hellbound Buckcherry Earache [28]
9 July Teatro d'ira: Vol. I Måneskin Columbia [29]
16 July Origin of Symmetry Muse East West/Taste [30]
23 July Master of Reality Black Sabbath Sanctuary [31]
30 July Love The Cult Beggars Banquet [32]
6 August American Noir Creeper Roadrunner [33]
13 AugustThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino [34]
20 August [35]
27 August [36]
3 SeptemberBronx VI The Bronx Cooking Vinyl [37]
10 September Senjutsu Iron Maiden Parlophone [38]
17 September Metallica Metallica Vertigo [39]
24 September The Last Domino? – The Hits Genesis UMC/Virgin [40]
1 October Marching in Time Tremonti Nalpalm [41]
8 October The Quest Yes Century Media [42]
15 October In the Court of the Dragon Trivium Roadrunner [43]
22 October Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music Judas Priest Sony [44]
29 October The Myth of the Happily Ever After Biffy Clyro Warner [45]
5 November Hushed and Grim Mastodon Reprise [46]
12 November Bullet for My Valentine Bullet for My Valentine Spinefarm [47]
19 November Nevermind Nirvana UMC [48]
26 November Motorheart The Darkness Cooking Vinyl [49]
3 December Turning to Crime Deep Purple Ear Music [50]
10 December Servant of the Mind Volbeat EMI [51]
17 December BBC Sessions Green Day Reprise [52]
24 DecemberNevermindNirvanaUMC [53]
31 December [54]

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