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Of the UK's 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, [1] with the remaining albums being by artists from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Jamaica and Ireland. [6] Six acts feature on the chart with more than one album, with Michael Jackson being the only artist to feature three times.
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).
The artists on the list are supported by third-party reliable sources, the sales-figures within which should represent a total number of sold albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
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 UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads.
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]
For many years, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the best-selling album in UK chart history, but is now in third place after being supplanted by Queen's Greatest Hits and then also by ABBA's Gold: Greatest Hits. However, Sgt. Pepper still remains the best-selling studio album in UK chart history.