List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
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The UK Albums Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2005, it has been based on the sales of both physical and digital albums, on the condition that the album was available in both formats. In 2007, the rules were changed so that legal downloads of all albums, irrespective of whether a physical copy was available, were eligible to chart.[2]
Between 2000 and 2009, more than 100 albums sold more than 1 million copies in the United Kingdom. At the end of the decade, a retrospective chart was compiled by the Official Charts Company to determine the best-selling artist album of this ten-year period. The title was won by James Blunt, with his debut album Back to Bedlam, released in 2004.[3] The album sold 3.19 million copies, finishing ahead of Dido's album No Angel, which sold 3.05 million copies.[4] Dido featured twice in the top 10 best-sellers, with Life for Rent being the seventh best-seller of the decade. Amy Winehouse (3), Leona Lewis (4) and David Gray (5) were the other solo-artists to feature.[5] The Beatles' compilation album 1 was the highest entry by a group in the chart at number 6; Coldplay (8), Keane (9) and Scissor Sisters (10) made up the rest of the top ten.[6][7] Robbie Williams had the most albums on the list with five entries.
BBC Radio 1 announced the chart in a programme, presented by DJ Nihal, on 28 December 2009.[8] The list of the best-selling albums of the decade in the United Kingdom was also announced in a series of three shows between 29 and 31 December 2009.[8] As it was broadcast during the last week of December, the chart did not include sales from the final week of the year. An updated chart, including sales up to 31 December 2009 and containing some minor changes from the chart broadcast on Radio 1, was published in the UK trade magazine Music Week in the issue dated 30 January 2010.[9]
The list of the best-selling compilation albums of the decade in the UK Compilation Chart was dominated by the Now That's What I Call Music! series of albums. The best-selling compilation album of the 2000s was Now 47 with 1,371,324 copies sold, ahead of Now 50 with 1,367,380 copies. The best-selling soundtrack album of the decade was Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack, with a total of 1,320,357 to the end of 2009.[10]
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- ^ The updated chart of the best-selling albums of the decade published in Music Week in January 2010 placed Back to Black at number 19. It appears likely that this position is for sales of the standard edition of the album only. A "deluxe edition" was released in November 2007 and was initially classified as a separate album, with its own chart positions (also peaking at number 1) and its own sales and award certifications. Sales for the two versions were later combined and subsequent reported sales figures for Back to Black are for the standard and deluxe editions combined.
See also
[edit]- List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Swash, Rosie (8 January 2007). "Old songs return to brave new singles chart". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Parker, Sam (1 January 2010). "Revealed: the top ten tracks of the noughties". America Online (AOL). Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Will Young and James Blunt win biggest-selling single and album of the Noughties". NME. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Will Young has decade's biggest-selling single". Newsround. BBC. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (31 December 2009). "Will Young tops U.K. singles of decade". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Reality TV stars top decade chart". Daily Mirror. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. BBC. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b "The Noughties' Official UK Albums Chart Top 100". Music Week. London, England: United Business Media: 19. 30 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Rise and Fall". Music Week. London, England: United Business Media: 18. 30 January 2010.
- ^ a b c Jones, Alan (16 January 2010). "Being Boyled". Music Week. London, England: United Business Media: 16.