List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s
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| Specialist Classical Albums Chart Official Charts Company |
This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical 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 | |||||
| Gareth Malone | Music for Healing | Decca | 21 November 2019 | 8 | |
| Stephen Hough | Brahms/The Final Piano Pieces | Hyperion | 16 January 2020 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 23 January 2020 | 6 | |
| Stephen Fry, Debbie Wiseman and the National Symphony Orchestra | The Mythos Suite | Decca | 28 February 2020 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 6 March 2020 | 4 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Debussy/Rameau | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 April 2020 | 5 | |
| Stephen Hough/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu | Beethoven: Piano Concertos | Hyperion | 8 May 2020 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | 12 Songs from Home | Decca | 15 May 2020 | 1 | |
| Stjepan Hauser | Classic | Sony Classical | 22 May 2020 | 1 | |
| Sean Shibe | Bach | Delphian | 29 May 2020 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova and Vladimir Jurowski | Shostakovich/Violin concerto | Hyperion | 5 June 2020 | 1 | |
| Sean Shibe | Bach | Delphian | 12 June 2020 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Verdi/Otell | Sony Classical | 19 June 2020 | 1 | |
| Sean Shibe | Bach | Delphian | 26 June 2020 | 1 | |
| Piers Lane/The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein | The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 81 | Hyperion | 3 July 2020 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 10 July 2020 | 3 | |
| Voces8 | After Silence | VCM | 31 July 2020 | 1 | |
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Respighi/Fontane De Roma/Pini De/Fesse | Chandos | 7 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Elgar/Violin Concerto | Decca | 14 August 2020 | 2 | |
| Suzi Digby/Ora Singers | Thomas Tallis: Spem In Alium/James Macmillan: Vidi Aquam | Harmonia Mundi | 28 August 2020 | 1 | |
| Craig Armstrong/Calum Martin | The Edge of the Sea | BMG | 4 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Lang Lang | Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 11 September 2020 | 2 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle | Elgar | Decca | 25 September 2020 | 1 | |
| Ermonela Jaho | Anima Rara | Opera Rara | 2 October 2020 | 2 | |
| Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs | Rutter/Anthems Hymns & Gloria For Brass | Naxos | 16 October 2020 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 23 October 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | |||||
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Carols From King's - 2020 Collection | King's College Cambridge | 1 January 2021 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 8 January 2021 | 9 | |
| Pat Metheny | Road to the Sun | BMG | 12 March 2021 | 1 | |
| Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis | French Duets | Hyperion | 19 March 2021 | 2 | |
| Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic and Mark Elder | Bethoven/Wagner/Verdi | Decca | 2 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 9 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | Voices 2 | Decca | 16 April 2021 | 1 | |
| Freddie De Tommaso/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Renato Balsadonna | Passione | Decca | 23 April 2021 | 2 | |
| Alina Ibragimova | Paganini/24 Caprices | Hyperion | 7 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Freddie De Tommaso/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Renato Balsadonna | Passione | Decca | 14 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Lucy Crowe/The English Concert/Harry Bicket | Handel/Rodelinda | Linn | 21 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Freddie De Tommaso/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Renato Balsadonna | Passione | Decca | 28 May 2021 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Mozart Momentum - 1785 | Sony Classical | 4 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Andras Schiff/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Brahms/Piano Concertos | ECM New Series | 11 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Helen Mirren/Damian Lewis | Wisemen/The Music of Kings & Queens | Classic FM | 18 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Andras Schiff/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Brahms/Piano Concertos | ECM New Series | 25 June 2021 | 1 | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelson | Shostakovich/Symphonies Nos 1, 14 & 15 | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 July 2021 | 1 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Love Songs | Hyperion | 9 July 2021 | 1 | |
| Isata Kanneh-Mason | Summertime | Decca | 16 July 2021 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Baroque | Decca | 23 July 2021 | 3 | |
| Max Richter/Baltic Sea Philharmonic/Kristjan Järvi | Exiles | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 August 2021 | 2 | |
| Sean Shibe | Camino | Pentatone | 27 August 2021 | 1 | |
| Voces8 | Infinity | Decca | 3 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 10 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Janine Jansenn | 12 Stradivari | Decca | 17 September 2021 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 24 September 2021 | 3 | |
| Daniil Trifonov | Bach/The Art of Life | Deutsche Grammophon | 15 October 2021 | 1 | |
| Dunedin Concert/John Butt | Bach/Ich habe genug/Cantatas | Decca | 22 October 2021 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 29 October 2021 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough | Chopin/Nocturnes | Hyperion | 5 November 2021 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason | Muse | Decca | 12 November 2021 | 4 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols | King's College Cambridge | 10 December 2021 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason | Muse | Decca | 17 December 2021 | 1 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols | King's College Cambridge | 24 December 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | |||||
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason | Muse | Decca | 7 January 2022 | 1 | |
| Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes | Edvard Grieg | Decca | 14 January 2022 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 28 January 2022 | 20 | |
| 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 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 8 July 2022 | 8 | |
| Alison Balsom | Quiet City | Warner Classics | 2 September 2022 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 9 September 2022 | 5 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | From Afar | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 October 2022 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 21 October 2022 | 7 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Carols from King's College, Cambridge | Warner Classics | 9 December 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | |||||
| Ludovico Einaudi | Underwater | Decca | 12 January 2023 | 3 | |
| Franz Welser-Möst | Neujahrskonzert 2023 | Sony Classical | 3 February 2023 | 1 | |
| Sinfonia of London, John Wilson | Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Herbert Howells; Concerto for String Orchestra; Frederick Delius: Late Swallows; Sir Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro | Chandos | 10 February 2023 | 2 | |
| Christina Pluhar, L' Arpeggiata and Philppe Jaroussky | Passacalle de la Follie | Erato | 24 February 2023 | 1 | |
| Seong-Jin Cho | Handel/Brahms/The Handel Project | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 March 2023 | 1 | |
| Martyn Brabbins and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Vaughan Williams/Sinfonia Antartica | Hyperion | 10 March 2023 | 1 | |
| Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano | Puccini/Turandot | Warner Classics | 17 March 2023 | 2 | |
| Jessye Norman | The Unreleased Masters | Decca | 31 March 2023 | 1 | |
| John Wilson/Sinfonia of London | Rachmaninoff/Symphony No.2 | Chandos | 7 April 2023 | 1 | |
| On Bordeaux Aquitaine/Dumas | Bangalter/Mythologies | Erato | 14 April 2023 | 1 | |
| Eric Whitacre/Voces8 | Home | Decca | 21 April 2023 | 1 | |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel | Ades/Dante | NoneSuch | 28 April 2023 | 1 | |
| Chad Lawson | Breathe | Decca | 5 May 2023 | 1 | |
| Bham Voices/CBSO/Martyn Brabbins | Stanford/Requiem | Hyperion | 12 May 2023 | 1 | |
| Karim Sulayman/Sean Shibe | Broken Branches | Pentatone | 19 May 2023 | 1 | |
| Sufjan Stevens/Timo Andres/Conor Hanick | Reflections | Asthmatic Kitty | 26 May 2023 | 1 | |
| Isata Kanneh-Mason | Childhood Tales | Decca | 2 June 2023 | 1 | |
| Gesualdo Six/Owain Park | Byrd/Mass for Five Voices | Hyperion | 9 June 2023 | 1 | |
| John Wilson and BBC Philharmonic | Coates/Orchestral Works Vol.3 | Chandos | 16 June 2023 | 1 | |
| Chad Lawson | Breathe | Decca | 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 | |
| Hilary Hahn | Eugène Ysaÿe Six Sonatas for Violin Solo Op.27 | Deutsche Grammophon | 21 July 2023 | 1 | |
| Bojan Cicic | Bach/Partitas & Sonatas Bwv 1001-1006 | Delphian | 28 July 2023 | 1 | |
| Chad Lawson | Breathe | Decca | 4 August 2023 | 2 | |
| Francesa Dego/Timothy Ridout/Laura van der Heijden/Federico Colli | Mozart/The Piano Quartetes | Chandos | 18 August 2023 | 1 | |
| Chad Lawson | Breathe | Decca | 25 August 2023 | 1 | |
| Westminster Abbey Choir School/James O'Donnell | Vaughan Williams/Tavener/Macmillan | Hyperion | 1 September 2023 | 1 | |
| Yuja Wang/Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel | Rachmaninoff/Piano Concertos/Paganini Rhapsody | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 September 2023 | 2 | |
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - OST | Chandos | 22 September 2023 | 1 | |
| Joe Hisaishi/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Hisaishi/a Symphonic Celebration | Deutsche Grammophon | 29 September 2023 | 1 | |
| Anna Lapwood | Luna | Sony Classical | 6 October 2023 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | J.S Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 October 2023 | 4 | |
| John Wilson and Sinfonia of London | Ravel/Daphnis et Chloe | Chandos | 10 November 2023 | 1 | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | J.S Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 November 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | |||||
| Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann | Neujahrskonzert 2024/New Year's Concert | Sony Classical | 19 January 2024 | 1 | |
| Jonathan Tetelman | The Great Puccini | Deutsche Grammophon | 26 January 2024 | 1 | |
| Philip Glass | Solo | Orange Mountain Music | 2 February 2024 | 1 | |
| Marc-Andre Hamelin | Hamelin /New Piano Works | Hyperion | 9 February 2024 | 1 | |
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Ravel/Berkeley/Pounds/Orchestral Works | Chandos | 16 February 2024 | 1 | |
| Théotime Langlois de Swarte/Le Consort | Vivaldi/Concerti Per Una Vita | Harmonia Mundi | 23 February 2024 | 1 | |
| Simon O' Neil/London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle | Janacek/Katya Kabanova | LSO Live | 1 March 2024 | 1 | |
| Lang Lang/Andris Nelsons/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Saint-Saëns | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 March 2024 | 6 | |
| Boris Faust/Alexander Melnikov/Jakub Hrusa | Britten/Violin Concerto Chamber Works | Harmonia Mundi | 19 April 2024 | 1 | |
| Yunchan Lim | Chopin/Etudes Opp 10 & 25 | Decca | 26 April 2024 | 1 | |
| Gabrieli/Paul McCreesh | Elgar/The Dream of Gerontius | Decca | 3 May 2024 | 1 | |
| Yunchan Lim | Chopin/Etudes Opp 10 & 25 | Decca | 10 May 2024 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 17 May 2024 | 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Janine Jansen/Klaus Mäkelä | Sibelius Prokofiev 1/Violin Concertos | Decca | 14 June 2024 | 1 | |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | My Peace I Give You | Decca | 21 June 2024 | 1 | |
| Pavel Kolesnikov/samson Tsoy | Schubert/Desyatnikov/Works for Piano | Harmonia Mundi | 28 June 2024 | 1 | |
| Mishka Rushdie Momen | Reformation | Hyperion | 5 July 2024 | 2 | |
| BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson | Coates/Orchestral Works - Vol 4 | Chandos | 19 July 2024 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 26 July 2024 | 1 | |
| Aigul Akhmetshina/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Aigul | Decca | 2 August 2024 | 1 | |
| Joana Mallwitz | The Kurt Weill Album | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 August 2024 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins | Stravaganza | Decca | 16 August 2024 | 1 | |
| Klaus Mäkelä | Shostakovich/Symphonies 4 5 & 6 | Decca | 23 August 2024 | 1 | |
| Nicolas Daniel/Julius Drake | Schumann/Work For Oboe & Piano | Chandos | 30 August 2024 | 1 | |
| Danish String Quartet | Keel Road | ECM New Series | 6 September 2024 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | In a Landscape | Decca | 13 September 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | |||||
| Martin Owen/BBC Philharmonic | Gipps:Orchestral Works - Vol. 3 | Chandos | 10 January 2025 | 1 | |
| Nash Ensemble | Debussy/String Quartet and Sonatas | Hyperion | 17 January 2025 | 1 | |
| Wiener Philharmoniker/Riccardo Muti | Neujahrskonzert 2025/New Year's Concert | Sony Classical | 24 January 2025 | 1 | |
| Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle | Mahler/Symphony No 7 | BR Klassik | 31 January 2025 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 7 February 2025 | 1 | |
| Alice Sara | Field/Complete Nocturnes | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 February 2025 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 21 February 2025 | 1 | |
| Abel Selacoe | Hymns of Bantu | Warner Classics | 28 February 2025 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough/The Hallé | Hough/Piano Concerto Sonatina & Partita | Hyperion | 7 March 2025 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 14 March 2025 | 1 | |
| John Wilson and Sinfonia of London | Walton/Violin Concerto | Chandos | 21 March 2025 | 1 | |
| Rana/Amsterdam Sinfonietta | Bach/Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052 1053 | Warner Classics | 28 March 2025 | 1 | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich/Symphonies Concertos | Deutsche Grammophon | 4 April 2025 | 1 | |
| Katarzyna Budnik/Maria Nowak/Yuya Okamoto/Krystian Zimerman | Brahms/Piano Quartets NoS 2 & 3 | Deutsche Grammophon | 11 April 2025 | 1 | |
| Lovell Jones/BBC Philharmonic/Gamba | Gipps/Orchestral Works - Vol 4 | Chandos | 18 April 2025 | 1 | |
| Norwegian National Or/Gardner | Wagner/Der Fliegende | Decca | 25 April 2025 | 1 | |
| Stephen Moccio | Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 2 May 2025 | 1 | |
| Yuja Wang/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons | Shostakovich/The Piano Ctos/Solo Works | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 May 2025 | 1 | |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason/John Wilson/Sinfonia of London | Shostakovich/Britten/Cello Concerto No 2 | Decca | 16 May 2025 | 1 | |
| John Wilson/Sinfonia of London | Rachmaninoff/Symphony No 1 | Chandos | 23 May 2025 | 1 | |
| Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu | For Dieter - Hommage a Dietrich | Alpha | 30 May 2025 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | In a Landscape | Decca | 6 June 2025 | 1 | |
| Brad Kella | Phoebe's Melody | Modern Sky | 13 June 2025 | 2 | |
| Kammerorchester Basel/Giovanni Antonini | Joseph Haydn/2032 - Vol 17 - Per Il Luigi | Alpha | 27 June 2025 | 1 | |
| Scottish Opera | Gilbert & Sullivan/Utopia | Opus Arte | 4 July 2025 | 1 | |
| London Oratory Schola Cantorum | Sacred Treassures of Rome | Hyperion | 11 July 2025 | 1 | |
| Reich/Nypo/Synergy/Zweden | Reich/Jacob's Ladder/Traveler's Prayer | NoneSuch | 18 July 2025 | 1 | |
| Max Richter | In a Landscape | Decca | 25 July 2025 | 1 | |
| Langlois de Swarte/le Consort | Vivaldi/le Quattro Stagioni | Hyperion | 1 August 2025 | 1 | |
| Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis/Martyn Brabbins | Bach/King of Kings | Chandos | 8 August 2025 | 2 | |
By artist
As of 17 May 2025, Twelve artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far during the 2020s. The totals below include only credited performances.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Ludovico Einaudi | 2 | 43 |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | 4 | 24 |
| Max Richter | 4 | 24 |
| Poor Clares of Arundel | 2 | 22 |
| Sheku Kanneh-Mason | 3 | 21 |
| Simon Rattle | 3 | 16 |
| John Wilson | 9 | 10 |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | 3 | 9 |
| Lang Lang | 2 | 8 |
| Isata Kanneh-Mason | 3 | 8 |
| Stephen Moccio | 1 | 7 |
| Chad Lawson | 1 | 6 |
By record label
As of 4 July 2025, Twenty nine record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2020s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Decca | 33 | 146 |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 21 | 49 |
| Hyperion | 19 | 19 |
| Chandos | 14 | 16 |
| Warner Classics | 5 | 10 |
| Sony Classical | 6 | 6 |
| Delphian | 2 | 4 |
| Harmonia Mundi | 4 | 4 |
| Opera Rara | 1 | 2 |
| VCM | 1 | 1 |
| BMG | 2 | 2 |
| Pentatone | 2 | 2 |
| Naxos | 1 | 1 |
| King's College Cambridge | 2 | 4 |
| Erato | 2 | 2 |
| Linn | 1 | 1 |
| ECM | 1 | 2 |
| Classic FM | 1 | 1 |
| NoneSuch | 2 | 2 |
| Asthmatic Kitty | 1 | 1 |
| Silva Classics | 1 | 1 |
| Orange Mountain Music | 1 | 1 |
| LSO Live | 1 | 1 |
| Signum | 1 | 1 |
| ECM New Series | 1 | 1 |
| BR Klassik | 1 | 1 |
| Alpha | 2 | 2 |
| Modern Sky Records | 1 | 2 |
| Opus Arte | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.