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 2016, there were 37 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO, which reached the top of the chart for the week ending 26 November 2015 and remained at number one for nine consecutive weeks. The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's tenth studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which reached number one for the week ending 1 December and remained there for six consecutive weeks into January 2017.
The most successful albums on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2016 were Metallica's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct and Disturbed's 2015 release Immortalized, both of which spent a total of five weeks at number one during the year. Hardwired... to Self-Destruct was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 56th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart and receiving a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. Note: User must manually search in order to yield results. Biffy Clyro's seventh studio album Ellipsis spent four weeks at number one during 2016, and finished as the 59th best-selling album in the UK at the end of the year. Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO spent three weeks at number one, while two albums – Killswitch Engage's Incarnate and Avenged Sevenfold's The Stage – spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2016 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.7 JanuaryAlone in the UniverseJeff Lynne's ELORCA14 January21 January28 JanuaryWhite BearThe Temperance MovementEarache4 FebruaryDystopiaMegadethUniversal11 FebruaryThe AstonishingDream TheaterRoadrunner18 FebruaryHidden CityThe CultCooking Vinyl25 FebruaryNevermindNirvanaGeffen3 MarchVictoriousWolfmotherUniversal10 MarchFor All KingsAnthraxNuclear Blast17 MarchLimitlessTonight AliveEasy Life24 MarchIncarnateKillswitch EngageRoadrunner31 March7 AprilThe BlackAsking AlexandriaSumerian14 AprilKentuckyBlack Stone CherryMascot21 AprilGoreDeftonesReprise28 AprilImmortalizedDisturbedReprise5 May12 May19 May26 MayMisadventuresPierce the VeilFearless2 JuneImmortalizedDisturbedReprise9 JuneAll Our Gods Have Abandoned UsArchitectsEpitaph16 JuneSeal the Deal & Let's BoogieVolbeatSpinefarm23 JuneHollow BonesRival SonsEarache30 JuneMagmaGojiraRoadrunner7 JulyDronesMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.14 JulyCaliforniaBlink-182BMG21 JulyEllipsisBiffy Clyro14th Floor28 July4 August11 AugustAfraid of HeightsBilly TalentAtlantic18 AugustBlushMoose BloodHopeless25 AugustThis Could Be HeartbreakThe Amity AfflictionRoadrunner1 SeptemberThe Last StandSabatonNuclear Blast8 SeptemberEllipsisBiffy Clyro14th Floor15 SeptemberBad VibrationsA Day to RememberADTR22 SeptemberGLATwin AtlanticRed Bull29 SeptemberThe Complete BBC SessionsLed ZeppelinRhino6 OctoberF E A RMarillionearMusic13 OctoberSorceressOpethNuclear Blast20 OctoberRevolution RadioGreen DayReprise27 OctoberLike an ArrowBlackberry SmokeEarache3 NovemberThe Serenity of SufferingKornRoadrunner10 NovemberThe StageAvenged SevenfoldCapitol17 November24 NovemberThe Early Years 1965–1972Pink FloydRhino1 DecemberHardwired... to Self-Destruct MetallicaBlackened/Vertigo8 December15 December22 December29 December
See also 2016 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2016
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