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[3] [4] Queen's second greatest hits album, Greatest Hits II, has sold more than 3.9 million copies since being released in 1991, [1] which includes 50% of sales of box sets containing both albums and 33% of sales of box sets of Queen's three Greatest Hits albums. [5] Of the UK's 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, [1 ...
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).
Biggest selling album Period Genre Claimed sales Ed Sheeran: ×: 2011–present: Pop: 150 million [19] Genesis: Invisible Touch: 1967–present: Progressive rock / Pop rock: 150 million [20] Phil Collins: No Jacket Required: 1980–present: Adult contemporary: 150 million [21] Shirley Bassey: The Shirley Bassey Singles Album: 1957–present ...
Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Sabrina Carpenter had the best selling albums in the UK in 2024, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).. In the newly-released list, Swift’s 11th ...
Vinyl sales in the UK were at their highest since 1990, with a number of new releases making the top 10 ... Swift had three albums in the top 10 best-selling of 2023: two re-recorded versions ...
The Weeknd had the best-selling album of the year with The Highlights. Midnights by Taylor Swift came in second place. Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version), Diamonds by Elton John and Harry Styles' Harry's House made up the top five. Albums by Fleetwood Mac, Eminem, SZA, Arctic Monkeys and ABBA were also in the top ten best-selling albums of ...
The UK Albums Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Initially based solely on the sales of albums in the vinyl and CD formats, digital albums began being included from April 2006. [2]
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for albums.Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. [1] It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays).