List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom

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List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.

The Beatles went on to earn the most best-selling albums of the year, five times with With the Beatles (1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Abbey Road (1969) and 1 (2000).
Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with 21 (2011), 25 (2015, 2016) and 30 (2021).
ABBA had the best-selling album of the year three times with Greatest Hits (1976), Arrival (1977) and Super Trouper (1980).
Ed Sheeran has earned the best-selling album of the year twice with X (2014) and ÷ (2017).
Kylie Minogue had the best-selling album of 1988 with her debut album Kylie.
Madonna had the best-selling album of 1986 with True Blue.

Best-selling albums by year

More information Year, Album ...
Year Album Artist Number sold Ref
1956 Carousel Original soundtrack
1957 The King and I
1958 My Fair Lady Broadway Cast recording
1959 South Pacific Original soundtrack
1960
1961 G.I. Blues Elvis Presley
1962 West Side Story Original soundtrack
1963 With the Beatles The Beatles
1964 Beatles for Sale
1965 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack
1966
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 751,000
1968 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack
1969 Abbey Road The Beatles
1970 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel
1971
1972 20 Dynamic Hits Various Artists
1973 Aladdin Sane David Bowie
1974 The Singles: 1969–1973 The Carpenters
1975 The Best of the Stylistics The Stylistics
1976 Greatest Hits ABBA
1977 Arrival
1978 Saturday Night Fever Original soundtrack
1979 Parallel Lines Blondie
1980 Super Trouper ABBA
1981 Kings of the Wild Frontier Adam and the Ants
1982 Love Songs Barbra Streisand
1983 Thriller Michael Jackson
1984 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
1986 True Blue Madonna
1987 Bad Michael Jackson
1988 Kylie Kylie Minogue
1989 Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan
1990 ...But Seriously Phil Collins
1991 Stars Simply Red
1992
1993 Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell Meat Loaf
1994 Cross Road Bon Jovi
1995 Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome 2,040,000 [1]
1996 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1,627,000 [2]
1997 Be Here Now Oasis 1,740,000 [1]
1998 Talk on Corners The Corrs 1,676,439 [3]
1999 Come On Over Shania Twain 2,201,842
2000 1 The Beatles 1,850,101
2001 No Angel Dido 1,920,167
2002 Escapology Robbie Williams 1,410,931
2003 Life for Rent Dido 2,168,302 [4]
2004 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 1,594,259 [3]
2005 Back to Bedlam James Blunt 2,367,758 [5]
2006 Eyes Open Snow Patrol 1,514,554 [3]
2007 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 1,883,897
2008 Rockferry Duffy 1,685,000 [6]
2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 1,632,732 [7]
2010 Progress Take That 1,841,148 [8]
2011 21 Adele 3,772,346 [9]
2012 Our Version of Events Emeli Sandé 1,393,000 [10]
2013 Midnight Memories One Direction 685,000 [11]
2014 x Ed Sheeran 1,689,000 [12]
2015 25 Adele 2,496,000 [13]
2016 753,000 [14]
2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 2,700,000 [15]
2018 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Original soundtrack 1,600,000 [16]
2019 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 641,000 [17]
2020 456,000 [18]
2021 30 Adele 600,000 [19]
2022 Harry's House Harry Styles 460,000 [20]
2023 The Highlights The Weeknd 391,000 [21]
2024 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 783,800 [22]
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Best-selling albums by decade

More information Decade, Album ...
Decade Album Artist(s) Number sold Ref
1950s South Pacific Original soundtrack
1960s Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
1970s Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
1980s Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
1990s (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 3,000,000 [23]
2000s Back to Bedlam James Blunt 3,200,000 [24]
2010s 21 Adele 5,170,000 [25]
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