These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2026.
Chart history Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.2 JanuaryAMArctic MonkeysDomino9 January16 January ReflectionsBlueCooking Vinyl23 January The Demise of Planet XSleaford ModsRough Trade30 January How Did I Get Here?Louis TomlinsonBMG6 February West End GirlLily Allen13 February Clair Obscur - Expedition 33 OstLorien TestardLaced20 February Tension Tour - Live 2025Kylie Minogue BMG27 February My Ego Told Me ToLeigh-Anne Made in the 90s6 March The MountainGorillaz Kong13 March TrixiesSqueeze BMG20 March Trying TimesJames Blake Good Boy Records27 March Living the DreamJane McDonald Jeanie Productions3 April This Music May Contain HopeRaye Human Re Sources10 April Ambiguous DesireArlo Parks Transgressive17 April We Will Always Be the Way We WereJack Savoretti Lanza24 April You Got ThisSkindred Earache1 MayThe Mocking StarsLausse the Cat Velvet Blues8 MayFenianKneecap Heavenly15 MayIs This How Happiness Feels?Reverend and the Makers Distiller22 MayCruel IntentionsKarma Effect Earache29 MayGlowMichael Ball Tag85 JuneInfernoBoards of Canada Warp12 JuneElsewhere AlwaysOverpass Communion19 JuneAvalancheEmbrace Cooking Vinyl26 JuneRe-CreatedPlacebo Elevator Lady3 JulyThe Ground AboveBeth Orton Partisan10 JulySplat!Deep Purple EarMusic17 JulyFrozen CharlotteJack White Third Man24 JulyAs It IsAs It Is FLG31 JulyLost TapesNines Empire/Zino7 AugustRenascent The Durutti Column London Recordings14 August A Love Letter to a Broken TownThe ReytonsThe Reytons21 August Lost WeekendPhoebe BridgersDead Oceans28 August What Are the OddsJorja SmithFAMM4 SeptemberGod Bless the BandCourteenersIgnition11 SeptemberRunning Round the SunJamie WebsterModern Sky18 September Here Because of HopeEzra CollectivePartisan25 SeptemberApples for IsaacEcho & the BunnymenBMG2 OctoberDanceteriaSoft CellSoft Cell Music
Notes – The single was simultaneously number-one on the Album chart. - The artist was simultaneously number one on the Independent Singles Chart.
References
External links Independent Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 Indie Album Chart at BBC Radio 1