The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales.

This list shows the seventeen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles and English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, have the most number one albums with fifteen. American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades.

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Artists with the most Number 1 singles on the UK chart Official Charts

List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s Wikipedia

A Record Number of Albums Reached Number One in the UK in 2020 Our

Top 10 artists with the most number ones ever Manchester Evening News

Artists with the most Number 1 singles on the UK chart Official Charts