Wayne
07-31-2009, 06:48 PM
You can download the list in PDF format from the BPI website, they havent updated the sales for some of the albums, i.e Madonna IC and Michael Jacksons Bad since the 2006 list. This is the list.
P.S MJ's Bad was given in MW at the end of June this year as 3,609.592.
Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009
Pos Title Artist Year of Release Sales Total
1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 1981 5,678,610
2 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 4,908,288
3 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1992 4,610,813
4 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1996 4,421,505
5 BROTHERS IN ARMS DIRE STRAITS 1985 4,069,764
6 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD 1973 3,956,177
7 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 1982 3,825,857
8 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 2000 3,746,404
9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 1987 3,554,301
10 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 1990 3,402,160
11 STARS SIMPLY RED 1991 3,401,092
12 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1998 3,358,941
13 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 3,253,818
14 BACK TO BEDLAM JAMES BLUNT 2004 3,172,069
15 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 1997 3,167,875
16 NO ANGEL DIDO 2003 3,048,208
17 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SIMON & GARFUNKEL 1970 3,047,242
18 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE 2006 2,985,303
19 TALK ON CORNERS THE CORRS 1997 2,947,666
20 BAT OUT OF HELL MEAT LOAF 1978 2,942,717
21 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996 2,928,739
22 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 2000 2,906,785
23 DIRTY DANCING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 1987 2,892,247
24 LIFE FOR RENT DIDO 2000 2,851,216
25 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 1984 2,826,912
26 1 BEATLES 2000 2,825,962
27 SPIRIT LEONA LEWIS 2007 2,812,524
28 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 1987 2,752,787
29 BUT SERIOUSLY PHIL COLLINS 1989 2,740,590
30 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 2,708,489
31 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2004 2,708,257
32 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2004 2,696,815
33 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 1999 2,675,939
34 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD 1973 2,630,747
35 BEAUTIFUL WORLD TAKE THAT 2006 2,616,944
36 GREATEST HITS ABBA 1976 2,605,550
37 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995 2,600,479
38 I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1998 2,563,106
39 X&Y COLDPLAY 2005 2,561,376
40 WAR OF THE WORLDS JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION 1985 2,561,283
P.S MJ's Bad was given in MW at the end of June this year as 3,609.592.
Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009
Pos Title Artist Year of Release Sales Total
1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 1981 5,678,610
2 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 4,908,288
3 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1992 4,610,813
4 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1996 4,421,505
5 BROTHERS IN ARMS DIRE STRAITS 1985 4,069,764
6 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD 1973 3,956,177
7 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 1982 3,825,857
8 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 2000 3,746,404
9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 1987 3,554,301
10 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 1990 3,402,160
11 STARS SIMPLY RED 1991 3,401,092
12 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1998 3,358,941
13 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 3,253,818
14 BACK TO BEDLAM JAMES BLUNT 2004 3,172,069
15 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 1997 3,167,875
16 NO ANGEL DIDO 2003 3,048,208
17 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SIMON & GARFUNKEL 1970 3,047,242
18 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE 2006 2,985,303
19 TALK ON CORNERS THE CORRS 1997 2,947,666
20 BAT OUT OF HELL MEAT LOAF 1978 2,942,717
21 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996 2,928,739
22 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 2000 2,906,785
23 DIRTY DANCING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 1987 2,892,247
24 LIFE FOR RENT DIDO 2000 2,851,216
25 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 1984 2,826,912
26 1 BEATLES 2000 2,825,962
27 SPIRIT LEONA LEWIS 2007 2,812,524
28 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 1987 2,752,787
29 BUT SERIOUSLY PHIL COLLINS 1989 2,740,590
30 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 2,708,489
31 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2004 2,708,257
32 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2004 2,696,815
33 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 1999 2,675,939
34 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD 1973 2,630,747
35 BEAUTIFUL WORLD TAKE THAT 2006 2,616,944
36 GREATEST HITS ABBA 1976 2,605,550
37 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995 2,600,479
38 I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1998 2,563,106
39 X&Y COLDPLAY 2005 2,561,376
40 WAR OF THE WORLDS JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION 1985 2,561,283