Official Progressive Albums Chart

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The Official Progressive Albums Chart is a monthly album chart for progressive music sales compiled by the Official Charts Company and launched in September 2015. The first album to top the chart was Currents by Tame Impala. [1]

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Number ones

Key
No.nth album to top the Official Progressive Albums Chart
reReturn of an album to number one
Contents
2015  • 2016  • 2017  • 2018  • 2019  • 2020  • 2021  • 2022  • 2023  • 2024
No.ArtistAlbumRecord labelReached number oneMonths at
number one		Ref.
2015
1 Tame Impala Currents Fiction September 20151 [2]
2 Muse Drones Warner Bros. October 20151 [3]
3 David Gilmour Rattle That Lock Columbia November 20151 [4]
4 Jeff Lynne's ELO Alone in the Universe Columbia December 20153 [5]
2016
re Tame Impala Currents Fiction April 20161 [6]
re Muse Drones Warner Bros. May 20161 [7]
5 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool XL Recordings June 20167 [8]
2017
6 Kate Bush Before the Dawn Fish People January 20172 [9]
7 Rick Wakeman Piano Portraits UMC March 20172 [10]
8 Mike and the Mechanics Let Me Fly BMG May 20171 [11]
9 Hawkwind Into the Woods Cherry Red June 20171 [12]
10 Radiohead OK Computer XL Recordings August 20172 [13]
11 Steven Wilson To the Bone Caroline October 20171 [14]
12 David Gilmour Live at Pompeii Columbia November 20171 [15]
13 Jeff Lynne's ELO Wembley or Bust RCA December 20173 [16]
2018
14 Jethro Tull Heavy Horses Rhino April 20181 [17]
re Radiohead OK Computer XL Recordings May 20181 [18]
15 A Perfect Circle Eat the Elephant BMG June 20181 [19]
16 Wooden Shjips V Thrill Jockey July 20181 [20]
17 Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want? Columbia August 20181 [21]
re Tame Impala Currents Fiction September 20181 [22]
18 Spiritualized And Nothing Hurt Bella Union October 20181 [23]
19 Rick Wakeman Piano Odyssey Sony Classical November 20181 [24]
20 Muse Simulation Theory Helium 3/Warner Bros December 20182 [25]
2019
21 Within Temptation Resist Spinefarm March 20191 [26]
22 Dream Theater Distance over Time Century Media April 20191 [27]
23 Kate Bush The Other Sides Rhino May 20191 [28]
24 Mike and the Mechanics Out of the Blue BMG June 20191 [29]
re Muse Simulation Theory Helium 3/Warner Bros July 20192 [30]
25 Brian Eno Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks UMC September 20191 [31]
26 Opeth In Cauda Venenum Nuclear Blast October 20191 [32]
27 Jeff Lynne's ELO From Out of Nowhere RCA November 20193 [33]
2020
28 Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987–2019 Rhino March 20201 [34]
29 Tame Impala The Slow Rush Fiction April 20202 [35]
30 Nightwish Human. :II: Nature. Nuclear Blast June 20201 [36]
31 Rush Permanent Waves Mercury/UMC July 20201 [37]
re Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987–2019 Rhino August 20202 [38]
32 The Flaming Lips American Head Bella Union October 20201 [39]
re Tame Impala The Slow Rush Fiction November 20203 [40]
2021
33 Steven Wilson The Future Bites SW Records March 20211 [41]
34 Mogwai As the Love Continues Rock Action April 20211 [42]
35 Jean-Michel Jarre Amazônia RCA May 20211 [43]
36 Matt Berry The Blue Elephant Acid Jazz July 20211 [44]
37 Mogwai ZeroZeroZero Rock Action August 20211 [45]
38 Big Big Train Common Ground English ElectricSeptember 20211 [46]
39 Marillion Fugazi Parlophone October 20211 [47]
40 Yes The Quest Inside Out November 20211 [48]
41 Radiohead Kid A Mnesia XL Recordings December 20212 [49]
2022
42 Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene Inside Out March 20221 [50]
43 Marillion An Hour Before It's Dark earMUSIC April 20221 [51]
44 Spiritualized Everything Was Beautiful Bella Union May 20221 [52]
45 10cc The Things We Do for Love - The Ultimate Xploded Music July 20221 [53]
46 Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation Music for Nations August 20221 [54]
47 Muse Will of the People Warner Records September 20222 [55]
48 Pink Floyd Animals Rhino November 20221 [56]
re Muse Will of the People Warner Records December 20222 [57]
2023
49 Riverside ID.Entity Inside Out March 20231 [58]
re Muse Will of the People Warner Records April 20231 [59]
50 The Zombies Different Game Cooking Vinyl May 20231 [60]
51 Yes Mirror to the Sky Century Media June 20231 [61]
re Muse Will of the People Warner Records August 20232 [62]
52 Public Service Broadcasting This New NoiseTest CardOctober 20231 [63]
53 Steven Wilson The Harmony Codex SW RecordsNovember 20232 [64]
2024
54 Peter Gabriel i/o Real World February 20242 [65]

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