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 2023, as well as albums which peaked in 2022 and 2024 but were in the top 10 in 2023. 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).
One-hundred and ninety-two albums were in the top 10 this year. Two albums from 2021 and six albums from 2022 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Stick Season by Noah Kahan was released in 2023 but did not reach its peak until 2024. Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, was the only album from 2022 to reach its peak in 2023.
The first new number-one album of the year was Christmas by Michael Bublé. Overall, forty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2023, with Damon Albarn, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift (2) having the joint most albums hit that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.
Background
editBest-selling albums
editThe Weeknd had the best-selling album of the year with The Highlights. Midnights by Taylor Swift came in second place. Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version), Diamonds by Elton John and Harry Styles' Harry's House made up the top five. Albums by Fleetwood Mac, Eminem, SZA, Arctic Monkeys and ABBA were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums
edit- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2021 or 2022 but still in chart in 2023. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2023 but peaked in 2024. |
| (#) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 2021 | ||||||
| 18 February 2021 | 138* | The Highlights (#1) ‡ | The Weeknd | 2 | 18 February 2021 | 7 |
| 11 November 2021 | 66 | = ‡ | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 11 November 2021 | 4 |
| Albums in 2022 | ||||||
| 2 June 2022 | 57 | Harry's House (#5) ‡ | Harry Styles | 1 | 2 June 2022 | 6 |
| 11 August 2022 | 11 | Renaissance ‡ | Beyoncé | 1 | 11 August 2022 | 2 |
| 3 November 2022 | 57 | Midnights (#2) ‡ | Taylor Swift | 1 | 3 November 2022 | 5 |
| 15 December 2022 | 8 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 1 | 5 January 2023 | 2 |
| 22 December 2022 | 4 | There's Nothing but Space, Man! ‡ | Sam Ryder | 1 | 22 December 2022 | 1 |
| 17 | SOS (#8) ‡ | SZA | 2 | 22 December 2022 | 3 | |
| Albums in 2023 | ||||||
| 5 January 2023 | 34 | Diamonds (#4) | Elton John | 2 | 6 July 2023 | 2 |
| 1 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 8 | 5 January 2023 | 1 | |
| 6 | AM (#9) | Arctic Monkeys | 7 | 6 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 12 January 2023 | 17 | Curtain Call: The Hits (#7) | Eminem | 5 | 9 February 2023 | 1 |
| 4 | ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (#10) | ABBA | 10 | 12 January 2023 | 4 | |
| 19 January 2023 | 20 | 50 Years – Don't Stop (#6) | Fleetwood Mac | 6 | 18 May 2023 | 2 |
| 8 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Lewis Capaldi | 4 | 20 April 2023 | 2 | |
| 26 January 2023 | 1 | St. Jude | Courteeners | 1 | 26 January 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Rap Game Awful | Clavish | 4 | 26 January 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Turn the Car Around | Gaz Coombes | 6 | 26 January 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 February 2023 | 1 | What's Rock and Roll? | The Reytons | 1 | 2 February 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Rush! | Måneskin | 5 | 2 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Wrong Side of Paradise | Black Star Riders | 6 | 2 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 9 February 2023 | 1 | Gloria | Sam Smith | 1 | 9 February 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997) | Bob Dylan | 9 | 9 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 16 February 2023 | 1 | Queen of Me | Shania Twain | 1 | 16 February 2023 | 1 |
| 4 | My 21st Century Blues | Raye | 2 | 16 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Heavy Heavy | Young Fathers | 7 | 16 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 23 February 2023 | 1 | This Is Why | Paramore | 1 | 23 February 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Truth Decay | You Me at Six | 4 | 23 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 March 2023 | 5 | Trustfall | Pink | 1 | 2 March 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Cuts & Bruises | Inhaler | 2 | 2 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Inhale/Exhale | Those Damn Crows | 3 | 2 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Optical Delusion | Orbital | 6 | 2 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 9 March 2023 | 1 | Cracker Island | Gorillaz | 1 | 9 March 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Good Riddance | Gracie Abrams | 3 | 9 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | High Drama | Adam Lambert | 5 | 9 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 16 March 2023 | 1 | From Nothing to a Little Bit More | The Lathums | 1 | 16 March 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Ugly | Slowthai | 2 | 16 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Amelia | Mimi Webb | 4 | 16 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | I Can Only Be Me | Eva Cassidy with the London Symphony Orchestra | 9 | 16 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 23 March 2023 | 2 | Endless Summer Vacation | Miley Cyrus | 1 | 23 March 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | UK Grim | Sleaford Mods | 3 | 23 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 30 March 2023 | 1 | Songs of Surrender | U2 | 1 | 30 March 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | A Fistful of Peaches | Black Honey | 6 | 30 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 6 April 2023 | 2 | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd | Lana Del Rey | 1 | 6 April 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Memento Mori | Depeche Mode | 2 | 6 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | So Much (for) Stardust | Fall Out Boy | 3 | 6 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974 | Pink Floyd | 4 | 6 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | 5 | 6 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 13 April 2023 | 1 | The Record | Boygenius | 1 | 13 April 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Portals | Melanie Martinez | 2 | 13 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | How Many Dreams? | DMA's | 3 | 13 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | 9 | 13 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Timeless | Davido | 10 | 13 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 20 April 2023 | 1 | Higher Than Heaven | Ellie Goulding | 1 | 20 April 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Hope | NF | 2 | 20 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Meteora | Linkin Park | 7 | 20 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 27 April 2023 | 2 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | 1 | 27 April 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Intellectual Property | Waterparks | 10 | 27 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 4 May 2023 | 1 | A Kiss for the Whole World | Enter Shikari | 1 | 4 May 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | The 1975 | 2 | 4 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Fuse | Everything but the Girl | 3 | 4 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions | Taylor Swift | 4 | 4 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 11 May 2023 | 1 | Anxiety Replacement Therapy | The Lottery Winners | 1 | 11 May 2023 | 1 |
| 3 | Crop Circle 2 | Nines | 2 | 11 May 2023 | 2 | |
| 1 | That! Feels Good! | Jessie Ware | 3 | 11 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | The National | 4 | 11 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Heatwave in the Cold North | Reverend and the Makers | 6 | 11 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Blood Orange | Freya Ridings | 7 | 11 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Darkadelic | The Damned | 9 | 11 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 18 May 2023 | 5 | - | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 18 May 2023 | 2 |
| 1 | First Lap | Tunde | 4 | 18 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 25 May 2023 | 1 | Real Back in Style | Potter Payper | 2 | 25 May 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The Album | Jonas Brothers | 3 | 25 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Wake Up & It's Over | Lovejoy | 5 | 25 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Love Invention | Alison Goldfrapp | 6 | 25 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 June 2023 | 7 | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | Lewis Capaldi | 1 | 1 June 2023 | 3 |
| 1 | Take Me Back to Eden | Sleep Token | 3 | 1 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Drastic Symphonies | Def Leppard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 4 | 1 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Phantomime (EP) | Ghost | 8 | 1 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 8 June 2023 | 1 | The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte | Sparks | 7 | 8 June 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Time | Simply Red | 8 | 8 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | My Soft Machine | Arlo Parks | 9 | 8 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 15 June 2023 | 2 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | 1 | 15 June 2023 | 1 |
| 2 | Council Skies | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | 2 | 15 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Hana | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 8 | 15 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 22 June 2023 | 1 | The Show | Niall Horan | 1 | 22 June 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Power to Play | McFly | 2 | 22 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Be Opened by the Wonderful | James | 3 | 22 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Paranoia, Angels, True Love | Christine and the Queens | 7 | 22 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 29 June 2023 | 2 | What Ifs & Maybes | Tom Grennan | 1 | 29 June 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | 2 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Smash: The Singles 1985–2020 | Pet Shop Boys | 4 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | 5 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Very Best Of 1989 – 2023 | Texas | 6 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | A Gift & a Curse | Gunna | 9 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The World EP.2: Outlaw (EP) | Ateez | 10 | 29 June 2023 | 1 | |
| 6 July 2023 | 1 | The Good Witch | Maisie Peters | 1 | 6 July 2023 | 1 |
| 7 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 8 | 31 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 13 July 2023 | 1 | Dead Club City | Nothing but Thieves | 1 | 13 July 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Messy | Olivia Dean | 4 | 13 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert | 7 | 13 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Chaos for the Fly | Grian Chatten | 10 | 13 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 20 July 2023 | 7 | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 1 | 20 July 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven | Wham! | 2 | 20 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Angels & Queens – Part II | Gabriels | 3 | 20 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | I Inside the Old Year Dying | PJ Harvey | 5 | 20 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | DBE World | D-Block Europe | 6 | 20 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 9 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 5 | 24 August 2023 | 2 | |
| 27 July 2023 | 2 | Beautiful and Brutal Yard | J Hus | 1 | 27 July 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | You & I | Rita Ora | 6 | 27 July 2023 | 1 | |
| 3 August 2023 | 2 | The Ballad of Darren | Blur | 1 | 3 August 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Starcatcher | Greta Van Fleet | 8 | 3 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 10 August 2023 | 7 | Utopia | Travis Scott | 1 | 10 August 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Unhealthy | Anne-Marie | 2 | 10 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Austin | Post Malone | 3 | 10 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Feminine Divine | Dexys | 6 | 10 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 17 August 2023 | 1 | Victory | Cian Ducrot | 1 | 17 August 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Smile | Skindred | 2 | 17 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | People Like Me & You | The Sherlocks | 4 | 17 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | One Man Band | Miles Kane | 5 | 17 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Timeless | N-Dubz | 6 | 17 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 24 August 2023 | 1 | Knebworth 22 | Liam Gallagher | 1 | 24 August 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | 2 | 24 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Volcano | Jungle | 3 | 24 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Unfinished Business | Fredo | 9 | 24 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture | David Bowie | 10 | 24 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 31 August 2023 | 1 | Unreal Unearth | Hozier | 1 | 31 August 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Exorcism of Youth | The View | 6 | 31 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Snow Angel | Reneé Rapp | 7 | 31 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 7 September 2023 | 2 | I Told Them... | Burna Boy | 1 | 7 September 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Euphoria | Claire Richards | 2 | 7 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Back to Square One | Digga D | 6 | 7 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Weedkiller | Ashnikko | 7 | 7 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Road | Alice Cooper | 8 | 7 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 14 September 2023 | 1 | Back to the Water Below | Royal Blood | 1 | 14 September 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The 1975 | The 1975 | 3 | 14 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Everything Is Alive | Slowdive | 6 | 14 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 21 September 2023 | 32 | Guts | Olivia Rodrigo | 1 | 21 September 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Sea of Mirrors | The Coral | 3 | 21 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Hit Parade | Róisín Murphy | 5 | 21 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | For That Beautiful Feeling | The Chemical Brothers | 6 | 21 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 5 | 28 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | My Neighbours Don't Know | M Huncho | 9 | 21 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 28 September 2023 | 1 | Greatest Hits 2.0 | Busted | 1 | 28 September 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | 4 | 28 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 5 October 2023 | 2 | Tension | Kylie Minogue | 1 | 5 October 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Strength to Strength | Headie One & K-Trap | 4 | 5 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Scarlet | Doja Cat | 5 | 5 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 12 October 2023 | 2 | Autumn Variations | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 12 October 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Falling or Flying | Jorja Smith | 3 | 12 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Harmony Codex | Steven Wilson | 4 | 12 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Screamin' at the Sky | Black Stone Cherry | 6 | 12 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Ultraviolence | Lana Del Rey | 7 | 12 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 19 October 2023 | 4 | For All the Dogs | Drake | 1 | 19 October 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Crop Circle 3 | Nines | 2 | 19 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Dark Side of the Moon Redux | Roger Waters | 4 | 19 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Another Friday Night | Joel Corry | 5 | 19 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Javelin | Surfjan Stevens | 7 | 19 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 26 October 2023 | 1 | Sick Boi | Ren | 1 | 26 October 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Are We There Yet? | Rick Astley | 2 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Something to Give Each Other | Troye Sivan | 4 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Paint My Bedroom Black | Holly Humberstone | 5 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light | The Streets | 7 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 8 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Aces are High | When Rivers Meet | 9 | 26 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 November 2023 | 11 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 2 November 2023 | 2 |
| 1 | One More Time... | Blink-182 | 2 | 2 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | My Big Day | Bombay Bicycle Club | 3 | 2 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 4 | Folklore | Taylor Swift | 6 | 7 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 9 November 2023 | 25 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) (#3) | 1 | 9 November 2023 | 3 | |
| 1 | Bauhaus Staircase | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 2 | 9 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Danse Macabre | Duran Duran | 4 | 9 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Who We Used to Be | James Blunt | 5 | 9 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Famous Last Words | Casisdead | 7 | 9 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook | Alfie Boe | 10 | 9 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 16 November 2023 | 1 | The Masterplan | Oasis | 2 | 16 November 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Golden | Jungkook | 3 | 16 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Cliff With Strings – My Kinda Life | Cliff Richard | 5 | 16 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr | Johnny Marr | 7 | 16 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 23 November 2023 | 2 | 1967–1970 | The Beatles | 2 | 23 November 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | 1962–1966 | 3 | 23 November 2023 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 2 RUFF, Vol. 1 | Chase & Status | 4 | 23 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Quarter Life Crisis | Baby Queen | 5 | 23 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 27 | Stick Season ♦ | Noah Kahan | 1 | 22 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1 | All the Little Lights | Passenger | 7 | 23 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Substance | New Order | 10 | 23 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 30 November 2023 | 1 | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie | Madness | 1 | 30 November 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton | 5 | 30 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 7 December 2023 | 3 | This Life | Take That | 1 | 7 December 2023 | 1 |
| 14 December 2023 | 1 | I/O | Peter Gabriel | 1 | 14 December 2023 | 1 |
| 1 | The World EP.Fin: Will | Ateez | 2 | 14 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 | Christmas | Cher | 5 | 28 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 21 December 2023 | 1 | Rebel Diamonds | The Killers | 1 | 21 December 2023 | 1 |
| 2 | Pink Friday 2 | Nicki Minaj | 3 | 21 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 1 | Think Later | Tate McRae | 5 | 21 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 28 December 2023 | 1 | Jewels of Romance | André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra | 8 | 28 December 2023 | 1 |
Entries by artist
editThe following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2023, including albums that reached their peak in 2022. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2023 is also shown.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
Sources
edit- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
edit- 2023 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)