The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2014, as well as albums which peaked in 2013 and 2015 but were in the top 10 in 2014. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and fifty-eight albums were in the top ten this year. Two albums from 2012 and sixteen albums from 2013 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Hozier by Hozier was released in 2014 but did not reach its peak until 2015. Beyoncé by Beyoncé was the only album from 2013 to reach its peak in 2014. Halcyon by Ellie Goulding debuted in 2012 and re-entered the top 10 in 2013, but its peak position was not until 2014. Sam Smith and Ella Henderson were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2014.
The first new number-one album of the year was Halcyon by Ellie Goulding. Overall, thirty-two different albums peaked at number-one in 2014, with thirty-two unique artists hitting that position.
Background Multiple entries One-hundred and fifty-eight albums charted in the top 10 in 2014, with one-hundred and forty-two albums reaching their peak this year.
Chart debuts Six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2014 as a lead artist (correct to 22 March 2014).
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entriesWarpaint 1Warpaint 9—Mogwai 1Rave Tapes 10—Within Temptation1Hydra6—Temples1Sun Structures7—Wild Beasts1Present Tense7—Metronomy1Love Letters7—Nicholas McDonald1In the Arms of an Angel6—Sam Bailey1The Power of Love1—The Vamps1Meet the Vamps2—Iggy Azalea1The New Classic5—Black Stone Cherry1Magic Mountain5—Foxes1Glorious5—Nick Mulvey1First Mind10—Sam Smith1In the Lonely Hour1—Clean Bandit1New Eyes3—Mastodon1Once More 'Round the Sun10—5 Seconds of Summer15 Seconds of Summer2—George Ezra1Wanted on Voyage1—Jungle1Jungle7—Neon Jungle1Welcome to the Jungle8—Collabro1Stars1—Twin Atlantic1Great Divide6—Royal Blood1Royal Blood1—Catfish and the Bottlemen1The Balcony10—Alt-J1This Is All Yours1—Hozier1Hozier3—Gorgon City1Sirens10—Ella Henderson1Chapter One1—You+Me1Rose Ave.10—
Best-selling albums Ed Sheeran had the best-selling album of the year with ×. In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith came in second place. George Ezra's Wanted on Voyage, Caustic Love from Paolo Nutini and Ghost Stories by Coldplay made up the top five. Albums by Paloma Faith, One Direction, Olly Murs, Pink Floyd and Take That were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2012 or 2013 but still in chart in 2014.♦Album released in 2014 but peaked in 2015.(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rankEnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Album ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 2012 22Halcyon Ellie Goulding 1 3 16Right Place Right Time ‡Olly Murs 1 2Albums in 2013 23Bad Blood ‡Bastille 1 3 17To Be Loved ‡Michael Bublé 1 2 19Home ‡Rudimental 1 1 16AM ‡Arctic Monkeys 1 2 19If You Wait ‡London Grammar 2 1 11True ‡Avicii 2 2 7Tribute ‡John Newman 1 1 4Prism ‡Katy Perry 1 1 5Moon Landing ‡James Blunt 2 1 6Pure Heroine ‡Lorde 4 1 8The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ‡Eminem 1 1 3Direct Hits ‡The Killers 6 1 9Swings Both Ways ‡Robbie Williams 1 4 6Midnight Memories ‡One Direction 1 2 13Since I Saw You Last ‡Gary Barlow 2 4 7Christmas ‡ Michael Bublé 7 2 13Beyoncé Beyoncé 2 1Albums in 2014 3High HopesBruce Springsteen 1 1 3WanderlustSophie Ellis-Bextor 4 1 1Warpaint Warpaint 9 1 1Rave Tapes Mogwai 10 1 2Cavalier YouthYou Me at Six 1 1 2So Long, See You Tomorrow Bombay Bicycle Club 1 1 1HydraWithin Temptation 6 1 1Too Much InformationMaxïmo Park 7 1 2Little RedKaty B 1 1 1Sun StructuresTemples 7 1 1Morning PhaseBeck 4 1 1Present TenseWild Beasts 7 1 10GirlPharrell Williams 1 1 7The Take Off and Landing of Everything Elbow 1 1 29A Perfect Contradiction (#6)Paloma Faith 2 2 12Love in the FutureJohn Legend 2 1 1Love LettersMetronomy 7 1 6SymphonicaGeorge Michael 1 1 2Kiss Me OnceKylie Minogue 2 1 1In the Arms of an AngelNicholas McDonald 6 1 1Going to HellThe Pretty Reckless 8 1 1HomeKian Egan 9 1 4The Power of LoveSam Bailey 1 1 4Going Back HomeWilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey 3 1 1TimelessDr. Hook 9 1 5Education, Education, Education & WarKaiser Chiefs 1 2 3Out Among the StarsJohnny Cash 4 1 1Head or HeartChristina Perri 8 1 2Lift Your SpiritAloe Blacc 5 1 23Caustic Love (#4)Paolo Nutini 1 3 3Meet the VampsThe Vamps 2 1 1The New ClassicIggy Azalea 5 1 1The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver EverettEels 7 1 2Everyday RobotsDamon Albarn 2 1 1TribalImelda May 3 1 1EmbraceEmbrace 5 1 1Indie CindyPixies 6 1 2SheezusLily Allen 1 1 1Magic MountainBlack Stone Cherry 5 1 1ResurrectionAnastacia 9 1 5XscapeMichael Jackson 1 1 2Turn BlueThe Black Keys 2 1 1GloriousFoxes 5 1 1First MindNick Mulvey 10 1 12Ghost Stories (#5)Coldplay 1 1 2What Have We Become?Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 3 1 1Definitely MaybeOasis 5 1 76In the Lonely Hour (#2)Sam Smith 1 8 1New EyesClean Bandit 3 1 1More Modern ClassicsPaul Weller 6 1 1Led Zeppelin: Deluxe EditionLed Zeppelin 7 1 2HankHank Marvin 8 1 1Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe EditionLed Zeppelin 10 1 548:13Kasabian 1 1 1LazarettoJack White 4 1 1WhispersPassenger 5 1 12Blue Smoke – The Best OfDolly Parton 2 3 3UltraviolenceLana Del Rey 1 1 2The Hunting PartyLinkin Park 2 1 1+Ed Sheeran 9 1 77× (#1) 1 13 1Once More 'Round the SunMastodon 10 1 45 Seconds of Summer5 Seconds of Summer 2 1 46Wanted on Voyage (#3)George Ezra 1 4 1MutineersDavid Gray 10 1 1FuturologyManic Street Preachers 2 1 1Live Life LivingExample 8 1 1World Peace Is None of Your BusinessMorrissey 2 1 1JungleJungle 7 1 1Trouble in ParadiseLa Roux 6 1 2The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ CaleEric Clapton & Friends 3 1 1Hypnotic EyeTom Petty and the Heartbreakers 7 1 1Welcome to the JungleNeon Jungle 8 1 1Nothing but the BeatDavid Guetta 9 1 1Long Road HomeCharlie Simpson 10 1 1Get HurtThe Gaslight Anthem 4 1 2At the MoviesRichard & Adam 5 1 1NativeOneRepublic 9 1 1Finest Selection: The Greatest HitsThe Saturdays 10 1 4StarsCollabro 1 1 2Concrete LoveCourteeners 3 1 1Great DivideTwin Atlantic 6 1 7Royal BloodRoyal Blood 1 1 2My EverythingAriana Grande 3 1 2The Whole StoryKate Bush 6 1 1Hounds of Love 9 1 1VMaroon 5 4 1 1CreationThe Pierces 7 1 1Lullaby and the Ceaseless RoarRobert Plant 2 1 1Ryan AdamsRyan Adams 6 1 1LegendBob Marley and the Wailers 7 1 1El PintorInterpol 9 1 6No Sound Without SilenceThe Script 1 1 7PartnersBarbra Streisand 2 2 1XChris Brown 4 1 1World on FireSlash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators 7 1 1Bulletproof PicassoTrain 9 1 1The BalconyCatfish and the Bottlemen 10 1 2This Is All YoursAlt-J 1 1 1Popular ProblemsLeonard Cohen 5 1 1SyroAphex Twin 8 1 1Different Shades of BlueJoe Bonamassa 9 1 1Cheek to CheekTony Bennett & Lady Gaga 10 1 1Carry on the GrudgeJamie T 4 1 1(What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis 7 1 1Art Official AgePrince 8 1 2R-KiveGenesis 7 1 15Hozier ♦Hozier 3 1 1Our LoveCaribou 8 1 1PlaylandJohnny Marr 9 1 1SirensGorgon City 10 1 7Chapter OneElla Henderson 1 1 2Sweet TalkerJessie J 5 1 1Songs of InnocenceU2 6 1 1The Story – The Very Best of Spandau BalletSpandau Ballet 8 1 1Tough LoveJessie Ware 9 1 1Rose Ave.You+Me 10 1 2I Forget Where We WereBen Howard 1 1 1.5: The Gray ChapterSlipknot 2 1 2Melody RoadNeil Diamond 4 1 2Aquostic (Stripped Bare)Status Quo 5 1 431989Taylor Swift 1 1 1Four Symbols: Deluxe EditionLed Zeppelin 6 1 2NostalgiaAnnie Lennox 9 1 3MotionCalvin Harris 2 1 2Love in VeniceAndré Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 4 1 1My Favourite Faded FantasyDamien Rice 7 1 6The Endless River (#9)Pink Floyd 1 1 3Sonic HighwaysFoo Fighters 2 1 1ForeverQueen 5 1 1Only HumanCheryl 7 1 9Four (#7)One Direction 1 1 2It's the Girls!Bette Midler 6 1 1Nothing Has Changed: The Very Best of David BowieDavid Bowie 9 1 1Home Sweet HomeKatherine Jenkins 10 1 11Never Been Better (#8)Olly Murs 1 1 1ListenDavid Guetta 8 1 4III (#10)Take That 1 1 2Rock or BustAC/DC 3 1 1McBustedMcBusted 9 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2014, including albums that reached their peak in 2013. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2014 is also shown.
Entries Artist Weeks Albums3Led Zeppelin3Four Symbols: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin: Deluxe Edition, Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Edition2David Guetta2Listen, Nothing but the BeatEd Sheeran27×, +Kate Bush3Hounds of Love, The Whole StoryMichael Bublé4Christmas, To Be LovedOasis2Definitely Maybe, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?Olly Murs5Never Been Better, Right Place Right TimeOne Direction7Four, Midnight Memories
Notes
Hozier reached its peak of number 3 in 2015. Christmas (Michael Buble) originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2011. It returned to the top 10 at the end of 2013 around Christmas. Bad Blood re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 11 January 2014 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 10 on 22 February 2014 (week ending) for 5 weeks. Night Visions re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 15 March 2014 (week ending). To Be Loved re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 21 December 2013 (week ending) for 3 weeks. Home re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 11 January 2014 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 5 on 1 March 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks. Halcyon re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 26 July 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 7 on 16 August 2014 (week ending). Settle re-entered the top 10 at number 3 on 1 March 2014 (week ending) for 3 weeks. AM re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 11 January 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 2 on 1 March 2014 (week ending) for 4 weeks and at number 8 on 31 May 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks. If You Wait re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 18 January 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 7 on 8 February 2014 (week ending) for 8 weeks, at number 9 on 19 April 2014 (week ending) and at number 10 on 7 June 2014 (week ending). True re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 11 January 2014 (week ending) for 7 weeks and at number 4 on 15 March 2014 (week ending). Tribute re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 11 January 2014 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 10 on 1 March 2014 (week ending). Prism re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 15 March 2014 (week ending). Moon Landing re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 1 February 2014 (week ending) and at number 6 on 22 February 2014 (week ending). Pure Heroine re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 8 February 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 9 on 1 March 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 8 on 22 February 2014 (week ending). The Marshall Mathers LP 2 re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 4 January 2014 (week ending) and at number 10 on 8 February 2014 (week ending). Since I Saw You Last re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 22 February 2014 (week ending), at number 10 on 5 April 2014 (week ending) and at number 2 on 17 May 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks. Girl re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 31 May 2014 (week ending) for 2 weeks.