List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016
Chart history

List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016

Section Title: Chart history
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Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.

7 January	Alone in the Universe	Jeff Lynne's ELO	RCA

14 January

21 January

28 January	White Bear	The Temperance Movement	Earache

4 February	Dystopia	Megadeth	Universal

11 February	The Astonishing	Dream Theater	Roadrunner

18 February	Hidden City	The Cult	Cooking Vinyl

25 February	Nevermind	Nirvana	Geffen

3 March	Victorious	Wolfmother	Universal

10 March	For All Kings	Anthrax	Nuclear Blast

17 March	Limitless	Tonight Alive	Easy Life

24 March	Incarnate	Killswitch Engage	Roadrunner

31 March

7 April	The Black	Asking Alexandria	Sumerian

14 April	Kentucky	Black Stone Cherry	Mascot

21 April	Gore	Deftones	Reprise

28 April	Immortalized	Disturbed	Reprise

5 May

12 May

19 May

26 May	Misadventures	Pierce the Veil	Fearless

2 June	Immortalized	Disturbed	Reprise

9 June	All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us	Architects	Epitaph

16 June	Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie	Volbeat	Spinefarm

23 June	Hollow Bones	Rival Sons	Earache

30 June	Magma	Gojira	Roadrunner

7 July	Drones	Muse	Helium 3/Warner Bros.

14 July	California	Blink-182	BMG

21 July	Ellipsis	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor

28 July

4 August

11 August	Afraid of Heights	Billy Talent	Atlantic

18 August	Blush	Moose Blood	Hopeless

25 August	This Could Be Heartbreak	The Amity Affliction	Roadrunner

1 September	The Last Stand	Sabaton	Nuclear Blast

8 September	Ellipsis	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor

15 September	Bad Vibrations	A Day to Remember	ADTR

22 September	GLA	Twin Atlantic	Red Bull

29 September	The Complete BBC Sessions	Led Zeppelin	Rhino

6 October	F E A R	Marillion	earMusic

13 October	Sorceress	Opeth	Nuclear Blast

20 October	Revolution Radio	Green Day	Reprise

27 October	Like an Arrow	Blackberry Smoke	Earache

3 November	The Serenity of Suffering	Korn	Roadrunner

10 November	The Stage	Avenged Sevenfold	Capitol

17 November

24 November	The Early Years 1965–1972	Pink Floyd	Rhino

1 December	Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	Metallica	Blackened/Vertigo

8 December

15 December

22 December

29 December

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The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.

final_sentence: The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.