List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1995

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 1995, there were 21 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the Bon Jovi compilation Cross Road, which remained at number one following a reign at the end of the previous year. The final number-one album of the year was Queen's final studio album Made in Heaven, which spent the last seven weeks of the year at number one.

Bon Jovi's These Days was the longest-running UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number-one album of 1995, spending nine weeks atop the chart.

The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 1995 was Bon Jovi's sixth studio album These Days, which spent nine consecutive weeks at number one between 1 July and 26 August. Queen's Made in Heaven spent the last seven weeks of 1995 at number one and was the best-selling rock album of the year, ranking fifth in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Green Day's third studio album Dookie also spent seven weeks at number one in 1995, while the follow-up Insomniac gave the band another two atop the chart. The Offspring's third studio album Smash was number one for three weeks, while four more albums – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Slash's Snakepit, P.H.U.Q. by The Wildhearts, One Hot Minute by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ballbreaker by AC/DC – each spent two weeks at number one on the chart in 1995.

Chart history

Green Day spent nine weeks at number one on the chart in 1995 – seven with Dookie and two with Insomniac.

The Offspring's third studio album Smash was number one for three weeks during September 1995.

AC/DC were number one for two weeks in 1995 with their twelfth international studio album Ballbreaker.

Key

†	Indicates best-selling rock album of 1995

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
21 January	Cross Road	Bon Jovi	Mercury
28 January	MTV Unplugged in New York	Nirvana	Geffen
4 February	Behind Closed Doors	Thunder	EMI
11 February	Waiting for the Punchline	Extreme	A&M
18 February	Dookie	Green Day	Reprise
25 February	It's Five O'Clock Somewhere	Slash's Snakepit	Geffen
4 March
11 March	Cross Road	Bon Jovi	Mercury
18 March
25 March	Youthanasia	Megadeth	Capitol
1 April	King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime	Faith No More	Slash
8 April	Subhuman Race	Skid Row	Atlantic
15 April	Dookie	Green Day	Reprise
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May
20 May
27 May	Astro-Creep: 2000	White Zombie	Geffen
3 June	P.H.U.Q.	The Wildhearts	East West
10 June
17 June	Menace to Sobriety	Ugly Kid Joe	Mercury
24 June	Infernal Love	Therapy?	A&M
1 July	These Days	Bon Jovi	Mercury
8 July
15 July
22 July
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September	Smash	The Offspring	Epitaph
9 September
16 September
23 September	One Hot Minute	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
30 September
7 October	Ballbreaker	AC/DC	East West
14 October
21 October	Insomniac	Green Day	Reprise
28 October
4 November	Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)	Def Leppard	Bludgeon Riffola
11 November	Welcome to the Neighborhood	Meat Loaf	Virgin
18 November	Made in Heaven †	Queen	Parlophone
25 November
2 December
9 December
16 December
23 December
30 December

See also

• 1995 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1995

External links

• Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1