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][2][3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1998, as well as albums which peaked in 1997 and 1999 but were in the top 10 in 1998. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Entered
(week ending) | Weeks
in
top
10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak
reached
(week ending) | Weeks
at
peak | | Albums in 1997 |
|---|
| format=dmy|1997|02|15}} | 42 | White on Blonde ‡ | Texas | 1 | format=dmy|1997|02|15}} | 2 |
| format=dmy|1997|06|28}} | 19 | OK Computer ‡ | Radiohead | 1 | format=dmy|1997|06|28}} | 2 |
| format=dmy|1997|10|04}} | 8 | Maverick A Strike ‡ | Finley Quaye | 3 | format=dmy|1997|10|04}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1997|10|11}} | 42 | Urban Hymns ‡ | The Verve | 1 | format=dmy|1997|10|11}} | 12 |
| format=dmy|1997|10|25}} | 7 | Fresco ‡ | M People | 2 | format=dmy|1997|10|25}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|11|01}} | 25 | Postcards from Heaven ‡ | Lighthouse Family | 2 | format=dmy|1997|11|01}} | 2 |
| 12 | Greatest Hits ‡ | Eternal | 2 | format=dmy|1997|11|08}} | 1 |
| 56 | Talk on Corners | The Corrs | 1 | format=dmy|1998|06|27}} | 10 |
| format=dmy|1997|11|08}} | 6 | The Very Best of John Lennon ‡ | John Lennon | 4 | format=dmy|1997|11|08}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|11|15}} | 11 | Spiceworld ‡ | Spice Girls | 1 | format=dmy|1997|11|15}} | 3 |
| 7 | Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya ‡ | Enya | 4 | format=dmy|1997|11|15}} | 2 |
| format=dmy|1997|11|22}} | 8 | Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds ‡ | The Lightning Seeds | 5 | format=dmy|1997|11|22}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1997|11|29}} | 29 | Let's Talk About Love ‡ | Celine Dion | 1 | format=dmy|1997|11|29}} | 5 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|12|06}} | 7 | If You Were There... ‡ | Wham! | 4 | format=dmy|1997|12|06}} | 5 |
| 15 | Left of the Middle ‡ | Natalie Imbruglia | 5 | format=dmy|1997|12|06}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1997|12|13}} | 23 | All Saints | All Saints | 2 | format=dmy|1998|01|17}} | 3 |
| Albums in 1998 |
|---|
| format=dmy|1998|01|17}} | 44 | Life Thru a Lens | Robbie Williams | 1 | format=dmy|1998|04|18}} | 2 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|01|31}} | 1 | Moon Safari | Air | 6 | format=dmy|1998|01|31}} | 1 |
| 7 | The Love Songs | Lionel Richie | 5 | format=dmy|1998|02|21}} | 2 |
| 1 | The Blue Cafe | Chris Rea | 10 | format=dmy|1998|01|31}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|02|07}} | 15 | Music from the Motion Picture | James Horner | 1 | format=dmy|1998|02|14}} | 3 |
| 1 | Decksandrumsandrockandroll | Propellerheads | 6 | format=dmy|1998|02|07}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|02|14}} | 1 | Unfinished Monkey Business | Ian Brown | 4 | format=dmy|1998|02|14}} | 1 |
| 1 | Yield | Pearl Jam | 7 | format=dmy|1998|02|14}} | 1 |
| 5 | Aquarium | Aqua | 6 | format=dmy|1998|02|28}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|03|07}} | 2 | Melting Pot | The Charlatans | 4 | format=dmy|1998|03|07}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|03|14}} | 20 | Ray of Light | Madonna | 1 | format=dmy|1998|03|14}} | 2 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|03|21}} | 2 | Tin Planet | Space | 3 | format=dmy|1998|03|21}} | 1 |
| 2 | Pilgrim | Eric Clapton | 6 | format=dmy|1998|03|21}} | 1 |
| 1 | Return to the Last Chance Saloon | The Bluetones | 10 | format=dmy|1998|03|21}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|04|04}} | 9 | The Best Of | James | 1 | format=dmy|1998|04|04}} | 1 |
| 2 | In My Life | George Martin | 5 | format=dmy|1998|04|25}} | 1 |
| 1 | Kylie Minogue (1998) | Kylie Minogue | 10 | format=dmy|1998|04|04}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|04|11}} | 2 | This is Hardcore | Pulp | 1 | format=dmy|1998|04|11}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|04|25}} | 3 | Essentials – The Very Best of George Benson | George Benson | 8 | format=dmy|1998|04|25}} | 2 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|05|02}} | 5 | Mezzanine | Massive Attack | 1 | format=dmy|1998|05|02}} | 2 |
| 1 | Walking into Clarksdale | Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | 3 | format=dmy|1998|05|02}} | 1 |
| 18 | International Velvet | Catatonia | 1 | format=dmy|1998|05|16}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|05|16}} | 1 | From the Choirgirl Hotel | Tori Amos | 6 | format=dmy|1998|05|16}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|05|23}} | 7 | Version 2.0 | Garbage | 1 | format=dmy|1998|05|23}} | 1 |
| 1 | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk | Jeff Buckley | 7 | format=dmy|1998|05|23}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|05|30}} | 18 | Blue | Simply Red | 1 | format=dmy|1998|05|30}} | 2 |
| 2 | The Best of Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 7 | format=dmy|1998|05|30}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|06|06}} | 27 | Where We Belong | Boyzone | 1 | format=dmy|1998|06|06}} | 3 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|06|13}} | 4 | When We Were the New Boys | Rod Stewart | 2 | format=dmy|1998|06|13}} | 1 |
| 1 | Adore | The Smashing Pumpkins | 5 | format=dmy|1998|06|13}} | 1 |
| 1 | Let It Ride | Shed Seven | 9 | format=dmy|1998|06|13}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|06|20}} | 6 | The Good Will Out | Embrace | 1 | format=dmy|1998|06|20}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|06|27}} | 1 | Try Whistling This | Neil Finn | 5 | format=dmy|1998|06|27}} | 1 |
| 1 | Trampoline | The Mavericks | 10 | format=dmy|1998|06|27}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|07|04}} | 4 | Five | Five | 1 | format=dmy|1998|07|04}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|07|18}} | 4 | Hello Nasty | Beastie Boys | 1 | format=dmy|1998|07|18}} | 1 |
| 1 | Moving On | 911 | 10 | format=dmy|1998|07|18}} | 1 |
| format=dmy|1998|07|25}} | 6 | Jane McDonald | Jane McDonald | 1 | format=dmy|1998|07|25}} | 3 |
| format=dmy|1998|08|01}} | 5 | Desireless | Eagle-Eye Cherry | 3 | format=dmy|1998|08|01}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|08|29}} | 9 | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | 2 | format=dmy|1998|09|19}} | 1 |
| 1 | Follow the Leader | Korn | 5 | format=dmy|1998|08|29}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|09|05}} | 2 | 100% Colombian | Fun Lovin' Criminals | 3 | format=dmy|1998|09|05}} | 1 |
| 1 | Psyence Fiction | Unkle | 4 | format=dmy|1998|09|05}} | 1 |
| 1 | Life Goes On | Sash! | 5 | format=dmy|1998|09|05}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|09|12}} | 2 | Tubular Bells III | Mike Oldfield | 4 | format=dmy|1998|09|12}} | 1 |
| 1 | Fin de Siècle | The Divine Comedy | 9 | format=dmy|1998|09|12}} | 1 |
| 1 | Back to Titanic | James Horner | 10 | format=dmy|1998|09|12}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|09|19}} | 10 | One Night Only | Bee Gees | 4 | format=dmy|1998|09|19}} | 1 |
| 1 | Hatful of Rain (The Best of Del Amitri) | Del Amitri | 5 | format=dmy|1998|09|19}} | 1 |
| 1 | Six | Mansun | 6 | format=dmy|1998|09|19}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|09|26}} | 10 | This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours | Manic Street Preachers | 1 | format=dmy|1998|09|26}} | 3 |
| 25 | Step One | Steps | 2 | format=dmy|1998|09|26}} | 1 |
| 1 | Mechanical Animals | Marilyn Manson | 8 | format=dmy|1998|09|26}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|03}} | 2 | The Globe Sessions | Sheryl Crow | 2 | format=dmy|1998|10|03}} | 1 |
| 7 | The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo – The Star and the Wiseman | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 2 | format=dmy|1998|10|17}} | 1 |
| 1 | Sunday 8PM | Faithless | 10 | format=dmy|1998|10|03}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|10}} | 10 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 2 | format=dmy|1998|10|10}} | 3 |
| 1 | The Singles 86>98 | Depeche Mode | 5 | format=dmy|1998|10|10}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|17}} | 9 | Hits | Phil Collins | 1 | format=dmy|1998|10|17}} | 1 |
| 4 | Songs from Ally McBeal | Vonda Shepard | 3 | format=dmy|1998|10|17}} | 1 |
| 1 | Nu-Clear Sounds | Ash | 7 | format=dmy|1998|10|17}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|24}} | 7 | Quench | The Beautiful South | 1 | format=dmy|1998|10|24}} | 2 |
| 6 | B*Witched | B*Witched | 3 | format=dmy|1998|10|24}} | 1 |
| 1 | Without You I'm Nothing | Placebo | 7 | format=dmy|1998|10|24}} | 1 |
| 1 | Labour of Love III | UB40 | 8 | format=dmy|1998|10|24}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|31}} | 22 | You've Come a Long Way, Baby ♦ | Fatboy Slim | 1 | format=dmy|1999|01|23}} | 4 |
| 2 | The Very Best of Dire Straits | Dire Straits | 6 | format=dmy|1998|10|31}} | 1 |
| 1 | Love Songs | Daniel O'Donnell | 9 | format=dmy|1998|10|31}} | 1 |
| 1 | Real as I Wanna Be | Cliff Richard | 10 | format=dmy|1998|10|31}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|11|07}} | 31 | I've Been Expecting You | Robbie Williams | 1 | format=dmy|1998|11|07}} | 3 |
| 1 | Up | R.E.M. | 2 | format=dmy|1998|11|07}} | 1 |
| 2 | Believe ♦ | Cher | 7 | format=dmy|1999|03|20}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|11|14}} | 2 | The Best of 1980–1990 & B-Sides | U2 | 1 | format=dmy|1998|11|14}} | 1 |
| 2 | The Masterplan | Oasis | 2 | format=dmy|1998|11|14}} | 1 |
| 2 | Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | Alanis Morissette | 3 | format=dmy|1998|11|14}} | 1 |
| 11 | The Best of M People | M People | 2 | format=dmy|1998|12|12}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|11|21}} | 16 | The Best of George Michael | George Michael | 1 | format=dmy|1998|11|21}} | 8 |
| 1 | The Greatest Hits | Paul Weller | 7 | format=dmy|1998|11|21}} | 1 |
| 11 | The Best of 1980-1990 (Single-Disc Version) | U2 | 4 | format=dmy|1998|12|05}} | 1 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|1998|11|28}} | 4 | Voice of an Angel | Charlotte Church | 4 | format=dmy|1998|11|28}} | 1 |
| 1 | #1's | Mariah Carey | 10 | format=dmy|1998|11|28}} | 1 |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/|title=The Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=28 December 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition)|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8|pages=14|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3196892.stm |title=New singles formats to save the charts|work=BBC News|date=16 October 2003 |accessdate=21 February 2010}}