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 2015, there were 32 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was AC/DC's sixteenth studio album Rock or Bust, which had previously spent a week at number one in December 2014. The final number-one album of the year was Alone in the Universe, the first album credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO, which topped the chart for the week ending 26 November and remained at number one for nine consecutive weeks into January 2016 (including the last six weeks of 2015).
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2015 was Muse's seventh studio album Drones, which spent seven consecutive weeks at number one between 20 June and 30 July. Alone in the Universe spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 18th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho and David Gilmour's fourth solo album Rattle That Lock each spent five weeks at number one, ranking as the 28th and 35th best-selling albums in the UK at the end of the year, respectively. Two albums – Pink Floyd's fifteenth studio album The Endless River and All Time Low's sixth studio album Future Hearts – each spent two weeks at number one in 2015.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2015 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 JanuaryRock or BustAC/DCColumbia10 JanuarySonic HighwaysFoo FightersRCA17 JanuaryThe Endless RiverPink FloydRhino24 January31 JanuaryAmerican Beauty/American PsychoFall Out BoyDef Jam7 February14 February21 FebruaryHolding All the RosesBlackberry SmokeEarache28 FebruaryWonder DaysThunderearMusic7 MarchPhysical GraffitiLed ZeppelinRhino14 MarchHand. Cannot. Erase.Steven WilsonKscope21 MarchRaise a Little HellThe AnswerNapalm28 MarchMadnessSleeping with SirensEpitaph4 AprilBrainwashedWhile She SleepsSearch and Destroy11 AprilEndless Forms Most BeautifulNightwishNuclear Blast18 AprilFuture HeartsAll Time LowHopeless25 AprilInto the Wild LifeHalestormAtlantic2 MayFuture HeartsAll Time LowHopeless9 MayAmerican Beauty/American PsychoFall Out BoyDef Jam16 May23 MayGreatest HitsGuns N' RosesGeffen Records30 MaySol InvictusFaith No MoreReclamation6 JuneGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA13 JuneLast of Our KindThe DarknessCanary Dwarf20 JuneDronesMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.27 June4 July9 July16 July23 July30 July6 AugustVII: Sturm und DrangLamb of GodNuclear Blast13 AugustPresenceLed ZeppelinRhino20 AugustAutomaticDon BrocoSearch and Destroy27 AugustVenomBullet for My ValentineRCA3 SeptemberImmortalizedDisturbedReprise10 SeptemberBad MagicMotörheadUDR17 SeptemberThe Book of SoulsIron MaidenParlophone24 SeptemberThat's the SpiritBring Me the HorizonRCA1 OctoberRattle That LockDavid GilmourColumbia8 October15 October22 October29 OctoberBehind the Devil's BackFightstarFightstar5 NovemberPylonKilling JokeSpinefarm12 NovemberDef LeppardDef LeppardearMusic19 NovemberRattle That LockDavid GilmourColumbia26 NovemberAlone in the Universe Jeff Lynne's ELORCA3 December10 December17 December24 December31 December
See also 2015 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2015
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