January 18, 20232 yr Author Top 100 in full 100. Singles Collection- Britney Spears (NEW) 186,200 (T/S 401,200) 99. What A Time To Be Alive Tom Walker (38-66-99) 186,400 (T/S 455,900) 98. + Ed Sheeran (99-98-98) 186,400 (T/S 2,691,300) 97. Born To Die- Lana Del Rey (NEW) 186,800 (T/S 1,377,700) 96. The Blueprint- Us Vs Them D-Block Europe (100-96) 186,800 95. Favourite Worst Nightmare- Arctic Monkeys (NEW) 188,000 (T/S 1,230,200) 94. Meet The Woo 2 Pop Smoke (68-82-94) 189,200 93. Chromatica Lady Gaga (22-55-93) 190,700 92. Greatest Hits- The Platinum Collection Queen (54-84-92) 192,600 (T/S 2,439,100) 91. The Fame- Lady Gaga (NEW) 194,300 (T/S 3,240,800) 90. Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone (61-79-90) 194,400 (T/S 627,600) 89. Greatest Hits….So Far Pink (89-89) 195,600 (T/S 1,315,830) 88. Platinum Hits Jason Derulo (82-92-88) 196,500 (T/S 368,900) 87. Life By Misadventure Rag'N'Bone Man (87-87) 196,800 86. I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne (88-89-86) 198,500 (T/S 1,430,300) 85. The Bonny Gerry Cinnamon (45-65-85) 198,600 84. Greatest Hits Guns N Roses (84-93-84) 201,200 (T/S 2,360,100) 83. Scorpion Drake (64-77-83) 202,900 (T/S 644,800) 82. Timeless- The All Time Greatest Hits Bee Gees (86-82) 203,200 (T/S 327,400) 81. Red (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift (NEW) 208,000 80. Love Goes Sam Smith (59-57-80) 211,200 79. Justice Justin Bieber (80-79) 214,000 78. Snacks Jax Jones (36-50-78) 215,800 (T/S 345,700) 77. Teenage Dream Katy Perry (88-77) 216,400 (T/S 1,639,200) 76. Piano Man- The Very Best Of Billy Joel (95-76) 216,600 (T/S 1,318,100) 75. The Singles Phil Collins (93-87-75) 216,800 (T/S 594,500) 74. Definitive Collection Stevie Wonder (76-76-74) 218,700 (T/S 1,467,700) 73. Harry Styles Harry Styles (94-73) 219,400 (T/S 468,000) 72. Hypersonic Missiles Sam Fender (72-90-72) 221,200 (T/S 335,500) 71. Positions Ariana Grande (58-46-71) 222,300 70. Greatest Hits- God's Favourite Band Green Day (85-83-70) 222,800 (T/S 372,100) 69. Music Of The Spheres Coldplay (53-69) 223,700 68. Nevermind Nirvana (85-68) 229,900 (T/S 2,513,300) 67. Happier Than Ever- Billie Eilish (NEW) 230,000 66. Definitely Maybe Oasis (67-67-66) 233,700 (T/S 2,478,300) 65. Doo Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars (75-65) 236,400 (T/S 2,107,200) 64. 21 Adele (98-60-64) 237,200 (T/S 5,412,500) 63. Staying At Tamara's George Ezra (43-59-63) 239,500 (T/S 1,262,800) 62. Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers (73-69-62) 241,300 (T/S 1,939,300) 61. f*** Love The Kid LAROI (47-61) 241,500 60. Direct Hits 2003-2013 The Killers (63-64-60) 242,000 (T/S 939,100) 59. ? Xxxtentacion (44-45-59) 242,200 (T/S 482,400) 58. Seventeen Going Under- Sam Fender (NEW) 242,600 57. Back To Black Amy Winehouse (66-51-57) 246,600 (T/S 4,268,900) 56. Christmas Michael Buble (57-52-56) 247,500 (T/S 3,276,500) 55. Goodbye & Good Riddance Juice WRLD (40-41-55) 248,900 (T/S 381,300) 54. In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith (70-61-54) 250,300 (T/S 2,843,100) 53. Greatest Hits Foo Fighters (65-56-53) 251,900 (T/S 1,571,000) 52. Evermore Taylor Swift (49-52) 253,900 51. Certified Lover Boy Drake (81-51) 256,900 50. Psychodrama Dave (46-54-50) 259,400 (T/S 426,600) 49. Without Fear Dermot Kennedy (47-37-49) 261,600 (T/S 309,000) 48. Confetti Little Mix (29-29-48) 261,800 47. 1989 Taylor Swift (97-71-47) 264,600 (T/S 1,541,400) 46. X Ed Sheeran (52-43-46) 267,000 (T/S 3,797,000) 45. Planet Her Doja Cat (74-45) 276,100 44. Don't Smile At Me Billie Eilish (30-35-44) 276,200 (T/S 539,500) 43. After Hours The Weeknd (23-33-43) 277,800 42. 25 Adele (94-39-42) 279,900 (T/S 3,862,700) 41. Lover Taylor Swift (37-48-41) 280,400 (T/S 434,700) 40. Twenty Five George Michael (50-40-40) 282,500 (T/S 1,496,100) 39. Singles Maroon 5 (69-44-39) 285,100 (T/S 556,700) 38. Between Us- Little Mix (NEW) 285,200 37. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys (51-42-37) 292,100 (T/S 2,179,300) 36. Music To Be Murdered By Eminem (11-25-36) 294,000 35. Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone (16-26-35) 302,900 (T/S 414,100) 34. Get To Know Becky Hill (27-28-34) 309,600 (T/S 343,300) 33. We're All Alone In This Together Dave (36-33) 321,000 32. Legacy David Bowie (35-34-32) 321,000 (T/S 797,500) 31. High Expectations Mabel (17-22-31) 326,400 (T/S 400,300) 30. Legends Never Die Juice WRLD (18-23-30) 328,600 29. Dua Lipa Dua Lipa (25-27-29) 336,800 (T/S 901,400) 28. 1 The Beatles (34-31-28) 343,500 (T/S 3,861,800) 27. Heavy Is The Head Stormzy (5-18-27) 348,400 (T/S 436,700) 26. Number Ones Michael Jackson (39-32-26) 349,600 (T/S 3,080,600) 25. (What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis (21-24-25) 376,600 (T/S 4,963,100) 24. No 6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran (7-14-24) 387,900 (T/S 956,000) 23. AM Arctic Monkeys (41-30-23) 404,100 (T/S 1,650,200) 22. Legend Bob Marley & The Wailers (14-19-22) 405,800 (T/S 4,985,600) 21. Folklore Taylor Swift (12-17-21) 409,100 20. Midnights- Taylor Swift (NEW) 416,900 19. Time Flies 1994-2009 Oasis (24-20-19) 438,900 (T/S 1,563,800) 18. The Highlights The Weeknd (38-18) 439,700 17. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish (4-13-17) 441,100 (T/S 810,700) 16. Rumours Fleetwood Mac (15-16-16) 454,000 (T/S 4,688,800) 15. Harry’s House- Harry Styles (NEW) 460,400 14. Voyage ABBA (7-14) 463,700 13. Curtain Call- The Hits Eminem (28-21-13) 484,200 (T/S 2,781,500) 12. Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon Pop Smoke (6-9-12) 492,100 11. Gold- Greatest Hits Abba (20-15-11) 513,500 (T/S 6,397,100) 10. ÷ Ed Sheeran (13-12-10) 565,300 (T/S 4,014,800) 9. 50 Years: Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac (10-11-9) 587,700 (T/S 911,300) 8. Diamonds Elton John (9-10-8) 595,600 (T/S 1,082,400) 7. Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa (3-3-7) 611,100 6. Greatest Hits Queen (8-6-6) 616,100 (T/S 5,920,700) 5. Sour Olivia Rodrigo (8-5) 619,800 4. Fine Line Harry Styles (2-4-4) 635,500 (T/S 705,200) 3. 30 Adele (2-3) 768,100 2. Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi (1-1-2) 779,600 (T/S 1,420,500) 1. = Ed Sheeran (5-1) 865,500
January 18, 20232 yr Thanks for this as ever Gezza! I'm sure the discrepancy has been explained before but remind us why your total for Queen is so much lower than the OCC's? (They posted an article about it passing 7 million a while ago!)
January 18, 20232 yr Author Thanks for this as ever Gezza! I'm sure the discrepancy has been explained before but remind us why your total for Queen is so much lower than the OCC's? (They posted an article about it passing 7 million a while ago!) The OCC split the sales of "The Platinum Collection" between the three GH sets whereas I don't (which explains 800k of the difference, the rest would come from how the OCC got the sales from the pre 1994 period plus what conversion they use for the 94-96 period. I use the higher figures and for the 80s the reported sales wheras I suspect the OCC will be using the record company shipment figures.
January 18, 20232 yr Thanks for this Gezza. Great that Olivia climbed into top 5 without any new singles this year. Resists the obvious Flopele comments! Think '=' going to no.1 is almost entirely due to the 'releasing new singles and adding them post release strategy' and little reflection on people enjoying the original album of songs released back in 2021. Edited January 18, 20232 yr by Smint
January 18, 20232 yr Good to see that the top 5 are all studio albums released 2019 or later, even if playlists are doing much of the propping up for most of these too nowadays. Thanks for the thread Gezza!
January 18, 20232 yr ABBA Gold definitely the biggest album of all time then - Gezza hath spoken! :D Thanks for the thread.
January 18, 20232 yr The OCC split the sales of "The Platinum Collection" between the three GH sets whereas I don't (which explains 800k of the difference, the rest would come from how the OCC got the sales from the pre 1994 period plus what conversion they use for the 94-96 period. I use the higher figures and for the 80s the reported sales wheras I suspect the OCC will be using the record company shipment figures. I figured it might have been from the GH box sets but I forgot the sales of that in its own right were so high!
January 18, 20232 yr ... what conversion they use for the 94-96 period. I use the higher figures .... So why does Liam.k. give a higher figure for Oasis? Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (#1, 1995) 5,263,000 [15/07/21] And would be even higher by 5/1/23. Your figure is much lower at 4,963,100. See, http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=221805
January 18, 20232 yr Author Isn't the total for Diamonds wrong? I have it much higher (1,083,000) You're right. Who knows how I got that figure. Will amend tomorrow
January 18, 20232 yr Author So why does Liam.k. give a higher figure for Oasis? Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (#1, 1995) 5,263,000 [15/07/21] And would be even higher by 5/1/23. Your figure is much lower at 4,963,100. See, http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=221805 I don't use the higher figure for that album. That's because it came out in late 95 and whilst it is still lower than the original figure there is less of a variance as the difference between panel sales and DUS was less so it will matter less than in 94 or early 95 in terms of overall sales. Liam's may be higher than mine for that reason.
January 18, 20232 yr I applaud you Gezza for managing to keep up your interest levels and dedication to the charts forum during the sad demise of the album chart :(
January 18, 20232 yr Despite the state of the album chart will be interesting to see how this progresses. The Top 5 will all be gradually declining meaning something like Queen or Elton could end up as the biggest “seller” of the decade.
February 6Feb 6 I did think about updating this but I reckon it would require too much work, particularly for 2023 when I wasn’t tracking the album sales.
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