List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales.

This list shows the seventeen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles and English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, have the most number one albums with fifteen.^[1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades.^[2]

Tally

Artists with the most number one albums in the UK Albums Chart

Artist	Number one albums, including live and compilations	Number one studio albums	Number one album	Record label(s)	First reached number one	Ref.
The Beatles	15	11	Please Please Me	Parlophone	5 May 1963	[3]
			With the Beatles		1 December 1963
			A Hard Day's Night		19 July 1964
			Beatles for Sale		13 December 1964
			Help!		8 August 1965
			Rubber Soul		19 December 1965
			Revolver		7 August 1966
			Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		4 June 1967
			The Beatles	Apple	1 December 1968
			Abbey Road		28 September 1969
			Let It Be		17 May 1970
			The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl	Parlophone	12 June 1977
			Live at the BBC	Apple	4 December 1994
			Anthology 2		24 March 1996
			1		19 November 2000
Robbie Williams	15	11	Life thru a Lens	Chrysalis	12 April 1998	[4]
			I've Been Expecting You		1 November 1998
			Sing When You're Winning		3 September 2000
			Swing When You're Winning		25 November 2001
			Escapology	EMI	24 November 2002
			Greatest Hits	Chrysalis	24 October 2004
			Intensive Care		30 October 2005
			Rudebox		29 October 2006
			In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010	Virgin	17 October 2010
			Take the Crown	Island	11 November 2012
			Swings Both Ways		24 November 2013
			The Heavy Entertainment Show	Columbia	11 November 2016
			The Christmas Present		6 December 2019
			XXV		9 September 2022
			Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)		24 January 2025
The Rolling Stones	14	11	The Rolling Stones	Decca	26 April 1964	[5]
			The Rolling Stones No. 2		31 January 1965
			Aftermath		24 April 1966
			Let It Bleed		14 December 1969
			Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!		13 September 1970
			Sticky Fingers	Rolling Stones	13 June 1971
			Exile on Main St.		4 June 1972
			Goats Head Soup		16 September 1973
			Emotional Rescue		29 June 1980
			Voodoo Lounge	Virgin	17 July 1994
			Exile on Main St.[a]	Polydor	29 May 2010
			Blue & Lonesome		9 December 2016
			Goats Head Soup[b]		17 September 2020
			Hackney Diamonds		27 October 2023
Elvis Presley	13	4	Rock 'N' Roll	His Master's Voice	4 November 1956	[6]
			Loving You	RCA	1 September 1957
			King Creole		14 September 1958
			Elvis Is Back!		24 July 1960
			G.I. Blues		1 August 1961
			Blue Hawaii		31 December 1961
			Pot Luck		22 July 1962
			From Elvis in Memphis	RCA Victor	24 August 1969
			Elvis' 40 Greatest	Arcade	4 September 1977
			ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits	RCA	29 September 2002
			The King		19 August 2007
			If I Can Dream[c]	RCA, Legacy Recordings	6 November 2015
			The Wonder of You[d]		28 October 2016
Taylor Swift	13	12	Red	Mercury	3 November 2012	[7]
			1989	EMI	8 November 2014
			Reputation		23 November 2017
			Lover		5 September 2019
			Folklore		6 August 2020
			Evermore		24 December 2020
			Fearless (Taylor's Version)		22 April 2021
			Red (Taylor's Version)		25 November 2021
			Midnights		3 November 2022
			Speak Now (Taylor's Version)		20 July 2023
			1989 (Taylor's Version)		3 November 2023
			The Tortured Poets Department		26 April 2024
			Lover (Live from Paris)		14 February 2025
Madonna	12	9	Like a Virgin	Sire	15 September 1985	[8]
			True Blue		6 July 1986
			Like a Prayer		26 March 1989
			The Immaculate Collection		18 November 1990
			Evita[e]	Warner Bros.	26 January 1997
			Ray of Light	Maverick	8 March 1998
			Music		24 September 2000
			American Life		27 April 2003
			Confessions on a Dance Floor	Warner Bros.	20 November 2005
			Hard Candy		4 May 2008
			Celebration		27 September 2009
			MDNA	Interscope	1 April 2012
Bruce Springsteen	12	11	Born in the U.S.A.	CBS	16 June 1984	[9]
			Tunnel of Love		17 October 1987
			Human Touch	Columbia	4 April 1992
			Greatest Hits		11 March 1995
			The Rising		10 August 2002
			Devils & Dust		7 May 2005
			Magic		13 October 2007
			Working on a Dream		2 July 2009
			Wrecking Ball		11 March 2012
			High Hopes		19 January 2014
			Western Stars		27 June 2019
			Letter to You		5 November 2020
David Bowie	11	9	Aladdin Sane	RCA	5 May 1973	[10]
			Pin Ups		3 November 1973
			Diamond Dogs		8 June 1974
			Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)		27 September 1980
			Let's Dance	EMI America	23 April 1983
			Tonight		6 October 1984
			Changesbowie		24 March 1990
			Black Tie White Noise	Arista	17 April 1993
			The Next Day	ISO, Columbia	23 March 2013
			Blackstar	RCA	15 January 2016
			Best of Bowie	EMI	5 February 2016
Eminem	11	10	The Marshall Mathers LP	Interscope	23 May 2000	[11]
			The Eminem Show		26 May 2002
			Encore		11 December 2004
			Curtain Call: The Hits		6 December 2005
			Relapse		15 May 2009
			Recovery		18 June 2010
			The Marshall Mathers LP 2		5 November 2013
			Revival		15 December 2017
			Kamikaze		31 August 2018
			Music to Be Murdered By		17 January 2020
			The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)		20 July 2024
Rod Stewart	11	8	Every Picture Tells a Story	Mercury	2 October 1971	[12]
			Never a Dull Moment	Philips	16 September 1972
			Sing It Again Rod	Mercury	1 September 1973
			Smiler		19 October 1974
			Atlantic Crossing	Warner Bros.	30 August 1975
			A Night on the Town	Riva	10 July 1976
			Greatest Hits, Vol. 1		8 December 1979
			Time	Capitol	25 May 2013
			Blood Red Roses	Decca	11 October 2018
			You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Rhino	13 December 2019
			Swing Fever[f]	Warner	1 March 2024
U2	11	10	War	Island	6 March 1983	[13]
			The Unforgettable Fire		7 October 1984
			The Joshua Tree		15 March 1987
			Rattle and Hum		16 October 1988
			Zooropa		11 July 1993
			Pop		9 March 1997
			The Best of 1980–1990		8 November 1998
			All That You Can't Leave Behind		5 November 2000
			How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb		28 November 2004
			No Line on the Horizon	Vertigo	8 March 2009
			Songs of Surrender	Island	24 March 2023
ABBA	10	6	Greatest Hits	Epic	2 May 1976	[14]
			Arrival		9 January 1977
			ABBA: The Album		29 January 1978
			Voulez-Vous		13 May 1979
			Greatest Hits Vol. 2		11 November 1979
			Super Trouper		16 November 1980
			The Visitors		13 December 1981
			The Singles: The First Ten Years		21 November 1982
			Gold: Greatest Hits	Polydor	27 September 1992
			Voyage	Universal	12 November 2021
Coldplay	10		Parachutes	Parlophone	22 July 2000	[15]
			A Rush of Blood to the Head		7 September 2002
			X&Y		6 June 2005
			Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends		18 June 2008
			Mylo Xyloto		5 November 2011
			Ghost Stories		19 May 2014
			A Head Full of Dreams		18 February 2016
			Everyday Life		5 December 2019
			Music of the Spheres		28 October 2021
			Moon Music		11 October 2024
Michael Jackson	10	5	Thriller	Epic	27 February 1983	[16]
			18 Greatest Hits[g]	Telstar	14 August 1983
			Bad	Epic	6 September 1987
			Dangerous		24 November 1991
			HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I		18 June 1995
			Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix		18 May 1997
			Invincible		4 November 2001
			Number Ones		23 November 2003
			The Essential Michael Jackson		5 July 2009
			Xscape		18 May 2014
Elton John	10	6	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	DJM		[17]
			Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
			Caribou
			Greatest Hits
			Sleeping with the Past	The Rocket Record Company
			The Very Best of Elton John	PolyGram
			Good Morning to the Night[h]	Mercury
			Diamonds	The Rocket Record Company
			The Lockdown Sessions	EMI
			Who Believes in Angels?[i]	Interscope	11 April 2025
Kylie Minogue	10	8	Kylie	PWL	16 July 1988	[18]
			Enjoy Yourself		21 October 1989
			Greatest Hits		5 September 1992
			Fever	Parlophone	13 October 2001
			Aphrodite		17 July 2010
			Golden	BMG Rights Management	19 April 2018
			Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection		11 July 2019
			Disco		19 November 2020
			Tension		29 September 2023
			Tension II		25 October 2024
Queen	10	7	A Night at the Opera	EMI	21 December 1975	[19]
			A Day at the Races		2 January 1977
			The Game		13 July 1980
			Greatest Hits		8 November 1981
			A Kind of Magic		8 June 1986
			The Miracle	Parlophone	28 May 1989
			Innuendo		10 February 1991
			Greatest Hits II		3 November 1991
			Made in Heaven		12 November 1995
			Live Around the World[j]	EMI	2 October 2020

Notes

1. Re-issue
2. Re-issue
3. The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4. The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
5. The album is also credited to Madonna & various artists
6. The album is credited to Rod Stewart and Jools Holland
7. The album is credited to Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson 5
8. The album is credited to Rod Stewart and Pnau
9. The album is credited to Elton John and Brandi Carlile
10. The album is credited to Queen + Adam Lambert