List of Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s

Specialist Classical Albums Chart number ones
Specialist Classical Albums Chart
Official Charts Company

This is the list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2010s.

Number ones

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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]
Rieu, AndréAndré Rieu Forever Vienna Decca 3 January 2010 42
Whitacre, EricEric Whitacre Light & Gold Decca 24 October 2010 2
Rieu, AndréAndré Rieu Forever Vienna Decca 7 November 2010 1
Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame Voices – Chant From Avignon Decca 14 November 2010 3
Rieu, AndréAndré Rieu Forever Vienna Decca 5 December 2010 14
Fagiolini, II Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth Striggio Mass in 40 Parts Decca 13 March 2011 3
Rieu, AndréAndré Rieu Forever Vienna Decca 3 April 2011 2
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić Guitar, TheThe Guitar Deutsche Grammophon 17 April 2011 15
Calleja, JosephJoseph Calleja Maltese Tenor, TheThe Maltese Tenor Decca 31 July 2011 1
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić Guitar, TheThe Guitar Deutsche Grammophon 7 August 2011 5
Lang Lang Liszt – My Piano Hero Sony Classical 11 September 2011 4
Benedetti, NicolaNicola Benedetti Italia Decca 9 October 2011 3
Lang Lang Liszt – My Piano Hero Sony Classical 30 October 2011 1
Chailly, RiccardoRiccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Beethoven: The Symphonies Decca 6 November 2011 1
Gheorghiu, AngelaAngela Gheorghiu Homage to Maria Callas EMI Classics 13 November 2011 1
Mealor, PaulPaul Mealor Tender Light, AA Tender Light Decca 20 November 2011 5
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić Guitar, TheThe Guitar Deutsche Grammophon 25 December 2011 3
Balsom, AlisonAlison Balsom Seraph EMI Classics 15 January 2012 1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal Anthony Hopkins: Composer Classic FM 22 January 2012 1
Mealor, PaulPaul Mealor Tender Light, AA Tender Light Decca 29 January 2012 1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mike Seal Anthony Hopkins: Composer Classic FM 5 February 2012 4
Faust, IsabelleIsabelle Faust/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado Berg / Beethoven: Violin Concertos Harmonia Mundi 4 March 2012 2
Garrett, DavidDavid Garrett Legacy Decca 18 March 2012 2
Jenkins, KarlKarl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra Peacemakers, TheThe Peacemakers EMI Classics 1 April 2012 5
Siem, CharlieCharlie 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
Jenkins, KarlKarl Jenkins/Lucy Crowe/Chloë Hanslip/London Symphony Orchestra Peacemakers, TheThe Peacemakers EMI Classics 3 June 2012 1
Fagiolini, II Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth 1612 Italian Vespers Decca 10 June 2012 1
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić Latino Deutsche Grammophon 17 June 2011 6
West-Eastern Divan/Daniel Barenboim Beethoven for All – Music of Power, Passion & Beauty Decca 29 July 2012 3
Grosvenor, BenjaminBenjamin Grosvenor Rhapsody in Blue Decca 19 August 2011 1
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić Latino Deutsche Grammophon 26 August 2011 1
Benedetti, NicolaNicola Benedetti Silver Violin, TheThe Silver Violin Decca 2 September 2012 7
Friar Allesandro Voice From Assisi Decca 21 October 2012 4
Lang Lang Chopin Album, TheThe Chopin Album Sony Classical 18 November 2012 1
Friar Allesandro Voice From Assisi Decca 25 November 2012 1
Rutter, JohnJohn Rutter/Catrin Finch Blessing Deutsche Grammophon 2 December 2012 1
Benedetti, NicolaNicola Benedetti Silver Violin, TheThe Silver Violin Decca 9 December 2012 6
Vienna Philharmonic/Franz Welser-Möst New Year's Concert 2013 Sony Classical 20 January 2013 1
Benedetti, NicolaNicola Benedetti Silver Violin, TheThe Silver Violin Decca 27 January 2013 2
King's Consort, TheThe King's Consort I Was Glad – Music of Stanford & Parry Vivat 10 February 2013 1
Kaufmann, JonasJonas Kaufmann/Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Wagner Decca 17 February 2013 1
Weilerstein, AlisaAlisa Weilerstein/Daniel Barenboim Elgar/Carter: Cello Concertos Decca 24 February 2013 1
Kaufmann, JonasJonas 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
Lezhneva, JuliaJulia Lezhneva/Il Giardino Armonico Alleluia Decca 21 April 2013 1
Kaufmann, JonasJonas 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
Osborne, StevenSteven Osborne/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov Stravinsky: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra Hyperion 9 June 2013 1
Bartoli, CeciliaCecilia 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
Tiberghien, CédricCédric Tiberghien/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 60: Dubois, TheThe Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 60: Dubois Hyperion 7 July 2013 1
Sixteen, TheThe Sixteen/Harry Christophers Queen of Heaven, TheThe Queen of Heaven CORO 14 July 2013 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons Mahler: Symphony No. 8 RCO Live 21 July 2013 1
Balsom, AlisonAlison Balsom Sound the Trumpet – Royal Music of Purcell and Handel Warner Classics 28 July 2013 1
Hope, DanielDaniel Hope Spheres Deutsche Grammophon 4 August 2013 2
Netrebko, AnnaAnna Netrebko Verdi Deutsche Grammophon 18 August 2013 1
Domingo, PlácidoPlácido Domingo Verdi Sony Classical 25 August 2013 1
Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; The Bells Warner Classics 1 September 2013 1
Sixteen, TheThe Sixteen/Harry Christophers Queen of Heaven, TheThe Queen of Heaven CORO 8 September 2013 1
Bartoli, CeciliaCecilia Bartoli/I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Steffani: Stabat Mater Decca 15 September 2013 1
Kaufmann, JonasJonas Kaufmann Verdi Album, TheThe Verdi Album Sony Classical 22 September 2013 4
Chailly, RiccardoRiccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Brahms: The Symphonies Decca 20 October 2013 1
Sixteen, TheThe Sixteen/Harry Christophers Queen of Heaven, TheThe Queen of Heaven CORO 27 October 2013 1
Friar Allesandro Voice of Joy Decca 3 November 2013 1
  1. 1 2 3 4 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]
  2. The record labels are those given by the Official Charts Company.[5]

By artist

Lang Lang has spent six weeks at number one so far this decade.
Paul Mealor topped the chart for six weeks with A Tender Light.

As of 9 November 2013, 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
Rieu, AndréAndré Rieu 1 59
Karadaglić, MilošMiloš Karadaglić 2 29
Benedetti, NicolaNicola Benedetti 1 18
Lang Lang 2 6
Mealor, PaulPaul Mealor 1 6

By record label

As of 9 November 2013, 13 record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2010s.

Record label Number-one albums Weeks at number one
Classic FM 1 5
CORO 1 3
Decca Records 20 115
Deutsche Grammophon 6 34
EMI Classics 5 10
Harmonia Mundi 1 2
Hyperion Records 2 2
Linn Records 1 2
Naxos Records 2 7
RCO Live 1 1
Soli Deo Gloria 1 1
Sony Classical 5 12
Warner Classics 2 2

See also

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