official chart UK 2023 Year End top 100 Albums: Weeknd #1, Taylor 5x Top 20

[Maroonx]

The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2023

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	THE HIGHLIGHTS	WEEKND	2
2	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
3	1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
4	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN	2
5	HARRY'S HOUSE	HARRY STYLES	1
6	50 YEARS - DON'T STOP	FLEETWOOD MAC	5
7	CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS	EMINEM	1
8	SOS	SZA	2
9	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS	1
10	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA	1
11	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
12	1989	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
13	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
14	BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
15	GUTS	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
16	SOUR	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
17	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
18	TIME FLIES - 1994-2009	OASIS	1
19	=	ED SHEERAN	1
20	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN	1
21	REPUTATION	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
22	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC	1
23	-	ED SHEERAN	1
24	SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
25	THE ESSENTIAL	MICHAEL JACKSON	1
26	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN	1
27	HACKNEY DIAMONDS	ROLLING STONES	1
28	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	1
29	TRUSTFALL	PINK	1
30	FINE LINE	HARRY STYLES	2
31	CURTAIN CALL 2	EMINEM	3
32	STARBOY	WEEKND	5
33	BETWEEN US	LITTLE MIX	2
34	THE DIAMOND COLLECTION	POST MALONE	14
35	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS	1
36	I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF	WHITNEY HOUSTON	13
37	THIS LIFE	TAKE THAT	1
38	ELV1S - 30 NUMBER 1 HITS	ELVIS PRESLEY	1
39	RENAISSANCE	BEYONCE	1
40	SINGLES	MAROON 5	32

 

 

FULL top 100 albums of 2023 have been published: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20220101/37502/

 

Top 100 singles: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20220101/37501/

[Nico Robin]

Trustfall top30

[Jimmy.]

Queen Radio: Vol 1 sneaking in at 87

[Kill Me]

UK needs to do something about all the greatest hits and compilations bullshit... 

[Bonicap]

5 albums in the Top 10 are Greatest Hits, so unserious. And then you have a 2013 album, a re-recording of a 2014 album and three albums released in 2022. The first 2023 studio album is at #14 .

 

Only 2023 studio albums in the Top 40 (not re-recordings or compilations): #14, #15, #23, #27 and #29. 

Edited January 4 by Bonicap

[Maroonx]

7 minutes ago, Bonicap said:

5 albums in the Top 10 are Greatest Hits, so unserious. And then you have a 2013 album, a re-recording of a 2014 album and three albums released in 2022. The first 2023 studio album is at #14 .

 

Only 2023 studio albums in the Top 40 (not re-recordings or compilations): #14, #15, #23, #27 and #29. 

I wish there was a way for them to count the GH streaming if the person streams the song from the actual GH album, and not just randomly stream the song. I hate how even if you stream the studio album where the single came from, the stream counts towards the GH album :-/

[Yuanyu]

14 minutes ago, Miss Americana said:

UK needs to do something about all the greatest hits and compilations bullshit... 

What is the problem?

[Squall]

5x top 15  

[The Music Industry]

5 albums in the top 13

 

[FolkLover1989]

3 minutes ago, Yuanyu said:

What is the problem?

Well in sales era it was different 

 

But in streaming era , suppose I am streaming After Hours album

Stream will count to GH for BL and SYT

That's flawed

 

You can't fudge sales. But GH in streaming era is like forever at the top

[byzantium]

Just imagine when she actually tours there!  

[Kill Me]

8 minutes ago, Yuanyu said:

What is the problem?

Uk chart disadvantages the top 3 hits from the album. This hurts new albums even if they have extremely strong album tracks.

Greatest hits on the other hand are full of hit singles so it doesn't really matter if they remove the streams from the top 3 songs considering they will have 10 more hits from different years to compensate.

Edited January 4 by Miss Americana

[Michael196]

UK Year-end

Albums: 11. Lover

Singles: 11. Cruel Summer

 

[idkwiam]

Reputation an absolute CLASSIC. 

[Yuanyu]

3 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

Well in sales era it was different 

 

But in streaming era , suppose I am streaming After Hours album

Stream will count to GH for BL and SYT

That's flawed

 

You can't fudge sales. But GH in streaming era is like forever at the top

I don't know, I see more of a problem with artists adding new singles with big streaming numbers to already released albums (like Dua lipa album) than the streams of songs released mostly more than 20 years ago

[UnusualBoy]

Abel  

 

Midnights is killing it there  

[Katamari]

2023 was the weeknds rebirth  

[Rev8]

Britney's Singles Collection being #70 (it was UK's year end in 2022 and 2021 too)

an album from 2009

its Peak too

 

 

 

Hilarious that Weeknd is 1# with that album too

[Taylena]

1 hour ago, Yuanyu said:

I don't know, I see more of a problem with artists adding new singles with big streaming numbers to already released albums (like Dua lipa album) than the streams of songs released mostly more than 20 years ago

Both of them are problems imo that UK charts should address. 

Edited January 4 by Taylena

[naval23]

Not Taylor being robbed by Weeknd greatest hits compilation 

 

Taylor making top 3 year end 2x in a row is huge 

 

 

[UseYourIllusion2002]

3 hours ago, Miss Americana said:

UK needs to do something about all the greatest hits and compilations bullshit... 

What are their rules there? I know in the US the streams of a song go to whichever album sells the most in a given week. 

[Kill Me]

17 minutes ago, UseYourIllusion2002 said:

What are their rules there? I know in the US the streams of a song go to whichever album sells the most in a given week. 

Top 2 most streamed songs get their sales axed so that one hit wonders do not benefit greatly and stay #1 forever with 1 song.

 

Quote

Under the revised methodology, the Official Charts Company takes the 12 most streamed tracks from one album, with the top-two songs being down-weighted in line with the average of the rest. The total of these streams is divided by 1000 and added to the pure sales of the album. This calculation was designed to ensure that the chart rundown continues to reflect the popularity of the albums themselves, rather than just the performance of one or two smash hit singles.

This benefits greatest hits greatly since they are usually full of hits unlike the 1 or 2 hits new albums get. Also, the top 2 downweighting percentage depends greatly on the average of the remaining 10 tracks and GH usually get zero down weighting since the streams of the top 2 hits aren't that off from the average of the rest of the tracks.

 

This is why the UK chart is clogged with GHs and compilations.