2026 albums year to date estimates

April 8Apr 8

3 hours ago, Julian_ said:
#67

Don't say it, anyone!

Also, it's not surprising to see Olivia back at #1. The only way for someone to permanently dethrone her from #1 if there was a gargantuan release, a la Taylor Swift.

April 8Apr 8

Reckon it will be another Olivia who would knock her off if anyone

April 15Apr 15

Author

Week 15:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	253,000	530,000
2	2	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	249,000
3	3	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	128,000	1,960,000
4	4	The Weeknd	Highlights	105,000	1,690,000
5	5	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	98,000	400,000
6	6	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	97,000	610,000
7	7	Michael Jackson	The Essential	96,000	2,190,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	89,000	390,000
9	9	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	82,000	720,000
10	11	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	79,000	970,000
11	10	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	79,000	970,000
12	14	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	78,000	2,490,000
13	13	Linkin Park	Papercuts	77,000	470,000
14	12	Tate McRae	So Close To What	76,000	330,000
15	15	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	74,000	3,630,000
16	16	ABBA	Gold	73,000	6,210,000
17	17	Elton John	Diamonds	66,000	1,990,000
18	22	BTS	Arirang	65,000
19	18	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	64,000	5,680,000
20	19	Arctic Monkeys	AM	64,000	2,390,000
21	28	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	63,000
22	20	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	61,000	150,000
23	21	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	60,000	3,590,000
24	23	EsDeeKid	Rebel	57,000	130,000
25	24	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	55,000	820,000
26	25	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	54,000	1,300,000
27	30	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	51,000	750,000
28	26	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	51,000
29	27	Maroon 5	Singles	51,000	1,040,000
30	29	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	51,000	670,000
31	35	Queen	Greatest Hits	48,000	3,260,000
32	34	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	47,000	640,000
33	33	Sam Fender	People Watching	47,000	330,000
34	32	Gorillaz	The Mountain	47,000
35	31	Robbie Williams	Britpop	46,000
36	36	Zach Bryan	With Heaven On Top	46,000
37	38	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	46,000	2,470,000
38	37	Lily Allen	West End Girl	45,000	130,000
39	40	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	45,000	3,060,000
40	41	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	45,000	2,360,000
46	48	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	42,000	2,070,000
78	81	Kanye West	Graduation	35,000	1,100,000
97	100	Madonna	Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed	30,000	330,000
100	-	Nirvana	Nirvana	29,000	1,590,000
-	98	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	29,000	140,000

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April 15Apr 15

Elton John and Fleetwood Mac are coming very near to passing 2 million now.

April 15Apr 15

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - 5,680,000

And in a few weeks this should be 19 times platinum (5.7m) to overtake Sgt Pepper and become the 2nd best selling studio album.

Eventually it will overtake Adele's 21 album. (recently became 19 times platinum).

April 21Apr 21

Author

Week 16:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	266,000	540,000
2	2	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	257,000
3	3	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	136,000	1,970,000
4	4	The Weeknd	Highlights	112,000	1,700,000
5	5	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	106,000	410,000
6	6	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	104,000	620,000
7	7	Michael Jackson	The Essential	104,000	2,200,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	95,000	400,000
9	9	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	86,000	720,000
10	10	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	86,000	980,000
11	11	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	85,000	980,000
12	12	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	83,000	2,490,000
13	13	Linkin Park	Papercuts	82,000	480,000
14	14	Tate McRae	So Close To What	80,000	340,000
15	15	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	78,000	3,630,000
16	16	ABBA	Gold	77,000	6,220,000
17	18	BTS	Arirang	74,000
18	21	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	73,000
19	17	Elton John	Diamonds	71,000	2,000,000
20	19	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	68,000	5,680,000
21	20	Arctic Monkeys	AM	68,000	2,390,000
22	22	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	65,000	160,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	63,000	3,600,000
24	24	EsDeeKid	Rebel	59,000	130,000
25	25	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	58,000	820,000
26	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	58,000	1,310,000
27	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	55,000	750,000
28	30	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	54,000	680,000
29	29	Maroon 5	Singles	54,000	1,040,000
30	28	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	52,000
31	31	Queen	Greatest Hits	51,000	3,260,000
32	32	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	50,000	650,000
33	33	Sam Fender	People Watching	50,000	330,000
34	40	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	49,000	2,360,000
35	37	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	49,000	2,480,000
36	34	Gorillaz	The Mountain	48,000
37	39	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	48,000	3,060,000
38	36	Zach Bryan	With Heaven On Top	48,000
39	38	Lily Allen	West End Girl	47,000	130,000
40	43	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	47,000	540,000
43	44	Calvin Harris	96 Months	46,000	280,000
54	56	Lady Gaga	The Fame	42,000	3,630,000
57	59	Green Day	Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band	42,000	790,000
64	65	Britney Spears	The Singles Collection	40,000	760,000
68	70	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	38,000	670,000
72	73	Avicii	Avicii Forever	38,000	110,000
73	78	Kanye West	Graduation	38,000	1,100,000
85	86	The Killers	Rebel Diamonds	34,000	270,000
95	97	Madonna	Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed	32,000	330,000

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April 21Apr 21

How fars Robbie fallen so far , is he gonna last longer than last years one

April 21Apr 21

The Killers on track to nicely achieving another platinum album.

April 22Apr 22

On 21/04/2026 at 10:43, Julian_ said:
Week 16:
1
1
Olivia Dean
The Art Of Loving
266,000
540,000
2
2
Harry Styles
Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
257,000
3
3
Fleetwood Mac
50 Years: Don't Stop
136,000
1,970,000
4
4
The Weeknd
Highlights
112,000
1,700,000
5
5
Sabrina Carpenter
Man's Best Friend
106,000
410,000
6
6
Ed Sheeran
+-=÷x (Tour Collection)
104,000
620,000
7
7
Michael Jackson
The Essential
104,000
2,200,000
8
8
Alex Warren
You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)
95,000
400,000
9
9
Taylor Swift
The Life Of A Showgirl
86,000
720,000
10
10
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n' Sweet
86,000
980,000
11
11
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
85,000
980,000
12
12
Oasis
Time Flies... 1994-2009
83,000
2,490,000
13
13
Linkin Park
Papercuts
82,000
480,000
14
14
Tate McRae
So Close To What
80,000
340,000
15
15
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
78,000
3,630,000
16
16
ABBA
Gold
77,000
6,220,000
17
18
BTS
Arirang
74,000
18
21
Raye
This Music May Contain Hope
73,000
19
17
Elton John
Diamonds
71,000
2,000,000
20
19
Oasis
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
68,000
5,680,000
21
20
Arctic Monkeys
AM
68,000
2,390,000
22
22
Sombr
I Barely Know Her
65,000
160,000
23
23
Eminem
Curtain Call: The Hits
63,000
3,600,000
24
24
EsDeeKid
Rebel
59,000
130,000
25
25
50 Cent
Best Of 50 Cent
58,000
820,000
26
26
Olivia Rodrigo
Sour
58,000
1,310,000
27
27
Olivia Rodrigo
Guts
55,000
750,000
28
30
Pitbull
Greatest Hits
54,000
680,000
29
29
Maroon 5
Singles
54,000
1,040,000
30
28
Mumford & Sons
Prizefighter
52,000
31
31
Queen
Greatest Hits
51,000
3,260,000
32
32
Billie Eilish
Hit Me Hard And Soft
50,000
650,000
33
33
Sam Fender
People Watching
50,000
330,000
34
40
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits
49,000
2,360,000
35
37
Bruno Mars
Doo-Wops & Hooligans
49,000
2,480,000
36
34
Gorillaz
The Mountain
48,000
37
39
Oasis
Definitely Maybe
48,000
3,060,000
38
36
Zach Bryan
With Heaven On Top
48,000
39
38
Lily Allen
West End Girl
47,000
130,000
40
43
Post Malone
The Diamond Collection
47,000
540,000
43
44
Calvin Harris
96 Months
46,000
280,000
54
56
Lady Gaga
The Fame
42,000
3,630,000
57
59
Green Day
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
42,000
790,000
64
65
Britney Spears
The Singles Collection
40,000
760,000
68
70
Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
38,000
670,000
72
73
Avicii
Avicii Forever
38,000
110,000
73
78
Kanye West
Graduation
38,000
1,100,000
85
86
The Killers
Rebel Diamonds
34,000
270,000
95
97
Madonna
Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed
32,000
330,000

Teenage dream?

April 22Apr 22

On 15/04/2026 at 22:45, ben08 said:
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - 5,680,000
And in a few weeks this should be 19 times platinum (5.7m) to overtake Sgt Pepper and become the 2nd best selling studio album.
Eventually it will overtake Adele's 21 album. (recently became 19 times platinum).

Ridiculous is what that is

April 22Apr 22

On 21/04/2026 at 16:18, 777666jason said:
How fars Robbie fallen so far , is he gonna last longer than last years one

Robbie debuted at #3 with 34k done on 23rd February. So, he's only managed another 12k in 3 months.

April 22Apr 22

8 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:
Robbie debuted at #3 with 34k done on 23rd February. So, he's only managed another 12k in 3 months.

So hes still top 100 then 😮

April 22Apr 22

6 minutes ago, 777666jason said:
So hes still top 100 then 😮

He was #35 in the EOY just last week, so he'd be just outside the top 40 this week.

1

April 28Apr 28

Author

Week 17:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	278,000	560,000
2	2	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	265,000
3	3	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	144,000	1,970,000
4	4	The Weeknd	Highlights	119,000	1,700,000
5	5	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	114,000	420,000
6	7	Michael Jackson	The Essential	113,000	2,210,000
7	6	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	110,000	620,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	103,000	410,000
9	10	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	91,000	980,000
10	11	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	91,000	980,000
11	9	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	89,000	730,000
12	12	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	88,000	2,500,000
13	13	Linkin Park	Papercuts	87,000	480,000
14	14	Tate McRae	So Close To What	83,000	340,000
15	15	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	83,000	3,640,000
16	18	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	82,000
17	16	ABBA	Gold	82,000	6,220,000
18	17	BTS	Arirang	81,000
19	19	Elton John	Diamonds	75,000	2,000,000
20	20	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	72,000	5,690,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	72,000	2,400,000
22	22	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	69,000	160,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	67,000	3,600,000
24	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	63,000	1,310,000
25	25	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	62,000	830,000
26	24	EsDeeKid	Rebel	61,000	140,000
27	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	60,000	760,000
28	28	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	58,000	680,000
29	29	Maroon 5	Singles	57,000	1,050,000
30	31	Queen	Greatest Hits	54,000	3,260,000
31	30	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	53,000
32	32	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	53,000	650,000
33	33	Sam Fender	People Watching	52,000	330,000
34	34	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	52,000	2,360,000
35	35	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	51,000	2,480,000
36	37	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	51,000	3,070,000
37	40	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	50,000	550,000
38	38	Zach Bryan	With Heaven On Top	49,000
39	36	Gorillaz	The Mountain	49,000
40	43	Calvin Harris	96 Months	49,000	280,000
42	45	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	48,000	2,080,000
53	54	Lady Gaga	The Fame	45,000	3,640,000
55	57	Green Day	Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band	45,000	790,000
63	64	Britney Spears	The Singles Collection	43,000	760,000
67	69	Phil Collins	The Singles	41,000	920,000
69	72	Avicii	Avicii Forever	41,000	110,000
72	73	Kanye West	Graduation	40,000	1,100,000
82	91	The Cure	Greatest Hits	37,000	1,260,000
91	95	Madonna	Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed	35,000	330,000
98	99	Nirvana	Nirvana	33,000	1,590,000

May 5May 5

Author

Week 18:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	293,000	570,000
2	2	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	272,000
3	3	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	153,000	1,980,000
4	4	The Weeknd	Highlights	125,000	1,710,000
5	5	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	120,000	430,000
6	6	Michael Jackson	The Essential	119,000	2,220,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	117,000	630,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	111,000	420,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	97,000	990,000
10	10	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	96,000	820,000
11	12	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	94,000	2,500,000
12	11	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	93,000	730,000
13	13	Linkin Park	Papercuts	92,000	490,000
14	16	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	88,000
15	15	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	87,000	3,640,000
16	14	Tate McRae	So Close To What	87,000	350,000
17	17	ABBA	Gold	87,000	6,230,000
18	18	BTS	Arirang	86,000
19	19	Elton John	Diamonds	80,000	2,010,000
20	20	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	76,000	5,690,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	75,000	2,400,000
22	22	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	72,000	160,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	71,000	3,600,000
24	24	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	67,000	1,320,000
25	25	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	65,000	830,000
26	27	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	64,000	760,000
27	26	EsDeeKid	Rebel	63,000	140,000
28	28	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	61,000	680,000
29	29	Maroon 5	Singles	61,000	1,050,000
30	30	Queen	Greatest Hits	57,000	3,260,000
31	32	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	56,000	650,000
32	-	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	56,000
33	34	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	55,000	2,370,000
34	31	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	54,000
35	33	Sam Fender	People Watching	54,000	330,000
36	36	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	54,000	3,070,000
37	35	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	54,000	2,480,000
38	40	Calvin Harris	96 Months	53,000	290,000
39	37	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	53,000	550,000
40	41	Charli XCX	Brat	52,000	580,000
41	42	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	52,000	2,080,000
43	44	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	51,000	2,580,000
45	46	The Beatles	1967-1970	50,000	1,380,000
52	53	Lady Gaga	The Fame	48,000	3,640,000
67	69	Avicii	Avicii Forever	43,000	110,000
71	72	Kanye West	Graduation	43,000	1,100,000
83	85	The Killers	Rebel Diamonds	39,000	280,000
88	-	Michael Jackson	Bad	38,000	4,490,000
99	-	Michael Jackson	Thriller	35,000	4,780,000
-	96	Raye	My 21st Century Blues	35,000	270,000
-	99	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	35,000	380,000
-	100	Lewis Capaldi	Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent	35,000	1,910,000

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May 5May 5

Bad and Thriller to respectively go 15 and 16 times Platinum imminently!

1

May 5May 5

Other than a potential TS album (maybe this will be the first year in ages we wont get one) do we think anyone stand a chance of snatching Olivia Deans crown

May 5May 5

1 hour ago, Ongarboy said:
Bad and Thriller to respectively go 15 and 16 times Platinum imminently!

Along with Oasis on 19 times Platinum within 2 or 3 weeks. Hope BPI does one of their random album updates.

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - 5,690,000

May 5May 5

Really good to get sales updates on Michael Jacksons Thriller and Bad,

May 12May 12

Author

Week 19:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	308,000	590,000
2	2	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	278,000
3	3	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	161,000	1,990,000
4	6	Michael Jackson	The Essential	149,000	2,250,000
5	4	The Weeknd	Highlights	132,000	1,720,000
6	5	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	126,000	430,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	124,000	640,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	118,000	420,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	103,000	990,000
10	10	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	101,000	820,000
11	11	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	100,000	2,510,000
12	13	Linkin Park	Papercuts	98,000	490,000
13	12	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	96,000	730,000
14	14	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	94,000
15	15	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	92,000	3,650,000
16	17	ABBA	Gold	91,000	6,230,000
17	18	BTS	Arirang	91,000
18	16	Tate McRae	So Close To What	90,000	350,000
19	19	Elton John	Diamonds	84,000	2,010,000
20	20	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	81,000	5,700,000
21	21	Arctic Monkeys	AM	79,000	2,410,000
22	22	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	76,000	170,000
23	23	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	75,000	3,610,000
24	32	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	72,000
25	24	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	71,000	1,320,000
26	25	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	69,000	830,000
27	26	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	68,000	760,000
28	27	EsDeeKid	Rebel	65,000	140,000
29	28	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	65,000	690,000
30	29	Maroon 5	Singles	64,000	1,050,000
31	30	Queen	Greatest Hits	60,000	3,270,000
32	31	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	59,000	660,000
33	33	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	58,000	2,370,000
34	35	Sam Fender	People Watching	57,000	340,000
35	36	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	57,000	3,070,000
36	37	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	57,000	2,490,000
37	38	Calvin Harris	96 Months	56,000	290,000
38	39	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	56,000	550,000
39	34	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	56,000
40	41	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	55,000	2,090,000
42	43	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	54,000	2,580,000
43	45	The Beatles	1967-1970	53,000	1,380,000
46	49	OneRepublic	The Collection	52,000	100,000
49	52	Lady Gaga	The Fame	51,000	3,640,000
53	55	Green Day	Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band	50,000	790,000
61	63	Britney Spears	The Singles Collection	48,000	770,000
65	88	Michael Jackson	Bad	47,000	4,500,000
68	71	Kanye West	Graduation	46,000	1,110,000
70	99	Michael Jackson	Thriller	46,000	4,790,000
89	90	Madonna	Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed	40,000	340,000

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