The

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...

is one of many music charts compiled by the

Official Charts Company The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...

that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the

during

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, as well as albums which peaked in

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and

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but were in the top 10 in 2017. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced). One-hundred and ninety-five albums were in the top 10 this year. One album from 2015 and twelve albums from 2016 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. ''

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'' by

was released in 2017 but did not reach its peak until 2018.

and

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were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2017. '' Glory Days'' by

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returned to number-one for the first three weeks of 2017. The first new number-one album of the year was '' I See You'' by

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. Overall, twenty-nine different albums peaked at number-one in 2017, with twenty-nine unique artists hitting that position.

Background

Chart debuts

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

Soundtracks

Four soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included '' Beauty and the Beast'', '' La La Land'', '' Moana'' and ''

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''.

Best-selling albums

Ed Sheeran had the best-selling album of the year with '' ÷''. ''

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'' by Rag'n'Bone Man came in second place.

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's '' The Thrill of It All'', '' Glory Days'' from

and ''

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'' by

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made up the top five. Albums by Ed Sheeran ('' ×''), Michael Ball &

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, Liam Gallagher and

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were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

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Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2017, including albums that reached their peak in 2016. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2015 is also shown.

Notes

* ''Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael'' originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1998. Following George Michael's death on Christmas Day 2016, the album re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 5 January 2017 (week ending). It re-entered the top 10 again at number 4 on 19 January 2017 (week ending), at number 8 on 9 March 2017 (week ending) and at number 9 on 26 October 2017 (week ending). * ''×'' originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2014. * ''+'' originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2011. * ''Time Flies... 1994–2009'' originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 2010. It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 15 June 2017 (week ending) following Liam Gallagher's performance at the One Love Manchester concert at Old Trafford. * ''Adiós'' re-entered the top 10 at number 2 on 17 August 2017 (week ending) following Glen Campbell's death. * ''The Ultimate Collection'' originally peaked at number 7 upon its initial release in 2011. * ''The 50 Greatest Hits'' originally peaked at number 8 upon its initial release in 2000. It reached a brand new peak of number 2 in 2017 when it was re-released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. * Figure includes album that peaked in 2016.

References

General * Specific

External links

2017 album chart archive
at the

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