The Official biggest albums of 2024 so far

Check out the Official Top 40 biggest LPs of the year to date

Stick Season by Noah Kahan is officially the biggest album of 2024 so far in the UK.

With 123,000 chart units in 2024 alone, the album holds its own against several fan-favourite greatest hits albums and a slew of Taylor Swift releases.

Classics from The Weeknd (2), Eminem (5), Fleetwood Mac (6), Elton John (7) and ABBA (8) all feature in the Top 10, alongside Olivia Rodrigo’s second album GUTS (4) and three Taylor Swift collections; 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (3), Midnights (10) and folklore (11).

In total, Taylor Swift has six of the Top 40 albums of 2024 so far, with the rest made up of Lover (12), Reputation (14) and evermore (40).

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Several of this year’s Number 1 albums feature in the year-to-date chart, including Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine – at Number 9 despite only being released three weeks ago, making it one to watch as the year progresses – and The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude To Ecstasy at Number 15.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign see their Number 2-peaking album VULTURES 1 at Number 20 – the first of three collaborative album releases to make the list. Liam Gallagher & John Squire’s chart-topping team-up Liam Gallagher & John Squire is at 24, while further down places Swing Fever by all-star duo Rod Stewart & Jools Holland (26), which is also 2024’s most-purchased physical LP so far.

Rod and Jools are followed by Green Day’s fifth Number 1 album Saviors (29), and D-Block Europe’s first chart-topper, Rolling Stone (30).

Finally, British-born, Atlanta-raised rapper 21 Savage sees his Number 2-peaking third solo studio album american dream earn a spot in the top albums of 2024 so far at Number 34.

The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2024 so far

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	STICK SEASON	NOAH KAHAN	1
2	THE HIGHLIGHTS	WEEKND	2
3	1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
4	GUTS	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
5	CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS	EMINEM	1
6	50 YEARS - DON'T STOP	FLEETWOOD MAC	5
7	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN	2
8	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA	1
9	ETERNAL SUNSHINE	ARIANA GRANDE	1
10	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
11	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
12	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
13	SOUR	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
14	REPUTATION	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
15	PRELUDE TO ECSTASY	LAST DINNER PARTY	1
16	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS	1
17	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS	1
18	THE DIAMOND COLLECTION	POST MALONE	14
19	BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
20	VULTURES 1	KANYE WEST/TY DOLLA SIGN	2
21	THE ESSENTIAL	MICHAEL JACKSON	1
22	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN	1
23	SOS	SZA	2
24	LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE	LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE	1
25	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC	1
26	SWING FEVER	ROD STEWART & JOOLS HOLLAND	1
27	HAZBIN HOTEL - SEASON ONE - OST	ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING	1
28	TIME FLIES - 1994-2009	OASIS	1
29	SAVIORS	GREEN DAY	1
30	ROLLING STONE	D-BLOCK EUROPE	1
31	MY 21ST CENTURY BLUES	RAYE	2
32	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
33	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN	1
34	AMERICAN DREAM	21 SAVAGE	2
35	SINGLES	MAROON 5	30
36	CURTAIN CALL 2	EMINEM	3
37	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	1
38	BEST OF	50 CENT	33
39	UTOPIA	TRAVIS SCOTT	1
40	EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	1