# List of UK top-ten albums in 2006

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 2006, as well as albums which peaked in 2005 and 2007 but were in the top 10 in 2006. 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-two albums were in the top ten this year. Fourteen albums from 2005 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and Loose by Nelly Furtado were both released in 2006 but did not reach their peak until 2007. Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, Employment by Kaiser Chiefs, In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson, PCD by The Pussycat Dolls and Stars of CCTV by Hard-Fi were the albums from 2005 to reach their peak in 2006. Two artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2006. Arctic Monkeys, Editors, The Kooks, Rihanna and Shayne Ward were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2006.
The 2005 Christmas number-one album, Curtain Call: The Hits by Eminem, remained at the top spot for the first week of 2006. The first new number-one album of the year was First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2006, with thirty-three unique artists hitting that position.

## Background
### Multiple entries

One-hundred and thirty-two albums charted in the top 10 in 2006, with one-hundred and twenty-one albums reaching their peak this year (including Snap!, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on its latest chart run).
Two artist scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2006. Robbie Williams had three top 10 albums this year, while Daniel O'Donnell had two entries. Daniel O'Donnell's two entries were both released this year.

### Chart debuts

Thirty-six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2006 as a lead artist.
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 |
| Editors | 1 | The Back Room | 2 | — |
| José González | 1 | Veneer | 7 | — |
| Arctic Monkeys | 1 | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | 1 | — |
| The Kooks | 1 | Inside In / Inside Out | 2 | — |
| Corinne Bailey Rae | 1 | Corinne Bailey Rae | 1 | — |
| Vittorio Grigolo | 1 | In the Hands of Love | 6 | — |
| Journey South | 1 | Journey South | 1 | — |
| Andy Abraham | 1 | The Impossible Dream | 2 | — |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 1 | Show Your Bones | 7 | — |
| The Flaming Lips | 1 | At War with the Mystics | 6 | — |
| Shayne Ward | 1 | Shayne Ward | 1 | — |
| Peter Grant | 1 | New Vintage | 8 | — |
| Gnarls Barkley | 1 | St. Elsewhere | 1 | — |
| Rihanna | 1 | A Girl like Me | 5 | — |
| Emmylou Harris | 1 | All the Roadrunning | 8 | — |
| Jamie Foxx | 1 | Unpredictable | 9 | — |
| Tool | 1 | 10,000 Days | 4 | — |
| Dirty Pretty Things | 1 | Waterloo to Anywhere | 3 | — |
| The Raconteurs | 1 | Broken Boy Soldiers | 2 | — |
| Angels & Airwaves | 1 | We Don't Need to Whisper | 6 | — |
| Orson | 1 | Bright Idea | 1 | — |
| Sandi Thom | 1 | Smile... It Confuses People | 1 | — |
| The Feeling | 1 | Twelve Stops and Home | 2 | — |
| The Automatic | 1 | Not Accepted Anywhere | 3 | — |
| Dixie Chicks | 1 | Taking the Long Way | 10 | — |
| Ray LaMontagne | 1 | Trouble | 5 | — |
| Lily Allen | 1 | Alright, Still | 2 | — |
| Paolo Nutini | 1 | These Streets | 3 | — |
| James Morrison | 1 | Undiscovered | 1 | — |
| The Fratellis | 1 | Costello Music | 2 | — |
| Trivium | 1 | The Crusade | 7 | — |
| John Legend | 1 | Once Again | 10 | — |
| Angelis | 1 | Angelis | 2 | — |
| All Angels | 1 | All Angels | 9 | — |
| Tenacious D | 1 | The Pick of Destiny | 10 | — |
| Fron Male Voice Choir | 1 | Voices of the Valley | 9 | — |

#### Notes

Simon Webbe released his debut album in 2006 during his group Blue's hiatus - he had recorded 3 number-one albums and a number 6 peaking compilation album with his bandmates by that point. David Gilmour was part of the highly successful Pink Floyd but he secured his first solo top 10 album this year with On an Island going straight to the top of the chart. His previous two efforts - 1978's self-titled album (17) and 1984's About Face (21) - both fell short of the top ten.
Like fellow Libertines member Pete Doherty with Babyshambles the previous year, Carl Barat hit the chart with his new band Dirty Pretty Things with their debut album Waterloo to Anywhere, peaking at number three. Similarly another new rock band The Raconteurs included The White Stripes frontman Jack White among its line-up.
Thom Yorke stepped into the spotlight away from Radiohead with his debut album, The Eraser reaching third position in the chart. Pharrell Williams also reached the top 10 with his first solo effort, In My Mind. With his group N.E.R.D., Fly or Die had previously made the chart.

### Best-selling albums

Snow Patrol had the best-selling album of the year with Eyes Open. The album spent 35 weeks in the top 10 (including three weeks at number one), sold 1.504 million copies and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Beautiful World by Take That came in second place. Scissor Sisters' Ta-Dah, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not from Arctic Monkeys and Inside In / Inside Out by The Kooks made up the top five. Albums by Razorlight, Oasis, Westlife, Pink and James Morrison were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2005 but still in chart in 2006. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2006 but peaked in 2007. |
| (#) | 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 2005 |||||||
| 19 March 2005 | 35 | Employment | Kaiser Chiefs | 2 | 25 February 2006 | 1 |
| 21 May 2005 | 19 | Eye to the Telescope ‡ | KT Tunstall | 3 | 24 September 2005 | 2 |
| 4 June 2005 | 22 | Demon Days ‡ | Gorillaz | 1 | 4 June 2005 | 1 |
| 4 June 2005 | 40 | Back to Bedlam ‡ | James Blunt | 1 | 16 July 2005 | 10 |
| 18 June 2005 | 18 | X & Y ‡ | Coldplay | 1 | 18 June 2005 | 4 |
| 16 July 2005 | 7 | Stars of CCTV | Hard-Fi | 1 | 28 January 2006 | 1 |
| 30 July 2005 | 23 | Breakaway | Kelly Clarkson | 3 | 7 January 2006 | 1 |
| 17 September 2005 | 17 | In Between Dreams | Jack Johnson | 1 | 4 March 2006 | 1 |
| 24 September 2005 | 5 | PCD | The Pussycat Dolls | 7 | 8 July 2006 | 1 |
| 8 October 2005 | 10 | Piece by Piece ‡ | Katie Melua | 1 | 8 October 2005 | 1 |
| 5 November 2005 | 10 | Intensive Care ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | 5 November 2005 | 1 |
| 26 November 2005 | 7 | Confessions on a Dance Floor ‡ | Madonna | 1 | 26 November 2005 | 2 |
| 3 December 2005 | 10 | Keep On ‡ | Will Young | 2 | 3 December 2005 | 1 |
| 10 December 2005 | 8 | Curtain Call: The Hits ‡ | Eminem | 1 | 10 December 2005 | 5 |
| Albums in 2006 |||||||
| 7 January 2006 | 2 | Greatest Hits | Robbie Williams | 5 | 7 January 2006 | 1 |
| 14 January 2006 | 3 | First Impressions of Earth | The Strokes | 1 | 14 January 2006 | 1 |
| 21 January 2006 | 3 | The Back Room | Editors | 2 | 28 January 2006 | 1 |
| 28 January 2006 | 4 | Veneer | José González | 7 | 28 January 2006 | 2 |
| 4 February 2006 | 8 | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (#4) | Arctic Monkeys | 1 | 4 February 2006 | 4 |
| 4 February 2006 | 3 | Keys to the World | Richard Ashcroft | 2 | 4 February 2006 | 2 |
| 4 February 2006 | 3 | From Daniel with Love: A Collection of 20 Great Love Songs | Daniel O'Donnell | 5 | 4 February 2006 | 1 |
| 4 February 2006 | 25 | Inside In / Inside Out (#5) | The Kooks | 2 | 15 July 2006 | 2 |
| 18 February 2006 | 1 | The Very Best of Johnny Mathis | Johnny Mathis | 6 | 18 February 2006 | 1 |
| 18 February 2006 | 1 | The Life Pursuit | Belle and Sebastian | 8 | 18 February 2006 | 1 |
| 25 February 2006 | 3 | Snap! | The Jam | 8 | 4 March 2006 | 2 |
| 4 March 2006 | 3 | 12 Songs | Neil Diamond | 5 | 4 March 2006 | 1 |
| 11 March 2006 | 10 | Corinne Bailey Rae | Corinne Bailey Rae | 1 | 11 March 2006 | 2 |
| 11 March 2006 | 2 | Sanctuary | Simon Webbe | 7 | 18 March 2006 | 1 |
| 18 March 2006 | 2 | On an Island | David Gilmour | 1 | 18 March 2006 | 1 |
| 18 March 2006 | 4 | Amore | Andrea Bocelli | 4 | 18 March 2006 | 1 |
| 18 March 2006 | 1 | Pay the Devil | Van Morrison | 8 | 18 March 2006 | 1 |
| 25 March 2006 | 3 | The Voice: The Ultimate Collection | Russell Watson | 2 | 25 March 2006 | 1 |
| 25 March 2006 | 2 | In the Hands of Love | Vittorio Grigolo | 6 | 25 March 2006 | 1 |
| 25 March 2006 | 1 | Meds | Placebo | 7 | 25 March 2006 | 1 |
| 25 March 2006 | 2 | Greatest Hits | David Essex | 7 | 1 April 2006 | 1 |
| 1 April 2006 | 3 | Journey South | Journey South | 1 | 1 April 2006 | 1 |
| 1 April 2006 | 3 | The Impossible Dream | Andy Abraham | 2 | 1 April 2006 | 1 |
| 1 April 2006 | 1 | 3121 | Prince | 9 | 1 April 2006 | 1 |
| 1 April 2006 | 3 | Voice – The Best of Beverley Knight | Beverley Knight | 9 | 22 April 2006 | 2 |
| 8 April 2006 | 3 | This New Day | Embrace | 1 | 8 April 2006 | 1 |
| 8 April 2006 | 7 | Collected | Massive Attack | 2 | 8 April 2006 | 3 |
| 8 April 2006 | 1 | Show Your Bones | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 7 | 8 April 2006 | 1 |
| 15 April 2006 | 2 | Ringleader of the Tormentors | Morrissey | 1 | 15 April 2006 | 1 |
| 15 April 2006 | 7 | I'm Not Dead (#9) | Pink | 3 | 15 April 2006 | 1 |
| 15 April 2006 | 1 | At War with the Mystics | The Flaming Lips | 6 | 15 April 2006 | 1 |
| 22 April 2006 | 2 | The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living | The Streets | 1 | 22 April 2006 | 1 |
| 29 April 2006 | 5 | Shayne Ward | Shayne Ward | 1 | 29 April 2006 | 1 |
| 29 April 2006 | 7 | Tired of Hanging Around | The Zutons | 2 | 29 April 2006 | 1 |
| 29 April 2006 | 1 | New Vintage | Peter Grant | 8 | 29 April 2006 | 1 |
| 29 April 2006 | 1 | Simpatico | The Charlatans | 10 | 29 April 2006 | 1 |
| 6 May 2006 | 7 | St. Elsewhere | Gnarls Barkley | 1 | 6 May 2006 | 1 |
| 6 May 2006 | 1 | We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions | Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 6 May 2006 | 1 |
| 6 May 2006 | 9 | A Girl Like Me | Rihanna | 5 | 22 July 2006 | 1 |
| 6 May 2006 | 1 | All the Roadrunning | Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | 8 | 6 May 2006 | 1 |
| 6 May 2006 | 1 | Unpredictable | Jamie Foxx | 9 | 6 May 2006 | 1 |
| 13 May 2006 | 35 | Eyes Open (#1) | Snow Patrol | 1 | 13 May 2006 | 3 |
| 13 May 2006 | 1 | 10,000 Days | Tool | 4 | 13 May 2006 | 1 |
| 13 May 2006 | 1 | Pearl Jam | Pearl Jam | 5 | 13 May 2006 | 1 |
| 20 May 2006 | 6 | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 20 May 2006 | 3 |
| 20 May 2006 | 2 | Waterloo to Anywhere | Dirty Pretty Things | 3 | 20 May 2006 | 1 |
| 27 May 2006 | 2 | Broken Boy Soldiers | The Raconteurs | 2 | 27 May 2006 | 1 |
| 27 May 2006 | 4 | The Singles | Feeder | 2 | 3 June 2006 | 1 |
| 27 May 2006 | 1 | Superbi | The Beautiful South | 6 | 27 May 2006 | 1 |
| 3 June 2006 | 2 | The Garden | Zero 7 | 4 | 3 June 2006 | 1 |
| 3 June 2006 | 1 | Fundamental | Pet Shop Boys | 5 | 3 June 2006 | 1 |
| 3 June 2006 | 1 | We Don't Need to Whisper | Angels & Airwaves | 6 | 3 June 2006 | 1 |
| 10 June 2006 | 5 | Bright Idea | Orson | 1 | 10 June 2006 | 1 |
| 10 June 2006 | 13 | The Very Best of Nina Simone | Nina Simone | 6 | 8 July 2006 | 1 |
| 17 June 2006 | 4 | Smile... It Confuses People | Sandi Thom | 1 | 17 June 2006 | 1 |
| 17 June 2006 | 9 | Twelve Stops and Home | The Feeling | 2 | 17 June 2006 | 1 |
| 17 June 2006 | 1 | Bring You Home | Ronan Keating | 3 | 17 June 2006 | 1 |
| 17 June 2006 | 2 | Surprise | Paul Simon | 4 | 17 June 2006 | 2 |
| 17 June 2006 | 1 | Riot City Blues | Primal Scream | 5 | 17 June 2006 | 1 |
| 24 June 2006 | 9 | Under the Iron Sea | Keane | 1 | 24 June 2006 | 2 |
| 24 June 2006 | 18 | Loose ♦ | Nelly Furtado | 4 | 21 April 2007 | 1 |
| 24 June 2006 | 1 | The Complete Greatest Hits | Eagles | 9 | 27 June 2006 | 1 |
| 1 July 2006 | 4 | The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder | Fatboy Slim | 2 | 1 July 2006 | 1 |
| 1 July 2006 | 2 | Not Accepted Anywhere | The Automatic | 3 | 1 July 2006 | 1 |
| 1 July 2006 | 1 | Taking the Long Way | Dixie Chicks | 10 | 1 July 2006 | 1 |
| 8 July 2006 | 2 | Liberation Transmission | Lostprophets | 1 | 8 July 2006 | 1 |
| 15 July 2006 | 6 | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse | 1 | 15 July 2006 | 2 |
| 15 July 2006 | 1 | American V: A Hundred Highways | Johnny Cash | 9 | 15 July 2006 | 1 |
| 22 July 2006 | 1 | The Eraser | Thom Yorke | 3 | 22 July 2006 | 1 |
| 22 July 2006 | 5 | Trouble | Ray LaMontagne | 5 | 12 August 2006 | 1 |
| 29 July 2006 | 23 | Razorlight (#6) | Razorlight | 1 | 29 July 2006 | 2 |
| 29 July 2006 | 12 | Alright, Still | Lily Allen | 2 | 29 July 2006 | 1 |
| 29 July 2006 | 15 | These Streets | Paolo Nutini | 3 | 29 July 2006 | 1 |
| 5 August 2006 | 1 | In My Mind | Pharrell Williams | 7 | 5 August 2006 | 1 |
| 12 August 2006 | 17 | Undiscovered (#10) | James Morrison | 1 | 12 August 2006 | 2 |
| 26 August 2006 | 3 | Back to Basics | Christina Aguilera | 1 | 26 August 2006 | 1 |
| 9 September 2006 | 4 | Empire | Kasabian | 1 | 9 September 2006 | 1 |
| 9 September 2006 | 5 | Modern Times | Bob Dylan | 3 | 9 September 2006 | 1 |
| 9 September 2006 | 1 | A Matter of Life and Death | Iron Maiden | 4 | 9 September 2006 | 1 |
| 16 September 2006 | 2 | B'Day | Beyoncé | 3 | 16 September 2006 | 1 |
| 16 September 2006 | 1 | Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo | Freddie Mercury | 6 | 16 September 2006 | 1 |
| 16 September 2006 | 1 | Respect M.E. | Missy Elliot | 7 | 16 September 2006 | 1 |
| 23 September 2006 | 9 | FutureSex/LoveSounds | Justin Timberlake | 1 | 23 September 2006 | 1 |
| 23 September 2006 | 11 | Costello Music | The Fratellis | 2 | 23 September 2006 | 3 |
| 23 September 2006 | 3 | The Truth About Love | Lemar | 3 | 23 September 2006 | 1 |
| 30 September 2006 | 8 | Ta-Dah (#3) | Scissor Sisters | 1 | 30 September 2006 | 2 |
| 30 September 2006 | 1 | The Captain & the Kid | Elton John | 6 | 30 September 2006 | 1 |
| 14 October 2006 | 8 | Sam's Town | The Killers | 1 | 14 October 2006 | 3 |
| 14 October 2006 | 3 | The Open Door | Evanescence | 2 | 14 October 2006 | 1 |
| 14 October 2006 | 1 | Until the Next Time | Daniel O'Donnell | 10 | 14 October 2006 | 1 |
| 21 October 2006 | 1 | The Crusade | Trivium | 7 | 21 October 2006 | 1 |
| 28 October 2006 | 1 | The Ultimate | Luther Vandross | 10 | 28 October 2006 | 1 |
| 4 November 2006 | 3 | Rudebox | Robbie Williams | 1 | 4 November 2006 | 1 |
| 4 November 2006 | 2 | The Black Parade | My Chemical Romance | 2 | 4 November 2006 | 1 |
| 4 November 2006 | 2 | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose | Meat Loaf | 3 | 4 November 2006 | 1 |
| 4 November 2006 | 2 | Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time | Rod Stewart | 4 | 4 November 2006 | 1 |
| 4 November 2006 | 1 | Once Again | John Legend | 10 | 4 November 2006 | 1 |
| 11 November 2006 | 7 | The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits | Girls Aloud | 1 | 11 November 2006 | 1 |
| 11 November 2006 | 54 | Back to Black ♦ | Amy Winehouse | 1 | 20 January 2007 | 3 |
| 11 November 2006 | 1 | Endless Wire | The Who | 9 | 11 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 6 | High Times: Singles 1992–2006 | Jamiroquai | 1 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 3 | Angelis | Angelis | 2 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 1 | 9 | Damien Rice | 4 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 2 | Serenade | Katherine Jenkins | 5 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 1 | Motion in the Ocean | McFly | 6 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 2 | Hit Parade | Paul Weller | 7 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 18 November 2006 | 1 | Two's Company: The Duets | Cliff Richard | 8 | 18 November 2006 | 1 |
| 25 November 2006 | 7 | Twenty Five | George Michael | 1 | 25 November 2006 | 1 |
| 25 November 2006 | 2 | Overloaded: The Singles Collection | Sugababes | 3 | 25 November 2006 | 1 |
| 25 November 2006 | 1 | All Angels | All Angels | 9 | 25 November 2006 | 1 |
| 25 November 2006 | 1 | The Pick of Destiny | Tenacious D | 10 | 25 November 2006 | 1 |
| 2 December 2006 | 6 | The Love Album (#8) | Westlife | 1 | 2 December 2006 | 1 |
| 2 December 2006 | 8 | Stop the Clocks (#7) | Oasis | 2 | 2 December 2006 | 4 |
| 2 December 2006 | 9 | Love | The Beatles | 3 | 2 December 2006 | 1 |
| 2 December 2006 | 6 | U218 Singles | U2 | 4 | 2 December 2006 | 1 |
| 9 December 2006 | 28 | Beautiful World (#2) | Take That | 1 | 9 December 2006 | 8 |
| 9 December 2006 | 4 | Siempre | Il Divo | 2 | 9 December 2006 | 1 |
| 9 December 2006 | 2 | Voices of the Valley | Fron Male Voice Choir | 9 | 9 December 2006 | 2 |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2006, including albums that reached their peak in 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 2006 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
| 3 | Robbie Williams | 6 | Greatest Hits, Intensive Care, Rudebox |
| 2 | Daniel O'Donnell | 4 | From Daniel with Love: A Collection of 20 Great Love Songs, Until the Next Time |