List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
Best-selling albums
Positions are as of July 2016; sales, where shown, are from the reference given, which may be at a different date, and cannot be used to infer changes in position.

List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling albums
Table Section Text: Positions are as of July 2016; sales, where shown, are from the reference given, which may be at a different date, and cannot be used to infer changes in position.

No.	Album	Artist	Record label	Released	Chart peak	Sales (as of date)	No. of times Platinum

1	Greatest Hits	Queen	Parlophone	October 1981	1	6,300,000 (Dec 2018)	21×

2	Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	Polydor	September 1992	1	5,580,000 (Apr 2019)	18×

3	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Parlophone	June 1967	1	5,340,000 (Oct 2018)	17×

4	21	Adele	XL	January 2011	1	5,110,000 (Oct 2018)	17×

5	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	Creation	October 1995	1	4,940,000 (Oct 2018)	15x

6	Thriller	Michael Jackson	Epic	November 1982	1	4,470,000 (Oct 2018)	13×

7	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	Harvest	March 1973	2	4,470,000 (Oct 2018)	14×

8	Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	Vertigo	May 1985	1	4,350,000 (Oct 2018)	14×

9	Bad	Michael Jackson	Epic	August 1987	1	4,140,000 (Oct 2018)	13×

10	Greatest Hits II	Queen	Parlophone	October 1991	1	3,990,000 (Jul 2016)	13×

11	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	Warner Bros.	February 1977	1	4,090,000 (Oct 2018)	13×

12	The Immaculate Collection	Madonna	Sire	November 1990	1	3,700,000 (Jul 2016)	12×

13	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	Island	October 2006	1	3,940,000 (Oct 2018)	13×

14	25	Adele	XL	November 2015	1	3,500,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

15	Stars	Simply Red	East West	September 1991	1	3,450,000 (Oct 2018)	12×

16	Come On Over	Shania Twain	Mercury	March 1998	1	3,430,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

17	Legend	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Island/Tuff Gong	May 1984	1	3,380,000 (July 2016)	12×

18	Back to Bedlam	James Blunt	Atlantic	November 2004	1	3,360,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

19	Urban Hymns	The Verve	Hut	September 1997	1	3,340,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

20	x	Ed Sheeran	Asylum	June 2014	1	3,380,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

21	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	Epic	October 1977	9	3,370,000 (Oct 2018)	11×

22	1	The Beatles	Apple	November 2000	1	3,230,000 (Jul 2016)	11×

23	Bridge over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	CBS	January 1970	1	3,260,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

24	Dirty Dancing	Original soundtrack	RCA	August 1987	4	3,150,000 (Oct 2015)	10×

25	Spirit	Leona Lewis	Syco	November 2007	1	3,170,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

26	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	Reprise	October 2009	1	3,130,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

27	No Angel	Dido	Arista	October 2000	1	3,090,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

28	White Ladder	David Gray	IHT/East West	November 1998	1	3,020,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

29	Talk on Corners	The Corrs	Atlantic	October 1997	1	2,960,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

30	Spice	Spice Girls	Virgin	November 1996	1	2,960,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

31	The Fame	Lady Gaga	Interscope	January 2009	1	2,990,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

32	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	Hand Me Down	September 2008	1	3,000,000 (Apr 2019)	10×

33	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Coldplay	Parlophone	August 2002	1	2,960,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

34	Life for Rent	Dido	Cheeky	September 2003	1	2,900,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

35	Beautiful World	Take That	Polydor	November 2006	1	2,880,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

36	Hopes and Fears	Keane	Island	May 2004	1	2,860,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

37	The Joshua Tree	U2	Island	March 1987	1	2,880,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

38	The War of the Worlds	Jeff Wayne	Columbia	June 1978	5	2,800,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

39	Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters	Polydor	February 2004	1	2,760,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

40	...But Seriously	Phil Collins	Virgin	November 1989	1	2,750,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

41	X&Y	Coldplay	Parlophone	June 2005	1	2,790,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

42	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	Maverick	June 1995	1	2,780,000 (Oct 2018)	10×

43	Parachutes	Coldplay	Parlophone	July 2000	1	2,710,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

44	Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	Virgin	May 1973	1	2,760,000 (Oct 2018)	9×

45	The Man Who	Travis	Independiente	May 1999	1	2,687,500 (May 2016)	9×

46	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	Elektra	April 1988	1	2,710,000 (Oct 2018)	8×

47	Greatest Hits	ABBA	Epic	November 1975	1	2,606,000 (Jul 2016)	8×

48	Grease	Original soundtrack	RSO	April 1978	1	2,586,500+ (Jul 2016)	8×

49	I've Been Expecting You	Robbie Williams	Chrysalis	October 1998	1	2,586,500 (May 2016)	10×

50	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones	Parlophone	June 2002	1	2,556,650 (Oct 2016)	8×

51	Graceland	Paul Simon	Warner Bros.	August 1986	1	2,500,000+ (Jul 2016)	8×

52	The Sound of Music	Original soundtrack	RCA Victor	May 1965	1	2,500,000+ (Jul 2016)	8×

53	Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of	George Michael	Epic	November 1998	1	2,500,000 (Jan 2017)	8×

54	Tango in the Night	Fleetwood Mac	Warner Bros.	April 1987	1	2,500,000 (Apr 2017)	8×

55	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	Interscope	June 2000	1	2,460,000 (May 2018)	8×

56	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	Chrysalis	November 2001	1	2,385,700 (May 2016)	8×

57	Progress	Take That	Polydor	November 2010	1	2,360,000+ (Jul 2016)	8×

58	Eyes Open	Snow Patrol	Fiction	May 2006	1	2,400,000 (Mar 2018)	8×

59	Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection	Take That	RCA	November 2005	2	2,360,000 (Jul 2016)	8×

60	Automatic for the People	R.E.M.	Warner Bros.	October 1992	1	2,350,000 (Jul 2016)	7×

Sentence(s)

Ed Sheeran's album is in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: x at number 20.

final_sentence: Ed Sheeran's album is in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: x at number 20.