# List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as being a type of music release that feature more than four tracks and last longer than 25 minutes; sales of albums in the UK are recorded on behalf of the British music industry by the OCC and compiled weekly as the UK Albums Chart.
The chart is based on both physical and digital album sales, as well as audio streaming, and each week's new number one is first announced every Friday on The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, which is currently hosted by Jack Saunders. The album chart is published in Music Week magazine (Top 75), and on the OCC website (Top 100). Lewis Capaldi was the first artist to top the albums chart in the 2020s with Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. In July 2020, On Sunset by Paul Weller became the 1200th album to ever top the UK Albums Chart. In December 2022, This Is What I Mean by Stormzy became the 1300th album to ever top the UK Albums Chart.
The following albums have all been number one in the United Kingdom during the 2020s.

## Number-one albums

Key :
| No. | nth album to top the UK Albums Chart |
| re | Return of an album to number one |
| † | Best-selling album of the year |
| No. | Artist | Album | Record label | Reached number one | Weeks at number one | Certification |
| 2020 |||||||
| re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † | EMI | 3 January 2020 | 1 | 5× Platinum |
| 1181 | Stormzy | Heavy Is the Head | Atlantic/Merky | 10 January 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † | EMI | 17 January 2020 | 1 | 5× Platinum |
| 1182 | Eminem | Music to Be Murdered By | Interscope | 24 January 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1183 | J Hus | Big Conspiracy | Black Butter | 31 January 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1184 | Blossoms | Foolish Loving Spaces | EMI | 7 February 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1185 | Green Day | Father of All Motherfuckers | Reprise | 14 February 2020 | 1 | |
| 1186 | Justin Bieber | Changes | Def Jam | 21 February 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1187 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | Big Hit | 28 February 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † | EMI | 6 March 2020 | 1 | 5× Platinum |
| 1188 | Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott | Manchester Calling | EMI | 13 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 1189 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | Virgin EMI | 20 March 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1190 | The Weeknd | After Hours | Republic/XO | 27 March 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1191 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Calm | Interscope | 3 April 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1192 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | Warner | 10 April 2020 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| 1193 | Gerry Cinnamon | The Bonny | Little Runaway | 24 April 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | Warner | 1 May 2020 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1194 | Drake | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Republic/OVO | 8 May 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | Warner | 15 May 2020 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| re | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent † | EMI | 22 May 2020 | 1 | 5× Platinum |
| 1195 | The 1975 | Notes on a Conditional Form | Dirty Hit/Polydor | 29 May 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1196 | Lady Gaga | Chromatica | Streamline/Interscope | 5 June 2020 | 2 | Gold |
| 1197 | Liam Gallagher | MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) | Warner | 19 June 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1198 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Columbia | 26 June 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1199 | Haim | Women in Music Pt. III | Polydor | 3 July 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1200 | Paul Weller | On Sunset | Polydor | 10 July 2020 | 1 | |
| 1201 | Juice Wrld | Legends Never Die | Grade A/Interscope | 17 July 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1202 | Ellie Goulding | Brightest Blue | Polydor | 24 July 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1203 | Taylor Swift | Folklore | Republic | 31 July 2020 | 3 | 2× Platinum |
| 1204 | Biffy Clyro | A Celebration of Endings | Warner | 21 August 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1205 | The Killers | Imploding the Mirage | EMI | 28 August 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1206 | Nines | Crabs in a Bucket | Zino/Warner | 4 September 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| re | The Rolling Stones | Goats Head Soup | Rolling Stones | 11 September 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1207 | Doves | The Universal Want | Virgin | 18 September 2020 | 1 | |
| 1208 | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Victor Victor/Republic | 25 September 2020 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1209 | Idles | Ultra Mono | Partisan | 2 October 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1210 | Queen + Adam Lambert | Live Around the World | EMI | 9 October 2020 | 1 | Silver |
| 1211 | Headie One | Edna | Relentless | 16 October 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1212 | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | Virgin EMI/Universal | 23 October 2020 | 1 | |
| 1213 | Bruce Springsteen | Letter to You | Columbia | 30 October 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1214 | Ariana Grande | Positions | Republic | 6 November 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1215 | Kylie Minogue | Disco | BMG | 13 November 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1216 | AC/DC | Power Up | Columbia | 20 November 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1217 | Michael Ball and Alfie Boe | Together at Christmas | Decca | 27 November 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1218 | Gary Barlow | Music Played by Humans | Polydor | 4 December 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1219 | Yungblud | Weird! | Interscope | 11 December 2020 | 1 | Gold |
| 1220 | Taylor Swift | Evermore | Republic | 18 December 2020 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1221 | Paul McCartney | McCartney III | Capitol | 25 December 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 |||||||
| re | Michael Bublé | Christmas | Reprise | 1 January 2021 | 1 | 11× Platinum |
| re | Taylor Swift | Evermore | Republic | 8 January 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1222 | Barry Gibb | Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 | EMI | 15 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 1223 | You Me at Six | Suckapunch | Underdog | 22 January 2021 | 1 | |
| 1224 | Bring Me the Horizon | Post Human: Survival Horror | RCA | 29 January 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1225 | Celeste | Not Your Muse | Polydor | 5 February 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1226 | Foo Fighters | Medicine at Midnight | Columbia | 12 February 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1227 | Slowthai | Tyron | Method | 19 February 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1228 | Mogwai | As the Love Continues | Rock Action | 26 February 2021 | 1 | |
| 1229 | Architects | For Those That Wish to Exist | Epitaph | 5 March 2021 | 1 | |
| 1230 | Kings of Leon | When You See Yourself | Columbia | 12 March 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1231 | Tom Grennan | Evering Road | Insanity | 19 March 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1232 | Lana Del Rey | Chemtrails over the Country Club | Polydor | 26 March 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1233 | Ben Howard | Collections from the Whiteout | Island | 2 April 2021 | 1 | |
| 1234 | The Snuts | W.L. | Parlophone | 9 April 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1235 | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 16 April 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1236 | London Grammar | Californian Soil | Ministry of Sound | 23 April 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1237 | Tom Jones | Surrounded by Time | EMI | 30 April 2021 | 1 | |
| 1238 | Royal Blood | Typhoons | Warner | 7 May 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1239 | Rag'n'Bone Man | Life by Misadventure | Columbia | 14 May 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1240 | Paul Weller | Fat Pop (Volume 1) | Polydor | 21 May 2021 | 1 | |
| 1241 | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Geffen | 28 May 2021 | 2 | 3× Platinum |
| 1242 | Wolf Alice | Blue Weekend | Dirty Hit | 11 June 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1243 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) | Sour Mash | 18 June 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Geffen | 25 June 2021 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 1244 | Jack Savoretti | Europiana | EMI | 2 July 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| re | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Geffen | 9 July 2021 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 1245 | Inhaler | It Won't Always Be Like This | Polydor | 16 July 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1246 | KSI | All Over the Place | BMG | 23 July 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1247 | Dave | We're All Alone in This Together | Neighbourhood | 30 July 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1248 | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | Interscope | 6 August 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Dave | We're All Alone in This Together | Neighbourhood | 13 August 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1249 | The Killers | Pressure Machine | EMI | 20 August 2021 | 1 | |
| re | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Geffen | 27 August 2021 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 1250 | Kanye West | Donda | Def Jam | 3 September 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1251 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | Republic/OVO | 10 September 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1252 | Manic Street Preachers | The Ultra Vivid Lament | Columbia | 17 September 2021 | 1 | |
| re | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | Republic/OVO | 24 September 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1253 | The Lathums | How Beautiful Life Can Be | Island | 1 October 2021 | 1 | Silver |
| 1254 | The Script | Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits | Phonogenic/Sony | 8 October 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1255 | Sam Fender | Seventeen Going Under | Polydor | 15 October 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1256 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres | Parlophone | 22 October 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1257 | Elton John | The Lockdown Sessions | EMI | 29 October 2021 | 1 | Gold |
| 1258 | Ed Sheeran | = | Atlantic | 5 November 2021 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 1259 | ABBA | Voyage | Universal | 12 November 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1260 | Taylor Swift | Red (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 19 November 2021 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1261 | Adele | 30 † | Columbia | 26 November 2021 | 5 | 2× Platinum |
| re | Ed Sheeran | = | Atlantic | 31 December 2021 | 2 | 3× Platinum |
| 2022 |||||||
| 1262 | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | Republic/XO | 14 January 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1263 | The Wombats | Fix Yourself, Not the World | AWAL | 21 January 2022 | 1 | |
| 1264 | Years & Years | Night Call | Polydor | 28 January 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1265 | Don Broco | Amazing Things | SharpTone | 4 February 2022 | 1 | |
| 1266 | Bastille | Give Me the Future | EMI | 11 February 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1267 | Frank Turner | FTHC | Polydor | 18 February 2022 | 1 | |
| re | Ed Sheeran | = | Atlantic | 25 February 2022 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 1268 | Central Cee | 23 | Self-released | 4 March 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1269 | Stereophonics | Oochya! | Stylus | 11 March 2022 | 1 | |
| 1270 | Rex Orange County | Who Cares? | RCA | 18 March 2022 | 1 | |
| 1271 | Charli XCX | Crash | Atlantic | 25 March 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1272 | Michael Bublé | Higher | Reprise | 1 April 2022 | 1 | |
| 1273 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Unlimited Love | Warner | 8 April 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1274 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Domino | 15 April 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1275 | Digga D | Noughty by Nature | CGM/EGA | 22 April 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1276 | Fontaines D.C. | Skinty Fia | Partisan | 29 April 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1277 | Blossoms | Ribbon Around the Bomb | Virgin EMI | 6 May 2022 | 1 | |
| 1278 | Arcade Fire | We | Columbia | 13 May 2022 | 1 | |
| 1279 | Florence and the Machine | Dance Fever | Polydor | 20 May 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1280 | Harry Styles | Harry's House † | Columbia | 27 May 2022 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1281 | Liam Gallagher | C'mon You Know | Warner | 3 June 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Harry Styles | Harry's House † | Columbia | 10 June 2022 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1282 | George Ezra | Gold Rush Kid | Columbia | 17 June 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Harry Styles | Harry's House † | Columbia | 24 June 2022 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| 1283 | Paolo Nutini | Last Night in the Bittersweet | Atlantic | 8 July 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Harry Styles | Harry's House † | Columbia | 15 July 2022 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| 1284 | Jamie T | The Theory of Whatever | Polydor | 29 July 2022 | 1 | |
| 1285 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | Columbia/Parkwood | 5 August 2022 | 2 | Platinum |
| 1286 | Kasabian | The Alchemist's Euphoria | Sony | 19 August 2022 | 1 | |
| 1287 | Steps | Platinum Collection | Sony | 26 August 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1288 | Muse | Will of the People | Warner | 2 September 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1289 | Yungblud | Yungblud | Geffen | 9 September 2022 | 1 | |
| 1290 | Robbie Williams | XXV | Columbia | 16 September 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1291 | Blackpink | Born Pink | Interscope | 23 September 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1292 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5SOS5 | BMG | 30 September 2022 | 1 | |
| 1293 | Slipknot | The End, So Far | Roadrunner | 7 October 2022 | 1 | |
| 1294 | Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott | N.K-Pop | EMI | 14 October 2022 | 1 | |
| 1295 | The 1975 | Being Funny in a Foreign Language | Dirty Hit | 21 October 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1296 | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 28 October 2022 | 2 | 3× Platinum |
| 1297 | Drake and 21 Savage | Her Loss | Republic/OVO | 11 November 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1298 | Louis Tomlinson | Faith in the Future | BMG | 18 November 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1299 | Dermot Kennedy | Sonder | Island | 25 November 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| 1300 | Stormzy | This Is What I Mean | Def Jam/Merky | 2 December 2022 | 1 | Silver |
| 1301 | Olly Murs | Marry Me | EMI | 9 December 2022 | 1 | |
| 1302 | Sam Ryder | There's Nothing but Space, Man! | Parlophone | 16 December 2022 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 23 December 2022 | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| re | Michael Bublé | Christmas | Reprise | 30 December 2022 | 1 | 11× Platinum |
| 2023 |||||||
| | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † | The best performing album of 2023, The Highlights by The Weeknd peaked at number two on six separate occasions between 2021–2023. † |
| re | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 6 January 2023 | 2 | 3× Platinum |
| 1303 | Courteeners | St. Jude | Polydor | 20 January 2023 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1304 | The Reytons | What's Rock and Roll? | Self-released | 27 January 2023 | 1 | |
| 1305 | Sam Smith | Gloria | Capitol | 3 February 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1306 | Shania Twain | Queen of Me | EMI | 10 February 2023 | 1 | |
| 1307 | Paramore | This Is Why | Atlantic | 17 February 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1308 | Pink | Trustfall | RCA | 24 February 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1309 | Gorillaz | Cracker Island | Parlophone | 3 March 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1310 | The Lathums | From Nothing to a Little Bit More | Island | 10 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1311 | Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation | Columbia | 17 March 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1312 | U2 | Songs of Surrender | Island | 24 March 2023 | 1 | |
| 1313 | Lana Del Rey | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd | Polydor | 31 March 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1314 | Boygenius | The Record | Interscope | 7 April 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1315 | Ellie Goulding | Higher Than Heaven | Polydor | 14 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1316 | Metallica | 72 Seasons | Blackened Recordings | 21 April 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1317 | Enter Shikari | A Kiss for the Whole World | Ambush Reality | 28 April 2023 | 1 | |
| 1318 | The Lottery Winners | Anxiety Replacement Therapy | Modern Sky UK | 5 May 2023 | 1 | |
| 1319 | Ed Sheeran | - | Atlantic | 12 May 2023 | 2 | Gold |
| 1320 | Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | EMI | 26 May 2023 | 2 | Platinum |
| 1321 | Foo Fighters | But Here We Are | Columbia | 9 June 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1322 | Niall Horan | The Show | Capitol | 16 June 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1323 | Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | Insanity | 23 June 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1324 | Maisie Peters | The Good Witch | Gingerbread Man | 30 June 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1325 | Nothing but Thieves | Dead Club City | Sony | 7 July 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1326 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 14 July 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1327 | J Hus | Beautiful and Brutal Yard | Black Butter | 21 July 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1328 | Blur | The Ballad of Darren | Parlophone | 28 July 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1329 | Travis Scott | Utopia | Epic/Cactus Jack | 4 August 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1330 | Cian Ducrot | Victory | Polydor | 11 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1331 | Liam Gallagher | Knebworth 22 | Warner | 18 August 2023 | 1 | |
| 1332 | Hozier | Unreal Unearth | Island | 25 August 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1333 | Burna Boy | I Told Them... | Atlantic | 1 September 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1334 | Royal Blood | Back to the Water Below | Warner | 8 September 2023 | 1 | |
| 1335 | Olivia Rodrigo | Guts | Geffen | 15 September 2023 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1336 | Busted | Greatest Hits 2.0 | Self-released | 22 September 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1337 | Kylie Minogue | Tension | BMG | 29 September 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1338 | Ed Sheeran | Autumn Variations | Gingerbread Man | 6 October 2023 | 1 | Silver |
| 1339 | Drake | For All the Dogs | Republic/OVO | 13 October 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1340 | Ren | Sick Boi | The Other Songs | 20 October 2023 | 1 | |
| 1341 | The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 27 October 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1342 | Taylor Swift | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 3 November 2023 | 3 | Platinum |
| 1343 | Madness | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie | BMG | 24 November 2023 | 1 | |
| 1344 | Take That | This Life | EMI | 1 December 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| 1345 | Peter Gabriel | I/O | EMI | 8 December 2023 | 1 | |
| 1346 | The Killers | Rebel Diamonds | EMI | 15 December 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| re | The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 22 December 2023 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Michael Bublé | Christmas | Reprise | 29 December 2023 | 1 | 11× Platinum |
| 2024 |||||||
| re | Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | EMI | 5 January 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1347 | Shed Seven | A Matter of Time | Cooking Vinyl | 12 January 2024 | 1 | |
| 1348 | D-Block Europe | Rolling Stone | UMG | 19 January 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1349 | Green Day | Saviors | Reprise | 26 January 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1350 | James Arthur | Bitter Sweet Love | Columbia | 2 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1351 | The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy | Island | 9 February 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| 1352 | Noah Kahan | Stick Season | Republic | 16 February 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1353 | Idles | Tangk | Partisan | 23 February 2024 | 1 | |
| 1354 | Rod Stewart and Jools Holland | Swing Fever | Warner | 1 March 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1355 | Liam Gallagher and John Squire | Liam Gallagher John Squire | Warner | 8 March 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1356 | Ariana Grande | Eternal Sunshine | Republic | 15 March 2024 | 2 | Gold |
| 1357 | Elbow | Audio Vertigo | Polydor | 29 March 2024 | 1 | |
| 1358 | Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter | Columbia/Parkwood | 5 April 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| 1359 | The Libertines | All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade | EMI | 12 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1360 | James | Yummy | Nothing But Love | 19 April 2024 | 1 | |
| 1361 | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department † | EMI | 26 April 2024 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| 1362 | Dua Lipa | Radical Optimism | Warner | 10 May 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department † | EMI | 17 May 2024 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1363 | Billie Eilish | Hit Me Hard and Soft | Interscope | 24 May 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department † | EMI | 31 May 2024 | 4 | 2× Platinum |
| 1364 | Gracie Abrams | The Secret of Us | Interscope | 28 June 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department † | EMI | 5 July 2024 | 1 | 2× Platinum |
| 1365 | Kasabian | Happenings | Columbia | 12 July 2024 | 1 | |
| 1366 | Eminem | The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) | Interscope | 19 July 2024 | 3 | Gold |
| 1367 | Chappell Roan | The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess | Island | 9 August 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1368 | Beabadoobee | This Is How Tomorrow Moves | Dirty Hit | 16 August 2024 | 1 | |
| 1369 | Post Malone | F-1 Trillion | Republic | 23 August 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1370 | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 30 August 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Oasis | Definitely Maybe | Creation | 6 September 2024 | 1 | 9× Platinum |
| 1371 | David Gilmour | Luck and Strange | Sony Music | 13 September 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1372 | Snow Patrol | The Forest Is the Path | Polydor | 20 September 2024 | 1 | |
| 1373 | Blossoms | Gary | ODD SK Recordings | 27 September 2024 | 1 | |
| 1374 | Shed Seven | Liquid Gold | Cooking Vinyl | 4 October 2024 | 1 | |
| 1375 | Coldplay | Moon Music | Parlophone | 11 October 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1376 | Charli XCX | Brat | Atlantic | 18 October 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1377 | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | BMG | 25 October 2024 | 1 | |
| 1378 | Tyler, the Creator | Chromakopia | Columbia | 1 November 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1379 | The Cure | Songs of a Lost World | Polydor | 8 November 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| 1380 | Michael Ball and Alfie Boe | Together at Home | Tag8 Music | 15 November 2024 | 1 | |
| 1381 | Linkin Park | From Zero | Warner | 22 November 2024 | 1 | Silver |
| 1382 | Kendrick Lamar | GNX | Interscope | 29 November 2024 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department † | EMI | 6 December 2024 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| re | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 20 December 2024 | 1 | Platinum |
| re | Michael Bublé | Christmas | Reprise | 27 December 2024 | 1 | 11× Platinum |
| 2025 |||||||
| 1383 | Ed Sheeran | +–=÷× (Tour Collection) | Asylum | 3 January 2025 | 1 | Gold |
| 1384 | Elton John | Diamonds | Mercury | 10 January 2025 | 1 | 5× Platinum |
| re | Chappell Roan | The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess | Island | 17 January 2025 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1385 | Robbie Williams | Better Man | Columbia | 24 January 2025 | 1 | |
| 1386 | Central Cee | Can't Rush Greatness | Columbia | 31 January 2025 | 1 | Silver |
| 1387 | The Weeknd | Hurry Up Tomorrow | Republic/XO | 7 February 2025 | 1 | Silver |
| 1388 | Taylor Swift | Lover (Live from Paris) | EMI | 14 February 2025 | 1 | |
| re | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 21 February 2025 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1389 | Sam Fender | People Watching | Polydor | 28 February 2025 | 1 | Gold |
| re | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 7 March 2025 | 1 | Platinum |
| 1390 | Lady Gaga | Mayhem | Polydor | 14 March 2025 | 1 | |

### Artists with the most number ones in the 2020s

| Artist | Number ones | Albums |
| Taylor Swift | 9 | List Folklore (2020) Evermore (2020) Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021) Red (Taylor's Version) (2021) Midnights (2022) Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023) 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023) The Tortured Poets Department (2024) Lover (Live from Paris) (2025) |
| Drake | 4 | List Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020) Certified Lover Boy (2021) Her Loss (2022) For All the Dogs (2023) |
| Liam Gallagher | 4 | List MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) (2020) C'mon You Know (2022) Knebworth 22 (2023) Liam Gallagher John Squire (2024) |
| Ed Sheeran | 4 | List = (2021) - (2023) Autumn Variations (2023) +–=÷× (Tour Collection) (2025) |
| The Killers | 3 | List Imploding the Mirage (2020) Pressure Machine (2021) Rebel Diamonds (2023) |
| Blossoms | 3 | List Foolish Loving Spaces (2020) Ribbon Around the Bomb (2022) Gary (2024) |
| Kylie Minogue | 3 | List Disco (2020) Tension (2023) Tension II (2024) |
| The Weeknd | 3 | List After Hours (2020) Dawn FM (2022) Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) |
| Paul Weller | 2 | List On Sunset (2020) Fat Pop (Volume 1) (2021) |
| Michael Bublé | 2 | List Christmas (2021)†† Higher (2022) |
| Yungblud | 2 | List Weird! (2020) Yungblud (2022) |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | 2 | List Calm (2020) 5SOS5 (2022) |
| Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott | 2 | List Manchester Calling (2020) N.K-Pop (2022) |
| The 1975 | 2 | List Notes on a Conditional Form (2020) Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022) |
| Stormzy | 2 | List Heavy Is the Head (2020) This Is What I Mean (2022) |
| The Lathums | 2 | List How Beautiful Life Can Be (2021) From Nothing to a Little Bit More (2023) |
| Lana Del Rey | 2 | List Chemtrails over the Country Club (2021) Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023) |
| Ellie Goulding | 2 | List Brightest Blue (2020) Higher Than Heaven (2023) |
| Lewis Capaldi | 2 | List Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2020)†† Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (2023) |
| Niall Horan | 2 | List Heartbreak Weather (2020) The Show (2023) |
| Tom Grennan | 2 | List Evering Road (2021) What Ifs & Maybes (2023) |
| J Hus | 2 | List Big Conspiracy (2020) Beautiful and Brutal Yard (2023) |
| Royal Blood | 2 | List Typhoons (2021) Back to the Water Below (2023) |
| Olivia Rodrigo | 2 | List Sour (2021) Guts (2023) |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | List Goats Head Soup (2020)† Hackney Diamonds (2023) |
| Green Day | 2 | List Father of All Motherfuckers (2020) Saviors (2024) |
| Idles | 2 | List Ultra Mono (2020) Tangk (2024) |
| Ariana Grande | 2 | List Positions (2020) Eternal Sunshine (2024) |
| Beyoncé | 2 | List Renaissance (2022) Cowboy Carter (2024) |
| Dua Lipa | 2 | List Future Nostalgia (2020) Radical Optimism (2024) |
| Billie Eilish | 2 | List Happier Than Ever (2021) Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024) |
| Kasabian | 2 | List The Alchemist's Euphoria (2021) Happenings (2024) |
| Eminem | 2 | List Music to Be Murdered By (2020) The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024) |
| Shed Seven | 2 | List A Matter of Time (2024) Liquid Gold (2024) |
| Coldplay | 2 | List Music of the Spheres (2021) Moon Music (2024) |
| Charli XCX | 2 | List Crash (2022) Brat (2024) |
| Michael Ball and Alfie Boe | 2 | List Together at Christmas (2020) Together at Home (2024) |
| Elton John | 2 | List The Lockdown Sessions (2021) Diamonds (2025) |
| Robbie Williams | 2 | List XXV (2022) Better Man (2025) |
| Central Cee | 2 | List 23 (2022) Can't Rush Greatness (2025) |
| Sam Fender | 2 | List Seventeen Going Under (2021) People Watching (2025) |
| Lady Gaga | 2 | List Chromatica (2020) Mayhem (2025) |
* † Originally reached number one in the 1970s, but went to number one again during the 2020s.
* †† Originally reached number one in the 2010s, but went to number one again during the 2020s.

### Albums with the most weeks at number one

The following albums spent at least three weeks at number one during the 2020s.
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
| Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department | 10 |
| Harry Styles | Harry's House | 6 |
| Taylor Swift | Midnights | 5 |
| Adele | 30 | 5 |
| Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | 5 |
| Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 4 |
| Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | 4 |
| Ed Sheeran | = | 4 |
| Michael Bublé | Christmas | 4 |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | 4 |
| Taylor Swift | Folklore | 3 |
| Taylor Swift | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | 3 |
| Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | 3 |
| Eminem | The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) | 3 |

### Artists with the most weeks at number one

Nineteen different artists have spent three weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s. Taylor Swift has spent the most weeks at number one, with a total of 27 weeks.
| Artist | Weeks at number one | Albums |
| Taylor Swift | 27 | Folklore (3) Evermore (2) Fearless (Taylor's Version) (1) Red (Taylor's Version) (1) Midnights (5) Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (1) 1989 (Taylor's Version) (3) The Tortured Poets Department (10) Lover (Live from Paris) (1) |
| Ed Sheeran | 8 | = (4) - (2) Autumn Variations (1) +–=÷× (Tour Collection) (1) |
| Lewis Capaldi | 7 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (4) Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (3) |
| Harry Styles | 6 | Harry's House (6) |
| Olivia Rodrigo | 6 | Sour (5) Guts (1) |
| Adele | 5 | 30 (5) |
| Drake | 5 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes (1) Certified Lover Boy (2) Her Loss (1) For All the Dogs (1) |
| Dua Lipa | 5 | Future Nostalgia (4) Radical Optimism (1) |
| Michael Bublé | 5 | Christmas (4) Higher (1) |
| Liam Gallagher | 4 | MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall) (1) C'mon You Know (1) Knebworth 22 (1) Liam Gallagher John Squire (1) |
| Eminem | 4 | Music to Be Murdered By (1) The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (3) |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 4 | Short n' Sweet (4) |
| The Killers | 3 | Imploding the Mirage (1) Pressure Machine (1) Rebel Diamonds (1) |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | Goats Head Soup (1) Hackney Diamonds (2) |
| Ariana Grande | 3 | Positions (1) Eternal Sunshine (2) |
| Beyoncé | 3 | Renaissance (2) Cowboy Carter (1) |
| Blossoms | 3 | Foolish Loving Spaces (1) Ribbon Around the Bomb (1) Gary (1) |
| Kylie Minogue | 3 | Disco (1) Tension (1) Tension II (1) |
| The Weeknd | 3 | After Hours (1) Dawn FM (1) Hurry Up Tomorrow (1) |
| Lady Gaga | 3 | Chromatica (2) Mayhem (1) |

### By record label

Twelve different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
| EMI | 26 | 44 |
| Columbia | 22 | 32 |
| Republic | 13 | 26 |
| Polydor | 23 | 23 |
| Warner | 13 | 17 |
| Interscope | 12 | 14 |
| Island | 9 | 13 |
| Atlantic | 8 | 10 |
| BMG | 7 | 7 |
| Parlophone | 6 | 6 |
| Geffen | 2 | 6 |
| OVO | 4 | 5 |

## Fastest-selling number ones

The number-one albums below have sold over 100,000 units in a week. Taylor Swift and Coldplay are the only acts to achieve the feat with multiple releases, while Adele's 30 (2021) is the only record with multiple weeks. In 2022, The Car by Arctic Monkeys debuted at number two with 119,016 units sold, blocked by Swift's Midnights.
| Year | Artist | Album | Record label | Units sold |
| 2024 | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department | EMI | 270,091 |
| 2021 | Adele | 30 | Columbia | 261,856 |
| 2024 | Coldplay | Moon Music | Parlophone | 236,796 |
| 2022 | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 204,501 |
| 2021 | ABBA | Voyage | Universal | 203,909 |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | EMI | 184,965 |
| 2021 | Ed Sheeran | = | Atlantic | 139,107 |
| 2022 | Take That | This Life | EMI | 116,163 |
| 2022 | Harry Styles | Harry's House | Columbia | 113,812 |
| 2025 | Sam Fender | People Watching | Polydor | 107,124 |
| 2021 | Adele | 30 | Columbia | 102,261 |
| 2021 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres | Parlophone | 101,045 |

## Christmas number ones

In the UK, Christmas number-one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart on Christmas Day. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number-one on the Friday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Friday itself, the official number-one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart. During the 2020s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.
| Year | Artist | Album | Record label | Weeks at number one |
| 2020 | Paul McCartney | McCartney III | Capitol | 1 |
| 2021 | Adele | 30 | Columbia | 5 |
| 2022 | Taylor Swift | Midnights | EMI | 5 |
| 2023 | The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor | 2 |
| 2024 | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | Island | 4 |