List of Classical Artist Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s
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This is the list of the number-one albums of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2020s.
Number ones
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| Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one[a] | Weeks at number one[a] | |
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| 2020 | |||||
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Happy Days | Decca | 5 December 2019 | 7 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 17 January 2020 | 5 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Happy Days | Decca | 21 February 2020 | 1 | |
| Stephen Fry, Debbie Wiseman and the National Symphony Orchestra | The Mythos Suite | Decca | 28 February 2020 | 1 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Happy Days | Decca | 6 March 2020 | 3 | |
| Alexis Ffrench | Dreamland | Sony Classical | 27 March 2020 | 1 | |
| Hania Rani | Esja | Gondwana | 3 April 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 10 April 2020 | 4 | |
| Stephen Hough/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu | Beethoven: Piano Concertos | Hyperion | 8 May 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 15 May 2020 | 8 | |
| Katherine Jenkins | Cinema Paradiso | Decca | 10 July 2020 | 4 | |
| Max Richter | Voices | Decca | 7 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Elgar/Violin Concerto | Decca | 13 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter/John Williams and Vienna Philharmonic | John Williams Live in Vienna | Deutsche Grammophon | 20 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 27 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Craig Armstrong/Calum Martin | The Edge of the Sea | BMG | 4 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 11 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 18 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Undiscovered | Decca | 25 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Jess Gillam | Time | Decca | 2 October 2020 | 1 | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Disney Goes Classical | Decca | 9 October 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 16 October 2020 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 23 October 2020 | 1 | |
| Russell Watson | 20 | BMG | 30 October 2020 | 2 | |
| Aled Jones | Blessings | BMG | 13 November 2020 | 1 | |
| Andrea Bocelli | Believe | Decca | 20 November 2020 | 1 | |
| André Rieu | Jolly Holiday | Decca | 27 November 2020 | 3 | |
| Andrea Bocelli | Believe | Decca | 24 December 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | |||||
| Aled Jones | Blessings | BMG | 8 January 2021 | 1 | |
| Andrea Bocelli | Believe | Decca | 15 January 2021 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 22 January 2021 | 4 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 February 2021 | 2 | |
| Fron Male Voice Choir | Voices of the Valley Echoes | Silva Classics | 5 March 2021 | 1 | |
| Pat Metheny | Road to the Sun | BMG | 12 March 2021 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 March 2021 | 4 | |
| Max Richter | Voices 2 | Decca | 16 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Freddie De Tommaso/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Renato Balsadonna | Passione | Decca | 23 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 30 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 7 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 21 May 2021 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Cinema | Decca | 11 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Helen Mirren/Damian Lewis | Wisemen/The Music of Kings & Queens | Classic FM | 18 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Cinema | Decca | 25 June 2021 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 9 July 2021 | 2 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Baroque | Decca | 23 July 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 30 July 2021 | 2 | |
| Max Richter/Baltic Sea Philharmonic/Kristjan Järvi | Exiles | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 August 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 20 August 2021 | 1 | |
| Sean Shibe | Camino | Pentatone | 27 August 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 3 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 10 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Andrea Bocelli | Concerto: One Night in Central Park | Decca | 17 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 24 September 2021 | 2 | |
| Hans Zimmer | No Time To Die - OST | Decca | 8 October 2021 | 4 | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra | Symphonic Suites | Decca | 5 November 2021 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason | Muse | Decca | 12 November 2021 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 19 November 2021 | 1 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Happy Together | Decca | 26 November 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 21 January 2022 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 28 January 2022 | 4 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 25 February 2022 | 4 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 25 March 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 April 2022 | 1 | |
| Hannah Peel/Paraorchestra | The Unfolding | Real World | 8 April 2022 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 15 April 2022 | 9 | |
| Max Richter | The New Four Seasons – Recomposed Vivaldi Recomposed | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 June 2022 | 2 | |
| Freddie De Tommaso/Philharmonia Orchestra/Paolo Arrivabeni | Il Tenore | Decca | 1 July 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 July 2022 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 22 July 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 29 July 2022 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 12 August 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 August 2022 | 2 | |
| Alison Balsom | Quiet City | Warner Classics | 2 September 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 September 2022 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason | Song | Decca | 16 September 2022 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 23 September 2022 | 1 | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Bond 25 | Decca | 30 September 2022 | 2 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 October 2022 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 21 October 2022 | 4 | |
| Aled Jones and Russell Watson | Christmas with Aled and Russell | BMG | 18 November 2022 | 1 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Silver Bells | Decca | 25 November 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 13 January 2023 | 7 | |
| Rhydian Roberts | Classical Album - Hymns and Arias | Futura Records | 3 March 2023 | 1 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | My Music My World - The Very Best Of | Decca | 10 March 2023 | 1 | |
| Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano | Puccini/Turandot | Warner Classics | 17 March 2023 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 24 March 2023 | 9 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 26 May 2023 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 2 June 2023 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 June 2023 | 1 | |
| Rob Grant | Lost At Sea | Decca | 16 June 2023 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 23 June 2023 | 2 | |
| Debbie Wiseman/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Signature | Silva Classics | 7 July 2023 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins | One World | Decca | 14 July 2023 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 21 July 2023 | 1 | |
| Malakai | Golden | Decca | 28 July 2023 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 18 August 2023 | 5 | |
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - OST | Chandos | 28 September 2023 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 5 October 2023 | 1 | |
| Anna Lapwood | Luna | Sony Classical | 12 October 2023 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | J.S Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 October 2023 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 26 October 2023 | 2 | |
| Aled Jones | One Voice: Full Circle | Decca | 9 November 2023 | 3 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Jewels of Romance | Decca | 24 November 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 19 January 2024 | 7 | |
| Lang Lang/Andris Nelsons/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Saint-Saëns | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 March 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 15 March 2024 | 2 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 29 March 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 5 April 2024 | 2 | |
| André Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra | Love Is All Around | Decca | 19 April 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 26 April 2024 | 5 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | My Peace I Give You | Decca | 31 May 2024 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti/Benjamin Grosvenor | Beethoven/Triple Concerto | Decca | 7 June 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 14 June 2024 | 13 | |
| Max Richter | In a Landscape | Decca | 13 September 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 20 September 2024 | 1 | |
| Erland Cooper | Carve the Runes Then Be Content With | Mercury | 27 September 2024 | 1 | |
| Alexis Ffrench | Classical Soul Vol.1 | Sony Classical | 4 October 2024 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 11 October 2024 | 7 | |
| Alan Titchmarsh/Debbie Wiseman | Jack Frost – A Winter Story | Silva Classics | 29 November 2024 | 2 | |
| André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra | The Sound of Heaven | Decca | 13 December 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 24 January 2025 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | The Summer Portraits | Decca | 7 February 2025 | 4 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 7 March 2025 | 3 | |
| André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra | The Sound of Heaven | Decca | 3 April 2025 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 17 April 2025 | 8 | |
| Anna Lapwood | Firedove | Sony Classical | 6 June 2025 | 1 | |
| Brad Kella | Phoebe's Melody | Modern Sky | 13 June 2025 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 20 June 2025 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | The Summer Portraits | Decca | 4 July 2025 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 11 July 2025 | 9 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep Circle | Decca | 12 September 2025 | 1 | |
| Kanneh Masons | River of Music | Decca | 19 September 2025 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 26 September 2025 | 7 | |
| André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra | Thank You Johann Strauss | Decca | 14 November 2025 | 2 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Opus 109 | Deutsche Grammophon | 28 November 2025 | 1 | |
| André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra | Thank You Johann Strauss | Decca | 5 December 2025 | 2 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | 25 Carols for Christmas | Decca | 19 December 2025 | 1 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Christmas Carols | Decca | 26 December 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 9 January 2026 | 3 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 30 January 2026 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 6 February 2026 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Sleep | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 February 2026 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Islands – Essential | Decca | 20 February 2026 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Solo Piano | Decca | 6 March 2026 | 3 | |
By artist
Eight artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Classical Artist Albums Chart during the 2020s. The totals below include only credited performances.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Ludovico Einaudi | 6 | 162 |
| Johann Strauss Orchestra | 8 | 48 |
| Max Richter | 5 | 30 |
| André Rieu | 9 | 32 |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason | 3 | 7 |
| Andrea Bocelli | 2 | 6 |
| Aled Jones | 3 | 6 |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | 2 | 7 |
By record label
As of 14 June 2025, Fifteen record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2020s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Decca | 45 | 253 |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 8 | 31 |
| BMG | 5 | 7 |
| Sony Classical | 4 | 4 |
| Gondwana | 1 | 1 |
| Hyperion | 1 | 1 |
| Silva Classics | 3 | 4 |
| Classic FM | 1 | 1 |
| Pentatone | 1 | 1 |
| Real World | 1 | 1 |
| Warner Classics | 2 | 2 |
| Futura Records | 1 | 1 |
| Chandos | 1 | 1 |
| Mercury | 1 | 1 |
| Modern Sky | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Top 40 Classical Artist Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Classical Artist Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Classical Artist Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Top 40 Classical Artist Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.