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 2013, there were 29 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Muse's sixth studio album The 2nd Law, which was released the previous year. The first new number-one album of the year was Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones, the third studio album by Black Veil Brides. Muse also had the final number-one UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number one of the year with the live album Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, which spent three weeks at number one in December.
The most successful albums on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2013 were Biffy Clyro's sixth studio album Opposites and the self-titled fourth studio album by Paramore, both of which spent a total of six weeks at number one during the year. Opposites was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 35th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart, while Paramore ranked 76th. Queens of the Stone Age's sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork spent four weeks at number one, while four albums – Black Sabbath's 13, the Teenage Dirtbags compilation, Pearl Jam's Lightning Bolt and Muse's Live at Rome Olympic Stadium – were number one for three weeks in 2013. Two further albums – Muse's The 2nd Law and the Nickelback compilation The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 – each spent two weeks at number one in 2013.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2013 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryThe 2nd LawMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.12 January19 JanuaryWretched and Divine: The Storyof the Wild OnesBlack Veil BridesIsland26 JanuaryGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA2 FebruarySignalsMallory KnoxA Wolf at Your Door9 FebruaryOpposites Biffy Clyro14th Floor16 February23 FebruaryTemper TemperBullet for My ValentineRCA2 MarchOpposites Biffy Clyro14th Floor9 MarchThe Raven That Refused to Sing(And Other Stories)Steven WilsonKscope16 MarchOpposites Biffy Clyro14th Floor23 MarchSound City: Real to ReelVarious artistsColumbia30 MarchOppositesBiffy Clyro14th Floor6 April13 AprilSempiternalBring Me the HorizonRCA20 AprilParamoreParamoreAtlantic/Fueled by Ramen27 April4 May11 MayNow What?!Deep PurpleearMusic18 MayParamoreParamoreAtlantic/Fueled by Ramen25 May1 JuneLove, Lust, Faith and DreamsThirty Seconds to MarsPolydor8 JuneThe Devil Put Dinosaurs HereAlice in ChainsVirgin15 June...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone AgeMatador22 June13Black SabbathVertigo29 June6 July13 July...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone AgeMatador20 July27 July3 AugustHey! Hello!Hey! Hello!Round10 AugustThe Wrong Side of Heaven and theRighteous Side of Hell, Volume 1Five Finger Death PunchEleven Seven17 AugustFrom Death to DestinyAsking AlexandriaSumerian24 AugustParamoreParamoreAtlantic/Fueled by Ramen31 AugustTeenage DirtbagsVarious artistsUniversal Music TV7 SeptemberHail to the KingAvenged SevenfoldWarner Bros.14 SeptemberTeenage DirtbagsVarious artistsUniversal Music TV21 September28 SeptemberOld SoulsDeaf HavanaBMG5 OctoberDream TheaterDream TheaterRoadrunner12 OctoberFortressAlter Bridge19 OctoberThe Paradigm ShiftKornSpinefarm26 OctoberLightning BoltPearl JamEMI2 November9 November16 NovemberThe Best of Nickelback Volume 1NickelbackRoadrunner23 November30 NovemberThe Wrong Side of Heaven and theRighteous Side of Hell, Volume 2Five Finger Death PunchEleven Seven7 DecemberCommon CourtesyA Day to RememberADTR14 DecemberLive at Rome Olympic StadiumMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.21 December28 December
See also 2013 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2013
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