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. Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2022, as well as albums which peaked in 2021 and 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2022. 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).
Two-hundred and eight albums were in the top 10 this year. Twelve albums from 2021 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Christmas by Michael Bublé, originally released in 2011, re-entered the chart in 2021, but did not reach its peak until 2023. Between Us by Little Mix was the only album from 2021 to reach its peak in 2022.
The first new number-one album of the year was Dawn FM by The Weeknd. Overall, thirty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 2022, with thirty-seven unique artists hitting that position.
An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top 10.
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. Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries Yard Act 1 The Overload 2 — Aurora 1 The Gods We Can Touch 8 — Scarlet Rebels 1 See Through Blue 7 — Mitski 1 Laurel Hell 6 — Bad Boy Chiller Crew 1 Disrespectful 2 — Gang of Youths 1 Angel in Realtime 10 — The Mysterines 1 Reeling 9 — Charli XCX 1 Crash 1 — ArrDee 1 Pier Pressure 2 — Sam Tompkins 1 Who Do You Pray To? (EP) 7 — Koffee 1 Gifted 9 — Wet Leg 1 Wet Leg 1 — Kae Tempest 1 The Line Is a Curve 8 — Pusha T 1 It's Almost Dry 7 — Jack Harlow 1 Come Home the Kids Miss You 4 — Tate McRae 1 I Used to Think I Could Fly 7 — Porcupine Tree 1 Closure/Continuation 2 — Lizzo 1 Special 6 — Maggie Rogers 1 Surrender 6 — Rina Sawayama 1 Hold the Girl 3 —
Best-selling albums Harry Styles had the best-selling album of the year with Harry's House. = by Ed Sheeran came in second place. Taylor Swift's Midnights, The Highlights by The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour made up the top five. Albums by Eminem, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Little Mix and ABBA were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2021 but still in chart in 2022.♦Album released in 2022 but peaked in 2023.(#)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 Album ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 2021 208The Highlights ‡ (#4)The Weeknd 2 7 54Sour ‡ (#5)Olivia Rodrigo 1 5 14We're All Alone in This Together ‡Dave 1 2 6Happier Than Ever ‡Billie Eilish 1 1 3Only Honest on the Weekend ‡Becky Hill 7 2 6Music of the Spheres ‡Coldplay 1 1 66= ‡ (#2)Ed Sheeran 1 4 10Voyage ‡ABBA 1 1 20Between Us (#9)Little Mix 3 1 1630 ‡Adele 1 5 4Home Alone 2 ‡D-Block Europe 6 2 9Christmas ♦Michael Bublé 1 1Albums in 2022 8Greatest HitsQueen 7 1 7Diamonds (#7)Elton John 7 2 6÷Ed Sheeran 7 1 750 Years – Don't Stop (#8)Fleetwood Mac 6 1 6Dawn FMThe Weeknd 1 1 2DS4EverGunna 4 1 1Toy (Toy Box)David Bowie 5 1 1Fix Yourself, Not the WorldThe Wombats 1 1 1FragmentsBonobo 5 1 1The Boy Named IfElvis Costello & the Imposters 6 1 2Night CallYears & Years 1 1 1The OverloadYard Act 2 1 1Bat Out of HellMeat Loaf 3 1 1Hits Out of Hell 5 1 1The Gods We Can TouchAurora 8 1 1World I UnderstandThe Sherlocks 9 1 1Amazing ThingsDon Broco 1 1 1MomentsJamie Webster 3 1 1See Through BlueScarlet Rebels 7 1 1The Zealot GeneJethro Tull 9 1 1Give Me the FutureBastille 1 1 1Ants from Up ThereBlack Country, New Road 3 1 1Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy 5 1 1Laurel HellMitski 6 1 1PsychodramaDave 7 1 1RequiemKorn 8 1 1FTHCFrank Turner 1 1 1The DreamAlt-J 3 1 14Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators 5 1 1Greatest HitsJames Morrison 6 1 12Curtain Call: The Hits (#6)Eminem 6 1 1DisrespectfulBad Boy Chiller Crew 2 1 1Everything Was ForeverSea Power 4 1 1Small WorldMetronomy 7 1 323Central Cee 1 1 2The Tipping PointTears for Fears 2 1 1Love SuxAvril Lavigne 3 1 1Fever Dream Pts 1-4Johnny Marr 4 1 1Angel in RealtimeGang of Youths 10 1 1Oochya!Stereophonics 1 1 1An Hour Before It's DarkMarillion 2 1 1The CoralThe Coral 7 1 1Who Cares?Rex Orange County 1 1 1ImperaGhost 2 1 1So Happy It HurtsBryan Adams 3 1 110 Year PlanThe Shires 5 1 17220Lil Durk 6 1 1Hits to the HeadFranz Ferdinand 7 1 1Everything I Didn't SayElla Henderson 8 1 1ReelingThe Mysterines 9 1 1CrashCharli XCX 1 1 4Pier PressureArrDee 2 1 1HomesickSea Girls 3 1 1TorpedoFeeder 5 1 1Who Do You Pray To? (EP) Sam Tompkins 7 1 2HigherMichael Bublé 1 1 2Mainstream SelloutMachine Gun Kelly 2 1 1Never Let Me GoPlacebo 3 1 1Greatest HitsFoo Fighters 5 1 1The Beautiful UnknownMatt Goss 7 1 1GiftedKoffee 9 1 2Unlimited LoveRed Hot Chili Peppers 1 1 7Fine LineHarry Styles 6 2 2Wet LegWet Leg 1 1 1Chloë and the Next 20th CenturyFather John Misty 2 1 1Fear of the DawnJack White 3 1 1The Line Is a CurveKae Tempest 8 1 1FamiliaCamila Cabello 9 1 2Noughty by NatureDigga D 1 1 1Skinty FiaFontaines D.C. 1 1 1Everything Was BeautifulSpiritualized 5 1 1It's Almost DryPusha T 7 1 1Ribbon Around the BombBlossoms 1 1 1I Never Liked YouFuture 2 1 1ZeitRammstein 3 1 1DopamineThunder 5 1 1Alpha GamesBloc Party 7 1 1WeArcade Fire 1 1 1How to Let GoSigrid 2 1 1Alpha Place Knucks 3 1 1Come Home the Kids Miss YouJack Harlow 4 1 1Happiness Not IncludedSoft Cell 7 1 1A Bit of PreviousBelle and Sebastian 8 1 1Back from the DeadHalestorm 9 1 2Dance FeverFlorence and the Machine 1 1 5Mr. Morale & the Big SteppersKendrick Lamar 2 1 1Dropout BoogieThe Black Keys 5 1 1Blue HoursBear's Den 6 1 57Harry's House (#1)Harry Styles 1 6 1Raw Data FeelEverything Everything 4 1 1Chasing EuphoriaM Huncho 5 1 1Greatest HitsN-Dubz 10 1 2C'mon You KnowLiam Gallagher 1 1 1Down by the River Thames 4 1 1Diamond Star HalosDef Leppard 5 1 120 Years: The Greatest HitsWill Young 6 1 1I Used to Think I Could FlyTate McRae 7 1 12ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (#10)ABBA 6 1 2Twelve Carat ToothachePost Malone 3 1 1Dear ScottMichael Head & the Red Elastic Band 6 1 9Gold Rush KidGeorge Ezra 1 1 1What Came BeforeChase & Status 4 1 1ProofBTS 8 1 4Honestly, NevermindDrake 2 1 1Life Is YoursFoals 3 1 1A Light for Attracting AttentionThe Smile 5 1 1Closure/ContinuationPorcupine Tree 2 1 1BreezyChris Brown 6 1 1SuperacheConan Gray 8 1 1Growin' UpLuke Combs 9 1 4Last Night in the BittersweetPaolo Nutini 1 1 1Planet ZeroShinedown 4 1 1UnprecedentedUB40 featuring Ali & Astro 8 1 2Love, DaminiBurna Boy 2 1 1LeapJames Bay 4 1 1WastelandBrent Faiyaz 6 1 1About Last Night...Mabel 2 1 1BeatopiaBeabadoobee 4 1 1SpecialLizzo 6 1 1The Theory of WhateverJamie T 1 1 1Entering Heaven AliveJack White 4 1 11RenaissanceBeyoncé 1 2 1SurrenderMaggie Rogers 6 1 2Curtain Call 2Eminem 3 1 1Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2Calvin Harris 5 1 1The Alchemist's EuphoriaKasabian 1 1 1UnwantedPale Waves 4 1 3ELV1S: 30 No. 1 HitsElvis Presley 7 1 1Platinum CollectionSteps 1 1 1Close to HomeAitch 2 1 1Finally Enough LoveMadonna 3 1 1Viva Las VengeancePanic at the Disco 5 1 1Be Here NowOasis 6 1 1Holy FvckDemi Lovato 7 1 2Will of the PeopleMuse 1 1 1God DidDJ Khaled 4 1 9AMArctic Monkeys 7 1 1How to Be a Person Like Other PeopleEmbrace 9 1 1YungbludYungblud 1 1 1The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!Megadeth 3 1 1XXVRobbie Williams 1 1 1Patient Number 9Ozzy Osbourne 2 1 1Know Your EnemyManic Street Preachers 4 1 1How Will I Know if Heaven Will Find Me?The Amazons 5 1 2Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi 9 2 1Born PinkBlackpink 1 1 1AutofictionSuede 2 1 1Hold the GirlRina Sawayama 3 1 1Self-TitledMarcus Mumford 4 1 1AnimalsPink Floyd 5 1 15SOS55 Seconds of Summer 1 1 3Lap 5D-Block Europe 2 1 1Gulp!Sports Team 3 1 1Land of DreamsMark Owen 5 1 1EBMEditors 10 1 1The End, So FarSlipknot 1 1 1OlderGeorge Michael 2 1 1Burn the EmpireThe Snuts 3 1 122Craig David 7 1 1Cool It DownYeah Yeah Yeahs 10 1 1N.K-PopPaul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 1 1 1Maybe in Another Life...Easy Life 2 1 1CharlieCharlie Puth 9 1 2Being Funny in a Foreign LanguageThe 1975 1 1 1Return of the Dream CanteenRed Hot Chili Peppers 2 1 1It's Only MeLil Baby 3 1 1Pawns & KingsAlter Bridge 6 1 1Here Is EverythingThe Big Moon 9 1 57Midnights (#3)Taylor Swift 1 5 3The CarArctic Monkeys 2 1 1HugoLoyle Carner 3 1 1Direction of the HeartSimple Minds 4 1 1Impossible PrincessKylie Minogue 5 1 1Revolver: Special EditionThe Beatles 2 1 2Together in VegasMichael Ball & Alfie Boe 3 1 1Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022)Fred Again 4 1 1Triggered!Massive Wagons 6 1 1Best Day of My LifeTom Odell 7 1 1The Essential Foo FightersFoo Fighters 10 1 3Her LossDrake & 21 Savage 1 1 1PalominoFirst Aid Kit 3 1 1A Song for YouLuke Evans 4 1 1Faith in the FutureLouis Tomlinson 1 1 5Only the Strong SurviveBruce Springsteen 2 1 5A Family ChristmasAndrea, Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 4 1 1SonderDermot Kennedy 1 1 5Silver BellsAndré Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 4 1 1The MiracleQueen 6 1 1Get Rollin'Nickelback 8 1 1This Is What I MeanStormzy 1 1 4Christmas with CliffCliff Richard 2 2 1WishThe Cure 9 1 1Marry MeOlly Murs 1 1 2Heroes & VillainsMetro Boomin 3 1 4There's Nothing but Space, Man!Sam Ryder 1 1 17SOSSZA 2 3
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2022, including albums that reached their peak in 2021. 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 2022 is also shown.
Entries Artist Weeks Albums3Liam Gallagher3C'mon You Know, Down by the River Thames, Be Here Now2ABBA15Voyage, ABBA Gold: Greatest HitsArctic Monkeys11AM, The CarDave4Psychodrama, We're All Alone in This TogetherD-Block Europe6Home Alone 2, Lap 5Drake7Honestly, Nevermind, Her LossEd Sheeran47÷, =Eminem13Curtain Call: The Hits, Curtain Call 2Foo Fighters2Greatest Hits, The Essential Foo FightersHarry Styles33Fine Line, Harry's HouseJack White2Fear of the Dawn, Entering Heaven AliveMeat Loaf1Bat Out of Hell, Hits Out of HellMichael Bublé6Christmas, HigherQueen9Greatest Hits, The MiracleRed Hot Chili Peppers3Unlimited Love, Return of the Dream CanteenThe Weeknd29The Highlights, Dawn FM
See also List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s
References General
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External links 2022 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)