This is a list of the number-one albums of the Specialist Classical Albums Chart during the 2020s.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Reached number one | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Music for Healing | Decca | 8 | |||||||
| Brahms/The Final Piano Pieces | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| , the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir | Elgar | Decca | 6 | ||||||
| , and the National Symphony Orchestra | The Mythos Suite | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| , the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir | Elgar | Decca | 4 | ||||||
| Debussy/Rameau | Deutsche Grammophon | 5 | |||||||
| /Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| 12 Songs from Home | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Classic | Sony Classical | 1 | |||||||
| Bach | Delphian | 1 | |||||||
| and | Shostakovich/Violin concerto | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| Bach | Delphian | 1 | |||||||
| Verdi/Otell | Sony Classical | 1 | |||||||
| Bach | Delphian | 1 | |||||||
| /The Orchestra Now/ | The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 81 | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| , the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir | Elgar | Decca | 3 | ||||||
| Voces8 | After Silence | VCM | 1 | ||||||
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Respighi/Fontane De Roma/Pini De/Fesse | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Elgar/Violin Concerto | Decca | 2 | |||||||
| /Ora Singers | Harmonia Mundi | 1 | |||||||
| / | The Edge of the Sea | BMG | 1 | ||||||
| Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 | |||||||
| , the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir | Elgar | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Anima Rara | Opera Rara | 2 | |||||||
| Black Dyke Band/ | Rutter/Anthems Hymns & Gloria For Brass | Naxos | 1 | ||||||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 10 | ||||||
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| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Carols From King's - 2020 Collection | King's College Cambridge | 1 | ||||||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 9 | ||||||
| Road to the Sun | BMG | 1 | |||||||
| Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis | French Duets | Hyperion | 2 | ||||||
| , London Philharmonic and | Bethoven/Wagner/Verdi | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | Light for the World | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Voices 2 | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Passione | Decca | 2 | ||||||
| Paganini/24 Caprices | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Passione | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| /The English Concert/ | Handel/Rodelinda | Linn | 1 | ||||||
| /London Philharmonic Orchestra/ | Passione | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| /Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Mozart Momentum - 1785 | Sony Classical | 1 | ||||||
| /Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Brahms/Piano Concertos | ECM New Series | 1 | ||||||
| / | Wisemen/The Music of Kings & Queens | Classic FM | 1 | ||||||
| /Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Brahms/Piano Concertos | ECM New Series | 1 | ||||||
| Boston Symphony Orchestra/ | Shostakovich/Symphonies Nos 1, 14 & 15 | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | ||||||
| Love Songs | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| Summertime | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Baroque | Decca | 3 | |||||||
| /Baltic Sea Philharmonic/Kristjan Järvi | Exiles | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 | ||||||
| Camino | Pentatone | 1 | |||||||
| Voces8 | Infinity | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| 12 Stradivari | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 3 | |||||||
| Bach/The Art of Life | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Dunedin Concert/John Butt | Bach/Ich habe genug/Cantatas | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Mozart & Contemporaries | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Chopin/Nocturnes | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| and | Muse | Decca | 4 | ||||||
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols | King's College Cambridge | 1 | ||||||
| and | Muse | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols | King's College Cambridge | 2 | ||||||
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| and | Muse | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| and | Edvard Grieg | Decca | 2 | ||||||
| Underwater | Decca | 20 | |||||||
| The New Four Seasons – Recomposed Vivaldi Recomposed | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 | |||||||
| Freddie De Tommaso/Philharmonia Orchestra/Paolo Arrivabeni | Il Tenore | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Underwater | Decca | 8 | |||||||
| Quiet City | Warner Classics | 1 | |||||||
| Underwater | Decca | 5 | |||||||
| From Afar | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Underwater | Decca | 7 | |||||||
| Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Carols from King's College, Cambridge | Warner Classics | 5 | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6 | |||||||||
| Underwater | Decca | 3 | |||||||
| Neujahrskonzert 2023 | Sony Classical | 1 | |||||||
| Sinfonia of London, John Wilson | Chandos | 2 | |||||||
| , L' Arpeggiata and Philppe Jaroussky | Passacalle de la Follie | Erato | 1 | ||||||
| Handel/Brahms/The Handel Project | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Vaughan Williams/Sinfonia Antartica | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano | Puccini/Turandot | Warner Classics | 2 | ||||||
| The Unreleased Masters | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| John Wilson/Sinfonia of London | Rachmaninoff/Symphony No.2 | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| On Bordeaux Aquitaine/Dumas | Bangalter/Mythologies | Erato | 1 | ||||||
| /Voces8 | Home | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Los Angeles Philharmonic/ | Ades/Dante | NoneSuch | 1 | ||||||
| Breathe | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| /CBSO/ | Stanford/Requiem | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| / | Broken Branches | Pentatone | 1 | ||||||
| // | Reflections | Asthmatic Kitty | 1 | ||||||
| Childhood Tales | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| /Owain Park | Byrd/Mass for Five Voices | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| John Wilson and BBC Philharmonic | Coates/Orchestral Works Vol.3 | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Breathe | Decca | 2 | |||||||
| /City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Signature | Silva Classics | 1 | ||||||
| One World | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Eugène Ysaÿe Six Sonatas for Violin Solo Op.27 | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Bach/Partitas & Sonatas Bwv 1001-1006 | Delphian | 1 | |||||||
| Breathe | Decca | 2 | |||||||
| //Laura van der Heijden/ | Mozart/The Piano Quartetes | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Breathe | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Westminster Abbey Choir School/James O'Donnell | Vaughan Williams/Tavener/Macmillan | Hyperion | 1 | ||||||
| /Los Angeles Philharmonic and | Rachmaninoff/Piano Concertos/Paganini Rhapsody | Deutsche Grammophon | 2 | ||||||
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - OST | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| /Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Hisaishi/a Symphonic Celebration | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | ||||||
| Luna | Sony Classical | 1 | |||||||
| J.S Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 4 | |||||||
| John Wilson and Sinfonia of London | Ravel/Daphnis et Chloe | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| J.S Bach/Goldberg Variations | Deutsche Grammophon | 9 | |||||||
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| Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann | Neujahrskonzert 2024/New Year's Concert | Sony Classical | 1 | ||||||
| The Great Puccini | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Solo | Orange Mountain Music | 1 | |||||||
| Hamelin /New Piano Works | Hyperion | 1 | |||||||
| Sinfonia of London/John Wilson | Ravel/Berkeley/Pounds/Orchestral Works | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Théotime Langlois de Swarte/Le Consort | Vivaldi/Concerti Per Una Vita | Harmonia Mundi | 1 | ||||||
| Simon O' Neil/London Symphony Orchestra/ | Janacek/Katya Kabanova | LSO Live | 1 | ||||||
| /Andris Nelsons/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Saint-Saëns | Deutsche Grammophon | 6 | ||||||
| /Alexander Melnikov/ | Britten/Violin Concerto Chamber Works | Harmonia Mundi | 1 | ||||||
| Chopin/Etudes Opp 10 & 25 | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Gabrieli/ | Elgar/The Dream of Gerontius | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Chopin/Etudes Opp 10 & 25 | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 2 | |||||||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | My Peace I Give You | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| / | Beethoven/Triple Concerto | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| / | Sibelius Prokofiev 1/Violin Concertos | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| Poor Clares of Arundel | My Peace I Give You | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| /samson Tsoy | Schubert/Desyatnikov/Works for Piano | Harmonia Mundi | 1 | ||||||
| Mishka Rushdie Momen | Reformation | Hyperion | 2 | ||||||
| BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson | Coates/Orchestral Works - Vol 4 | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Legends Myths and Lavender | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| /Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Aigul | Decca | 1 | ||||||
| The Kurt Weill Album | Deutsche Grammophon | 1 | |||||||
| Stravaganza | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| Shostakovich/Symphonies 4 5 & 6 | Decca | 1 | |||||||
| / | Schumann/Work For Oboe & Piano | Chandos | 1 | ||||||
| Danish String Quartet | Keel Road | ECM New Series | 1 | ||||||
| In a Landscape | Decca | 12 |
, 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.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Number-one albums | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2 | 43 | |||
| scope=row | 4 | 24 | |||
| scope=row | Poor Clares of Arundel | 2 | 22 | ||
| scope=row | 2 | 20 | |||
| scope=row | Max Richter | 4 | 17 | ||
| scope=row | Choir of King's College, Cambridge | 3 | 9 | ||
| scope=row | John Wilson | 7 | 8 | ||
| scope=row | Lang Lang | 2 | 8 | ||
| scope=row | Chad Lawson | 1 | 6 |
, Twenty five record labels have released chart-topping albums so far during the 2020s.
| scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Number-one albums | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Decca | 32 | 134 | ||
| scope=row | Deutsche Grammophon | 17 | 45 | ||
| scope=row | Hyperion | 15 | 15 | ||
| scope=row | Chandos | 9 | 10 | ||
| scope=row | Warner Classics | 3 | 8 | ||
| scope=row | Sony Classical | 5 | 5 | ||
| scope=row | Delphian | 2 | 4 | ||
| scope=row | Harmonia Mundi | 4 | 4 | ||
| scope=row | Opera Rara | 1 | 2 | ||
| scope=row | VCM | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | BMG | 2 | 2 | ||
| scope=row | Pentatone | 2 | 2 | ||
| scope=row | Naxos | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | King's College Cambridge | 2 | 4 | ||
| scope=row | Erato | 2 | 2 | ||
| scope=row | Linn | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | ECM | 1 | 2 | ||
| scope=row | Classic FM | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | NoneSuch | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | Asthmatic Kitty | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | Silva Classics | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | Orange Mountain Music | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | LSO Live | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | Signum | 1 | 1 | ||
| scope=row | ECM New Series | 1 | 1 |