# List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales.
This list shows the sixteen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles and English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, have the most number one albums with fifteen. American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades.

## Tally

Artists with the most number one albums in the UK Albums Chart :
| Artist | Number ones | Number one studio albums | Number one album | Record label(s) | First reached number one |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Please Please Me | Parlophone | 5 May 1963 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | With the Beatles | Parlophone | 1 December 1963 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | A Hard Day's Night | Parlophone | 19 July 1964 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 13 December 1964 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Help! | Parlophone | 8 August 1965 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Rubber Soul | Parlophone | 19 December 1965 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Revolver | Parlophone | 7 August 1966 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Parlophone | 4 June 1967 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | The Beatles | Apple | 1 December 1968 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Abbey Road | Apple | 28 September 1969 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Let It Be | Apple | 17 May 1970 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | Parlophone | 12 June 1977 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Live at the BBC | Apple | 4 December 1994 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | Anthology 2 | Apple | 24 March 1996 |
| The Beatles | 15 | 11 | 1 | Apple | 19 November 2000 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Life thru a Lens | Chrysalis | 12 April 1998 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | I've Been Expecting You | Chrysalis | 1 November 1998 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Sing When You're Winning | Chrysalis | 3 September 2000 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Swing When You're Winning | Chrysalis | 25 November 2001 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Escapology | EMI | 24 November 2002 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Greatest Hits | Chrysalis | 24 October 2004 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Intensive Care | Chrysalis | 30 October 2005 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Rudebox | Chrysalis | 29 October 2006 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 | Virgin | 17 October 2010 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Take the Crown | Island | 11 November 2012 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Swings Both Ways | Island | 24 November 2013 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | The Heavy Entertainment Show | Columbia | 11 November 2016 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | The Christmas Present | Columbia | 6 December 2019 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | XXV | Columbia | 9 September 2022 |
| Robbie Williams | 15 | 11 | Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Columbia | 24 January 2025 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | The Rolling Stones | Decca | 26 April 1964 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 31 January 1965 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Aftermath | Decca | 24 April 1966 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Let It Bleed | Decca | 14 December 1969 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! | Decca | 13 September 1970 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Sticky Fingers | Rolling Stones | 13 June 1971 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Exile on Main St. | Rolling Stones | 4 June 1972 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Goats Head Soup | Rolling Stones | 16 September 1973 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Emotional Rescue | Rolling Stones | 29 June 1980 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Voodoo Lounge | Virgin | 17 July 1994 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Exile on Main St. | Polydor | 29 May 2010 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Blue & Lonesome | Polydor | 9 December 2016 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Goats Head Soup | Polydor | 17 September 2020 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 11 | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 27 October 2023 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Rock 'N' Roll | His Master's Voice | 4 November 1956 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Loving You | RCA | 1 September 1957 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | King Creole | RCA | 14 September 1958 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Elvis Is Back! | RCA | 24 July 1960 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | G.I. Blues | RCA | 1 August 1961 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Blue Hawaii | RCA | 31 December 1961 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Pot Luck | RCA | 22 July 1962 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | From Elvis in Memphis | RCA Victor | 24 August 1969 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | Elvis' 40 Greatest | Arcade | 4 September 1977 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits | RCA | 29 September 2002 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | The King | RCA | 19 August 2007 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | If I Can Dream | RCA, Legacy Recordings | 6 November 2015 |
| Elvis Presley | 13 | 4 | The Wonder of You | RCA, Legacy Recordings | 28 October 2016 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Red | Mercury | 3 November 2012 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | 1989 | EMI | 8 November 2014 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Reputation | EMI | 23 November 2017 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Lover | EMI | 5 September 2019 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Folklore | EMI | 6 August 2020 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Evermore | EMI | 24 December 2020 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 22 April 2021 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Red (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 25 November 2021 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Midnights | EMI | 3 November 2022 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 20 July 2023 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 3 November 2023 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | The Tortured Poets Department | EMI | 26 April 2024 |
| Taylor Swift | 13 | 12 | Lover (Live from Paris) | EMI | 14 February 2025 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Like a Virgin | Sire | 15 September 1985 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | True Blue | Sire | 6 July 1986 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Like a Prayer | Sire | 26 March 1989 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | The Immaculate Collection | Sire | 18 November 1990 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Evita | Warner Bros. | 26 January 1997 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Ray of Light | Maverick | 8 March 1998 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Music | Maverick | 24 September 2000 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | American Life | Maverick | 27 April 2003 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Warner Bros. | 20 November 2005 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Hard Candy | Warner Bros. | 4 May 2008 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | Celebration | Warner Bros. | 27 September 2009 |
| Madonna | 12 | 9 | MDNA | Interscope | 1 April 2012 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Born in the U.S.A. | CBS | 16 June 1984 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Tunnel of Love | CBS | 17 October 1987 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Human Touch | Columbia | 4 April 1992 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Greatest Hits | Columbia | 11 March 1995 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | The Rising | Columbia | 10 August 2002 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Devils & Dust | Columbia | 7 May 2005 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Magic | Columbia | 13 October 2007 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Working on a Dream | Columbia | 2 July 2009 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Wrecking Ball | Columbia | 11 March 2012 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | High Hopes | Columbia | 19 January 2014 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Western Stars | Columbia | 27 June 2019 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 12 | 11 | Letter to You | Columbia | 5 November 2020 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Aladdin Sane | RCA | 5 May 1973 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Pin Ups | RCA | 3 November 1973 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Diamond Dogs | RCA | 8 June 1974 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | RCA | 27 September 1980 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Let's Dance | EMI America | 23 April 1983 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Tonight | EMI America | 6 October 1984 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Changesbowie | EMI America | 24 March 1990 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Black Tie White Noise | Arista | 17 April 1993 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | The Next Day | ISO, Columbia | 23 March 2013 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Blackstar | RCA | 15 January 2016 |
| David Bowie | 11 | 9 | Best of Bowie | EMI | 5 February 2016 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Interscope | 23 May 2000 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | The Eminem Show | Interscope | 26 May 2002 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Encore | Interscope | 11 December 2004 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Curtain Call: The Hits | Interscope | 6 December 2005 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Relapse | Interscope | 15 May 2009 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Recovery | Interscope | 18 June 2010 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Interscope | 5 November 2013 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Revival | Interscope | 15 December 2017 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Kamikaze | Interscope | 31 August 2018 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | Music to Be Murdered By | Interscope | 17 January 2020 |
| Eminem | 11 | 10 | The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) | Interscope | 20 July 2024 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Mercury | 2 October 1971 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Never a Dull Moment | Philips | 16 September 1972 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Sing It Again Rod | Mercury | 1 September 1973 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Smiler | Mercury | 19 October 1974 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Atlantic Crossing | Warner Bros. | 30 August 1975 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | A Night on the Town | Riva | 10 July 1976 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Riva | 8 December 1979 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Time | Capitol | 25 May 2013 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Blood Red Roses | Decca | 11 October 2018 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhino | 13 December 2019 |
| Rod Stewart | 11 | 8 | Swing Fever | Warner | 1 March 2024 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | War | Island | 6 March 1983 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | The Unforgettable Fire | Island | 7 October 1984 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | The Joshua Tree | Island | 15 March 1987 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | Rattle and Hum | Island | 16 October 1988 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | Zooropa | Island | 11 July 1993 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | Pop | Island | 9 March 1997 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | The Best of 1980–1990 | Island | 8 November 1998 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | Island | 5 November 2000 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | Island | 28 November 2004 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | No Line on the Horizon | Vertigo | 8 March 2009 |
| U2 | 11 | 10 | Songs of Surrender | Island | 24 March 2023 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Greatest Hits | Epic | 2 May 1976 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Arrival | Epic | 9 January 1977 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | ABBA: The Album | Epic | 29 January 1978 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Voulez-Vous | Epic | 13 May 1979 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Epic | 11 November 1979 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Super Trouper | Epic | 16 November 1980 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | The Visitors | Epic | 13 December 1981 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | The Singles: The First Ten Years | Epic | 21 November 1982 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Gold: Greatest Hits | Polydor | 27 September 1992 |
| ABBA | 10 | 6 | Voyage | Universal | 12 November 2021 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Parachutes | Parlophone | 22 July 2000 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Parlophone | 7 September 2002 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | X&Y | Parlophone | 6 June 2005 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Parlophone | 18 June 2008 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Mylo Xyloto | Parlophone | 5 November 2011 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Ghost Stories | Parlophone | 19 May 2014 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | A Head Full of Dreams | Parlophone | 18 February 2016 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Everyday Life | Parlophone | 5 December 2019 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Music of the Spheres | Parlophone | 28 October 2021 |
| Coldplay | 10 | 10 | Moon Music | Parlophone | 11 October 2024 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Thriller | Epic | 27 February 1983 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | 18 Greatest Hits | Telstar | 14 August 1983 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Bad | Epic | 6 September 1987 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Dangerous | Epic | 24 November 1991 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Epic | 18 June 1995 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | Epic | 18 May 1997 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Invincible | Epic | 4 November 2001 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Number Ones | Epic | 23 November 2003 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | The Essential Michael Jackson | Epic | 5 July 2009 |
| Michael Jackson | 10 | 5 | Xscape | Epic | 18 May 2014 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Kylie | PWL | 16 July 1988 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Enjoy Yourself | PWL | 21 October 1989 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Greatest Hits | PWL | 5 September 1992 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Fever | Parlophone | 13 October 2001 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Aphrodite | Parlophone | 17 July 2010 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Golden | BMG Rights Management | 19 April 2018 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection | BMG Rights Management | 11 July 2019 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Disco | BMG Rights Management | 19 November 2020 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Tension | BMG Rights Management | 29 September 2023 |
| Kylie Minogue | 10 | 8 | Tension II | BMG Rights Management | 25 October 2024 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | A Night at the Opera | EMI | 21 December 1975 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | A Day at the Races | EMI | 2 January 1977 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | The Game | EMI | 13 July 1980 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | Greatest Hits | EMI | 8 November 1981 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | A Kind of Magic | EMI | 8 June 1986 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | The Miracle | Parlophone | 28 May 1989 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | Innuendo | Parlophone | 10 February 1991 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | Greatest Hits II | Parlophone | 3 November 1991 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | Made in Heaven | Parlophone | 12 November 1995 |
| Queen | 10 | 7 | Live Around the World | EMI | 2 October 2020 |