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.
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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
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Rank Score:
513
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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
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Rank Score:
378
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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
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Rank Score:
40,341
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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
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Rank Score:
3,184
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1995
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Rank Score:
16,743
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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
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Rank Score:
55,876
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Biggest Selling Male Solo Artist Album
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
16,052
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
6,804
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Biggest Selling album to be artists 2nd biggest album (Thriller at #6)
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
4,290
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Total albums: 62. Page 1 of 7
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Coldplay | 3 | 5% | |
| Various Artists | 3 | 5% | |
| Take That | 3 | 5% | |
| Michael Bublé | 2 | 3% | |
| Queen | 2 | 3% | |
| Dido | 2 | 3% | |
| ABBA | 2 | 3% | |
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All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
Up 31 from 49th to 18th |
Up 13 from 27th to 14th |
Up 2 from 33rd to 31st |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
Down 5 from 29th to 34th |
Down 5 from 39th to 44th |
Down 5 from 43rd to 48th |
| New entries |
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