UK;s 100 top selling albums, Boys not on it ???????

[Markpro]

Can't beleive some of the garbage on her, stunned that discography or very aren't on this list, In todays edition of the Sun newspaper.

By GRANT ROLLINGS
November 16, 2006

QUEEN’S Greatest Hits is the most successful album EVER in Britain.

It took The Official UK Charts Company SIX MONTHS to plough through 50 years of sales figures to produce the ratings.

There is no place for Bob Dylan or The Rolling Stones — but Jason Donovan and Robson & Jerome make it.

Robbie Williams has most albums in the list with six. Here is the complete Top 100 (sales in millions):


1 Greatest Hits – Queen 5.41

2 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles 4.81

3 (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis 4.31

4 Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits 3.96

5 Gold: Greatest Hits – Abba 3.94

6 The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd 3.78

7 Greatest Hits II – Queen 3.64

8 Thriller – Michael Jackson 3.58

9 Bad – Michael Jackson 3.56

10 The Immaculate Collection – Madonna 3.40

11 Stars – Simply Red 3.36

12 Come On Over – Shania Twain 3.34

13 Rumours – Fleetwood Mac 3.14

14 Urban Hymns – Verve 3.10

15 No Angel – Dido 3.02

16 Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel 3.01

17 Talk On Corners – The Corrs 2.95

18 Spice – Spice Girls 2.92

19 Back To Bedlam – James Blunt 2.90

20 White Ladder – David Gray 2.85

21 Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf 2.84

22 Life For Rent – Dido 2.79

23 But Seriously – Phil Collins 2.74

24 1 – The Beatles 2.69

25 The Man Who – Travis 2.67

26 The Joshua Tree – U2 2.66

27 Greatest Hits – Abba 2.60

28 Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 2.58

29 A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay 2.57

30 I’ve Been Expecting You – Robbie Williams 2.56

31 Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette 2.55

32 Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters 2.54

33 Legend – Bob Marley & The Wailers 2.52

34 Hopes And Fears – Keane 2.49

35 War Of The Worlds – Jeff Wayne 2.45

36 The Sound Of Music – Soundtrack 2.44

37 Dirty Dancing – Soundtrack 2.43

38 Ladies And Gentlemen: The Best Of – George Michael 2.41

39 Grease – Soundtrack 2.37

40 Come Away With Me – Norah Jones 2.36

41 X&Y – Coldplay 2.35

42 Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman 2.342

43 Robson & Jerome – Robson & Jerome 2.34

44 Tango In The Night – Fleetwood Mac 2.33

45 Parachutes – Coldplay 2.32

46 Automatic For The People – REM 2.27

47 Whitney – Whitney Houston 2.24

48 The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem 2.23

49 Swing When You’re Winning – Robbie Williams 2.21

50 Graceland – Paul Simon 2.20

51 Sing When You’re Winning – Robbie Williams 2.18

52 Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack 2.15

53 The Bodyguard – Soundtrack 2.14

54 The Very Best Of – Elton John 2.13

55 Simply The Best – Tina Turner 2.12

56 Kylie: The Album – Kylie Minogue 2.11

57 Falling Into You – Celine Dion 2.10

58 Life Thru A Lens – Robbie Williams 2.08

59 Greatest Hits – Eurythmics 2.06

60 Escapology – Robbie Williams 2.04

61 Greatest Hits – Robbie Williams 2.00

62 Let’s Talk About Love – Celine Dion 1.99

63 Dangerous – Michael Jackson 1.98

64 True Blue – Madonna 1.96

65 Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses 1.95

66 No Jacket Required – Phil Collins 1.94

67 Abbey Road – The Beatles 1.93

68 A New Flame – Simply Red 1.92

69 By The Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers 1.91

70 Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie 1.89

71 Songs About Jane – Maroon 5 1.87

72 Crossroad: Best Of – Bon Jovi 1.86

73 Stripped – Christina Aguilera 1.85

74 Greatest Hit – Simon & Garfunkel 1.84

75 Carry On Up The Charts – Beautiful South 1.83

76 Play – Moby 1.82

77 The Colour Of My Love – Celine Dion 1.817

78 Born To Do It – Craig David 1.816

79 The Greatest Hits – Texas 1.809

80 Nevermind – Nirvana 1.807

81 South Pacific – Soundtrack 1.803

82 Justified – Justin Timberlake 1.802

83 American Idiot – Green Day 1.80

84 Be Here Now – Oasis 1.798

85 Back To Front – Lionel Richie 1.794

86 Out Of Time – REM 1.79

87 Call Off The Search – Katie Melua 1.78

88 Employment – Kaiser Chiefs 1.772

89 By Request – Boyzone 1.771

90 Bat Out Of Hell II – Meat Loaf 1.75

91 Definitely Maybe – Oasis 1.74

92 Just Enough Education To Perform – Stereophonics 1.73

93 The Hardline According To – Terence Trent D’Arby 1.72

94 Missundaztood – Pink 1.712

95 Let Go – Avril Lavigne 1.711

96 Performance And Cocktails – Stereophonics 1.71

97 Older – George Michael 1.70

98 Parallel Lines – Blondie 1.69

99 Fever – Kylie Minogue 1.682

100 10 Good Reasons – Jason Donovan 1.681

[Shopper]

Their biggest seller in UK is Actually, but I dont think it even crossed 1 Million, let alone the numbers above !

Didnt realise Christina's Stripped was soo huge Robbie's sales have been amazing, considering he's been pretty prolific !

Good to see Kylie score 2 in the list, I cant believe it sold over Ray of light, Music etc

[Janet Street-Porter]

You have to bear in mind that The Sun is the UK's top-selling newspaper.

[Janet Street-Porter]

1 Union Street – Erasure 5.41

Holy f*ck!!!!!

[DazzerUKUK]

1 Union Street – Erasure 5.41

Holy f*ck!!!!!

Makes you wonder who the UK's most successful pop duo actually is.........

[DazzerUKUK]

David Walliams and Matt Lucas are making the video for the Erasure comeback special too.........



They are also doing a live concert for Radio 2. Polyfilla is the working title.

[Phillip]

Did PSB make a top 200 list

[XTZ1969]

[moxlox]

Introspective didn't make the top 100 in 1988??!! Whoah! Its all I listened to! People must have been scared by only 6 tracks and a stripey cover!

Wasn't it the best selling album in Brazil for many years or something? May be it was just THEIR best selling album in Brazil.

[Joemoz]

Introspective didn't make the top 100 in 1988??!! Whoah! Its all I listened to! People must have been scared by only 6 tracks and a stripey cover!

Wasn't it the best selling album in Brazil for many years or something? May be it was just THEIR best selling album in Brazil.

I think at some point it was EMI's best selling album in Brazil.

[Tenlow]

Introspective didn't make the top 100 in 1988??!! Whoah!

It actually did...

[Fugitive1979]

Introspective didn't make the top 100 in 1988??!! Whoah!

It actually did...

He's right. It's in 24th place with 500k sales. Didn't Introspective end up as PSB's biggest selling album?

[kimphilby]

Does anybody have a definitve sales list for all PSB albums?

[Vince]

Does anybody have a definitve sales list for all PSB albums?

I'd like to have a look at that too please!!

BTW Simply Red have sold a lot
also, by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_be ... ic_artists
seems they've sold more than 50 million copies of their albums worldwide
i didnt realise Simply Red were so huge over the world... bigger than the PSB

[Fugitive1979]

Does anybody have a definitve sales list for all PSB albums?

I'd like to have a look at that too please!!

BTW Simply Red have sold a lot
also, by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_be ... ic_artists
seems they've sold more than 50 million copies of their albums worldwide
i didnt realise Simply Red were so huge over the world... bigger than the PSB

Simply Red have spent a total of 609 weeks on the UK album chart compared to 352 weeks for PSB (before Fundamental). "Stars" alone spent 134 weeks on chart.