List Of Best-selling Albums By Year (UK)
This is a list of the best selling albums in the UK each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.
| Year | Album | Artist | Number sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Carousel | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1957 | The King and I | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1958 | My Fair Lady | Broadway Cast recording | |
| 1959 | South Pacific | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1960 | South Pacific | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1961 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley | |
| 1962 | West Side Story | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1963 | With The Beatles | The Beatles | |
| 1964 | Beatles for Sale | The Beatles | |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1966 | The Sound of Music | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 751,000 |
| 1968 | The Sound of Music | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1969 | Abbey Road | The Beatles | |
| 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | |
| 1971 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | |
| 1972 | 20 Dynamic Hits | Various Artists | |
| 1973 | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | Elton John | |
| 1974 | The Singles: 1969–1973 | The Carpenters | |
| 1975 | The Best of the Stylistics | The Stylistics | |
| 1976 | Greatest Hits | ABBA | |
| 1977 | Arrival | ABBA | |
| 1978 | Saturday Night Fever | Original Soundtrack | |
| 1979 | Parallel Lines | Blondie | |
| 1980 | Super Trouper | ABBA | |
| 1981 | Kings of the Wild Frontier | Adam and the Ants | |
| 1982 | Love Songs | Barbra Streisand | |
| 1983 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | |
| 1984 | Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie | |
| 1985 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | |
| 1986 | True Blue | Madonna | |
| 1987 | Bad | Michael Jackson | |
| 1988 | Kylie | Kylie Minogue | |
| 1989 | Ten Good Reasons | Jason Donovan | |
| 1990 | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins | |
| 1991 | Stars | Simply Red | |
| 1992 | Stars | Simply Red | |
| 1993 | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | Meat Loaf | |
| 1994 | Cross Road | Bon Jovi | |
| 1995 | Robson and Jerome | Robson and Jerome | 2,040,000 |
| 1996 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 2,080,000 |
| 1997 | Be Here Now | Oasis | 1,740,000 |
| 1998 | Talk on Corners | The Corrs | 1,676,439 |
| 1999 | Come on Over | Shania Twain | 2,201,842 |
| 2000 | 1 | The Beatles | 1,850,101 |
| 2001 | No Angel | Dido | 1,920,167 |
| 2002 | Escapology | Robbie Williams | 1,410,931 |
| 2003 | Life for Rent | Dido | 2,168,302 |
| 2004 | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters | 1,594,259 |
| 2005 | Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | 2,367,758 |
| 2006 | Eyes Open | Snow Patrol | 1,514,554 |
| 2007 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | 1,883,897 |
| 2008 | Rockferry | Duffy | 1,684,944 |
| 2009 | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | 1,632,732 |
| 2010 | Progress | Take That | 1,841,148 |
| 2011 | 21 | Adele | 3,772,346 |
| 2012 | Our Version of Events | Sandé, EmeliEmeli Sandé | 1,393,000 |
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