List of UK top-ten albums in 2008

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Welsh singer Duffy had the best selling album of 2008 in the UK with Rockferry, which lasted 42 weeks in the top 10 and spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one. Duffy @ Super Bock Super Rock 01.jpg
Welsh singer Duffy had the best selling album of 2008 in the UK with Rockferry , which lasted 42 weeks in the top 10 and spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one.

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2008, as well as albums which peaked in 2007 and 2009 but were in the top 10 in 2008. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Contents

One-hundred and fifty-eight albums were in the top ten this year. Two albums from 2006 and sixteen albums from 2007 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé was released in 2008 but did not reach its peak until 2009. Back to Black: Deluxe Edition by Amy Winehouse, Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and This Is the Life by Amy Macdonald were the albums from 2007 to reach their peak in 2008. Six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2008. Adele, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, OneRepublic and Scouting for Girls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2008.

The 2007 Christmas number-one album, Spirit , remained at the top spot for the first week of 2008. The first new number-one album of the year was In Rainbows by Radiohead. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2008, with thirty-three unique artists hitting that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and fifty-eight albums charted in the top 10 in 2008, with one-hundred and forty-two albums reaching their peak this year (including Gold: Greatest Hits , Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel and The Best of Neil Diamond, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).

Six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2008. Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Nickelback, Radiohead and Take That were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Michael Jackson, Nickelback and Radiohead's two entries were both released this year, with The Best of Neil Diamond by Neil Diamond returning after missing the top 10 when it was first released in 1998 and later in 2006.

Chart debuts

Forty-eight artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2008 as a lead artist.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Scouting for Girls 1 Scouting for Girls 1—
British Sea Power 1 Do You Like Rock Music? 10—
Lupe Fiasco 1 Lupe Fiasco's The Cool 7—
Adele 1 19 1—
Bullet for My Valentine 1 Scream Aim Fire 5—
Hot Chip 1 Made in the Dark 4—
One Night Only 1 Started a Fire 10—
Duffy 1 Rockferry 1—
OneRepublic 1 Dreaming Out Loud 2—
Panic! at the Disco 1 Pretty. Odd. 2—
Foals 1 Antidotes 3—
Guillemots 1 Red 9—
Estelle 1 Shine 6—
The Courteeners 1 St. Jude 4—
Elliot Minor 1 Elliot Minor 6—
The Last Shadow Puppets 1 The Age of the Understatement 1—
Sam Sparro 1 Sam Sparro 4—
Gabriella Cilmi 1 Lessons to Be Learned 8—
Scooter 1 Jumping All Over the World 1—
Pendulum 1 In Silico 2—
Jay Sean 1 My Own Way 6—
The Ting Tings 1 We Started Nothing 1—
Beth Rowley 1 Little Dreamer 6—
Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreu1Chant – Music for Paradise7—
Alphabeat 1 This Is Alphabeat 10—
Darren Styles 1 Skydivin' 7—
Sara Bareilles 1 Little Voice 9—
Sigur Rós 1 Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 5—
Chris Brown 1 Exclusive 3—
Jonas Brothers 1 Jonas Brothers 9—
Seth Lakeman 1 Poor Man's Heaven 8—
Black Kids 1 Partie Traumatic 5—
Beck 1 Modern Guilt 9—
Basshunter 1 Now You're Gone – The Album 1—
Kid Rock 1 Rock n Roll Jesus 4—
The Script 1 The Script 1—
Noah and the Whale 1 Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down 5—
Monkey 1 Journey to the West 5—
UK Chinese Ensemble
Teddy Thompson 1 A Piece of What You Need 10—
Miley Cyrus 1 Breakout 10—
Glasvegas 1 Glasvegas 2—
Queen + Paul Rodgers 1 The Cosmos Rocks 5—
Andrew Johnston 1 One Voice 4—
Seasick Steve 1 I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left 9—
Leon Jackson 1 Right Now 4—
Rhydian 1 Rhydian 3—
The Priests 1 The Priests 5—
Notes

Jonathan Ansell stepped away from his group G4 - who finished second on the second series of The X Factor and recorded two top 10 albums including a number-one - to record his debut top 10 solo album Tenor at the Movies. Sharleen Spiteri had a highly successful career to date as a member of the Scottish band Texas. Her debut album as a solo artist, Melody , reached number three.

Damon Albarn of Gorillaz and Blur recorded the soundtrack to the stage adaption of Chinese novel Journey to the West under the name Monkey. The album also featured the UK Chinese Ensemble making their album chart debut.

Queen + Paul Rodgers was a collaboration between Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen, and Paul Rodgers, who had been part of numerous bands including Free and The Firm. The Cosmos Rocks was their first and only charting album as a supergroup.

Best-selling albums

Duffy had the best-selling album of the year with Rockferry . The album spent 42 weeks in the top 10 (including five weeks at number one), sold almost 1.685 million copies and was certified 6× platinum by the BPI. The Circus by Take That came in second place. Kings of Leon's Only by the Night , Spirit from Leona Lewis and Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay made up the top five. Albums by Rihanna, The Killers, Girls Aloud, Pink and Scouting for Girls were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Album peaked in 2006 or 2007 but still in chart in 2008.
♦Album released in 2008 but peaked in 2009.
(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rank
EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)		Weeks
in
top
10		AlbumArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2006
11 November 200654 Back to Black ‡ Amy Winehouse 120 January 20073
9 December 200628 Beautiful World ‡ Take That 19 December 20068
Albums in 2007
17 February 200732 Life in Cartoon Motion ‡ Mika 117 February 20072
21 April 200711 Timbaland Presents: Shock Value ‡ Timbaland 24 August 20071
28 April 200713 Version ‡ Mark Ronson 228 April 20072
12 May 200712 Call Me Irresponsible ‡ Michael Bublé 212 May 20071
16 June 200727 Good Girl Gone Bad ‡ (#6) Rihanna 116 June 20071
11 August 200714 This Is the Life Amy Macdonald 119 January 20081
11 Hand Built by Robots ‡ Newton Faulkner 11 September 20072
29 September 20075 All the Lost Souls ‡ James Blunt 129 September 20071
3 November 20077 The Trick to Life ‡ The Hoosiers 13 November 20071
10 November 20077 Raising Sand Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 22 February 20081
17 November 20078 Back Home ‡ Westlife 117 November 20071
24 November 200726 Spirit ‡ (#4) Leona Lewis 124 November 20078
7 Mothership ‡ Led Zeppelin 424 November 20072
7 The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere ‡ Andrea Bocelli 429 December 20071
8 December 20075 Breathless ‡ Shayne Ward 28 December 20071
29 December 200712 Back to Black: The Deluxe Edition Amy Winehouse 18 March 20081
Albums in 2008
5 January 20082 Perfect Day Cascada 912 January 20081
12 January 20083 In Rainbows Radiohead 112 January 20081
19 January 200814 Scouting for Girls (#10) Scouting for Girls 126 January 20082
26 January 20081 Do You Like Rock Music? British Sea Power 1026 January 20081
2 February 20081 Lupe Fiasco's The Cool Lupe Fiasco 72 February 20081
19 All the Right Reasons Nickelback 223 February 20082
9 February 20087 19 Adele 19 February 20081
1 Scream Aim Fire Bullet for My Valentine 59 February 20081
1 The Ultimate Hits Garth Brooks 109 February 20081
16 February 20083 Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson 116 February 20082
1 Made in the Dark Hot Chip 416 February 20081
1 Growing Pains Mary J. Blige 616 February 20081
2His Wondrous Story – The Complete Collection Billy Fury 1016 February 20082
23 February 20087 Thriller 25 Michael Jackson 323 February 20081
1 Greatest Hits Morrissey 523 February 20081
1 Started a Fire One Night Only 1023 February 20081
1 March 20081 Join With Us The Feeling 11 March 20081
1Tenor at the Movies Jonathan Ansell 91 March 20081
8 March 20083 Seventh Tree Goldfrapp 28 March 20081
1From Donny... with Love Donny Osmond 88 March 20081
15 March 200842 Rockferry (#1) Duffy 115 March 20085
1 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 415 March 20081
22 March 20086 Dreaming Out Loud OneRepublic 222 March 20081
1Classic Soul Hits The Temptations 822 March 20081
29 March 20082 Haarp Muse 229 March 20081
8 The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow 529 March 20082
1 11 Bryan Adams 629 March 20081
1 Music of the Spheres Mike Oldfield 929 March 20081
1 Keep It Simple Van Morrison 1029 March 20081
5 April 20081 Pretty. Odd. Panic! at the Disco 25 April 20081
1 Antidotes Foals 35 April 20081
2 Consolers of the Lonely The Raconteurs 85 April 20081
1 Red Guillemots 95 April 20081
12 April 20083 Accelerate R.E.M. 112 April 20081
1 Shine Estelle 612 April 20081
19 April 20081 Shine a Light The Rolling Stones 219 April 20081
2 St. Jude The Courteeners 419 April 20081
1 Hey Ma James 1019 April 20081
26 April 20084 Konk The Kooks 126 April 20081
2 E=MC² Mariah Carey 326 April 20081
1 Elliot Minor Elliot Minor 626 April 20081
3 May 20083 The Age of the Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets 13 May 20081
1 Good to Be Bad Whitesnake 73 May 20081
10 May 20085 Hard Candy Madonna 110 May 20081
2 Third Portishead 210 May 20081
2 Sam Sparro Sam Sparro 417 May 20081
3The Very Best of The Platters The Platters 817 May 20081
2 Lessons to Be Learned Gabriella Cilmi 824 May 20081
17 May 20087 Jumping All Over the World Scooter 117 May 20081
1 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Def Leppard 1017 May 20081
24 May 20088 Home Before Dark Neil Diamond 124 May 20081
3 In Silico Pendulum 224 May 20081
1 My Own Way Jay Sean 624 May 20081
1 Nothing but the Best Frank Sinatra 1024 May 20081
31 May 200814 We Started Nothing The Ting Tings 131 May 20081
2 Little Dreamer Beth Rowley 631 May 20081
5The Best of Neil Diamond Neil Diamond 731 May 20082
3Chant – Music for ParadiseCistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreu77 June 20081
7 June 20083 Here I Stand Usher 17 June 20081
1 Emergency The Pigeon Detectives 57 June 20081
14 June 20084 22 Dreams Paul Weller 114 June 20081
3 Radiohead: The Best Of Radiohead 414 June 20081
1 You Can Do Anything The Zutons 614 June 20081
1 This Is Alphabeat Alphabeat 1014 June 20081
21 June 200814 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (#5) Coldplay 121 June 20086
3 Here We Stand The Fratellis 521 June 20081
28 June 20084 Skydivin' Darren Styles 428 June 20082
1 Silent Cry Feeder 828 June 20081
1 Little Voice Sara Bareilles 928 June 20081
5 July 20081 Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Sigur Rós 55 July 20081
6 Exclusive Chris Brown 312 July 20082
1 Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers 95 July 20081
12 July 20081 Poor Man's Heaven Seth Lakeman 812 July 20081
19 July 20081 Partie Traumatic Black Kids 519 July 20081
1 Modern Guilt Beck 919 July 20081
26 July 20084 Now You're Gone – The Album Basshunter 126 July 20081
5 Melody Sharleen Spiteri 326 July 20081
9 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 19 August 20082
1 Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel Billy Joel 926 July 20081
2 August 20083I Believe – The Very Best of The Bachelors The Bachelors 72 August 20081
1 Beautiful Future Primal Scream 92 August 20081
9 August 20084 Rock n Roll Jesus Kid Rock 49 August 20082
23 August 200812 The Script The Script 123 August 20083
2 Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down Noah and the Whale 523 August 20081
2Jane Jane McDonald 723 August 20081
30 August 20081 Journey to the West Monkey 530 August 20081
6 September 20084 Forth The Verve 16 September 20082
2 All Hope Is Gone Slipknot 26 September 20081
2 Somewhere Eva Cassidy 46 September 20081
4 King of Pop Michael Jackson 313 September 20081
1 LAX The Game 96 September 20081
1 A Piece of What You Need Teddy Thompson 106 September 20081
13 September 20081 Breakout Miley Cyrus 1013 September 20081
20 September 20083 Death Magnetic Metallica 120 September 20082
2 Glasvegas Glasvegas 220 September 20081
27 September 20085 Year of the Gentleman Ne-Yo 227 September 20081
1 The Cosmos Rocks Queen + Paul Rodgers 527 September 20081
1 Everything Is Borrowed The Streets 727 September 20081
4 October 200840 Only By the Night (#3) Kings of Leon 14 October 20084
2 Doll Domination The Pussycat Dolls 44 October 20081
6 The Best Bette Bette Midler 64 October 20082
1 Radio Active McFly 84 October 20084
1 Live in Gdańsk David Gilmour 104 October 20081
11 October 20083 Let It Go Will Young 211 October 20081
13 Songs for You, Truths for Me James Morrison 311 October 20081
2 One Voice Andrew Johnston 411 October 20081
2 I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left Seasick Steve 911 October 20082
18 October 20084 Dig Out Your Soul Oasis 118 October 20081
1 The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs Bob Dylan 918 October 20081
25 October 20082 Perfect Symmetry Keane 125 October 20081
2 Back Again... No Matter What Boyzone 425 October 20081
1 November 20083 Black Ice AC/DC 11 November 20081
1 Off with Their Heads Kaiser Chiefs 21 November 20081
1 Right Now Leon Jackson 41 November 20081
2 Sacred Arias Katherine Jenkins 51 November 20081
1 Catfights and Spotlights Sugababes 81 November 20081
3 The Best Of Sash! 88 November 20081
8 November 200814 Funhouse (#9) Pink 18 November 20081
3 A Hundred Million Suns Snow Patrol 28 November 20081
3 My Love: Essential Collection Celine Dion 58 November 20081
1Country Boy Daniel O'Donnell 68 November 20081
1 Intimacy Bloc Party 88 November 20081
15 November 20089 Out of Control (#8) Girls Aloud 115 November 20081
2 Greatest Hits Enrique Iglesias 315 November 20081
1 Slipway Fires Razorlight 415 November 20081
1 Pictures – 40 Years of Hits Status Quo 815 November 20081
22 November 20086 The Promise Il Divo 122 November 20081
8 Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics Stereophonics 222 November 20081
1 And Winter Came... Enya 622 November 20081
1 Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits Christina Aguilera 1022 November 20081
29 November 20081 Safe Trip Home Dido 229 November 20081
1 Dark Horse Nickelback 429 November 20081
1 Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits Simply Red 929 November 20081
22 I Am... Sasha Fierce ♦ Beyoncé 222 August 20091
6 December 200813 Day & Age (#6) The Killers 16 December 20081
1 Chinese Democracy Guns N' Roses 26 December 20081
3 Rhydian Rhydian 36 December 20081
4 The Priests The Priests 56 December 20081
13 December 200812 The Circus (#2) Take That 113 December 20085
1 Circus Britney Spears 413 December 20081

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2008, including albums that reached their peak in 2007 or 2009. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2008 is also shown.

EntriesArtistCountry of originWeeksAlbums
2 Amy Winehouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 14 Back to Black , Back to Black: The Deluxe Edition
Michael Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9 King of Pop , Thriller 25
Neil Diamond 13 Home Before Dark , The Best of Neil Diamond
Nickelback Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20 All the Right Reasons , Dark Horse
Radiohead Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6 In Rainbows , Radiohead: The Best Of
Take That 8 Beautiful World , The Circus

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