This is a list of the #1 albums of all time according to the UK album charts. It includes all albums logging eight weeks or more at the top. For albums logging the same number of weeks at #1, they are listed in order of highest ranking according to Dave’s Music Database.
Check out other album lists based on charts and sales.
115 weeks:
- South Pacific (soundtrack, 1958)
70 weeks:
- The Sound of Music (soundtrack, 1965)
48 weeks:
- Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The King and I (soundtrack, 1956)
33 weeks:
- Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
30 weeks:
- The Beatles Please Please Me (1963)
27 weeks:
- The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- Various Artists The Greatest Showman (soundtrack, 2017)
23 weeks:
- Adele 21 (2011)
22 weeks:
- Elvis Presley G.I. Blues (1960)
21 weeks:
- The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
- The Beatles With the Beatles (1963)
20 weeks:
- Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) (2017)
19 weeks:
- My Fair Lady (cast album, 1956)
18 weeks:
- The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
- Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
- Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii (soundtrack, 1961)
17 weeks:
- Carpenters The Singles 1969-1973 (1973)
15 weeks:
- Spice Girls Spice (1996)
- Phil Collins …But Seriously (1989)
14 weeks:
- Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985)
- Cliff Richard & the Shadows Summer Holiday (1963)
13 weeks:
- West Side Story (soundtrack, 1961)
- Olivia Newton-John/John Travolta/various artists Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
- Ed Sheeran X (Multiply) (2014)
- Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding (1967)
12 weeks:
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (1984)
- The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
- The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones (aka ‘England’s Newest Hitmakers’) (1964)
- Simply Red Stars (1991)
- Adam & the Ants Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
- Kids from Fame Kids from Fame (1982)
11 weeks:
- Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
- Shania Twain Come on Over (1997)
- Various artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
- Elton John Greatest Hits (1974)
- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
- Abba Greatest Hits (1976)
- The Beatles Beatles for Sale (1964)
- Pal Joey (soundtrack, 1957)
- various artists 20 All-Time Hits of the ‘50s (1999)
10 weeks:
- Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
- James Blunt Back to Bedlam (2004)
- Eurythmics Greatest Hits (1991)
- Abba Arrival (1976)
- Dido Life for Rent (2003)
- The Corrs Talk on Corners (1997)
- Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events (2012)
- The Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats (1976)
- The Rolling Stones No. 2 (aka ‘Now!’) (1965)
- Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2019)
9 weeks:
- The Beatles 1 (2000)
- Madonna The Immaculate Collection (1990)
- The Beatles Help! (soundtrack, 1965)
- Barbra Streisand Love Songs (1982)
- Terence Trent D’Arby Introducing the Hardline… (1987)
- Travis The Man Who (1999)
- Abba Super Trouper (1980)
- Stylistics Best of (1975)
- George Mitchell Minstrels Black and White Minstrel Show (1961)
- Boyzone By Request (1999)
8 weeks:
- Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
- The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
- The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
- Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
- Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (compilation: 1974-82, released 1992)
- George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
- T-Rex Electric Warrior (1971)
- Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour (2014)
- The Rolling Stones Aftermath (1966)
- George Michael Ladies and Gentlemen: Best of (1998)
- Leona Lewis Spirit (2007)
- Take That Beautiful World (2006)
- George Mitchell Minstrels Another Black and White Minstrel Show (1961)
- Various Artists 20 Dynamic Hits (1972)
- Various Artists Now That’s What I Call Music 3 (1984)
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First posted 5/23/2015; last updated 12/4/2023. |
