List of UK top-ten albums in 2021
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 2021, as well as albums which peaked in 2020 but were in the top 10 in 2021. 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).
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Twenty-six albums have been in the top ten so far this year (as of 11 February 2021, week ending). Two albums from 2019 and nine albums from 2020 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year.
Top-ten albums
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
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| ‡ | Album peaked in 2019 or 2020 but still in chart in 2021. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2021 but peaked in 2022. |
| (#) | Year-end top ten album position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
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| Albums in 2019 | ||||||
| 30 May 2019 | 82* | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent ‡ | Lewis Capaldi | 1 | 30 May 2019 | 10 |
| 26 December 2019 | 48* | Fine Line | Harry Styles | 2 | 14 January 2021 | 1 |
| Albums in 2020 | ||||||
| 30 January 2020 | 11 | Music to be Murdered By ‡ | Eminem | 1 | 30 January 2020 | 1 |
| 9 April 2020 | 26 | Future Nostalgia ‡ | Dua Lipa | 1 | 16 April 2020 | 4 |
| 16 July 2020 | 25* | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon ‡ | Pop Smoke | 1 | 1 October 2020 | 1 |
| 12 November 2020 | 4 | Love Goes ‡ | Sam Smith | 2 | 12 November 2020 | 1 |
| 2 | Post Human: Survival Horror (EP) | Bring Me the Horizon | 1 | 4 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 19 November 2020 | 11 | Confetti ‡ | Little Mix | 2 | 19 November 2020 | 1 |
| 3 December 2020 | 5 | Classic Diamonds ‡ | Neil Diamond & the London Symphony Orchestra | 2 | 24 December 2020 | 1 |
| 10 December 2020 | 5 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 1 | 7 January 2021 | 1 |
| 24 December 2020 | 8* | Evermore ‡ | Taylor Swift | 1 | 24 December 2020 | 2 |
| Albums in 2021 | ||||||
| 7 January 2021 | 5* | Greatest Hits | Queen | 7 | 14 January 2021 | 1 |
| 14 January 2021 | 2 | F**k Love | The Kid Laroi | 10 | 14 January 2021 | 2 |
| 21 January 2021 | 3 | Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 | Barry Gibb | 1 | 21 January 2021 | 1 |
| 1 | Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted | Passenger | 2 | 21 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 28 January 2021 | 1 | Suckapunch | You Me at Six | 1 | 28 January 2021 | 1 |
| 1 | Spare Ribs | Sleaford Mods | 4 | 28 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Good Times and the Bad Ones | Why Don't We | 5 | 28 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 1 | Drunk Tank Pink | Shame | 8 | 28 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 4 February 2021 | 1 | Isles | Bicep | 2 | 4 February 2021 | 1 |
| 1 | Light for the World | Poor Clares of Arundel | 5 | 4 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 11 February 2021 | 1* | Not Your Muse | Celeste | 1 | 11 February 2021 | 1 |
| 1* | Money Can't Buy Happiness | Fredo | 2 | 11 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 1* | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | 3 | 11 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 1* | The Future Bites | Steven Wilson | 4 | 11 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 1* | Snakes & Ladders | Chip | 7 | 11 February 2021 | 1 | |
References
General
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Specific
- "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
- 2021 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)