# List of UK top-ten albums in 1966

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. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1966, as well as albums which peaked in 1965 but were in the top 10 in 1966. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by Aftermath by The Rolling Stones. Overall, two different albums peaked at number one in 1966, with two unique artists hitting that position.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1965 but still in chart in 1966. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 1965 |||||||
| 6 February 1965 | 16 | The Best of Jim Reeves ‡ | Jim Reeves | 3 | 20 February 1965 | 4 |
| 17 April 1965 | 233 | The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 5 June 1965 | 70 |
| 17 April 1965 | 55 | Mary Poppins: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 2 | 4 December 1965 | 2 |
| 10 July 1965 | 8 | A World of Our Own ‡ | The Seekers | 5 | 31 July 1965 | 2 |
| 7 August 1965 | 24 | Almost There ‡ | Andy Williams | 4 | 18 September 1965 | 4 |
| 14 August 1965 | 30 | Help! ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 14 August 1965 | 9 |
| 2 October 1965 | 16 | Out of Our Heads ‡ | The Rolling Stones | 2 | 13 November 1965 | 1 |
| 16 October 1965 | 12 | Highway 61 Revisited ‡ | Bob Dylan | 4 | 27 November 1965 | 2 |
| 30 October 1965 | 8 | Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty ‡ | Dusty Springfield | 6 | 27 November 1965 | 1 |
| 4 December 1965 | 7 | Farewell, Angelina ‡ | Joan Baez | 5 | 11 December 1965 | 4 |
| 18 December 1965 | 30 | Rubber Soul ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 25 December 1965 | 8 |
| 25 December 1965 | 2 | Magic of the Minstrels ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 9 | 25 December 1965 | 2 |
| Albums in 1966 |||||||
| 8 January 1966 | 5 | My Generation | The Who | 5 | 8 January 1966 | 1 |
| 8 January 1966 | 3 | Tears of Happiness | Ken Dodd | 6 | 8 January 1966 | 3 |
| 22 January 1966 | 24 | Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers | The Walker Brothers | 3 | 26 March 1966 | 5 |
| 22 January 1966 | 1 | The Kink Kontroversy | The Kinks | 9 | 22 January 1966 | 1 |
| 22 January 1966 | 5 | Their First LP | The Spencer Davis Group | 6 | 29 January 1966 | 1 |
| 29 January 1966 | 13 | The Second Album | The Spencer Davis Group | 3 | 26 February 1966 | 1 |
| 29 January 1966 | 6 | A Man and His Music | Frank Sinatra | 9 | 29 January 1966 | 1 |
| 29 January 1966 | 11 | My Name Is Barbra, Two... | Barbra Streisand | 6 | 29 January 1966 | 1 |
| 19 February 1966 | 41 | Going Places | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 4 | 22 October 1966 | 2 |
| 26 February 1966 | 9 | Beach Boys' Party! | The Beach Boys | 3 | 5 March 1966 | 1 |
| 26 February 1966 | 10 | Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | 6 | 2 April 1966 | 1 |
| 5 March 1966 | 1 | A String of Tony's Hits | Tony Bennett | 9 | 5 March 1966 | 1 |
| 12 March 1966 | 10 | Bye Bye Blues | Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra | 4 | 2 April 1966 | 2 |
| 23 April 1966 | 18 | Aftermath | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 30 April 1966 | 8 |
| 30 April 1966 | 7 | Mantovani Magic | Mantovani | 3 | 14 May 1966 | 1 |
| 30 April 1966 | 10 | The Most of the Animals | The Animals | 4 | 14 May 1966 | 1 |
| 7 May 1966 | 5 | The Beach Boys Today! | The Beach Boys | 6 | 14 May 1966 | 1 |
| 21 May 1966 | 11 | Cilla Sings a Rainbow | Cilla Black | 4 | 4 June 1966 | 2 |
| 21 May 1966 | 2 | Daydream | The Lovin' Spoonful | 8 | 28 May 1966 | 1 |
| 21 May 1966 | 12 | Small Faces | Small Faces | 3 | 11 June 1966 | 5 |
| 28 May 1966 | 1 | Kinda Latin | Cliff Richard | 9 | 28 May 1966 | 1 |
| 4 June 1966 | 8 | Shadow Music | The Shadows | 5 | 25 June 1966 | 1 |
| 4 June 1966 | 8 | Animalisms | The Animals | 4 | 25 June 1966 | 4 |
| 4 June 1966 | 10 | Sweet Things | Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | 6 | 9 July 1966 | 1 |
| 9 July 1966 | 11 | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | The Mamas & the Papas | 3 | 16 July 1966 | 1 |
| 16 July 1966 | 26 | Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 2 | 23 July 1966 | 3 |
| 16 July 1966 | 8 | Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | 4 | 23 July 1966 | 2 |
| 23 July 1966 | 10 | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) | The Beach Boys | 4 | 30 July 1966 | 4 |
| 13 August 1966 | 21 | Revolver | The Beatles | 1 | 13 August 1966 | 7 |
| 13 August 1966 | 6 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Elvis Presley | 5 | 20 August 1966 | 3 |
| 13 August 1966 | 6 | From Nowhere | The Troggs | 6 | 20 August 1966 | 1 |
| 27 August 1966 | 8 | Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | 3 | 3 September 1966 | 1 |
| 10 September 1966 | 11 | Portrait | The Walker Brothers | 3 | 24 September 1966 | 4 |
| 10 September 1966 | 7 | Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton | John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton | 6 | 24 September 1966 | 2 |
| 24 September 1966 | 8 | Autumn '66 | The Spencer Davis Group | 4 | 15 October 1966 | 1 |
| 1 October 1966 | 5 | Stars Charity Fantasia | Various artists | 6 | 8 October 1966 | 1 |
| 1 October 1966 | 9 | Well Respected Kinks | The Kinks | 5 | 29 October 1966 | 1 |
| 15 October 1966 | 4 | Sinatra at the Sands | Frank Sinatra | 7 | 29 October 1966 | 1 |
| 5 November 1966 | 10 | Golden Hits | Dusty Springfield | 2 | 12 November 1966 | 1 |
| 5 November 1966 | 1 | Sound Venture | Georgie Fame and the Harry South Big Band | 9 | 12 November 1966 | 1 |
| 12 November 1966 | 13 | Distant Drums | Jim Reeves | 2 | 19 November 1966 | 1 |
| 12 November 1966 | 55 | Best of the Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | 2 | 26 November 1966 | 10 |
| 19 November 1966 | 10 | Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) | The Rolling Stones | 4 | 3 December 1966 | 2 |
| 3 December 1966 | 23 | Come the Day | The Seekers | 3 | 24 December 1966 | 7 |
| 10 December 1966 | 9 | Gentle Shades of Val Doonican | Val Doonican | 5 | 17 December 1966 | 2 |
| 17 December 1966 | 1 | On Top | Four Tops | 9 | 17 December 1966 | 1 |