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Adele has the two best-selling albums of the 2010s: 21 and 25.

This is a list of the 40 best-selling artist albums in the United Kingdom since 2010, as recorded by the Official Charts Company (OCC). Six of these were not released in the 2010s—including Crazy Love (2009) by Michael Bublé, which is the only album released in the 2000s to feature in the top ten.[1] Adele, One Direction and Ed Sheeran all feature on this list three times, more than anyone else,[1] while Adele features in the top 10 twice and Ed Sheeran features three times, more than anyone else.[1] Adele is also one of two artists to achieve three million-selling albums since 2010 with 19 (released in 2008 but sold over a million copies since 2010), 21 and 25.[2] The other is Sheeran with +, x and ÷.

The best-selling album of the decade is Adele's 21, which has sold over 5 million copies as of January 2017.[3]

Best-selling albums since 2010

Rihanna features twice on this list, with Loud (#9) and Talk That Talk (#33)
Coldplay features twice on this list, with Mylo Xyloto (#17) and A Head Full of Dreams (#25)
Olly Murs features twice on this list, with Right Place Right Time (#18) and In Case You Didn't Know (#28)
One Direction feature twice on the list, with Up All Night (#26), Take Me Home (#36)

Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference; where no reference is given sales derived from order of OCC list of 9 June 2015.[1] The OCC differentiate 'chart sales' (which include streaming) from 'sales' (which are downloads and physical purchases).[4]

No.[1] Title Artist Peak
position 		Year of
release 		Sales
(where available) 		No. of times
Platinum[a]
1 21 Adele 1 2011 5,110,000 17×
2 25 Adele 1 2015 3,500,000 11×
3 x Ed Sheeran 1 2014 3,300,000 11×
4 ÷ Ed Sheeran 1 2017 3,004,684[6] 10×
5 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 2011 2,743,700 9×
6 In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 1 2014 2,400,900 8×
7 Progress Take That 1 2010 2,400,000[7] 8×
8 + Ed Sheeran 1 2011 2,400,000[8] 8×
9 Our Version of Events Emeli Sandé 1 2012 2,400,000 8×
10 Loud Rihanna 1 2010 1,997,500 6×
11 Crazy Love Michael Bublé 1 2009† 1,890,300 6×
12 19 Adele 1 2008† 1,820,000 6×
13 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 1 2010 1,713,000[9] 5×
14 The Fame / The Fame Monster Lady Gaga 1 2009† 1,578,000 5×
15 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons 2 2009† 1,561,800 5×
16 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 1 2011 1,536,700 5×
17 The Defamation of Strickland Banks Plan B 1 2010 1,399,400[10] 4×
18 Right Place Right Time Olly Murs 1 2012 1,380,000[11] 4×
19 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 1 2010 1,300,000[12] 4×
20 Who You Are Jessie J 2 2011 1,270,000[13] 4×
21 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists 1 2017 1,249,000[14] 4×
22 Wanted on Voyage George Ezra 1 2014 1,244,389[15] 4×
23 Lungs Florence and the Machine 1 2009† 1,235,300 4×
24 Purpose Justin Bieber 2 2015 1,200,000 4×
25 Halcyon / Halcyon Days Ellie Goulding 1 2012 1,200,000 4×
26 1989 Taylor Swift 1 2014 1,200,000 4×
27 A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay 1 2015 1,146,000 3×
28 Up All Night One Direction 1 2011 1,133,000 3×
29 If I Can Dream Elvis Presley 1 2015 1,134,900 3×
30 Babel Mumford & Sons 1 2012 1,064,338[16] 3×
31 In Case You Didn't Know Olly Murs 1 2011 1,105,014[17] 3×
32 Born to Die Lana Del Rey 1 2012 1,109,900 3×
33 Human Rag'n'Bone Man 1 2017 1,100,000[18] 3×
34 Greatest Hits Bon Jovi 2 2010 1,094,300 3×
35 AM Arctic Monkeys 1 2013 1,052,300 3×
36 Talk That Talk Rihanna 1 2011 1,039,300[19] 3×
37 Sunny Side Up Paolo Nutini 1 2009† 1,033,000 3×
38 I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne 1 2015 1,014,000 3×
39 Take Me Home One Direction 1 2012 1,000,924[20] 3×
40 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars 1 2012 1,030,200 3×
41 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1 2011 1,020,800 3×
42 Frozen Various artists 1 2013 1,009,000[21] 3×
43 Recovery Eminem 1 2010 1,000,500 3×
44 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! Pink 5 2010 985,900 3×
45 18 Months Calvin Harris 1 2012 940,700 3×
46 Glory Days Little Mix 1 2016 931,250 3×
47 Come Around Sundown Kings of Leon 1 2010 915,329[22] 3×
48 The Element of Freedom Alicia Keys 1 2009† 900,000 3×
49 The Truth About Love Pink 1 2012 900,000 3×
50 Midnight Memories One Direction 1 2013 881,300[23] 3×

† Released before 2010; only sales from 2010 onwards included

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The certifications are those given by the BPI as of March 2017.[5]

References

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