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VH1 Best Selling albums in the UK.
VH1 have compiled a list of the 100 best selling albums of all time in the UK. The top ten are listed on the BBC website ... apparently Chris Moyles was going through it on the radio as well.
Does anyone have a link to the full list of 100? Could'nt see any obvious link to it on the VH1 site ...... |
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I don't think you will until after the rundown airs on Saturday.
Top 10 is freely available though; 1. Queen, Greatest Hits (5,407,587) 2. The Beatles, Sgt Pepper (4,803,292) 3. Oasis, What's The Story Morning Glory (4,304,504) 4. Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms (3,946,931) 5. Abba, Gold Greatest Hits (3,932,316) 6. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of The Moon (3,759,958) 7. Queen, Greatest Hits II (3,631,321) 8. Michael Jackson, Thriller (3,570,250) 9. Michael Jackson, Bad (3,549,950) 10. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (3,364,785) |
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I've found 11-20. The top 10 matches the list above so i'm assuming this is right as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...lbums_%28UK%29 11 Stars Simply Red 3.36m 12 Come on Over Shania Twain 3.34m 13 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 3.13m 14 Urban Hymns The Verve 3.05m 15 No Angel Dido 3.002m 16 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 3.001m 17 Talk on Corners The Corrs 2.94m 18 Spice Spice Girls 2.92m 19 Back to Bedlam James Blunt 2.89m 20 White Ladder David Gray 2.85m |
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Queen did quite well then, two in the top 10 and number 1 slot.
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Ah, I didn't realise it hadn't been aired yet.
The scary bit was that The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan and (who cares) Sting don't have a single entry in the top 100 but Jason Donovan does! (at number 100 .... but he's still in there) Oh dear. |
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Courtesy of buzzjack.com
1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 5,407,587 2 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 4,811,996 3 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 4,314,715 4 BROTHERS IN ARMS DIRE STRAITS 3,956,704 5 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 3,943,950 6 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD 3,781,993 7 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 3,644,619 8 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 3,578,107 9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 3,554,301 10 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 3,402,160 11 STARS SIMPLY RED 3,361,115 12 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 3,344,280 13 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 3,135,844 14 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 3,054,374 15 NO ANGEL DIDO 3,002,194 16 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SIMON & GARFUNKEL 3,001,062 17 TALK ON CORNERS CORRS 2,944,547 18 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 2,920,669 19 BACK TO BEDLAM JAMES BLUNT 2,895,874 20 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 2,851,429 21 BAT OUT OF HELL MEAT LOAF 2,837,285 22 LIFE FOR RENT DIDO 2,789,719 23 BUT SERIOUSLY PHIL COLLINS 2,737,932 24 1 BEATLES 2,690,318 25 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 2,669,825 26 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 2,665,553 27 GREATEST HITS ABBA 2,598,576 28 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD 2,575,099 29 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2,574,249 30 I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2,556,042 31 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 2,551,238 32 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2,535,983 33 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 2,520,486 34 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2,498,950 35 WAR OF THE WORLDS JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION 2,452,236 36 THE SOUND OF MUSIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2,438,695 37 DIRTY DANCING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2,435,109 38 LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL 2,408,810 39 GREASE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2,373,621 40 COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES 2,369,847 41 X&Y COLDPLAY 2,345,126 42 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 2,342,506 43 ROBSON & JEROME ROBSON & JEROME 2,336,086 44 TANGO IN THE NIGHT FLEETWOOD MAC 2,333,819 45 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 2,324,783 46 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 2,270,332 47 WHITNEY WHITNEY HOUSTON 2,237,603 48 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 2,233,158 49 SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2,205,028 50 GRACELAND PAUL SIMON 2,203,381 51 SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2,182,097 52 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2,151,142 53 THE BODYGUARD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2,138,030 54 THE VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN 2,134,524 55 SIMPLY THE BEST TINA TURNER 2,121,000 56 KYLIE - THE ALBUM KYLIE MINOGUE 2,105,698 57 FALLING INTO YOU CELINE DION 2,093,363 58 LIFE THRU A LENS ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2,074,860 59 GREATEST HITS EURYTHMICS 2,055,996 60 ESCAPOLOGY ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2,037,380 61 GREATEST HITS ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1,998,668 62 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE CELINE DION 1,984,152 63 DANGEROUS MICHAEL JACKSON 1,983,954 64 TRUE BLUE MADONNA 1,961,164 65 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GUNS N' ROSES 1,945,240 66 NO JACKET REQUIRED PHIL COLLINS 1,934,912 67 ABBEY ROAD BEATLES 1,925,783 68 A NEW FLAME SIMPLY RED 1,923,366 69 BY THE WAY RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 1,915,008 70 CAN'T SLOW DOWN LIONEL RICHIE 1,891,896 71 SONGS ABOUT JANE MAROON 5 1,868,548 72 CROSS ROAD - THE BEST OF BON JOVI 1,867,427 73 STRIPPED CHRISTINA AGUILERA 1,850,852 74 GREATEST HITS SIMON & GARFUNKEL 1,840,454 75 CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - THE BEST OF BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 1,828,890 76 PLAY MOBY 1,819,938 77 THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE CELINE DION 1,816,915 78 BORN TO DO IT CRAIG DAVID 1,816,781 79 THE GREATEST HITS TEXAS 1,809,480 80 NEVERMIND NIRVANA 1,807,142 81 SOUTH PACIFIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 1,803,681 82 JUSTIFIED JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 1,802,172 83 AMERICAN IDIOT GREEN DAY 1,800,144 84 BE HERE NOW OASIS 1,799,784 85 BACK TO FRONT LIONEL RICHIE 1,793,978 86 OUT OF TIME REM 1,786,954 87 CALL OFF THE SEARCH KATIE MELUA 1,780,817 88 EMPLOYMENT KAISER CHIEFS 1,772,936 89 BY REQUEST BOYZONE 1,770,728 90 BAT OUT OF HELL II MEAT LOAF 1,745,974 91 DEFINITELY MAYBE OASIS 1,740,386 92 JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO PERFORM STEREOPHONICS 1,731,863 93 INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO… TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 1,721,685 94 MISSUNDAZTOOD PINK 1,712,173 95 LET GO AVRIL LAVIGNE 1,711,088 96 PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS STEREOPHONICS 1,710,522 97 OLDER GEORGE MICHAEL 1,708,555 98 PARALLEL LINES BLONDIE 1,694,353 99 FEVER KYLIE MINOGUE 1,682,387 100 10 GOOD REASONS JASON DONOVAN 1,680,651 101 RAY OF LIGHT MADONNA 1,677,925 102 COAST TO COAST WESTLIFE 1,675,804 103 IN CONCERT CARRERAS/DOMINGO/PAVAROTTI 1,668,571 104 ARRIVAL ABBA 1,653,225 105 FRIDAY'S CHILD WILL YOUNG 1,640,090 thumbup.gif 106 MY WAY - THE BEST OF FRANK SINATRA 1,639,353 107 WHITE ON BLONDE TEXAS 1,639,327 108 OCEAN DRIVE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY 1,633,722 109 LIKE A VIRGIN MADONNA 1,626,126 110 GOTTA GET THRU THIS DANIEL BEDINGFIELD 1,614,517 |
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I'm surprised Tubular Bells is so low down - wasn't it more or less compulsory for everyone in the 1970s to own a copy?
And Oasis are remarkably high - Whats The Story Morning Glory may have been a decade-definining album but I can't believe it outsold the Floyd and ABBA. Makes me wonder if VH1 got their sums right. |
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I can't see the Stones not getting into the top 100 to be honest, seems strange.
Also wasn't Bat Out Of Hell in the album chart for years, i thought it would be higher. |
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This year is pretty crap for big selling albums, although Arctic Monkeys are still number one so far for 2006, they are nowhere near that list.
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Originally Posted by AaronG
Queen did quite well then, two in the top 10 and number 1 slot.
It's slightly annoying, as the "poor" fab fours achievements are misrepresented or ignored, and Queen seem to get far more attention in Britain from the media as being more successful in many ways. The fact is that the Beatles have sold a record 40m albums in Britain, compared to 15m by Queen, and the Beatles have spent a record 175 weeks at #1 in the album charts, compared to about 20 weeks for Queen. Elvis only spent about 60 weeks, and he is the second most successful. Oh, and the Beatles actually wrote great albums! Queen produced dated camp-rock! Yes, i'm pished off!
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The reason why Queen Greatest Hits isn't included in many "Best Album" polls is because Greatest Hits albums are usually discounted as they're not an album as such but a compliation of best bits off of other albums.
But as for units, I guess Greatest Hits I has shifted more copies than any other album. |
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Originally Posted by AaronG
The reason why Queen Greatest Hits isn't included in many "Best Album" polls is because Greatest Hits albums are usually discounted as they're not an album as such but a compliation of best bits off of other albums.
But as for units, I guess Greatest Hits I has shifted more copies than any other album. Queens Greatest Hits 1 in most of these lists appears at #8. Even on the BPI's website, last updated July 2006 its down at #8 behind Simply Red. Greatest Hits 2 appears at #28 and Greatest Hits 3 isn't anywhere to be seen. www.bpi.co.uk - i would have thought they would have far more authority than VH1.
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I can't see the Stones not getting into the top 100 to be honest, seems strange.
Also wasn't Bat Out Of Hell in the album chart for years, i thought it would be higher. but IMO the media overstate how big the stones are. sure, they are a 'big' band, who sell out many concerts... but i just dont think they are a "mega" artist in the way that queen, the beatles, madonna, elvis, michael jackson are/were. they havent had a decent song for decades for starters not slagging them off too much, as i like several of their songs..its just that the media seem to go crazy over Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and sometimes overstate the level of interest in them (IMO of course) |
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Originally Posted by Rooftopcowboy
i might be a bit contraversial here...
but IMO the media overstate how big the stones are. sure, they are a 'big' band, who sell out many concerts... but i just dont think they are a "mega" artist in the way that queen, the beatles, madonna, elvis, michael jackson are/were. they havent had a decent song for decades for starters not slagging them off too much, as i like several of their songs..its just that the media seem to go crazy over Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and sometimes overstate the level of interest in them (IMO of course) Rolling Stones in USA are certified for 65.5m albums sold, against say Queen who are "only" at 32.5m. Worldwide, The Rolling Stones have outsold Queen as well. |
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The reason why Queen Greatest Hits isn't included in many "Best Album" polls is because Greatest Hits albums are usually discounted .
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Originally Posted by Rooftopcowboy
but i just dont think they are a "mega" artist in the way that queen, the beatles, madonna, elvis, michael jackson are/were.
they havent had a decent song for decades for starters |
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Greatest Hits 3 isn't anywhere to be seen.
I don't really understand this one though. Do they count just how many units the first disk has sold, or do they count only how many the 2 disk compilation has sold, or the 3 disk, or do they count them all, and add them all up? I was surprised how far down Tubular Bells was too! Is this just CDs were talking about here too, or are LPs and Cassettes included too? Interesting and quite nice to see Dire Straits so high up too. Not a "mega" artist either really, but obviously very very popular. Last edited by The Chief : 18-11-2006 at 18:42. |
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No wonder - It's bloody awful. How they can call that a "Greatest Hits" I don't know.
I don't really understand this one though. Do they count just how many units the first disk has sold, or do they count only how many the 2 disk compilation has sold, or the 3 disk, or do they count them all, and add them all up? I was surprised how far down Tubular Bells was too! Is this just CDs were talking about here too, or are LPs and Cassettes included too? Interesting and quite nice to see Dire Straits so high up too. Not a "mega" artist either really, but obviously very very popular. i also wonder if theyve got muddled up...as ive never heard of queens greatest hits ever being so high before. maybe theyve included all the 'gold collections' 'platinum collections' etc that queen have released which have included more than just greatest hits itself. |
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i agree about greatest hits 3, its shocking in comparison to the first two.
i also wonder if theyve got muddled up...as ive never heard of queens greatest hits ever being so high before. maybe theyve included all the 'gold collections' 'platinum collections' etc that queen have released which have included more than just greatest hits itself. Gold = Disk 1 & 2 Platinum = Disk 1, 2 & 3. I mean the third disk only really contains covers, remixes (of songs already on the first two), a few Freddie songs and a few Brian songs (probably the only slightly redeeming feature). Last edited by The Chief : 18-11-2006 at 20:59. |
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Some of that is pretty dodgy. I mean how has James Blunt's album reached number 19?
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Thats got to be wrong because Sign of the Times and Purple Rain by prince are not there
There is something wrong with the population if 10 Good Reasons by Jason Donavan has sold more records
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That list seems strange to me as well. Classic albums by the likes of Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys have had 30-40 years to sell but aren't in the top 100?.....and where's Elvis?
It just shows that numbers like this are meaningless. Maroon 5 anyone?.....thought not |
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Would be more informative maybe if the original release date was also listed at the side of each entry. BTW, I have a feeling these may be only CD sales?
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Depeche Mode have sold 73 million albums world wide so I was surprised 1 wasn't on the list. Then again they are more or less ignored over here
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