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List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2015

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.[1] In 2015, there were 32 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was AC/DC's sixteenth studio album Rock or Bust,[2] which had previously spent a week at number one in December 2014.[3] The final number-one album of the year was Alone in the Universe, the first album credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO, which topped the chart for the week ending 26 November and remained at number one for nine consecutive weeks into January 2016 (including the last six weeks of 2015).

Muse's seventh studio album Drones was the longest-running number-one album of 2015, spending seven weeks between June and July atop the chart.

The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2015 was Muse's seventh studio album Drones, which spent seven consecutive weeks at number one between 20 June and 30 July. Alone in the Universe spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 18th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart.[4] Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho and David Gilmour's fourth solo album Rattle That Lock each spent five weeks at number one, ranking as the 28th and 35th best-selling albums in the UK at the end of the year, respectively.[4] Two albums – Pink Floyd's fifteenth studio album The Endless River and All Time Low's sixth studio album Future Hearts – each spent two weeks at number one in 2015.[5][6]

Chart history edit

 
Alone in the Universe, the first album credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO, spent six weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year.
 
Fall Out Boy's ninth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho spent five weeks at number one in 2015.
 
David Gilmour's fourth solo album Rattle That Lock spent five consecutive weeks at number one in October.
 
All Time Low achieved their first UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number one in 2015 with Future Hearts, which spent two separate weeks atop the chart.
Key
† Indicates best-selling rock album of 2015
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
3 January Rock or Bust AC/DC Columbia [2]
10 January Sonic Highways Foo Fighters RCA [7]
17 January The Endless River Pink Floyd Rhino [8]
24 January [5]
31 January American Beauty/American Psycho Fall Out Boy Def Jam [9]
7 February [10]
14 February [11]
21 February Holding All the Roses Blackberry Smoke Earache [12]
28 February Wonder Days Thunder earMusic [13]
7 March Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin Rhino [14]
14 March Hand. Cannot. Erase. Steven Wilson Kscope [15]
21 March Raise a Little Hell The Answer Napalm [16]
28 March Madness Sleeping with Sirens Epitaph [17]
4 April Brainwashed While She Sleeps Search and Destroy [18]
11 April Endless Forms Most Beautiful Nightwish Nuclear Blast [19]
18 April Future Hearts All Time Low Hopeless [20]
25 April Into the Wild Life Halestorm Atlantic [21]
2 May Future Hearts All Time Low Hopeless [6]
9 May American Beauty/American Psycho Fall Out Boy Def Jam [22]
16 May [23]
23 May Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses Geffen Records [24]
30 May Sol Invictus Faith No More Reclamation [25]
6 June Greatest Hits Foo Fighters RCA [26]
13 June Last of Our Kind The Darkness Canary Dwarf [27]
20 June Drones Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [28]
27 June [29]
4 July [30]
9 July [31]
16 July [32]
23 July [33]
30 July [34]
6 August VII: Sturm und Drang Lamb of God Nuclear Blast [35]
13 August Presence Led Zeppelin Rhino [36]
20 August Automatic Don Broco Search and Destroy [37]
27 August Venom Bullet for My Valentine RCA [38]
3 September Immortalized Disturbed Reprise [39]
10 September Bad Magic Motörhead UDR [40]
17 September The Book of Souls Iron Maiden Parlophone [41]
24 September That's the Spirit Bring Me the Horizon RCA [42]
1 October Rattle That Lock David Gilmour Columbia [43]
8 October [44]
15 October [45]
22 October [46]
29 October Behind the Devil's Back Fightstar Fightstar [47]
5 November Pylon Killing Joke Spinefarm [48]
12 November Def Leppard Def Leppard earMusic [49]
19 November Rattle That Lock David Gilmour Columbia [50]
26 November Alone in the Universe † Jeff Lynne's ELO RCA [51]
3 December [52]
10 December [53]
17 December [54]
24 December [55]
31 December [56]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Who We Are - Our Charts & Data: The Official Charts in Full". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 December 2014 - 03 January 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 December 2014 - 13 December 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 January 2015 - 24 January 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 April 2015 - 02 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 January 2015 - 10 January 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 January 2015 - 17 January 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 January 2015 - 31 January 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 February 2015 - 07 February 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 February 2015 - 14 February 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 February 2015 - 21 February 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 February 2015 - 28 February 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 March 2015 - 07 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 March 2015 - 14 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 March 2015 - 21 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 March 2015 - 28 March 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 March 2015 - 04 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 April 2015 - 11 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 April 2015 - 18 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 April 2015 - 25 April 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 May 2015 - 09 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 May 2015 - 16 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 May 2015 - 23 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 May 2015 - 30 May 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 31 May 2015 - 06 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  27. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 June 2015 - 13 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 June 2015 - 20 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 June 2015 - 27 June 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  30. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 June 2015 - 04 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 July 2015 - 09 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 July 2015 - 16 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  33. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 July 2015 - 23 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  34. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 July 2015 - 30 July 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  35. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 31 July 2015 - 06 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  36. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 August 2015 - 13 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  37. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 August 2015 - 20 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 August 2015 - 27 August 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  39. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 August 2015 - 03 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  40. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 September 2015 - 10 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  41. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 September 2015 - 17 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  42. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 September 2015 - 24 September 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  43. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 September 2015 - 01 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  44. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 October 2015 - 08 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  45. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 October 2015 - 15 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  46. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 October 2015 - 22 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  47. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 October 2015 - 29 October 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  48. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 October 2015 - 05 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  49. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 06 November 2015 - 12 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  50. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 November 2015 - 19 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  51. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 November 2015 - 26 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  52. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 November 2015 - 03 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  53. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 December 2015 - 10 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  54. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 December 2015 - 17 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  55. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 December 2015 - 24 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  56. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 December 2015 - 31 December 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

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