This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.
Decade | Album | Artist(s) | Number sold | Ref |
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1950s | South Pacific | Original soundtrack | ||
1960s | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | ||
1970s | Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | ||
1980s | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | ||
1990s | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis | 3,000,000 | [22] |
2000s | Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | 3,200,000 | [23] |
2010s | 21 | Adele | 5,170,000 | [24] |