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 2008, there were 24 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Led Zeppelin's compilation album Mothership, which topped the chart for the week ending 24 November 2007 and remained at number one for seven weeks, including the first week of 2008. The final number-one album of the year was Chinese Democracy, the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which topped the chart for the week ending 6 December and remained at number one until 10 January 2009.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2008 was Nickelback's fifth studio album All the Right Reasons, which spent a total of twelve weeks at number one over four separate spells. All the Right Reasons was also the best-selling rock and metal album of the year in the UK, ranking 11th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. AC/DC's Black Ice and Chinese Democracy by Guns N' Roses each spent four weeks at number one during the year, while three albums – Muse's HAARP, Kid Rock's Rock n Roll Jesus and Metallica's Death Magnetic – were all number one for three weeks during 2008. An additional five albums – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Good to Be Bad, Somewhere Back in Time, Indestructible and All Hope Is Gone each spent two weeks at number one during the year.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2008 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryMothershipLed ZeppelinAtlantic12 JanuaryEchoes, Silence, Patience & GraceFoo FightersRCA19 January26 JanuaryAll the Right Reasons NickelbackRoadrunner2 February9 FebruaryScream Aim FireBullet for My Valentine20-2016 FebruaryAll the Right Reasons NickelbackRoadrunner23 February1 March8 March15 March22 March29 MarchHAARPMuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.5 April12 April19 AprilA Sense of PurposeIn FlamesNuclear Blast26 AprilBlooddrunkChildren of BodomSpinefarm3 MayGood to Be BadWhitesnakeSPV10 May17 MaySongs from the Sparkle LoungeDef LeppardBludgeon Riffola24 MaySomewhere Back in TimeIron MaidenEMI31 May7 JuneMinutes to MidnightLinkin ParkWarner Bros.14 JuneIndestructibleDisturbedReprise21 June28 JuneNostradamusJudas PriestColumbia5 JulyAll the Right Reasons NickelbackRoadrunner12 JulyThe Black Parade Is Dead!My Chemical RomanceWarner Bros.19 JulyAll the Right Reasons NickelbackRoadrunner26 July2 August9 AugustRock n Roll JesusKid RockAtlantic16 August23 August30 AugustFolklore and SuperstitionBlack Stone CherryRoadrunner6 SeptemberAll Hope Is GoneSlipknot13 September20 SeptemberDeath MagneticMetallicaVertigo27 September4 October11 OctoberShogunTriviumRoadrunner18 OctoberTake Off Your ColoursYou Me at SixSlam Dunk25 OctoberMemory and HumanityFuneral for a FriendJoin Us1 NovemberBlack IceAC/DCColumbia8 November15 November22 November29 NovemberDark HorseNickelbackRoadrunner6 DecemberChinese DemocracyGuns N' RosesBlack Frog/Geffen13 December20 December27 December
See also 2008 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2008
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