Top 20 Best Selling Albums In The UK

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Top 20 Best Selling Albums In The UK

 

1. "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles (1967) (4.5 million copies)

2. "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" - Oasis (1995) (4.2 million)

3. "Brothers In Arms" - Dire Straits (1985) (3.9 million)

4. "Bad" - Michael Jackson (1987) (3.9 million)

5. "The Immaculate Collection" - Madonna (1990) (3.6 million)

6. "Abba Gold Greatest Hits" - Abba (1992) (3.6 million)

7. "Stars" - Simply Red (1991) (3.6 million)

8. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1982) (3.3 million)

9. "Greatest Hits (Volume One)" - Queen (1981) (3.3 million)

10. "Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morissette (1995) (3.0 million)

11. "Come On Over" - Shania Twain (2000) (3.0 million)

12. "Rumours" - Fleetwood Mac (2000) (3.0 million)

13. "Spice" - The Spice Girls (1996) (3.0 million)

14. "I've Been Expecting You" - Robbie Williams (1998) (2.7 million)

15. "Talk On Corners" - The Corrs (1999) (2.7 million)

16. "The Very Best Of Elton John" - Elton John (1990) (2.7 million)

17. "White Ladder" - David Gray (2002) (2.6 million)

18. "No Angel" - Dido (2001) (2.6 million)

19. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (1970) (2.5 million)

20. "Greatest Hits" - Simon & Garfunkel (1972) (2.5 million)

 

I own 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18 and 19.

 

What the hell is David Gray doing in there? Has he really sold more copies of that album than The Beatles did of all of theirs bar Pepper??

 

 

[EFM's Librarian]

Any thoughts on no.12? Someone was commenting on the radio yesterday that it's a much forgotten album which is actually well worth a listen.

[Laz]

I have it, and if you like Fleetwood Mac from that era, then give it a go.

[JKiF]

"big Love' by the Mac is the one...

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

21. 1992 - The love album - Carter USM (2.4 million)

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Errr.. no, actually.

 

I've got numbers 21-100 somewhere - I'll find them tomorrow.

 

I see Carter have a 2-CD set coming out in a couple of weeks.

 

Is it a Best Of... or Live??

 

 

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Its' the last two albums on Cooking Vinyl "Dave" and "I Blame the govenment" plus the extra tracks from Dave only on the US version and 1 unrelased track.

 

I mentioned it on your "is there any good new albums out this month" thread

[YELLOW]

I'm surprised U2's 'The Joshua Tree' didn't make that list.

[Chubbhead EFM]

What about Definitley Maybe by Oasis? Surely that must be there. It'll be ten years since it's release this year. That makes even ME feel old!

 

And Zeal, what are you doing owning a copy of a Dido album?

[YELLOW]

I think Be Here Now would figure in a top fifty since it sold 3 million copies worldwide in just a few days.

[Rob_the_Saint]

Twenty-three other titles have also sold over 2 million copies. They are (in descending order of sales):

 

"Sing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.4m)

"Urban Hymns" - Verve (2.4m)

"Robson And Jerome" - Robson & Jerome (2.4m)

"Sound Of Music" - Soundtrack (2.4m)

"Greatest Hits Vol.II" - Queen (2.4m)

"The Man Who" - Travis (2.4m)

"Simply The Best" - Tina Turner (2.4m)

"But Seriously" - Phil Collins (2.4m)

"Life For Rent" - Dido (2.2m)

"Swing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)

"The Marshall Mathers LP" - Eminem (2.1m)

"1" - Beatles (2.1m)

"Now That's What I Call Music 44" - Various (2.1m)

"Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of..." - George Michael (2.1m)

"Life Thru A Lens" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)

"Falling Into You" - Celine Dion (2.1m)

"A New Flame" - Simply Red (2.1m)

"Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield (2.1m)

"The Bodyguard" - Soundtrack (2.1m)

"Bat Out Of Hell" - Meat Loaf (2.1m)

"Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd (2.1m)

"Tango In The Night" - Fleetwood Mac (2.1m)

"True Blue" - Madonna (2.1m)

 

Think I've got four out of these, some may be in the loft!

 

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Yes, Chubbhead, the Dido album is unfortunate. I bought it when I was intrigued about the Eminem sample. I shouldn't have bothered.

 

Rob - I think we're working off the same website here! There's some quality stats on there (in a kind of musical Dave Tavs kinda way!)

 

 

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Quote:

Zealster EFM 10k said:
Yes, Chubbhead, the Dido album is unfortunate. I bought it when I was intrigued about the Eminem sample. I shouldn't have bothered.

I think most people did! ...... Not me I'd like to point out!
Eminem isn't a patch on the Lyrical Tarantula