List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s
This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2010s.
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Specialist Classical Albums Chart Official Charts Company |
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| Artist[lower-alpha 1] | Album[lower-alpha 1] | Record label[lower-alpha 2] | Reached number one[lower-alpha 1] | Weeks at number one[lower-alpha 1] | |
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| 2010 | |||||
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 3 January 2010 | 42 | |
| Eric Whitacre | Light & Gold | Decca | 24 October 2010 | 2 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 7 November 2010 | 1 | |
| Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame | Voices – Chant From Avignon | Decca | 14 November 2010 | 3 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 5 December 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | |||||
| I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth | Striggio Mass in 40 Parts | Decca | 13 March 2011 | 3 | |
| André Rieu | Forever Vienna | Decca | 3 April 2011 | 2 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 April 2011 | 15 | |
| Joseph Calleja | The Maltese Tenor | Decca | 31 July 2011 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 August 2011 | 5 | |
| Lang Lang | Liszt – My Piano Hero | Sony Classical | 11 September 2011 | 4 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Italia | Decca | 9 October 2011 | 3 | |
| Lang Lang | Liszt – My Piano Hero | Sony Classical | 30 October 2011 | 1 | |
| Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Beethoven: The Symphonies | Decca | 6 November 2011 | 1 | |
| Angela Gheorghiu | Homage to Maria Callas | EMI Classics | 13 November 2011 | 1 | |
| Paul Mealor | A Tender Light | Decca | 20 November 2011 | 5 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | The Guitar | Deutsche Grammophon | 25 December 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | |||||
| Alison Balsom | Seraph | EMI Classics | 15 January 2012 | 1 | |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal | Anthony Hopkins: Composer | Classic FM | 22 January 2012 | 1 | |
| Paul Mealor | A Tender Light | Decca | 29 January 2012 | 1 | |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal | Anthony Hopkins: Composer | Classic FM | 5 February 2012 | 4 | |
| Isabelle Faust/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado | Berg / Beethoven: Violin Concertos | Harmonia Mundi | 4 March 2012 | 2 | |
| David Garrett | Legacy | Decca | 18 March 2012 | 2 | |
| Karl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra | The Peacemakers | EMI Classics | 1 April 2012 | 5 | |
| Charlie Siem/City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Englishby | Banks: Six Pieces for Orchestra | Naxos | 6 May 2012 | 2 | |
| Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner | Bach: Motets | Soli Deo Gloria | 20 May 2012 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 | EMI Classics | 27 May 2012 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra | The Peacemakers | EMI Classics | 3 June 2012 | 1 | |
| I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth | 1612 Italian Vespers | Decca | 10 June 2012 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | Latino | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 June 2012 | 6 | |
| West-Eastern Divan/Daniel Barenboim | Beethoven for All – Music of Power, Passion & Beauty | Decca | 29 July 2012 | 3 | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | Rhapsody in Blue | Decca | 19 August 2012 | 1 | |
| Miloš Karadaglić | Latino | Deutsche Grammophon | 26 August 2012 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 2 September 2012 | 7 | |
| Friar Allesandro | Voice From Assisi | Decca | 21 October 2012 | 4 | |
| Lang Lang | The Chopin Album | Sony Classical | 18 November 2012 | 1 | |
| Friar Allesandro | Voice From Assisi | Decca | 25 November 2012 | 1 | |
| John Rutter/Catrin Finch | Blessing | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 December 2012 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 9 December 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | |||||
| Vienna Philharmonic/Franz Welser-Möst | New Year's Concert 2013 | Sony Classical | 20 January 2013 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | The Silver Violin | Decca | 27 January 2013 | 2 | |
| The King's Consort | I Was Glad – Music of Stanford & Parry | Vivat | 10 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 17 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Alisa Weilerstein/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Carter: Cello Concertos | Decca | 24 February 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 3 March 2013 | 3 | |
| Dunedin Consort/John Butt | J.S. Bach: John Passion | Linn | 24 March 2013 | 2 | |
| Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner | Bach: Cantatas Ascension Day | Soli Deo Gloria | 7 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | EMI Classics | 14 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Julia Lezhneva/Il Giardino Armonico | Alleluia | Decca | 21 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin | Wagner | Decca | 28 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 | Naxos | 5 May 2013 | 5 | |
| Steven Osborne/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov | Stravinsky: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra | Hyperion | 9 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/Orchestra La Scintilla/Giovanni Antonini | Bellini: Norma | Decca | 16 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado | Schumann Symphony No. 2 | Deutsche Grammophon | 23 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Budapest Festival Orchestra | Wagner: Opera Excerpts | Channel Classics | 30 June 2013 | 1 | |
| Cédric Tiberghien/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 60: Dubois | Hyperion | 7 July 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 14 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 | RCO Live | 21 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Alison Balsom | Sound the Trumpet – Royal Music of Purcell and Handel | Warner Classics | 28 July 2013 | 1 | |
| Daniel Hope | Spheres | Deutsche Grammophon | 4 August 2013 | 2 | |
| Anna Netrebko | Verdi | Deutsche Grammophon | 18 August 2013 | 1 | |
| Plácido Domingo | Verdi | Sony Classical | 25 August 2013 | 1 | |
| Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle | Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; The Bells | Warner Classics | 1 September 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 8 September 2013 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis | Steffani: Stabat Mater | Decca | 15 September 2013 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | The Verdi Album | Sony Classical | 22 September 2013 | 4 | |
| Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Brahms: The Symphonies | Decca | 20 October 2013 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Queen of Heaven | CORO | 27 October 2013 | 1 | |
| Friar Alessandro | Voice of Joy | Decca | 3 November 2013 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars | John Tavener/Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas | Gimel | 10 November 2013 | 5 | |
| Commotio/Matthew Berry | Chilcott/Rose In Winter | Naxos | 15 December 2013 | 1 | |
| Julian Lloyd Webber and Jiaxin Cheng | A Tale of Two Cellos | Naxos | 22 December 2013 | 1 | |
| Commotio/Matthew Berry | Chilcott/Rose In Winter | Naxos | 29 December 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | |||||
| Tallis Scholars | John Tavener/Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas | Gimel | 5 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Frith/Ulster Orchestra/Falletta | Moeran/In The Mountain Country | Naxos | 12 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Vienna Philharmonic/Daniel Barenboim | New Years Concert 2014 | Sony Classical | 19 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Tenebrae/Nigel Short | Russian Treasures | Signum Classics | 26 January 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 2 February 2014 | 3 | |
| Karadaglic/LPO/Nezet-Sequin | Aranjuez | Mercury Classics | 23 February 2014 | 5 | |
| Patrick Hawes | Angel | Decca | 30 March 2014 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | Shostakovich/Symphony No. 14 | Naxos | 6 April 2014 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Schubert/Winterreise | Sony Classical | 13 April 2013 | 1 | |
| Karadaglic/LPO/Nezet-Sequin | Aranjuez | Mercury Classics | 20 April 2014 | 3 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 11 May 2014 | 3 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.2 | Decca | 1 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 8 June 2014 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | The Voice of The Turtle Dove | CORO | 15 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Tasmin Little/BBC Symphony OrchestraEdward Gardiner | Walton Symphony No.1 - Violin Concerto | Chandos | 22 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Jenkins/Motets | Deutsche Grammophon | 29 June 2014 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Steven Osborne | Prokofiev/Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 6 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado | Bruckner/Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Vivica Genaux/Simone Kermes | Rival Queens | Sony Classical | 20 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado | Bruckner/Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | Deutsche Grammophon | 27 July 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 3 August 2014 | 2 | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | Dances | Decca | 17 August 2014 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Piano Reflections | Classic FM | 24 August 2014 | 2 | |
| Joyce Didonato | Stella Di Napoli | Erato | 7 September 2014 | 1 | |
| Alison Balsom | Paris | Warner Classics | 14 September 2014 | 3 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 5 October 2014 | 3 | |
| Joyce Didonato | Stella Di Napoli | Erato | 26 October 2014 | 1 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 2 November 2014 | 2 | |
| Jeremy Irons/Roderick Williams/Davan Wetton | Williams/Flowers of the Field | Naxos | 16 November 2014 | 1 | |
| Angela Hewitt | Bach/Art of Fudge | Hyperion | 23 November 2014 | 1 | |
| Maki Namekawa | Glass/The Complete Piano Etudes | Orange Mountain | 30 November 2014 | 1 | |
| Kings College Choir | Favourite Carols from Kings | Kings College Cambridge | 7 December 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | |||||
| Pip Eastop/Hanover Band/Anthony Halsted | Mozart/Horn Concertos | Hyperion | 11 January 2015 | 1 | |
| Vienna Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta | New Years Concert 2015 | Sony Classical | 18 January 2015 | 1 | |
| Grigory Sokolov | The Salburg Recital | Deutsche Grammophon | 25 January 2015 | 2 | |
| Trinity College Choir/Stephen Layton | Esenvalds/Northern Lights | Hyperion | 8 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Jesus College Cambridge Choir | Out of Darkness | Signum Classics | 15 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Nemanja Radulović | Journey East | Deutsche Grammophon | 22 February 2015 | 1 | |
| Vilde Frang | Mozart/Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 5 | Warner Classics | 1 March 2015 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars | Part/Tintinnabuli | Gimel | 8 March 2015 | 2 | |
| Taizé | Music of Unity and Peace | Deutsche Grammophon | 22 March 2015 | 1 | |
| Rachel Podger | Vivaldi/Lestro Armonico | Channel Classics | 29 March 2015 | 2 | |
| The Sixteen/Harry Christophers | Monteverdi/Vespers of 1610 | CORO | 12 April 2015 | 2 | |
| Pavel Haas Quartet | Smetana/String Quartets 1&2 | Supraphon | 26 April 2015 | 2 | |
| Stephen Hough | Grieg/Lyric Pieces | Hyperion | 10 May 2015 | 1 | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko | The Tchaikovsky Album | Classic FM | 17 May 2015 | 6 | |
| Emmanuel Vass | Sonic Waves | E Vass | 28 June 2015 | 1 | |
| Opera Holland Park | Todd/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Signum Classics | 3 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Polyphony/Stephen Layton | Polyphony | Hyperion | 10 July 2015 | 2 | |
| Pia Pajala/Turku Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam | Sibelius:Belshazzar's Feast | Naxos | 24 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 31 July 2015 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 14 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman/Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker | Lutoslawski/Piano Concerto/Symphony No 2 | Deutsche Grammophon | 21 August 2015 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 | Deutsche Grammophon | 28 August 2015 | 1 | |
| James O'Donnell/Westminster Abbey Choir | Parry/I Was Glad/Coronation Te Duem | Hyperion | 4 September 2015 | 1 | |
| The Hallé/Mark Elder | Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony | The Hallé Concerts Society | 11 September 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 18 September 2015 | 3 | |
| Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Verdi: Aida | Warner Classics | 9 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Massimo Palombella/Sistine Chapel Choir | Cantate Domino - La Cappella Sistina e la musica del Papa | Deutsche Grammophon | 16 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 23 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos No.1-5 | Sony Classical | 30 October 2015 | 1 | |
| Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips | Taverner: Missa Corona Spinea | Gimel | 6 November 2015 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen | JS Bach: Violin Concertos | Hyperion | 13 November 2015 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 20 November 2015 | 1 | |
| St. Paul's Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood | Carols With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir | Classic FM/Decca | 27 November 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | |||||
| Jonas Kaufmann | Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album | Sony Classical | 8 January 2016 | 1 | |
| Mariss Jansons/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2016 | Sony Classical | 15 January 2016 | 2 | |
| Harry Christophers/The Sixteen | The Deers Cry | Coro | 29 January 2016 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Pure Chopin | Classic FM | 5 February 2016 | 4 | |
| Elgar & Walton | Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 4 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Aurora Orchestra & Nicholas Collon | Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi | Decca | 11 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Elgar & Walton | Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 18 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bernardini/Dunedin Consort/John Butt | J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos | Linn | 25 March 2016 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.1 | Decca | 1 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons | Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Concertos | Hyperion | 8 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Yevgeny Sudbin | Scarlatti:18 Sonatas | BIS | 15 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Paul Lewis/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding | Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 op. 15 | Harmonia Mundi | 22 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/Symphony No.1 | Decca | 29 April 2016 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova/Cédric Tiberghien | Mozart:Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 6 May 2016 | 1 | |
| Pumeza Matshikiza | Arias | Decca | 13 May 2016 | 1 | |
| Harry Christophers/The Sixteen | The Deers Cry | Coro | 20 May 2016 | 2 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From "Hamlet" (Live) | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis In D Major, Op. 123 | Sony Classical | 10 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall | Granada 1013-1526 by Hesperion XXI | Alia Vox | 17 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Damian Montagu/Stewart Prosser | In A South Downs Way | Decca | 24 June 2016 | 1 | |
| Hebrides Ensemble | MacMillan: Since It Was the Day of Preparation | Delphian | 1 July 2016 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1; Glazunov: Violin Concerto | Decca | 8 July 2016 | 4 | |
| Vänskä Osmo/Minnesota Orchestra | Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6 & 7 | BIS | 5 August 2016 | 1 | |
| James Rutherford/Kriss Russman/BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Butterworth:Orchestral Works | BIS | 12 August 2016 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1; Glazunov: Violin Concerto | Decca | 19 August 2016 | 2 | |
| Mahan Esfahani | Bach: Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 September 2016 | 1 | |
| Anna Netrebko/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Verismo | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 September 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 16 September 2016 | 4 | |
| Daniil Trifonov | Transcendental | Deutsche Grammophon | 14 October 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 21 October 2016 | 5 | |
| Joyce Didonato | In War & Peace | Erato | 25 November 2016 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 2 December 2016 | 4 | |
| Nigel Kennedy | My World | Neue Meister | 30 December 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | |||||
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 6 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Iestyn Davies/Arcangelo Corelli/Jonathan Cohen | J.S. Bach:Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 | Hyperion | 13 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Gustavo Dudamel/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2017 | Sony Classical | 20 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Joyce Didonato | In War & Peace | Erato | 27 January 2017 | 1 | |
| Amy Dickson | Glass | Sony Classical | 3 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Iestyn Davies/Arcangelo Corelli/Jonathan Cohen | J.S. Bach:Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 | Hyperion | 10 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Trevor Morrison/Scottish Festival Orchestra/James MacMillan | The Lost Songs of St Kilda | Decca | 17 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Mark Elder/The Hallé | For the Fallen | Halle Concerts Society | 24 February 2017 | 1 | |
| Beatrice Rana | Bach - Goldberg Variations | Warner Classics | 3 March 2017 | 1 | |
| Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford | A New Heaven | Signum Classics | 10 March 2017 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen & Harry Christophers/Britten Sinfonia | James Macmillan/Stabat Mater | Coro | 17 March 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 24 March 2017 | 6 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 11 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 18 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 25 May 2017 | 1 | |
| Aled Jones/St Pauls Choir/Andrew Carwood | Classic FM's Pts Jubilate - 500 Years of Cathedral Music | Decca | 1 June 2017 | 2 | |
| Steven Osbourne/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Ravel-Piano Concertos-Falla Nights In the Gardens of Spain | Hyperion | 15 June 2017 | 2 | |
| Stephen Cleobury | A King of Instruments - A Voice Reborn | Kings College Cambridge | 29 June 2017 | 1 | |
| Véronique Gens | Visions | Alpha | 6 July 2017 | 1 | |
| Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton | Stanford/Choral Music | Hyperion | 13 July 2017 | 1 | |
| The Sixteen & Harry Christophers | Poulenc/Mass In G/Un Soir De Neige | Coro | 20 July 2017 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim | Elgar/The Dream of Gerontis | Decca | 27 July 2017 | 2 | |
| Cipriani Potter/Howard Shelley/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 | Hyperion | 4 August 2017 | 2 | |
| Robert Hollingworth/The 24/I Fagiolini | Monteverdi/The Other Vespers | Decca | 18 August 2017 | 2 | |
| Isabelle Faust/Freiburger Barockorchester/Pablo Heras-Casado | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Symphony No. 5 & The Hebrides | Harmonia Mundi | 1 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Steven Isserlis/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | Joseph Haydn/Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach/Cello Concertos | Hyperion | 8 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman | Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960 | Deutsche Grammophon | 15 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Jonas Kaufmann | L'Opera | Sony Classical | 22 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Red Priest | The Baroque Bohemians Gypsy Fever From | Red Priest | 29 September 2017 | 1 | |
| Alistair McGowan | The Piano Album | Sony Classical | 6 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Red Priest | The Baroque Bohemians Gypsy Fever From | Red Priest | 13 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Vasily Petrenko/Alexander Armstrong/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Peter and the Wolf | Warner Classics | 20 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Boris Giltburg/Pavel Nikl/Pavel Haas Quartet | Dvorak/Quintets | Supraphon | 27 October 2017 | 1 | |
| Krystian Zimerman | Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960 | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Vasily Petrenko/Alexander Armstrong/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Peter and the Wolf | Warner Classics | 10 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Cecilia Bartoli/Sol Gabetta | Dolce Duello | Decca | 17 November 2017 | 1 | |
| Ola Gjeilo/Royal Holloway Choir | Winter Songs | Decca | 24 November 2017 | 2 | |
| Davan Wetton/City of London Choir/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Nation's Favourite Carols | Classic FM/Decca | 8 December 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | |||||
| Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Tippett: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 | Hyperion | 5 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Edward Gardner/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra | Greig/Piano Concerto | Chandos | 12 January 2018 | 1 | |
| James Rhodes | Fire on All Sides | Signum | 19 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Voces8 | Equinox | VCM | 26 January 2018 | 1 | |
| Ji Liu | Fire & Water | Classic FM | 2 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Joseph Calleja Valencian Community Choir | Verdi | Decca | 9 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Murray Perahia | Beethoven/Piano Sonatas | Deutsche Grammophon | 16 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrica Kopatchinskaja/Polina Leschenko | Bartok/Poulenc/Ravel/Deux | Alpha | 23 February 2018 | 1 | |
| Murray Perahia | Beethoven/Piano Sonatas | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 March 2018 | 1 | |
| Alan Titchmarsh, Debbie Wiseman and National Symphony Orchestra | The Glorious Garden | Classic FM | 9 March 2018 | 7 | |
| Rachel Podger | Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) | Channel Classics | 27 April 2018 | 3 | |
| Alan Titchmarsh, Debbie Wiseman and National Symphony Orchestra | The Glorious Garden | Classic FM | 18 May 2018 | 1 | |
| Petra Mullejan, Gottfried Von Der Goltz | George Frideric Handel: Concerti A Due Cori | Harmonia Mundi | 25 May 2018 | 1 | |
| Boris Giltburg, Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 | Naxos | 1 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough | Stephen Hough's Dream Album | Hyperion | 8 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Choir of Queens College Oxford | The House of the Mind | Signum Classics | 15 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hough | Stephen Hough's Dream Album | Hyperion | 22 June 2018 | 1 | |
| Alexander Chapman Campbell | Journey to Nidaros | Alexander Chapman Campbell | 29 June 2018 | 1 | |
| BBC Singers/BBC Symphony Orchestra/John Adams | John Adams:Doctor Atomic | NoneSuch | 6 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905 | Deutsche Grammophon | 13 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Dudok Quartet Amsterdam | Solitude: Works for String Quartet | Resonus Classics | 20 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Adrian Chandler&La Serenissima | vivaldi x2 double concertos for oboes | Avie | 27 July 2018 | 1 | |
| Stephen Osbourne | Rachmaninov/Etudes-Tableaux | Hyperion | 3 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Adrian Chandler&La Serenissima | vivaldi x2 double concertos for oboes | Avie | 10 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Antonio Pappano&Saint Cecilia Orchestra | Bernstein/The 3 Symphonies | Warner Classics | 17 August 2018 | 1 | |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Bach/Six Evolutions - Cello Suites | Sony Classical | 24 August 2018 | 2 | |
| Kantos Chamber Choir/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/The Cantus Ensemble & The Studio Orchestra | Dale:Requiem for My Mother | Decca | 7 September 2018 | 1 | |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Bach/Six Evolutions - Cello Suites | Sony Classical | 14 September 2018 | 2 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 28 September 2018 | 3 | |
| Igor Levit | Life | Sony Classical | 25 October 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 1 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Roger Waters | The Soldiers Tale | Sony Classical | 8 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Patrick Hawes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain | The Great War Symphony | Classic FM | 15 November 2018 | 1 | |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols | Kings College Cambridge | 22 November 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | |||||
| Christian Thielemann/Vienna Philharmonic | New Year's Concert 2019 | Sony Classical | 24 January 2019 | 1 | |
| Stile Antico | In a Strange Land | Harmonia Mundi | 31 January 2019 | 1 | |
| Maurizio Pollini | Chopin/Nocturnes/Mazurkas/Berceuse | Deutsche Grammophon | 7 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Steven Isserlis Olli Mustonen | Shostakovich/Kabalevsky/Prokofiev/Cello | Hyperion | 14 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Staatskapelle Weimar Kirill Karabit | Liszt/Sardanapalo/Mazeppa | Audite | 21 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Vikingur Olafsson | Johann Sebastian Bach | Deutsche Grammophon | 28 February 2019 | 1 | |
| Lucie Horsch and the Academy of ancient Music | Baroque Journey | Decca | 7 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien | Vierne/Franck/Violin Sonatas | Hyperion | 14 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Chamber Choir of London & Robert Ziegler | Fuller/Animal Requiem | Wistle | 21 March 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 28 March 2019 | 2 | |
| Beth Gibbons/The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra&Krystof Penderecki | Gorecki/Symphony No 3 | Domino | 11 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Lang Lang | Piano Book | Deutsche Grammophon | 18 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 25 April 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Two | Decca | 2 May 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 9 May 2019 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Three | Decca | 30 May 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 6 June 2019 | 1 | |
| Lise Davidsen | Lise Davidsen | Decca | 13 June 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 20 June 2019 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Four | Decca | 4 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 11 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Isata Kanneh-Mason | Romance - The Piano Music of Clara | Decca | 18 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Nicola Benedetti/Philadelphia Orchestra/Christian Mcelaru | Marsalis/Violin Concerto/Fiddle Dance | Decca | 25 July 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Five | Decca | 1 August 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 8 August 2019 | 3 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Six | Decca | 29 August 2019 | 2 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter& The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles & John Williams | Across the Stars | Deutsche Grammophon | 12 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Vikingur Olafsson | Johann Sebastian Bach | Deutsche Grammophon | 19 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 26 September 2019 | 1 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day Seven | Decca | 3 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter& The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles & John Williams | Across the Stars | Deutsche Grammophon | 10 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra, Choir of AAM and Richard Egarr | Handel: Brockes-Passion | Academy of Ancient Music | 17 October 2019 | 1 | |
| Karl Jenkins | Miserere - Songs of Mercy & Redemption | Decca | 24 October 2019 | 2 | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | Seven Days Walking Day One | Decca | 7 November 2019 | 2 | |
| Gareth Malone | Music for Healing | Decca | 21 November 2019 | 8 | |
- The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[1][2][3][4]
- The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[5]
By artist
Lang Lang has spent seven weeks at number one so far this decade.
Paul Mealor topped the chart for six weeks with A Tender Light.
As of 20 December 2019, Twenty five artists have spent six or more weeks at the top of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart so far during the 2010s. The totals below include only credited performances.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| André Rieu | 1 | 59 |
| Miloš Karadaglić | 2 | 32 |
| Nicola Benedetti | 3 | 25 |
| Ludovico Einaudi | 7 | 23 |
| Jonas Kaufmann | 5 | 16 |
| Trevor Morrison | 1 | 15 |
| James MacMillan | 1 | 15 |
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | 2 | 14 |
| Ji Liu | 3 | 12 |
| Tallis Scholars | 3 | 9 |
| Karadaglic | 1 | 8 |
| Nezet-Sequin | 1 | 8 |
| Stephen Layton | 4 | 9 |
| Harry Christophers | 6 | 10 |
| Andrew Carwood | 1 | 9 |
| Aled Jones | 1 | 9 |
| Paul Mealor | 1 | 8 |
| Vasily Petrenko | 2 | 7 |
| Friar Allesandro | 2 | 6 |
| Karl Jenkins | 2 | 8 |
| Alan Titchmarsh | 1 | 8 |
| Debbie Wiseman | 1 | 8 |
| Gareth Malone | 1 | 8 |
| Lang Lang | 3 | 7 |
| Angela Hewitt | 1 | 6 |
By record label
As of 5 April 2019, 35 record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2010s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|
| Decca | 51 | 209 |
| Deutsche Grammophon | 27 | 65 |
| Sony Classical | 20 | 39 |
| Naxos | 9 | 15 |
| EMI Classics | 5 | 10 |
| Mercury Classics | 1 | 8 |
| Classic FM | 10 | 45 |
| Gimel | 3 | 8 |
| CORO | 6 | 11 |
| Harmonia Mundi | 5 | 6 |
| Hyperion | 22 | 31 |
| Linn Records | 2 | 3 |
| Orange Mountain | 1 | 1 |
| Supraphon | 2 | 3 |
| Warner Classics | 9 | 12 |
| Chandos | 2 | 2 |
| E Vass | 1 | 1 |
| RCO Live | 1 | 1 |
| Soli Deo Gloria | 1 | 1 |
| Signum Classics | 6 | 6 |
| Erato | 2 | 4 |
| Channel Classics | 2 | 5 |
| Halle Concerts Society | 2 | 2 |
| BIS | 3 | 3 |
| Alia Vox | 1 | 1 |
| Delphian | 1 | 1 |
| Neue Meister | 1 | 1 |
| Kings College Cambridge | 3 | 15 |
| Alpha | 2 | 2 |
| Red Priest | 1 | 2 |
| VCM | 1 | 1 |
| NoneSuch | 1 | 1 |
| Resonus Classics | 1 | 1 |
| Avie | 1 | 1 |
| Audite | 1 | 1 |
| Wistle | 1 | 1 |
| Domino | 1 | 1 |
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. 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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