# List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2018

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2018.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Best-selling indie album of the year |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label |
| 5 January | Who Built the Moon? | Noel Gallagher | Sour Mash |
| 12 January | Who Built the Moon? | Noel Gallagher | Sour Mash |
| 19 January | The Gold Collection | Leo Sayer | Crimson |
| 26 January | Lost on the Road to Eternity | Magnum | Steamhammer |
| 2 February | Black Coffee | Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 9 February | Walk Between Worlds | Simple Minds | BMG |
| 16 February | Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life | The Wombats | The Wombats |
| 23 February | A Deeper Cut | The Temperance Movement | Earache |
| 2 March | Gang Signs & Prayer | Stormzy | Merky |
| 9 March | Love Is a Basic Need | Embrace | Cooking Vinyl |
| 16 March | Violence | Editors | Pias |
| 23 March | In Your Own Sweet Time | The Fratellis | Cooking Vinyl |
| 30 March | Over and Out | Rick Parfitt | Ear Music |
| 6 April | We the Collective | Levellers | On the Fiddle |
| 13 April | Golden | Kylie Minogue | BMG |
| 20 April | Golden | Kylie Minogue | BMG |
| 27 April | Golden | Kylie Minogue | BMG |
| 4 May | Golden | Kylie Minogue | BMG |
| 11 May | Singularity | Jon Hopkins | Domino |
| 18 May | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino † | Arctic Monkeys | Domino |
| 25 May | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino † | Arctic Monkeys | Domino |
| 1 June | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino † | Arctic Monkeys | Domino |
| 8 June | God's Favourite Customer | Father John Misty | Bella Union |
| 15 June | Lost & Found | Jorja Smith | Famm |
| 22 June | Call the Comet | Johnny Marr | New Voodoo |
| 29 June | Cruising With | Jane McDonald | Channel 5 |
| 6 July | Cruising With | Jane McDonald | Channel 5 |
| 13 July | Cruising With | Jane McDonald | Channel 5 |
| 20 July | Beautiful Life | Rick Astley | BMG |
| 27 July | Beautiful Life | Rick Astley | BMG |
| 3 August | Testament | All Saints | AS |
| 10 August | Living in Extraordinary Times | James | BMG |
| 17 August | Move Through the Dawn | The Coral | Ignition |
| 24 August | Under My Skin | Gabrielle | BMG |
| 31 August | Marauder | Interpol | Matador |
| 7 September | Joy as an Act of Resistance | Idles | Partisan |
| 14 September | And Nothing Hurt | Spiritualized | Bella Union |
| 21 September | My Mind Makes Noises | Pale Waves | Dirty Hit |
| 28 September | Chris | Christine and the Queens | Because Music |
| 5 October | Gold | Chas & Dave | Crimson |
| 12 October | VI | You Me at Six | Underdog |
| 19 October | Love Is Magic | John Grant | Bella Union |
| 26 October | Natural Rebel | Richard Ashcroft | BMG |
| 2 November | Life | Boy George and Culture Club | BMG |
| 9 November | No Tourists | The Prodigy | BMG |
| 16 November | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 23 November | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 30 November | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 7 December | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 14 December | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 21 December | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |
| 28 December | In Harmony | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | BMG |