# List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2013

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 2013, there were 29 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Muse's sixth studio album The 2nd Law, which was released the previous year. The first new number-one album of the year was Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones, the third studio album by Black Veil Brides. Muse also had the final number-one UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number one of the year with the live album Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, which spent three weeks at number one in December.
The most successful albums on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2013 were Biffy Clyro's sixth studio album Opposites and the self-titled fourth studio album by Paramore, both of which spent a total of six weeks at number one during the year. Opposites was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 35th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart, while Paramore ranked 76th. Queens of the Stone Age's sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork spent four weeks at number one, while four albums – Black Sabbath's 13, the Teenage Dirtbags compilation, Pearl Jam's Lightning Bolt and Muse's Live at Rome Olympic Stadium – were number one for three weeks in 2013. Two further albums – Muse's The 2nd Law and the Nickelback compilation The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 – each spent two weeks at number one in 2013.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling rock album of 2013 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 5 January | The 2nd Law | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 12 January | The 2nd Law | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 19 January | Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones | Black Veil Brides | Island |
| 26 January | Greatest Hits | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 2 February | Signals | Mallory Knox | A Wolf at Your Door |
| 9 February | Opposites † | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 16 February | Opposites † | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 23 February | Temper Temper | Bullet for My Valentine | RCA |
| 2 March | Opposites † | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 9 March | The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) | Steven Wilson | Kscope |
| 16 March | Opposites † | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 23 March | Sound City: Real to Reel | Various artists | Columbia |
| 30 March | Opposites | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 6 April | Opposites | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 13 April | Sempiternal | Bring Me the Horizon | RCA |
| 20 April | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 27 April | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 4 May | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 11 May | Now What?! | Deep Purple | earMusic |
| 18 May | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 25 May | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 1 June | Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Polydor |
| 8 June | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | Alice in Chains | Virgin |
| 15 June | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 22 June | 13 | Black Sabbath | Vertigo |
| 29 June | 13 | Black Sabbath | Vertigo |
| 6 July | 13 | Black Sabbath | Vertigo |
| 13 July | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 20 July | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 27 July | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 3 August | Hey! Hello! | Hey! Hello! | Round |
| 10 August | The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 | Five Finger Death Punch | Eleven Seven |
| 17 August | From Death to Destiny | Asking Alexandria | Sumerian |
| 24 August | Paramore | Paramore | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen |
| 31 August | Teenage Dirtbags | Various artists | Universal Music TV |
| 7 September | Hail to the King | Avenged Sevenfold | Warner Bros. |
| 14 September | Teenage Dirtbags | Various artists | Universal Music TV |
| 21 September | Teenage Dirtbags | Various artists | Universal Music TV |
| 28 September | Old Souls | Deaf Havana | BMG |
| 5 October | Dream Theater | Dream Theater | Roadrunner |
| 12 October | Fortress | Alter Bridge | Roadrunner |
| 19 October | The Paradigm Shift | Korn | Spinefarm |
| 26 October | Lightning Bolt | Pearl Jam | EMI |
| 2 November | Lightning Bolt | Pearl Jam | EMI |
| 9 November | Lightning Bolt | Pearl Jam | EMI |
| 16 November | The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 23 November | The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 30 November | The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 | Five Finger Death Punch | Eleven Seven |
| 7 December | Common Courtesy | A Day to Remember | ADTR |
| 14 December | Live at Rome Olympic Stadium | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 21 December | Live at Rome Olympic Stadium | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |
| 28 December | Live at Rome Olympic Stadium | Muse | Helium 3/Warner Bros. |