"The Fame" being just 30k away from 12x Platinum!!!

It looks like the top 10 is gonna be

1. The Life of a Showgirl

2. Short n Sweet

3. +-=÷×

4. Time Flies...1994-2009

5. 50 Years: Don't Stop

6. The Highlights

7. (What's the Story) Morning Glory

8. Man's Best Friend

9. You'll Be Alright, Kid

10. Diamonds

Thanks for the extra figures this week. Always appreciate any Beatles sales figures.

Can't see Anthology 4 making the year-end Top 100.

86 86 The Beatles 1962-1966 86,000

Seems 86 is a nice Beatles number.

"The Life of a Showgirl" is now at 564k.

Week 46:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	564,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	483,000	860,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	369,000	470,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	346,000	2,380,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	319,000	1,790,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	306,000	1,540,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	277,000	5,580,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	252,000	270,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	248,000
10	12	Elton John	Diamonds	242,000	1,900,000
11	10	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	241,000	540,000
12	11	Sam Fender	People Watching	240,000
13	16	Michael Jackson	The Essential	225,000	2,060,000
14	13	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	225,000	570,000
15	14	Charli XCX	Brat	221,000	510,000
16	17	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	221,000	690,000
17	15	SZA	SOS	220,000	700,000
18	18	Tate McRae	So Close To What	212,000
19	19	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	212,000	6,110,000
20	20	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	203,000	3,520,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	197,000	2,300,000
22	24	Linkin Park	Papercuts	195,000	370,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	194,000	3,510,000
24	22	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	194,000	2,990,000
25	25	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	190,000	970,000
26	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	182,000	670,000
27	27	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	181,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	177,000	1,230,000
29	29	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	169,000	310,000
30	32	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	161,000
31	30	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	152,000
32	31	Calvin Harris	96 Months	148,000	220,000
33	33	Queen	Greatest Hits	147,000	3,190,000
34	34	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	147,000	480,000
35	35	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	144,000	270,000
36	36	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	143,000	610,000
37	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	142,000	330,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	140,000	1,680,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	140,000	4,470,000
40	40	Fontaines D.C.	Romance	134,000	250,000
64	66	Ed Sheeran	Play	109,000
86	91	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	89,000
99	-	Celine Dion	My Love - The Essential Collection	79,000	1,510,000
-	98	Playboi Carti	I Am Music	78,000

I know it probably won't happen but I'd love Oasis to overtake Ed into #3.

Week 47:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	579,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	488,000	860,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	377,000	480,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	351,000	2,380,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	327,000	1,790,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	314,000	1,550,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	282,000	5,590,000
8	8	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	257,000
9	9	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	257,000	280,000
10	12	Elton John	Diamonds	247,000	1,900,000
11	10	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	244,000	540,000
12	11	Sam Fender	People Watching	243,000
13	16	Michael Jackson	The Essential	232,000	2,070,000
14	13	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	228,000	570,000
15	14	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	226,000	700,000
16	17	Charli XCX	Brat	224,000	510,000
17	15	SZA	SOS	223,000	710,000
18	18	Tate McRae	So Close To What	217,000
19	19	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	216,000	6,120,000
20	20	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	208,000	3,520,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	202,000	2,300,000
22	24	Linkin Park	Papercuts	199,000	370,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	198,000	3,510,000
24	22	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	197,000	2,990,000
25	25	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	192,000	980,000
26	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	185,000	680,000
27	27	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	183,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	180,000	1,230,000
29	29	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	179,000
30	32	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	171,000	310,000
31	30	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	153,000
32	31	Calvin Harris	96 Months	151,000	220,000
33	33	Queen	Greatest Hits	150,000	3,190,000
34	34	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	150,000	480,000
35	35	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	146,000	270,000
36	36	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	146,000	610,000
37	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	145,000	330,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	143,000	1,690,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	143,000	4,470,000
40	40	Maroon 5	Singles	137,000	980,000
63	64	Ed Sheeran	Play	113,000
84	86	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	93,000
100	-	The Cure	Greatest Hits	80,000	1,210,000
-	100	Stereophonics	Best Of - Decade In The Sun	80,000	1,860,000

So only 1 album (Taylor) released this year has gone platinum. Sabrina and Sam will likely fall short before the end of the year. They really need to lower the certification levels.

The "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack has now done 384,630 units. Would be at #3 in the EOY chart if it were allowed in the main albums.

Week 48:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	591,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	494,000	870,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	384,000	490,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	356,000	2,390,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	333,000	1,800,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	321,000	1,560,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	287,000	5,590,000
8	8	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	266,000
9	9	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	262,000	280,000
10	10	Elton John	Diamonds	253,000	1,910,000
11	11	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	247,000	550,000
12	12	Sam Fender	People Watching	246,000
13	13	Michael Jackson	The Essential	238,000	2,080,000
14	14	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	232,000	580,000
15	15	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	231,000	700,000
16	18	Tate McRae	So Close To What	229,000
17	16	Charli XCX	Brat	227,000	520,000
18	17	SZA	SOS	226,000	710,000
19	19	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	220,000	6,120,000
20	20	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	213,000	3,530,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	206,000	2,310,000
22	22	Linkin Park	Papercuts	204,000	370,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	202,000	3,520,000
24	24	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	201,000	3,000,000
25	29	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	197,000
26	25	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	195,000	980,000
27	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	188,000	680,000
28	27	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	185,000
29	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	184,000	1,230,000
30	30	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	173,000	310,000
31	31	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	154,000
32	32	Calvin Harris	96 Months	153,000	220,000
33	33	Queen	Greatest Hits	153,000	3,190,000
34	34	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	153,000	490,000
35	36	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	148,000	610,000
36	35	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	148,000	270,000
37	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	147,000	330,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	146,000	1,690,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	146,000	4,470,000
40	40	Maroon 5	Singles	140,000	980,000
58	63	Ed Sheeran	Play	118,000
81	84	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	97,000

Wonder if there could be 5 albums released this year in the top 15 by year end

Week 49:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	603,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	500,000	870,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	392,000	490,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	362,000	2,390,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	341,000	1,810,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	328,000	1,560,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	294,000	5,600,000
8	8	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	276,000
9	9	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	268,000	290,000
10	10	Elton John	Diamonds	258,000	1,910,000
11	11	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	251,000	550,000
12	12	Sam Fender	People Watching	250,000
13	13	Michael Jackson	The Essential	244,000	2,080,000
14	16	Tate McRae	So Close To What	238,000
15	15	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	236,000	580,000
16	15	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	235,000	710,000
17	17	Charli XCX	Brat	230,000	520,000
18	18	SZA	SOS	228,000	710,000
19	19	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	225,000	6,130,000
20	20	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	219,000	3,530,000
21	25	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	217,000
22	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	211,000	2,310,000
23	22	Linkin Park	Papercuts	208,000	380,000
24	24	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	206,000	3,000,000
25	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	206,000	3,520,000
26	26	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	197,000	980,000
27	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	192,000	680,000
28	29	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	188,000	1,240,000
29	28	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	187,000
30	30	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	176,000	310,000
31	33	Queen	Greatest Hits	157,000	3,200,000
32	31	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	156,000
33	32	Calvin Harris	96 Months	156,000	230,000
34	34	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	155,000	490,000
35	35	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	151,000	620,000
36	36	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	151,000	270,000
37	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	150,000	330,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	149,000	1,690,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	148,000	4,480,000
40	40	Maroon 5	Singles	143,000	980,000
52	58	Ed Sheeran	Play	125,000

Looks like '÷' will make the EOY top 40 for a 9th year in a row.

Does Lily Allen have a chance of top 100?

20 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Does Lily Allen have a chance of top 100?

I expect the bar to be around 90k and “West End Girl” is on 72k and down to 5k per week, so probably not quite.

However 2 other 2025 albums might enter, though the 1st isn’t exactly a fresh album:

Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (combined) 83k

Sombr - I Barely Know Her 80k

Would make sense that Sombr gets in given his three top 20 hits.

Least the no1 here has broken 600k

Would also be nice to see Sam and Olivia do enough for top 10/20 respectively, they seem big 2025 artists.

Also, feels like Alex Warren is a 2025 album!

Edited December 9, 2025Dec 9 by Steve201

Week 50:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	615,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	506,000	880,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	398,000	500,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	367,000	2,400,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	348,000	1,820,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	336,000	1,570,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	300,000	5,600,000
8	8	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	286,000
9	9	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	274,000	290,000
10	12	Sam Fender	People Watching	264,000
11	10	Elton John	Diamonds	263,000	1,920,000
12	11	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	255,000	550,000
13	13	Michael Jackson	The Essential	249,000	2,090,000
14	14	Tate McRae	So Close To What	246,000
15	15	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	241,000	590,000
16	16	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	240,000	710,000
17	21	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	238,000
18	17	Charli XCX	Brat	234,000	520,000
19	18	SZA	SOS	232,000	710,000
20	19	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	230,000	6,130,000
21	20	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	225,000	3,540,000
22	22	Arctic Monkeys	AM	216,000	2,320,000
23	23	Linkin Park	Papercuts	213,000	380,000
24	24	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	210,000	3,010,000
25	25	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	210,000	3,520,000
26	26	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	200,000	980,000
27	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	196,000	690,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	191,000	1,240,000
29	29	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	189,000
30	30	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	179,000	320,000
31	31	Queen	Greatest Hits	160,000	3,200,000
32	33	Calvin Harris	96 Months	158,000	230,000
33	34	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	158,000	490,000
34	32	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	157,000
35	35	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	153,000	620,000
36	36	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	153,000	280,000
37	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	153,000	340,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	152,000	1,690,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	151,000	4,480,000
40	40	Maroon 5	Singles	146,000	980,000
50	52	Ed Sheeran	Play	130,000
80	81	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	103,000
98	-	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Edition)	87,000
-	100	Sam Fender	Hypersonic Missiles	86,000	530,000

Week 51:

1	1	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	632,000
2	2	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	512,000	890,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	404,000	510,000
4	4	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	373,000	2,410,000
5	5	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	355,000	1,820,000
6	6	The Weeknd	The Highlights	343,000	1,580,000
7	7	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	307,000	5,610,000
8	8	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	296,000
9	9	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	280,000	300,000
10	10	Sam Fender	People Watching	273,000
11	11	Elton John	Diamonds	269,000	1,920,000
12	17	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	259,000
13	12	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	259,000	560,000
14	13	Michael Jackson	The Essential	255,000	2,090,000
15	14	Tate McRae	So Close To What	253,000
16	16	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	245,000	720,000
17	15	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	245,000	590,000
18	18	Charli XCX	Brat	237,000	530,000
19	19	SZA	SOS	235,000	720,000
20	20	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	235,000	6,140,000
21	21	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	232,000	3,550,000
22	22	Arctic Monkeys	AM	221,000	2,320,000
23	23	Linkin Park	Papercuts	218,000	390,000
24	24	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	214,000	3,010,000
25	25	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	214,000	3,530,000
26	26	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	204,000	990,000
27	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	200,000	690,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	195,000	1,250,000
29	29	Lady Gaga	Mayhem	191,000
30	30	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	181,000	320,000
31	31	Queen	Greatest Hits	163,000	3,200,000
32	33	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	161,000	490,000
33	32	Calvin Harris	96 Months	160,000	230,000
34	34	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	158,000
35	35	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	156,000	620,000
36	37	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	155,000	340,000
37	36	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	155,000	280,000
38	38	Billy Joel	Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel	155,000	1,700,000
39	39	Ed Sheeran	÷	153,000	4,480,000
40	41	Fontaines D.C.	Romance	150,000	270,000
48	50	Ed Sheeran	Play	134,000
96	98	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Edition)	90,000
100	-	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	88,000
-	99	Celine Dion	My Love - The Essential Collection	88,000	1,510,000

I would love for ‘Rumours’ to make it into the top 20, but I guess it’s not quite doing enough!

I imagine lots of people are buying it for Christmas presents though.

Will Olivia rein Sam in? 😇

10 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

Will Olivia rein Sam in? 😇

It'll be close for that final top 10 spot!