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Specialist Classical Albums
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Specialist Classical Albums Chart
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This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2020s.

Number ones

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Contents
Artist[a] Album[a] Record label[b] Reached number one[a] Weeks at
number one[a]
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 10


By artist

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As of 14 September 2024, Nine 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
Poor Clares of Arundel 2 22
Sheku Kanneh-Mason 2 20
Max Richter 4 15
Choir of King's College, Cambridge 3 9
John Wilson 7 8
Lang Lang 2 8
Chad Lawson 1 6

By record label

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As of 7 September 2024, Twenty five record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2020s.

Record label Number-one albums Weeks at number one
Decca 32 133
Deutsche Grammophon 17 45
Hyperion 15 15
Chandos 9 10
Warner Classics 3 8
Sony Classical 5 5
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 1 1
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
  1. ^ a b c d 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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Top 40 Specialist Classical Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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