Top 10 Albums in 2026 - first & second week comparisons

Official Albums Chart Top 200

First & second week comparisons

#1

01-01 [183,045 to 26,524 | -85.51%] Harry Styles  - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.

01-02 [46,976 to 15,571 | -66.85%] RAYE  - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

01-04 [41,551 to 13,781 | -66.83%] BTS  - ARIRANG

01-08 [21,071 to 7,020 | -66.68%] Charli xcx  - Wuthering Heights

01-10 [29,982 to 5,622 | -81.25%] Gorillaz  - The Mountain
01-20 [35,505 to 4,631 | 86.96-%] Mumford & Sons - Prizefighter

01-36 [34,157 to 3,273 | -90.42%] Robbie Williams  - BRITPOP

01-64 [22,155 to 2,467 | -88.86%] Dermot Kennedy  - The Weight of the Woods

01-85 [28,416 to 2,196 | -92.27%] Louis Tomlinson  - How Did I Get Here?

01-xxx [20,414 to 1,114 | -94.54%] Skindred  - You Got This

01-tba [55,826 to tba | -tba%] Noah Kahan  - The Great Divide

#2

02-149 [11,546 to 1,626 | -85.92%] Jack Savoretti  - We Will Always Be the Way We Were

02-197 [18,582 to 1,314 | -92.93%] Jessie Ware  - Superbloom

02-xxx [15,737 to 826 | -94.75%] Blue  - Reflections

02-tba [15,980 to tba | tba%] Foo Fighters  - Your Favorite Toy

#3

03-05 [18,547 to 7,368 | -60.27%] Bruno Mars  - The Romantic

03-10 [10,531 to 6,572 | -37.59%] Zach Bryan  - With Heaven on Top

03-11 [13,942 to 6,414 | -54.00%] Kanye West  - BULLY

03-16 [9,922 to 4,930 | -50.31%] J. Cole  - The Fall-Off

03-64 [11,183 to 2,461 | -77.99%] Madison Beer  - locket

03-110 [14,294 to 1,839 | -87.13%] Megadeth  - Megadeth

03-124 [12,200 to 1,667 | -86.34%] James Blake  - Trying Times

03-190 [8,593 to 1,252 | -85.43%] Morrissey  - Make-up is a Lie

03-198 [10,004 to 1,274 | -87.27%] The Molotovs  - Wasted on Youth

03-xxx [10,545 to 799 | -92.42%] Leigh-Anne - My Ego Told Me To

#4

04-14 [8,978 to 5,589 | -37.75%] Don Toliver  - OCTANE

04-20 [13,641 to 5,100 | -62.61%] Luke Combs  - The Way I Am

04-116 [13,832 to 1,749 | -87.36%] Mitski  - Nothing's About to Happen to Me

04-125 [9,265 to 1,747 | -81.14%] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX  - Angels' Share

04-154 [9,627 to 1,576 | -83.63%] Holly Humberstone  - Cruel World

04-xxx [9,183 to 671 | -92.69%] Callum Beattie  - INDI

04-xxx [12,475 to 989 | -92.07%] ZAYN  - KONNAKOL

04-tba [13,244 to tba | tba%] Michael Jackson  - Michael: Songs from the Motion Picture

#5

05-63 [13,726 to 2,409 | -82.45%] Melanie Martinez  - HADES

05-xxx [8,014 to 516 | -93.56%] The Cribs  - Selling a Vibe

05-xxx [9,532 to 872 | -90.85%] Hilary Duff  - luck... or something

#6

06-149 [6,961 to 1,512 | -78.28%] Joji  - Piss in the Wind

06-xxx [8,094 to 1,167 | -85.58%] Sleaford Mods  - The Demise of Planet X

#7

07-26 [8,447 to 4,315 | -48.92%] Ella Langley  - Dandelion

07-xxx [9,952 to 867 | -91.29%] Don Broco  - Nightmare Tripping

#8

08-28 [7,328 to 4,200 | -42.69%] A$AP Rocky  - Don't Be Dumb

08-xxx [7,318 to ?,??? | -??.??%] Cast  - Yeah Yeah Yeah

#9

09-172 [8,360 to 1,354 | -83.80%] Tom Misch  - Full Circle

09-xxx [6,803 to 244 | -96.41%] Only the Poets  - And I'd Do It Again

#10

10-xxx [5,993 to 1,039 | -82.66%] Jane McDonald  - Living the Dream

10-xxx [7,909 to 909 | -88.51%] Robyn  - Sexistential

Note: I've not included albums that have climbed into the Top 10, or reissues.

Stats: (42 Albums - 01/05/2026)

7 albums [16.67%] stayed in the Top 10

11 albums [26.19%] stayed in the Top 20

14 albums [33.33%] stayed in the Top 40

17 albums [40.48%] stayed in the Top 75

18 albums [42.86%] stayed in the Top 100

29 albums [69.05%] stayed in the Top 200

35 albums [83.33%] fell out of the Top 10

31 albums [73.81%] fell out of the Top 20

28 albums [66.67%] fell out of the Top 40

25 albums [59.52%] fell out of the Top 75

24 albums [57.14%] fell out of the Top 100

13 albums [30.95%] fell out of the Top 200