List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2018

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Concrete and Gold by Foo Fighters is the most successful album of 2018 to date, having spent the first three weeks of the year at number one.

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams.[1] In 2018 to date, 20 albums have topped the 25 published charts. The first (and to date most successful) number one of the year was Concrete and Gold, the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent the first three weeks of the year atop the chart.[2]

Chart history[edit]

Heavy metal band Judas Priest spent three weeks at number one with their 18th studio album Firepower.
And Justice for None by Five Finger Death Punch has spent two weeks of the year to date at number one.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
4 January Concrete and Gold Foo Fighters Columbia [3]
11 January [4]
18 January [5]
25 January Vale Black Veil Brides Republic [6]
1 February Mania Fall Out Boy Def Jam [7]
8 February Catharsis Machine Head Nuclear Blast [8]
15 February Technology Don Broco SharpTone [9]
22 February Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [10]
1 March A Deeper Cut The Temperance Movement Earache [11]
8 March Deadwing Porcupine Tree Kscope [12]
15 March All Nerve The Breeders 4AD [13]
22 March Firepower Judas Priest Columbia [14]
29 March [15]
5 April How the West Was Won Led Zeppelin Rhino [16]
12 April Firepower Judas Priest Columbia [17]
19 April Find a Light Blackberry Smoke Earache [18]
26 April The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited Metallica UMC/Virgin [19]
3 May Family Tree Black Stone Cherry Mascot [20]
10 May Big Tings Skindred Napalm [21]
17 May Attention Attention Shinedown Atlantic [22]
24 May Disobey Bad Wolves Eleven Seven [23]
31 May And Justice for None Five Finger Death Punch [24]
7 June [25]
14 June Prequelle Ghost Spinefarm [26]
21 June A Dying Machine Tremonti Napalm [27]
28 June Live at Hammersmith The Darkness Cooking Vinyl [28]
5 July Bad Witch Nine Inch Nails Null Corporation [29]
12 July Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses Polydor [30]
19 July [31]
26 July Dare The Hunna Null Corporation [32]
2 August Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses Polydor [33]
9 August Vicious Halestorm Atlantic [34]
16 August [35]
23 August Full Nelson Massive Wagons Earache [36]
30 August Smote reverser Oh Sees Castleface [37]
6 September Rainier Fog Alice in Chains BMG [38]
13 September Dissolution The Pineapple Thief Kscope [39]
20 September Book of Bad Decisions Clutch Weather Maker [40]
27 September Generation Rx Good Charlotte BMG [41]
4 October Living the Dream Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators Roadrunner [42]
11 October [43]
18 October Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures Coheed & Cambria [44]
25 October Living the Dream Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators [45]
1 November Evolution Disturbed Reprise [46]
8 November Anthem of the Peaceful Army Greta Van Fleet EMI [47]
15 November ...And Justice For All Metallica UMC [48]
22 November Holy Hell Architects Epitaph [49]
29 November The Number of the Beast Iron Maiden Rhino [50]
6 December Clutching at Straws Marillion Parlophone [51]
13 December Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [52]
20 December The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd Rhino [53]
27 December [54]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Who We Are - Our Charts & Data: The Official Charts in Full". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 January 2018 - 18 January 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 December 2017 - 04 January 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 January 2018 - 11 January 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 January 2018 - 18 January 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 January 2018 - 25 January 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 January 2018 - 01 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 February 2018 - 08 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 February 2018 - 15 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 February 2018 - 22 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 February 2018 - 01 March 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 March 2018 - 08 March 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 March 2018 - 15 March 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 March 2018 - 22 March 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 March 2018 - 29 March 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 March 2018 - 05 April 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 06 April 2018 - 12 April 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 April 2018 - 19 April 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 April 2018 - 26 April 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 April 2018 - 03 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 May 2018 - 10 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 May 2018 - 17 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 May 2018 - 24 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 May 2018 - 31 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 June 2018 - 07 June 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  26. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 June 2018 - 14 June 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  27. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 June 2018 - 21 June 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 June 2018 - 28 June 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 June 2018 - 5 July 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 6 July 2018 - 12 July 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 July 2018 - 19 July 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 July 2018 - 26 July 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  33. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 July 2018 - 2 August 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  34. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 3 August 2018 - 9 August 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  35. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 August 2018 - 16 August 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  36. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 August 2018 - 23 August 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  37. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 August 2018 - 30 August 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 31 August 2018 - 6 September 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  39. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 7 September 2018 - 13 September 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  40. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 September 2018 - 20 September 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  41. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 September 2018 - 27 September 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  42. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 September 2018 - 4 October 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  43. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 5 October 2018 - 11 October 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  44. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 October 2018 - 18 October 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  45. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 October 2018 - 25 October 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  46. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 October 2018 - 1 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  47. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 2 November 2018 - 8 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  48. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 9 November 2018 - 15 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  49. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 November 2018 - 22 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  50. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 November 2018 - 29 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  51. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 November 2018 - 6 December 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  52. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 7 December 2018 - 13 December 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  53. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 December 2018 - 20 December 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  54. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 December 2018 - 27 December 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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