<page_title> List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2004 </page_title> <section_title> Chart history </section_title> <table> <cell> 27 March <col_header> Issue date </col_header> <col_header> 3 January </col_header> <col_header> 10 January </col_header> <col_header> 17 January </col_header> <col_header> 24 January </col_header> <col_header> 31 January </col_header> <col_header> 7 February </col_header> <col_header> 14 February </col_header> <col_header> 21 February </col_header> <col_header> 28 February </col_header> <col_header> 6 March </col_header> <col_header> 13 March </col_header> <col_header> 20 March </col_header> </cell> <cell> Greatest Hits <col_header> Album </col_header> <row_header> 27 March </row_header> </cell> <cell> Guns N' Roses <col_header> Artist(s) </col_header> <row_header> 27 March </row_header> </cell> <cell> 29 May <col_header> Issue date </col_header> <col_header> 3 January </col_header> <col_header> 10 January </col_header> <col_header> 17 January </col_header> <col_header> 24 January </col_header> <col_header> 31 January </col_header> <col_header> 7 February </col_header> <col_header> 14 February </col_header> <col_header> 21 February </col_header> <col_header> 28 February </col_header> <col_header> 6 March </col_header> <col_header> 13 March </col_header> <col_header> 20 March </col_header> <col_header> 27 March </col_header> <col_header> 3 April </col_header> <col_header> 10 April </col_header> <col_header> 17 April </col_header> <col_header> 24 April </col_header> <col_header> 1 May </col_header> <col_header> 8 May </col_header> <col_header> 15 May </col_header> <col_header> 22 May </col_header> </cell> </table>
The successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2004 was Greatest Hits by Guns N' Roses, which spent at the week ending 27 March and the week ending 29 May.