1184 - 07/02/2020 - Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces

#100 - Your Girlfriend

1185 - 14/02/2020 - Green Day - Father of All Motherf**kers

n/a

1188 - 13/03/2020 - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Manchester Calling

n/a

1197 - 19/06/2020 - Liam Gallagher - MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)

n/a

1198 - 26/06/2020 - Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

n/a

1199 - 03/07/2020 - Haim - Women in Music Pt. III

n/a

1200 - 10/07/2020 - Paul Weller - On Sunset

n/a

1204 - 21/08/2020 - Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings

#81 - Space

1205 - 28/08/2020 - The Killers - Imploding the Mirage

#84 - My Own Soul's Warning

#95 - Caution

1207 - 18/09/2020 - Doves - The Universal Want

n/a

1209 - 02/10/2020 - Idles - Ultra Mono

n/a

1210 - 09/10/2020 - Queen + Adam Lambert - Live Around the World

n/a

1212 - 23/10/2020 - The Vamps - Cherry Blossom

n/a

1213 - 30/10/2020 - Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You

n/a

1215 - 13/11/2020 - Kylie Minogue - Disco

#53 - Magic

#56 - Say Something

#95 - Real Groove

1216 - 20/11/2020 - AC/DC - Power Up

n/a

1217 - 27/11/2020 - Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together at Christmas

n/a

1218 - 04/12/2020 - Gary Barlow - Music Played by Humans

n/a

1219 - 11/12/2020 - Yungblud - Weird!

#98 - Cotton Candy

1221 - 25/12/2020 - Paul McCartney - McCartney III

n/a

1222 - 15/01/2021 - Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1

n/a

1223 - 22/01/2021 - You Me at Six - Suckapunch

n/a

1225 - 05/02/2021 - Celeste - Not Your Muse

#47 - Stop This Flame

#59 - A Little Love

#82 - Strange

1226 - 12/02/2021 - Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight

#52 - Making a Fire

#53 - Waiting on a War

#77 - Shame Shame

1228 - 26/02/2021 - Mogwai - As the Love Continues

n/a

1229 - 05/03/2021 - Architects - For Those That Wish to Exist

n/a

1230 - 12/03/2021 - Kings of Leon - When You See Yourself

#74 - The Bandit

#88 - Stormy Weather

1232 - 26/03/2021 - Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails over the Country Club

#51 - White Dress

#58 - Chemtrails over the Country Club

#81 - Tulsa Jesus Freak

#87 - Let Me Love You like a Woman

1233 - 02/04/2021 - Ben Howard - Collections from the Whiteout

n/a

1234 - 09/04/2021 - The Snuts - W.L.

n/a

1236 - 23/04/2021 - London Grammar - Californian Soil

#67 - How Does It Feel

#80 - Baby It's You

1237 - 30/04/2021 - Tom Jones - Surrounded by Time

n/a

1238 - 07/05/2021 - Royal Blood - Typhoons

#46 - Trouble's Coming

#63 - Typhoons

#72 - Oblivion

1240 - 21/05/2021 - Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1)

n/a

1242 - 11/06/2021 - Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

#88 - Smile

#93 - How Can I Make It OK?

1244 - 02/07/2021 - Jack Savoretti - Europiana

n/a

1245 - 16/07/2021 - Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This

n/a

1249 - 20/08/2021 - The Killers - Pressure Machine

n/a

1252 - 10/09/2021 - Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament

n/a

1253 - 01/10/2021 - The Lathums - How Beautiful Life Can Be

n/a

1263 - 21/01/2022 - The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not the World

n/a

1265 - 04/02/2022 - Don Broco - Amazing Things

n/a

1266 - 11/02/2022 - Bastille - Give Me the Future

n/a

1267 - 18/02/2022 - Frank Turner - FTHC

n/a

1269 - 11/03/2022 - Stereophonics - Oochya!

n/a

1270 - 18/03/2022 - Rex Orange County - Who Cares?

#89 - Open a Window

#95 - Keep It Up

1272 - 01/04/2022 - Michael Bublé - Higher

n/a

1273 - 08/04/2022 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

#43 - Black Summer

1274 - 15/04/2022 - Wet Leg - Wet Leg

#74 - Chaise Longue

#74 - Wet Dream

1276 - 29/04/2022 - Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

n/a

1277 - 06/05/2022 - Blossoms - Ribbon Around the Bomb

n/a

1278 - 13/05/2022 - Arcade Fire - We

n/a

1279 - 20/05/2022 - Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever

#51 - My Love

#54 - King

1283 - 08/07/2022 - Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet

#46 - Through the Echoes

1284 - 29/07/2022 - Jamie T - The Theory of Whatever

n/a

1286 - 19/08/2022 - Kasabian - The Alchemist's Euphoria

n/a

1288 - 02/09/2022 - Muse - Will of the People

#56 - Won't Stand Down

1289 - 09/09/2022 - Yungblud - Yungblud

#80 - The Funeral

1290 - 16/09/2022 - Robbie Williams - XXV

n/a

1292 - 30/09/2022 - 5 Seconds of Summer - 5SOS5

n/a

1293 - 07/10/2022 - Slipknot - The End, So Far

n/a

1294 - 14/10/2022 - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - N.K-Pop

n/a

1298 - 18/11/2022 - Louis Tomlinson - Faith in the Future

n/a

1301 - 09/12/2022 - Olly Murs - Marry Me

n/a

1304 - 27/01/2023 - The Reytons - What's Rock and Roll?

n/a

1306 - 10/02/2023 - Shania Twain - Queen of Me

n/a

1307 - 17/02/2023 - Paramore - This Is Why

#61 - This Is Why

#74 - Running Out of Time

1309 - 03/03/2023 - Gorillaz - Cracker Island

#56 - New Gold

#94 - Cracker Island

#97 - Silent Running

1310 - 10/03/2023 - The Lathums - From Nothing to a Little Bit More

n/a

1312 - 24/03/2023 - U2 - Songs of Surrender

n/a

1313 - 31/03/2023 - Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

#41 - A&W

#48 - Paris, Texas

#68 - Candy Necklace

#98 - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

1314 - 07/04/2023 - Boygenius - The Record

n/a

1315 - 14/04/2023 - Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven

n/a

1316 - 21/04/2023 - Metallica - 72 Seasons

n/a

1317 - 28/04/2023 - Enter Shikari - A Kiss for the Whole World

n/a

1318 - 05/05/2023 - The Lottery Winners - Anxiety Replacement Therapy

n/a

1321 - 09/06/2023 - Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

#98 - Under You

1324 - 30/06/2023 - Maisie Peters - The Good Witch

#85 - Lost the Breakup

1325 - 07/07/2023 - Nothing but Thieves - Dead Club City

#97 - Welcome to the DCC

1328 - 28/07/2023 - Blur - The Ballad of Darren

#81 - The Narcissist

1331 - 18/08/2023 - Liam Gallagher - Knebworth 22

n/a

1334 - 08/09/2023 - Royal Blood - Back to the Water Below

n/a

1336 - 22/09/2023 - Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0

n/a

1340 - 20/10/2023 - Ren - Sick Boi

n/a

1343 - 24/11/2023 - Madness - Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie

n/a

1344 - 01/12/2023 - Take That - This Life

n/a

1345 - 08/12/2023 - Peter Gabriel - I/O

n/a

1347 - 12/01/2024 - Shed Seven - A Matter of Time

n/a

1349 - 26/01/2024 - Green Day - Saviors

n/a

1350 - 02/02/2024 - James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love

#81 - Just Us

#91 - A Year Ago

1353 - 23/02/2024 - Idles - Tangk

n/a

1354 - 01/03/2024 - Rod Stewart & Jools Holland - Swing Fever

n/a

1357 - 29/03/2024 - Elbow - AUDIO VERTIGO

n/a

1359 - 12/04/2024 - The Libertines - All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade

n/a

1360 - 19/04/2024 - James - Yummy

n/a

1365 - 12/07/2024 - Kasabian - Happenings

n/a

1368 - 16/08/2024 - Beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves

#64 - Real Man

#68 - Take a Bite

1371 - 13/09/2024 - David Gilmour - Luck and Strange

n/a

1372 - 20/09/2024 - Snow Patrol - The Forest Is the Path

n/a

1373 - 27/09/2024 - Blossoms - Gary

n/a

1374 - 04/10/2024 - Shed Seven - Liquid Gold

n/a

1377 - 25/10/2024 - Kylie Minogue - Tension II

#59 - Lights Camera Action

#60 - Dance Alone

#63 - My Oh My

1379 - 08/11/2024 - The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

n/a

1380 - 15/11/2024 - Michael Ball and Alfie Boe - Together at Home

n/a

1388 - 14/02/2025 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris)

n/a

1392 - 28/03/2025 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO

n/a

1393 - 04/04/2025 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere

#83 - Rushmere

1394 - 11/04/2025 - Elton John and Brandi Carlile - Who Believes in Angels?

n/a

1395 - 18/04/2025 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole

n/a

1396 - 02/05/2025 - Stereophonics - Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Cry, Make 'Em Wait

n/a

1397 - 09/05/2025 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII

n/a

1400 - 13/06/2025 - Pulp - More

n/a

1401 - 20/06/2025 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog

#67 - I Don't Want to Live Like This

1402 - 27/06/2025 - Yungblud - Idols

#71 - Zombie

1404 - 18/07/2025 - Wet Leg - Moisturizer

#99 - Catch These Fists

1406 - 01/08/2025 - The K's - Pretty On the Internet

n/a

1407 - 08/08/2025 - Reneé Rapp - Bite Me

#69 - Leave Me Alone

1408 - 22/08/2025 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be

#78 - Higher

1409 - 29/08/2025 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing

#65 - Bloom Baby Bloom

#81 - Just Two Girls

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Exclusions

Greatest Hits/Soundtracks with numerous Top 40 hit singles included

1243 - 18/06/2021 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011-2021)

1254 - 08/10/2021 - The Script - Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits

1287 - 26/08/2022 - Steps - Platinum Collection

1346 - 15/12/2023 - The Killers - Rebel Diamonds

1383 - 03/01/2025 - Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (Tour Collection)

1384 - 10/01/2025 - Elton John - Diamonds

1385 - 24/01/2025 - Robbie Williams - Better Man

Inclusions

Studio albums

Albums of re-recordings (examples: Robbie Williams, U2 & Busted)

Live albums (examples: Liam Gallagher, Queen + Adam Lambert, Taylor Swift & Pink Floyd)

If I've made any mistakes, please let me know!

So many 2025 albums have songs that didn't reach top 40...they deserved better.

I am most upset at kylie albums, Ellie, Paramore, royal blood and Florence all being here.

1 hour ago, -Jay- said:

1313 - 31/03/2023 - Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

#41 - A&W

This one feels particularly bittersweet

An interesting list. Many of the albums are various shades of rock music, which doesn't do as well on the singles chart these days. A lot of the albums are by fan based acts too. I don't know how many albums there are listed above but it would be interesting to find out what % of the albums listed actually managed to climb to number 1, what % of the albums stayed at number 1 for more than a week and what % of the albums actually managed another week in the top 40 albums chart after being at #1.

Edited Tuesday at 08:483 days by Robbie

poor Lana :/

1232 - 26/03/2021 - Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails over the Country Club

#51 - White Dress

#58 - Chemtrails over the Country Club

#81 - Tulsa Jesus Freak

#87 - Let Me Love You like a Woman

1313 - 31/03/2023 - Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

#41 - A&W

#48 - Paris, Texas

#68 - Candy Necklace

#98 - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

6 minutes ago, Robbie said:

An interesting list. Many of the albums are various shades of rock music, which doesn't do as well on the singles chart these days. A lot of the albums are by fan based acts too. I don't know how many albums there are listed above but it would be interesting to find out what % of the albums listed actually managed to climb to number 1, what % of the albums stayed at number 1 for more than a week and what % of the albums actually managed another week in the top 40 albums chart after being at #1.

From memory and a quick scan down the list, all of these albums entered at #1 and only stayed there for a single week - although Wet Leg's eponymous 2022 album managed a second week at #1 on the Sales Chart.

As for how many dropped straight out of the Top 40, I think this is covered year by year in some of Jay's other threads. It's certainly become much more common over the course of this decade for albums to drop straight out from #1, to the point that it's barely noted when it happens now.

Very interesting list, thanks for compiling. Suprised a few of these albums actually had tracks make the top 100! Been looking at certifications and a few albums can be removed if we look at tracks that have been certified by BPI:

Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces

"Your Girlfriend" gold

Biffy Clyro - A Celebration Of Endings

"Space" silver

Celeste - Not Your Muse

"Stop This Flame" and "Strange" gold

Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club

"Chemtrails Over The Country Club" silver

London Grammar - Californian Soil

"Baby It's You" and "How Does It Feel" silver

Royal Blood - Typhoons

"Trouble's Coming" silver

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

"Wet Dream" gold, "Chaise Longue" silver

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

"Jackie Down The Line" and "I Love You" silver

Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever

"Free" and "My Love" silver

Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet

"Through The Echoes" silver

Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

"Margaret" and "Let The Light In" silver

Boygenius - The Record

"Not Strong Enough" silver

Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City

"Overcome" silver

A few albums with top 40 hits don't have any certified, and some of the tracks that went top 40 are not certified while ones that didn't are certified!

Edited Tuesday at 11:223 days by gasman449