List of UK top-ten albums in 2024

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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 2024, as well as albums which peaked in 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2024. 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 sixty-four albums have been in the top 10 so far this year (as of 19 December 2024, week ending). One album from 2021, one album from 2022 and six albums from 2023 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, and Stick Season by Noah Kahan were the albums from 2023 to reach their peak in 2024.

The first new number-one album of the year was Christmas by Michael Bublé. Overall, thirty-five different albums have peaked at number-one so far in 2024, with Shed Seven (2) having the most albums hit that position.

An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Album peaked in 2021, 2022 or 2023 but still in chart in 2024.
♦Album released in 2024 but peaked in 2025.
(#)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 2021
18 February 2021141* The Highlights ‡ The Weeknd 218 February 20217
Albums in 2022
3 November 202257 Midnights ‡ Taylor Swift 13 November 20225
Albums in 2023
16 February 20234 My 21st Century Blues ‡ Raye 216 February 20231
1 June 20237 Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent ‡ Lewis Capaldi 11 June 20233
21 September 202332 Guts ‡ Olivia Rodrigo 121 September 20231
2 November 202311 Hackney Diamonds ‡ The Rolling Stones 12 November 20232
9 November 202325 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‡ Taylor Swift 19 November 20233
23 November 202327 Stick Season Noah Kahan 122 February 20241
14 December 20236* Christmas Michael Bublé 14 January 20241
Albums in 2024
4 January 202412 Diamonds Elton John 44 January 20241
9 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 411 January 20241
16 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 520 May 20241
11 January 20242 Folklore Taylor Swift 911 January 20241
18 January 20241 A Matter of Time Shed Seven 118 January 20241
25 January 20241 Rolling Stone D-Block Europe 125 January 20241
2 American Dream 21 Savage 225 January 20241
1 Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations The Vaccines 325 January 20241
1 February 20241 Saviors Green Day 11 February 20241
25 50 Years – Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 711 April 20242
8 February 20241 Bitter Sweet Love James Arthur 18 February 20241
1 Ballad of a Bystander The Reytons 28 February 20241
1 Wall of Eyes The Smile 38 February 20241
1 Black Friday Tom Odell 58 February 20241
1 People Who Aren't There Anymore Future Islands 78 February 20241
1 Dark Rainbow Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes 108 February 20241
15 February 20242 Prelude to Ecstasy The Last Dinner Party 115 February 20241
110 for the People Jamie Webster 215 February 20241
22 February 20243 Vultures 1 ¥$ 222 February 20241
1 What Happened to the Beach? Declan McKenna 322 February 20241
29 February 20241 Tangk Idles 129 February 20241
1 The Glorification of Sadness Paloma Faith 229 February 20241
2 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 629 February 20241
1 The Mess We Seem to Make Crawlers 729 February 20241
7 March 20243 Swing Fever Rod Stewart & Jools Holland 17 March 20241
1 Millennials The Snuts 27 March 20241
1 Thanks for Hating Potter Payper 57 March 20241
1Western ApproachesRed Rum Club87 March 20241
14 March 20242 Liam Gallagher John Squire Liam Gallagher & John Squire 114 March 20241
1 The Mandrake Project Bruce Dickinson 314 March 20241
1 Where's My Utopia? Yard Act 414 March 20241
1Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album Kaiser Chiefs 614 March 20241
1Mountainhead Everything Everything 914 March 20241
1ReflectionSkrapz1014 March 20241
21 March 20245 Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande 121 March 20242
1 Invincible Shield Judas Priest 221 March 20241
1 Bleachers Bleachers 521 March 20241
28 March 20241 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves 328 March 20241
1 Everything I Thought It Was Justin Timberlake 528 March 20241
1Still Learning Caity Baser 728 March 20241
4 April 20241 Audio Vertigo Elbow 14 April 20241
2 We Don't Trust You Future & Metro Boomin 24 April 20241
1 Glasgow Eyes The Jesus and Mary Chain 74 April 20241
11 April 20245 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé 111 April 20241
1 Interplay Ride 811 April 20241
18 April 20241 All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade The Libertines 118 April 20241
1I Wonder If the World KnowsThe K's318 April 20241
1 Found Heaven Conan Gray 418 April 20241
1 Might Delete Later J. Cole 718 April 20241
1 Black/Red Feeder 818 April 20241
25 April 20241 Yummy James 125 April 20241
1 One Deep River Mark Knopfler 325 April 20241
2 Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) Linkin Park 425 April 20241
1Halo Effect Kris Barras Band 525 April 20241
1 This Could Be Texas English Teacher 825 April 20241
1Hombres Gun 1025 April 20241
2 May 202425* The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 12 May 202410
1 Dark Matter Pearl Jam 22 May 20241
1UB45 UB40 52 May 20241
1 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 92 May 20241
9 May 20241 Nonetheless Pet Shop Boys 29 May 20241
1 All Born Screaming St. Vincent 59 May 20241
1 Jess Jess Glynne 69 May 20241
1 The Big Decider The Zutons 79 May 20241
16 May 20245 Radical Optimism Dua Lipa 116 May 20241
1 Undefeated Frank Turner 316 May 20241
1Inevitable Incredible Kelly Jones 616 May 20241
2 Sour Olivia Rodrigo 1016 May 20242
23 May 20241 Can We Please Have Fun Kings of Leon 223 May 20241
1 One of Wun Gunna 423 May 20241
1 Hopes and Fears Keane 723 May 20241
30 May 202422* Hit Me Hard and Soft Billie Eilish 130 May 20241
1 Room Under the Stairs Zayn 330 May 20241
1 Lives Outgrown Beth Gibbons 730 May 20241
1 Orgy of the Damned Slash 830 May 20241
1LoopholeMichael Head & The Red Elastic Band1030 May 20241
6 June 20241 Clancy Twenty One Pilots 26 June 20241
1 66 Paul Weller 46 June 20241
2 Post Human: Nex Gen Bring Me the Horizon 210 October 20241
13 June 20241 Believe Me Now? Becky Hill 313 June 20241
1 Golden Hour: Part.1 Ateez 413 June 20241
1 In This City They Call You Love Richard Hawley 513 June 20241
1 Gravity Stairs Crowded House 813 June 20241
1 Smile? K-Trap 1013 June 20241
20 June 202422* Brat Charli XCX 124 October 20241
1 Forever Bon Jovi 320 June 20241
5 Lover Taylor Swift 720 June 20243
1 What Happened to the Heart? Aurora 820 June 20241
27 June 20241 Midnight Butterflies Sea Girls 527 June 20241
26* The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess Chappell Roan 115 August 20241
1 One Hand Clapping Paul McCartney and Wings 1027 June 20241
4 July 20245 The Secret of Us Gracie Abrams 14 July 20241
11 July 20241 Loom Imagine Dragons 511 July 20241
1 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 811 July 20241
1 Dua Lipa 1011 July 20241
18 July 20241 Happenings Kasabian 118 July 20241
25 July 20247 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Eminem 125 July 20243
1 Vertigo Griff 325 July 20241
1 L.A. Times Travis 425 July 20241
1 Early Twenties Cat Burns 725 July 20241
1 August 20241 Heavy Jelly Soft Play 31 August 20241
1 I Love You So F***ing Much Glass Animals 51 August 20241
8 August 20241Live at Wembley Blur 68 August 20241
1Hi, My Name Is Insecure Sam Tompkins 88 August 20241
1 Rite Here Rite Now Ghost 108 August 20241
15 August 20241 Vultures 2 ¥$ 715 August 20241
22 August 20241 This Is How Tomorrow Moves Beabadoobee 122 August 20241
1 Light It Up Will Young 522 August 20241
29 August 20242 F-1 Trillion Post Malone 129 August 20241
1 Satellites The Script 229 August 20241
5 September 202415* Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter 15 September 20241
2 Romance Fontaines D.C. 25 September 20241
6 Time Flies... 1994–2009 Oasis 35 September 20243
3 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 45 September 20242
4 Definitely Maybe 112 September 20241
12 September 20241 Wild God Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 512 September 20241
1Midas Wunderhorse 612 September 20241
19 September 20241 Luck and Strange David Gilmour 119 September 20241
1 Ten Days Fred Again 719 September 20241
26 September 20241 The Forest Is the Path Snow Patrol 126 September 20241
1 The Greatest Love London Grammar 326 September 20241
3 October 20241Gary Blossoms 13 October 20241
1I Am Tom Walker 43 October 20241
1 In Waves Jamie xx 53 October 20241
1 143 Katy Perry 63 October 20241
10 October 20241Liquid Gold Shed Seven 110 October 20241
1 Quit While You're Ahead Nines 410 October 20241
9 +–=÷× (Tour Collection) Ed Sheeran 510 October 20243
1 Dance, No One's Watching Ezra Collective 710 October 20241
17 October 20242 Moon Music Coldplay 117 October 20241
1The Last Flight Public Service Broadcasting 317 October 20241
1 Changes All the Time James Bay 417 October 20241
1 Cutouts The Smile 717 October 20241
1 Key Alison Moyet 817 October 20241
24 October 20241The Mighty Several Paul Heaton 224 October 20241
1 Back to Bedlam James Blunt 724 October 20241
31 October 20241 Tension II Kylie Minogue 131 October 20241
1What Do You Believe In? Rag'n'Bone Man 331 October 20241
1 3AM (La La La) Confidence Man 931 October 20241
7 November 20243 Chromakopia Tyler, the Creator 17 November 20241
1Pink Cactus Café Courteeners 27 November 20241
1"&" Bastille 47 November 20241
1Songs for a Nervous Planet Tears for Fears 67 November 20241
1 Cartoon Darkness Amyl and the Sniffers 97 November 20241
1 Queen I Queen 107 November 20241
14 November 20242 Songs of a Lost World The Cure 114 November 20241
21 November 20241Together At Home Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 121 November 20241
1Earth to Grace Massive Wagons 421 November 20241
28 November 20243 From Zero Linkin Park 128 November 20241
1 Access All Areas Flo 328 November 20241
1 Golden Hour: Part.2 Ateez 428 November 20241
5 December 20243* GNX Kendrick Lamar 15 December 20241
1Small Changes Michael Kiwanuka 25 December 20241
12 December 20241 The Party Never Ends Juice Wrld 512 December 20241
19 December 20241* Rosie Rosé 419 December 20241
1* Fruitcake (EP) Sabrina Carpenter 519 December 20241

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2024, including albums that reached their peak in 2023. 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 2024 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums
5 Taylor Swift 40* Midnights , 1989 (Taylor's Version) , Folklore , The Tortured Poets Department , Lover
4 Liam Gallagher 8 Liam Gallagher John Squire , Time Flies... 1994–2009 , (What's the Story) Morning Glory? , Definitely Maybe
3 Dua Lipa 5 Radical Optimism , Future Nostalgia , Dua Lipa
Oasis 6 Time Flies... 1994–2009 , (What's the Story) Morning Glory? , Definitely Maybe
2 Fleetwood Mac 25 50 Years – Don't Stop , Rumours
Eminem 22 Curtain Call: The Hits , The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Olivia Rodrigo 16 Guts , Sour
Sabrina Carpenter 15* Short n' Sweet , Fruitcake (EP)
Linkin Park 5 Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) , From Zero
¥$ 4 Vultures 1 , Vultures 2
Shed Seven 2 A Matter of Time , Liquid Gold
The Smile 2 Wall of Eyes , Cutouts
Ateez 2 Golden Hour: Part.1 , Golden Hour: Part.2

See also

References

  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.

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