List of UK top 10 albums in 2013

British-Irish boyband One Direction had the UK's best selling album of 2013 with Midnight Memories, which spent two weeks at the summit of the album chart and lasted six weeks in the top 10 altogether.
The soundtrack album from the movie Les Misérables went to number-one in the UK in January. It spent 13 weeks in the top 10 and lasted four non-consecutive weeks at the top spot.
Robbie Williams made British music history this year when his album Swings Both Ways became the 1000th number-one in the UK Albums Chart.

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.[1][2][3] 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).

Every Kingdom by Ben Howard debuted in 2011 and re-entered the top 10 in 2012, but its peak position was not until 2013. Halcyon by Ellie Goulding debuted in 2012 and re-entered the top 10 in 2013, but its peak position was not until 2014. Bastille, Frank Turner Kodaline and James Arthur 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, credited to Motion Picture Cast Recording.

Background

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.

See also

References

General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ↑ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ↑ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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