Following on from last week’s solo artists with the most UK number one albums, here is the list of 35 groups/bands with five or more number one albums to their credit since the chart began back in 1956.
| Act | Number of No.1 albums | Comments |
| Bon Jovi | 5 | |
| Boyzone | 5 | |
| Green Day | 5 | |
| Erasure | 5 | |
| Iron Maiden | 5 | |
| Keane | 5 | |
| Muse | 5 | |
| Simple Minds | 5 | |
| Simply Red | 5 | |
| Foo Fighters | 6 | |
| Script | 6 | |
| Kings Of Leon | 6 | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 6 | |
| Chemical Brothers | 6 | |
| Genesis | 6 | |
| Police | 6 | Inc one with Sting |
| Radiohead | 6 | |
| Kasabian | 7 | |
| Blur | 7 | |
| Prodigy | 7 | |
| Shadows | 7 | inc 3 with Cliff Richard |
| Pink Floyd | 7 | |
| Killers | 8 | |
| Oasis | 8 | |
| R.E.M. | 8 | |
| Westlife | 8 | |
| Led Zeppelin | 8 | |
| Stereophonics | 9 | |
| Take That | 9 | |
| Coldplay | 10 | |
| Abba | 10 | |
| Queen | 10 | |
| U2 | 11 | |
| Rolling Stones | 14 | |
| The Beatles | 15 |