List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1993

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Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell was the longest-running number-one album of 1993, spending 13 weeks atop the Rock & Metal Albums Chart. It ended 1993 as the overall best-selling album of the year in the UK.

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. In 1993, the chart was compiled by Gallup and published in Hit Music magazine every two weeks.[1] During the year, 25 charts were published with 13 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Incesticide by Nirvana, which topped the first two charts of the year.[1] The last number-one album of the year was Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell by Meat Loaf.[2] Bat Out of Hell II was also the most successful album of the year on the chart, spending a total of 13 weeks at number one, as well as the overall best-selling album of the year in the UK.[3]

Chart history[edit]

4 Non Blondes spent six consecutive weeks at number one over the summer of 1993 with their only studio album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Lead singer Linda Perry is shown pictured above.
Key
† Indicates best-selling rock album of 1993
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
16 January Incesticide Nirvana Geffen [1]
30 January [4]
13 February Jam Little Angels Polydor [5]
27 February Pure Cult: for Rockers, Ravers, Lovers, and Sinners The Cult Beggars Banquet [6]
13 March Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz Virgin [7]
27 March [8]
17 April Powertrippin' The Almighty Polydor [9]
1 May Get a Grip Aerosmith Geffen [10]
15 May [11]
29 May Sound of White Noise Anthrax Elektra [12]
12 June Fate of Nations Robert Plant Es Paranza [13]
26 June Keep the Faith Bon Jovi Jambco [14]
10 July Gold Against the Soul Manic Street Preachers Columbia [15]
24 July Bigger, Better, Faster, More! 4 Non Blondes Interscope [16]
7 August [17]
21 August [18]
4 September Keep the Faith Bon Jovi Jambco [19]
18 September Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell † Meat Loaf Virgin [20]
2 October [21]
16 October [22]
30 October [23]
13 November [24]
27 November [25]
11 December "The Spaghetti Incident?" Guns N' Roses Geffen [26]
25 December Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell † Meat Loaf Virgin [2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 16. London, England: Spotlight. 16 January 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 65. London, England: Spotlight. 25 December 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Top UK Albums – Year-End 1993". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 18. London, England: Spotlight. 30 January 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 20. London, England: Spotlight. 13 February 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 22. London, England: Spotlight. 27 February 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 24. London, England: Spotlight. 13 March 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 26. London, England: Spotlight. 27 March 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 29. London, England: Spotlight. 17 April 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 31. London, England: Spotlight. 1 May 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 33. London, England: Spotlight. 15 May 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 35. London, England: Spotlight. 29 May 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 37. London, England: Spotlight. 12 June 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 39. London, England: Spotlight. 26 June 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 41. London, England: Spotlight. 10 July 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 43. London, England: Spotlight. 24 July 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 45. London, England: Spotlight. 7 August 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 47. London, England: Spotlight. 21 August 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 49. London, England: Spotlight. 4 September 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 51. London, England: Spotlight. 18 September 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 53. London, England: Spotlight. 2 October 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 55. London, England: Spotlight. 16 October 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 57. London, England: Spotlight. 30 October 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 59. London, England: Spotlight. 13 November 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 61. London, England: Spotlight. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 63. London, England: Spotlight. 11 December 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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