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 2017, there were 32 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Metallica's tenth studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which had been at the top of the chart since 1 December 2016. The final number-one album of the year was the live album One More Light Live by American alternative rock band Linkin Park.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2017 was Concrete and Gold by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent a total of eight weeks at number one. How Did We Get So Dark?, the second studio album by Royal Blood, spent five weeks at number one; Thunder's Rip It Up and Queens of the Stone Age's Villains were each number one for three weeks; and five albums – Night People by You Me at Six, Return to Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield, Infinite by Deep Purple, Is This the Life We Really Want? by Roger Waters and Paranormal by Alice Cooper – all spent two weeks at number one during the year.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2017 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryHardwired... to Self-DestructMetallicaBlackened/Vertigo12 JanuaryEllipsisBiffy Clyro14th Floor19 JanuaryNight PeopleYou Me at SixInfectious26 January2 FebruaryReturn to OmmadawnMike OldfieldMercury9 February16 FebruaryHeavy FireBlack Star RidersNuclear Blast23 FebruaryRip It UpThunderearMusic2 March9 March16 MarchWe Are X Original SoundtrackX JapanLegacy23 MarchWiredMallory KnoxSearch and Destroy30 MarchNevermindNirvanaGeffen6 AprilEternity, in Your ArmsCreeperRoadrunner13 AprilEmperor of SandMastodonReprise20 AprilInfiniteDeep PurpleearMusic27 April4 MayYou Are WeWhile She SleepsWhile She Sleeps11 MayGrimspoundBig Big TrainGiant Electric Pea18 MayIn•ter a•li•aAt the Drive-InRise25 MayInglorious IIIngloriousFrontiers1 JuneCaliforniaBlink-182BMG8 JuneNo Grave But the SeaAlestormNapalm15 JuneIs This the Life We Really Want?Roger WatersColumbia22 June29 JuneHow Did We Get So Dark?Royal BloodWarner Bros.6 July13 JulyHydrogradStone SourRoadrunner20 JulyHow Did We Get So Dark?Royal BloodWarner Bros.27 July3 AugustHybrid TheoryLinkin Park10 AugustParanormalAlice CooperearMusic17 August24 AugustHow Did We Get So Dark?Royal BloodWarner Bros.31 AugustThe Peace and the PanicNeck DeepHopeless7 SeptemberVillainsQueens of the Stone AgeMatador14 September21 September28 SeptemberConcrete and Gold Foo FightersColumbia5 October12 OctoberLive at PompeiiDavid Gilmour19 OctoberPinewood SmileThe DarknessCooking Vinyl26 OctoberConcrete and Gold Foo FightersColumbia2 NovemberThe Sin and the SentenceTriviumRoadrunner9 NovemberConcrete and Gold Foo FightersColumbia16 November23 NovemberMaster of PuppetsMetallicaVertigo30 NovemberThe Book of Souls: Live ChapterIron MaidenParlophone7 DecemberConcrete and Gold Foo FightersColumbia14 December21 December28 DecemberOne More Light LiveLinkin ParkWarner Bros.
See also 2017 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2017
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