# List of UK top-ten albums in 2005

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 2005, as well as albums which peaked in 2004 and 2006 but were in the top 10 in 2005. 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 twenty-nine albums were in the top ten this year. Nineteen albums from 2004 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while 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 all released in 2005 but did not reach their peak until 2006. Hot Fuss by The Killers and Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New by Phil Collins were the albums from 2004 to reach their peak in 2005. Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Akon, James Blunt, Kaiser Chiefs, Kelly Clarkson and The Pussycat Dolls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2005.
The 2004 Christmas number-one album, Greatest Hits by Robbie Williams, remained at the top spot for the first week of 2005. American Idiot by Green Day returned for a second week as a chart topper after scaling the chart in October 2004, followed by the self titled album by Scissor Sisters which spent its third of four separate weeks as a chart topper. The first new number-one album of the year was Hot Fuss by The Killers. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2005, with Robbie Williams (2) having the most albums hit that position.

## Background
### Multiple entries

One-hundred and twenty-nine albums charted in the top 10 in 2005, with one-hundred and two albums reaching their peak this year (including Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey) and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, which both charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).
Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Eminem, Franz Ferdinand, G4, Green Day, Il Divo, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. G4's two entries were both released this year, with Greatest Hits by Mariah Carey returning after missing the top 10 when it was first released in 2001.

### Chart debuts

Thirty-one artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2005 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 |
| The Zutons | 1 | Who Killed...... The Zutons? | 6 | — |
| Rooster | 1 | Rooster | 3 | — |
| The Game | 1 | The Documentary | 7 | — |
| Athlete | 1 | Tourist | 1 | — |
| Bloc Party | 1 | Silent Alarm | 3 | — |
| Tony Christie | 1 | Definitive Collection | 1 | — |
| G4 | 1 | G4 | 1 | — |
| Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | Employment | 2 | — |
| Mario | 1 | Turning Point | 8 | — |
| The Bravery | 1 | The Bravery | 5 | — |
| Jem | 1 | Finally Woken | 6 | — |
| Akon | 1 | Trouble | 1 | — |
| Patrizio Buanne | 1 | The Italian | 10 | — |
| Strange Sensation | 1 | Mighty ReArranger | 4 | — |
| Steve Brookstein | 1 | Heart & Soul | 1 | — |
| KT Tunstall | 1 | Eye to the Telescope | 3 | — |
| System of a Down | 1 | Mezmerize | 2 | — |
| James Blunt | 1 | Back to Bedlam | 1 | — |
| Audioslave | 1 | Out of Exile | 5 | — |
| The Magic Numbers | 1 | The Magic Numbers | 7 | — |
| Hard-Fi | 1 | Stars of CCTV | 1 | — |
| Kelly Clarkson | 1 | Breakaway | 3 | — |
| Crazy Frog | 1 | Crazy Hits | 5 | — |
| Daniel Powter | 1 | Daniel Powter | 5 | — |
| Madeleine Peyroux | 1 | Careless Love | 7 | — |
| Goldfrapp | 1 | Supernature | 2 | — |
| Kanye West | 1 | Late Registration | 2 | — |
| Jack Johnson | 1 | In Between Dreams | 1 | — |
| The Pussycat Dolls | 1 | PCD | 7 | — |
| Paul Anka | 1 | Rock Swings | 9 | — |
| Babyshambles | 1 | Down in Albion | 10 | — |

#### Notes

Gwen Stefani kickstarted her solo career in 2005 with her debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. reaching number 4. Her previous album chart success was as part of her group No Doubt. Strange Sensation was a group created by former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant after years of success on his own. Their first album Dreamland had missed the top ten in 2002, stalling at number 20.
Lee Ryan had three successive number-one albums in the line-up of Blue, beginning with All Rise in 2001, followed by One Love and Guilty in successive years. His self titled album was his first and only solo entry on the album chart. Babyshambles was a new project for former Libertines singer Pete Doherty, with their debut album Down in Albion reaching number ten.

### Best-selling albums

James Blunt had the best-selling album of the year with Back to Bedlam. The album spent 40 weeks in the top 10 (including ten weeks at number one), sold almost 2.368 million copies and was certified 8× platinum by the BPI. X & Y by Coldplay came in second place. Robbie Williams' Intensive Care, Employment from Kaiser Chiefs and Demon Days by Gorillaz made up the top five. Albums by Westlife, KT Tunstall, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem and Faithless were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2004 but still in chart in 2005. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2005 but peaked in 2006. |
| (#) | 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 2004 |||||||
| 24 January 2004 | 9 | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below ‡ | Outkast | 8 | 24 January 2004 | 4 |
| 21 February 2004 | 13 | Franz Ferdinand ‡ | Franz Ferdinand | 3 | 21 February 2004 | 1 |
| 10 April 2004 | 41 | Scissor Sisters ‡ | Scissor Sisters | 1 | 10 July 2004 | 4 |
| 24 April 2004 | 29 | Songs About Jane ‡ | Maroon 5 | 1 | 28 August 2004 | 1 |
| 22 May 2004 | 27 | Hopes and Fears ‡ | Keane | 1 | 22 May 2004 | 5 |
| 19 June 2004 | 14 | Hot Fuss | The Killers | 1 | 22 January 2005 | 2 |
| 10 July 2004 | 5 | Up All Night ‡ | Razorlight | 3 | 10 July 2004 | 1 |
| 24 July 2004 | 6 | O ‡ | Damien Rice | 8 | 24 July 2004 | 4 |
| 18 September 2004 | 4 | Kasabian ‡ | Kasabian | 4 | 18 September 2004 | 3 |
| 2 October 2004 | 18 | American Idiot ‡ | Green Day | 1 | 2 October 2004 | 2 |
| 9 October 2004 | 5 | Mind Body & Soul ‡ | Joss Stone | 1 | 9 October 2004 | 1 |
| 23 October 2004 | 11 | 10 Years of Hits ‡ | Ronan Keating | 1 | 23 October 2004 | 1 |
| 30 October 2004 | 14 | Greatest Hits ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | 30 October 2004 | 4 |
| 13 November 2004 | 11 | Il Divo ‡ | Il Divo | 1 | 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 | 4 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank ‡ | Westlife | 3 | 20 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 |
| Albums in 2005 |||||||
| 8 January 2005 | 3 | Who Killed...... The Zutons? | The Zutons | 6 | 8 January 2005 | 1 |
| 29 January 2005 | 12 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | 4 | 29 January 2005 | 1 |
| 5 February 2005 | 3 | Push the Button | The Chemical Brothers | 1 | 5 February 2005 | 1 |
| 5 February 2005 | 2 | Rooster | Rooster | 3 | 5 February 2005 | 1 |
| 5 February 2005 | 1 | The Documentary | The Game | 7 | 5 February 2005 | 1 |
| 12 February 2005 | 7 | Tourist | Athlete | 1 | 12 February 2005 | 1 |
| 12 February 2005 | 1 | Pushing the Senses | Feeder | 2 | 12 February 2005 | 1 |
| 12 February 2005 | 1 | It's Time | Michael Bublé | 4 | 12 February 2005 | 1 |
| 12 February 2005 | 3 | Love, Elvis | Elvis Presley | 8 | 19 February 2005 | 2 |
| 26 February 2005 | 2 | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | 3 | 26 February 2005 | 1 |
| 5 March 2005 | 1 | Some Cities | Doves | 1 | 5 March 2005 | 1 |
| 5 March 2005 | 11 | Definitive Collection | Tony Christie | 1 | 2 April 2005 | 2 |
| 12 March 2005 | 8 | G4 | G4 | 1 | 12 March 2005 | 1 |
| 12 March 2005 | 1 | Gold: Greatest Hits | The Carpenters | 4 | 12 March 2005 | 1 |
| 12 March 2005 | 1 | The Ultimate | Matt Monro | 7 | 12 March 2005 | 1 |
| 12 March 2005 | 1 | Rebirth | Jennifer Lopez | 8 | 12 March 2005 | 1 |
| 19 March 2005 | 9 | The Massacre | 50 Cent | 1 | 19 March 2005 | 1 |
| 19 March 2005 | 35 | Employment ♦ (#4) | Kaiser Chiefs | 2 | 25 February 2006 | 1 |
| 19 March 2005 | 1 | Turning Point | Mario | 8 | 19 March 2005 | 1 |
| 19 March 2005 | 1 | Warnings/Promises | Idlewild | 9 | 19 March 2005 | 1 |
| 26 March 2005 | 6 | Language. Sex. Violence. Other? | Stereophonics | 1 | 26 March 2005 | 1 |
| 26 March 2005 | 1 | The Bravery | The Bravery | 5 | 26 March 2005 | 1 |
| 26 March 2005 | 1 | Hotel | Moby | 8 | 26 March 2005 | 1 |
| 26 March 2005 | 1 | Human After All | Daft Punk | 10 | 26 March 2005 | 1 |
| 2 April 2005 | 11 | The Singles | Basement Jaxx | 1 | 23 April 2005 | 1 |
| 2 April 2005 | 2 | Lullabies to Paralyze | Queens of the Stone Age | 4 | 2 April 2005 | 1 |
| 9 April 2005 | 1 | Waiting for the Sirens' Call | New Order | 5 | 9 April 2005 | 1 |
| 9 April 2005 | 3 | Finally Woken | Jem | 6 | 2 July 2005 | 1 |
| 16 April 2005 | 3 | Counting Down the Days | Natalie Imbruglia | 1 | 16 April 2005 | 1 |
| 16 April 2005 | 9 | Trouble | Akon | 1 | 30 April 2005 | 2 |
| 16 April 2005 | 6 | The Emancipation of Mimi | Mariah Carey | 7 | 16 April 2005 | 2 |
| 23 April 2005 | 1 | Bleed Like Me | Garbage | 4 | 23 April 2005 | 1 |
| 23 April 2005 | 3 | The Collection | Shakin' Stevens | 4 | 30 April 2005 | 1 |
| 7 May 2005 | 3 | Devils & Dust | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 7 May 2005 | 1 |
| 7 May 2005 | 1 | The Italian | Patrizio Buanne | 10 | 7 May 2005 | 1 |
| 14 May 2005 | 1 | With Teeth | Nine Inch Nails | 3 | 14 May 2005 | 1 |
| 14 May 2005 | 1 | Mighty ReArranger | Robert Plant & Strange Sensation | 4 | 14 May 2005 | 1 |
| 14 May 2005 | 2 | I Feel Free - Ultimate Cream | Cream | 6 | 14 May 2005 | 2 |
| 21 May 2005 | 2 | Heart & Soul | Steve Brookstein | 1 | 21 May 2005 | 1 |
| 21 May 2005 | 19 | Eye to the Telescope (#7) | KT Tunstall | 3 | 24 September 2005 | 2 |
| 28 May 2005 | 16 | Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits (#10) | Faithless | 1 | 28 May 2005 | 1 |
| 28 May 2005 | 2 | Mezmerize | System of a Down | 2 | 28 May 2005 | 1 |
| 28 May 2005 | 1 | Magic Time | Van Morrison | 3 | 28 May 2005 | 1 |
| 4 June 2005 | 22 | Demon Days (#5) | Gorillaz | 1 | 4 June 2005 | 1 |
| 4 June 2005 | 1 | The Invisible Invasion | The Coral | 3 | 4 June 2005 | 1 |
| 4 June 2005 | 40 | Back to Bedlam (#1) | James Blunt | 1 | 16 July 2005 | 10 |
| 4 June 2005 | 1 | Out of Exile | Audioslave | 5 | 4 June 2005 | 1 |
| 11 June 2005 | 6 | Don't Believe the Truth | Oasis | 1 | 11 June 2005 | 1 |
| 11 June 2005 | 3 | Monkey Business | The Black Eyed Peas | 4 | 11 June 2005 | 1 |
| 11 June 2005 | 1 | Jackinabox | Turin Brakes | 9 | 11 June 2005 | 1 |
| 18 June 2005 | 18 | X & Y (#2) | Coldplay | 1 | 18 June 2005 | 4 |
| 18 June 2005 | 2 | Get Behind Me Satan | The White Stripes | 3 | 18 June 2005 | 1 |
| 25 June 2005 | 5 | In Your Honour | Foo Fighters | 2 | 25 June 2005 | 1 |
| 25 June 2005 | 1 | All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | 6 | 25 June 2005 | 1 |
| 25 June 2005 | 5 | The Magic Numbers | The Magic Numbers | 7 | 25 June 2005 | 1 |
| 25 June 2005 | 9 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds | Jeff Wayne | 5 | 13 August 2005 | 1 |
| 2 July 2005 | 2 | Dynamite | Jamiroquai | 3 | 2 July 2005 | 1 |
| 16 July 2005 | 7 | Stars of CCTV ♦ | Hard-Fi | 1 | 28 January 2006 | 1 |
| 23 July 2005 | 1 | Tissues and Issues | Charlotte Church | 5 | 23 July 2005 | 1 |
| 30 July 2005 | 4 | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | 2 | 30 July 2005 | 1 |
| 30 July 2005 | 23 | Breakaway ♦ (#8) | Kelly Clarkson | 3 | 7 January 2006 | 1 |
| 6 August 2005 | 2 | Crazy Hits | Crazy Frog | 5 | 6 August 2005 | 1 |
| 13 August 2005 | 1 | Lee Ryan | Lee Ryan | 6 | 13 August 2005 | 1 |
| 20 August 2005 | 3 | Daniel Powter | Daniel Powter | 5 | 20 August 2005 | 2 |
| 27 August 2005 | 2 | Careless Love | Madeleine Peyroux | 7 | 27 August 2005 | 1 |
| 27 August 2005 | 1 | Road to Rouen | Supergrass | 9 | 27 August 2005 | 1 |
| 3 September 2005 | 2 | Supernature | Goldfrapp | 2 | 3 September 2005 | 1 |
| 3 September 2005 | 1 | The Story Goes... | Craig David | 5 | 3 September 2005 | 1 |
| 10 September 2005 | 2 | Wonderland | McFly | 1 | 10 September 2005 | 1 |
| 10 September 2005 | 6 | Late Registration | Kanye West | 2 | 10 September 2005 | 1 |
| 17 September 2005 | 1 | A Bigger Bang | The Rolling Stones | 2 | 17 September 2005 | 1 |
| 17 September 2005 | 17 | In Between Dreams ♦ | Jack Johnson | 1 | 4 March 2006 | 1 |
| 24 September 2005 | 6 | Life in Slow Motion | David Gray | 1 | 24 September 2005 | 2 |
| 24 September 2005 | 5 | PCD ♦ | The Pussycat Dolls | 7 | 8 July 2006 | 1 |
| 24 September 2005 | 1 | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | Paul McCartney | 10 | 24 September 2005 | 1 |
| 1 October 2005 | 2 | Have a Nice Day | Bon Jovi | 2 | 1 October 2005 | 1 |
| 1 October 2005 | 3 | Guilty Too | Barbra Streisand | 3 | 1 October 2005 | 1 |
| 1 October 2005 | 1 | The Greatest | Ian Brown | 5 | 1 October 2005 | 1 |
| 1 October 2005 | 1 | Teenage Dreams: 20 Great Rock 'N' Roll Memories | Daniel O'Donnell | 10 | 1 October 2005 | 1 |
| 8 October 2005 | 10 | Piece by Piece | Katie Melua | 1 | 8 October 2005 | 1 |
| 8 October 2005 | 2 | Catching Tales | Jamie Cullum | 4 | 8 October 2005 | 1 |
| 8 October 2005 | 1 | Odyssey | Hayley Westenra | 10 | 8 October 2005 | 1 |
| 15 October 2005 | 3 | You Could Have It So Much Better | Franz Ferdinand | 1 | 15 October 2005 | 1 |
| 15 October 2005 | 1 | Rock Swings | Paul Anka | 9 | 15 October 2005 | 1 |
| 22 October 2005 | 5 | Taller in More Ways | Sugababes | 1 | 22 October 2005 | 1 |
| 22 October 2005 | 1 | As Is Now | Paul Weller | 4 | 22 October 2005 | 1 |
| 22 October 2005 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Mariah Carey | 7 | 29 October 2005 | 1 |
| 22 October 2005 | 1 | Simple Gifts | Bryn Terfel | 10 | 22 October 2005 | 1 |
| 29 October 2005 | 4 | Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 | The Prodigy | 1 | 29 October 2005 | 1 |
| 29 October 2005 | 2 | Simplified | Simply Red | 3 | 29 October 2005 | 1 |
| 29 October 2005 | 1 | Playing the Angel | Depeche Mode | 6 | 29 October 2005 | 1 |
| 5 November 2005 | 10 | Intensive Care (#3) | Robbie Williams | 1 | 5 November 2005 | 1 |
| 5 November 2005 | 1 | #1's | Destiny's Child | 6 | 5 November 2005 | 1 |
| 5 November 2005 | 1 | Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology | Supertramp | 9 | 5 November 2005 | 1 |
| 12 November 2005 | 8 | Face to Face (#6) | Westlife | 1 | 12 November 2005 | 1 |
| 12 November 2005 | 2 | Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV | Rod Stewart | 3 | 12 November 2005 | 1 |
| 12 November 2005 | 1 | Living a Dream | Katherine Jenkins | 4 | 12 November 2005 | 1 |
| 12 November 2005 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Blink-182 | 6 | 12 November 2005 | 1 |
| 19 November 2005 | 7 | Ancora | Il Divo | 1 | 19 November 2005 | 1 |
| 19 November 2005 | 2 | Aerial | Kate Bush | 3 | 19 November 2005 | 1 |
| 19 November 2005 | 3 | Ultimate Collection | Eurythmics | 5 | 19 November 2005 | 1 |
| 19 November 2005 | 1 | Pieces of a Dream | Anastacia | 6 | 19 November 2005 | 1 |
| 26 November 2005 | 7 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Madonna | 1 | 26 November 2005 | 2 |
| 26 November 2005 | 6 | Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection | Take That | 2 | 26 November 2005 | 1 |
| 26 November 2005 | 1 | Bullet in a Bible | Green Day | 6 | 26 November 2005 | 1 |
| 26 November 2005 | 1 | Down in Albion | Babyshambles | 10 | 26 November 2005 | 1 |
| 3 December 2005 | 10 | Keep On | Will Young | 2 | 3 December 2005 | 1 |
| 3 December 2005 | 1 | Amarantine | Enya | 8 | 3 December 2005 | 1 |
| 10 December 2005 | 8 | Curtain Call: The Hits (#9) | Eminem | 1 | 10 December 2005 | 5 |
| 10 December 2005 | 1 | G4 & Friends | G4 | 6 | 10 December 2005 | 1 |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2005, including albums that reached their peak in 2004. 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 2005 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
| 2 | Eminem | 9 | Curtain Call: The Hits, Encore |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand | 10 | Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better |
| 2 | G4 | 9 | G4, G4 & Friends |
| 2 | Green Day | 13 | American Idiot, Bullet in a Bible |
| 2 | Il Divo | 11 | Ancora, Il Divo |
| 2 | Mariah Carey | 7 | Greatest Hits, The Emancipation of Mimi |
| 2 | Robbie Williams | 12 | Greatest Hits, Intensive Care |
| 2 | Westlife | 9 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank, Face to Face |