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List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as being a type of music release that feature more than four tracks and last longer than 25 minutes; sales of albums in the UK are recorded on behalf of the British music industry by the OCC and compiled weekly as the UK Albums Chart.

Number-one albums
became the first global Afrobeats artist to earn a UK number-one album with I Told Them... in September 2023. earned her fifth number-one album in April 2024 with Cowboy Carter, which also became the first country album by a black artist to top the UK Albums chart. earned two number-one albums this decade with Chromatica and Mayhem. became just the fifth country artist to debut at number-one with ''I'm the Problem''. topped the UK Album Charts for five non-consecutive weeks with ''Short n' Sweet. The album set a new record in June 2025 with the longest Top 5 streak in chart history. Carpenter went on to earn her second number one album in September 2025 with Man's Best Friend''. returned to number one numerous times throughout the 2020s with Definitely Maybe in September 2024 following the album's 30th anniversary, and Time Flies... 1994–2009 in July 2025. earned three consecutive number-one albums throughout the 2020s with Evering Road, What Ifs & Maybes and ''Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be''. became a prominent breakout star in the mid-2020s when she topped the UK Albums Chart for eight non-consecutive weeks with The Art of Loving, which has become the longest running number-one album this decade by a British artist, so far. Artists with the most number ones in the 2020s • Originally reached number one in the 1970s, but went to number one again during the 2020s. • Originally reached number one in the 1990s, but went to number one again during the 2020s. • Originally reached number one in the 2000s, but went to number one again during the 2020s. • Originally reached number one in the 2010s, but went to number one again during the 2020s. Albums with the most weeks at number one The following albums spent at least three weeks at number one during the 2020s. Artists with the most weeks at number one Twenty-six different artists have spent three weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s. Taylor Swift has spent the most weeks at number one, with a total of 32 weeks. By record label Fourteen different record labels have spent five weeks or more at number one on the album chart so far during the 2020s. == Fastest-selling number ones ==
Fastest-selling number ones
The number-one albums below have sold over 100,000 units in a week. Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Harry Styles are the only acts to achieve this with multiple releases, while Adele's 30 (2021) is the only record with multiple weeks. The Car by Arctic Monkeys debuted at number two with 119,016 units sold in 2022, blocked by Swift's Midnights. ==Christmas number ones==
Christmas number ones
In the UK, Christmas number-one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart on Christmas Day. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number-one on the Friday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Friday itself, the official number-one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart. During the 2020s, the following albums were Christmas number ones. ==See also==
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