1. Oasis - Be Here Now - 696,389 (1997)

2. Coldplay - X&Y - 464,471 (2005)

3. Take That - The Circus - 432,000 (2008)

4. Dido - Life for Rent - 400,351 (2003)

5. Leona Lewis - Spirit - 375,872 (2007)

6. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care - 373,832 (2005)

7. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - 363,735 (2006)

8. U2 - Rattle and Hum - 360,000 (1988)

9. Michael Jackson - Bad - 350,000 (1987)

10. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - 347,000 (1995)

11. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 340,000 (1990)

12. Boyzone - By Request - 329,176 (1999)

13. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits - 320,081 (2004)

14. The Beatles - 1 - 319,126 (2000)

15. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land - 316,951 (1997)

16. Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning - 313,585 (2000)

17. Oasis - Standing On The Shoulder of Giants - 311,265 (2000)

18. Hear'Say - Popstars - 306,631 (2001)

19. Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 302,074 (2008)

20. Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning - 295,024 (2001)

21. Simply Red - Life - 290,000 (1995)

22. Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah - 288,167 (2006)

23. George Michael - Older - 281,000 (1996)

24. Take That - Greatest Hits - 280,000 (1996)

25. George Michael - Patience - 274,816 (2004)

26. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head - 273,924 (2002)

27. The Killers - Sam's Town - 268,946 (2006)

28. Robson & Jerome - Robson & Jerome - 268,000 (1995)

29. Robbie Williams - Escapology - 264,104 (2002)

30. The Verve - Urban Hymns - 250,054 (1997)

31. G4 - G4 - 244,671 (2005)

32. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth - 237,865 (2005)

33. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - 235,890 (2004)

34. U2 - The Joshua Tree - 235,000 (1987)

35. Westlife - Coast To Coast - 234,767 (2000)

36. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry - 230,551 (2002)

37. Eminem - The Eminem Show - 228,297 (2002)

38. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare - 227,922 (2007)

39. Craig David - Born To Do It - 225,320 (2000)

40. Take That - Nobody Else - 225,000 (1995)

41. Keane - Under The Iron Sea - 222,297 (2006)

42. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night - 220,879 (2008)

43. Westlife - The Love Album - 219,622 (2006)

44. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance floor - 217,610 (2005)

45. Westlife - Face to Face - 216,879 (2005)

46. Journey South - Journey South - 216,843 (2006)

47. Oasis - Stop The Clocks - 213,289 (2006)

48. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - 202,409 (2006)

49. Will Young - Friday's Child - 201,900 (2003)

50. Michael Jackson - Dangerous - 201,841 (1991)

 

Credit to UKM forum ;)

LOL...

 

OMG at Hear'say! I can't believe there that High!

 

:o

 

Where are Spice and Spiceworld? I believed their sales were huge on the first week of both.

Where are Spice and Spiceworld? I believed their sales were huge on the first week of both.

Spiceworld did 192k in its 1st week. Still fastest selling for a female band ever i believe. Spice actually did less, but sold consistently for weeks, was in the top5 for like 6 months or something.

 

Some 1-week sales are higher than 1st week sales also. Take That's Beautiful world sold 443k i think on Xmas week 2006 for example, and sure Spice sold amazingly this week too.

 

Also Oasis Dig Out Your Soul must have just missed the top50- 200k in week 1

Wow, Robbie sold that much in 1 week of Intensive Care only 3 years ago, you wonder why he's totally off the radar now.

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Wow, Robbie sold that much in 1 week of Intensive Care only 3 years ago, you wonder why he's totally off the radar now.

He's on a slowdown- contracted to EMI still but unhappy so working as slow as possible. This is why he's been so quiet of late. Doesn't need the money though does he? :lol:

He's on a slowdown- contracted to EMI still but unhappy so working as slow as possible. This is why he's been so quiet of late. Doesn't need the money though does he? :lol:

Well of course he has released one album since then of course but he quite rightly DARED not to do the same old MOR stuff (just look at Take That to see how successful doing that does) so that and the bad choice of first single resulted him in not selling as much. He has nothing to lose now so I just hope he doesn't go back down that road too much for his comeback album but I have a feeling he will.

LOL...

 

OMG at Hear'say! I can't believe there that High!

 

:o

 

I know :lol: There are so many reality TV 'stars' in the Top 50! Just pleased the Top 3 remains free of them though -_-

Well of course he has released one album since then of course but he quite rightly DARED not to do the same old MOR stuff (just look at Take That to see how successful doing that does) so that and the bad choice of first single resulted him in not selling as much. He has nothing to lose now so I just hope he doesn't go back down that road too much for his comeback album but I have a feeling he will.

 

That plus he's waiting for the right song-writer to come along for him. :lol:

 

Norma

That plus he's waiting for the right song-writer to come along for him. :lol: Failing that I'm sure he'll thrill us all with another swing album.

 

Norma

 

Did any of those albums in the top 50 either...

 

A) Not make #1

 

or B ) Not manage to sell a million copies + in total?

off the top of my head stop the clocks by oasis made no2, not 1... hope that helps. will look more later

Did any of those albums in the top 50 either...

 

A) Not make #1

 

or B ) Not manage to sell a million copies + in total?

Prettu sure Journey South haven't sold a million. I'm very sure that Favourite Worst Nightmare and Stadium Arcadium haven't either yet.. and By Only The Night (although that will surely hit a million very soon!).

 

And here is the rest of the Biggest 1st Weeks Sales List:,

 

51. Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward - 201,266 (2006)

52. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul - 200,866 (2008)

53. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 200,863 (2004)

54. The Killers - Day & Age - 200,299 (2008)

55. Mariah Carey - Music Box - 200,675 (1993)

56.=U2 - Zooropa - 200,000 (1993)

56.=REM - Monster - 200,000 (1994)

 

'But Seriously' by Phil Collins, should be in the Top 50 too - quite high

I'd say. When it entered at No.1, (W/E 2nd December 1989), it was said

to be the UK's 'Fastest Selling Album', to date. However, it is not in the List,

as no-one seems to remember its 1st Week's Sales.....I'm sure that Alan Jones,

of 'Music Week', must know! He will have it in his collection of UK Chart Data.

 

 

And here is the rest of the Biggest 1st Weeks Sales List:,

 

55. Mariah Carey - Music Box - 200,675 (1993)

 

Surely, you jest? :blink:

i was kinda expecting Alanis Morissette to be there with Jagged Little Pill but i guess not

Spiceworld did 192k in its 1st week. Still fastest selling for a female band ever i believe. Spice actually did less, but sold consistently for weeks, was in the top5 for like 6 months or something.

1-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-3-3-1-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-1-2-2-3-4-5-5-4-4-5-4-2-4-4-6-9-11-9-11-13-15-20-22-20-22-20-21-27-36-35-33-39-38-39-33-37-40-56-67-74-75-75-71-44-44-61 {72 weeks}

 

Wow!!! You are right!!! I make that 40 consecutive weeks in the top 5 :o More than 9 months :o :o :o

I had no idea Boyzone's By Request sold so many in week one in 1999 :o the second fastest selling 'hits' album ever, no wonder the new one hasn't sold so well!

nearly all of Oasis albums in that list !!!!

 

great... it makes me so proud to see "be here now" #1 with 696,000 (even though it was released on a thursday!) those are only 3days of sales.