# List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2023

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 and digital downloads.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 6 January | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 13 January | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 20 January | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 27 January | Wrong Side of Paradise | Black Star Riders | Earache |
| 3 February | Chaos & Colour | Uriah Heep | Silver Lining Music |
| 10 February | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 17 February | Truth Decay | You Me at Six | Underdog |
| 24 February | Inhale/Exhale | Those Damn Crows | Earache |
| 3 March | Love | The Cult | Beggars Banquet |
| 10 March | BBC Broadcasts | Genesis | UMR/Virgin |
| 17 March | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 24 March | Sundowners | The Answer | 7 Hz Productions |
| 31 March | So Much (for) Stardust | Fall Out Boy | Parlophone |
| 7 April | The Seventh Sun | Bury Tomorrow | Music For Nations |
| 14 April | Meteora | Linkin Park | Warner |
| 21 April | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Vertigo |
| 28 April | A Kiss for the Whole World | Enter Shikari | SO Recordings |
| 5 May | Darkadelic | Damned | Ear Music |
| 12 May | Hard Cold Fire | Therapy | Marshall |
| 19 May | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Vertigo |
| 26 May | Drastic Symphonies | Def Leppard and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Mercury |
| 2 June | Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | UMR/Virgin |
| 9 June | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Columbia |
| 16 June | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Columbia |
| 23 June | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 30 June | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Columbia |
| 7 July | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Matador |
| 14 July | Loco Paradise | The Dust Coda | Earache |
| 21 July | Evergreen | Pvris | Hopeless |
| 28 July | Join the Club | As December Falls | ADF |
| 4 August | WTFortyfive? | Girlschool | Silver Lining Music |
| 11 August | Smile | Skindred | Earache |
| 18 August | Smile | Skindred | Earache |
| 25 August | Greatest Hits | Aerosmith | Universal |
| 1 September | Road | Alice Cooper | EarMusic |
| 8 September | Back to the Water Below | Royal Blood | Warner |
| 15 September | Back to the Water Below | Royal Blood | Warner |
| 22 September | CMF2 | Corey Taylor | BMG |
| 29 September | Chaos Horrific | Cannibal Corpse | Metal Blade |
| 6 October | The Harmony Codex | Steven Wilson | SW Records |
| 13 October | The Dark Side of the Moon Redux | Roger Waters | Cooking Vinyl |
| 20 October | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 27 October | One More Time... | Blink-182 | Columbia |
| 3 November | One More Time... | Blink-182 | Columbia |
| 10 November | This Heathen Land | Green Lung | Nuclear Blast |
| 17 November | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 24 November | Fallen | Evanescence | EMI |
| 1 December | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 8 December | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 15 December | Closure/Continuation. Live. | Porcupine Tree | Kscope |
| 22 December | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 29 December | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |