# List of UK top-ten albums in 2004

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. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2004, as well as albums which peaked in 2003 and 2005 but were in the top 10 in 2004. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and thirty-four albums were in the top ten this year. Thirteen albums from 2003 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Hot Fuss by The Killers and Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New by Phil Collins were both released in 2004 but did not reach their peak until 2005. Elephunk by The Black Eyed Peas and Twentysomething by Jamie Cullum were the albums from 2003 to reach their peak in 2004. Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2004. Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, McFly and Scissor Sisters were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2004.
The 2003 Christmas number-one album, Life for Rent by Dido, remained at the top spot for the first week of 2004. Friday's Child by Will Young returned for a second week as a chart topper after scaling the chart in December 2003, with Life for Rent subsequently replacing Friday's Child for another two weeks on top. The first new number-one album of the year was Call Off the Search by Katie Melua. Overall, twenty-nine different albums peaked at number-one in 2004, with twenty-nine unique artists hitting that position.

## Background
### Multiple entries

One-hundred and thirty-four albums charted in the top 10 in 2004, with one-hundred and twenty-two albums reaching their peak this year (including Gold: Greatest Hits, Greatest, No Angel, Original Pirate Material, The Stone Roses and Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92), which all charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).
Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2004. Daniel O'Donnell, Dido, Joss Stone, Phil Collins, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Streets and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Daniel O'Donnell, Joss Stone and Phil Collin's two entries were both released this year, with Original Pirate Material by The Streets returning after missing the top 10 when it was first released in 2002.

### Chart debuts

Thirty-three artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2004 as a lead artist. Joss Stone and The Streets both had one more entry in their breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
| Katie Melua | 1 | Call Off the Search | 1 | — |
| Joss Stone | 2 | The Soul Sessions | 4 | Mind Body & Soul (1) |
| Snow Patrol | 1 | Final Straw | 3 | — |
| Lostprophets | 1 | Start Something | 4 | — |
| Incubus | 1 | A Crow Left of the Murder... | 6 | — |
| Franz Ferdinand | 1 | Franz Ferdinand | 3 | — |
| Michelle | 1 | The Meaning of Love | 3 | — |
| Zero 7 | 1 | When It Falls | 3 | — |
| Jamelia | 1 | Thank You | 4 | — |
| N.E.R.D | 1 | Fly or Die | 4 | — |
| Scissor Sisters | 1 | Scissor Sisters | 1 | — |
| Diana Krall | 1 | The Girl in the Other Room | 4 | — |
| Maroon 5 | 1 | Songs About Jane | 1 | — |
| The Rasmus | 1 | Dead Letters | 10 | — |
| Eamon | 1 | I Don't Want You Back | 6 | — |
| Keane | 1 | Hopes and Fears | 1 | — |
| The Streets | 2 | A Grand Don't Come for Free | 1 | Original Pirate Material (10) |
| Mario Winans | 1 | Hurt No More | 3 | — |
| The Calling | 1 | Two | 9 | — |
| The Killers | 1 | Hot Fuss | 1 | — |
| Razorlight | 1 | Up All Night | 3 | — |
| McFly | 1 | Room on the 3rd Floor | 1 | — |
| Damien Rice | 1 | O | 8 | — |
| The Finn Brothers | 1 | Everyone Is Here | 8 | — |
| The Libertines | 1 | The Libertines | 1 | — |
| The Blue Nile | 1 | High | 10 | — |
| Natasha Bedingfield | 1 | Unwritten | 1 | — |
| Kasabian | 1 | Kasabian | 4 | — |
| Dizzee Rascal | 1 | Showtime | 8 | — |
| Goldie Lookin Chain | 1 | Greatest Hits | 5 | — |
| Good Charlotte | 1 | The Chronicles of Life and Death | 8 | — |
| Il Divo | 1 | Il Divo | 1 | — |
| Lemar | 1 | Time to Grow | 8 | — |

#### Notes

Brian Wilson Presents Smile was the first album released by The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson to make the top ten in his solo career. With his group, he had contributed to fourteen UK top 10 studio and compilation albums.

### Best-selling albums

Scissor Sisters had the best-selling album of the year with Scissor Sisters. The album spent 41 weeks in the top 10 (including four weeks at number one), sold over 1.594 million copies and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Hopes and Fears by Keane came in second place. Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits, Songs About Jane from Maroon 5 and Call Off the Search by Katie Melua made up the top five. Albums by Anastacia, Usher, Norah Jones, Snow Patrol and Il Divo were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2003 but still in chart in 2004. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2004 but peaked in 2005. |
| (#) | Year-end top-ten album position and rank |
| 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 | Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 2003 |||||||
| 1 February 2003 | 21 | Stripped ‡ | Christina Aguilera | 2 | 15 March 2003 | 1 |
| 24 May 2003 | 16 | Fallen ‡ | Evanescence | 1 | 28 June 2003 | 1 |
| 19 July 2003 | 22 | Permission to Land ‡ | The Darkness | 1 | 6 September 2003 | 4 |
| 27 September 2003 | 17 | Elephunk | The Black Eyed Peas | 3 | 17 January 2004 | 4 |
| 11 October 2003 | 21 | Life for Rent ‡ | Dido | 1 | 11 October 2003 | 10 |
| 8 November 2003 | 12 | In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 ‡ | R.E.M. | 1 | 8 November 2003 | 1 |
| 8 November 2003 | 5 | Three ‡ | Sugababes | 3 | 8 November 2003 | 1 |
| 8 November 2003 | 6 | Twentysomething | Jamie Cullum | 3 | 6 March 2004 | 1 |
| 22 November 2003 | 9 | Greatest Hits ‡ | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4 | 29 November 2003 | 1 |
| 29 November 2003 | 10 | Number Ones ‡ | Michael Jackson | 1 | 29 November 2003 | 1 |
| 29 November 2003 | 7 | A Present for Everyone ‡ | Busted | 2 | 29 November 2003 | 1 |
| 6 December 2003 | 5 | Turnaround ‡ | Westlife | 1 | 6 December 2003 | 1 |
| 13 December 2003 | 15 | Friday's Child ‡ | Will Young | 1 | 13 December 2003 | 2 |
| Albums in 2004 |||||||
| 10 January 2004 | 3 | No Angel | Dido | 8 | 17 January 2004 | 1 |
| 17 January 2004 | 15 | Call Off the Search (#5) | Katie Melua | 1 | 31 January 2004 | 6 |
| 24 January 2004 | 4 | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) | Tears for Fears | 6 | 24 January 2004 | 3 |
| 24 January 2004 | 9 | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Outkast | 8 | 24 January 2004 | 4 |
| 31 January 2004 | 5 | The Singles 1992–2003 | No Doubt | 5 | 6 March 2004 | 1 |
| 7 February 2004 | 2 | Talkie Walkie | Air | 2 | 7 February 2004 | 1 |
| 7 February 2004 | 13 | The Soul Sessions | Joss Stone | 4 | 7 February 2004 | 1 |
| 7 February 2004 | 1 | Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker | The Coral | 5 | 7 February 2004 | 1 |
| 14 February 2004 | 4 | The Best of LeAnn Rimes | LeAnn Rimes | 2 | 14 February 2004 | 1 |
| 14 February 2004 | 15 | Final Straw (#9) | Snow Patrol | 3 | 14 February 2004 | 2 |
| 14 February 2004 | 1 | Start Something | Lostprophets | 4 | 14 February 2004 | 1 |
| 14 February 2004 | 1 | A Crow Left of the Murder... | Incubus | 6 | 14 February 2004 | 1 |
| 21 February 2004 | 11 | Feels Like Home (#8) | Norah Jones | 1 | 21 February 2004 | 2 |
| 21 February 2004 | 13 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 3 | 21 February 2004 | 1 |
| 21 February 2004 | 1 | Free Me | Emma | 7 | 21 February 2004 | 1 |
| 28 February 2004 | 1 | The Meaning of Love | Michelle | 3 | 28 February 2004 | 1 |
| 28 February 2004 | 3 | Greatest | Duran Duran | 4 | 28 February 2004 | 2 |
| 13 March 2004 | 2 | When It Falls | Zero 7 | 3 | 13 March 2004 | 1 |
| 13 March 2004 | 2 | Thank You | Jamelia | 4 | 13 March 2004 | 1 |
| 20 March 2004 | 3 | The Jukebox Years: 20 More Blue Jeans Classics | Daniel O'Donnell | 3 | 20 March 2004 | 1 |
| 20 March 2004 | 2 | Just for You | Lionel Richie | 5 | 20 March 2004 | 1 |
| 20 March 2004 | 1 | Only You | Harry Connick Jr. | 6 | 20 March 2004 | 1 |
| 20 March 2004 | 4 | His Greatest Love Songs | Engelbert Humperdinck | 4 | 27 March 2004 | 1 |
| 27 March 2004 | 4 | Patience | George Michael | 1 | 27 March 2004 | 1 |
| 27 March 2004 | 10 | Greatest Hits | Guns N' Roses | 1 | 24 April 2004 | 3 |
| 27 March 2004 | 2 | Ultimate Manilow | Barry Manilow | 8 | 27 March 2004 | 1 |
| 3 April 2004 | 22 | Confessions (#7) | Usher | 1 | 3 April 2004 | 1 |
| 3 April 2004 | 2 | Fly or Die | N.E.R.D | 4 | 3 April 2004 | 1 |
| 3 April 2004 | 1 | Me and Mr. Johnson | Eric Clapton | 10 | 3 April 2004 | 1 |
| 10 April 2004 | 16 | Anastacia (#6) | Anastacia | 1 | 10 April 2004 | 3 |
| 10 April 2004 | 41 | Scissor Sisters (#1) | Scissor Sisters | 1 | 10 July 2004 | 4 |
| 17 April 2004 | 2 | ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | 4 | 17 April 2004 | 1 |
| 17 April 2004 | 1 | The Greatest Hits | Atomic Kitten | 5 | 17 April 2004 | 1 |
| 24 April 2004 | 1 | The Girl in the Other Room | Diana Krall | 4 | 24 April 2004 | 1 |
| 24 April 2004 | 29 | Songs About Jane (#4) | Maroon 5 | 1 | 28 August 2004 | 1 |
| 24 April 2004 | 2 | Dead Letters | The Rasmus | 10 | 24 April 2004 | 2 |
| 1 May 2004 | 1 | Musicology | Prince | 3 | 1 May 2004 | 1 |
| 1 May 2004 | 2 | I Don't Want You Back | Eamon | 6 | 1 May 2004 | 1 |
| 8 May 2004 | 2 | D12 World | D12 | 1 | 8 May 2004 | 1 |
| 8 May 2004 | 3 | Life Story | The Shadows | 7 | 15 May 2004 | 1 |
| 15 May 2004 | 1 | Then and Now | The Who | 5 | 15 May 2004 | 1 |
| 22 May 2004 | 27 | Hopes and Fears (#2) | Keane | 1 | 22 May 2004 | 5 |
| 22 May 2004 | 17 | A Grand Don't Come for Free | The Streets | 1 | 3 July 2004 | 2 |
| 22 May 2004 | 6 | Hurt No More | Mario Winans | 3 | 5 June 2004 | 2 |
| 29 May 2004 | 2 | You Are the Quarry | Morrissey | 2 | 29 May 2004 | 1 |
| 29 May 2004 | 1 | Meltdown | Ash | 5 | 29 May 2004 | 1 |
| 29 May 2004 | 1 | So-Called Chaos | Alanis Morissette | 8 | 29 May 2004 | 1 |
| 29 May 2004 | 1 | Play to Win | Gabrielle | 10 | 29 May 2004 | 1 |
| 5 June 2004 | 9 | Under My Skin | Avril Lavigne | 1 | 5 June 2004 | 1 |
| 5 June 2004 | 1 | Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) | Slipknot | 5 | 5 June 2004 | 1 |
| 12 June 2004 | 2 | Borrowed Heaven | The Corrs | 2 | 12 June 2004 | 1 |
| 12 June 2004 | 1 | Two | The Calling | 9 | 12 June 2004 | 1 |
| 19 June 2004 | 3 | No Roots | Faithless | 1 | 19 June 2004 | 1 |
| 19 June 2004 | 1 | Supergrass Is 10 | Supergrass | 4 | 19 June 2004 | 1 |
| 19 June 2004 | 14 | Hot Fuss ♦ | The Killers | 1 | 22 January 2005 | 2 |
| 26 June 2004 | 2 | To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys | 2 | 26 June 2004 | 1 |
| 26 June 2004 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Thin Lizzy | 3 | 26 June 2004 | 1 |
| 26 June 2004 | 1 | The Platinum Collection | Phil Collins | 4 | 26 June 2004 | 1 |
| 3 July 2004 | 1 | The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer | Donna Summer | 6 | 3 July 2004 | 1 |
| 3 July 2004 | 1 | One Plus One Is One | Badly Drawn Boy | 9 | 3 July 2004 | 1 |
| 10 July 2004 | 9 | Up All Night | Razorlight | 3 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 10 July 2004 | 2 | The Very Best of The Jacksons | The Jacksons | 7 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 10 July 2004 | 1 | The Cure | The Cure | 8 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 10 July 2004 | 1 | The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | 9 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 10 July 2004 | 1 | Original Pirate Material | The Streets | 10 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 17 July 2004 | 5 | Room on the 3rd Floor | McFly | 1 | 17 July 2004 | 1 |
| 24 July 2004 | 6 | O | Damien Rice | 8 | 24 July 2004 | 4 |
| 31 July 2004 | 1 | Tyrannosaurus Hives | The Hives | 7 | 31 July 2004 | 1 |
| 7 August 2004 | 4 | Live in Hyde Park | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 7 August 2004 | 2 |
| 4 September 2004 | 2 | Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned | The Prodigy | 1 | 4 September 2004 | 1 |
| 4 September 2004 | 1 | Everyone Is Here | The Finn Brothers | 8 | 4 September 2004 | 1 |
| 11 September 2004 | 2 | The Libertines | The Libertines | 1 | 11 September 2004 | 1 |
| 11 September 2004 | 1 | Medúlla | Björk | 9 | 11 September 2004 | 1 |
| 11 September 2004 | 1 | High | The Blue Nile | 10 | 11 September 2004 | 1 |
| 18 September 2004 | 4 | Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield | 1 | 18 September 2004 | 1 |
| 18 September 2004 | 4 | Kasabian | Kasabian | 4 | 18 September 2004 | 3 |
| 18 September 2004 | 1 | Voice | Alison Moyet | 7 | 18 September 2004 | 1 |
| 18 September 2004 | 1 | Showtime | Dizzee Rascal | 8 | 18 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 3 | Out of Nothing | Embrace | 1 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 2 | Studio 150 | Paul Weller | 2 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Goldie Lookin Chain | 5 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 2 | Solarized | Ian Brown | 7 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 1 | Suit | Nelly | 8 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 25 September 2004 | 1 | Let's Bottle Bohemia | The Thrills | 9 | 25 September 2004 | 1 |
| 2 October 2004 | 18 | American Idiot | Green Day | 1 | 2 October 2004 | 2 |
| 2 October 2004 | 1 | Room Service | Bryan Adams | 4 | 2 October 2004 | 1 |
| 2 October 2004 | 1 | Welcome to the North | The Music | 8 | 2 October 2004 | 1 |
| 9 October 2004 | 5 | Mind Body & Soul | Joss Stone | 1 | 9 October 2004 | 1 |
| 9 October 2004 | 2 | Lest We Forget: The Best Of | Marilyn Manson | 4 | 9 October 2004 | 1 |
| 9 October 2004 | 2 | Tom Jones & Jools Holland | Tom Jones & Jools Holland | 5 | 9 October 2004 | 2 |
| 9 October 2004 | 2 | The Best of Groove Armada | Groove Armada | 6 | 9 October 2004 | 2 |
| 9 October 2004 | 1 | Brian Wilson Presents Smile | Brian Wilson | 7 | 9 October 2004 | 1 |
| 16 October 2004 | 3 | Around the Sun | R.E.M. | 1 | 16 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 11 | 10 Years of Hits | Ronan Keating | 1 | 23 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 1 | Astronaut | Duran Duran | 3 | 23 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 2 | Miracle | Celine Dion | 5 | 23 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 1 | The Chronicles of Life and Death | Good Charlotte | 8 | 23 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 2 | Welcome to My World: 23 Classics from the Jim Reeves Songbook | Daniel O'Donnell | 6 | 30 October 2004 | 1 |
| 30 October 2004 | 14 | Greatest Hits (#3) | Robbie Williams | 1 | 30 October 2004 | 4 |
| 30 October 2004 | 3 | Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III | Rod Stewart | 3 | 30 October 2004 | 2 |
| 6 November 2004 | 1 | Best of Def Leppard | Def Leppard | 6 | 6 November 2004 | 1 |
| 6 November 2004 | 1 | Something's Goin' On | Cliff Richard | 7 | 6 November 2004 | 1 |
| 6 November 2004 | 1 | Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004 | Placebo | 8 | 6 November 2004 | 1 |
| 6 November 2004 | 1 | Amore Musica | Russell Watson | 10 | 6 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 11 | Il Divo (#10) | Il Divo | 1 | 13 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 1 | Aha Shake Heartbreak | Kings of Leon | 3 | 13 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 2 | Singles | Travis | 4 | 13 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 1 | All the Best | Tina Turner | 6 | 13 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 1 | Number Ones | Bee Gees | 7 | 13 November 2004 | 1 |
| 13 November 2004 | 3 | Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New ♦ | Phil Collins | 9 | 19 February 2005 | 1 |
| 20 November 2004 | 11 | Encore | Eminem | 1 | 20 November 2004 | 2 |
| 20 November 2004 | 3 | Greatest Hits: My Prerogative | Britney Spears | 2 | 20 November 2004 | 1 |
| 20 November 2004 | 4 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank | Westlife | 3 | 20 November 2004 | 1 |
| 20 November 2004 | 5 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain | 6 | 20 November 2004 | 2 |
| 20 November 2004 | 1 | Second First Impression | Daniel Bedingfield | 8 | 20 November 2004 | 1 |
| 27 November 2004 | 2 | Destiny Fulfilled | Destiny's Child | 5 | 27 November 2004 | 1 |
| 27 November 2004 | 1 | Best of Blue | Blue | 6 | 27 November 2004 | 1 |
| 4 December 2004 | 7 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | U2 | 1 | 4 December 2004 | 3 |
| 4 December 2004 | 7 | Ultimate Kylie | Kylie Minogue | 4 | 4 December 2004 | 3 |
| 11 December 2004 | 2 | What Will the Neighbours Say? | Girls Aloud | 6 | 11 December 2004 | 1 |
| 11 December 2004 | 1 | Time to Grow | Lemar | 8 | 11 December 2004 | 1 |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2004, including albums that reached their peak in 2003 or 2005. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2003 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
| 2 | Daniel O'Donnell | 5 | The Jukebox Years, Welcome to My World |
| 2 | Dido | 12 | Life for Rent, No Angel |
| 2 | Joss Stone | 17 | Mind Body & Soul, The Soul Sessions |
| 2 | Phil Collins | 2 | Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New, The Platinum Collection |
| 2 | R.E.M. | 7 | Around the Sun, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 |
| 2 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 8 | Greatest Hits, Live in Hyde Park |
| 2 | The Streets | 18 | A Grand Don't Come for Free, Original Pirate Material |
| 2 | Westlife | 4 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank, Turnaround |