2000s

1. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys (2006)

2. The Fame - Lady Gaga (2008)

3. Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna (2007)

4. Graduation - Kanye West (2007)

5. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ - 50 Cent (2003)

6. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse (2006)

7. The Eminem Show - Eminem (2002)

8. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys (2007)

9. One Love - David Guetta (2009)

10. Mamma Mia - OST (2008)

11. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park (2000)

12. I Am… Sasha Fierce - Beyonce (2008)

13. American Idiot - Green Day (2004)

14. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance (2006)

15. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000)

16. The Massacre - 50 Cent (2005)

17. As I Am - Alicia Keys (2007)

18. Meteora - Linkin Park (2003)

19. Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon (2008)

20. 19 - Adele (2008)

21. Hot Fuss - The Killers (2004)

22. The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)

23. Confessions - Usher (2004)

24. Beacon - Two Door Cinema Club (2012) - not a 2000s album!

25. Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks (2006)

26. Encore - Eminem (2004)

27. Lungs - Florence & The Machine (2009)

28. Disney’s Lullaby Album - Fred Mollin (2000)

29. These Streets - Paolo Nutini (2006)

30. All The Right Reasons - Nickelback (2005)

31. My World - Justin Bieber (2009)

32. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian (2009)

33. Dangerously In Love - Beyonce (2003)

34. Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park (2007)

35. Relapse - Eminem (2009)

36. It’s Not Me It’s You - Lily Allen (2009)

37. Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit (2000)

38. Brand New Eyes - Paramore (2009)

39. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons (2009)

40. Tongue N Cheek - Dizzee Rascal (2009)

The other decades and the top 20 of all time are also on BBC Sounds!

Edited Monday at 15:443 days by gasman449

Thanks for sharing these! Bit surprised (and gutted) Leona’s Spirit album isn’t in the 2000’s list. Album seems to stream pretty well on Spotify and has a number of high profile singles, so Dizzee Rascall making it over Spirit seems odd.

1960s

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969)

2. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)

3. The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles (1968)

4. Revolver - The Beatles (1966)

5. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles (1967)

6. Rubber Soul - The Beatles (1965)

7. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968)

8. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)

9. Help! - The Beatles (1965)

10. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

11. A Man And His Music - Frank Sinatra (1965)

12. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles (1964)

13. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix (1967)

14. Mary Poppins - OST (1964)

15. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

16. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)

17. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)

18. More Hits By The Supremes - The Supremes (1965)

19. Meet The Beatles - The Beatles (1964)

20. Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel (1966)

Edited Tuesday at 11:233 days by gasman449

1970s

1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

2. Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977)

3. Voulez-Vous - ABBA (1979)

4. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (1973)

5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (1973)

6. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977)

7. Hotel California - Eagles (1976)

8. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

9. Kaya - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1978)

10. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones (1971)

11. Arrival - ABBA (1976)

12. Grease - OST (1978)

13. The Wall - Pink Floyd (1979)

14. The Stranger - Billy Joel (1977)

15. Let It Be - The Beatles (1970)

16. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie (1972)

17. A Night At The Opera - Queen (1975)

18. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (1979)

19. The Kids Are Alright - The Who (1979)

20. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)

1980s

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

2. Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)

3. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

4. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)

5. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses (1987)

6. The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987)

7. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

8. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

9. Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac (1987)

10. Super Trouper - ABBA (1980)

11. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (1986)

12. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

13. Reckless - Bryan Adams (1984)

14. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

15. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

16. Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

17. Straight Outta Compton - NWA (1989)

18. The Works - Queen (1984)

19. Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears (1985)

20. Kick - INXS (1987)

Also revealed:

28. Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds (1985)

34. Like A Virgin - Madonna (1984)

38. Whitney - Whitney Houston (1987)

I think the 90s countdown will be done live on Saturday so nothing for that yet.

Now the big one - the all time top 20! (sales and streams)

1. Greatest Hits - Queen (1981)

2. ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA (1992)

3. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis (1995)

4. 21 - Adele (2011)

5. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)

6. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

7. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (1973)

8. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

9. Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984)

10. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

11. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse (2006)

12. Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)

13. Divide - Ed Sheeran (2017)

14. Greatest Hits II - Queen (1991)

15. 25 - Adele (2015)

16. X - Ed Sheeran (2014)

17. 1 - The Beatles (2000)

18. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (1990)

19. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977)

20. The Fame - Lady Gaga (2008)

Thanks for sharing these! Do you happen to know whether they're based on total streams of each album's tracks, or if the streams of each album's top two tracks are downweighted like they are in the OCC album charts?

(Referring to the decade by decade streaming lists rather than the all-time combined list)

16 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Thanks for sharing these! Do you happen to know whether they're based on total streams of each album's tracks, or if the streams of each album's top two tracks are downweighted like they are in the OCC album charts?

(Referring to the decade by decade streaming lists rather than the all-time combined list)

It wasn't directly confirmed by any of the presenters but I would imagine they used the figures with the top 2 tracks downweighted as this is how the album streaming charts are calculated each week.

That might be true. But it's not necessarily the case though - on the singles, cumulative streaming tallies of titles are compiled consistently at the 1:100 notional 'sale to streams' ratio, whereas the weekly official charts are of course compiled using differing ratios, depending on certain conditions (paid or ad-funded, SCR or ACR, etc).

It’s interesting to see that most of the albums charting are the ones with several big songs, but then you still have albums like Tracy Chapman that only had one or two big songs, but are on the list because people have streamed the whole album.

Edited Monday at 18:133 days by GreyAsh

To add to the celebration I have just announced by own album chart series. Details here: https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/70-years-of-the-uk-album-chart

Top 40 for the 60s revealed by the OCC.

On 13/07/2026 at 14:40, gasman449 said:

BBC Sounds have the top 40 most streamed albums of the 2020s, 2010s and 2000s uploaded. Unless anyone else gets round to it before me I'll post the lists!

Are these lists streams only?

On the BBC web site it says,

"2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the UK Albums Chart.

To celebrate, Tony counts down the Top 20 albums from the 1960s. This chart, supplied by the Official Charts Company, is based on total sales and streaming across all time."

Tony Blackburn has just repeated this statement on Radio 2.

Edited Wednesday at 16:041 day by ben08

12 minutes ago, ben08 said:

Are these lists streams only?

On the BBC web site it says,

"2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the UK Albums Chart.

To celebrate, Tony counts down the Top 20 albums from the 1960s. This chart, supplied by the Official Charts Company, is based on total sales and streaming across all time."

Tony Blackburn has just repeated this statement on Radio 2.

Must have misheard that - I assumed it was streaming only as there are some glaring omissions (Sound Of Music, most Rolling Stones albums) and it's the same as the "most streamed" chart as published on the OCC site. Maybe a mistake on the BBC's part?

Edited Wednesday at 16:241 day by gasman449

Tony Blackburn got this wrong, as did the BBC web site.

Only the all-time chart has sales and streams.

36 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Must have misheard that - I assumed it was streaming only as there are some glaring omissions (Sound Of Music, most Rolling Stones albums) and it's the same as the "most streamed" chart as published on the OCC site. Maybe a mistake on the BBC's part?

It must be sales and streams Madonna’s Immaculate Collection ist at number 18

Impossible with streams only

Is there a link for the all-time chart? I can't find it.

Just now, ben08 said:

Is there a link for the all-time chart? I can't find it.

No OCC article yet but it's on BBC Sounds as an edition of Pick Of The Pops: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002yxrf