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The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom; as of 15 February 2019[update], there had been 266 number-one albums during the 2010s, by 76 artists. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as being a type of music release that feature more than four tracks and last longer than 25 minutes;[1] sales of albums in the UK are recorded on behalf of the British music industry by the OCC and compiled weekly as the UK Albums Chart.[2]
The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales,[3] as well as audio streaming,[4] and each week's new number one is first announced every Friday (previously Sunday) on The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, which is currently hosted by Scott Mills.[5] The album chart is published online by Radio 1 (Top 40),[6] in Music Week magazine (Top 75),[7] on the OCC website (Top 100)[8] and the full Top 200 is published exclusively in UKChartsPlus.[9] In June 2010, Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis became the 900th album ever to top the UK Albums Chart,[10] in November 2013, Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams became the 1,000th,[11] and in November 2016, 24 Hrs by Olly Murs became the 1,100th. Ed Sheeran, who released four albums during the decade, spent a total of 41 weeks at number one, more than any other artist, while the two albums released by Adele during the decade (21 and 25) spent 36 weeks at number one, and were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s.[12]
The following albums were all number one in the United Kingdom during the 2010s.[6][8]
- ^ "Rules For Chart Eligibility – Albums" (PDF). London: Official Charts Company. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "The Charts We Compile". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "About Us – B2B Services". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "UK's Official Albums Chart to include streaming data for first time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ BBC Radio 1. "The Official Chart with Scott Mills". Retrieved 10 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ MusicWeek. "Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine". Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ a b "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ ChartsPlus. "Charts Plus – The Definitive UK Charts Magazine". Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (21 June 2010). "Oasis Flies to U.K. Chart Summit". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Robbie Williams scores UK's 1,000th number one album". BBC News. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Ed Sheeran named 'artist of the decade'". BBC News. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.