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'.