List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom
Best-selling albums since 2010
Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference; where no reference is given sales derived from order of OCC list of 9 June 2015.

List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling albums since 2010
Table Section Text: Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference; where no reference is given sales derived from order of OCC list of 9 June 2015.

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

1	21	Adele	1	2011	5,110,000	17×

2	25	Adele	1	2015	3,500,000	11×

3	x	Ed Sheeran	1	2014	3,380,000	11×

4	÷	Ed Sheeran	1	2017	3,100,000	10×

5	Christmas	Michael Bublé	1	2011	2,780,000	9×

6	In the Lonely Hour	Sam Smith	1	2014	2,400,900	8×

7	Progress	Take That	1	2010	2,400,000	8×

8	+	Ed Sheeran	1	2011	2,400,000	8×

9	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	1	2012	2,400,000	8×

10	Loud	Rihanna	1	2010	1,997,500	6×

11	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	1	2009	1,890,300	6×

12	The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	1	2017	1,890,000	6×

13	19	Adele	1	2008	1,820,000	6×

14	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	Bruno Mars	1	2010	1,713,000	5×

15	The Fame / The Fame Monster	Lady Gaga	1	2009	1,578,000	5×

16	Sigh No More	Mumford & Sons	2	2009	1,561,800	5×

17	Mylo Xyloto	Coldplay	1	2011	1,536,700	5×

18	The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Plan B	1	2010	1,399,400	4×

19	Right Place Right Time	Olly Murs	1	2012	1,380,000	4×

20	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	1	2010	1,300,000	4×

21	Who You Are	Jessie J	2	2011	1,270,000	4×

22	Wanted on Voyage	George Ezra	1	2014	1,244,389	4×

23	Lungs	Florence and the Machine	1	2009	1,235,300	6×

24	Purpose	Justin Bieber	2	2015	1,200,000	4×

25	Halcyon / Halcyon Days	Ellie Goulding	1	2012	1,200,000	4×

26	1989	Taylor Swift	1	2014	1,200,000	4×

27	A Head Full of Dreams	Coldplay	1	2015	1,200,000	4×

28	If I Can Dream	Elvis Presley	1	2015	1,134,900	3×

29	Up All Night	One Direction	1	2011	1,133,000	3×

30	Babel	Mumford & Sons	1	2012	1,064,338	3×

31	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	1	2012	1,109,900	3×

32	In Case You Didn't Know	Olly Murs	1	2011	1,105,014	3×

33	Human	Rag'n'Bone Man	1	2017	1,100,000	3×

34	Greatest Hits	Bon Jovi	2	2010	1,094,300	3×

35	AM	Arctic Monkeys	1	2013	1,052,300	3×

36	Greatest Hits... So Far!!!	Pink	5	2010	1,050,000	3×

37	Talk That Talk	Rihanna	1	2011	1,039,300	3×

38	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	1	2009	1,033,000	3×

39	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars	1	2012	1,030,200	3×

40	Recovery	Eminem	1	2010	1,030,000	3×

41	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	1	2011	1,020,800	3×

42	Glory Days	Little Mix	1	2016	1,014,817	3×

43	I Cry When I Laugh	Jess Glynne	1	2015	1,014,000	3×

44	Frozen	Various artists	1	2013	1,009,000	3×

45	Take Me Home	One Direction	1	2012	1,000,924	3×

46	18 Months	Calvin Harris	1	2012	940,700	3×

47	Come Around Sundown	Kings of Leon	1	2010	915,329	3×

48	The Truth About Love	Pink	1	2012	907,000	3×

49	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	1	2009	900,000	3×

50	Midnight Memories	One Direction	1	2013	881,300	3×

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X sold over 3 million copies, making it the third best-selling album of the 2010s in the UK.

final_sentence: X sold over 3 million copies, making it the third best-selling album of the 2010s in the UK.