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List of UK top-ten albums in 2022

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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.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads.[2][3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2022, as well as albums which peaked in 2021 and 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2022. 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).

Two-hundred and eight albums were in the top 10 this year. Twelve albums from 2021 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, re-entered the chart in 2021, but did not reach its peak until 2023. Between Us by Little Mix was the only album from 2021 to reach its peak in 2022.

The first new number-one album of the year was Dawn FM by The Weeknd. Overall, thirty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 2022, with thirty-seven unique artists hitting that position.

An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.

Background

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Chart debuts

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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.

Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
Yard Act 1 The Overload 2
Aurora 1 The Gods We Can Touch 8
Scarlet Rebels 1 See Through Blue 7
Mitski 1 Laurel Hell 6
Bad Boy Chiller Crew 1 Disrespectful 2
Gang of Youths 1 Angel in Realtime 10
The Mysterines 1 Reeling 9
Charli XCX 1 Crash 1
ArrDee 1 Pier Pressure 2
Sam Tompkins 1 Who Do You Pray To? (EP) 7
Koffee 1 Gifted 9
Wet Leg 1 Wet Leg 1
Kae Tempest 1 The Line Is a Curve 8
Pusha T 1 It's Almost Dry 7
Jack Harlow 1 Come Home the Kids Miss You 4
Tate McRae 1 I Used to Think I Could Fly 7
Porcupine Tree 1 Closure/Continuation 2
Lizzo 1 Special 6
Maggie Rogers 1 Surrender 6
Rina Sawayama 1 Hold the Girl 3

Best-selling albums

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Harry Styles had the best-selling album of the year with Harry's House. = by Ed Sheeran came in second place. Taylor Swift's Midnights, The Highlights by The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour made up the top five. Albums by Eminem, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Little Mix and ABBA were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

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Key
Symbol Meaning
Album peaked in 2021 but still in chart in 2022.
Album released in 2022 but peaked in 2023.
(#) Year-end top ten album position and rank
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song 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 2021
18 February 2021 140* The Highlights(#4) The Weeknd 2 18 February 2021 7
3 June 2021 54 Sour(#5) Olivia Rodrigo 1 3 June 2021 5
5 August 2021 14 We're All Alone in This Together Dave 1 5 August 2021 2
12 August 2021 6 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 1 12 August 2021 1
9 September 2021 3 Only Honest on the Weekend Becky Hill 7 9 September 2021 2
28 October 2021 6 Music of the Spheres Coldplay 1 28 October 2021 1
11 November 2021 66 =(#2) Ed Sheeran 1 11 November 2021 4
18 November 2021 10 Voyage ABBA 1 18 November 2021 1
25 November 2021 20 Between Us (#9) Little Mix 3 5 May 2022 1
2 December 2021 16 30 Adele 1 2 December 2021 5
4 Home Alone 2 D-Block Europe 6 2 December 2021 2
9 December 2021 9 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 5 January 2023 1
Albums in 2022
6 January 2022 8 Greatest Hits Queen 7 11 August 2022 1
7 Diamonds (#7) Elton John 7 13 January 2022 2
13 January 2022 6 ÷ Ed Sheeran 7 23 June 2022 1
7 50 Years – Don't Stop (#8) Fleetwood Mac 6 28 April 2022 1
20 January 2022 6 Dawn FM The Weeknd 1 20 January 2022 1
2 DS4Ever Gunna 4 20 January 2022 1
1 Toy (Toy Box) David Bowie 5 20 January 2022 1
27 January 2022 1 Fix Yourself, Not the World The Wombats 1 27 January 2022 1
1 Fragments Bonobo 5 27 January 2022 1
1 The Boy Named If Elvis Costello & the Imposters 6 27 January 2022 1
3 February 2022 2 Night Call Years & Years 1 3 February 2022 1
1 The Overload Yard Act 2 3 February 2022 1
1 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 3 3 February 2022 1
1 Hits Out of Hell 5 3 February 2022 1
1 The Gods We Can Touch Aurora 8 3 February 2022 1
1 World I Understand The Sherlocks 9 3 February 2022 1
10 February 2022 1 Amazing Things Don Broco 1 10 February 2022 1
1 Moments Jamie Webster 3 10 February 2022 1
1 See Through Blue Scarlet Rebels 7 10 February 2022 1
1 The Zealot Gene Jethro Tull 9 10 February 2022 1
17 February 2022 1 Give Me the Future Bastille 1 17 February 2022 1
1 Ants from Up There Black Country, New Road 3 17 February 2022 1
1 Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy 5 17 February 2022 1
1 Laurel Hell Mitski 6 17 February 2022 1
1 Psychodrama Dave 7 17 February 2022 1
1 Requiem Korn 8 17 February 2022 1
24 February 2022 1 FTHC Frank Turner 1 24 February 2022 1
1 The Dream Alt-J 3 24 February 2022 1
1 4 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators 5 24 February 2022 1
1 Greatest Hits James Morrison 6 24 February 2022 1
12 Curtain Call: The Hits (#6) Eminem 6 3 March 2022 1
3 March 2022 1 Disrespectful Bad Boy Chiller Crew 2 3 March 2022 1
1 Everything Was Forever Sea Power 4 3 March 2022 1
1 Small World Metronomy 7 3 March 2022 1
10 March 2022 3 23 Central Cee 1 10 March 2022 1
2 The Tipping Point Tears for Fears 2 10 March 2022 1
1 Love Sux Avril Lavigne 3 10 March 2022 1
1 Fever Dream Pts 1-4 Johnny Marr 4 10 March 2022 1
1 Angel in Realtime Gang of Youths 10 10 March 2022 1
17 March 2022 1 Oochya! Stereophonics 1 17 March 2022 1
1 An Hour Before It's Dark Marillion 2 17 March 2022 1
1 The Coral The Coral 7 17 March 2022 1
24 March 2022 1 Who Cares? Rex Orange County 1 24 March 2022 1
1 Impera Ghost 2 24 March 2022 1
1 So Happy It Hurts Bryan Adams 3 24 March 2022 1
1 10 Year Plan The Shires 5 24 March 2022 1
1 7220 Lil Durk 6 24 March 2022 1
1 Hits to the Head Franz Ferdinand 7 24 March 2022 1
1 Everything I Didn't Say Ella Henderson 8 24 March 2022 1
1 Reeling The Mysterines 9 24 March 2022 1
31 March 2022 1 Crash Charli XCX 1 31 March 2022 1
4 Pier Pressure ArrDee 2 31 March 2022 1
1 Homesick Sea Girls 3 31 March 2022 1
1 Torpedo Feeder 5 31 March 2022 1
1 Who Do You Pray To? (EP) Sam Tompkins 7 31 March 2022 1
7 April 2022 2 Higher Michael Bublé 1 7 April 2022 1
2 Mainstream Sellout Machine Gun Kelly 2 7 April 2022 1
1 Never Let Me Go Placebo 3 7 April 2022 1
1 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 5 7 April 2022 1
1 The Beautiful Unknown Matt Goss 7 7 April 2022 1
1 Gifted Koffee 9 7 April 2022 1
14 April 2022 2 Unlimited Love Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 14 April 2022 1
7 Fine Line Harry Styles 6 14 April 2022 2
21 April 2022 2 Wet Leg Wet Leg 1 21 April 2022 1
1 Chloë and the Next 20th Century Father John Misty 2 21 April 2022 1
1 Fear of the Dawn Jack White 3 21 April 2022 1
1 The Line Is a Curve Kae Tempest 8 21 April 2022 1
1 Familia Camila Cabello 9 21 April 2022 1
28 April 2022 2 Noughty by Nature Digga D 1 28 April 2022 1
5 May 2022 1 Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. 1 5 May 2022 1
1 Everything Was Beautiful Spiritualized 5 5 May 2022 1
1 It's Almost Dry Pusha T 7 5 May 2022 1
12 May 2022 1 Ribbon Around the Bomb Blossoms 1 12 May 2022 1
1 I Never Liked You Future 2 12 May 2022 1
1 Zeit Rammstein 3 12 May 2022 1
1 Dopamine Thunder 5 12 May 2022 1
1 Alpha Games Bloc Party 7 12 May 2022 1
19 May 2022 1 We Arcade Fire 1 19 May 2022 1
1 How to Let Go Sigrid 2 19 May 2022 1
1 Alpha Place Knucks 3 19 May 2022 1
1 Come Home the Kids Miss You Jack Harlow 4 19 May 2022 1
1 Happiness Not Included Soft Cell 7 19 May 2022 1
1 A Bit of Previous Belle and Sebastian 8 19 May 2022 1
1 Back from the Dead Halestorm 9 19 May 2022 1
26 May 2022 2 Dance Fever Florence and the Machine 1 26 May 2022 1
5 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar 2 26 May 2022 1
1 Dropout Boogie The Black Keys 5 26 May 2022 1
1 Blue Hours Bear's Den 6 26 May 2022 1
2 June 2022 57 Harry's House (#1) Harry Styles 1 2 June 2022 6
1 Raw Data Feel Everything Everything 4 2 June 2022 1
1 Chasing Euphoria M Huncho 5 2 June 2022 1
1 Greatest Hits N-Dubz 10 2 June 2022 1
9 June 2022 2 C'mon You Know Liam Gallagher 1 9 June 2022 1
1 Down by the River Thames 4 9 June 2022 1
1 Diamond Star Halos Def Leppard 5 9 June 2022 1
1 20 Years: The Greatest Hits Will Young 6 9 June 2022 1
1 I Used to Think I Could Fly Tate McRae 7 9 June 2022 1
12 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (#10) ABBA 6 6 October 2022 1
16 June 2022 2 Twelve Carat Toothache Post Malone 3 16 June 2022 1
1 Dear Scott Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band 6 16 June 2022 1
23 June 2022 9 Gold Rush Kid George Ezra 1 23 June 2022 1
1 What Came Before Chase & Status 4 23 June 2022 1
1 Proof BTS 8 23 June 2022 1
30 June 2022 4 Honestly, Nevermind Drake 2 30 June 2022 1
1 Life Is Yours Foals 3 30 June 2022 1
1 A Light for Attracting Attention The Smile 5 30 June 2022 1
7 July 2022 1 Closure/Continuation Porcupine Tree 2 7 July 2022 1
1 Breezy Chris Brown 6 7 July 2022 1
1 Superache Conan Gray 8 7 July 2022 1
1 Growin' Up Luke Combs 9 7 July 2022 1
14 July 2022 4 Last Night in the Bittersweet Paolo Nutini 1 14 July 2022 1
1 Planet Zero Shinedown 4 14 July 2022 1
1 Unprecedented UB40 featuring Ali & Astro 8 14 July 2022 1
21 July 2022 2 Love, Damini Burna Boy 2 21 July 2022 1
1 Leap James Bay 4 21 July 2022 1
1 Wasteland Brent Faiyaz 6 21 July 2022 1
28 July 2022 1 About Last Night... Mabel 2 28 July 2022 1
1 Beatopia Beabadoobee 4 28 July 2022 1
1 Special Lizzo 6 28 July 2022 1
4 August 2022 1 The Theory of Whatever Jamie T 1 4 August 2022 1
1 Entering Heaven Alive Jack White 4 4 August 2022 1
11 August 2022 11 Renaissance Beyoncé 1 11 August 2022 2
1 Surrender Maggie Rogers 6 11 August 2022 1
18 August 2022 2 Curtain Call 2 Eminem 3 18 August 2022 1
1 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 Calvin Harris 5 18 August 2022 1
25 August 2022 1 The Alchemist's Euphoria Kasabian 1 25 August 2022 1
1 Unwanted Pale Waves 4 25 August 2022 1
3 ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits Elvis Presley 7 25 August 2022 1
1 September 2022 1 Platinum Collection Steps 1 1 September 2022 1
1 Close to Home Aitch 2 1 September 2022 1
1 Finally Enough Love Madonna 3 1 September 2022 1
1 Viva Las Vengeance Panic at the Disco 5 1 September 2022 1
1 Be Here Now Oasis 6 1 September 2022 1
1 Holy Fvck Demi Lovato 7 1 September 2022 1
8 September 2022 2 Will of the People Muse 1 8 September 2022 1
1 God Did DJ Khaled 4 8 September 2022 1
9 AM Arctic Monkeys 7 15 September 2022 1
1 How to Be a Person Like Other People Embrace 9 8 September 2022 1
15 September 2022 1 Yungblud Yungblud 1 15 September 2022 1
1 The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! Megadeth 3 15 September 2022 1
22 September 2022 1 XXV Robbie Williams 1 22 September 2022 1
1 Patient Number 9 Ozzy Osbourne 2 22 September 2022 1
1 Know Your Enemy Manic Street Preachers 4 22 September 2022 1
1 How Will I Know if Heaven Will Find Me? The Amazons 5 22 September 2022 1
2 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 9 22 September 2022 2
29 September 2022 1 Born Pink Blackpink 1 29 September 2022 1
1 Autofiction Suede 2 29 September 2022 1
1 Hold the Girl Rina Sawayama 3 29 September 2022 1
1 Self-Titled Marcus Mumford 4 29 September 2022 1
1 Animals Pink Floyd 5 29 September 2022 1
6 October 2022 1 5SOS5 5 Seconds of Summer 1 6 October 2022 1
3 Lap 5 D-Block Europe 2 6 October 2022 1
1 Gulp! Sports Team 3 6 October 2022 1
1 Land of Dreams Mark Owen 5 6 October 2022 1
1 EBM Editors 10 6 October 2022 1
13 October 2022 1 The End, So Far Slipknot 1 13 October 2022 1
1 Older George Michael 2 13 October 2022 1
1 Burn the Empire The Snuts 3 13 October 2022 1
1 22 Craig David 7 13 October 2022 1
1 Cool It Down Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 13 October 2022 1
20 October 2022 1 N.K-Pop Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 1 20 October 2022 1
1 Maybe in Another Life... Easy Life 2 20 October 2022 1
1 Charlie Charlie Puth 9 20 October 2022 1
27 October 2022 2 Being Funny in a Foreign Language The 1975 1 27 October 2022 1
1 Return of the Dream Canteen Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 27 October 2022 1
1 It's Only Me Lil Baby 3 27 October 2022 1
1 Pawns & Kings Alter Bridge 6 27 October 2022 1
1 Here Is Everything The Big Moon 9 27 October 2022 1
3 November 2022 57 Midnights (#3) Taylor Swift 1 3 November 2022 5
3 The Car Arctic Monkeys 2 3 November 2022 1
1 Hugo Loyle Carner 3 3 November 2022 1
1 Direction of the Heart Simple Minds 4 3 November 2022 1
1 Impossible Princess Kylie Minogue 5 3 November 2022 1
10 November 2022 1 Revolver: Special Edition The Beatles 2 10 November 2022 1
2 Together in Vegas Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 3 10 November 2022 1
1 Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022) Fred Again 4 10 November 2022 1
1 Triggered! Massive Wagons 6 10 November 2022 1
1 Best Day of My Life Tom Odell 7 10 November 2022 1
1 The Essential Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 10 10 November 2022 1
17 November 2022 3 Her Loss Drake & 21 Savage 1 17 November 2022 1
1 Palomino First Aid Kit 3 17 November 2022 1
1 A Song for You Luke Evans 4 17 November 2022 1
24 November 2022 1 Faith in the Future Louis Tomlinson 1 24 November 2022 1
5 Only the Strong Survive Bruce Springsteen 2 24 November 2022 1
5 A Family Christmas Andrea, Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 4 8 December 2022 1
1 December 2022 1 Sonder Dermot Kennedy 1 1 December 2022 1
5 Silver Bells André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 4 1 December 2022 1
1 The Miracle Queen 6 1 December 2022 1
1 Get Rollin' Nickelback 8 1 December 2022 1
8 December 2022 1 This Is What I Mean Stormzy 1 8 December 2022 1
4 Christmas with Cliff Cliff Richard 2 8 December 2022 2
1 Wish The Cure 9 8 December 2022 1
15 December 2022 1 Marry Me Olly Murs 1 15 December 2022 1
2 Heroes & Villains Metro Boomin 3 15 December 2022 1
22 December 2022 4 There's Nothing but Space, Man! Sam Ryder 1 22 December 2022 1
17 SOS SZA 2 22 December 2022 3

Entries by artist

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The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2022, including albums that reached their peak in 2021. 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 2022 is also shown.

Entries Artist Weeks Albums
3 Liam Gallagher 3 C'mon You Know, Down by the River Thames, Be Here Now
2 ABBA 15 Voyage, ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
Arctic Monkeys 11 AM, The Car
Dave 4 Psychodrama, We're All Alone in This Together
D-Block Europe 6 Home Alone 2, Lap 5
Drake 7 Honestly, Nevermind, Her Loss
Ed Sheeran 47 ÷, =
Eminem 13 Curtain Call: The Hits, Curtain Call 2
Foo Fighters 2 Greatest Hits, The Essential Foo Fighters
Harry Styles 33 Fine Line, Harry's House
Jack White 2 Fear of the Dawn, Entering Heaven Alive
Meat Loaf 1 Bat Out of Hell, Hits Out of Hell
Michael Bublé 6 Christmas, Higher
Queen 9 Greatest Hits, The Miracle
Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 Unlimited Love, Return of the Dream Canteen
The Weeknd 29 The Highlights, Dawn FM

See also

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References

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General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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