Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones
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This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present. The sources are the Record Mirror chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the Melody Maker chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 to March 1972 and the Music Week chart from them onwards. In January 1989 the compilation album chart started.
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1950s (UK)
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1960s (UK)
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1970s (UK)
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1980s (UK)
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1990s (UK)
- List of Number 1 albums from the 2000s (UK)