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. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1995, as well as albums which peaked in 1994 and 1996 but were in the top 10 in 1995. 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).
The first new number-one album of the year was The Colour of My Love by Celine Dion. Overall, twenty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 1995, with twenty-seven unique artists hitting that position.
Background Best-selling albums Robson & Jerome had the best-selling album of the year with Robson & Jerome. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis came in second place. The Colour of My Love by Celine Dion, Life by Simply Red and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I by Michael Jackson made up the top five. Albums by Queen, Paul Weller, Wet Wet Wet, Blur and Pulp were also in the top-ten best selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1994 but still in chart in 1995.♦Album released in 1994 or 1995 but peaked in 1996.(#)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 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1994 24Always & ForeverEternal 2 3 32The Colour of My LoveCeline Dion 1 7 36Parklife ‡Blur 1 1 12Seal (1994) ‡Seal 1 2 25Definitely Maybe ‡Oasis 1 1 22No Need to Argue ‡The Cranberries 2 1 15Cross Road ‡Bon Jovi 1 5 9Steam ‡East 17 3 3 9Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 ‡Sting 2 1 18Carry on up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South ‡The Beautiful South 1 7 26Bizarre Fruit ♦M People 3 3 4The Best of New Order ‡New Order 4 1 5Live at the BBC ‡The Beatles 1 1 14Crocodile Shoes (Original Songs from the BBC Television Serial) ‡Jimmy Nail 2 2Albums in 1995 2Psyche – The AlbumPJ & Duncan 5 1 13DummyPortishead 2 1 1UniversityThrowing Muses 10 1 1Behind Closed DoorsThunder 5 1 1OctopusThe Human League 6 1 1BalanceVan Halen 8 1 10Pan Pipe MoodsFree The Spirit 2 2 3Good News from the Next WorldSimple Minds 2 1 3LeftismLeftfield 3 1 1Waiting for the PunchlineExtreme 10 1 2Greatest HitsBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6 1 1Worry BombCarter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 9 1 1SmartSleeper 5 1 1KingBelly 6 1 1MaxinquayeTricky 3 1 1SinglesThe Smiths 5 1 12Greatest HitsBruce Springsteen 1 2 2TwistedDel Amitri 3 1 12MedusaAnnie Lennox 1 1 2GaloreKirsty MacColl 6 1 1Beggar on a Beach of GoldMike and the Mechanics 9 1 5ElasticaElastica 1 1 1King for a Day... Fool for a LifetimeFaith No More 5 1 5The Bends ♦Radiohead 4 1 1Conversation PeaceStevie Wonder 8 1 3Made in EnglandElton John 3 1 1OlympianGene 8 1 3Wake Up!The Boo Radleys 1 1 1Subhuman RaceSkid Row 8 1 4The Choir (Music from the BBC Television Series)Anthony Way and Stanislas Syrewicz 3 1 18Picture ThisWet Wet Wet 1 3 1MTV UnpluggedBob Dylan 10 1 11Nobody ElseTake That 1 2 1Chas & Dave's Street PartyChas & Dave 3 1 1Another Night (U.S. Album)Real McCoy 6 1 1Pan PipeInspirations 10 1 24Stanley RoadPaul Weller 1 1 11I Should CocoSupergrass 1 3 2The Complete Stone RosesThe Stone Roses 4 1 10SinglesAlison Moyet 1 1 3Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives OnBob Marley and the Wailers 5 1 1P.H.U.Q.The Wildhearts 6 1 1Tuesday Night Music ClubSheryl Crow 8 1 6PulsePink Floyd 1 2 3A Spanner in the WorksRod Stewart 4 1 1Grand PrixTeenage Fanclub 7 1 1Big LoveAli Campbell 6 1 22HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book IMichael Jackson 1 1 4PostBjörk 2 1 2Days Like ThisVan Morrison 5 1 1Infernal LoveTherapy? 9 1 8These DaysBon Jovi 1 4 1ReplenishReef 9 1 2Foo FightersFoo Fighters 3 1 2Mirror BallNeil Young 4 1 1Exit Planet DustThe Chemical Brothers 9 1 1Gorgeous GeorgeEdwyn Collins 8 1 1The Show, the After Party, the HotelJodeci 4 1 5Sax MoodsBlowing Free 6 1 1La CarreteraJulio Iglesias 6 1 4It's Great When You're Straight...YeahBlack Grape 1 2 1AlternativePet Shop Boys 2 1 1TimelessGoldie 7 1 9CrazySexyCoolTLC 4 1 10Said and DoneBoyzone 1 1 3The CharlatansThe Charlatans 1 1 3ZeitgeistLevellers 1 1 1Southpaw GrammarMorrissey 4 1 1Take Me HigherDiana Ross 10 1 7The Great EscapeBlur 1 2 2One Hot MinuteRed Hot Chili Peppers 2 1 1CircusLenny Kravitz 5 1 5Greatest Hits (1985–1995)Michael Bolton 2 2 1OnEchobelly 4 1 1WorldD:Ream 5 1 1Paranoid & SunburntSkunk Anansie 8 1 2Pan Pipe DreamsInspirations 10 2 5DaydreamMariah Carey 1 1 1The Gold ExperiencePrince 4 1 1BallbreakerAC/DC 6 1 1D'euxCeline Dion 7 1 1OutsideDavid Bowie 8 1 51(What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis 1 10 6Design of a Decade: 1986–1996Janet Jackson 2 1 2All You Can Eatk.d. lang 7 1 1The X FactorIron Maiden 8 1 15LifeSimply Red 1 3 1InsomniacGreen Day 8 1 3The Very Best of Robert PalmerRobert Palmer 4 1 3All ChangeCast 7 1 2Chants and Dances of the Native AmericansSacred Spirit 9 1 3Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)Def Leppard 3 1 1Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing Pumpkins 4 1 1Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest HitsRoxette 5 1 23Different ClassPulp 1 1 5Welcome to the NeighbourhoodMeat Loaf 3 1 4Power of a WomanEternal 6 1 10Made in HeavenQueen 1 1 12Something to RememberMadonna 3 1 8Love SongsElton John 4 1 11Big RiverJimmy Nail 8 1 13Robson & JeromeRobson & Jerome 1 7 2Up All NightEast 17 7 1 1StrippedThe Rolling Stones 9 1 3Anthology 1The Beatles 2 1 8The Memory of TreesEnya 5 1
See also 1995 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1990s (UK)
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External links 1995 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)