List of UK top-ten albums in 2018

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The soundtrack album of the movie The Greatest Showman dominated the charts in 2018, becoming the year's best-selling album. The Greatest Showman.png
The soundtrack album of the movie The Greatest Showman dominated the charts in 2018, becoming the year's best-selling album.
Rapper Post Malone reached number-one in May of this year with his second studio album Beerbongs & Bentleys, which spent a total of 15 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. It went to become the sixth best selling album of the year. Post Malone 2018.jpg
Rapper Post Malone reached number-one in May of this year with his second studio album Beerbongs & Bentleys , which spent a total of 15 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. It went to become the sixth best selling album of the year.

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] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. [2] [3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2018, as well as albums which peaked in 2017 and 2019 but were in the top 10 in 2018. 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-five albums were in the top ten this year. Thirteen albums from 2017 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while 50 Years – Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac and Unchained Melodies by Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra were both released in 2018 but did not reach their peak until 2019. Christmas by Michael Bublé was originally released in 2011, launched a new chart run in 2017, reaching a peak on its latest run in 2018 and again in 2019. Dua Lipa by Dua Lipa was the only album from 2017 to reach its peak in 2018. Twelve artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2018. Anne-Marie, Calum Scott, First Aid Kit, The Greatest Showman Cast and XXXTentacion are among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2018.

Ed Sheeran's Divide returned to the top of the chart for the opening two weeks of the year, totalling twenty weeks at number-one since it was released in March 2017. The first new number-one album of the year was The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by The Greatest Showman cast. Overall, nineteen different albums peaked at number-one in 2018, with nineteen unique artists hitting that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and fifty-five albums charted in the top 10 in 2018, with one-hundred and thirty-nine albums reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries Appetite for Destruction , Christmas , ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits , Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack , Wanted on Voyage , The Beatles , X , which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).

Twelve artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2018.

Chart debuts

Thirty-four artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2018 as a lead artist. The Mamma Mia! film cast had one other entry in their breakthrough year.

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
The Greatest Showman cast 1 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1—
First Aid Kit 1Ruins3—
Migos 1 Culture II 4—
Beth Hart 1 Black Coffee 7—
Mist1Diamonds in the Dirt4—
Fredo 1Tables Turn5—
The Temperance Movement 1 A Deeper Cut 6—
Tory Lanez 1 Memories Don't Die 8—
Calum Scott 1 Only Human 4—
XXXTentacion 1 Question Mark 3—
The Decemberists 1"I'll Be Your Girl"8—
Fickle Friends 1 You Are Someone Else 9—
Lissie 1 Castles 9—
Kacey Musgraves 1 Golden Hour 6—
Cardi B 1 Invasion of Privacy 5—
Tom Misch 1Geography8—
The Damned 1 Evil Spirits 7—
Anne-Marie 1 Speak Your Mind 3—
Janelle Monáe 1 Dirty Computer 8—
Shinedown 1 Attention Attention 8—
Jon Hopkins 1 Singularity 8—
Ry Cooder 1The Prodigal Son10—
BTS 1 Love Yourself: Tear 8—
Courtney Barnett 1 Tell Me How You Really Feel 9—
Ghost 1 Prequelle 10—
Kids See Ghosts 1 Kids See Ghosts 7—
The Carters 1 Everything Is Love 5—
Tom Grennan 1 Lighting Matches 5—
Mamma Mia! film cast 2 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack 1 Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack (5)
Travis Scott 1 Astroworld 3—
Miles Kane 1 Coup de Grace 8—
Alice in Chains 1 Rainier Fog 9—
IDLES 1 Joy as an Act of Resistance 5—
Pale Waves 1 My Mind Makes Noises 8—
Bradley Cooper 1 A Star Is Born 1—
Notes

Camila Cabello's self-titled album Camila , was her first solo effort and her first top 10 album away from the group Fifth Harmony. She reached the top 10 with her bandmates when 7/27 peaked at number six in June 2016. The group had a second top 10 album in 2017 after Camila had left the lineup. Beth Hart collaborated with Joe Bonamassa on a first top 10 album together, Black Coffee . Bonamassa had reached the top ten with three albums previously, the best performing Driving Towards the Daylight making number two in 2012.

Three former members of UB40 - Ali Campbell, Terence Wilson (Astro) and Mickey Virtue - reunited in 2014 under the name UB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey. Their 2018 album A Real Labour of Love was their first to reach the top 10. As a solo artist, Ali had recorded two top 10 albums to date - Big Love (number 6 in 1995) and Running Free (number 9 in 2007).

Rick Parfitt was part of the line-up of Status Quo, who had eighteen studio albums that reached the top 10. He achieved a posthumous top 10 album as a solo artist in 2018 with Over and Out. Sting, the long-standing member of The Police, and soloist Shaggy collaborated for the album 44/876 , their first entry as a duo.

The Carters are husband and wife musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé who have both achieved almost two decades of album chart success individually, the latter also as a member of the group Destiny's Child. However Everything Is Love marked their chart debut as a combined act.

Soundtracks

Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included A Star Is Born , Bohemian Rhapsody , The Greatest Showman , Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again .

Best-selling albums

The Greatest Showman cast had the best-selling album of the year with The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . The album spent 87 weeks in the top 10 (52 this year, including 23 weeks at number one), recorded over 1.6 million combined sales and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Staying at Tamara's by George Ezra came in second place. Ed Sheeran's ÷ , Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack from the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Cast and Scorpion by Drake made up the top five. Albums by Post Malone, Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga, Michael Bublé, Dua Lipa and Eminem were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Album peaked in 2016 or 2017 but still in chart in 2018.
♦Album released in 2017 or 2018 but peaked in 2019.
(#)Year-end top ten album position and rank
EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)		Weeks
in
top
10		SingleArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2016
1 December 201629 Glory Days ‡ [A] Little Mix 11 December 20165
Albums in 2017
23 February 201744 Human ‡ [B] Rag'n'Bone Man 123 February 20172
9 March 20177 Gang Signs & Prayer ‡ [C] Stormzy 19 March 20171
16 March 201788 ÷ ‡ (#3) [D] Ed Sheeran 116 March 201720
15 June 201728 Dua Lipa [E] (#9) Dua Lipa 31 March 20182
26 October 201719 Beautiful Trauma ‡ [F] Pink 126 October 20171
9 November 201711 Together Again ‡ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 19 November 20171
16 November 201721 The Thrill of It All ‡ [G] Sam Smith 116 November 20172
8 A Love So Beautiful ‡ Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 216 November 20171
23 November 20175 Reputation ‡ [H] Taylor Swift 123 November 20171
3 Diamonds ‡ [I] Elton John 523 November 20171
30 November 20178 The Architect ‡ Paloma Faith 130 November 20171
21 December 20176 Christmas ♦ [J] Michael Bublé 53 January 20191
28 December 201710 Revival ‡ Eminem 128 December 20171
Albums in 2018
11 January 201888 The Greatest Showman (#1) The Greatest Showman cast 118 January 201828
25 January 20186 Camila Camila Cabello 225 January 20181
1 February 20181 Mania Fall Out Boy 21 February 20181
2 Ruins First Aid Kit 31 February 20181
8 February 20181 The Time Is Now Craig David 28 February 20181
1 Culture II Migos 48 February 20181
1 Black Coffee Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa 78 February 20181
15 February 20184 Man of the Woods Justin Timberlake 215 February 20181
1 Walk Between Worlds Simple Minds 415 February 20181
1 Technology Don Broco 515 February 20181
22 February 20181 Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life The Wombats 322 February 20181
1Diamond in the DirtMist422 February 20181
1Tables Turn Fredo 522 February 20181
1 Always Ascending Franz Ferdinand 622 February 20181
1 March 20181 A Deeper Cut The Temperance Movement 61 March 20181
8 March 20182 × [K] Ed Sheeran 108 March 20182
15 March 20183 A Real Labour of Love UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro & Mickey215 March 20181
1 Love Is a Basic Need Embrace 515 March 20181
1 Memories Don't Die Tory Lanez 815 March 20181
1 All Nerve The Breeders 915 March 20181
22 March 20182 Only Human Calum Scott 422 March 20181
1 Firepower Judas Priest 522 March 20181
1 Violence Editors 622 March 20181
1 Both Sides of the Sky Jimi Hendrix 822 March 20181
29 March 20186 ? [L] XXXTentacion 329 March 20181
1 In Your Own Sweet Time The Fratellis 529 March 20181
1 I'll Be Your Girl The Decemberists 829 March 20181
1 You Are Someone Else Fickle Friends 929 March 20181
5 April 201865 Staying at Tamara's (#2) [M] George Ezra 15 April 20181
1Over and Out Rick Parfitt 45 April 20181
1 Boarding House Reach Jack White 55 April 20181
2Kidz Bop Summer '18 Kidz Bop Kids 85 April 20182
1 Castles Lissie 95 April 20181
12 April 20183 My Dear Melancholy (EP) The Weeknd 312 April 20181
1 Combat Sports The Vaccines 412 April 20181
1 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves 612 April 20181
1 Wanted on Voyage [N] George Ezra 1012 April 20181
19 April 20184 Golden Kylie Minogue 119 April 20181
1 America 30 Seconds to Mars 419 April 20181
1St. Jude: Re:Wired Courteeners 519 April 20181
3 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B 526 April 20181
1 Geography Tom Misch 819 April 20181
1 The Deconstruction Eels 1019 April 20181
26 April 20181 Resistance Is Futile Manic Street Preachers 226 April 20181
1 Evil Spirits The Damned 726 April 20181
3 May 20182 KOD J. Cole 23 May 20181
1 Accidentally on Purpose The Shires 33 May 20181
1 Crop Circle Nines 53 May 20181
1 Family Tree Black Stone Cherry 73 May 20181
1 44/876 Sting & Shaggy 93 May 20181
10 May 201815 Beerbongs & Bentleys (#6) [O] Post Malone 110 May 20181
7 Speak Your Mind [P] Anne-Marie 310 May 20181
1 Cool Like You Blossoms 410 May 20181
1 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe 810 May 20181
17 May 20181 Be More Kind Frank Turner 317 May 20181
1 Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose Plan B 517 May 20181
1 Attention Attention Shinedown 817 May 20181
1 Singularity Jon Hopkins 917 May 20181
24 May 20183 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys 124 May 20181
1 Voicenotes Charlie Puth 424 May 20181
1The Prodigal Son Ry Cooder 1024 May 20181
31 May 20181 Electric Light James Bay 231 May 20181
1 And Justice for None Five Finger Death Punch 731 May 20181
1 Love Yourself: Tear BTS 831 May 20181
1 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett 931 May 20181
7 June 20183 Wildness Snow Patrol 27 June 20181
2 Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes 37 June 20181
1MTV Unplugged: Live at Roundhouse, London Biffy Clyro 47 June 20181
1 Love Is Dead Chvrches 77 June 20181
14 June 20182 ye Kanye West 214 June 20181
1 Noonday Dream Ben Howard 414 June 20181
1 As Long as I Have You Roger Daltrey 814 June 20181
1 Prequelle Ghost 1014 June 20181
21 June 20181 Lost & Found Jorja Smith 321 June 20181
3 The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 421 June 20182
1 Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts 721 June 20181
1 No Shame Lily Allen 821 June 20181
28 June 20181 Youngblood 5 Seconds of Summer 328 June 20181
2 Everything Is Love The Carters 528 June 20181
1 Call the Comet Johnny Marr 728 June 20181
5 July 20182 Pray for the Wicked Panic! at the Disco 25 July 20181
3Cruising with Jane McDonald Jane McDonald 65 July 20181
12 July 201812 Scorpion (#5) Drake 112 July 20183
4 High as Hope [Q] Florence + the Machine 212 July 20181
1 The Now Now Gorillaz 512 July 20181
1 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 612 July 20181
19 July 20182 Palo Santo Years & Years 319 July 20181
1 Lighting Matches Tom Grennan 519 July 20181
26 July 20181 Night & Day: Day Edition [R] The Vamps 226 July 20181
17 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack (#4) [S] Mamma Mia! film cast 12 August 20185
2 Beautiful Life Rick Astley 626 July 20181
2 August 20186 Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack [T] Mamma Mia! film cast 52 August 20182
3 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits [U] ABBA 69 August 20181
9 August 20181 Vicious Halestorm 89 August 20181
16 August 20182 Astroworld Travis Scott 316 August 20181
1 Living in Extraordinary Times James 616 August 20181
1Rituals Deaf Havana 816 August 20181
23 August 20182 Queen Nicki Minaj 523 August 20181
1 Coup de Grace Miles Kane 823 August 20181
1 Where No One Stands Alone Elvis Presley 923 August 20181
30 August 20189 Sweetener Ariana Grande 130 August 20181
1 B. Inspired Bugzy Malone 630 August 20181
1 Under My Skin Gabrielle 730 August 20181
1 Acts of Fear and Love Slaves 830 August 20181
6 September 20181 Marauder Interpol 66 September 20181
1 Rainier Fog Alice in Chains 96 September 20181
13 September 20188 Kamikaze (#10) Eminem 113 September 20184
1 Joy as an Act of Resistance IDLES 513 September 20181
1 Runaway Passenger 613 September 20181
1 Let’s Go Sunshine The Kooks 913 September 20181
1 Bloom Troye Sivan 1013 September 20181
20 September 20181 Egypt Station Paul McCartney 320 September 20181
1Gold T. Rex 820 September 20181
1 In the Blue Light Paul Simon 1020 September 20181
27 September 20182 True Meanings Paul Weller 227 September 20181
1 My Mind Makes Noises Pale Waves 827 September 20181
1 7 David Guetta 927 September 20181
1For Ever Jungle 1027 September 20181
4 October 20181 Chris Christine and the Queens 34 October 20181
1 Living the Dream Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators 44 October 20181
1 The Blue Hour Suede 54 October 20181
1 Bridges Josh Groban 64 October 20181
1Redemption Joe Bonamassa 74 October 20181
11 October 20185 Blood Red Roses Rod Stewart 111 October 20181
3 Dancing Queen Cher 211 October 20181
1 Tha Carter V Lil Wayne 511 October 20181
1Gold Chas & Dave 811 October 20181
1 It's About Time Nile Rodgers & Chic 1011 October 20181
18 October 201823 A Star is Born (#7) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 118 October 20182
2 Trench Twenty One Pilots 218 October 20181
1 VI You Me at Six 618 October 20181
25 October 201813 Always in Between [V] Jess Glynne 125 October 20181
1 Piano Odyssey Rick Wakeman 725 October 20181
1 November 20181 Natural Rebel Richard Ashcroft 41 November 20181
45 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack [W] Queen 38 November 20185
1 Evolution Disturbed 71 November 20181
8 November 20188 Sì Andrea Bocelli 18 November 20181
1 Jubilee Road Tom Odell 58 November 20181
10 The Platinum Collection [X] Queen 522 November 20181
15 November 20181 No Tourists The Prodigy 115 November 20181
1 Walls Barbra Streisand 615 November 20181
1 The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks Bob Dylan 915 November 20181
22 November 20181 Simulation Theory Muse 122 November 20181
5 You Know I Know [Y] Olly Murs 222 November 20181
1 The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition [Z] The Beatles 422 November 20181
1In Harmony Aled Jones & Russell Watson 822 November 20181
1 Origins Imagine Dragons 922 November 20181
29 November 20186 Love (#8) Michael Bublé 129 November 20181
1 Delta Mumford & Sons 229 November 20181
3 LM5 [AA] Little Mix 329 November 20181
1 Thank You & Goodnight Boyzone 629 November 20181
1The Last King of Pop Paul Heaton 1029 November 20181
6 December 20188 Odyssey Take That 16 December 20181
1 Rise Up Cliff Richard 46 December 20181
6Unchained Melodies ♦ Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 33 January 20191
1 As Time Goes By Alfie Boe 106 December 20181
13 December 20182 A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships [BB] The 1975 113 December 20181
1True Love Ways Buddy Holly with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1013 December 20181
20 December 20182 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 820 December 20181
27 December 20181 Springsteen on Broadway Bruce Springsteen 627 December 20181
8 50 Years – Don't Stop ♦ Fleetwood Mac 517 January 20191

Entries by artist

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli secured his first ever UK number-one album in November 2018 with Si. It was the first classical album to reach the top spot in the UK since Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by James Horner in 1998. AndreaBocelliMar10.jpg
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli secured his first ever UK number-one album in November 2018 with Sì . It was the first classical album to reach the top spot in the UK since Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by James Horner in 1998.

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2018, including albums that reached their peak in 2017. 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 2018 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums
5 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 11 A Love So Beautiful . The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , True Love Ways, Unchained Melodies
2 Cher [CC] 14 Dancing Queen , Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack
Ed Sheeran [DD] 38 ÷ , X
Eminem [DD] 14 Kamikaze , Revival
George Ezra 28 Staying at Tamara's , Wanted on Voyage
Joe Bonamassa 2 Black Coffee , Redemption
Mamma Mia! film cast 14 Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack , Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack
Little Mix 6 Glory Days , LM5
Michael Bublé 9 Christmas , Love
Paul McCartney [EE] 2 The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition , Egypt Station
Queen 10 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack , The Platinum Collection
Slash [FF] 2 Appetite for Destruction , Living the Dream

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dua Lipa discography</span>

English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa has released three studio albums, two reissues, one remix album, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-four singles, ten promotional singles, two charity singles, and thirty-five music videos. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, she released her debut single "New Love" in 2015. The following year, she gained recognition through the singles "Hotter than Hell" and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)". In June 2017 Lipa released her eponymous debut studio album, which reached the top 10 charts in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album's chart-topping hits "Be the One", "New Rules" and "IDGAF" propelled Lipa to international fame.

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