Posted November 9, 201212 yr I've been thinking about this all day haha. Are there any albums that sold A LOT/a lot but never reached #1? (yay at me posting a thread in the Chart forum for the first time in like 3 years) ((soz if this has already been covered - I don't think me searching for it would be a productive idea))
November 9, 201212 yr The Dirty Dancing soundtrack 2.9m sales peaked at #4 when OSTs were allowed in the regular chart. War of the worlds 2.5m+ sales peaked at #5
November 9, 201212 yr Pixie Lott - Turn It Up has sold nearly 900,000 and didin't even make the top 5!
November 9, 201212 yr Come on Over by Shania Twain? I mean in the USA though, but it's still worth a mention considering it sold over 20 million there.
November 9, 201212 yr One of the best albums of all time.Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell. Never got higher than no 9 spent 470 + weeks on the album chart.
November 9, 201212 yr I knew someone might put BOOH too! That's the first I could think of when it comes to big selling albums but not a #1. I can't remember the others.
November 9, 201212 yr In UK: Westlife - Westlife With this, Westlife achieved five #1 singles from the same album in less than a year, a record that remains unbroken to date. The album entered and peaked in the UK Albums Chart at #2, being beaten by only 1,000 sales from Steptacular by Steps. It was the 8th best selling album of 1999 in the UK and ended up being certified 4× Platinum. The album spent 74 weeks in the UK Top 100 Albums chart. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time # 2 with 3 x Platinum. Steps - Step One In 2000, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for selling over 1.4 million copies in UK. Only # 2 in Albums chart. Edited November 9, 201212 yr by AlexRange
November 9, 201212 yr Oh, yes. 'Sigh No More'. Didn't realise 'Dark Side Of The Moon' wasn't a #1. ;o Jessie J - Who You Are, if 700k+ (UK sales) is considered big selling. Edited November 9, 201212 yr by FM11
November 9, 201212 yr -Kasbian - Kasbian Uk #4 ( 931k end of 2010) -Razorlight- up all night Uk #3 (950k end of 2010) -Toploader - Onk's big monkie Uk #4 ( 1.1million)
November 9, 201212 yr Alot of big artists first album that became successful tended to not debut at no1 but sold alot in the long run!
November 9, 201212 yr The Top 100 best selling albums of the 2000s decade has a few that missed the #1 spot! 27th: Kaiser Chiefs - Employment [#2] 29th: Christina Aguilera - Stripped [#2] 32nd: Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection [#2] 37th: P!nk - M!ssundaztood [#2] 44th: Snow Patrol - Final Straw [#3] 45th: Queen - Greatest Hits I, II and III (The Platinum Collection) [#2] 50th: KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope [#3] 52nd: Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This [#2] 58th: Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk [#3] 59th: Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [#3] 68th: Elton John - The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 [#3] 72nd: Rod Stewart - The Story So Far - The Very Best Of [#7] 76th: The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out [#2] 77th: Gabrielle - Dreams Can Come True - Greatest Hits [#2] 78th: Linkin Park - [Hybrid Theory] [#4] 79th: Oasis - Stop The Clocks [#2] 80th: Frank Sinatra - My Way - The Best Of [#7] 87th: P!nk - I'm Not Dead [#3] 93rd: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand [#3] 94th: The Pussycat Dolls - PCD [#7] 100th: The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits [#4] All sold over 1 million.
November 9, 201212 yr Gaga's The Fame was denied #1 in the US by Susan Boyle :no: Is this really Pav in the chart thread? :o
November 9, 201212 yr Britney has few big album sellers but they were 'only' #2 in the chart. ...Baby One More Time #2 1,200,000+ Oops!...I Did It Again #2 900,000+ Greatest Hits: My Prerogative #2 950,000+ Still waiting for that #1 album in UK!
November 9, 201212 yr Wasn't Damien Rice's debut album a million seller depsite peaking at #10? Also Amy Winehouse's Frank, which is incredibly close to the million mark now. Edited November 9, 201212 yr by liamk97
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