Thesoundtrack album of the movieThe Greatest Showman dominated the charts in 2018, becoming the year's best-selling album.RapperPost Malone reached number-one in May of this year with his second studio albumBeerbongs & Bentleys, which spent a total of 15 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. It went to become the sixth best selling album of the year.
TheUK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by theOfficial Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums anddigital downloads.[2][3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of theUK Albums Chart during2018, as well as albums which peaked in2017 and2019 but were in the top 10 in 2018. 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 fifty-five albums were in the top ten this year. Thirteen albums from 2017 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while50 Years – Don't Stop byFleetwood Mac andUnchained Melodies byRoy Orbison with theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra were both released in 2018 but did not reach their peak until 2019.Christmas byMichael Bublé was originally released in 2011, launched a new chart run in 2017, reaching a peak on its latest run in 2018 and again in 2019.Dua Lipa byDua Lipa was the only album from 2017 to reach its peak in 2018. Twelve artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2018.Anne-Marie,Calum Scott,First Aid Kit,The Greatest Showman Cast andXXXTentacion are among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2018.
Ed Sheeran'sDivide returned to the top of the chart for the opening two weeks of the year, totalling twenty weeks at number-one since it was released in March 2017. The first new number-one album of the year wasThe Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack byThe Greatest Showman cast. Overall, nineteen different albums peaked at number-one in 2018, with nineteen unique artists hitting that position.
Thirty-four artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2018 as a lead artist. TheMamma Mia! film cast had one other entry in their breakthrough year.
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.
Camila Cabello's self-titled albumCamila, was her first solo effort and her first top 10 album away from the groupFifth Harmony. She reached the top 10 with her bandmates when7/27 peaked at number six in June 2016. The group had a second top 10 album in 2017 after Camila had left the lineup.Beth Hart collaborated withJoe Bonamassa on a first top 10 album together,Black Coffee. Bonamassa had reached the top ten with three albums previously, the best performingDriving Towards the Daylight making number two in 2012.
Three former members ofUB40 -Ali Campbell, Terence Wilson (Astro) and Mickey Virtue - reunited in 2014 under the nameUB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey. Their 2018 albumA Real Labour of Love was their first to reach the top 10. As a solo artist, Ali had recorded two top 10 albums to date -Big Love (number 6 in 1995) andRunning Free (number 9 in 2007).
Rick Parfitt was part of the line-up ofStatus Quo, who had eighteen studio albums that reached the top 10. He achieved a posthumous top 10 album as a solo artist in 2018 withOver and Out.Sting, the long-standing member ofThe Police, and soloistShaggy collaborated for the album44/876, their first entry as a duo.
The Carters are husband and wife musiciansJay-Z andBeyoncé who have both achieved almost two decades of album chart success individually, the latter also as a member of the groupDestiny's Child. HoweverEverything Is Love marked their chart debut as a combined act.
The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2018, including albums that reached their peak in 2017. 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 2018 is also shown.
aGlory Days re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 18 January 2018 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
bHuman re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 1 March 2018 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
cGang Signs & Prayer re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 1 March 2018 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
d÷ re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 6 September 2018 (week ending), at number 9 on 20 September 2018 (week ending) and at number 10 on 24 January 2019 (week ending).
eDua Lipa re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 25 January 2018 (week ending) for 4 weeks, at number 3 on 1 March 2018 (week ending) for 7 weeks, at number 8 on 26 April 2018 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 9 on 24 January 2019 (week ending).
fBeautiful Trauma re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 15 February 2018 (week ending) for 5 weeks.
gThe Thrill of It All re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 8 March 2018 (week ending) for 3 weeks, at number 10 on 5 April 2018 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 10 on 26 April 2018 (week ending).
hReputation re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 11 January 2018 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
iDiamonds re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 11 January 2018 (week ending).
jChristmas originally peaked at number 1 on 26 November 2011 (week ending) upon its initial release. It re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 23 December 2017 (week ending), rising to number 8 on 4 January 2018 (week ending). It re-entered the top 10 again later in the year at number 7 on 13 December 2018 (week ending), peaking at number 5 on its current run on 3 January 2019 (week ending).
k× originally peaked at number 1 on 5 July 2014 (week ending) upon its initial release. It re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 8 March 2018 (week ending) and at number 10 on 29 March 2018 (week ending).
lQuestion Mark re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 28 June 2018 (week ending) for 2 weeks, at number 10 on 19 July 2018 (week ending) and at number 10 on 2 August 2018 (week ending).
mStaying at Tamara's re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 11 October 2018 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 9 on 6 December 2018 (week ending) for 7 weeks.
nWanted on Voyage originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2014.
oBeerbongs & Bentleys re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 6 September 2018 (week ending).
pSpeak Your Mind re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 28 June 2018 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
qHigh as Hope re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 9 August 2018 (week ending).
rNight & Day was released in two parts, titledNight Edition andDay Edition.Night Edition peaked at number-one in 2017, withDay Edition reaching number 2 this year. The Official Charts website marks this as a re-entry but they were actually separate releases.
sMamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 10 January 2019 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
tMamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack was ineligible for the Official Album Chart when it was first released in 2008 to support the filmMamma Mia!, but it did top the Official Soundtrack Chart for fifteen consecutive weeks that year.
uGold: Greatest Hits originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1992. It re-entered the top 10 due to the filmMamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
vAlways In Between re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 10 January 2019 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 10 on 21 February 2019 (week ending) and at number 7 on 7 March 2019 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
wBohemian Rhapsody re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 29 November 2018 (week ending) for 4 weeks, at number 9 on 3 January 2019 (week ending) for 26 weeks and at number 7 on 18 July 2019 (week ending) for 4 weeks (as of 8 August 2019, week ending).
xThe Platinum Collection originally peaked outside the top 10 at number 63 upon its initial release in 2000. It charted in the top 10 for the first time in 2002, peaking at number 2. It re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 17 January 2019 (week ending) and the same position on 31 January 2019 (week ending) for 2 weeks. It re-entered again at number 9 on 21 February 2019 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
yYou Know I Know re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 December 2018 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
zThe Beatles originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1968.
aaLM5 re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 20 December 2018 (week ending).
bbA Brief Enquiry into Online Relationships re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 7 March 2019 (week ending).
cc Figure includes an album with theMamma Mia! film cast.
