List of artists who topped the UK Albums Chart in four or more decades
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 twenty-three artists who have topped the UK Albums Chart, in four or more decades. English band The Rolling Stones have topped the albums chart in the most decades, with six.[1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter-actress-businesswoman Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades.[2]
Tally
Six decades
Artist | Number one album | Decade(s) it reached number one | Ref. |
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The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | 1960s | [3] |
The Rolling Stones No. 2 | |||
Aftermath | |||
Let It Bleed | |||
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! | 1970s | ||
Sticky Fingers | |||
Exile on Main St. | |||
Goats Head Soup | |||
Emotional Rescue | 1980s | ||
Voodoo Lounge | 1990s | ||
Exile on Main St.[a] | 2010s | ||
Blue & Lonesome | |||
Goats Head Soup[b] | 2020s | ||
Hackney Diamonds |
Five decades
Artist | Number one album | Decade(s) it reached number one | Ref. |
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The Beatles | Please Please Me | 1960s | [4] |
With the Beatles | |||
A Hard Day's Night | |||
Beatles for Sale | |||
Help! | |||
Rubber Soul | |||
Revolver | |||
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |||
The Beatles | |||
Abbey Road | |||
Let It Be | 1970s | ||
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | |||
Abbey Road[c] | 1980s | ||
Live at the BBC | 1990s | ||
Anthology 2 | |||
1 | 2000s | ||
Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1960s | [5] |
Bringing It All Back Home | |||
John Wesley Harding | |||
Nashville Skyline | |||
Self Portrait | 1970s | ||
New Morning | |||
Together Through Life | 2000s | ||
Shadows in the Night | 2010s | ||
Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020s | ||
Kylie Minogue | Kylie | 1980s | [6] |
Enjoy Yourself | |||
Greatest Hits | 1990s | ||
Fever | 2000s | ||
Aphrodite | 2010s | ||
Golden | |||
Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection | |||
Disco | 2020s | ||
Tension | |||
Elvis Presley | Rock 'N' Roll | 1950s | [7] |
Loving You | |||
King Creole | |||
Elvis Is Back! | 1960s | ||
G.I. Blues | |||
Blue Hawaii | |||
Pot Luck | |||
From Elvis in Memphis | |||
Elvis' 40 Greatest | 1970s | ||
ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits | 2000s | ||
The King | |||
If I Can Dream[d] | 2010s | ||
The Wonder of You[e] | |||
Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | 1980s | [8] |
Tunnel of Love | |||
Human Touch | 1990s | ||
Greatest Hits | |||
The Rising | 2000s | ||
Devils & Dust | |||
Magic | |||
Working on a Dream | |||
Wrecking Ball | 2010s | ||
High Hopes | |||
Western Stars | |||
Letter to You | 2020s |
Four decades
Artist | Number one album | Decade(s) it reached number one | Ref. |
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ABBA | Greatest Hits | 1970s | [9] |
Arrival | |||
ABBA: The Album | |||
Voulez-Vous | |||
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | |||
Super Trouper | 1980s | ||
The Visitors | |||
The Singles: The First Ten Years | |||
ABBA Gold | 1990s | ||
Voyage | 2020s | ||
Blur | Parklife | 1990s | [10] |
The Great Escape | |||
Blur | |||
13 | |||
Think Tank | 2000s | ||
The Magic Whip | 2010s | ||
The Ballad of Darren | 2020s | ||
David Bowie | Aladdin Sane | 1970s | [11] |
Pin Ups | |||
Diamond Dogs | |||
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | 1980s | ||
Let's Dance | |||
Tonight | |||
Changesbowie | 1990s | ||
Black Tie White Noise | |||
The Next Day | 2010s | ||
Blackstar | |||
Best of Bowie | |||
Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1980s | [12] |
18 Greatest Hits[f] | |||
Bad | |||
Dangerous | 1990s | ||
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | |||
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | |||
Invincible | 2000s | ||
Number Ones | |||
The Essential Michael Jackson | |||
Xscape | 2010s | ||
Elton John | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | 1970s | [13] |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | |||
Caribou | |||
Greatest Hits | |||
Sleeping with the Past | 1980s | ||
The Very Best of Elton John | |||
Good Morning to the Night | 2010s | ||
The Lockdown Sessions | 2020s | ||
Madonna | Like a Virgin | 1980s | [14] |
True Blue | |||
Like a Prayer | |||
The Immaculate Collection | 1990s | ||
Evita[g] | |||
Ray of Light | |||
Music | 2000s | ||
American Life | |||
Confessions on a Dance Floor | |||
Hard Candy | |||
Celebration | |||
MDNA | 2010s | ||
George Michael | Faith | 1980s | [15] |
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | 1990s | ||
Older | |||
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | |||
Patience | 2000s | ||
Twenty Five | |||
Symphonica | 2010s | ||
Queen | A Night at the Opera | 1970s | [16] |
A Day at the Races | |||
The Game | 1980s | ||
Greatest Hits | |||
A Kind of Magic | |||
The Miracle | |||
Innuendo | 1990s | ||
Greatest Hits II | |||
Made in Heaven | |||
Live Around the World[h] | 2020s | ||
Cliff Richard | 21 Today | 1960s | [17] |
The Young Ones | |||
Summer Holiday | |||
40 Golden Greats | 1970s | ||
Love Songs | 1980s | ||
Private Collection: 1979–1988 | |||
The Album | 1990s | ||
Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 1970s | [18] |
Graceland | 1980s | ||
The Rhythm of the Saints | 1990s | ||
The Ultimate Collection | 2010s | ||
Stranger to Stranger | |||
Steps | Steptacular | 1990s | [19] |
Gold: Greatest Hits | 2000s | ||
The Ultimate Collection | 2010s | ||
Platinum Collection | 2020s | ||
Barbra Streisand | A Star Is Born | 1970s | [20] |
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 | |||
Guilty | 1980s | ||
Memories | |||
The Essential Barbra Streisand | 2000s | ||
Love Is the Answer | |||
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway | 2010s | ||
Take That | Everything Changes | 1990s | [21] |
Nobody Else | |||
Greatest Hits | |||
Beautiful World | 2000s | ||
The Circus | |||
Progress | 2010s | ||
III | |||
Odyssey | |||
This Life | 2020s | ||
Shania Twain | Come On Over | 1990s, 2000s | [22] |
Now | 2010s | ||
Queen of Me | 2020s | ||
U2 | War | 1980s | [23] |
The Unforgettable Fire | |||
The Joshua Tree | |||
Rattle and Hum | |||
Zooropa | 1990s | ||
Pop | |||
The Best of 1980–1990 | |||
All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000s | ||
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | |||
No Line on the Horizon | |||
Songs of Surrender | 2020s | ||
Paul Weller | Stanley Road | 1990s | [24] |
Illumination | 2000s | ||
22 Dreams | |||
Sonik Kicks | 2010s | ||
On Sunset | 2020s | ||
Fat Pop (Volume 1) | |||
Robbie Williams | Life thru a Lens | 1990s | [25] |
I've Been Expecting You | |||
Sing When You're Winning | 2000s | ||
Swing When You're Winning | |||
Escapology | |||
Greatest Hits | |||
Intensive Care | |||
Rudebox | |||
In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 | 2010s | ||
Take the Crown | |||
Swings Both Ways | |||
The Heavy Entertainment Show | |||
The Christmas Present | |||
XXV | 2020s |
Notes
- ^ Re-issue
- ^ Re-issue
- ^ 1987 version
- ^ The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- ^ The album is credited to Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- ^ The album is credited to Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson 5
- ^ The album is also credited to Madonna & various artists
- ^ The album is credited to Queen + Adam Lambert
References
- ^ Daly, Rhian (11 September 2020). "The Rolling Stones break chart record as they beat Declan McKenna to Number One". NME. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue 'lost for words' after latest album hits UK number 1, her fifth decade as a chart-topper". ABC News. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "The Rolling Stones full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "The Beatles full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Bob Dylan full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Elvis Presley full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "ABBA full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Blur full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "David Bowie full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Michael Jackson full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Elton John full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Madonna full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "George Michael full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Queen full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Cliff Richard full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Paul Simon full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Steps full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Take That full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Shania Twain full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "U2 full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Paul Weller full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Robbie Williams full chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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