All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK
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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.
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Biggest Selling Foreign Album
Biggest Selling Album from 1990s
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
416
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1995
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17,550
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Greatest Hits II 
Compilation
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
145
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Year of Release:
1990
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350
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15. (14) Down 1
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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287
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16. (15) Down 1
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Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
491
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21. (18) Down 3
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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5,581
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28. (25) Down 3
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
616
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29. (26) Down 3
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1998
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1,127
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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204
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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%
Country Albums %


United Kingdom 34 55%
United States 14 23%
Mixed Nationality 5 8%
Canada 4 6%
Ireland 2 3%
Sweden 2 3%
Jamaica 1 2%
Compilation? Albums %
No 53 85%
Yes 9 15%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 59 95%
Yes 3 5%

All-Time Best Selling Albums in the UK chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 31 from 49th to 18th
X [Multiply]
by Ed Sheeran
Climber Up 13 from 27th to 14th
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by Adele
Climber Up 2 from 33rd to 31st
Only By The Night
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Biggest fallers
Faller Down 5 from 29th to 34th
Spice
by Spice Girls
Faller Down 5 from 39th to 44th
...But Seriously
by Phil Collins
Faller Down 5 from 43rd to 48th
The Man Who
by Travis
New entries
New entry ÷ [Divide]
by Ed Sheeran
New entry Christmas
by Michael Bublé
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