1980 - ABBA - Super Trouper
1981 - Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
1982 - Barbra Streisand - Love Songs
1983 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
1984 - Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
1985 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
1986 - Madonna - True Blue
1987 - Michael Jackson - Bad
1988 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie
1989 - Jason Donovan - Ten Good Reasons
1990 - Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
1991 - 1.200m [Simply Red - Stars]
1992 - 1.800m [Simply Red - Stars]
1993 - [Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell]
1994 - [Bon Jovi - Cross Road:The Best Of]
1995 - 2.040m [Robson & Jerome - Robson Green & Jerome Flynn]
1996 - 2.080m [Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill]
1997 - 1.520m [Oasis - Be Here Now]
1998 - 1.676m [The Corrs - Talk On Corners]
1999 - 2.201m [Shania Twain - Come On Over]
2000 - 1.850m [The Beatles - 1]
2001 - 1.920m [Dido - No Angel]
2002 - 1.410m [Robbie Williams - Escapology]
2003 - 2.168m [Dido - Life For Rent]
2004 - 1.594m [Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters]
2005 - 2.367m [James Blunt - Back To Bedlam]
2006 - 1.504m [Snow Patrol - Eyes Open]
2007 - 1.586m [Amy Winehouse - Back To Black]
2008 - 1.685m [Duffy - Rockferry]
2009 - 1.632m [Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream]
2010 - 1.841m [Take That - Progress]
2011 - 3.772m [Adele - 21]
2012 - 1.392m [Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events]
2013 - 0.684m [One Direction - Midnight Memories]
That's not the issue, the issue is that no other album managed to sell more through the whole year...
There was just no big hit album this year and all the albums that had the potential to reach 1 million were released too late. And of course sales are down too.
