List of UK top-ten albums in 2022
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 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).
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Eighty-two albums have been in the top 10 so far this year (as of 5 May 2022, week ending). Ten albums from 2021 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Between Us by Little Mix and Christmas by Michael Bublé were the albums from 2021 to reach their peak in 2022.
The first new number-one album of the year was Dawn FM by The Weeknd. Overall, fourteen different albums have peaked at number-one so far in 2022, with fourteen 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
Chart debuts
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 |
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| Aurora | 1 | The Gods We Can Touch | 8 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Wet Leg | 1 | Wet Leg | 1 | — |
| Kae Tempest | 1 | The Line Is a Curve | 8 | — |
| Pusha T | 1 | It's Almost Dry | 7 | — |
Top-ten albums
- 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 |
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| Albums in 2021 | ||||||
| 18 February 2021 | 22* | The Highlights ‡ | The Weeknd | 2 | 18 February 2021 | 1 |
| 3 June 2021 | 41* | Sour ‡ | Olivia Rodrigo | 1 | 3 June 2021 | 5 |
| 5 August 2021 | 14 | We're All Alone in This Together ‡ | Dave | 1 | 5 August 2021 | 2 |
| 28 October 2021 | 6 | Music of the Spheres ‡ | Coldplay | 1 | 28 October 2021 | 1 |
| 11 November 2021 | 26* | = ‡ | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 11 November 2021 | 4 |
| 18 November 2021 | 10 | Voyage ‡ | ABBA | 1 | 18 November 2021 | 1 |
| 25 November 2021 | 15* | Between Us | 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 | 5 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 3 | 6 January 2022 | 1 |
| Albums in 2022 | ||||||
| 6 January 2022 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Queen | 8 | 6 January 2022 | 1 |
| 3 | Diamonds | Elton John | 7 | 13 January 2022 | 1 | |
| 13 January 2022 | 3 | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | 8 | 13 January 2022 | 1 |
| 8* | 50 Years – Don't Stop | Fleetwood Mac | 6 | 28 April 2022 | 1 | |
| 20 January 2022 | 5 | 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 | |
| 7 | Curtain Call: The Hits | 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: 20th Anniversary Edition | 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 |
| 3* | Fine Line | Harry Styles | 6 | 14 April 2022 | 1 | |
| 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 | |
Entries by artist
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 | Country of origin | Weeks | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dave |  United Kingdom |
4 | Psychodrama, We're All Alone in This Together |
| Ed Sheeran | 17* | ÷, = | ||
| Meat Loaf |  United States |
1 | Bat Out of Hell, Hits Out of Hell | |
| Michael Bublé | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
2 | Christmas, Higher | |
References
General
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Specific
- "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
- 2022 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)
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