# List of UK top-ten albums in 2014

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2014, as well as albums which peaked in 2013 and 2015 but were in the top 10 in 2014. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and fifty-eight albums were in the top ten this year. Two albums from 2012 and sixteen albums from 2013 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Hozier by Hozier was released in 2014 but did not reach its peak until 2015. Beyoncé by Beyoncé was the only album from 2013 to reach its peak in 2014. Halcyon by Ellie Goulding debuted in 2012 and re-entered the top 10 in 2013, but its peak position was not until 2014. Sam Smith and Ella Henderson were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2014.
The first new number-one album of the year was Halcyon by Ellie Goulding. Overall, thirty-two different albums peaked at number-one in 2014, with thirty-two unique artists hitting that position.

## Background
### Multiple entries

One-hundred and fifty-eight albums charted in the top 10 in 2014, with one-hundred and forty-two albums reaching their peak this year.

### Chart debuts

Six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2014 as a lead artist (correct to 22 March 2014).
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
| Warpaint | 1 | Warpaint | 9 | — |
| Mogwai | 1 | Rave Tapes | 10 | — |
| Within Temptation | 1 | Hydra | 6 | — |
| Temples | 1 | Sun Structures | 7 | — |
| Wild Beasts | 1 | Present Tense | 7 | — |
| Metronomy | 1 | Love Letters | 7 | — |
| Nicholas McDonald | 1 | In the Arms of an Angel | 6 | — |
| Sam Bailey | 1 | The Power of Love | 1 | — |
| The Vamps | 1 | Meet the Vamps | 2 | — |
| Iggy Azalea | 1 | The New Classic | 5 | — |
| Black Stone Cherry | 1 | Magic Mountain | 5 | — |
| Foxes | 1 | Glorious | 5 | — |
| Nick Mulvey | 1 | First Mind | 10 | — |
| Sam Smith | 1 | In the Lonely Hour | 1 | — |
| Clean Bandit | 1 | New Eyes | 3 | — |
| Mastodon | 1 | Once More 'Round the Sun | 10 | — |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | 1 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 2 | — |
| George Ezra | 1 | Wanted on Voyage | 1 | — |
| Jungle | 1 | Jungle | 7 | — |
| Neon Jungle | 1 | Welcome to the Jungle | 8 | — |
| Collabro | 1 | Stars | 1 | — |
| Twin Atlantic | 1 | Great Divide | 6 | — |
| Royal Blood | 1 | Royal Blood | 1 | — |
| Catfish and the Bottlemen | 1 | The Balcony | 10 | — |
| Alt-J | 1 | This Is All Yours | 1 | — |
| Hozier | 1 | Hozier | 3 | — |
| Gorgon City | 1 | Sirens | 10 | — |
| Ella Henderson | 1 | Chapter One | 1 | — |
| You+Me | 1 | Rose Ave. | 10 | — |

### Best-selling albums

Ed Sheeran had the best-selling album of the year with ×. In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith came in second place. George Ezra's Wanted on Voyage, Caustic Love from Paolo Nutini and Ghost Stories by Coldplay made up the top five. Albums by Paloma Faith, One Direction, Olly Murs, Pink Floyd and Take That were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2012 or 2013 but still in chart in 2014. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2014 but peaked in 2015. |
| (#) | Year-end top-ten album position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 2012 |||||||
| 20 October 2012 | 22 | Halcyon | Ellie Goulding | 1 | 11 January 2014 | 3 |
| 8 December 2012 | 16 | Right Place Right Time ‡ | Olly Murs | 1 | 8 December 2012 | 2 |
| Albums in 2013 |||||||
| 16 March 2013 | 23 | Bad Blood ‡ | Bastille | 1 | 16 March 2013 | 3 |
| 27 April 2013 | 17 | To Be Loved ‡ | Michael Bublé | 1 | 27 April 2013 | 2 |
| 11 May 2013 | 19 | Home ‡ | Rudimental | 1 | 11 May 2013 | 1 |
| 21 September 2013 | 16 | AM ‡ | Arctic Monkeys | 1 | 21 September 2013 | 2 |
| 21 September 2013 | 19 | If You Wait ‡ | London Grammar | 2 | 21 September 2013 | 1 |
| 28 September 2013 | 11 | True ‡ | Avicii | 2 | 28 September 2013 | 2 |
| 26 October 2013 | 7 | Tribute ‡ | John Newman | 1 | 26 October 2013 | 1 |
| 2 November 2013 | 4 | Prism ‡ | Katy Perry | 1 | 2 November 2013 | 1 |
| 2 November 2013 | 5 | Moon Landing ‡ | James Blunt | 2 | 2 November 2013 | 1 |
| 9 November 2013 | 6 | Pure Heroine ‡ | Lorde | 4 | 9 November 2013 | 1 |
| 16 November 2013 | 8 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ‡ | Eminem | 1 | 16 November 2013 | 1 |
| 23 November 2013 | 3 | Direct Hits ‡ | The Killers | 6 | 23 November 2013 | 1 |
| 30 November 2013 | 9 | Swings Both Ways ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | 30 November 2013 | 4 |
| 7 December 2013 | 6 | Midnight Memories ‡ | One Direction | 1 | 7 December 2013 | 2 |
| 7 December 2013 | 13 | Since I Saw You Last ‡ | Gary Barlow | 2 | 7 December 2013 | 4 |
| 14 December 2013 | 7 | Christmas ‡ | Michael Bublé | 7 | 21 December 2013 | 2 |
| 21 December 2013 | 13 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé | 2 | 18 January 2014 | 1 |
| Albums in 2014 |||||||
| 25 January 2014 | 3 | High Hopes | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 25 January 2014 | 1 |
| 1 February 2014 | 3 | Wanderlust | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 4 | 1 February 2014 | 1 |
| 1 February 2014 | 1 | Warpaint | Warpaint | 9 | 1 February 2014 | 1 |
| 1 February 2014 | 1 | Rave Tapes | Mogwai | 10 | 1 February 2014 | 1 |
| 8 February 2014 | 2 | Cavalier Youth | You Me at Six | 1 | 8 February 2014 | 1 |
| 15 February 2014 | 2 | So Long, See You Tomorrow | Bombay Bicycle Club | 1 | 15 February 2014 | 1 |
| 15 February 2014 | 1 | Hydra | Within Temptation | 6 | 15 February 2014 | 1 |
| 15 February 2014 | 1 | Too Much Information | Maxïmo Park | 7 | 15 February 2014 | 1 |
| 22 February 2014 | 2 | Little Red | Katy B | 1 | 22 February 2014 | 1 |
| 22 February 2014 | 1 | Sun Structures | Temples | 7 | 22 February 2014 | 1 |
| 8 March 2014 | 1 | Morning Phase | Beck | 4 | 8 March 2014 | 1 |
| 8 March 2014 | 1 | Present Tense | Wild Beasts | 7 | 8 March 2014 | 1 |
| 15 March 2014 | 10 | Girl | Pharrell Williams | 1 | 15 March 2014 | 1 |
| 22 March 2014 | 7 | The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Elbow | 1 | 22 March 2014 | 1 |
| 22 March 2014 | 29 | A Perfect Contradiction (#6) | Paloma Faith | 2 | 22 March 2014 | 2 |
| 22 March 2014 | 12 | Love in the Future | John Legend | 2 | 3 May 2014 | 1 |
| 22 March 2014 | 1 | Love Letters | Metronomy | 7 | 22 March 2014 | 1 |
| 29 March 2014 | 6 | Symphonica | George Michael | 1 | 29 March 2014 | 1 |
| 29 March 2014 | 2 | Kiss Me Once | Kylie Minogue | 2 | 29 March 2014 | 1 |
| 29 March 2014 | 1 | In the Arms of an Angel | Nicholas McDonald | 6 | 29 March 2014 | 1 |
| 29 March 2014 | 1 | Going to Hell | The Pretty Reckless | 8 | 29 March 2014 | 1 |
| 29 March 2014 | 1 | Home | Kian Egan | 9 | 29 March 2014 | 1 |
| 5 April 2014 | 4 | The Power of Love | Sam Bailey | 1 | 5 April 2014 | 1 |
| 5 April 2014 | 4 | Going Back Home | Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey | 3 | 5 April 2014 | 1 |
| 5 April 2014 | 1 | Timeless | Dr. Hook | 9 | 5 April 2014 | 1 |
| 12 April 2014 | 5 | Education, Education, Education & War | Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | 12 April 2014 | 2 |
| 12 April 2014 | 3 | Out Among the Stars | Johnny Cash | 4 | 12 April 2014 | 1 |
| 12 April 2014 | 1 | Head or Heart | Christina Perri | 8 | 12 April 2014 | 1 |
| 19 April 2014 | 2 | Lift Your Spirit | Aloe Blacc | 5 | 19 April 2014 | 1 |
| 26 April 2014 | 23 | Caustic Love (#4) | Paolo Nutini | 1 | 26 April 2014 | 3 |
| 26 April 2014 | 3 | Meet the Vamps | The Vamps | 2 | 26 April 2014 | 1 |
| 3 May 2014 | 1 | The New Classic | Iggy Azalea | 5 | 3 May 2014 | 1 |
| 3 May 2014 | 1 | The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett | Eels | 7 | 26 April 2014 | 1 |
| 10 May 2014 | 2 | Everyday Robots | Damon Albarn | 2 | 10 May 2014 | 1 |
| 10 May 2014 | 1 | Tribal | Imelda May | 3 | 10 May 2014 | 1 |
| 10 May 2014 | 1 | Embrace | Embrace | 5 | 10 May 2014 | 1 |
| 10 May 2014 | 1 | Indie Cindy | Pixies | 6 | 10 May 2014 | 1 |
| 17 May 2014 | 2 | Sheezus | Lily Allen | 1 | 17 May 2014 | 1 |
| 17 May 2014 | 1 | Magic Mountain | Black Stone Cherry | 5 | 17 May 2014 | 1 |
| 17 May 2014 | 1 | Resurrection | Anastacia | 9 | 17 May 2014 | 1 |
| 24 May 2014 | 5 | Xscape | Michael Jackson | 1 | 24 May 2014 | 1 |
| 24 May 2014 | 2 | Turn Blue | The Black Keys | 2 | 24 May 2014 | 1 |
| 24 May 2014 | 1 | Glorious | Foxes | 5 | 24 May 2014 | 1 |
| 24 May 2014 | 1 | First Mind | Nick Mulvey | 10 | 24 May 2014 | 1 |
| 31 May 2014 | 12 | Ghost Stories (#5) | Coldplay | 1 | 31 May 2014 | 1 |
| 31 May 2014 | 2 | What Have We Become? | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott | 3 | 31 May 2014 | 1 |
| 31 May 2014 | 1 | Definitely Maybe | Oasis | 5 | 31 May 2014 | 1 |
| 7 June 2014 | 76 | In the Lonely Hour (#2) | Sam Smith | 1 | 7 June 2014 | 8 |
| 14 June 2014 | 1 | New Eyes | Clean Bandit | 3 | 14 June 2014 | 1 |
| 14 June 2014 | 1 | More Modern Classics | Paul Weller | 6 | 14 June 2014 | 1 |
| 14 June 2014 | 1 | Led Zeppelin: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 7 | 14 June 2014 | 1 |
| 14 June 2014 | 2 | Hank | Hank Marvin | 8 | 14 June 2014 | 1 |
| 14 June 2014 | 1 | Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 10 | 14 June 2014 | 1 |
| 21 June 2014 | 5 | 48:13 | Kasabian | 1 | 21 June 2014 | 1 |
| 21 June 2014 | 1 | Lazaretto | Jack White | 4 | 21 June 2014 | 1 |
| 21 June 2014 | 1 | Whispers | Passenger | 5 | 21 June 2014 | 1 |
| 21 June 2014 | 12 | Blue Smoke – The Best Of | Dolly Parton | 2 | 2 August 2014 | 3 |
| 28 June 2014 | 3 | Ultraviolence | Lana Del Rey | 1 | 28 June 2014 | 1 |
| 28 June 2014 | 2 | The Hunting Party | Linkin Park | 2 | 28 June 2014 | 1 |
| 28 June 2014 | 1 | + | Ed Sheeran | 9 | 28 June 2014 | 1 |
| 5 July 2014 | 77 | × (#1) | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 5 July 2014 | 13 |
| 5 July 2014 | 1 | Once More 'Round the Sun | Mastodon | 10 | 5 July 2014 | 1 |
| 12 July 2014 | 4 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | 2 | 12 July 2014 | 1 |
| 12 July 2014 | 46 | Wanted on Voyage (#3) | George Ezra | 1 | 11 October 2014 | 4 |
| 12 July 2014 | 1 | Mutineers | David Gray | 10 | 12 July 2014 | 1 |
| 19 July 2014 | 1 | Futurology | Manic Street Preachers | 2 | 19 July 2014 | 1 |
| 19 July 2014 | 1 | Live Life Living | Example | 8 | 19 July 2014 | 1 |
| 26 July 2014 | 1 | World Peace Is None of Your Business | Morrissey | 2 | 26 July 2014 | 1 |
| 26 July 2014 | 1 | Jungle | Jungle | 7 | 26 July 2014 | 1 |
| 2 August 2014 | 1 | Trouble in Paradise | La Roux | 6 | 2 August 2014 | 1 |
| 9 August 2014 | 2 | The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale | Eric Clapton & Friends | 3 | 9 August 2014 | 1 |
| 9 August 2014 | 1 | Hypnotic Eye | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 7 | 9 August 2014 | 1 |
| 9 August 2014 | 1 | Welcome to the Jungle | Neon Jungle | 8 | 9 August 2014 | 1 |
| 9 August 2014 | 1 | Nothing but the Beat | David Guetta | 9 | 9 August 2014 | 1 |
| 16 August 2014 | 1 | Long Road Home | Charlie Simpson | 10 | 16 August 2014 | 1 |
| 23 August 2014 | 1 | Get Hurt | The Gaslight Anthem | 4 | 23 August 2014 | 1 |
| 23 August 2014 | 2 | At the Movies | Richard & Adam | 5 | 23 August 2014 | 1 |
| 23 August 2014 | 1 | Native | OneRepublic | 9 | 23 August 2014 | 1 |
| 23 August 2014 | 1 | Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits | The Saturdays | 10 | 23 August 2014 | 1 |
| 30 August 2014 | 4 | Stars | Collabro | 1 | 30 August 2014 | 1 |
| 30 August 2014 | 2 | Concrete Love | Courteeners | 3 | 30 August 2014 | 1 |
| 30 August 2014 | 1 | Great Divide | Twin Atlantic | 6 | 30 August 2014 | 1 |
| 6 September 2014 | 7 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | 1 | 6 September 2014 | 1 |
| 6 September 2014 | 2 | My Everything | Ariana Grande | 3 | 6 September 2014 | 1 |
| 6 September 2014 | 2 | The Whole Story | Kate Bush | 6 | 6 September 2014 | 1 |
| 6 September 2014 | 1 | Hounds of Love | Kate Bush | 9 | 6 September 2014 | 1 |
| 13 September 2014 | 1 | V | Maroon 5 | 4 | 13 September 2014 | 1 |
| 13 September 2014 | 1 | Creation | The Pierces | 7 | 13 September 2014 | 1 |
| 20 September 2014 | 1 | Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar | Robert Plant | 2 | 20 September 2014 | 1 |
| 20 September 2014 | 1 | Ryan Adams | Ryan Adams | 6 | 20 September 2014 | 1 |
| 20 September 2014 | 1 | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 7 | 20 September 2014 | 1 |
| 20 September 2014 | 1 | El Pintor | Interpol | 9 | 20 September 2014 | 1 |
| 27 September 2014 | 6 | No Sound Without Silence | The Script | 1 | 27 September 2014 | 1 |
| 27 September 2014 | 7 | Partners | Barbra Streisand | 2 | 27 September 2014 | 2 |
| 27 September 2014 | 1 | X | Chris Brown | 4 | 27 September 2014 | 1 |
| 27 September 2014 | 1 | World on Fire | Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators | 7 | 27 September 2014 | 1 |
| 27 September 2014 | 1 | Bulletproof Picasso | Train | 9 | 27 September 2014 | 1 |
| 27 September 2014 | 1 | The Balcony | Catfish and the Bottlemen | 10 | 27 September 2014 | 1 |
| 4 October 2014 | 2 | This Is All Yours | Alt-J | 1 | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 4 October 2014 | 1 | Popular Problems | Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 4 October 2014 | 1 | Syro | Aphex Twin | 8 | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 4 October 2014 | 1 | Different Shades of Blue | Joe Bonamassa | 9 | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 4 October 2014 | 1 | Cheek to Cheek | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | 10 | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 11 October 2014 | 1 | Carry on the Grudge | Jamie T | 4 | 11 October 2014 | 1 |
| 11 October 2014 | 1 | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis | 7 | 11 October 2014 | 1 |
| 11 October 2014 | 1 | Art Official Age | Prince | 8 | 11 October 2014 | 1 |
| 11 October 2014 | 2 | R-Kive | Genesis | 7 | 18 October 2014 | 1 |
| 18 October 2014 | 15 | Hozier ♦ | Hozier | 3 | 23 May 2015 | 1 |
| 18 October 2014 | 1 | Our Love | Caribou | 8 | 18 October 2014 | 1 |
| 18 October 2014 | 1 | Playland | Johnny Marr | 9 | 18 October 2014 | 1 |
| 18 October 2014 | 1 | Sirens | Gorgon City | 10 | 18 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 7 | Chapter One | Ella Henderson | 1 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 2 | Sweet Talker | Jessie J | 5 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 1 | Songs of Innocence | U2 | 6 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 1 | The Story – The Very Best of Spandau Ballet | Spandau Ballet | 8 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 1 | Tough Love | Jessie Ware | 9 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 25 October 2014 | 1 | Rose Ave. | You+Me | 10 | 25 October 2014 | 1 |
| 1 November 2014 | 2 | I Forget Where We Were | Ben Howard | 1 | 1 November 2014 | 1 |
| 1 November 2014 | 1 | .5: The Gray Chapter | Slipknot | 2 | 1 November 2014 | 1 |
| 1 November 2014 | 2 | Melody Road | Neil Diamond | 4 | 1 November 2014 | 1 |
| 1 November 2014 | 2 | Aquostic (Stripped Bare) | Status Quo | 5 | 1 November 2014 | 1 |
| 8 November 2014 | 43 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1 | 8 November 2014 | 1 |
| 8 November 2014 | 1 | Four Symbols: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 6 | 8 November 2014 | 1 |
| 8 November 2014 | 2 | Nostalgia | Annie Lennox | 9 | 8 November 2014 | 1 |
| 15 November 2014 | 3 | Motion | Calvin Harris | 2 | 15 November 2014 | 1 |
| 15 November 2014 | 2 | Love in Venice | André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra | 4 | 15 November 2014 | 1 |
| 15 November 2014 | 1 | My Favourite Faded Fantasy | Damien Rice | 7 | 15 November 2014 | 1 |
| 22 November 2014 | 6 | The Endless River (#9) | Pink Floyd | 1 | 22 November 2014 | 1 |
| 22 November 2014 | 3 | Sonic Highways | Foo Fighters | 2 | 22 November 2014 | 1 |
| 22 November 2014 | 1 | Forever | Queen | 5 | 22 November 2014 | 1 |
| 22 November 2014 | 1 | Only Human | Cheryl | 7 | 22 November 2014 | 1 |
| 29 November 2014 | 9 | Four (#7) | One Direction | 1 | 29 November 2014 | 1 |
| 29 November 2014 | 2 | It's the Girls! | Bette Midler | 6 | 29 November 2014 | 1 |
| 29 November 2014 | 1 | Nothing Has Changed: The Very Best of David Bowie | David Bowie | 9 | 29 November 2014 | 1 |
| 29 November 2014 | 1 | Home Sweet Home | Katherine Jenkins | 10 | 29 November 2014 | 1 |
| 6 December 2014 | 11 | Never Been Better (#8) | Olly Murs | 1 | 6 December 2014 | 1 |
| 6 December 2014 | 1 | Listen | David Guetta | 8 | 6 December 2014 | 1 |
| 13 December 2014 | 4 | III (#10) | Take That | 1 | 13 December 2014 | 1 |
| 13 December 2014 | 2 | Rock or Bust | AC/DC | 3 | 13 December 2014 | 1 |
| 13 December 2014 | 1 | McBusted | McBusted | 9 | 13 December 2014 | 1 |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2014, including albums that reached their peak in 2013. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2014 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
| 3 | Led Zeppelin | 3 | Four Symbols: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Edition |
| 2 | David Guetta | 2 | Listen, Nothing but the Beat |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | 27 | ×, + |
| 2 | Kate Bush | 3 | Hounds of Love, The Whole Story |
| 2 | Michael Bublé | 4 | Christmas, To Be Loved |
| 2 | Oasis | 2 | Definitely Maybe, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? |
| 2 | Olly Murs | 5 | Never Been Better, Right Place Right Time |
| 2 | One Direction | 7 | Four, Midnight Memories |