All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK
by thenat 
Adapted from studio album sales recorded by Official Charts Company as of 13 October 2018 and all album sales as of 04 July 2016.
Breakdown
6/62 Best selling albums are found in bea top 60
27/62 Best selling albums are found in bea top 1000
Made up of: 50 Studio Albums, 9 Greatest Hits, 3 Film Soundtracks
Coldplay and Take That each have 3 albums on list
Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Dido, Ed Sheeran, Michael Buble, Robbie Williams, The Beatles, Queen and ABBA each have 2 albums on list
Oldest album The Sound Of Music Soundtrack. Newest album Ed Sheeran - Divide.
- Chart updated: 10/13/2018 11:45
- (Created: 01/19/2018 19:14).
- Chart size: 62 albums.
There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and this chart has not been rated yet. Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 58,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
Biggest Selling Album
Biggest Selling Album from 1980s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Biggest Selling Album from 1980s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
541
Rank in 1981:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling Foreign Album
Biggest Selling Album from 1990s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Biggest Selling Album from 1990s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
Rank Score:
405
Rank in 1992:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling Studio Album
Biggest Selling Album from 1960s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Biggest Selling Album from 1960s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
42,639
Rank in 1967:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling Solo Artist Album
Biggest Selling Album from 2010s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Biggest Selling Album from 2010s [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
2011
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,116
Rank in 2011:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,415
Rank in 1995:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling album never to hit No. 1 (peaked at No. 2)
Biggest Selling Album from 1970s
Highest Ranked Album on BEA from this list [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Biggest Selling Album from 1970s
Highest Ranked Album on BEA from this list [First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
59,090
Rank in 1973:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling Male Solo Artist Album
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
Rank Score:
16,303
Rank in 1982:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,130
Rank in 1985:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Biggest Selling album to be artists 2nd biggest album (Thriller at #6)
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,386
Rank in 1987:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Total albums: 62. Page 1 of 7
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 31% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Coldplay | 3 | 5% | |
| Various Artists | 3 | 5% | |
| Take That | 3 | 5% | |
| Adele | 2 | 3% | |
| Ed Sheeran | 2 | 3% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 3% | |
| Robbie Williams | 2 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 31 from 49th to 18thX [Multiply] by Ed Sheeran |
| Up 13 from 27th to 14th25 by Adele |
| Up 2 from 33rd to 31stOnly By The Night by Kings Of Leon |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 5 from 29th to 34thSpice by Spice Girls |
| Down 5 from 39th to 44th...But Seriously by Phil Collins |
| Down 5 from 43rd to 48thThe Man Who by Travis |
| New entries |
|---|
| ÷ [Divide] by Ed Sheeran |
| Christmas by Michael Bublé |
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums |  Evaggelos | Overall chart | 2012 |  |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums |  strongbowuk | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | davebarker05 | Overall chart | 2012 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums |  miguelabbate | Overall chart | 2013 |  |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | KCShowboat | Overall chart | 2016 |  |
| BEST SELLER | pentapolin | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | cat69 | Overall chart | 2010 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | BURNZY | Overall chart | 2012 |  |
| Top 53 Greatest Music Albums | juandelprado | Overall chart | 2016 |  |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | mookie4ever | Overall chart | 2011 |  |
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
- Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Other custom charts by thenat
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking Bowie | thenat | Custom chart | 2018 | |
| Ranking McCartney (Post Beatles) | thenat | Custom chart | 2018 | |
| Most Overrated Albums | thenat | Custom chart | 2018 | |
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK ratings
Not enough data Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK favourites
Showing all 1 members who have added this chart as a favourite
All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK comments
Be the first to add a comment for this Chart - add your comment!
Your feedback for All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
