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 2013, as well as albums which peaked in 2012 and 2014 but were in the top 10 in 2013. 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 seventy-two albums were in the top ten this year. One album from 2011 and seventeen albums from 2012 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Beyoncé by Beyoncé was released in 2013 but did not reach its peak until 2014. Halcyon by Ellie Goulding debuted in 2012 and re-entered the top 10 in 2013, but its peak position was not until 2014. Six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2013. The 1975, Bastille, Frank Turner, James Arthur and Kodaline were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2013.
18 Months by Calvin Harris returned to the top spot in the first week of 2013. The first new number-one album of the year was Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack by the Les Misérables cast. Overall, thirty-five different albums peaked at number-one in 2013, with thirty-five unique artists hitting that position.
Background Multiple entries One-hundred and seventy-two albums charted in the top 10 in 2013, with one-hundred and fifty-two albums reaching their peak this year (including The Complete Greatest Hits which charted in previous years but reached a peak on its latest chart run).
Six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2013. Andrea Bocelli, Jake Bugg, Justin Timberlake, Michael Bublé, One Direction and Robbie Williams were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Andrea Bocelli and Justin Timberlake's two entries were both released this year, with Christmas by Michael Bublé returning after making the top ten before.
Chart debuts Forty-six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2013 as a lead artist.
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 entriesLes Misérables cast1Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack1—1The Lumineers8—Everything Everything1Arc5—A$AP Rocky1Live. Love. A$AP7—I Am Kloot1Let It All In10—Frightened Rabbit1Pedestrian Verse9—Atoms for Peace1Amok5—Josh Groban1All That Echoes9—Bastille1Bad Blood1 —Laura Mvula1Sing to the Moon9—Imagine Dragons1Night Visions2—Bring Me the Horizon1Sempiternal3—Frank Turner1Tape Deck Heart2—Rudimental1Home1—Passenger1All the Little Lights3—Bo Bruce1Before I Sleep10—Gabrielle Aplin1English Rain2—30 Seconds to Mars1Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams5—Demi Lovato1Demi10—Stooshe1London with the Lights On8—Disclosure1Settle1—Miles Kane1Don't Forget Who You Are8—Boards of Canada1Tomorrow's Harvest7—Kodaline1In a Perfect World3—J. Cole1Born Sinner7—Tom Odell1Long Way Down1—Robin Thicke1Blurred Lines1—Jahméne Douglas1Love Never Fails1—Richard & Adam1The Impossible Dream1—1The Civil Wars2—Naughty Boy1Hotel Cabana2—1The 19751—Ariana Grande1Yours Truly7—London Grammar1If You Wait2—1Snapshot5—Avicii1True2—Deaf Havana1Old Souls9—Birdy1Fire Within8—Chvrches1The Bones of What You Believe9—Haim1Days Are Gone1—Lucy Spraggan1Join the Club7—John Newman1Tribute1—Andrea Begley1The Message7—Lorde1Pure Heroine4—Union J1Union J6—James Arthur1James Arthur2—
Notes Johnny Marr had great success as a member of The Smiths, including four albums which reached the top two. He scored a top 10 hit with his debut solo album The Messenger in 2013. After three previous attempts, will.i.am achieved a first top 10 peaking album outside The Black Eyed Peas, as #willpower landed at number 3.
Agnetha Fältskog secured the first top 10 album of her solo career, A which placed at number six. She was best known for her hits with the four-piece ABBA. Shane Filan moved on from Westlife and made the top 10 with You and Me, a number 6 hit.
Soundtracks The soundtrack album for the film Les Misérables was the only soundtrack recording to reach the top ten in 2013, spending four weeks at number-one in total.
Best-selling albums One Direction had the best-selling album of the year with Midnight Memories. The album spent six weeks in the top 10 (including two weeks at number one), sold over million copies and was certified by the BPI. Our Version of Events by Emeli Sandé came in second place. Michael Bublé's To Be Loved, Swings Both Ways from Robbie Williams and Right Place Right Time by Olly Murs made up the top five. Albums by Bruno Mars, Rod Stewart, Arctic Monkeys, Gary Barlow and Ellie Goulding were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2011 or 2012 but still in chart in 2013.♦Album released in 2012 or 2013 but peaked in 2014.(#)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 Album ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 2011 49+ ‡Ed Sheeran 1 3Albums in 2012 67Our Version of Events ‡ (#2)Emeli Sandé 1 10 5Some Nights ‡fun. 4 1 15Fall to Grace ‡Paloma Faith 2 3 4Ora ‡Rita Ora 1 1 17The Truth About Love ‡Pink 2 1 16Babel ‡Mumford & Sons 1 3 22Halcyon ♦ (#10)Ellie Goulding 1 3 16Jake Bugg ‡Jake Bugg 1 1 4Red ‡Taylor Swift 1 1 1518 Months ‡Calvin Harris 1 2 10Take the Crown ‡Robbie Williams 1 1 10Take Me Home ‡One Direction 1 1 14Unapologetic ‡Rihanna 1 1 10Christmas ‡ Michael Bublé 2 1 16Right Place Right Time ‡ (#5)Olly Murs 1 2 5The Very Best of Neil Diamond: The Original Studio Recordings ‡Neil Diamond 5 2 24Unorthodox Jukebox ‡ (#6)Bruno Mars 1 1Albums in 2013 13Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Les Misérables cast 1 4 2The Lumineers 8 1 1Arc Everything Everything 5 1 1Live. Love. A$AP A$AP Rocky 7 1 1Let It All In I Am Kloot 10 1 3Opposites Biffy Clyro 1 1 3Rumours Fleetwood Mac 3 1 1Believe Acoustic Justin Bieber 5 1 3Passione Andrea Bocelli 7 1 1Anna Courteeners 6 1 1Pedestrian Verse Frightened Rabbit 9 1 2Holy Fire Foals 2 1 1Push the Sky Away Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 3 1 2Every KingdomBen Howard 4 2 1Amok Atoms for Peace 5 1 1Both Sides Now Michael Ball 8 1 1All That Echoes Josh Groban 9 1 1The Messenger Johnny Marr 10 1 23Bad Blood Bastille 1 3 5Graffiti on the Train Stereophonics 3 1 1Girl Who Got Away Dido 5 1 1Sing to the Moon Laura Mvula 9 1 5The Next Day David Bowie 1 1 2What About Now Bon Jovi 2 1 1Exile Hurts 9 1 7The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake 1 3 1Bloodsports Suede 10 1 1Delta Machine Depeche Mode 2 1 1Comedown Machine The Strokes 10 1 8Night Visions Imagine Dragons 2 1 1Sempiternal Bring Me the Horizon 3 1 2Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 9 2 2Paramore Paramore 1 1 1Overgrown James Blake 8 1 17To Be Loved (#3)Michael Bublé 1 2 2Save Rock and Roll Fall Out Boy 2 1 1Mosquito Yeah Yeah Yeahs 9 1 1Tape Deck HeartFrank Turner 2 1 2#willpower will.i.am 3 1 19HomeRudimental 1 1 21All the Little Lights Passenger 3 3 1Before I Sleep Bo Bruce 10 1 4The Shocking Miss EmeraldCaro Emerald 1 1 1Didn't It Rain Hugh Laurie 3 1 1The Minutes Alison Moyet 5 1 1Golden Lady Antebellum 7 1 17Time (#7)Rod Stewart 1 1 2English Rain Gabrielle Aplin 2 1 1Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend 3 1 2A Agnetha Fältskog 6 2 7Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk 1 2 1Trouble Will Find Me 3 1 1The ConversationTexas 4 1 1Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams30 Seconds to Mars 5 1 1DemiDemi Lovato 10 1 1Once I Was an EagleLaura Marling 3 1 1London with the Lights OnStooshe 8 1 6SettleDisclosure 1 1 1...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone Age 2 1 1Don't Forget Who You AreMiles Kane 8 1 213Black Sabbath 1 1 1BeBeady Eye 2 1 1Tomorrow's HarvestBoards of Canada 7 1 1The Complete Greatest HitsEagles 9 1 1Bula Quo!Status Quo 10 1 2YeezusKanye West 1 1 4In a Perfect WorldKodaline 3 1 1Born SinnerJ. Cole 7 1 1KveikurSigur Rós 9 1 4Long Way DownTom Odell 1 1 1The Weight of Your LoveEditors 6 1 5Magna Carta Holy GrailJay-Z 1 1 2Blurred LinesRobin Thicke 1 1 1ElectricPet Shop Boys 3 1 3Love Never FailsJahmene Douglas 1 1 4Nothing but the BeatDavid Guetta 6 1 7The Impossible DreamRichard & Adam 1 4 1Greatest HitsScouting for Girls 8 1 1The Civil Wars 2 1 1Big TVWhite Lies 4 1 1Where You StandTravis 3 1 1Paradise ValleyJohn Mayer 4 1 2Hail to the KingAvenged Sevenfold 1 1 2Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy 2 1 1The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971)Bob Dylan 5 1 1Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right ActionFranz Ferdinand 6 1 1Studio ZooNewton Faulkner 10 1 3The 1975The 1975 1 1 2Hesitation MarksNine Inch Nails 2 1 1Roaring 20sRizzle Kicks 3 1 1Yours TrulyAriana Grande 7 1 1Sequel to the PrequelBabyshambles 10 1 16AM (#8)Arctic Monkeys 1 2 19If You WaitLondon Grammar 2 1 1Tales of UsGoldfrapp 4 1 1SnapshotThe Strypes 5 1 11TrueAvicii 2 2 1The Diving BoardElton John 3 1 1Rewind the FilmManic Street Preachers 4 1 1KetevanKatie Melua 6 1 1From Here to Now to YouJack Johnson 7 1 1Old SoulsDeaf Havana 9 1 3Mechanical BullKings of Leon 1 1 3Nothing Was the SameDrake 2 1 2AliveJessie J 3 1 1TattoosJason Derulo 5 1 1Fire WithinBirdy 8 1 1The Bones of What You BelieveChvrches 9 1 2Days Are GoneHaim 1 1 2The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2Justin Timberlake 2 1 1FortressAlter Bridge 6 1 1The FifthDizzee Rascal 10 1 2BangerzMiley Cyrus 1 1 2Brand New MachineChase & Status 2 1 1Join the ClubLucy Spraggan 7 1 1Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!Panic! at the Disco 10 1 7TributeJohn Newman 1 1 1Lightning BoltPearl Jam 2 1 1NewPaul McCartney 3 1 3Closer to the TruthCher 4 1 1Perhaps LoveJonathan and Charlotte 5 1 1Living for the WeekendThe Saturdays 10 1 4PrismKaty Perry 1 1 5Moon LandingJames Blunt 2 1 1Love in PortofinoAndrea Bocelli 5 1 1The MessageAndrea Begley 7 1 1ReflektorArcade Fire 1 1 6Pure HeroineLorde 4 1 1Union JUnion J 6 1 8The Marshall Mathers LP 2Eminem 1 1 3James ArthurJames Arthur 2 1 1DemonstrationTinie Tempah 3 1 3Music of the NightAndré Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra 4 1 1Saturday Night at the MoviesThe Overtones 5 1 1You and MeShane Filan 6 1 6The Nation's Favourite Elvis SongsElvis Presley 5 2 1Word of MouthThe Wanted 9 1 2ArtpopLady Gaga 1 1 6Loved Me Back to LifeCeline Dion 3 1 2SaluteLittle Mix 4 1 3Direct HitsThe Killers 6 1 1The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll SongbookCliff Richard 7 1 1TrustAlfie Boe 8 1 1The Best of KeaneKeane 10 1 9Swings Both Ways (#4)Robbie Williams 1 4 1Shangri LaJake Bugg 3 1 1Goodbye – The Greatest HitsJLS 6 1 6Midnight Memories (#1)One Direction 1 2 13Since I Saw You Last (#9)Gary Barlow 2 4 1BZ20Boyzone 6 1 1Home for ChristmasSusan Boyle 9 1 1A Musical AffairIl Divo 5 1 1FreedomRebecca Ferguson 6 1 13Beyoncé ♦Beyoncé 2 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2013, including albums that reached their peak in 2012. 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 2013 is also shown.
Entries Artist Weeks Albums2Andrea Bocelli4Love in Portofino, PassioneJake Bugg15Jake Bugg, Shangri LaJustin Timberlake9The 20/20 Experience, The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2Michael Bublé20Christmas, To Be LovedOne Direction8Midnight Memories, Take Me HomeRobbie Williams6Swings Both Ways, Take the Crown
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