List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2005

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Green Day's 2004 seventh studio album American Idiot was the longest-running number-one album of 2005, spending 16 weeks atop the chart. Green Day House OF Blues 2015 2.jpg
Green Day's 2004 seventh studio album American Idiot was the longest-running number-one album of 2005, spending 16 weeks 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 2005, there were 19 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was American Idiot , the seventh studio album by Green Day, which was released the previous year and spent 18 consecutive weeks at number one from 30 October 2004. The first new number-one album of the year was The Mars Volta's second studio album Frances the Mute . The final number-one album of the year was Green Day's first full-length live album Bullet in a Bible , which spent the last three weeks of the year at number one.

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The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2005 was American Idiot, which spent a total of 16 weeks at number one over five separate spells, including one of nine consecutive weeks. In Your Honor , the fifth studio album by Foo Fighters, was number one for eight weeks in 2005, while Don't Believe the Truth by Oasis spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 13th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. [2] Bullet in a Bible by Green Day spent four weeks at number one in 2005, Queens of the Stone Age's fourth studio album Lullabies to Paralyze spent three weeks at number one, and two albums – the Roadrunner United collaboration album The All-Star Sessions and Blink-182's Greatest Hits compilation – each spent two weeks at number one in 2005.

Chart history

Foo Fighters spent eight weeks at number one in 2005 with their fifth studio album In Your Honor. Foo Fighters 2007.jpg
Foo Fighters spent eight weeks at number one in 2005 with their fifth studio album In Your Honor .
Don't Believe the Truth by Oasis spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of 2005 in the UK, ranking 13th overall. Oasis Noel and Liam WF.jpg
Don't Believe the Truth by Oasis spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of 2005 in the UK, ranking 13th overall.
Queens of the Stone Age's fourth studio album Lullabies to Paralyze was number one for three weeks in 2005. Queens of The Stone Age 2013.jpg
Queens of the Stone Age's fourth studio album Lullabies to Paralyze was number one for three weeks in 2005.
Blink-182's Greatest Hits compilation spent two weeks at number one. Blink-182 2011-12-11 10.jpg
Blink-182's Greatest Hits compilation spent two weeks at number one.
System of a Down released two albums in 2005 which topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart for a week each - Mezmerize and Hypnotize. SOADJONESBEACH.jpg
System of a Down released two albums in 2005 which topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart for a week each – Mezmerize and Hypnotize .
My Chemical Romance's second studio album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was the band's first number one on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart. My Chemical Romance at Paris, 2011.jpg
My Chemical Romance's second studio album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was the band's first number one on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.
Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-selling rock album of 2005
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
1 January American Idiot Green Day Reprise [3]
8 January [4]
15 January [5]
22 January [6]
29 January [7]
5 February [8]
12 February [9]
19 February [10]
26 February [11]
5 March Frances the Mute The Mars Volta Universal [12]
12 MarchAmerican IdiotGreen DayReprise [13]
19 March [14]
26 March [15]
2 April Lullabies to Paralyze Queens of the Stone Age Interscope [16]
9 April [17]
16 April [18]
23 April Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge My Chemical Romance Reprise [19]
30 April Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [20]
7 MayAmerican IdiotGreen DayReprise [21]
14 May With Teeth Nine Inch Nails Island [22]
21 May Make Believe Weezer Geffen [23]
28 May Mezmerize System of a Down American/Columbia [24]
4 June Out of Exile Audioslave Epic/Interscope [25]
11 June Don't Believe the Truth Dagger-14-plain.png Oasis Big Brother [26]
18 June [27]
25 June In Your Honor Foo Fighters RCA [28]
2 July [29]
9 July [30]
16 July [31]
23 July [32]
30 JulyAmerican IdiotGreen DayReprise [33]
6 August [34]
13 AugustDon't Believe the TruthDagger-14-plain.pngOasisBig Brother [35]
20 August [36]
27 August [37]
3 September [38]
10 September Dance of Death Iron Maiden EMI [39]
17 SeptemberIn Your HonorFoo FightersRCA [40]
24 September [41]
1 October [42]
8 October Dark Light HIM Wea [43]
15 October The Poison Bullet for My Valentine Visible Noise [44]
22 October The All-Star Sessions Roadrunner United Roadrunner [45]
29 October [46]
5 NovemberAmerican IdiotGreen DayReprise [47]
12 November Greatest Hits Blink-182 Geffen [48]
19 November [49]
26 November Bullet in a Bible Green DayReprise [50]
3 December Hypnotize System of a DownAmerican/Columbia [51]
10 December One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back The Darkness Atlantic [52]
17 DecemberBullet in a BibleGreen DayReprise [53]
24 December [54]
31 December [55]

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