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 2017, as well as albums which peaked in 2016 and 2018 but were in the top 10 in 2017. 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 ninety-five albums were in the top 10 this year. One album from 2015 and twelve albums from 2016 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Dua Lipa by Dua Lipa was released in 2017 but did not reach its peak until 2018. Dua Lipa and Pete Tong were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2017.
Glory Days by Little Mix returned to number-one for the first three weeks of 2017. The first new number-one album of the year was I See You by The xx. Overall, twenty-nine different albums peaked at number-one in 2017, with twenty-nine 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 entriesPete Tong1Classic House1—La La Land cast1La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack1—Bonobo1Migration5—Wiley1Godfather9—Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes1Modern Ruin7—Black Star Riders1Heavy Fire6—Sampha1Process7—Lower Than Atlantis1Safe in Sound8—Rag'n'Bone Man1Human1—Nines1One Foot Out4—Trolls cast1Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack4—Stormzy1Gang Signs & Prayer1—Zara Larsson1So Good7—Beauty and the Beast cast1Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack8—The Chainsmokers1Memories...Do Not Open3—Moana cast1Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack7—While She Sleeps1You Are We8—J Hus1Common Sense6—The Amazons1The Amazons8—Dua Lipa1Dua Lipa3—Public Service Broadcasting1Every Valley4—Oh Wonder1Ultralife8—Tyler, the Creator1Flower Boy9—Dodie1You (EP)6—The Sherlocks1Live for the Moment6—The War on Drugs1A Deeper Understanding3—PVRIS1All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell4—Prophets of Rage1Prophets of Rage6—Black Country Communion1BCCIV7—JP Cooper1Raised Under Grey Skies9—Jason Manford1A Different Stage10—St. Vincent1Masseduction6—Post Malone1Stoney10—Sheridan Smith1Sheridan9—Tokio Myers1Our Generation4—
Soundtracks Four soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included Beauty and the Beast, La La Land, Moana and Trolls.
Best-selling albums Ed Sheeran had the best-selling album of the year with ÷. Human by Rag'n'Bone Man came in second place. Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All, Glory Days from Little Mix and Beautiful Trauma by Pink made up the top five. Albums by Ed Sheeran (×), Michael Ball & Alfie Boe, Drake, Liam Gallagher and Stormzy were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2015 or 2016 but still in chart in 2017.♦Album released in 2017 but peaked in 2018.(#)Year-end top ten album position and rankEnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 2015 4325 ‡Adele 1 13Albums in 2016 950 ‡Rick Astley 1 1 12The Wonder of You ‡Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1 1 4Back from the Edge ‡James Arthur 1 1 8The Heavy Entertainment Show ‡Robbie Williams 1 1 10Together ‡Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 1 2 9Christmas ‡Michael Bublé 6 1 924 Hrs ‡Olly Murs 1 1 6Long Live the Angels ‡Emeli Sandé 2 1 29Glory Days ‡ (#4)Little Mix 1 5 824K Magic ‡Bruno Mars 3 1 9Starboy ‡The Weeknd 5 1 7Blue & Lonesome ‡The Rolling Stones 1 1Albums in 2017 7Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George MichaelGeorge Michael 4 2 6Classic HousePete Tong with Jules Buckley & the Heritage Orchestra 1 1 1Night PeopleYou Me at Six 3 1 1Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)David Bowie 5 1 20× (#6)Ed Sheeran 3 2 3I See YouThe xx 1 1 7La La Land: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackLa La Land cast 1 1 1MigrationBonobo 5 1 3Piano PortraitsRick Wakeman 6 1 1GodfatherWiley 9 1 1Return to OmmadawnMike Oldfield 4 1 1Modern RuinFrank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 7 1 1All These Countless NightsDeaf Havana 5 1 3Little FictionsElbow 1 1 1Heavy FireBlack Star Riders 6 1 2ProcessSampha 7 2 1Safe in SoundLower Than Atlantis 8 1 44Human (#2)Rag'n'Bone Man 1 2 1Rip It UpThunder 3 1 1One Foot OutNines 4 1 1Under StarsAmy Macdonald 2 1 1PrisonerRyan Adams 3 1 4Trolls: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackTrolls cast 4 1 7Gang Signs & Prayer (#10)Stormzy 1 1 88÷ (#1)Ed Sheeran 1 20 4+ 5 1 1Windy CityAlison Krauss 6 1 1HomeCollabro 7 1 1Semper FeminaLaura Marling 5 1 1Hits and Pieces – The Best of Marc Almond & Soft CellMarc Almond and Soft Cell 7 1 11More Life (#8)Drake 2 1 3Vera Lynn 100Vera Lynn 3 1 1SpiritDepeche Mode 5 1 1So GoodZara Larsson 7 1 3Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackBeauty and the Beast cast 8 2 5WonderlandTake That 2 1 1The AfterloveJames Blunt 6 1 1AutomatonJamiroquai 4 1 1Silver EyeGoldfrapp 6 1 1Kidz BopKidz Bop Kids 7 1 2Memories...Do Not OpenThe Chainsmokers 3 1 1InfiniteDeep Purple 6 1 6Moana: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackMoana cast 7 3 1Pure ComedyFather John Misty 8 1 1Let Me FlyMike + The Mechanics 9 1 5DamnKendrick Lamar 2 1 1YouthTinie Tempah 9 1 3Tears on the DancefloorSteps 2 1 2Life Love Flesh BloodImelda May 5 1 1Jump on BoardTexas 6 1 1You Are WeWhile She Sleeps 8 1 2HumanzGorillaz 2 1 3For Crying Out LoudKasabian 1 1 1PollinatorBlondie 4 1 1Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsNick Cave and the Bad Seeds 8 1 3Harry StylesHarry Styles 1 1 1After LaughterParamore 4 1 2A Kind RevolutionPaul Weller 5 1 3Common SenseJ Hus 6 2 2One More LightLinkin Park 4 1 250Engelbert Humperdinck 5 1 1World Be GoneErasure 6 1 4Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 50th Anniversary EditionThe Beatles 1 1 1Different DaysThe Charlatans 4 1 1The AmazonsThe Amazons 8 1 2Is This the Life We Really Want?Roger Waters 3 1 28Dua Lipa ♦Dua Lipa 3 2 1Relaxeralt-J 6 1 1Last Young RenegadeAll Time Low 7 1 1Time Flies... 1994–2009Oasis 8 1 1Without a WordHank Marvin 9 1 1The Joshua TreeU2 10 1 4Truth Is a Beautiful ThingLondon Grammar 1 1 6AdiósGlen Campbell 2 1 2Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVieLindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie 5 1 1WitnessKaty Perry 6 1 1ChuckChuck Berry 9 1 4How Did We Get So Dark?Royal Blood 1 1 1Feed the MachineNickelback 3 1 1MelodramaLorde 5 1 1Crack-UpFleet Foxes 9 1 2OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017Radiohead 2 1 2EvolveImagine Dragons 3 1 3Greatest HitsFoo Fighters 6 1 1Purple RainPrince and The Revolution 7 1 2Timeless: The All-Time Greatest HitsBee Gees 6 1 1GratefulDJ Khaled 10 1 2Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1Calvin Harris 2 1 1HydrogradStone Sour 5 1 1Something to Tell YouHaim 2 1 24:44Jay-Z 3 1 1Every ValleyPublic Service Broadcasting 4 1 1Night & Day: Night EditionThe Vamps 1 1 1King of the North (EP)Bugzy Malone 4 1 5The Ultimate CollectionJohn Denver 5 1 1UltralifeOh Wonder 8 1 1Saturday Night at the MoviesJoe McElderry 10 1 3Lust for LifeLana Del Rey 1 1 2Crooked CalypsoPaul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 2 1 2Hybrid TheoryLinkin Park 4 1 1Meteora 7 1 1Flower BoyTyler, the Creator 9 1 1RaskitDizzee Rascal 10 1 3Everything NowArcade Fire 1 1 1The Boy Who Cried WolfPassenger 5 1 1ParanormalAlice Cooper 6 1 4The 50 Greatest HitsElvis Presley 2 2 1RainbowKesha 4 1 1You (EP)Dodie 6 1 124-7 Rock Star ShitThe Cribs 8 1 1To the BoneSteven Wilson 3 1 1The Peace and the PanicNeck Deep 4 1 1A Fever DreamEverything Everything 5 1 1Live for the MomentThe Sherlocks 6 1 1TribeChase & Status 7 1 3VillainsQueens of the Stone Age 1 1 1A Deeper UnderstandingThe War on Drugs 3 1 1All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of HellPVRIS 4 1 1Love AlwaysShane Filan 5 1 1Fifth HarmonyFifth Harmony 10 1 4Freedom ChildThe Script 1 1 1American DreamLCD Soundsystem 3 1 1The Punishment of LuxuryOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 4 1 1Every Country's SunMogwai 6 1 1Hearts That StrainJake Bugg 7 1 2Sleep Well BeastThe National 1 1 1Broken MachineNothing But Thieves 2 1 1HitchhikerNeil Young 6 1 1HippopotamusSparks 7 1 1Out of All This BlueThe Waterboys 8 1 5Concrete and GoldFoo Fighters 1 1 1Savage (Songs from a Broken World)Gary Numan 2 1 1Prophets of RageProphets of Rage 6 1 4Wonderful WonderfulThe Killers 1 1 1Roll with the PunchesVan Morrison 4 1 1The SparkEnter Shikari 5 1 1BCCIVBlack Country Communion 7 1 1VThe Horrors 8 1 1NowShania Twain 1 1 1Visions of a LifeWolf Alice 2 1 1Live at PompeiiDavid Gilmour 3 1 1Tell Me You Love MeDemi Lovato 5 1 1Younger NowMiley Cyrus 8 1 1ScreamMichael Jackson 9 1 1The Best of Feeder/ArrowFeeder 10 1 5As You Were (#9)Liam Gallagher 1 1 1Wamp 2 DemGiggs 2 1 1MTV Unplugged – Summer SolsticeA-ha 6 1 1Heaven Upside DownMarilyn Manson 7 1 1Pinewood SmileThe Darkness 8 1 1Raised Under Grey SkiesJP Cooper 9 1 1A Different StageJason Manford 10 1 19Beautiful Trauma (#5)Pink 1 1 2Carry FireRobert Plant 3 1 1ColorsBeck 5 1 1MasseductionSt. Vincent 6 1 1StoneyPost Malone 10 1 4Listen Without Prejudice/MTV UnpluggedGeorge Michael 1 1 2FlickerNiall Horan 3 1 17 DaysKrept and Konan 6 1 1GlasshouseJessie Ware 7 1 17 NightsKrept and Konan 8 1 1The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths 10 1 11Together Again (#7)Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 1 1 2Scream Above the SoundsStereophonics 2 1 3Nat King Cole & MeGregory Porter 3 1 1Heartbreak on a Full MoonChris Brown 10 1 21The Thrill of It All (#3)Sam Smith 1 2 8A Love So BeautifulRoy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2 1 1SheridanSheridan Smith 9 1 5ReputationTaylor Swift 1 1 3DiamondsElton John 5 1 1Instant PleasuresShed Seven 8 1 8The ArchitectPaloma Faith 1 1 1Our GenerationTokio Myers 4 1 1Low in High SchoolMorrissey 5 1 1Wembley or BustJeff Lynne's ELO 9 1 3Who Built the Moon?Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 1 1 3Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic OrchestraElvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 6 1 1AmoreAndre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 7 1 1Songs of ExperienceU2 5 1 10RevivalEminem 1 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2017, including albums that reached their peak in 2016. 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 Albums3Ed Sheeran68÷, ×, +Elvis Presley10Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The 50 Greatest Hits, The Wonder of YouRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra20A Love So Beautiful, Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Wonder of You
Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1998. Following George Michael's death on Christmas Day 2016, the album re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 5 January 2017 (week ending). It re-entered the top 10 again at number 4 on 19 January 2017 (week ending), at number 8 on 9 March 2017 (week ending) and at number 9 on 26 October 2017 (week ending). × originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2014. + originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2011. Time Flies... 1994–2009 originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2010. It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 15 June 2017 (week ending) following Liam Gallagher's performance at the One Love Manchester concert at Old Trafford.