List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom
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This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.
Best-selling albums by year
Best-selling albums by decade
Decade | Album | Artist | Number sold |
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1960s | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | |
1970s | Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | |
1980s | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | |
1990s | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis | 4,940,000 |
2000s | Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | |
2010s | 21 | Adele | 5,110,000 |
See also
- List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling compilation albums by year in the United Kingdom
References
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