Best-selling Albums
| Released before UK music recording certifications were introduced in April 1973 |
| No. | Album | Artist | Record label | Released | Chart peak |
Number of times certified platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greatest Hits | Queen | Parlophone | 01981-11-01November 1981 | 1 | 11× |
| 2 | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Polydor | 01992-09-01September 1992 | 1 | 13× |
| 3 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Beatles, TheThe Beatles | Parlophone | 01967-06-01June 1967 | 1 | 00× !None |
| 4 | 21 | Adele | XL | 02011-01-01January 2011 | 1 | 16× |
| 5 | What's the Story Morning Glory? !(What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis | Creation | 01995-10-01October 1995 | 1 | 14× |
| 6 | Thriller | Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson | Epic | 01982-11-01November 1982 | 1 | 11× |
| 7 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | Vertigo | 01985-05-01May 1985 | 1 | 13× |
| 8 | Dark Side of the Moon, TheThe Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Harvest | 01973-03-01March 1973 | 2 | 09× !9× |
| 9 | Bad | Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson | Epic | 01987-08-01August 1987 | 1 | 13× |
| 10 | Greatest Hits II | Queen | Parlophone | 01991-10-01October 1991 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 11 | Immaculate Collection, TheThe Immaculate Collection | Madonna | Sire | 01990-11-01November 1990 | 1 | 12× |
| 12 | Back to Black | Winehouse, AmyAmy Winehouse | Island | 02006-10-01October 2006 | 1 | 06× !6× |
| 13 | Stars | Simply Red | East West | 01991-09-01September 1991 | 1 | 12× |
| 14 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | Warner Bros. | 01977-02-01February 1977 | 1 | 11× |
| 15 | Come On Over | Twain, ShaniaShania Twain | Mercury | 01998-03-01March 1998 | 1 | 10× |
| 16 | Back to Bedlam | Blunt, JamesJames Blunt | Atlantic | 02004-11-01November 2004 | 1 | 10× |
| 17 | Urban Hymns | Verve, TheThe Verve | Hut | 01997-09-01September 1997 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 18 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | CBS | 01970-01-01January 1970 | 1 | 01× !1× |
| 19 | No Angel | Dido | Cheeky | 02000-10-01October 2000 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 20 | Spirit | Lewis, LeonaLeona Lewis | Syco | 02007-11-01November 2007 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 21 | Legend | Marley, Bob & The Wailers !Bob Marley & The Wailers | Island/Tuff Gong | 01984-05-01May 1984 | 1 | 06× !6× |
| 22 | Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Epic | 01977-10-01October 1977 | 9 | 06× !6× |
| 23 | Dirty Dancing | Original soundtrack | RCA | 01987-08-01August 1987 | 4 | 05× !5× |
| 24 | 1 | Beatles, TheThe Beatles | Apple | 02000-11-01November 2000 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 25 | Talk on Corners | Corrs, TheThe Corrs | Atlantic | 01997-10-01October 1997 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 26 | White Ladder | Gray, DavidDavid Gray | IHT/East West | 01998-11-01November 1998 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 27 | Spice | Spice Girls | Virgin | 01996-11-01November 1996 | 1 | 10× |
| 28 | Crazy Love | Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé | Reprise | 02009-10-01October 2009 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 29 | Life for Rent | Dido | Cheeky | 02003-09-01September 2003 | 1 | 07× !7× |
| 30 | Beautiful World | Take That | Polydor | 02006-11-01November 2006 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 31 | Fame, TheThe Fame | Lady Gaga | Interscope | 02009-01-01January 2009 | 1 | 04× !4× |
| 32 | Rush of Blood to the Head, AA Rush of Blood to the Head | Coldplay | Parlophone | 02002-08-01August 2002 | 1 | 07× !7× |
| 33 | Hopes and Fears | Keane | Island | 02004-05-01May 2004 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 34 | Joshua Tree, TheThe Joshua Tree | U2 | Island | 01987-03-01March 1987 | 1 | 06× !6× |
| 35 | But Seriously !...But Seriously | Collins, PhilPhil Collins | Virgin | 01989-11-01November 1989 | 1 | 08× !8× |
| 36 | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters | Polydor | 02004-02-01February 2004 | 1 | 07× !7× |
| 37 | Only by the Night | Kings of Leon | Hand Me Down | 02008-09-01September 2008 | 1 | 05× !5× |
| 38 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds |
Wayne, JeffJeff Wayne | CBS | 01978-06-01June 1978 | 5 | 05× !5× |
| 39 | Man Who, TheThe Man Who | Travis | Independiente | 01999-05-01May 1999 | 1 | 09× !9× |
| 40 | X&Y | Coldplay | Parlophone | 02005-06-01June 2005 | 1 | 08× !8× |
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