Best Selling Albums in Britain
Popular music paper NME (New Musical Express) has published a list of the Top Twenty Five albums of all time in Britain, based on actual sales.
As you might expect, the Beatles have the number one spot, but perhaps surprisingly have only two entries in the list, one of which is a compilation album.
Also with two entries are Dido; Michael Jackson; Simon and Garfunkel; and Robbie Williams.
It is very noticeable that a large proportion of the list, about half, is by performers who have come to the fore within the last ten to fifteen years. This is probably due to more albums being bought today than in previous decades, when more singles were bought.
The full list is
1.“Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, The Beatles
2.“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory”?, Oasis
3.“Brothers in Arms”, Dire Straits
4.“Bad”, Michael Jackson
5.“The Immaculate Collection”, Madonna
6.“Abba Gold – The Greatest Hits”, Abba
7.“Stars”, Simply Red
8.“Thriller”, Michael Jackson
9.“Greatest Hits 1”, Queen
10. “Jagged Little Pill”, Alanis Morissette
11. “Come On Over”, Shania Twain
12. “Rumours”, Fleetwood Mac
13. “Spice”, Spice Girls
14. “No Angel”, Dido
15. “White Ladder”, David Gray
16. “Life for Rent”, Dido
17. “I’ve Been Expecting You”, Robbie Williams
18. “Talk on Corners”, The Corrs
19. “The Very Best of Elton John”, Elton John
20. “1”, The Beatles
21. “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Simon and Garfunkel
22. “Greatest Hits”, Simon and Garfunkel
23. “Back to Bedlam”, James Blunt
24. “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, Coldplay
25. “Sing When You’re Winning”, Robbie Williams
Posted by colin on Monday 10th July, 2006 at 6:42am