1. I’ve Been Expecting You (1998) – 2,586,517

2. Swing When You’re Winning (2001) – 2,385,673

3. Greatest Hits (2004) – 2,315,132

4. Sing When You’re Winning (2000) – 2,203,321

5. Life Thru A Lens (1997) – 2,097,548

6. Escapology (2002) – 2,075,441

7. Intensive Care (2005) – 1,619,894

8. Reality Killed The Video Star (2009) – 905,469

9. Swings Both Ways (2013) – 733,959

10. In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 (2010) – 717,444

11. Live At Knebworth (2003) – 634,197

12. Take The Crown (2012) – 519,585

13. Rudebox (2006) – 515,085

All figures as of May 6.

Six albums over 2 million sales is incredible. Has any other artist/group ever achieved that I wonder.

To this day I will never understand what Robbie was thinking when he was working on Rudebox.

No surprise to see it as his lowest selling album. Overall though Robbie has to be one of the most successful albums artists of all time. I don't know how The Beatles albums sold in the 60s but apart from The Beatles, I can't think of any other artist who sold over 2 million copies of at least 6 different albums. Elvis Presley maybe but not entire sure.

I met Robbie about 10 years ago!! I was dragged to one of his concerts by my mother and my aunt. It was the first concert I ever went to and it was full of middle aged women! I felt so out of place but he was really good and got everyone in the crowd involved. When he found out it was my aunts birthday he invited her up on stage and he sang Angels while she sat there, although I say he sang, I think the audience sang most of it. Anyway after all 3 of us got invited back stage and I got to play on his scooter!

Not relevant to the thread but that I would share.

I actually liked Rudebox and still play it sometimes!

Sounds awesome.

It was he is really nice.

Doubt either has achieved so many 2m+ albums. I've never seen an Elvis estimate over 2m and only Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road and 1 by The Beatles though their 60's and 70's sales are difficult to estimate. Probably several more million sellers

Had no idea Swing when you're winning sold so well, but at that point he could do no wrong.

His career was never the same after splitting with Guy Chambers though.

That's my fave album by him.

He's now signed a lucrative deal with Sony music who are hoping for him to repeat his success but I can't see him having huge selling albums again.

Yeah I like it too - there are some duff tracks but also some corkers. I like that Robbie tried something a bit different, I especially love The 80s and The 90s.

I think Rudebox is Robbie's best album. He took a chance and tried something way out of his comfort zone. I agree The 80s and The 90s were really good tracks.

There was a thread on here which has now vanished about Ray Of Light and the impact it had on Adele's most recent album, what's funny is that Robbie said Madonna's reinvention from album to album is what inspired him on Rudebox, he also paid tribute to her with She's Madonna.

I don't think I've ever listened to a full album of his only the singles.

Robbie Williams is the only Act in the UK to have as many as 6 Albums that
have sold over 2 Million.

Take That are the only Group to have as many as 4 UK Albums with 2 Million Sales.

The Beatles and Coldplay each have 3 UK Albums with over 2 Million Sales.
(In The Beatles case it is 'Sgt Pepper' with over 5 Million, '1' with over 3 Million
& 'Abbey Road' with just over 2 Million).

The Beatles are the biggest selling Albums Act in the UK, with over 30 Million Sales.

Robbie is 6th . Take That are 14th

The Beatles, (1st), Queen, (2nd), Michael Jackson, (3rd), Elvis Presley, (4th), and
Madonna, (5th), have all sold more UK Albums than Robbie Williams.

Elvis is the 4th biggest UK Album Act because he has had more Hit Albums than
anyone else, but only 3 of them reached a Million Sales - '40 Greatest Hits', (1974),
with 1,250,000 sold, 'Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits', (2002), with 1,730,000 sold, and
'If I Can Dream', (2015), with around 1,053,000 sold.

The Beatles have had more UK Million selling Albums than anyone else - 14.

Madonna has had the most UK Million selling Albums for a Solo Female - 8.

Michael Jackson & Robbie Williams have had the most by Male Solo Artists,
with 7 each.

ABBA have the most by a Male/Female Group - 6. With 2 of them selling well over
2 Million - 'Greatest Hits', (1976), 2,606,000 & 'ABBA Gold', (1992), 5,300,000+

Thanks for the info. Do you happen to have a full list of most successful album artists in UK history out of interest? Thanks.

Thanks Zeus555.

The sales at the lower end of the chart are still not to be sniffed at i expect a few acts would be thrilled with half a million sales.

I personally loved Rudebox, Lovelight is one of his most underrated singles imo. Wasn't fussed on TTC, but Swing Both Ways was brilliant though!!

Neither have I yet still class myself as a big fan ... clearly not haha.

Actually I have listened to Live At Knebworth many times, but not a studio album so doesn't count.

And Queen have the highest selling album in the UK ever with their first Greatest Hits selling over 6,100,000 copies. Greatest Hits II is at 10 with just shy of 4,000,000 copies sold.

Made In Heaven sold over 2,000,000 copies in 1995.

Pad-e

1)... Queen have had 2 UK Albums with over 2 Million sold. They are their 1st & 2nd
Greatest Hits Albums.

2)... Made In Heaven sold no-where near 2 Million in the UK. It has sold 1,060,600
UK copies to date.

3)... Nor has Greatest Hits (One) really sold 6,100,000 in the UK. In 2006 it had a
lot of Sales added to it from a 1994 Double Queen CD, (66,000), & from 'The Platinum
Collection', which had sold 1,680,000 to that point. Each of Queen's 3 Hits Albums
were given a 3rd of its Sales - 560,000 each.

4)... So both Greatest Hits & Greatest Hits II have had 626,000 Sales, (each), added
in from 2 other Queen releases. Therefore, as stand-a-lone Albums, neither have
sold as many UK copies as is claimed.

Zeus, as you're so knowledgeable, do you know which is Queen's best-selling studio album? Is it my guess of A Night At The Opera or a later one? I think A Kind Of Magic was a good seller. Is there a list of sales for their studio album anywhere? Thanks.