The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2010, there were 22 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Muse's fifth studio album The Resistance, which was released the previous year. The first new number-one album of the year was Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, the seventh studio album by Finnish gothic rock band HIM. The final number-one album of the year was the Foo Fighters compilation Greatest Hits, which topped the chart for a total of four weeks over four separate spells in 2010.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2010 was Muse's 2009 release The Resistance, which spent a total of eleven weeks at number one. Led Zeppelin's 2007 compilation Mothership spent six weeks at number one in 2011, including a three-week run between 30 October and 13 November. AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack spent five weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 39th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Greatest Hits by Foo Fighters and the eponymous debut solo album by guitarist Slash each spent four weeks at number one; Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns and Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare were both number one for three weeks; and Iron Maiden's The Final Frontier spent two weeks at number one in 2010.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2010 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 JanuaryThe ResistanceMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.9 January16 January23 January30 January6 February13 February20 FebruaryScreamworks: Love in Theory and PracticeHIMSire27 FebruaryGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA6 MarchThe ResistanceMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.13 March20 MarchNo Guts. No Glory.AirbourneRoadrunner27 MarchGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA3 AprilThem Crooked VulturesThem Crooked Vultures10 AprilGreatest HitsFoo Fighters17 AprilSlashSlashRoadrunner24 AprilYear of the Black RainbowCoheed and Cambria1 MayIron Man 2 Original Soundtrack AC/DCColumbia8 MayFeverBullet for My ValentineSony15 MayIron Man 2 Original Soundtrack AC/DCColumbia22 MaySlashSlashRoadrunner29 MayIron Man 2 Original Soundtrack AC/DCColumbia5 June12 JuneSlashSlashRoadrunner19 June26 JuneIron Man 2 Original Soundtrack AC/DCColumbia3 JulyScreamOzzy OsbourneEpic10 JulyThe ResistanceMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.17 JulyRenegadesFeederBig Teeth24 JulyKorn III: Remember Who You AreKornRoadrunner31 JulyThe ResistanceMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.7 AugustNightmareAvenged SevenfoldWarner Bros.14 August21 August28 AugustThe Final FrontierIron MaidenEMI4 September11 SeptemberLight Me UpThe Pretty RecklessInterscope18 SeptemberAudio SecrecyStone SourRoadrunner25 SeptemberA Thousand SunsLinkin ParkWarner Bros.2 OctoberBlack Country CommunionBlack Country CommunionMascot9 OctoberA Thousand SunsLinkin ParkWarner Bros.16 OctoberThere Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a SecretBring Me the HorizonVisible Noise23 OctoberAB IIIAlter BridgeRoadrunner30 OctoberMothershipLed ZeppelinAtlantic6 November13 November20 NovemberA Thousand SunsLinkin ParkWarner Bros.27 NovemberWhat Separates Me from YouA Day to RememberVictory4 DecemberMothershipLed ZeppelinAtlantic11 December18 December25 DecemberGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA
See also 2010 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2010
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1