# List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2010

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2010, there were 22 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Muse's fifth studio album The Resistance, which was released the previous year. The first new number-one album of the year was Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, the seventh studio album by Finnish gothic rock band HIM. The final number-one album of the year was the Foo Fighters compilation Greatest Hits, which topped the chart for a total of four weeks over four separate spells in 2010.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2010 was Muse's 2009 release The Resistance, which spent a total of eleven weeks at number one. Led Zeppelin's 2007 compilation Mothership spent six weeks at number one in 2011, including a three-week run between 30 October and 13 November. AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack spent five weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 39th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Greatest Hits by Foo Fighters and the eponymous debut solo album by guitarist Slash each spent four weeks at number one; Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns and Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare were both number one for three weeks; and Iron Maiden's The Final Frontier spent two weeks at number one in 2010.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling rock album of 2010 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 2 January | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 9 January | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 16 January | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 23 January | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 30 January | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 6 February | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 13 February | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 20 February | Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice | HIM | Sire |
| 27 February | Greatest Hits | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 6 March | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 13 March | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 20 March | No Guts. No Glory. | Airbourne | Roadrunner |
| 27 March | Greatest Hits | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 3 April | Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | RCA |
| 10 April | Greatest Hits | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 17 April | Slash | Slash | Roadrunner |
| 24 April | Year of the Black Rainbow | Coheed and Cambria | Roadrunner |
| 1 May | Iron Man 2 Original Soundtrack † | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 8 May | Fever | Bullet for My Valentine | Sony |
| 15 May | Iron Man 2 Original Soundtrack † | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 22 May | Slash | Slash | Roadrunner |
| 29 May | Iron Man 2 Original Soundtrack † | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 5 June | Iron Man 2 Original Soundtrack † | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 12 June | Slash | Slash | Roadrunner |
| 19 June | Slash | Slash | Roadrunner |
| 26 June | Iron Man 2 Original Soundtrack † | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 3 July | Scream | Ozzy Osbourne | Epic |
| 10 July | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 17 July | Renegades | Feeder | Big Teeth |
| 24 July | Korn III: Remember Who You Are | Korn | Roadrunner |
| 31 July | The Resistance | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 7 August | Nightmare | Avenged Sevenfold | Warner Bros. |
| 14 August | Nightmare | Avenged Sevenfold | Warner Bros. |
| 21 August | Nightmare | Avenged Sevenfold | Warner Bros. |
| 28 August | The Final Frontier | Iron Maiden | EMI |
| 4 September | The Final Frontier | Iron Maiden | EMI |
| 11 September | Light Me Up | The Pretty Reckless | Interscope |
| 18 September | Audio Secrecy | Stone Sour | Roadrunner |
| 25 September | A Thousand Suns | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 2 October | Black Country Communion | Black Country Communion | Mascot |
| 9 October | A Thousand Suns | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 16 October | There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret | Bring Me the Horizon | Visible Noise |
| 23 October | AB III | Alter Bridge | Roadrunner |
| 30 October | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 6 November | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 13 November | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 20 November | A Thousand Suns | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 27 November | What Separates Me from You | A Day to Remember | Victory |
| 4 December | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 11 December | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 18 December | Mothership | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic |
| 25 December | Greatest Hits | Foo Fighters | RCA |