UK Top 40 best-selling albums of all time
01. GREATEST HITS (1981) - QUEEN
02. SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEART’S CLUB BAND (1967) - THE BEATLES
03. GOLD - GREATEST HITS (1992) - ABBA
04. WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY (1995) - OASIS
05. THRILLER (1982) - MICHAEL JACKSON
06. 21 (2011) - ADELE
07. BROTHERS IN ARMS (1985) - DIRE STRAITS
08. THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) - PINK FLOYD
09. BAD (1987) - MICHAEL JACKSON
10. GREATEST HITS II (1991) - QUEEN
11. THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (1990) - MADONNA
12. BACK TO BLACK (2006) - AMY WINEHOUSE
13. STARS (1991) - SIMPLY RED
14. RUMOURS (1977) - FLEETWOOD MAC
15. COME ON OVER (1997) - SHANIA TWAIN
16. BACK TO BEDLAM (2005) - JAMES BLUNT
17. URBAN HYMNS (1997) - THE VERVE
18. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (1970) - SIMON & GARFUNKEL
19. NO ANGEL (2001) - DIDO
20. SPIRIT (2007) - LEONA LEWIS
21. LEGEND (1984) - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
22. BAT OUT OF HELL (1977) - MEAT LOAF
23. DIRTY DANCING (1987) - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
24. 1 (2000) - THE BEATLES
25. TALK ON CORNERS (1997) - THE CORRS
26. WHITE LADDER(1998) - DAVID GRAY
27. SPICE (1996) - SPICE GIRLS
28. CRAZY LOVE (2009) - MICHAEL BUBLÉ
29. LIFE FOR RENT (2003) - DIDO
30. BEAUTIFUL WORLD (2006) - TAKE THAT
31. THE FAME (2008) - LADY GAGA
32. A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (2002) – COLDPLAY
33. HOPES AND FEARS (2004) - KEANE
34. THE JOSHUA TREE (1987) - U2
35. BUT SERIOUSLY (1989) - PHIL COLLINS
36. SCISSOR SISTERS (2004) - SCISSOR SISTERS
37. ONLY BY THE NIGHT (2008) - THE KINGS OF LEON
38. THE WAR OF THE WORLD (1978) - JEFF WAYNE
39. THE MAN WHO (1999) – TRAVIS
40. X&Y (2005) – COLDPLAY
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