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The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; during the 2010s, a total of 63 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 2010s was American singer Lady Gaga, who topped the Albums Chart for 40 weeks with five different albums. 21, the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele, was the biggest-selling album of 2011 and also the biggest-selling album of the decade. The first number-one album of the 2010s was Lady Gaga's reissue The Fame Monster – released in 2009, it first reached number one on December of that year, and remained at the top for ten weeks. The final number one of the 2010s was the soundtrack Frozen II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Number-one albums

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21 (2011), by English singer-songwriter Adele was the biggest-selling album of the decade. 21 spent 17 consecutive weeks at number one, more than any other studio album and the second overall. Her third studio album 25 (2015) spent ten consecutive weeks at number one and it is the tenth best-selling album of the 2010s.
American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga reached number one with five releases, the most of any act. Gaga also spent 40 weeks at number one, more than any other artist and also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with three. Her second studio album Born This Way (2011) spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one and it is the second best-selling album of the decade.
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack the soundtrack to the 2013 Disney film Frozen was the best-selling soundtrack of the decade and the third overall, while its 19-week tenure atop the chart is the longest of the 2010s. The soundtrack to its sequel, Frozen II (2019) spent 13 consecutive weeks at the top spot.
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran spent 32 weeks at the top of the Albums Chart during the 2010s, longer than any other male act and the second overall. Sheeran had the fourth best-selling album of the decade with ÷ (2017), which was also the best-selling album by a male act.
Teenage Dream (2010) by American singer Katy Perry is the fifth best-selling album of the decade and the third one released by a female act.
Key
Best-selling album of the year
Runner-up album of the year
Best-selling album of the decade
Runner-up album of the decade
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Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Issue date
2010
James Horner Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture 11 17 January
Florence and the Machine Lungs 8 4 April
AC/DC Iron Man 2 4 30 May
Eminem Recovery 10 27 June
Katy Perry Teenage Dream 11 5 September
Rihanna Loud 11 21 November
2011
Adele 21 17 6 February
Lady Gaga Born This Way 15 5 June
Ed Sheeran + 7 18 September
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto 3 6 November
Rihanna Talk That Talk 4 27 November
Florence and the Machine Ceremonials 8 25 December
2012
Whitney Houston The Ultimate Collection 6 19 February
Madonna MDNA 7 1 April
Lana Del Rey Born to Die 10 20 May
Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events 8 29 July
Pink The Truth About Love 10 23 September
Rihanna Unapologetic 2 2 December
Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox 5 16 December
2013
Various artists Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 9 20 January
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 9 24 March
Daft Punk Random Access Memories 8 26 May
Imagine Dragons Night Visions 10 21 July
Cher Closer to the Truth 4 29 September
Katy Perry Prism 3 27 October
Lady Gaga Artpop 7 17 November
2014
Various artists Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 19 5 January
Michael Jackson Xscape 6 18 May
Ed Sheeran x 10 29 June
Various artists Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 9 7 September
Taylor Swift 1989 7 9 November
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour 11 28 December
2015
Madonna Rebel Heart 5 15 March
Various artists Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 8 19 April
Muse Drones 3 14 June
Major Lazer Peace Is the Mission 9 5 July
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 11 6 September
Justin Bieber Purpose 1 22 November
Adele 25 8 29 November
2016
David Bowie Best of Bowie 5 24 January
Adele 25 9 28 February
Prince The Very Best of Prince 5 1 May
Sia This Is Acting 13 5 June
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface 8 4 September
Lady Gaga Joanne 5 30 October
The Weeknd Starboy 4 4 December
2017
George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael 3 1 January
Various artists La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 7 22 January
Ed Sheeran ÷ 16 12 March
Imagine Dragons Evolve 14 2 July
Michael Jackson Scream 2 8 October
Pink Beautiful Trauma 4 22 October
Taylor Swift Reputation 7 19 November
2018
Various artists The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 13 7 January
The Weeknd My Dear Melancholy 4 8 April
Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys 11 6 May
Mamma Mia! film cast Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack 11 22 July
Cher Dancing Queen 5 7 October
Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born 8 11 November
2019
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack 13 6 January
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 7 7 April
Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent 4 26 May
Madonna Madame X 4 23 June
Ed Sheeran No.6 Collaborations Project 8 21 July
Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 10 15 September
Various artists Frozen II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 13 24 November

Albums with the most weeks at number one

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The following albums spent at least fourteen weeks at number one during the 2010s.

Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Various artists Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 19
Adele 21 17
Lady Gaga Born This Way 15
Ed Sheeran ÷ 14

By artist

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The following artists spent at least thirty weeks at number one during the 2010s.

Artist Number-one albums Weeks at number one
Ed Sheeran 3 32
Lady Gaga 5 40

Best-selling albums

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No. Album Artist Year Weeks at number one
1 21 Adele 2011 17
2 Born This Way Lady Gaga 15
3 Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 2013 19
4 ÷ Ed Sheeran 2017 14
5 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 2010 12
6 Loud Rihanna 10
7 The Fame Monster Lady Gaga 2009 10
8 The Truth About Love Pink 2012 10
9 x Ed Sheeran 2014 10
10 25 Adele 2015 10
11 Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd 10
12 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2012 10
13 Born to Die Lana Del Rey 9
14 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 2017 13
15 Evolve Imagine Dragons 13
16 This Is Acting Sia 2016 12
17 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars 2012 10
18 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack Queen 2018 11
19 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack Mamma Mia! film cast 11
20 A Star Is Born Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper 8