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 2014, there were 39 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the 2009 Foo Fighters compilation Greatest Hits. The first new number-one album of the year was Dark Days, the third and final album by English alternative rock band Canterbury. The final number-one album of the year was Pink Floyd's fifteenth and final studio album The Endless River, which first topped the chart for three weeks in November before returning for a two-week spell at the end of December.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2014 was The Endless River, which spent five weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking ninth in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Cavalier Youth by You Me at Six spent four separate weeks at number one during early 2014, ranking as the 98th best-selling album in the UK for the year. The second album by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, World on Fire was number one for three weeks, while four albums – Queens of the Stone Age's sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork, Black Stone Cherry's fourth studio album Magic Mountain, Linkin Park's sixth studio album The Hunting Party and Slipknot's fifth studio album .5: The Gray Chapter – spent two weeks at number one in 2014.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2014 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 JanuaryGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA11 January...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone AgeMatador18 January25 JanuaryDark DaysCanterburyHassle1 FebruaryNevermindNirvanaGeffen8 FebruaryCavalier YouthYou Me at SixBMG15 FebruaryHydraWithin TemptationDramatico22 FebruaryCavalier YouthYou Me at SixBMG1 MarchWeird KidsWe Are the In CrowdHopeless8 MarchCavalier YouthYou Me at SixBMG15 MarchEnglish OceansDrive-By TruckersATO22 MarchLost Forever // Lost TogetherArchitectsEpitaph29 MarchGoing to HellThe Pretty RecklessCooking Vinyl5 AprilMay Death Never Stop YouMy Chemical RomanceReprise12 AprilAll You Can EatSteel PantherOpen E19 AprilCatacombs of the Black VaticanBlack Label SocietyMascot26 AprilCavalier YouthYou Me at SixBMG3 MaySpace Police: Defenders of the CrownEdguyNuclear Blast10 MayDiploid LoveBrody DalleQueen of Hearts17 MayMagic MountainBlack Stone CherryRoadrunner24 May31 MayCalifornia BreedCalifornia BreedFrontiers7 JuneRunesBury TomorrowNuclear Blast14 JuneLed ZeppelinLed ZeppelinRhino21 JuneGreat Western ValkyrieRival SonsEarache28 JuneThe Hunting PartyLinkin ParkWarner Bros.5 JulyOnce More 'Round the SunMastodonReprise12 JulyMetallicaMetallicaVertigo19 JulyThe Hunting PartyLinkin ParkWarner Bros.26 JulyRedeemer of SoulsJudas PriestColumbia2 AugustSimilaritiesBiffy Clyro14th Floor9 AugustSavagesTheory of a DeadmanRoadrunner16 AugustSunset on the Golden AgeAlestormNapalm23 AugustGet HurtThe Gaslight AnthemIsland30 AugustGreat DivideTwin AtlanticRed Bull6 SeptemberPale CommunionOpethRoadrunner13 SeptemberThe Day's WarLonely the BraveHassle20 SeptemberNo Going BackStiff Little FingersRigid Digits27 SeptemberWorld on FireSlashMyles KennedyThe ConspiratorsRoadrunner4 October11 OctoberHesitant AlienGerard WayReprise18 OctoberR-KiveGenesisUniversal/Virgin25 OctoberWorld on FireSlashMyles KennedyThe ConspiratorsRoadrunner1 November.5: The Gray ChapterSlipknotRoadrunner8 NovemberLed Zeppelin IVLed ZeppelinRhino15 November.5: The Gray ChapterSlipknotRoadrunner22 NovemberThe Endless River Pink FloydRhino29 November6 December13 DecemberRock or BustAC/DCColumbia20 DecemberThe Endless River Pink FloydRhino27 December
See also 2014 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2014
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