Top 100 Best Selling Albums Of The Decade....So Far!

January 12, 20187 yr

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03. x- ED SHEERAN (8-2-3-3) 3,246,100

And so what happened to Emeli Sande in 2012/13 happened to Sheeran in 14/15, the clear winner in sales terms in the first year and on course to become the best seller again in the second year until beaten at the last minute. “x” consolidated Sheeran’s place in pop and set the benchmark by which his future albums would be measured, “÷” therefore still has some way to go but half the issue is that this continues to sell well.

Performance in 2017: Present and correct all year with 20 weeks in the top 10 and a No 3 peak with almost 350,000 copies sold!

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02. 25- ADELE (3-2-2) 3,441,500

Naturally the top 2 belong to Adele, let’s have a quick recap of the feats of the album include the largest opening weekly sale of 800,000 which was followed by 4 weeks with over 350k registering 5 of the 21 biggest weekly sales of all time and becoming the fastest album to reach first the million mark (10 days) then the 2 million mark (29 days) and finally the 3 million mark (220 days). The final landmark coincided with her star turn at Glastonbury which saw the album return to No 1 and yet it’s still 1.6 million away from making it to the top here!

Performance in 2017: Only 7 weeks in the top 10 but charted for 43 weeks and almost 200,000 copies shifted.

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01. 21- ADELE (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) 5,068,400

Still easily clear and looking untouchable, “21” is of course the best selling album of the decade so far and the fourth biggest album of all time selling its five millionth copy in 2016. It spent its first 72 weeks in the top 10 including 23 weeks at No 1 even stealing a cheeky week in the top 10 in 2016 after her Glastonbury stint. It launched her as an international superstar and sold 3.8 million in its first year on the charts becoming the best selling album in the UK for 2011 and then the second biggest seller of 2012- could anything brake her top 2 stranglehold by 2020?

Performance in 2017: Only present for 26 weeks and peaking at No 43 but then it’s more than performed overall!

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FULL LIST

100. DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL- Paloma Faith (42-64-73-63-67-80-86-100) 616,800 (T/S 747,000)

99. GREATEST HITS- Westlife (50-51-65-73-90-93-99) 621,100

98. THE GIFT- Susan Boyle (13-32-40-55-65-79-88-98) 622,800

97. ONLY REVOLUTIONS- Biffy Clyro (26-39-49-59-71-87-92-97) 627,800 (T/S 751,600)

96. MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY- Rod Stewart (71-62-68-81-91-96) 629,000

95. HOME- Rudimental (78-83-89-95) 629,500

94. RED- Taylor Swift (80-81-88-90-94) 638,500

93. TOGETHER- Alfie Boe & Michael Ball (NEW) 640,400

92. TURN IT UP- Pixie Lott (17-33-41-53-62-73-84-92) 642,500 (T/S 890,700)

91. A DECADE IN THE SUN- THE BEST OF- The Stereophonics (85-93-91-96-91) 642,700 (T/S 1,380,600)

90. SEASONS OF MY SOUL- Rumer (36-36-43-54-61-71-82-90) 650,100

89. FOUR- One Direction (92-76-83-89) 651,100

88. IF YOU WAIT- London Grammar (85-85-87-88) 670,300

87. THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2- Eminem (91-74-82-85-87) 677,200

86. HEAVEN- Rebecca Ferguson (60-39-48-59-67-77-86) 680,400

85. GHOST STORIES- Coldplay (77-77-79-85) 682,400

84. ONLY BY THE NIGHT- Kings Of Leon (31-44-50-60-66-78-78-84) 694,000 (T/S 2,954,200)

83. OUTTA THIS WORLD- JLS (18-28-37-47-56-63-74-83) 695,900

82. NO MORE IDOLS- Chase & Status (43-44-49-58-64-75-82) 697,300

81. 4- Beyonce (48-45-56-61-69-73-81) 709,400

80. CAUSTIC LOVE- Paolo Nutini (75-68-72-80) 710,800

79. NUMBER ONES- Michael Jackson (xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-100-95-79) 718,800 (T/S 2,547,800)

78. FALL TO GRACE- Paloma Faith (62-58-63-62-68-78) 719,200

77. UNAPOLOGETIC- Rihanna (58-46-55-61-70-77) 727,600

76. CURTAIN CALLS: THE GREATEST HITS- Eminem (NEW) 734,100 (T/S 2,020,100)

75. EVERY KINGDOM- Ben Howard (97-61-64-65-71-75) 737,300

74. GOLD- GREATEST HITS- Abba (xx-xx-xx-98-96-89-80-74) 739,000 (T/S 5,594,200)

73. SINCE I SAW YOU LAST- Gary Barlow (76-52-60-64-73) 740,100

72. IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS- GREATEST HITS 1990-2010- Robbie Williams (14-29-36-43-51-57-65-72) 743,900

71. SWINGS BOTH WAYS- Robbie Williams (52-50-58-63-71) 749,900

70. GET WEIRD- Little Mix (76-70) 758,100

69. LADY KILLER- Cee-Lo Green (23-28-37-45-54-59-69) 772,900

68. JAKE BUGG- Jake Bugg (57-53-59-62-68) 773,700

67. A PERFECT CONTRADICTION- Paloma Faith (82-56-58-67) 774,100

66. LEGEND- Bob Marley & The Wailers (81-66) 781,100 (T/S 4,337,100)

65. CEREMONIALS- Florence + The Machine (54-38-44-54-55-57-65) 783,000

64. MY WORLD- Justin Bieber (12-22-29-40-47-52-56-64) 799,200

63. SCIENCE AND FAITH- The Script (19-27-30-39-44-50-54-63) 804,200

62. CHAOS AND THE CALM- James Bay (98-61-62) 806,300

61. TO BE LOVED- Michael Buble (50-48-51-55-61) 814,700

60. NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (27-32-38-46-48-52-60) 837,500

59. OLLY MURS- Olly Murs (20-24-27-32-40-46-51-59) 837,700

58. NEVER BEEN BETTER- Olly Murs (53-58) 839,900

57. GREATEST HITS- Foo Fighters (71-66-68-70-70-66-69-57) 841,600 (T/S 1,157,600)

56. ULTIMATE COLLECTION- Whitney Houston (81-97-76-75-67-56) 847,300 (T/S 1,557,900)

55. BACK TO BLACK- Amy Winehouse (55-60-78-80-74-60-55) 848,500 (T/S 3,880,500)

54. LIGHTS- Ellie Goulding (24-25-35-41-42-47-50-54) 849,600

53. TIME FLIES 1994-2009- Oasis (38-62-67-77-72-72-66-53) 868,500

52. DISC-OVERY- Tinie Tempah (29-21-26-33-39-45-49-52) 868,600

51. LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES- Amy Winehouse (31-25-31-37-43-48-51) 876,400

50. GLORY DAYS- Little Mix (NEW) 876,900

49. NOTHING BUT THE BEAT- David Guetta (90-46-36-41-44-47-49) 880,100

48. THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE- P!nk (63-34-36-42-45-48) 887,300

47. ELEMENT OF FREEDOM- Alicia Keys (7-17-24-28-33-41-44-47) 894,300 (T/S 1,032,800)

46. BAD BLOOD- Bastille (79-49-49-46-46) 906,800

45. MIDNIGHT MEMORIES- One Direction (45-34-38-43-45) 910,500

44. COME AROUND SUNDOWN- Kings Of Leon (11-15-21-25-30-35-41-44) 935,000

43. 18 MONTHS- Calvin Harris (89-42-38-40-42-43) 940,700

42. GREATEST HITS...SO FAR- P!nk (32-35-34-35-35-36-40-42) 985,900

41. RECOVERY- Eminem (9-16-22-26-32-34-38-41) 1,000,500

40. HUMAN- Rag’n’Bone Man (NEW) 1,001,900

39. BORN THIS WAY- Lady Gaga (18-18-22-25-28-35-39) 1,020,800

38. UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX- Bruno Mars (30-29-32-36-38) 1,030,200

37. TAKE ME HOME- One Direction (42-24-28-30-34-37) 1,032,100

36. I CRY WHEN I LAUGH- Jess Glynne (86-39-36) 1,039,800

35. SUNNY SIDE UP- Paolo Nutini (6-14-20-23-24-27-32-35) 1,049,500 (T/S 1,860,000)

34. TALK THAT TALK- Rihanna (26-17-20-23-26-31-34) 1,050,600

33. AM- Arctic Monkeys (73-43-39-37-33) 1,052,300

32. GREATEST HITS- Bon Jovi (16-30-31-29-31-31-30-32) 1,094,300

31. BORN TO DIE- Lana Del Rey (33-27-27-29-29-31) 1,109,900

30. IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW- Olly Murs (34-19-18-21-24-27-30) 1,116,700

29. A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS- Coldplay (33-29) 1,144,700

28. BABEL- Mumford & Sons (47-21-22-25-24-28) 1,148,000

27. IF I CAN DREAM- Elvis Presley (37-26-27) 1,150,100

26. UP ALL NIGHT- One Direction (41-23-19-20-23-23-26) 1,152,800

25. 1989- Taylor Swift (33-28-25) 1,161,400

24. HALCYON- Ellie Goulding (51-26-22-22-24) 1,200,500

23. PURPOSE- Justin Bieber (70-25-23) 1,220,500

22. WANTED ON VOYAGE- George Ezra (57-21-21-22) 1,223,500

21. LUNGS- Florence & The Machine (8-11-16-17-19-20-20-21) 1,235,300 (T/S 1,751,100)

20. WHO YOU ARE- Jessie J (19-14-14-16-18-19-20) 1,294,800

19. TEENAGE DREAM- Katy Perry (15-12-15-16-18-19-18-19) 1,332,300

18. RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME- Olly Murs (48-15-15-17-17-18) 1,367,100

17. DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS- Plan B (5-8-12-13-14-16-16-17) 1,387,100

16. MYLO XYLOTO- Coldplay (13-11-11-12-15-15-16) 1,536,700

15. SIGH NO MORE- Mumford & Sons (10-10-13-12-13-14-14-15) 1,561,800 (T/S 1,713,800)

14. THE FAME/ MONSTER- Lady Gaga (3-5-9-10-11-13-13-14) 1,578,900 (T/S 2,967,900)

13. DOO WOPS AND HOOLIGANS- Bruno Mars (9-8-9-9-12-12-13) 1,778,100

12. 19- ADELE (xx-6-6-8-10-11-11-12) 1,820,200 (2,397,000)

11. CRAZY LOVE- MICHAEL BUBLE (2-4-5-6-7-10-10-11) 1,938,100 (T/S 3,135,600)

10. LOUD- RIHANNA (4-3-3-5-5-9-9-10) 1,997,500

09. +- ED SHEERAN (20-7-7-6-8-8-9) 2,324,300

08. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS- EMELI SANDE (10-3-4-6-6-8) 2,371,200

07. PROGRESS- TAKE THAT (1-2-2-2-2-4-5-7) 2,381,600

06. IN THE LONELY HOUR- SAM SMITH (17-7-7-6) 2,400,900

05.÷- ED SHEERAN (NEW) 2,702,800

04. CHRISTMAS- MICHAEL BUBLE (7-4-4-3-5-4) 2,743,700

03. x- ED SHEERAN (8-2-3-3) 3,246,100

02. 25- ADELE (3-2-2) 3,441,500

01. 21- ADELE (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) 5,068,400

January 12, 20187 yr

Ed should easily pass buble in the next 12 months and will come close to breaking the Adele top 2 but she will probably release something in the next 24 (36 months do you count 2020) don’t think it will be as mammoth as 21 but could do a 25 or slightly less

Ed could do a divide rerelease though that could break top 2

If 2020 is counted we could possibly be looking at a 3/4 ed Adele 6 or out of top 10 if they both release something

Great to see little mix climbing hopefully they can have another successful campaign and end with 3 albums top 100

Thanks gezza for the hard work really interesting

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Thanks for all your comments- see you next January for the final rundown!

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Good to see Christmas continuing to break the Edele domination - should take x position by the end of the decade!

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Thank you for the effort put in to running the countdown! A shame the chart has remained static overall for the last couple of years but pleasing to see that Adele is still the Queen.

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Read all of this as usual Gezza, thanks for taking the time to post it again this year ^_^

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Thanks for doing this again Gezza, great thread.

Mammoth sales for Ed and Adele. Can't see anything coming near 21 this decade, especially as album sales are in decline, but I guess you never know when the next musical phenomenon will come along.