List of posthumous number ones on the UK Albums Chart
Number ones
The following albums were all explicitly credited (either wholly or partially) to deceased artists when they reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

List of posthumous number ones on the UK Albums Chart

Section Title: Number ones
Table Section Text: The following albums were all explicitly credited (either wholly or partially) to deceased artists when they reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Artist	Album	Record label	Date of death	Reached number one (for the week ending)	Weeks at number one	Ref.

Otis Redding	The Dock of the Bay	Stax	10 December 1967	22 June 1968	1

Jim Reeves	According to My Heart	RCA International	31 July 1964	12 July 1969	4

Jim Reeves	40 Golden Greats	Arcade	31 July 1964	25 October 1975	3

Elvis Presley	Elvis' 40 Greatest	Arcade	16 August 1977	10 September 1977	1

Buddy Holly	20 Golden Greats	EMI	3 February 1959	25 March 1978	3

Nat King Cole	20 Golden Greats	Capitol	15 February 1965	15 April 1978	3

John Lennon	Double Fantasy	Geffen	8 December 1980	7 February 1981	2

John Lennon	The John Lennon Collection	Parlophone	8 December 1980	4 December 1982	6

Roy Orbison	The Legendary Roy Orbison	Telstar	6 December 1988	21 January 1989	3

Buddy Holly	Words of Love	PolyGram TV/MCA	3 February 1959	20 February 1993	1

Eva Cassidy	Songbird	Blix Street/Hot	2 November 1996	24 March 2001	2

Eva Cassidy	Imagine	Blix Street/Hot	2 November 1996	31 August 2002	1

Elvis Presley	ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits	RCA	16 August 1977	5 October 2002	2

Eva Cassidy	American Tune	Blix Street/Hot	2 November 1996	23 August 2003	2

Elvis Presley	The King	RCA	16 August 1977	25 August 2007	1

Michael Jackson	Number Ones	Epic	25 June 2009	4 July 2009	1

Michael Jackson	The Essential Michael Jackson	Epic	25 June 2009	11 July 2009	7

Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	Island	23 July 2011	6 August 2011	3

Amy Winehouse	Lioness: Hidden Treasures	Island	23 July 2011	17 December 2011	1

Michael Jackson	Xscape	Epic	25 June 2009	24 May 2014	1

Cilla Black	The Very Best of Cilla Black	Parlophone	1 August 2015	27 August 2015	1

Elvis Presley	If I Can Dream	RCA/Legacy	16 August 1977	12 November 2015	2

David Bowie	Blackstar	Columbia/ISO	10 January 2016	21 January 2016	3

David Bowie	Best of Bowie	EMI	10 January 2016	11 February 2016	1

Viola Beach	Viola Beach	Fuller Beans	14 February 2016	11 August 2016	1

Elvis Presley	The Wonder of You	RCA/Legacy	16 August 1977	3 November 2016	1

George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1	Sony	25 December 2016	27 October 2017	1

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40 Golden Greats (Jim Reeves album) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1975, where it was a posthumous number one.

final_sentence: 40 Golden Greats (Jim Reeves album) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1975, where it was a posthumous number one.