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 ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2015, as well as albums which peaked in 2014 and 2016 but were in the top ten in 2015. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten 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 sixty-nine albums were in the top 10 this year. Fifteen albums from 2014 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay was released in 2015 but did not reach its peak until 2016. Hozier by Hozier was the only album from 2014 to reach its peak in 2015. James Bay, Jess Glynne, Years & Years and The Weeknd were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top-ten album in 2015.
The first new number-one album of the year was Uptown Special by Mark Ronson. Overall, thirty-five different albums peaked at number one in 2015, with thirty-five unique artists hitting that position.
Background Chart debuts 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 entriesMeghan Trainor1Title1—Rae Morris1Unguarded9—Kid Ink1Full Speed10—Tyga1Fan of a Fan: The Album7—The Shires1Brave10—Kendrick Lamar1To Pimp a Butterfly1—James Bay1Chaos and the Calm1—Sia11000 Forms of Fear5—Sufjan Stevens1Carrie & Lowell6—Circa Waves1Young Chasers10—Halestorm1Into the Wild Life10—Adam Lambert1The Original High8—Wolf Alice1My Love Is Cool2—Leon Bridges1Coming Home8—Krept and Konan1The Long Way Home2—Saint Raymond1Young Blood8—Lucy Rose1Work It Out9—Years & Years1Communion1—Tame Impala1Currents3—Lamb of God1VII: Sturm und Drang7—Bugzy Malone1Walk with Me (EP)8—Don Broco1Automatic6—Neck Deep1Life's Not out to Get You8—Jess Glynne1I Cry When I Laugh1—Bars and Melody11434—The Weeknd1Beauty Behind the Madness1—Ella Eyre1Feline4—Halsey1Badlands9—Troye Sivan1Wild (EP)5—Five Finger Death Punch1Got Your Six6—Future1What a Time to Be Alive6—John Grant1Grey Tickles, Black Pressure5—Jamie Lawson1Jamie Lawson1—Nothing but Thieves1Nothing but Thieves7—Joanna Newsom1Divers10—Jack Pack1Jack Pack8—Alexander Armstrong1A Year of Songs6—Ben Haenow1Ben Haenow10—
Best-selling albums Adele had the best-selling album of the year with 25. × by Ed Sheeran came in second place. Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour, If I Can Dream from Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Purpose by Justin Bieber made up the top five. Albums by Taylor Swift, Jess Glynne, James Bay, Coldplay and George Ezra were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2014 but still in chart in 2015.♦Album released in 2015 but peaked in 2016.(#)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 2014 29A Perfect Contradiction ‡Paloma Faith 2 2 23Caustic Love ‡Paolo Nutini 1 3 76In The Lonely Hour ‡ (#3)Sam Smith 1 8 77× ‡ (#2)Ed Sheeran 1 13 47Wanted on Voyage ‡ (#10)George Ezra 1 4 7Royal Blood ‡Royal Blood 1 1 6No Sound Without Silence ‡The Script 1 1 15HozierHozier 3 1 7Chapter One ‡Ella Henderson 1 1 431989 ‡ (#6)Taylor Swift 1 1 3Motion ‡Calvin Harris 2 1 9Four ‡One Direction 1 1 11Never Been Better ‡Olly Murs 1 1 4III ‡Take That 1 1 3Christmas ‡Michael Bublé 7 1Albums in 2015 3Uptown SpecialMark Ronson 1 1 2American Beauty/American PsychoFall Out Boy 2 1 1The MindsweepEnter Shikari 6 1 1Girls in Peacetime Want to DanceBelle and Sebastian 9 1 11TitleMeghan Trainor 1 1 1Modern NatureThe Charlatans 7 1 1UnguardedRae Morris 9 1 2Shadows in the NightBob Dylan 1 1 1Brothers in ArmsDire Straits 8 1 1Full SpeedKid Ink 10 1 2If You're Reading This It's Too LateDrake 3 1 1Coming Up for AirKodaline 4 1 2Liquid SpiritGregory Porter 9 1 2Smoke + MirrorsImagine Dragons 1 1 1Texas 25Texas 5 1 1Wonder DaysThunder 9 1 1Physical Graffiti: Deluxe EditionLed Zeppelin 6 1 1Fan of a Fan: The AlbumChris Brown & Tyga 7 1 4Chasing YesterdayNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 1 1 1Piece by PieceKelly Clarkson 6 1 2Sweet Soul MusicThe Overtones 8 1 1BraveThe Shires 10 1 1Rebel HeartMadonna 2 1 1Lady Sings the BluesRebecca Ferguson 7 1 2To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar 1 1 1TrackerMark Knopfler 3 1 1Duets: Re-working the CatalogueVan Morrison 5 1 1FrootMarina and the Diamonds 10 1 32Chaos and the Calm (#8)James Bay 1 1 1Sonic Soul SurferSeasick Steve 4 1 1Short MovieLaura Marling 7 1 1For All My SistersThe Cribs 9 1 3The Day Is My EnemyThe Prodigy 1 1 61000 Forms of FearSia 5 2 1Carrie & LowellSufjan Stevens 6 1 1Young ChasersCirca Waves 10 1 1Future HeartsAll Time Low 1 1 9The Ultimate CollectionPaul Simon 1 1 1GlitterbugThe Wombats 5 1 1Into the Wild LifeHalestorm 10 1 2StagesJosh Groban 1 1 1Sound & ColorAlabama Shakes 6 1 2The Magic WhipBlur 1 1 7Wilder MindMumford & Sons 1 2 1Forever ManEric Clapton 8 1 2The Desired EffectBrandon Flowers 1 1 1Saturns PatternPaul Weller 2 1 2Sol InvictusFaith No More 6 1 1Number 1 to InfinityMariah Carey 8 1 285% ProofWill Young 1 1 1English GraffitiThe Vaccines 2 1 1At. Long. Last. ASAPASAP Rocky 10 1 10How Big, How Blue, How BeautifulFlorence and the Machine 1 2 2Act TwoCollabro 2 1 1In ColourJamie xx 3 1 1Big LoveSimply Red 4 1 1Are You Satisfied?Slaves 8 1 5DronesMuse 1 2 1Alternative Light SourceLeftfield 6 1 1Sticky FingersThe Rolling Stones 7 1 1Beneath the SkinOf Monsters and Men 10 1 1Before This WorldJames Taylor 4 1 1The Very Best of Glenn MillerGlenn Miller 6 1 1The Original HighAdam Lambert 8 1 2The Very Best of Fleetwood MacFleetwood Mac 7 1 1My Love Is CoolWolf Alice 2 1 1Get to HeavenEverything Everything 7 1 1Coming HomeLeon Bridges 8 1 5The Definitive CollectionLionel Richie & The Commodores 1 1 1StillRichard Thompson 10 1 1The Long Way HomeKrept and Konan 2 1 1Young BloodSaint Raymond 8 1 1Work It OutLucy Rose 9 1 7CommunionYears & Years 1 2 1+Ed Sheeran 9 1 1CurrentsTame Impala 3 1 1Born in the EchoesThe Chemical Brothers 1 1 1VII: Sturm und DrangLamb of God 7 1 1Walk with Me (EP)Bugzy Malone 8 1 1Amused to DeathRoger Waters 10 1 2Marks to Prove ItThe Maccabees 1 1 1BloodLianne La Havas 2 1 1Coda: Deluxe EditionLed Zeppelin 9 1 1Presence: Deluxe Edition 10 1 4ComptonDr. Dre 1 1 1Positive Songs for Negative PeopleFrank Turner 2 1 1AutomaticDon Broco 6 1 5The Very Best of Cilla BlackCilla Black 1 1 1VenomBullet for My Valentine 3 1 1Life's Not out to Get YouNeck Deep 8 1 42I Cry When I Laugh (#7)Jess Glynne 1 1 1Burning BridgesBon Jovi 3 1 1143Bars and Melody 4 1 1ImmortalizedDisturbed 8 1 7Beauty Behind the MadnessThe Weeknd 1 1 1What Went DownFoals 3 1 1FelineElla Eyre 4 1 1BadlandsHalsey 9 1 1Bad MagicMotörhead 10 1 2The Book of SoulsIron Maiden 1 1 1Wild (EP)Troye Sivan 5 1 1Got Your SixFive Finger Death Punch 6 1 1Cast in SteelA-ha 8 1 3Keep the Village AliveStereophonics 1 1 2That's the SpiritBring Me the Horizon 2 1 1Anthems for Doomed YouthThe Libertines 3 1 1Paper GodsDuran Duran 5 1 1Hollow MeadowsRichard Hawley 9 1 4Rattle That LockDavid Gilmour 1 1 1HoneymoonLana Del Rey 2 1 175 at 75Cliff Richard 4 1 1What a Time to Be AliveDrake and Future 6 1 1Crosseyed HeartKeith Richards 7 1 2CaracalDisclosure 1 1 1Music CompleteNew Order 2 1 1Every Open EyeChvrches 4 1 1Cass CountyDon Henley 7 1 2We the GenerationRudimental 1 1 1In DreamEditors 5 1 1StoriesAvicii 9 1 1Faithless 2.0Faithless 1 1 1The Documentary 2The Game 4 1 1Grey Tickles, Black PressureJohn Grant 5 1 2Jamie LawsonJamie Lawson 1 1 1RevolveJohn Newman 3 1 1Come Fly with MePeter Andre 5 1 1ConfidentDemi Lovato 6 1 1Nothing but ThievesNothing but Thieves 7 1 1Electronica 1: The Time MachineJean-Michel Jarre 8 1 1Sounds Good Feels Good5 Seconds of Summer 1 1 1Get UpBryan Adams 2 1 2CinemaAndrea Bocelli 3 1 1Wisdom, Laughter and LinesPaul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 4 1 1The Hank Williams SongbookDaniel O'Donnell 5 1 1DiversJoanna Newsom 10 1 13If I Can Dream (#4)Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1 2 8Another CountryRod Stewart 2 1 1Courting the SquallGuy Garvey 3 1 1Higher Than HereJames Morrison 7 1 1Jack PackJack Pack 8 1 1Always: The Very Best of ErasureErasure 9 1 20Get WeirdLittle Mix 2 1 1DeliriumEllie Goulding 3 1 11The Beatles 5 1 1A Year of SongsAlexander Armstrong 6 1 1Ultimate CollectionAnastacia 10 1 9Made in the A.M.One Direction 1 1 33Purpose (#5)Justin Bieber 2 2 6Alone in the UniverseJeff Lynne's ELO 4 1 1Roman HolidayAndre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 8 1 1Ben HaenowBen Haenow 10 1 4325 (#1)Adele 1 13 4Dark Sky IslandEnya 4 1 1Wake UpThe Vamps 10 1 30A Head Full of Dreams ♦ (#9)Coldplay 1 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2015, including albums that reached their peak in 2014. 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 2015 is also shown.
Entries Artist Weeks Albums3Led Zeppelin3Coda: Deluxe Edition, Physical Graffiti: Deluxe Edition, Presence: Deluxe Edition2Ed Sheeran48+, xOne Direction10Four, Made in the A.M.
Notes
Brothers in Arms originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1985. It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 14 February 2015 (week ending) for one week after it was made available at a discounted price on digital music retailers. The Very Best of Glenn Miller originally peaked at number 4 upon its initial release in 2010. The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 23 July 2015 (week ending). It originally peaked at number 7 upon its initial release in 2002. The album reached a brand new peak of number 6 in 2009. The Definitive Collection originally peaked at number 10 upon its initial release in 2003. It made its ultimate peak of number-one in 2015 following Lionel Richie's performance at that year's Glastonbury festival. Amused to Death originally peaked at number 8 upon its initial release in 1992. The Very Best of Cilla Black originally peaked outside the top 10 at number 37 upon its initial release in 2013. In 2014, after the transmission of the ITV biopic Cilla, starring Sheridan Smith, the album re-entered the chart and peaked at number 26. It would ultimately make its peak of number-one following Cilla Black's death in August 2015. 1 originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2000. It re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 19 November 2015 (week ending) for one week, following the release of the deluxe edition of the album, entitled 1+ Figure includes album that peaked in 2014.
See also 2015 in British music List of number-one albums from the 2010s (UK)
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External links 2015 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)