The UK’s Top 40 Albums Of 2023 Revealed
The UK’s Top 40 albums of 2023 have been announced, with the chart topped by The Weeknd’s hits compilation The Highlights, according to Official Charts.
The chart was dominated by Taylor Swift, who had seven albums in the Top 40, but there was also room for old favourites, with Fleetwood Mac‘s greatest hits compilation, 50 Years – Don’t Stop, the sixth biggest album of the year.
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Taylor Swift also claimed the UK’s Official biggest new album of 2023 with 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Boasting total chart units of over 299,000, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is also the most physically-purchased album of 2023 (185,000 chart units) and has accumulated 109,000 equivalent album streams to date. But despite her success, Swift is still second to Madonna in terms of the most UK No 1 albums by a female artist, with seven to Madonna’s 11.
The Official UK Top 40 biggest albums of 2023
1 THE HIGHLIGHTS – THE WEEKND
2 MIDNIGHTS – TAYLOR SWIFT
3 1989 (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – TAYLOR SWIFT
4 DIAMONDS – ELTON JOHN
5 HARRY’S HOUSE – HARRY STYLES
6 50 YEARS – DON’T STOP – FLEETWOOD MAC
7 CURTAIN CALL – THE HITS – EMINEM
8 SOS – SZA
9 AM – ARCTIC MONKEYS
10 GOLD – GREATEST HITS – ABBA
11 LOVER – TAYLOR SWIFT
12 1989 – TAYLOR SWIFT
13 FOLKLORE – TAYLOR SWIFT
14 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT – LEWIS CAPALDI
15 GUTS – OLIVIA RODRIGO
16 SOUR – OLIVIA RODRIGO
17 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT – LEWIS CAPALDI
18 TIME FLIES – 1994-2009 – OASIS
19 = – ED SHEERAN
20 GREATEST HITS – QUEEN
21 REPUTATION – TAYLOR SWIFT
22 RUMOURS – FLEETWOOD MAC
23 – – ED SHEERAN
24 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – TAYLOR SWIFT
25 THE ESSENTIAL – MICHAEL JACKSON
26 DIVIDE – ED SHEERAN
27 HACKNEY DIAMONDS – THE ROLLING STONES
28 BORN TO DIE – LANA DEL REY
29 TRUSTFALL – PINK
30 FINE LINE – HARRY STYLES
31 CURTAIN CALL 2 – EMINEM
32 STARBOY – THE WEEKND
33 BETWEEN US – LITTLE MIX
34 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION – POST MALONE
35 WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY – OASIS
36 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU – THE BEST OF – WHITNEY HOUSTON
37 THIS LIFE – TAKE THAT
38 ELV1S – 30 NUMBER 1 HITS – ELVIS PRESLEY
39 RENAISSANCE – BEYONCE
40 SINGLES – MAROON 5