The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. 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]
Taylor Swift broke the record for the fastest time to accumulate twelve consecutive number-one albums (11 years and 6 months).
The following albums have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.[8][6]
Kylie Minogue became the first female artist to earn a number-one album in five consecutive decades (1980s to 2020s) with Disco.Adele scored the best-selling album of 2021 with 30.Robbie Williams became the solo artist with the most UK number-one albums with XXV in September 2022.Harry Styles earned 2022's UK biggest-selling album with Harry's House, which is the longest-running number of the decade so far.Bruce Springsteen became the first solo artist to chart at number one in five consecutive decades (1980s to 2020s) with Letter to You.Coldplay's Music of the Spheres (2021) was the first album of the 2020s decade to sell over 100,000 copies in a single week.Dua Lipa earned her first number one album Future Nostalgia.Michael Bublé's Christmas returned to the top in January 2021, the first time since 2011, and again in December 2022.Celeste became the first British female artist in five years since Jess Glynne in 2015 to debut at number one with Not Your Muse.Olivia Rodrigo became the youngest artist to earn a "UK chart double" with Sour in May 2021.ABBA returned to the top of the albums chart in November 2021 earning their tenth number one album with Voyage, the group's first studio album in forty years.Muse made chart history in September 2022 with their album Will of the People by becoming the first album to reach number one to incorporate NFT technology.Blackpink became the first K-pop girl group to earn a UK number one album in September 2022 with their second studio album Born Pink.Courteeners set a new record for the longest time taken for a studio album to reach number one when they earned their first number one album in January 2023 following the 15th anniversary reissue of their debut album St. Jude, which originally peaked at number 4 in April 2008.Ellie Goulding joined Adele as the British Female Solo Act with the most number-one albums in UK history, with her fourth chart-topper Higher Than Heaven in April 2023.