Posted April 6, 201213 yr Tony Blackburn presents a bank holiday special of the UK's best selling albums from 1956 to March 2012. The Full List. 1- GREATEST HITS- Queen 2- SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- The Beatles 3- GOLD- GREATEST HITS- Abba 4- (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY?- Oasis 5- THRILLER- Michael Jackson 6- 21- Adele 7- BROTHERS IN ARMS- Dire Straits 8- DARK SIDE OF THE MOON- Pink Floyd 9- BAD- Michael Jackson 10- GREATEST HITS II- Queen 11- THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION- Madonna 12- BACK TO BLACK- Amy Winehouse 13- STARS- Simply Red 14- RUMOURS- Fleetwood Mac 15- COME ON OVER- Shania Twain 16- BACK TO BEDLAM - James Blunt 17- URBAN HYMNS- The Verve 18- BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER- Simon & Garfunkel 19- NO ANGEL- Dido 20- SPIRIT- Leona Lewis 21- LEGEND- Bob Marley & The Wailers 22- BAT OUT OF HELL- Meat loaf 23- DIRTY DANCING- Original Soundtrack 24- 1- The Beatles 25- TALK ON CORNERS- The Corrs 26- WHITE LADDER- David Gray 27- SPICE- Spice Girls 28- CRAZY LOVE- Michael Buble 29- LIFE FOR RENT- Dido 30- BEAUTIFUL WORLD- Take That 31- THE FAME- Lady Gaga 32- A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD- Coldplay 33- HOPES AND FEARS- Keane 34- THE JOSHUA TREE- U2 35- ....BUT SERIOUSLY- Phil Collins 36- SCISSOR SISTERS- Scissor Sisters 37- ONLY BY THE NIGHT- Kings Of Leon 38- THE WAR OF THE WORLDS- Jeff Wayne 39- THE MAN WHO....- Travis 40- X & Y- Coldplay
April 6, 201213 yr I thought that there was no sales info before 1969? And will sales be given on the show? Anyway, I will sure to be listening to it! :D
April 6, 201213 yr Before Radio 2 counts down the April 2012 Top 40 Best Selling UK Albums. A) Here is how the November 2006 Top 40 looked:, THE UK's TOP 40 BEST SELLING ALBUMS (NOVEMBER 2006) 1) GREATEST HITS - QUEEN - 5,407,587 2) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - BEATLES - 4,811,996 3) (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 4,314,715 4) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 3,956,704 5) GOLD - GREATEST HITS - ABBA - 3,943,950 6) THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD - 3,781,993 7) GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN - 3,644,619 8) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 3,578,107 9) BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON - 3,554,301 10) THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA - 3,402,160 11) STARS - SIMPLY RED - 3,361,115 12) COME ON OVER - SHANIA TWAIN - 3,344,280 13) RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC - 3,135,844 14) URBAN HYMNS - VERVE - 3,054,374 15) NO ANGEL - DIDO - 3,002,194 16) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 3,001,062 17) TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 2,944,547 18) SPICE - SPICE GIRLS - 2,920,669 19) BACK TO BEDLAM - JAMES BLUNT - 2,895,874 20) WHITE LADDER - DAVID GRAY - 2,851,429 21) BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF - 2,837,285 22) LIFE FOR RENT - DIDO - 2,789,719 23) BUT SERIOUSLY - PHIL COLLINS - 2,737,932 24) 1 - BEATLES - 2,690,318 25) THE MAN WHO - TRAVIS - 2,669,825 26) THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 - 2,665,553 27) GREATEST HITS - ABBA - 2,598,576 28) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 2,575,099 29) A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD - COLDPLAY - 2,574,249 30) I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU - ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 2,556,042 31) JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORISSETTE - 2,551,238 32) SCISSOR SISTERS - SCISSOR SISTERS - 2,535,983 33) LEGEND - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - 2,520,486 34) HOPES AND FEARS - KEANE - 2,498,950 35) THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION - 2,452,236 36) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) - 2,438,695 37) DIRTY DANCING (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) - 2,435,109 38) LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL - 2,408,810 39) GREASE (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) - 2,373,621 40) COME AWAY WITH ME - NORAH JONES - 2,369,847 B) In June 2009, The BPI up-dated the November 2006 List They made errors in it - accidently giving 'Bad' & 'The Immaculate Collection', the same Sales that they had in November 2006. They also gave the Oasis Album a release Year of 1996 - it was 1995. 'Greatest Hits II', by Queen, was said to be a 2000 release. It was released in 1991. 'The War Of The Worlds' was given 1985, as its release Year - it was 1978. THE UK's TOP 40 BEST SELLING ALBUMS (UP-DATE - JUNE 2009) To W/E 20th June 2009. (The List was published on Sunday 14th June 2009) http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/top%2040%20albums.pdf Edited April 6, 201213 yr by zeus555
April 6, 201213 yr I thought that there was no sales info before 1969? And will sales be given on the show? Anyway, I will sure to be listening to it! :D There ain't. And in any case, as there are no Albums in the chart, from before 1967, it's hardly 1956 to 2012. LPs never sold as well as singles in the 50s & 60s, anyway. To expensive, for one. I believe the biggest albums (in those days) were the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Lonnie Donegan, the Beach Boys & all those Soundtrack LPs i.e. Carousel, The King & I, South Pacific & The Sound Of Music. Only the first 7 (named there) are worth a mention.
April 7, 201213 yr Mention of this show on Tony's weekly youtube vlog. AdQpayKL8Kw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQpayKL8Kw
April 9, 201213 yr Just to confirm we will be doing "Something" on this but it's rather last minute so don't be expecting miracles kids! :D
April 9, 201213 yr 40. X & Y- Coldplay http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/XYCoverBig.png The first of how many Coldplay albums? The 2nd best selling album of 2005, and 12th of the 00s! 1Tp0r9197uo
April 9, 201213 yr I don't own any of these albums so I will be reviewing the chart hits from them :D 40. Coldplay "X&Y" #2 Speed Of Sound - one of their best songs imo, but I must be one of a few that prefer Crazy Frog to it :kink: #4 Fix You - classic Coldplay :heart: #10 Talk - I never got into this one, I found it boring at the time and still don't like it now Great start to the chart, nice to hear SOS again
April 9, 201213 yr 39. THE MAN WHO....- Travis http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Travis_-_The_Man_Who_album_cover.jpg RELEASED: 1999 PEAK POSITION: 1 WKS ON CHART: 104 Third biggest selling album of 1999. zzUdJ-5fscA
April 9, 201213 yr X&Y will always be the weakest Coldplay album for me. There are some fantastic songs on it but half of it really illustrated why so many people hate the band. So utterly bland, boring, unimaginitive and soulless.
April 9, 201213 yr 39. Travis - The Man Who #14 Writing To Reach You - it's very average MOR, not my type of song at all #13 Driftwood - never heard #10 Why Does It Always Rain On Me - my favourite from them #08 Turn - not heard this either #05 Coming Around - and not heard this I'm not a fan of Travis :(
April 9, 201213 yr Not big on that Coldplay album, it's alright but I prefer Viva La Vida. Never been a massive fan of them though admittedly. Ew Travis. Only song I've liked from them is Closer, and even then I wasn't big on that.
April 9, 201213 yr Travis were actually an excellent singles band but they weren't someone I ever wanted to listen to a whole album by. Great in their heyday though.
April 9, 201213 yr 38. WAR OF THE WORLDS- Jeff Wayne http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/WayneTWOTW.jpg RELEASED: 1978 PEAK POSITION: 5 WKS ON CHART: 285 70s Music soundtrack. WungvhcG6JI
April 9, 201213 yr 99. THE MAN WHO....- Travis [/size] 39 I assume? :P X&Y is my second favourite of Coldplay's albums behind 'Mylo Xyloto' (which remains my favourite of theirs to date even past my initial looning of it when it was first released) :wub: I can easily see why some people find it bland/dull/boring etc. but I don't think it is. Only heard 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' from Travis as far as I'm aware - decent song. Not familiar with anything off the John Wayne album. Edited April 9, 201213 yr by M.I.É.
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