List of UK top-ten albums in 2020

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Dua Lipa's second studio album Future Nostalgia entered the chart in April 2020 at number two before climbing to the top spot the following week. The album spent 51 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10, including four non-consecutive weeks at number-one, and became the third best-selling album of 2020. Dua Lipa 09 28 2018 -53 (46007309844).jpg
Dua Lipa's second studio album Future Nostalgia entered the chart in April 2020 at number two before climbing to the top spot the following week. The album spent 51 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10, including four non-consecutive weeks at number-one, and became the third best-selling album of 2020.

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 ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2020, as well as albums which peaked in 2019 and 2021 but were in the top 10 in 2020. 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 ninety-eight albums were in the top ten this year. Thirteen albums from 2019 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Post Human: Survival Horror by Bring Me the Horizon was released in 2020, but did not reach its peak until 2021. Fine Line by Harry Styles debuted in 2019 and re-entered the top 10 in 2020, but its peak position was not until 2021. Christmas by Michael Bublé was originally released in 2011, launched a new chart run in 2019, reaching a peak on its latest run in 2020 and again in 2021, when it returned to number-one. Heavy is the Head by Stormzy was the only album from 2019 to reach its peak in 2020. Little Mix scored the fastest-selling album of 2020 by a British act with Confetti. [4] Thirteen albums from 2019 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Lil Uzi Vert was among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 album in 2020.

The first new number-one album of the year was Heavy Is the Head by Stormzy. Overall, forty-one different albums peaked at number-one so in 2020, with Taylor Swift (2) having the most albums hit that position.

Background

Chart debuts

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-ten solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Selena Gomez 1 Rare 2—
Easy Life 1Junk Food7—
Sheku Kanneh-Mason 1Elgar8—
Mac Miller 1 Circles 8—
M Huncho 2 Huncholini the 1st 5DNA (6)
New Hope Club 1 New Hope Club 5—
Grimes 1 Miss Anthropocene 10—
Lil Baby 1 My Turn 6—
Lil Uzi Vert 1 Eternal Atake 3—
Lauv 1 How I'm Feeling 9—
The Slow Readers Club 1The Joy of the Return9—
PartyNextDoor 1 Partymobile 7—
Gerry Cinnamon 1 The Bonny 1—
DaBaby 1 Blame It on Baby 8—
Yussef Dayes1 What Kinda Music 4—
The D-Day Darlings1I'll Remember You5—
Kehlani 1 It Was Good Until It Wasn't 10—
Polo G 1 The Goat 6—
KSI 1 Dissimulation 2—
Gunna 1 Wunna 5—
Sports Team 1 Deep Down Happy 2—
Phoebe Bridgers 1 Punisher 6—
Khruangbin 1 Mordechai 7—
Pop Smoke 1 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon 1—
Bury Tomorrow 1 Cannibal 10—
Juice Wrld 1 Legends Never Die 1—
DMA's 1 The Glow 4—
Massive Wagons 1House of Noise9—
Creeper 1 Sex, Death & the Infinite Void 5—
Glass Animals 1 Dreamland 2—
Sea Girls 1Open Up Your Head3—
Jamie Webster1We Get By6—
San Francisco Symphony 1 S&M2 2—
Declan McKenna 1 Zeros 2—
Ava Max 1 Heaven & Hell 2—
Potter Payper 1Training Day 33—
Run the Jewels 1 RTJ4 9—
Machine Gun Kelly 1 Tickets to My Downfall 3—
Joji 1 Nectar 6—
Blackpink 1 The Album 2—
Amanda Holden 1 Songs from My Heart 4—
21 Savage 1 Savage Mode II 10—
Metro Boomin 1—
Beabadoobee 1 Fake It Flowers 8—
Nafe Smallz 1DNA6—
Dutchavelli 1Dutch from the 5th8—
Notes

Louis Tomlinson of the group One Direction reached the top 10 with his debut solo album this year, Walls . This added to his haul of five top 10 albums with One Direction to date, including four which had topped the chart.

Best-selling albums

For the second year in a row, Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling album of the year with Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent . The album has now sold over 900,000 copies in the UK alone and has been certified 3× platinum by the BPI. Fine Line by Harry Styles came in second place. Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia , When We Fall Asleep Where Do We Go by Billie Eilish and Stormzy's Heavy Is the Head made up the top five. Albums by Pop Smoke, Ed Sheeran, Queen, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Album peaked in 2019 but still in chart in 2020.
♦Album released in 2019 or 2020 but peaked in 2021.
(#)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		AlbumArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2019
14 March 201914 What a Time to Be Alive ‡ Tom Walker 114 March 20191
11 April 201950 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‡ (#4) Billie Eilish 111 April 20193
30 May 201985 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent ‡ (#1) Lewis Capaldi 130 May 201910
25 July 201948 No.6 Collaborations Project ‡ (#7) Ed Sheeran 125 July 20195
19 September 201913 Hollywood's Bleeding ‡ Post Malone 119 September 20191
14 November 20192 Kiwanuka ‡ Michael Kiwanuka 214 November 20191
21 November 20199 Back Together ‡ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 221 November 20191
5 December 20197 Everyday Life ‡ Coldplay 15 December 20191
5 The Christmas Present ‡ Robbie Williams 112 December 20191
8 You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ‡ Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 119 December 20193
12 December 20199 Christmas ♦ Michael Bublé 17 January 20211
26 December 201915 Heavy Is the Head (#5) Stormzy 116 January 20201
57 Fine Line ♦ (#2) Harry Styles 214 January 20211
Albums in 2020
9 January 20201 Street Trauma D-Block Europe 99 January 20201
23 January 20201 Rare Selena Gomez 223 January 20201
1Junk Food Easy Life 723 January 20201
1Elgar Sheku Kanneh-Mason 823 January 20201
30 January 202011 Music to Be Murdered By Eminem 130 January 20201
1More. Again. Forever. The Courteeners 230 January 20201
1 Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Bombay Bicycle Club 430 January 20201
1 Manic Halsey 630 January 20201
1 Circles Mac Miller 830 January 20201
6 February 20204 Big Conspiracy J Hus 16 February 20201
1 Hotspot Pet Shop Boys 36 February 20201
3 Huncholini the 1st M Huncho 56 February 20201
1All the Hits The Dave Clark Five 106 February 20201
13 February 20201 Foolish Loving Spaces Blossoms 113 February 20201
1 Walls Louis Tomlinson 413 February 20201
20 February 20201 Father of All... Green Day 120 February 20201
1 No One Else Can Wear Your Crown Oh Wonder 820 February 20201
27 February 20203 Changes Justin Bieber 127 February 20201
1 The Slow Rush Tame Impala 327 February 20201
1 New Hope Club New Hope Club 527 February 20201
5 March 20202 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 15 March 20201
1 Ordinary Man Ozzy Osbourne 35 March 20201
1 Miss Anthropocene Grimes 105 March 20201
12 March 20201 My Turn Lil Baby 612 March 20201
1 F8 Five Finger Death Punch 712 March 20201
19 March 20202 Manchester Calling Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 119 March 20201
2 Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert 319 March 20201
1 City of Love Deacon Blue 419 March 20201
1 How I'm Feeling Lauv 919 March 20201
26 March 20201 Heartbreak Weather Niall Horan 126 March 20201
1Good Years The Shires 326 March 20201
1 Sad Happy Circa Waves 426 March 20201
1Stranger in Paradise – The Lost New York Matt Monro 826 March 20201
2 April 20207 After Hours The Weeknd 12 April 20201
1 I Am Not a Dog on a Chain Morrissey 32 April 20201
1All the Hits & All New Love Songs Kenny Rogers 62 April 20201
1The Joy of the Return The Slow Readers Club 92 April 20201
1 Is It Any Wonder? (EP) David Bowie 102 April 20201
9 April 20201 Calm 5 Seconds of Summer 19 April 20201
51 Future Nostalgia (#3) Dua Lipa 116 April 20204
2 Insomnia Skepta, Chip & Young Adz 39 April 20201
1 Gigaton Pearl Jam 69 April 20201
1 Partymobile PartyNextDoor 79 April 20201
13 Diamonds (#9) Elton John 725 June 20201
16 April 20203 Greatest Hits (#8) Queen 716 April 20201
1The Ultimate Collection Bill Withers 1016 April 20201
23 April 20202 The New Abnormal The Strokes 323 April 20201
1 The New Toronto 3 Tory Lanez 423 April 20201
30 April 20203 The Bonny Gerry Cinnamon 130 April 20201
1 Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible Enter Shikari 230 April 20201
1 Blame It on Baby DaBaby 830 April 20201
7 May 20201What Kinda Music Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes47 May 20201
14 May 20203 Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake 114 May 20201
21 May 20201 Petals for Armor Hayley Williams 421 May 20201
1I'll Remember You The D-Day Darlings 521 May 20201
1 It Was Good Until It Wasn't Kehlani 1021 May 20201
28 May 20201 High Off Life Future 528 May 20201
1 The Goat Polo G 628 May 20201
1 All That Glue Sleaford Mods 1028 May 20201
4 June 20202 Notes on a Conditional Form The 1975 14 June 20201
4 Dissimulation KSI 24 June 20202
1 Wunna Gunna 54 June 20201
1 D-2 Agust D 74 June 20201
11 June 20207 Chromatica Lady Gaga 111 June 20202
1 Golden Hour Kygo 611 June 20201
1Polaris (EP) Aitch 711 June 20201
7 50 Years – Don't Stop (#10) Fleetwood Mac 925 June 20203
18 June 20201 Deep Down Happy Sports Team 218 June 20201
1 Wake Up, Sunshine All Time Low 318 June 20201
25 June 20202 MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) Liam Gallagher 125 June 20201
1 Love, Death & Dancing Jack Garratt 825 June 20201
2 July 20204 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 12 July 20201
1 Homegrown Neil Young 22 July 20201
1 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers 62 July 20201
3 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 96 August 20201
9 July 20201 Women in Music Pt. III Haim 19 July 20201
3 What's Your Pleasure? Jessie Ware 39 July 20201
1 Mordechai Khruangbin 79 July 20201
16 July 20202 On Sunset Paul Weller 116 July 20201
34 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (#6) Pop Smoke 11 October 20201
1Cinema Paradiso Katherine Jenkins 316 July 20201
1 A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip Sparks 716 July 20201
1 Cannibal Bury Tomorrow 1016 July 20201
23 July 202013 Legends Never Die Juice Wrld 123 July 20201
1 None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive The Streets 223 July 20201
1 The Glow DMA's 423 July 20201
1 Song for Our Daughter Laura Marling 623 July 20201
30 July 20201 Brightest Blue Ellie Goulding 130 July 20201
1 Gaslighter The Chicks 530 July 20201
1 Closer Joy Division 630 July 20201
1 Lianne La Havas Lianne La Havas 730 July 20201
1House of Noise Massive Wagons 930 July 20201
6 August 202010 Folklore Taylor Swift 16 August 20203
2 Twenty Twenty Ronan Keating 26 August 20201
1 All Distortions Are Intentional Neck Deep 46 August 20201
13 August 20201 A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C. 213 August 20201
1 Sex, Death & the Infinite Void Creeper 513 August 20201
1 Such Pretty Forks in the Road Alanis Morissette 813 August 20201
20 August 20201 Dreamland Glass Animals 220 August 20201
1 Whoosh! Deep Purple 420 August 20201
27 August 20202 A Celebration of Endings Biffy Clyro 127 August 20201
1 Open Up Your Head Sea Girls 327 August 20201
1 Even in Exile James Dean Bradfield 627 August 20201
1 Peace Levellers 827 August 20201
3 September 20202 Imploding the Mirage The Killers 13 September 20201
1 Neon Erasure 43 September 20201
1We Get By Jamie Webster 63 September 20201
10 September 20203 Crabs in a Bucket Nines 110 September 20201
1 S&M2 Metallica & the San Francisco Symphony 210 September 20201
2All Rise Gregory Porter 310 September 20201
1 Energy Disclosure 410 September 20201
1 Smile Katy Perry 510 September 20201
17 September 20201 Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones 117 September 20201
1 Zeros Declan McKenna 217 September 20201
24 September 20201 The Universal Want Doves 124 September 20201
1 Re-Animator Everything Everything 524 September 20201
1 We Are Chaos Marilyn Manson 724 September 20201
1 October 20201 Heaven & Hell Ava Max 21 October 20201
1Training Day 3 Potter Payper 31 October 20201
1 Tea for the Tillerman² Cat Stevens 41 October 20201
1Live at the Roundhouse Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets 51 October 20201
1 RTJ4 Run the Jewels 91 October 20201
8 October 20201 Ultra Mono Idles 18 October 20201
1 Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly 38 October 20201
1 Ohms Deftones 58 October 20201
1 Nectar Joji 68 October 20201
1 Sign o' the Times Prince 78 October 20201
1Cum on Feel the Hitz – The Best of Slade 88 October 20201
15 October 20202 Live Around the World Queen + Adam Lambert 115 October 20201
1 The Album Blackpink 215 October 20201
1 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 315 October 20201
2 Songs from My Heart Amanda Holden 415 October 20201
1 2020 Bon Jovi 515 October 20201
1 Melanie C Melanie C 815 October 20201
1 Us + Them Roger Waters 915 October 20201
1 Savage Mode II 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1015 October 20201
22 October 20202 Edna Headie One 122 October 20201
2 The Blue Print: Us vs. Them D-Block Europe 222 October 20201
1 Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes John Lennon 322 October 20201
1 10 Songs Travis 522 October 20201
1The Studio Albums 1978-1991 Dire Straits 922 October 20201
29 October 20201 Cherry Blossom The Vamps 129 October 20201
1 Daniel Daniel O'Donnell 329 October 20201
1 Album No. 8 Katie Melua 729 October 20201
1 Fake It Flowers Beabadoobee 829 October 20201
5 November 20203 Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 15 November 20201
1 Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez Gorillaz 25 November 20201
1 Moral Panic Nothing but Thieves 35 November 20201
1In Isolation/Live from the Plaza Theatre, Stockport Blossoms 55 November 20201
1 All Blessed Faithless 65 November 20201
1Royal Tea Joe Bonamassa 75 November 20201
120 Russell Watson 105 November 20201
12 November 20205 Positions Ariana Grande 112 November 20201
4 Love Goes Sam Smith 212 November 20201
2 Music... The Air That I Breathe Cliff Richard 312 November 20201
2 Post Human: Survival Horror ♦ Bring Me the Horizon 14 February 20211
1DNA M Huncho & Nafe Smallz 612 November 20201
1Long Hot Summers – The Story of The Style Council The Style Council 812 November 20201
1 The Human Demands Amy Macdonald 1012 November 20201
19 November 20205 Disco Kylie Minogue 119 November 20201
11 Confetti Little Mix 219 November 20201
1 I Owe It All to You Shirley Bassey 519 November 20201
1Dutch from the 5th Dutchavelli 819 November 20201
26 November 20205 Power Up AC/DC 126 November 20201
1 Young Dumb Thrills McFly 226 November 20201
5 Believe Andrea Bocelli 326 November 20201
1 Infinite Things Paloma Faith 426 November 20201
5Jolly Holiday Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 424 December 20201
1 Songs from the Kitchen Disco Sophie Ellis-Bextor 826 November 20201
3Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Johnny Cash & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 824 December 20201
3 December 20205 Together at Christmas Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 13 December 20201
1 Be BTS23 December 20201
5Classic Diamonds Neil Diamond & the London Symphony Orchestra 224 December 20201
1Nights of the Dead – Legacy of the Beast Iron Maiden 73 December 20201
10 December 20204 Music Played by Humans Gary Barlow 110 December 20201
1 What the Future Holds Steps 210 December 20201
1 Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus 410 December 20201
1 Singled Out Shakin' Stevens 1010 December 20201
17 December 20202 Weird! Yungblud 117 December 20201
1 Live at the Royal Albert Hall Arctic Monkeys 317 December 20201
1Don't Let the Devil Take Another Day Kelly Jones 817 December 20201
24 December 20209 Evermore Taylor Swift 124 December 20202
31 December 20201 McCartney III Paul McCartney 131 December 20201

Entries by artist

Irish singer-songwriter and former One Direction member Niall Horan reached number-one in the UK Albums Chart in March of this year with his second studio album Heartbreak Weather. Niall Horan 1 (27137634098).jpg
Irish singer-songwriter and former One Direction member Niall Horan reached number-one in the UK Albums Chart in March of this year with his second studio album Heartbreak Weather .

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2020, including albums that reached their peak in 2019. 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 2020 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums
2 BTS 3 Map of the Soul: 7 , Be
Taylor Swift 12 Folklore , Evermore
Alfie Boe 8 Back Together , Together at Christmas
Blossoms 3 Foolish Loving Spaces ,In Isolation/Live from the Plaza Theatre, Stockport
D-Block Europe 3 Street Trauma , The Blue Print: Us vs. Them
Liam Gallagher 3 MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) , (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Michael Ball 8 Back Together , Together at Christmas
Queen 5 Greatest Hits , Live Around the World
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 7 You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Johnny Cash with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.
  3. ↑ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News . 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "60 Official Chart facts of 2020". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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