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The Beatles went on to earn the most best-selling albums of the year, five times with
With the Beatles (1963),
Beatles for Sale (1964),
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967),
Abbey Road (1969) and
1 (2000).
Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with
21 (2011),
25 (2015, 2016) and
30 (2021).
ABBA had the best-selling album of the year three times with
Greatest Hits (1976),
Arrival (1977) and
Super Trouper (1980).
Ed Sheeran has earned the best-selling album of the year twice with
X (2014) and
÷ (2017).
Kylie Minogue had the best-selling album of 1988 with her debut album
Kylie .
Madonna had the best-selling album of 1986 with
True Blue .
This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.
Best-selling albums by year
Best-selling albums by decade
See also
References
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a
b
"The biggest selling album of every year since 1956 (see relevant year )" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016 .
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Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
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b
c Sales:
Music Week (Best selling albums 1998–2008), pub. 17 January 2009
^ Jones, Alan (12 December 2005).
"Eminem and Now! 62 lead albums sales" .
Music Week . Intent Media.
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^ Jones, Alan (15 September 2011).
"From 21 to 3 million - Adele crunches the numbers" .
Music Week . Intent Media.
Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2015 .
^ Sexton, Paul (29 December 2008).
"Take That, Alexandra Burke Rule UK charts" .
Billboard .
Prometheus Global Media .
Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2016 .
^
"2009: being Boyled" .
Music Week .
Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010 .
^ Official Charts Company.
"Eminem/Rihanna & Take That scoop 2010 crowns" .
OfficialCharts.com . Archived from
the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011 .
^ Jones, Alan (25 December 2011).
"Christmas Album Chart analysis: Buble dominates with 317k weekly sales" .
Music Week . Intent Media.
Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2011 .
^ Lane, Dan (2 January 2012).
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Albums of 2012 revealed!" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012 .
^ Lane, Dan (1 January 2014).
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2013!" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014 .
^ Moss, Liv (1 January 2015).
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2014" .
Official Charts Company . Archived from
the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015 .
^ Copsey, Rob (6 January 2016).
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2015 revealed" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016 .
^ Copsey.
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2016 revealed" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016 .
^ White, Jack (3 January 2018).
"The Top 40 biggest albums of 2017 on the Official Chart" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018 .
^ White, Jack (3 January 2019).
"The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2018" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019 .
^ White, Jack (1 January 2020).
"The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2019" .
Official Charts Company .
Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020 .
^ Sam Moore (4 January 2021).
"Lewis Capaldi and The Weeknd among best-selling artists in the UK as streaming and physical music sales soar in 2020" . NME.com . Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
^ Griffiths, George (4 January 2022).
"The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2021" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 4 January 2022 .
^ Smith, Carl (4 January 2023).
"The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2022" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
^ Griffiths, George (3 January 2023).
"The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2023" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Myers, Justin (3 October 2018).
"The chart impact and mega sales of Oasis' second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 October 2018 .
^ Fullerton, Jamie (31 December 2009).
"Will Young and James Blunt win biggest selling single and album of the noughties" .
NME .
Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2009 .
^ Copsey, Rob (11 December 2019).
"The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade 2010 – 2019" . Official Charts Company.
Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019 .
1956–1969
1970–1989
1990–2009
2010–2029