# List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2021

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) |
| 1 January | Power Up | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 8 January | Power Up | AC/DC | Columbia |
| 15 January | Dance of the Black Tattoo | Magnum | Steamhammer |
| 22 January | Suckapunch | You Me at Six | Underdog |
| 29 January | Post Human: Survival Horror | Bring Me the Horizon | RCA |
| 5 February | Immortal | Michael Schenker Group | Nuclear Blast |
| 12 February | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters | Columbia |
| 19 February | Death by Rock and Roll | The Pretty Reckless | Central Media |
| 26 February | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters | Columbia |
| 5 March | For Those That Wish to Exist | Architects | Epitaph |
| 12 March | Against the Wall | Mason Hill | 7 Hz Productions |
| 19 March | All the Right Noises | Thunder | BMG |
| 26 March | Inspirations | Saxon | Transistor |
| 2 April | The Bitter Truth | Evanescence | RCA |
| 9 April | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 16 April | The Underfall Yard | Big Big Train | English Electric Recordings |
| 23 April | Let the Bad Times Roll | The Offspring | Concord |
| 30 April | Louder Than Noise - Live In Berlin | Motörhead | Motörhead Music |
| 7 May | Fortitude | Gojira | Roadrunner |
| 14 May | Seek Shelter | Iceage | Mexican Summer |
| 21 May | The Ides of March | Myles Kennedy | Napalm |
| 28 May | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 4 June | The Blue Meaning | Toyah | Cherry Red |
| 11 June | Hardware | Billy F Gibbons | Concord |
| 18 June | Meteora | Linkin Park | Warner |
| 25 June | Helloween | Helloween | Nuclear Blast |
| 2 July | Hellbound | Buckcherry | Earache |
| 9 July | Teatro d'ira: Vol. I | Måneskin | Columbia |
| 16 July | Origin of Symmetry | Muse | East West/Taste |
| 23 July | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath | Sanctuary |
| 30 July | Love | The Cult | Beggars Banquet |
| 6 August | American Noir | Creeper | Roadrunner |
| 13 August | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 20 August | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 27 August | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Rhino |
| 3 September | Bronx VI | The Bronx | Cooking Vinyl |
| 10 September | Senjutsu | Iron Maiden | Parlophone |
| 17 September | Metallica | Metallica | Vertigo |
| 24 September | The Last Domino? – The Hits | Genesis | UMC/Virgin |
| 1 October | Marching in Time | Tremonti | Nalpalm |
| 8 October | The Quest | Yes | Century Media |
| 15 October | In the Court of the Dragon | Trivium | Roadrunner |
| 22 October | Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music | Judas Priest | Sony |
| 29 October | The Myth of the Happily Ever After | Biffy Clyro | Warner |
| 5 November | Hushed and Grim | Mastodon | Reprise |
| 12 November | Bullet for My Valentine | Bullet for My Valentine | Spinefarm |
| 19 November | Nevermind | Nirvana | UMC |
| 26 November | Motorheart | The Darkness | Cooking Vinyl |
| 3 December | Turning to Crime | Deep Purple | Ear Music |
| 10 December | Servant of the Mind | Volbeat | EMI |
| 17 December | BBC Sessions | Green Day | Reprise |
| 24 December | Nevermind | Nirvana | UMC |
| 31 December | Nevermind | Nirvana | UMC |