All British Artists with UK Number 1 Albums

ABC
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Lexicon Of Love'.

AC/DC
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Back In Black'.

Adam and the Ants
1 number 1 hit album totalling 12 weeks at top spot. Including 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier'.

Adele
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including '19'.

All Saints
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Saints And Sinners'.

Amy MacDonald
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'This Is The Life'.

Amy Winehouse
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Back To Black'.

Annie Lennox
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Diva'.

Arctic Monkeys
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'.

Ash
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Free All Angels'.

Athlete
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Tourist'.

Atomic Kitten
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Right Now'.

Basement Jaxx
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Singles'.

Bay City Rollers
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'Rollin''.

The Beatles
15 number 1 hit albums totalling 174 weeks at top spot. Including 'Please Please Me'.

The Beautiful South
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South'.

Bert Weedon
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including '22 Golden Guitar Greats'.

Black Grape
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'It's Great When You're Straight…Yeah'.

Black Sabbath
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Paranoid'.

Blind Faith
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Blind Faith'.

Blue
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'All Rise'.

The Bluetones
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Expecting To Fly'.

Blur
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Great Escape'.

Bonnie Tyler
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Faster Than The Speed Of Night'.

Bryan Ferry
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Boys And Girls'.

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including '1992 - The Love Album'.

Catatonia
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'International Velvet'.

The Charlatans
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Tellin' Stories'.

The Chemical Brothers
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Dig Your Own Hole'.

The Christians
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Colour'.

Cliff Richard
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 28 weeks at top spot. Including 'Summer Holiday (OST)'.

Coldplay
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 10 weeks at top spot. Including 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'.

The Coral
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Magic And Medicine'.

Corinne Bailey Rae
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Corinne Bailey Rae'.

Craig David
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Born To It'.

Cream
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Goodbye'.

The Cult
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Pure Cult'.

Culture Club
1 number 1 hit album totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Colour By Numbers'.

The Cure
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Wish'.

Curiosity Killed The Cat
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Keep Your Distance'.

The Darkness
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Permission To Land'.

David Bowie
8 number 1 hit albums totalling 22 weeks at top spot. Including 'Aladdin Sane'.

David Gray
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Life In Slow Motion'.

Deacon Blue
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Our Town - The Greatest Hits Of Deacon Blue'.

Deep Purple
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Machine Head'.

Def Leppard
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Adrenalize'.

Depeche Mode
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Songs Of Faith And Devotion'.

Dido
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 10 weeks at top spot. Including 'No Angel'.

Dire Straits
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 22 weeks at top spot. Including 'Brothers In Arms'.

Doves
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Last Broadcast'.

Dr. Feelgood
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Stupidity'.

Duffy
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Rockferry'.

Duran Duran
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Seven And The Ragged Tiger'.

East 17
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Walthamstow'.

ELO
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'Discovery'.

Elton John
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 21 weeks at top spot. Including 'Elton John's Greatest Hits'.

Embrace
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Out Of Nothing'.

Emerson Lake and Palmer
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Tarkus'.

Englebert Humperdink
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits'.

Erasure
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Innocents'.

Eurythmics
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 12 weeks at top spot. Including 'Greatest Hits'.

Faces
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Ooh-La-La'.

Faithless
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'No Roots'.

The Farm
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Spartacus'.

Fatboy Slim
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby'.

Fine Young Cannibals
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Raw And The Cooked'.

Five
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Five'.

Five Star
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Silk And Steel'.

Fleetwood Mac
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'Tango In The Night'.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'.

Franz Ferdinand
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'You Could Have It So Much Better'.

G4
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'G4'.

Gabrielle
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Rise'.

Gary Numan
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Pleasure Principle'.

Genesis
6 number 1 hit albums totalling 11 weeks at top spot. Including 'Invisible Touch'.

George Harrison
1 number 1 hit album totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'All Things Must Pass'.

George Michael
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 13 weeks at top spot. Including 'Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael'.

Gorillaz
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Demon Days'.

Hard-Fi
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Stars of CCTV'.

HearSay
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Popstars'.

The Hollies
1 number 1 hit album totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Hollies' Greatest'.

Holly Johnson
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Blast!'.

The Hoosiers
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Trick To Life'.

Howard Jones
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Human's Lib'.

The Human League
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Dare'.

Iron Maiden
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Number Of The Beast'.

The Jam
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Gift'.

James
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Best Of James'.

James Blunt
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 11 weeks at top spot. Including 'Back To Bedlam'.

James Morrison
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Undiscovered'.

Jamiroquai
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'A Funk Odyssey'.

Jane McDonald
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Jane McDonald'.

Jesus Jones
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Doubt'.

John Lennon
1 number 1 hit album totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'The John Lennon Collection'.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Imagine'.

Johnny Hates Jazz
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Turn Back The Clock'.

Joss Stone
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Mind Body And Soul'.

Kaiser Chiefs
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Yours Truly Angry Mob'.

Kasabian
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Empire'.

Kate Bush
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'Hounds Of Love'.

Kate Nash
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Made Of Bricks'.

Keane
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Hopes And Fears'.

Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk'.

The Kooks
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Konk'.

Kula Shaker
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'K'.

The Last Shadow Puppets
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Age Of The Understatement'.

Led Zeppelin
8 number 1 hit albums totalling 14 weeks at top spot. Including 'Led Zeppelin 3'.

Leftfield
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Rhythm And Stealth'.

Leo Sayer
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Very Best Of Leo Sayer'.

Leona Lewis
1 number 1 hit album totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'Spirit'.

The Libertines
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'The Libertines'.

Lindisfarne
1 number 1 hit album totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Fog On The Tyne'.

Michael Crawford
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Phantom Of The Opera'.

LostProphets
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Liberation Transmission'.

Madness
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'Complete Madness'.

Mansun
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern'.

Marillion
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Misplaced Childhood'.

Massive Attack
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Mezzanine'.

Max Boyce
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'We All Had Doctors' Papers'.

McFly
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Room On The 3rd Floor'.

The Monkees
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 9 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Monkees'.

Moody Blues
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'A Question Of Balance'.

Morrissey
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Vauxhall And I'.

Motorhead
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'No Sleep Till Hammersmith'.

Muse
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Black Holes And Revelations'.

Natasha Bedingfield
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Unwritten'.

Neil Reid
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Neil Reid'.

New Order
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Technique'.

Oasis
6 number 1 hit albums totalling 9 weeks at top spot. Including 'Be Here Now'.

Ocean Colour Scene
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Marchin' Already'.

Orb
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'U.F. Orb'.

Paul McCartney
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'Ram'.

Paul Potts
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'One Chance'.

Paul Weller
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including '22 Dreams'.

Peter Andre
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Natural'.

Peter Gabriel
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Peter Gabriel'.

Peters and Lee
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'We Can Make It'.

Phil Collins
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 18 weeks at top spot. Including 'But Seriously'.

Pink Floyd
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 10 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Division Bell'.

The Police
6 number 1 hit albums totalling 21 weeks at top spot. Including 'Zenyatta Mondatta'.

Prodigy
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned'.

Pulp
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Different Class'.

Queen
9 number 1 hit albums totalling 17 weeks at top spot. Including 'A Night At The Opera'.

Radiohead
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'OK Computer'.

Ray Quinn
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Doing It My Way'.

Razorlight
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Razorlight'.

Richard Ashcroft
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Alone With Everybody'.

Rick Wakeman
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'.

Robbie Williams
6 number 1 hit albums totalling 21 weeks at top spot. Including 'Swing When You're Winning'.

Rod Stewart
7 number 1 hit albums totalling 27 weeks at top spot. Including 'Atlantic Crossing'.

The Rolling Stones
10 number 1 hit albums totalling 44 weeks at top spot. Including 'Rolling Stones'.

Roxy Music
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 13 weeks at top spot. Including 'Street Life - 20 Great Hits'.

S Club 7
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including '7'.

Sade
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Promise'.

Sandi Thom
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Smile... It Confuses People'.

Scouting For Girls
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Scouting For Girls'.

Seal
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Seal'.

Sex Pistols
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols'.

The Shadows
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 19 weeks at top spot. Including '20 Golden Greats'.

Shakin' Stevens
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Shaky'.

Shayne Ward
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Shayne Ward'.

Showaddywaddy
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Greatest Hits'.

Simple Minds
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'Glittering Prize 81/92'.

Simply Red
5 number 1 hit albums totalling 17 weeks at top spot. Including 'A New Flame'.

Slade
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'Sladest'.

The Small Faces
1 number 1 hit album totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'.

The Smiths
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Meat Is Murder'.

Snow Patrol
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Eyes Open'.

Soul II Soul
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Volume II (1990 A New Decade)'.

Spandau Ballet
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'TRUE'.

Spice Girls
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Spiceworld'.

Status Quo
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 7 weeks at top spot. Including 'Blue For You'.

Steps
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Steptacular'.

Stereophonics
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Just Enough Education To Perform'.

Steve Brookstein
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Heart And Soul'.

Sting
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Nothing Like The Sun'.

The Streets
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'.

The Style Council
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Our Favourite Shop'.

Suede
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Suede'.

Sugababes
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'Taller In More Ways'.

Supergrass
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'I Should Coco'.

Swing Out Sister
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'It's Better To Travel'.

T-Rex
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 12 weeks at top spot. Including 'Electric Warrior'.

Take That
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 16 weeks at top spot. Including 'Beautiful World'.

Tears For Fears
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Hurting'.

Texas
3 number 1 hit albums totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'White On Blonde'.

Thompson Twins
1 number 1 hit album totalling 3 weeks at top spot. Including 'Into The Gap'.

The Ting Tings
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'We Started Nothing'.

Tom Jones
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including '20 Greatest Hits'.

Tony Christie
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Definitive Collection'.

T'Pau
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Bridge Of Spies'.

Transvision Vamp
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Velveteen'.

Travis
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 6 weeks at top spot. Including 'The Invisible Band'.

Tubeway Army
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Replicas'.

UB40
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 8 weeks at top spot. Including 'Promises And Lies'.

The Verve
1 number 1 hit album totalling 5 weeks at top spot. Including 'Urban Hymns'.

The View
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Hats Off To The Buskers'.

Wet Wet Wet
4 number 1 hit albums totalling 10 weeks at top spot. Including 'End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits)'.

Wham!
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Fantastic!'.

The Who
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Who's Next'.

Will Young
1 number 1 hit album totalling 1 week at top spot. Including 'Friday's Child'.

Wings
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 9 weeks at top spot. Including 'Band On The Run'.

Yazoo
1 number 1 hit album totalling 2 weeks at top spot. Including 'You And Me Both'.

Yes
2 number 1 hit albums totalling 4 weeks at top spot. Including 'Tales From Topographic Oceans'.