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] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2014, as well as albums which peaked in 2013 and 2015 but were in the top 10 in 2014. 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).
One-hundred and fifty-eight albums were in the top ten this year. Two albums from 2012 and sixteen albums from 2013 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Hozier by Hozier was released in 2014 but did not reach its peak until 2015. Beyoncé by Beyoncé was the only album from 2013 to reach its peak in 2014. Halcyon by Ellie Goulding debuted in 2012 and re-entered the top 10 in 2013, but its peak position was not until 2014. Sam Smith and Ella Henderson were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2014.
One-hundred and fifty-eight albums charted in the top 10 in 2014, with one-hundred and forty-two albums reaching their peak this year.
Six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2014 as a lead artist (correct to 22 March 2014).
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, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak | Albums in 2012 |
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format=dmy|2012|10|20}} | 22 | Halcyon | Ellie Goulding | 1 | format=dmy|2014|01|11}} | 3 |
format=dmy|2012|12|08}} | 16 | Right Place Right Time ‡ | Olly Murs | 1 | format=dmy|2012|12|08}} | 2 |
Albums in 2013 |
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format=dmy|2013|03|16}} | 23 | Bad Blood ‡ | Bastille | 1 | format=dmy|2013|03|16}} | 3 |
format=dmy|2013|04|27}} | 17 | To Be Loved ‡ | Michael Bublé | 1 | format=dmy|2013|04|27}} | 2 |
format=dmy|2013|05|11}} | 19 | Home ‡ | Rudimental | 1 | format=dmy|2013|05|11}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2013|09|21}} | 16 | AM ‡ | Arctic Monkeys | 1 | format=dmy|2013|09|21}} | 2 |
19 | If You Wait ‡ | London Grammar | 2 | format=dmy|2013|09|21}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|09|28}} | 11 | True ‡ | Avicii | 2 | format=dmy|2013|09|28}} | 2 |
format=dmy|2013|10|26}} | 7 | Tribute ‡ | John Newman | 1 | format=dmy|2013|10|26}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|10|02}} | 5 | Moon Landing ‡ | James Blunt | 2 | format=dmy|2013|11|02}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|10|02}} | 6 | Pure Heroine ‡ | Lorde | 4 | format=dmy|2013|11|09}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|11|16}} | 8 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ‡ | Eminem | 1 | format=dmy|2013|11|16}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|11|23}} | 3 | Direct Hits ‡ | The Killers | 6 | format=dmy|2013|11|23}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2013|11|30}} | 9 | Swings Both Ways ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | format=dmy|2013|11|30}} | 4 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2013|12|07}} | 6 | Midnight Memories ‡ | One Direction | 1 | format=dmy|2013|12|07}} | 2 |
13 | Since I Saw You Last ‡ | Gary Barlow | 2 | format=dmy|2013|12|07}} | 4 |
format=dmy|2013|12|14}} | 7 | Christmas ‡ | Michael Bublé | 7 | format=dmy|2013|12|21}} | 2 |
format=dmy|2013|12|21}} | 13 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé | 2 | format=dmy|2014|01|18}} | 1 |
Albums in 2014 |
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format=dmy|2014|01|25}} | 3 | High Hopes | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | format=dmy|2014|01|25}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|02|01}} | 3 | Wanderlust | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 4 | format=dmy|2014|02|01}} | 1 |
1 | Warpaint | Warpaint | 9 | format=dmy|2014|02|01}} | 1 |
1 | Rave Tapes | Mogwai | 10 | format=dmy|2014|02|01}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|02|08}} | 2 | Cavalier Youth | You Me at Six | 1 | format=dmy|2014|02|08}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|02|15}} | 2 | So Long, See You Tomorrow | Bombay Bicycle Club | 1 | format=dmy|2014|02|15}} | 1 |
1 | Hydra | Within Temptation | 6 | format=dmy|2014|02|15}} | 1 |
1 | Too Much Information | Maxïmo Park | 7 | format=dmy|2014|02|15}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|02|22}} | 2 | Little Red | Katy B | 1 | format=dmy|2014|02|22}} | 1 |
1 | Sun Structures | Temples | 7 | format=dmy|2014|02|22}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|03|08}} | 1 | Morning Phase | Beck | 4 | format=dmy|2014|03|08}} | 1 |
1 | Present Tense | Wild Beasts | 7 | format=dmy|2014|03|08}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|03|15}} | 10 | Girl | Pharrell Williams | 1 | format=dmy|2014|03|15}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|03|22}} | 7 | The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Elbow | 1 | format=dmy|2014|03|22}} | 1 |
29 | A Perfect Contradiction (#6) | Paloma Faith | 2 | format=dmy|2014|03|22}} | 2 |
12 | Love in the Future | John Legend | 2 | format=dmy|2014|05|03}} | 1 |
1 | Love Letters | Metronomy | 7 | format=dmy|2014|03|22}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 6 | Symphonica | George Michael | 1 | format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 1 |
2 | Kiss Me Once | Kylie Minogue | 2 | format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 1 |
1 | In the Arms of an Angel | Nicholas McDonald | 6 | format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 1 |
1 | Going to Hell | The Pretty Reckless | 8 | format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 1 |
1 | Home | Kian Egan | 9 | format=dmy|2014|03|29}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|04|05}} | 4 | The Power of Love | Sam Bailey | 1 | format=dmy|2014|04|05}} | 1 |
4 | Going Back Home | Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey | 3 | format=dmy|2014|04|05}} | 1 |
1 | Timeless | Dr. Hook | 9 | format=dmy|2014|04|05}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|04|12}} | 5 | Education, Education, Education & War | Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | format=dmy|2014|04|12}} | 2 |
3 | Out Among the Stars | Johnny Cash | 4 | format=dmy|2014|04|12}} | 1 |
1 | Head or Heart | Christina Perri | 8 | format=dmy|2014|04|12}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|04|19}} | 2 | Lift Your Spirit | Aloe Blacc | 5 | format=dmy|2014|04|19}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|04|26}} | 23 | Caustic Love (#4) | Paolo Nutini | 1 | format=dmy|2014|04|26}} | 3 |
3 | Meet the Vamps | The Vamps | 2 | format=dmy|2014|04|26}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|03}} | 1 | The New Classic | Iggy Azalea | 5 | format=dmy|2014|05|03}} | 1 |
1 | The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett | Eels | 7 | format=dmy|2014|04|26}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|10}} | 2 | Everyday Robots | Damon Albarn | 2 | format=dmy|2014|05|10}} | 1 |
1 | Tribal | Imelda May | 3 | format=dmy|2014|05|10}} | 1 |
1 | Embrace | Embrace | 5 | format=dmy|2014|05|10}} | 1 |
1 | Indie Cindy | Pixies | 6 | format=dmy|2014|05|10}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|17}} | 2 | Sheezus | Lily Allen | 1 | format=dmy|2014|05|17}} | 1 |
1 | Magic Mountain | Black Stone Cherry | 5 | format=dmy|2014|05|17}} | 1 |
1 | Resurrection | Anastacia | 9 | format=dmy|2014|05|17}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|24}} | 5 | Xscape | Michael Jackson | 1 | format=dmy|2014|05|24}} | 1 |
2 | Turn Blue | The Black Keys | 2 | format=dmy|2014|05|24}} | 1 |
1 | Glorious | Foxes | 5 | format=dmy|2014|05|24}} | 1 |
1 | First Mind | Nick Mulvey | 10 | format=dmy|2014|05|24}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|31}} | 12 | Ghost Stories (#5) | Coldplay | 1 | format=dmy|2014|05|31}} | 1 |
2 | What Have We Become? | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott | 3 | format=dmy|2014|05|31}} | 1 |
1 | Definitely Maybe: Chasing the Sun Deluxe Edition | Oasis | 5 | format=dmy|2014|05|31}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|06|07}} | 76 | In the Lonely Hour (#2) | Sam Smith | 1 | format=dmy|2014|06|07}} | 8 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 | New Eyes | Clean Bandit | 3 | format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 |
1 | More Modern Classics | Paul Weller | 6 | format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 |
1 | Led Zeppelin: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 7 | format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 |
2 | Hank | Hank Marvin | 8 | format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 |
1 | Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 10 | format=dmy|2014|06|14}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|06|21}} | 5 | 13 | Kasabian | 1 | format=dmy|2014|06|21}} | 1 |
1 | Lazaretto | Jack White | 4 | format=dmy|2014|06|21}} | 1 |
1 | Whispers | Passenger | 5 | format=dmy|2014|06|21}} | 1 |
12 | Blue Smoke – The Best Of | Dolly Parton | 2 | format=dmy|2014|08|02}} | 3 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|06|28}} | 3 | Ultraviolence | Lana Del Rey | 1 | format=dmy|2014|06|28}} | 1 |
2 | The Hunting Party | Linkin Park | 2 | format=dmy|2014|06|28}} | 1 |
1 | + | Ed Sheeran | 9 | format=dmy|2014|06|28}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|07|05}} | 77 | X (#1) | 1 | format=dmy|2014|07|05}} | 13 |
1 | Once More 'Round the Sun | Mastodon | 10 | format=dmy|2014|07|05}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|07|12}} | 4 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | 2 | format=dmy|2014|07|12}} | 1 |
46 | Wanted on Voyage (#3) | George Ezra | 1 | format=dmy|2014|10|11}} | 4 |
1 | Mutineers | David Gray | 10 | format=dmy|2014|07|12}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|07|19}} | 1 | Futurology | Manic Street Preachers | 2 | format=dmy|2014|07|19}} | 1 |
1 | Live Life Living | Example | 8 | format=dmy|2014|07|19}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|07|26}} | 1 | World Peace Is None of Your Business | Morrissey | 2 | format=dmy|2014|07|26}} | 1 |
1 | Jungle | Jungle | 7 | format=dmy|2014|07|26}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|08|02}} | 1 | Trouble in Paradise | La Roux | 6 | format=dmy|2014|08|02}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|08|09}} | 2 | An Appreciation of JJ Cale | Eric Clapton & Friends | 3 | format=dmy|2014|08|09}} | 1 |
1 | Hypnotic Eye | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 7 | format=dmy|2014|08|09}} | 1 |
1 | Welcome to the Jungle | Neon Jungle | 8 | format=dmy|2014|08|09}} | 1 |
1 | Nothing but the Beat | David Guetta | 9 | format=dmy|2014|08|09}} | 1 |
format=dmy|2014|08|16}} | 1 | Long Road Home | Charlie Simpson | 10 | format=dmy|2014|08|16}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|08|23}} | 1 | Get Hurt | The Gaslight Anthem | 4 | format=dmy|2014|08|23}} | 1 |
2 | At the Movies | Richard & Adam | 5 | format=dmy|2014|08|23}} | 1 |
1 | Native | OneRepublic | 9 | format=dmy|2014|08|23}} | 1 |
1 | The Greatest Hits | The Saturdays | 10 | format=dmy|2014|08|23}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|08|30}} | 4 | Stars | Collabro | 1 | format=dmy|2014|08|30}} | 1 |
2 | Concrete Love | The Courteeners | 3 | format=dmy|2014|08|30}} | 1 |
1 | Great Divide | Twin Atlantic | 6 | format=dmy|2014|08|30}} | 1 |
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{{dts|format=dmy|2014|09|06}} | 7 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | 1 | format=dmy|2014|09|06}} | 1 |
2 | My Everything | Ariana Grande | 3 | format=dmy|2014|09|06}} | 1 |
2 | The Whole Story | Kate Bush | 6 | format=dmy|2014|09|06}} | 1 |
1 | Hounds of Love | 9 | format=dmy|2014|09|06}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|09|13}} | 1 | V | Maroon 5 | 4 | format=dmy|2014|09|13}} | 1 |
1 | Creation | The Pierces | 7 | format=dmy|2014|09|13}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|09|20}} | 1 | Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar | Robert Plant | 2 | format=dmy|2014|09|20}} | 1 |
1 | Ryan Adams | Ryan Adams | 6 | format=dmy|2014|09|20}} | 1 |
1 | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 7 | format=dmy|2014|09|20}} | 1 |
1 | El Pintor | Interpol | 9 | format=dmy|2014|09|20}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 6 | No Sound Without Silence | The Script | 1 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 1 |
7 | Partners | Barbra Streisand | 2 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 2 |
1 | X | Chris Brown | 4 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 1 |
1 | World on Fire | Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators | 7 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 1 |
1 | Bulletproof Picasso | Train | 9 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 1 |
1 | The Balcony | Catfish and the Bottlemen | 10 | format=dmy|2014|09|27}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 2 | This Is All Yours | Alt-J | 1 | format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 1 |
1 | Popular Problems | Leonard Cohen | 5 | format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 1 |
1 | Syro | Aphex Twin | 8 | format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 1 |
1 | Different Shades of Blue | Joe Bonamassa | 9 | format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 1 |
1 | Cheek to Cheek | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | 10 | format=dmy|2014|10|04}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|10|11}} | 1 | Carry on the Grudge | Jamie T | 4 | format=dmy|2014|10|11}} | 1 |
1 | What's the Story (Morning Glory): Chasing the Sun Deluxe Edition | Oasis | 7 | format=dmy|2014|10|11}} | 1 |
1 | Art Official Age | Prince | 8 | format=dmy|2014|10|11}} | 1 |
2 | R-Kive | Genesis | 7 | format=dmy|2014|10|18}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|10|18}} | 15 | Hozier ♦ | Hozier | 3 | format=dmy|2015|05|23}} | 1 |
1 | Our Love | Caribou | 8 | format=dmy|2014|10|18}} | 1 |
1 | Playland | Johnny Marr | 9 | format=dmy|2014|10|18}} | 1 |
1 | Sirens | Gorgon City | 10 | format=dmy|2014|10|18}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 7 | Chapter One | Ella Henderson | 1 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
2 | Sweet Talker | Jessie J | 5 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
1 | Songs of Innocence | U2 | 6 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
1 | The Story – The Very Best of Spandau Ballet | Spandau Ballet | 8 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
1 | Tough Love | Jessie Ware | 9 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
1 | rose ave. | You+Me | 10 | format=dmy|2014|10|25}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|01}} | 2 | I Forget Where We Were | Ben Howard | 1 | format=dmy|2014|11|01}} | 1 |
1 | The Gray Chapter | Slipknot | 2 | format=dmy|2014|11|01}} | 1 |
2 | Melody Road | Neil Diamond | 4 | format=dmy|2014|11|01}} | 1 |
2 | Aquostic (Stripped Bare) | Status Quo | 5 | format=dmy|2014|11|01}} | 1 |
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{{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|08}} | 43 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1 | format=dmy|2014|11|08}} | 1 |
1 | Four Symbols: Deluxe Edition | Led Zeppelin | 6 | format=dmy|2014|11|08}} | 1 |
2 | Nostalgia | Annie Lennox | 9 | format=dmy|2014|11|08}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|15}} | 3 | Motion | Calvin Harris | 2 | format=dmy|2014|11|15}} | 1 |
2 | Love in Venice | André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra | 4 | format=dmy|2014|11|15}} | 1 |
1 | My Favourite Faded Fantasy | Damien Rice | 7 | format=dmy|2014|11|15}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|22}} | 6 | The Endless River (#9) | Pink Floyd | 1 | format=dmy|2014|11|22}} | 1 |
3 | Sonic Highways | Foo Fighters | 2 | format=dmy|2014|11|22}} | 1 |
1 | Forever | Queen | 5 | format=dmy|2014|11|22}} | 1 |
1 | Only Human | Cheryl | 7 | format=dmy|2014|11|22}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|29}} | 9 | Four (#7) | One Direction | 1 | format=dmy|2014|11|29}} | 1 |
2 | It's the Girls! | Bette Midler | 6 | format=dmy|2014|11|29}} | 1 |
1 | Nothing Has Changed: The Very Best of David Bowie | David Bowie | 9 | format=dmy|2014|11|29}} | 1 |
1 | Home Sweet Home | Katherine Jenkins | 10 | format=dmy|2014|11|29}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|12|06}} | 11 | Never Been Better (#8) | Olly Murs | 1 | format=dmy|2014|12|06}} | 1 |
1 | Listen | David Guetta | 8 | format=dmy|2014|12|06}} | 1 |
{{dts|format=dmy|2014|12|13}} | 4 | III (#10) | Take That | 1 | format=dmy|2014|12|13}} | 1 |
2 | Rock or Bust | AC/DC | 3 | format=dmy|2014|12|13}} | 1 |
1 | McBusted | McBusted | 9 | format=dmy|2014|12|13}} | 1 |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2014, including albums that reached their peak in 2013. 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 2014 is also shown.
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