![]() 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.ĭo You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? ![]() Twenty-six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2009 as a lead artist. Katherine Jenkins and The Saturdays' two entries were both released this year. Bruce Springsteen, Ian Brown, Katherine Jenkins, Leona Lewis, Pink, The Saturdays, Seasick Steve and Take That were the other acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Cheryl had one solo album and two with her group Girls Aloud. George Harrison had five entries, four of which were with The Beatles. Michael Jackson had nine albums reaching the top ten. Thirteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2009. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Essential Michael Jackson, The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits, The Stone Roses, The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac and Thriller, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run). One-hundred and forty-seven albums charted in the top 10 in 2009, with one-hundred and twenty-six albums reaching their peak this year (including Abbey Road, Bad, Hits Out of Hell, Number Ones, Off the Wall, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. The album is a selection of her recordings made for Decca Records, for whom Lynn recorded between 19. On 13 September 2009 (19 September 2009, week ending), Vera Lynn, known as "The Forces Sweetheart", made chart history when, at 92 years and 6 months old, she became the oldest living artist to achieve a UK number-one album when her compilation We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, topped the UK Albums Chart, having entered the top 10 at number two the previous week. Overall, twenty-nine different albums peaked at number-one in 2009, with twenty-nine unique artists hitting that position.īackground Vera Lynn becomes oldest living artist to achieve UK number-one album The first new number-one album of the year was To Lose My Life. ![]() Only by the Night by Kings of Leon and the self titled album by The Script both returned for single weeks at number-one after first topping the chart in September and August 2008 respectively. The 2008 Christmas number-one album, The Circus by Take That, remained at the top spot for the first two weeks of 2009. Florence + the Machine, Flo Rida, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Tinchy Stryder were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2009. Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé was the only album from 2008 to reach its peak in 2009. One album from 2007 and seventeen albums from 2008 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Crazy Love by Michael Bublé, Lungs by Florence + the Machine, Only Revolutions by Biffy Clyro and The Hits by Will Young were all released in 2009 but did not reach their peak until 2010. One-hundred and forty-seven albums were in the top ten this year. 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). This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2009, as well as albums which peaked in 20 but were in the top 10 in 2009. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. The album has sold almost sold almost 1.633 million copies in the UK alone. Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who rose to fame on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, had the UK's best selling album of 2009 with her debut record I Dreamed A Dream, which entered the chart at number-one in November and lasted four weeks at the summit.
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