List of best-selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom
Best-selling albums since 2000
Table:
No.

Title

Artist

Peak
position

Year of
release

Copies sold
(where available)

No. of times
Platinum[a]

1

21

Adele

1

2011

5,110,000[8]

17×

2

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse

1

2006

3,940,000[8]

13×

3

25

Adele

1

2015

3,500,000[8]

11×

4

1

Beatles

1

2000

3,230,000[10]

5

x

Ed Sheeran

1

2014

3,380,000[8]

6

Back to Bedlam

James Blunt

1

2004

3,360,000[8]

7

Spirit

Leona Lewis

1

2007

3,170,000[8]

10×

8

Crazy Love

Michael Bublé

1

2009

3,130,000[8]

9

÷

Ed Sheeran

1

2017

3,100,000[8]

10

No Angel

Dido

1

2000

3,090,000[8]

11

White Ladder

David Gray

1

1998†
2000 (re-release)

3,011,700[8][11]

12

The Fame

Lady Gaga

1

2008

2,980,000[8]

9×

13

Only by the Night

Kings of Leon

1

2008

2,980,000[8]

14

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay

1

2002

2,960,000[8]

15

Life for Rent

Dido

1

2003

2,900,000[8]

16

Beautiful World

Take That

1

2006

2,880,000[8]

17

Gold: Greatest Hits

ABBA

1

1992†

2,569,600

18

Hopes and Fears

Keane

1

2004

2,860,000[8]

19

X&Y

Coldplay

1

2005

2,790,000[8]

20

Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters

1

2004

2,760,000[8]

21

Christmas

Michael Bublé

1

2011

2,750,000[8]

22

Parachutes

Coldplay

1

2000

2,713,711[12]

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[10]

7×

28

Eyes Open

Snow Patrol

1

2004

2,370,000

29

Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection

Take That

2

2005

2,360,000[10]

30

+

Ed Sheeran

1

2011

2,158,000[13]

31

19

Adele

1

2008

2,400,000

32

Swing When You're Winning

Robbie Williams

1

2001

2,385,673[14]

33

Progress

Take That

1

2010

2,375,300[15]

34

Our Version of Events

Emeli Sandé

1

2012

2,260,000[16]

35

Hot Fuss

The Killers

1

2004

2,153,500[17]

36

American Idiot

Green Day

1

2004

2,150,000[18]

37

Rockferry

Duffy

1

2008

2,220,000[19]

38

The Circus

Take That

1

2008

2,210,000

39

Sing When You're Winning

Robbie Williams

1

2000

2,203,321[14]

40

Curtain Call: The Hits

Eminem

1

2005

2,100,000[20]

41

Greatest Hits

Guns N' Roses

1

2004

1,947,000

42

Escapology

Robbie Williams

1

2002

2,075,441[14]

6×

43

Employment

Kaiser Chiefs

1

2005

2,048,500[21]

44

Songs About Jane

Maroon 5

1

2004

2,081,000[22]

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[23]

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[24]

51

Good Girl Gone Bad

Rihanna

1

2007

1,904,347[23]

52

I Dreamed a Dream

Susan Boyle

1

2009

1,938,305[25]

53

Born to Do It

Craig David

1

2000

1,860,000[26]

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[27]

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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