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 1996, there were 22 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Queen's fifteenth and final studio album Made in Heaven, which spent the first four weeks of the year atop the chart at the end of an eleven-week run beginning in November 1995. The final number-one album of the year was 18 til I Die, the seventh studio album by Bryan Adams, which spent the last six weeks of the year at number one in its fifth spell of the year.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 1996 was 18 til I Die by Bryan Adams, which spent a total of 15 weeks at number one over five different spells. It was also the best-selling rock album of the year, ranking 24th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. The self-titled debut album by Garbage spent six weeks at number one in 1996, and was the 25th best-selling album of the year. Queen's Made in Heaven was number one for four weeks of the year, while Status Quo's Don't Stop and To the Faithful Departed by The Cranberries each spent three weeks atop the chart. Four albums – Sepultura's Roots, Pearl Jam's No Code, Nirvana's From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah and Skunk Anansie's Stoosh – each spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 1996 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.6 JanuaryMade in HeavenQueenParlophone13 January20 January27 January3 FebruaryWelcome to the NeighbourhoodMeat LoafVirgin10 FebruaryFilth PigMinistryWarner Bros.17 FebruaryDon't StopStatus QuoPolyGram24 February2 March9 MarchRootsSepulturaRoadrunner16 March23 MarchRegular Urban SurvivorsTerrorvisionTotal Vegas30 MarchGarbageGarbageMushroom6 April13 April20 April27 AprilEvil EmpireRage Against the MachineEpic4 MayGarbageGarbageMushroom11 MayTo the Faithful DepartedThe CranberriesIsland18 May25 May1 JuneDown on the UpsideSoundgardenA&M8 JuneGarbageGarbageMushroom15 JuneLoadMetallicaVertigo22 June18 til I Die Bryan AdamsA&M29 June6 July13 July20 JulyThese DaysBon JoviMercury27 July18 til I Die Bryan AdamsA&M3 AugustThree Snakes and One CharmThe Black CrowesAmerican10 August18 til I Die Bryan AdamsA&M17 August24 August31 AugustZeroThe Smashing PumpkinsVirgin7 SeptemberNo CodePearl JamEpic14 September21 SeptemberTest for EchoRushAtlantic28 September18 til I Die Bryan AdamsA&M5 OctoberBest of the BeastIron MaidenEMI12 OctoberFrom the Muddy Banks of the WishkahNirvanaGeffen19 OctoberStooshSkunk AnansieOne Little Indian26 October2 NovemberFrom the Muddy Banks of the WishkahNirvanaGeffen9 NovemberBest Of: Volume IVan HalenWarner Bros.16 NovemberIIThe Presidents of the United States of AmericaColumbia23 November18 til I Die Bryan AdamsA&M30 November7 December14 December21 December28 December
See also 1996 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1996
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