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Concrete and Gold by Foo Fighters was the longest-running UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number one album of 2017, spending eight weeks atop the chart.

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 2017, there were 32 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Metallica's tenth studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which had been at the top of the chart since 1 December 2016.[2][3] The final number-one album of the year was the live album One More Light Live by American alternative rock band Linkin Park.[4]

The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2017 was Concrete and Gold by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent a total of eight weeks at number one. How Did We Get So Dark?, the second studio album by Royal Blood, spent five weeks at number one; Thunder's Rip It Up and Queens of the Stone Age's Villains were each number one for three weeks; and five albums – Night People by You Me at Six, Return to Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield, Infinite by Deep Purple, Is This the Life We Really Want? by Roger Waters and Paranormal by Alice Cooper – all spent two weeks at number one during the year.

Chart history

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How Did We Get So Dark? by Royal Blood spent five weeks at number one on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.
Thunder's eleventh studio album Rip It Up spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the chart.
Villains by Queens of the Stone Age spent three weeks at number one.
You Me at Six spent two weeks at number one in 2017 to date with their fifth studio album Night People.
Deep Purple's twentieth studio album Infinite was number one on the chart for two weeks during 2017.
Key
† Indicates best-selling rock album of 2017
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
5 January Hardwired... to Self-Destruct Metallica Blackened/Vertigo [3]
12 January Ellipsis Biffy Clyro 14th Floor [5]
19 January Night People You Me at Six Infectious [6]
26 January [7]
2 February Return to Ommadawn Mike Oldfield Mercury [8]
9 February [9]
16 February Heavy Fire Black Star Riders Nuclear Blast [10]
23 February Rip It Up Thunder earMusic [11]
2 March [12]
9 March [13]
16 March We Are X Original Soundtrack X Japan Legacy [14]
23 March Wired Mallory Knox Search and Destroy [15]
30 March Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [16]
6 April Eternity, in Your Arms Creeper Roadrunner [17]
13 April Emperor of Sand Mastodon Reprise [18]
20 April Infinite Deep Purple earMusic [19]
27 April [20]
4 May You Are We While She Sleeps While She Sleeps [21]
11 May Grimspound Big Big Train Giant Electric Pea [22]
18 May In•ter a•li•a At the Drive-In Rise [23]
25 May Inglorious II Inglorious Frontiers [24]
1 June California Blink-182 BMG [25]
8 June No Grave But the Sea Alestorm Napalm [26]
15 June Is This the Life We Really Want? Roger Waters Columbia [27]
22 June [28]
29 June How Did We Get So Dark? Royal Blood Warner Bros. [29]
6 July [30]
13 July Hydrograd Stone Sour Roadrunner [31]
20 July How Did We Get So Dark? Royal Blood Warner Bros. [32]
27 July [33]
3 August Hybrid Theory Linkin Park [34]
10 August Paranormal Alice Cooper earMusic [35]
17 August [36]
24 August How Did We Get So Dark? Royal Blood Warner Bros. [37]
31 August The Peace and the Panic Neck Deep Hopeless [38]
7 September Villains Queens of the Stone Age Matador [39]
14 September [40]
21 September [41]
28 September Concrete and Gold † Foo Fighters Columbia [42]
5 October [43]
12 October Live at Pompeii David Gilmour [44]
19 October Pinewood Smile The Darkness Cooking Vinyl [45]
26 October Concrete and Gold † Foo Fighters Columbia [46]
2 November The Sin and the Sentence Trivium Roadrunner [47]
9 November Concrete and Gold † Foo Fighters Columbia [48]
16 November [49]
23 November Master of Puppets Metallica Vertigo [50]
30 November The Book of Souls: Live Chapter Iron Maiden Parlophone [51]
7 December Concrete and Gold † Foo Fighters Columbia [52]
14 December [53]
21 December [54]
28 December One More Light Live Linkin Park Warner Bros. [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Who We Are - Our Charts & Data: The Official Charts in Full". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 November 2016 - 01 December 2016". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 December 2016 - 05 January 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 December 2017 - 28 December 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 06 January 2017 - 12 January 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 January 2017 - 19 January 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 January 2017 - 26 January 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 January 2017 - 02 February 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 February 2017 - 09 February 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 February 2017 - 16 February 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 February 2017 - 23 February 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 February 2017 - 02 March 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 March 2017 - 09 March 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 March 2017 - 16 March 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 March 2017 - 23 March 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 March 2017 - 30 March 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 31 March 2017 - 06 April 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 April 2017 - 13 April 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 April 2017 - 20 April 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 April 2017 - 27 April 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 April 2017 - 04 May 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 May 2017 - 11 May 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 May 2017 - 18 May 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 May 2017 - 25 May 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 May 2017 - 01 June 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  27. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 June 2017 - 15 June 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 June 2017 - 22 June 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 June 2017 - 29 June 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  30. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 June 2017 - 06 July 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 July 2017 - 13 July 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 July 2017 - 20 July 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  33. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 July 2017 - 27 July 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  34. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 July 2017 - 03 August 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  35. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 August 2017 - 10 August 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  36. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 August 2017 - 17 August 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  37. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 August 2017 - 24 August 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 August 2017 - 31 August 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  39. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 September 2017 - 07 September 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  40. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 September 2017 - 14 September 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  41. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 September 2017 - 21 September 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  42. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 September 2017 - 28 September 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  43. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 September 2017 - 05 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  44. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 06 October 2017 - 12 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  45. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 October 2017 - 19 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  46. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 October 2017 - 26 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  47. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 October 2017 - 02 November 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  48. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 November 2017 - 09 November 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  49. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 November 2017 - 16 November 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  50. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 November 2017 - 23 November 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  51. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 November 2017 - 30 November 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  52. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 December 2017 - 07 December 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  53. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 December 2017 - 14 December 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  54. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 December 2017 - 21 December 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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