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Album records.
I was bored and came across these stats.
FASTEST SELLING ALBUMS EVER (UK) 1. Oasis Be Here Now 696,000 2. Coldplay X&Y 464,471 3. Take That The Circus 432,490 4. Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream 411,820 5. Dido Life for Rent 400,351 6. Leona Lewis Spirit 375,872 7. Robbie Williams Intensive Care 373,832 8. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 363,735 9. U2 Rattle and Hum 360,000 10. Michael Jackson Bad 350,000 11. Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 347,000 12. Madonna The Immaculate Collection 340,000 13. Boyzone By Request 329,176 14. Robbie Williams Greatest Hits 320,081 15. The Beatles 1 319,126 16. The Prodigy The Fat of the Land 316,951 17. Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning 313,585 18. Oasis Standing on the Shoulder of Giants 311,265[8] 19. Hear'Say Popstars 306,631 20. Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 302,074 21. Robbie Williams Swing When You're Winning 295,024 22. Simply Red Life 290,000 23. Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah 288,167 24. George Michael Older 281,000 25. George Michael Patience 274,816 26. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head 273,924 27. The Killers Sam's Town 268,946 28. Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome 268,000 29. Robbie Williams Escapology 264,104 30. The Verve Urban Hymns 250,054 31. Phill Collins ...But Seriously 250,000 32. G4 G4 244,671 33. JLS JLS 239,644 34. Robbie Williams Reality Killed the Video Star 238,125 35. Oasis Don't Believe the Truth 237,865 36. Norah Jones Feels Like Home 235,890 37. U2 The Joshua Tree 235,000 38. Westlife Coast To Coast 234,767 39. Oasis Heathen Chemistry 230,551 40. Eminem The Eminem Show 228,297 41. Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 227,922 42. Take That Greatest Hits 226,107 43. Craig David Born To Do It 225,320 44. Keane Under the Iron Sea 222,297 45. Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 220,879 46. Westlife The Love Album 219,622 47. Madonna Confessions on a Dancefloor 217,610 48. Westlife Face to Face 216,879 49. Journey South Journey South 216,843 50. Oasis Stop The Clocks 213,289 51. Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 202,409 52. Will Young Friday's Child 201,900 53. Michael Jackson Dangerous 201,841 54. Shayne Ward Shayne Ward 201,266 55. Oasis Dig Out Your Soul 200,866 56. U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 200,863 57. Mariah Carey Music Box 200,675 58. The Killers Day & Age 200,299 59. U2 Achtung Baby 200,000 Will 'Be Here Now' ever be beaten?, I really can't see how it can, and those are just 3 days worth of sales, the weekly figure is more like 800,000. Is it even possible in this day and age for this record to be broken?. BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS EVER (UK) 1 1981 Greatest Hits Queen United Kingdom 5,678,610 2 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles United Kingdom 4,908,288 3 1992 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA Sweden 4,610,813 4 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis United Kingdom 4,421,505 5 1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits United Kingdom 4,069,764 6 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd United Kingdom 3,956,177 7 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson United States 3,825,857 8 1991 Greatest Hits II Queen United Kingdom 3,746,404 9 1987 Bad Michael Jackson United States 3,554,301 10 1990 The Immaculate Collection Madonna United States 3,402,160 Queen? WTF! disuss. |
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Queen are awesome!
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I can't see Be Here Now ever being beaten tbh.
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Is that the week of release because Be Here Now was released on a thursday iirc.
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Is that the week of release because Be Here Now was released on a thursday iirc.
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