List of best-selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom
Best-selling albums since 2000
Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference. The OCC differentiate 'chart sales' (which include streaming) from 'sales' (which are downloads and physical purchases and are quoted below).

List of best-selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling albums since 2000
Table Section Text: Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference. The OCC differentiate 'chart sales' (which include streaming) from 'sales' (which are downloads and physical purchases and are quoted below).

No.	Title	Artist	Peak position	Year of release	Copies sold (where available)	No. of times Platinum

1	21	Adele	1	2011	5,110,000	17×

2	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	1	2006	3,940,000	13×

3	25	Adele	1	2015	3,500,000	11×

4	1	Beatles	1	2000	3,230,000

5	x	Ed Sheeran	1	2014	3,380,000

6	Back to Bedlam	James Blunt	1	2004	3,360,000

7	Spirit	Leona Lewis	1	2007	3,170,000	10×

8	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	1	2009	3,130,000

9	÷	Ed Sheeran	1	2017	3,100,000

10	No Angel	Dido	1	2000	3,090,000

11	White Ladder	David Gray	1	1998 2000 (re-release)	3,011,700

12	The Fame	Lady Gaga	1	2008	2,990,000	9×

13	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	1	2008	2,980,000

14	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Coldplay	1	2002	2,960,000

15	Life for Rent	Dido	1	2003	2,900,000

16	Beautiful World	Take That	1	2006	2,880,000

17	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	1	1992	2,569,600

18	Hopes and Fears	Keane	1	2004	2,860,000

19	X&Y	Coldplay	1	2005	2,790,000

20	Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters	1	2004	2,760,000

21	Christmas	Michael Bublé	1	2011	2,750,000

22	Parachutes	Coldplay	1	2000	2,713,711

23	Number Ones	Michael Jackson	1	2003	2,400,000	8×

24	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones	1	2002	2,540,000

25	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	1	2000	2,440,000

26	In the Lonely Hour	Sam Smith	1	2014	2,188,095

27	Greatest Hits	Robbie Williams	1	2004	2,320,000	7×

28	Eyes Open	Snow Patrol	1	2004	2,370,000

29	Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection	Take That	2	2005	2,360,000

30	+	Ed Sheeran	1	2011	2,158,000

31	19	Adele	1	2008	2,400,000

32	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	1	2001	2,385,673

33	Progress	Take That	1	2010	2,375,300

34	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	1	2012	2,260,000

35	Hot Fuss	The Killers	1	2004	2,153,500

36	American Idiot	Green Day	1	2004	2,150,000

37	Rockferry	Duffy	1	2008	2,220,000

38	The Circus	Take That	1	2008	2,210,000

39	Sing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	1	2000	2,203,321

40	Curtain Call: The Hits	Eminem	1	2005	2,100,000

41	Greatest Hits	Guns N' Roses	1	2004	1,947,000

42	Escapology	Robbie Williams	1	2002	2,075,441	6×

43	Employment	Kaiser Chiefs	1	2005	2,048,500

44	Songs About Jane	Maroon 5	1	2004	2,081,000

45	The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	1	2002	2,032,000

46	By the Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	2002	2,020,000

47	Loud	Rihanna	1	2010	1,950,864

48	Justified	Justin Timberlake	1	2002	1,975,000

49	Stripped	Christina Aguilera	2	2002	1,980,000

50	The Greatest Hits	Texas	1	2000	1,974,890

51	Good Girl Gone Bad	Rihanna	1	2007	1,904,347

52	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	1	2009	1,938,305

53	Born to Do It	Craig David	1	2000	1,860,000

54	The Platinum Collection	Queen	2	2000	1,831,000

55	ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits	Elvis Presley	1	2004	1,843,000

56	Call Off the Search	Katie Melua	1	2004	1,900,000

57	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	1	1984	1,825,000

58	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	1	2009	1,824,000

59	Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1	Westlife	1	2002	1,860,000

60	Demon Days	Gorillaz	1	2005	1,840,000

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