List of artists with the most UK top-ten albums

The UK Album Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. The chart was founded in 1956 and began with just a top 5 being unveiled; this was extended to a top 10 from November 1958 onwards. The first album to top the chart was Songs for Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra.

For every album to reach the top 10, see Lists of UK top-ten albums.
Paul McCartney has the most top-ten albums on the UK Albums Chart to date (61), among these are 32 as part of The Beatles and eight more with Wings. His most recent entry is solo recording Egypt Station from 2018.

The sources, in accordance with the official canon of the Official Charts Company, are the Melody Maker chart from 1956 to 1960; the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969; and the Official UK Albums Chart from 1969 onwards.

This list shows the artists who have had the most top-ten albums on the UK Albums Chart, as of 5 September 2019 (week ending). Paul McCartney holds the record for most top 10 albums with 61, having first entered the chart in Please Please Me as part of The Beatles. His most recent entry was in 2018, the solo album Egypt Station. Elvis Presley is in second place with his total including 17 top ten albums since his final studio album, Moody Blue, was released in 1977. His UK chart rival in the late-1950s and early-1960s, Cliff Richard, comes in third. McCartney's bandmate, the late John Lennon, has the fourth most entries of all time in the top 10. Albums by "Various Artists" are excluded from this list because they all feature different acts under that banner.

Most top-ten albums
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Elvis Presley.
Frank Sinatra.
Mick Jagger.
Rod Stewart.
The Beatles.
David Bowie.
Elton John.
Phil Collins.
Freddie Mercury.
Madonna.
Michael Jackson.
Robbie Williams.
Kylie Minogue.
Bee Gees.
Number of entries Artist Year first
entered chart		 First entry
(position)		 Year most recently
entered chart		 Most recent
entry (position)		 Total weeks
in top 10		 Ref.
61 Paul McCartney [] 1963 Please Please Me with The Beatles (1) 2018 Egypt Station (3) 716 [1][2][3]
53 Elvis Presley 1956 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll (1) 2018 Where No One Stands Alone (9) 556 [4]
46 Cliff Richard 1959 Cliff (4) 2020 Music... The Air That I Breathe (3) 342 [5]
42 John Lennon [] 1963 Please Please Me with The Beatles (1) 2016 Live at the Hollywood Bowl with The Beatles (3) 544 [6][2][7]
40 Frank Sinatra 1956 Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1) 2008 Nothing but the Best (10) 316 [8]
Keith Richards [] 1964 The Rolling Stones with The Rolling Stones (1) 2019 Honk with The Rolling Stones (8) 274 [9][10]
Mick Jagger [] 1964 The Rolling Stones with The Rolling Stones (1) 2019 Honk with The Rolling Stones (8) 274 [11][10]
39 The Rolling Stones 1964 The Rolling Stones (1) 2019 Honk (8) 273 [10]
37 George Harrison [] 1963 Please Please Me with The Beatles (1) 2016 Live at the Hollywood Bowl with The Beatles (3) 497 [12][2]
Rod Stewart [] 1971 Every Picture Tells a Story (1) 2018 Blood Red Roses (1) 280 [13][14]
34 Ringo Starr [] 1963 Please Please Me with The Beatles (1) 2016 Live at the Hollywood Bowl with The Beatles (3) 478 [15][2]
32 The Beatles 1963 Please Please Me (1) 2016 Live at the Hollywood Bowl (3) 474 [2]
33 David Bowie 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (5) 2016 Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (5) 192 [16]
32 Elton John 1970 Elton John (5) 2017 Diamonds (5) 225 [17]
31 Phil Collins [] 1973 Genesis Live with Genesis (9) 2016 The Singles (2) 274 [18][19]
28 Freddie Mercury [] 1974 Queen II with Queen (5) 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack with Queen (3) 269 [20][21]
27 Eric Clapton [] 1966 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (6) 2016 I Still Do (6) 121 [22][23][24]
Robert Plant [] 1969 Led Zeppelin with Led Zeppelin (6) 2017 Carry Fire (3) 164 [25][26][27]
26 Queen 1974 Queen II (5) 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack (3) 261 [28]
22 Madonna 1984 Madonna (6) 2019 Madame X (2) 220 [29]
Michael Jackson [] 1979 Off the Wall (1) 2017 Scream (9) 284 [30][31]
21 Bruce Springsteen 1980 The River (2) 2019 Western Stars (1) 95 [32]
David Gilmour [] 1967 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn with Pink Floyd (6) 2017 Live at Pompeii (3) 138 [33][34]
20 Paul Simon [] 1968 Bookends with Simon & Garfunkel (1) 2018 In the Blue Light (10) 333 [35][36]
Robbie Williams [] 1992 Take That & Party
with Take That (2)		 2016 The Heavy Entertainment Show (1) 269 [37][38]
19 Genesis 1973 Genesis Live (9) 2014 R-Kive (7) 115 [19]
Jimmy Page [] 1969 Led Zeppelin with Led Zeppelin (6) 2016 The Complete BBC Sessions with Led Zeppelin (3) 142 [26][27][39]
18 Jon Bon Jovi [] 1984 Slippery When Wet with Bon Jovi (6) 2016 This House Is Not for Sale with Bon Jovi (5) 74 [40][41]
Mark Knopfler [] 1978 Dire Straits with Dire Straits (5) 2015 Tracker (3) 133 [42][43]
17 Barry Gibb [] 1967 Bee Gees' 1st with Bee Gees (8) 2016 In the Now (2) 79 [44][45]
Depeche Mode 1981 Speak & Spell (10) 2017 Spirit(5) 29 [46]
Kylie Minogue 1988 Kylie (1) 2019 Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection (1) 101 [47]
Pink Floyd 1967 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (6) 2014 The Endless River (1) 130 [34]
U2 1983 War (1) 2017 Songs of Experience (5) 119 [48]
16 The Shadows 1959
1961		 Cliff with Cliff Richard (as "The Drifters") (4)
The Shadows (1)		 2009 Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (4) 260 [49][50][51]
Bee Gees 1967 Bee Gees' 1st (8) 2017 Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (6) 78 [45]
Bon Jovi 1984 Slippery When Wet (6) 2016 This House Is Not for Sale (5) 67 [41]
Brian Wilson [] 1966 Beach Boys Party with The Beach Boys (3) 2018 The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with The Beach Boys (4) 174 [52][53]
John McVie 1968 Fleetwood Mac with Fleetwood Mac (4) 2018 50 Years – Don't Stop with Fleetwood Mac (5) 159 [54][55][56]
Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin (6) 2016 The Complete BBC Sessions (3) 139 [27]
15 Annie Lennox [] 1983 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) with Eurythmics (3) 2014 Nostalgia (9) 145 [57][58]
Barbra Streisand [] 1966 My Name Is Barbra, Two... (6) 2018 Walls (6) 114 [59]
The Beach Boys 1966 Beach Boys Party (3) 2018 The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (4) 173 [53]
Gary Barlow 1992 Take That & Party with Take That (2) 2018 Odyssey with Take That (1) 160 [60][38]
14 Jeff Lynne [] 1976 A New World Record with Electric Light Orchestra (6) 2015 Alone in the Universe with Jeff Lynne's ELO (4) 101 [61][62][63]
Jim Reeves 1964 Good 'N' Country (10) 2009 The Very Best of Jim Reeves (7) 108 [64]
Liam Gallagher [] 1994 Definitely Maybe with Oasis (1) 2017 As You Were (1) 143 [65][66][67]
Mick Hucknall [] 1985 Picture Book with Simply Red (2) 2015 Big Love with Simply Red (4) 166 [68][69]
Noel Gallagher [] 1994 Definitely Maybe with Oasis (1) 2017 Who Built the Moon? with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (1) 138 [70][66]
13 Christine McVie [] 1968 Fleetwood Mac with Fleetwood Mac (4) 2018 50 Years – Don't Stop with Fleetwood Mac (5) 134 [54][71]
Dave Hemingway [] 1986 London 0 Hull 4 with The Housemartins (3) 2006 Superbi with The Beautiful South (6) 65 [72][73]
Diana Ross 1969 Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations
with The Supremes and The Temptations (1)		 1995 Take Me Higher (10) 88 [74]
Electric Light Orchestra [] 1976 A New World Record (6) 2015 Alone in the Universe (4) 100 [62]>[63]
Fleetwood Mac 1968 Fleetwood Mac (4) 2018 50 Years – Don't Stop (5) 149 [54]
Lionel Richie [] 1978 Natural High with Commodores (8) 2017 Tuskegee (7) 107 [75]
Manic Street Preachers 1993 Gold Against the Soul (8) 2018 Resistance Is Futile (2) 40 [76]
Mariah Carey 1990 Mariah Carey (6) 2015 #1 to Infinity (8) 73 [77]
Paul Heaton [] 1986 London 0 Hull 4 with The Housemartins (3) 2006 Superbi with The Beautiful South (6) 65 [72][73]
Simply Red 1985 Picture Book (2) 2015 Big Love (4) 166 [69]
12 AC/DC 1978 Highway to Hell (8) 2014 Rock or Bust (3) 29 [78]
Beyoncé [] 1999 The Writing's on the Wall with Destiny's Child (10) 2018 Everything Is Love with The Carters (5) 93 [79][80][81]
Celine Dion 1994 The Colour of My Love (1) 2019 Courage (2) 134 [82]
George Michael [] 1983 Fantastic with Wham! (1) 2014 Symphonica (1) 159 [83][84]
Kate Bush 1978 The Kick Inside (3) 2016 Before the Dawn (4) 64 [85]
Meat Loaf 1978 Bat Out of Hell (9) 2016 Braver Than We Are (4) 62 [86]
Peter Gabriel 1973 Genesis Live (with Genesis) (9) 2014 R-Kive (with Genesis) (7)
Take That 1992 Take That & Party (2) 2018 Odyssey (1) 140 [38]
11 Art Garfunkel [] 1968 Bookends with Simon & Garfunkel (1) 2012 The Singer (10) 248 [87][36]
The Carpenters 1973 Now & Then (2) 2018 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (8) 138 [88]
Gem Archer [] 2000 Familiar to Millions with Oasis (5) 2017 Who Built the Moon? with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (1) 56 [66][89][90]
Mike Oldfield 1973 Tubular Bells (1) 2017 Return to Ommadawn (4) 116 [91]
Oasis 1994 Definitely Maybe (1) 2010 Time Flies... 1994–2009 (1) 135 [66]
R.E.M. 1991 Out of Time (1) 2011 Collapse into Now (5) 111 [92]
Stereophonics 1997 Word Gets Around (6) 2019 Kind (1) 90 [93]
10 Agnetha Fältskog [] 1976 Greatest Hits with ABBA (1) 2013 A (6) 229 [94][95]
The Beautiful South 1989 Welcome to the Beautiful South (2) 2006 Superbi (6) 60 [72]
Cheryl [] 2003 Sound of the Underground with Girls Aloud (2) 2014 Only Human (7) 33 [96][97]
Debbie Harry [] 1978 Plastic Letters with Blondie (10) 2017 Pollinator with Blondie (4) 71 [98][99]
Dire Straits 1978 Dire Straits (5) 1998 Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (6) 123 [100]
Duran Duran 1981 Duran Duran (3) 2015 Paper Gods (5) 58 [101]
Eminem 1999 The Slim Shady LP (10) 2018 Kamikaze (1) 119 [102]
Madness 1979 One Step Beyond... (2) 2016 Can't Touch Us Now (5) 55 [103]
Stevie Nicks [] 1968 Fleetwood Mac with Fleetwood Mac (4) 2018 50 Years – Don't Stop with Fleetwood Mac (5) 118 [54][104]


Notes

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