These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2016.
Chart history +KeyBest-selling indie album of the year Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.1 January25 AdeleXL8 January15 January22 January29 January5 February12 February19 February26 February4 March11 March18 March25 March1 April8 AprilEverything You've Come to ExpectThe Last Shadow PuppetsDomino15 April25 Adele XL 22 April29 April6 May13 MayA Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead20 May27 MayThese People Richard Ashcroft Righteous Phonographic Association3 June25 Adele XL10 JuneFacing Time Bugzy Malone Il Gotten17 June50 Rick Astley BMG24 JuneA Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead XL1 July 25 Adele8 July California Blink-182 BMG15 July 25 Adele XL22 July Chaleur Humaine Christine and the Queens Because Music29 July5 August12 August Landlord Giggs SNL19 August Chaleur Humaine Christine and the Queens Because Music26 AugustBlondeFrank OceanBoys Don't Cry2 September9 SeptemberForeverlandThe Divine ComedyDivine Comedy16 SeptemberSkeleton TreeNick Cave and the Bad SeedsBad Seed23 September30 SeptemberYoung as the Morning, Old as the SeaPassengerBlack Crow7 October22, A MillionBon IverJagjaguwar14 OctoberThe Last HeroAlter BridgeNapalm21 OctoberLike an ArrowBlackberry SmokeEarache28 OctoberIn WinterKatie MeluaBMG4 NovemberMapping the RendezvousCourteenersIgnition 11 NovemberI Have a DreamDaniel O'DonnellDMG T.V18 NovemberUnfinished BusinessNathan SykesGlobal Music 25 November50 Rick Astley BMG2 December9 December 25 Adele XL16 December50 Rick Astley BMG23 December 25 Adele XL30 December50 Rick Astley BMG
See also List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2016 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2016
References
External links Independent Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 Indie Album Chart at BBC Radio 1