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 1999, as well as albums which peaked in 1998 and 2000 but were in the top 10 in 1999. 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 You've Come a Long Way, Baby by Fatboy Slim. Overall, fifteen different albums peaked at number-one in 1999, with fifteen unique artists hitting that position.
Background Best-selling albums Shania Twain had the best-selling album of the year with Come On Over. By Request by Boyzone came in second place. The Man Who by Travis, ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA and Performance and Cocktails by Stereophonics made up the top five. Albums by Robbie Williams, Steps, The Corrs, Westlife and Macy Gray were also in the top-ten best selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1998 but still in chart in 1999.♦Album released in 1999 but peaked in 2000.(#)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 1997 56Talk on Corners ‡The Corrs 1 10Albums in 1998 44Life Thru a Lens ‡Robbie Williams 1 2 20Ray of Light ‡Madonna 1 2 18International Velvet ‡Catatonia 1 1 27Where We Belong ‡Boyzone 1 3 4Five ‡Five 1 1 10One Night Only ‡Bee Gees 4 1 10This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours ‡Manic Street Preachers 1 3 25Step One ‡Steps 2 1 10The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ‡Lauryn Hill 2 3 6B*Witched ‡B*Witched 3 1 22You've Come a Long Way, BabyFatboy Slim 1 4 31I've Been Expecting You ‡Robbie Williams 1 3 2BelieveCher 7 1 11The Best of M People ‡M People 2 1 16Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael ‡George Michael 1 8 11The Best of 1980-1990 (Single-Disc Version) ‡U2 4 1Albums in 1999 18Forgiven, Not ForgottenThe Corrs 2 1 1Big Willie StyleWill Smith 9 1 1There It Is911 8 1 2AmericanaThe Offspring 10 2 1Love SongsDr. Hook 8 1 2No ExitBlondie 3 1 6Gran TurismoThe Cardigans 8 1 1Beaucoup FishUnderworld 3 1 15My Love Is Your LoveWhitney Houston 4 2 29Performance and CocktailsStereophonics 1 1 17...Baby One More Time ♦Britney Spears 2 1 1Peasants, Pigs & AstronautsKula Shaker 8 1 313Blur 1 2 29ABBA Gold: Greatest HitsABBA 1 5 1The Middle of NowhereOrbital 4 1 5Equally Cursed and BlessedCatatonia 1 1 1Maybe You've Been Brainwashed TooNew Radicals 10 1 2RidesReef 3 1 1Bury the HatchetThe Cranberries 7 1 1Mule VariationsTom Waits 9 1 6FanMailTLC 7 2 1Twisted TendernessElectronic 9 1 2Head MusicSuede 1 1 2Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Original Motion Picture SoundtrackJohn Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra 8 1 12The HushTexas 1 1 2RemedyBasement Jaxx 4 1 3MillenniumBackstreet Boys 2 1 1Magic HourCast 6 1 51Come On OverShania Twain 1 11 48The Man WhoTravis 1 9 12The Very Best of Dean Martin – The Capitol & Reprise YearsDean Martin 5 1 20By RequestBoyzone 1 9 2Going for GoldShed Seven 7 1 2SchizophrenicGeri Halliwell 4 1 4CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers 5 1 7SynkronizedJamiroquai 1 1 1GuerrillaSuper Furry Animals 10 1 6SurrenderThe Chemical Brothers 1 1 10The Party AlbumVengaboys 6 1 7Ricky MartinRicky Martin 2 3 4The Very Best of Elvis CostelloElvis Costello 4 1 1MaryMary J. Blige 5 1 5SognoAndrea Bocelli 4 1 1ForeverPuff Daddy 9 1 2A Secret History... The Best of the Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy 3 1 1Yesterday Went Too SoonFeeder 8 1 2You Me & UsMartine McCutcheon 2 1 3Liquid SkinGomez 2 1 2One from the ModernOcean Colour Scene 4 1 1NexusAnother Level 7 1 1Yellow Submarine SongtrackThe Beatles 8 1 3Rhythm and StealthLeftfield 1 1 3SupergrassSupergrass 3 1 1Greatest HitsDaniel O'Donnell 10 1 25ReloadTom Jones 1 3 3Brand New DaySting 5 1 1The FragileNine Inch Nails 10 1 11S ClubS Club 7 2 1 1HoursDavid Bowie 5 1 27On How Life IsMacy Gray 3 3 2MillionairesJames 2 1 1NightlifePet Shop Boys 7 1 1Us and Us OnlyThe Charlatans 2 1 2PeaceEurythmics 4 1 2Awake and BreatheB*Witched 5 1 8Northern Star ♦Melanie C 4 1 11SteptacularSteps 1 4 3Turn It On Again: The HitsGenesis 4 1 1Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric ClaptonEric Clapton 6 1 23WestlifeWestlife 2 1 1Love and the Russian WinterSimply Red 6 1 1RainbowMariah Carey 8 1 1Twenty Four SevenTina Turner 9 1 1There Is Nothing Left to LoseFoo Fighters 10 1 4InvincibleFive 4 1 4Greatest Hits IIIQueen 5 1 3The Greatest HitsCher 7 1 1Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBealVonda Shepard 9 1 10All the Way... A Decade of SongCeline Dion 1 1 2The Corrs Unplugged ♦The Corrs 7 1 3Charlotte ChurchCharlotte Church 8 1 1WilleniumWill Smith 10 1 3Songs from the Last CenturyGeorge Michael 2 1
See also 1999 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1990s (UK)
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External links 1999 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)