Best-selling video albums in the United Kingdom

The list of best-selling video albums in the UK is based on BPI (British Phonographic Industry) certifications and figures taken from Music Weeks’ year-end charts. BPI began certifying music DVDs in February 2005. Qualification thresholds for certification are: Gold – 25,000 units, Platinum – 50,000 units.

The best-selling video album in the U.K. is the musical Riverdance – The Show which sold 1,3 million units.

List of best-selling video albums in United Kingdom

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification or year-end chart	Certification date	Year release
1	Musical	Riverdance – The Show	1,300,000	26x Platinum	01.02.2019	1998
2	Michael Flatley	Lord Of The Dance	1,000,000	20x Platinum	22.07.2013	1997
3	Musical	Cats (Original Cast Recording)	950,000	19x Platinum	03.01.2020	2002
4	Musical	Dream Cast – Les Miserables In Concert	850,000	17x Platinum	29.07.2016	2003
5	Musical	Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor (Original Cast)	700,000	14x Platinum	18.05.2018	1999
6	Musical	Les Miserables – In Concert – 25th Anniversary	650,000	13x Platinum	09.12.2016	2011
7	Michael Jackson	This Is It	650,000	13x Platinum	22.07.2013	2010
8	Take That	The Circus – Live	574,000	2009	31.12.2009	2009
9	One Direction	This Is Us	500,000	10x Platinum	19.12.2014	2013
10	Now Series (UK)	Now That’s What I Call A Music Quiz	500,000	10x Platinum	06.01.2006	2005
11	Michael Jackson	Moonwalker	450,000	9x Platinum	26.07.2019	1989
12	Michael Flatley	Feet Of Flames	400,000	8x Platinum	22.07.2013	1999
13	Oasis	There & Then	400,000	8x Platinum	09.08.2013	1997
14	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	375,000 350,000 + 25,000	7x Platinum DVD (2003) 1x Gold DVD (2011)	09.08.2013 DVD (2003) 16.11.2018 DVD (2011)	1991
15	Take That	Progress Live	350,000	7x Platinum	22.07.2013	2011
16	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	350,000	7x Platinum	25.02.2005	2003
17	Robbie Williams	Live At The Albert	350,000	7x Platinum	06.12.2013	2001
18	Robson & Jerome	So Far So Good	350,000	7x Platinum	22.07.2013	1995
19	Andrew Lloyd Webber	The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall	300,000	6x Platinum	08.05.2015	2011
20	Various Artists	Live Aid	300,000	6x Platinum	22.07.2013	2004
21	Musical	Riverdance – Live From New York City	300,000	6x Platinum	22.07.2013	2002
22	Led Zeppelin	The Song Remains The Same	300,000	6x Platinum	26.12.2014	1999
23	High School Musical Cast	High School Musical – The Concert	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	2007
24	Take That	The Ultimate Tour	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	2006
25	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin DVD	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	2003
26	Steps	Gold – The Greatest Hits	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
27	Elvis Presley	That’s The Way It Is	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
28	Pink Floyd	The Wall	250,000	5x Platinum	16.06.2017	2000
29	Steps	The Video	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	1998
30	Spice Girls	Girl Power: Live In Istanbul	250,000	5x Platinum	24.04.2015	1997
31	Cliff Richard	Heathcliff	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	1997
32	Robson & Jerome	Joking Apart	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	1996
33	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	250,000	5x Platinum	22.07.2013	1995
34	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	The Final Reunion	217,000	2009	31.12.2009	2009
35	Oasis	Supersonic	200,000	4x Platinum	06.10.2017	2016
36	The Beatles	Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years	200,000	4x Platinum	20.01.2017	2016
37	Coldplay	Live 2012	200,000	4x Platinum	11.01.2013	2012
38	Westlife	The Farewell Tour – Live At Croke Park 2012	200,000	4x Platinum	13.12.2019	2012
39	Justin Bieber	Never Say Never	200,000	4x Platinum	16.12.2016	2011
40	Various Artists	Hey Mr Producer – Cameron Mackintosh	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	2005
41	Westlife	Where Dreams Come True	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
42	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Celebration	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	2000
43	Steps	The Next Step – Live	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	1999
44	George Michael	Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	1998
45	Michael Jackson	Video Greatest Hits – History	200,000	4x Platinum	22.07.2013	1995
46	Musical	Miss Saigon (Original London Cast)	150,000	3x Platinum	16.03.2018	2016
47	Adele	Live At The Royal Albert Hall	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2011
48	Take That	Beautiful World Live	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2008
49	Robbie Williams	And Through It All: Robbie Williams Live 1997-2006	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2006
50	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds Live On Stage	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2006
51	Various Artists	Live 8	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2005
52	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	150,000	3x Platinum	27.05.2005	2004
53	Queen	Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl	150,000	3x Platinum	31.03.2006	2004
54	Queen	Greatest Video Hits 2	150,000	3x Platinum	03.03.2017	2003
55	Cliff Richard	Live In The Park	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2003
56	Cliff Richard	The 40th Anniversary Concert	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2003
57	Guns N’ Roses	Welcome To The Videos	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2003
58	Queen	Greatest Video Hits 1	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2002
59	Westlife	Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits – Vol 1	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2002
60	The Band	The Last Waltz	150,000	3x Platinum	17.01.2014	2002
61	David Bowie	Best Of Bowie	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2002
62	Westlife	Coast To Coast	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
63	Oasis	Live By The Sea	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
64	S Club 7	S Club Party – Live	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
65	U2	Rattle And Hum	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2001
66	Musical	Jesus Christ Superstar	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2000
67	Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg & Ice Cube & Warren G	The Up In Smoke Tour	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2000
68	Steps	Live At Wembley	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	2000
69	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1999
70	Frank Sinatra	My Way	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1997
71	Boyzone	Live At Wembley	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1996
72	Take That	Everything Changes	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1994
73	Take That	Live In Berlin	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1994
74	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over	150,000	3x Platinum	10.12.2021	1994
75	Pink Floyd	Live At Pompeii	150,000	3x Platinum	12.08.2016	1989
76	Woodstock Series	Woodstock	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1989
77	Elvis Presley	’68 Comeback Special	150,000	3x Platinum	22.07.2013	1985
78	Elvis Presley	Aloha From Hawaii	150,000	3x Platinum	03.07.2015	1984
79	ABBA	Gold	125,000 25,000 + 100,000	1x Gold VHS (1993) 2x Platinum DVD (2003)	22.07.2013 VHS (1993) 22.07.2013 DVD (2003)	1993
80	Now Series (UK)	Now That’s What I Call A Music Quiz 2	123,000	2006, 2007	31.12.2007	2006

Best-selling video albums in United Kingdom by year

Year-end number 1 music DVD from Music Week magazine.

Year	Artist	Title	Sales
2003	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	220,000
2004	Various Artists	Live Aid	225,000
2005	Now Series (UK)	Now That’s What I Call A Music Quiz	383,719
2006	Take That	The Ultimate Tour	199,000
2007	High School Musical Cast	High School Musical – The Concert	142,000
2009	Take That	The Circus – Live	574,000

Timeline of best-selling video albums in United Kingdom

How the best-selling music DVD album in the U.K. has changed, according to BPI certification.

Certification date	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification
25.02.2005	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	350,000	7x Platinum
06.01.2006	Now Series (UK)	Now That’s What I Call A Music Quiz	500,000	10x Platinum
22.07.2013	Michael Flatley	Lord Of The Dance	1,000,000	20x Platinum
22.07.2013	Musical	Riverdance – The Show	1,000,000	20x Platinum
01.02.2019	Musical	Riverdance – The Show	1,300,000	26x Platinum

See also: Best-selling video albums by country:

Europe	Austria ∙ Belgium ∙ Denmark ∙ Finland ∙ France ∙ Germany ∙ Ireland ∙ Italy ∙ Netherlands ∙ Poland ∙ Portugal ∙ Spain ∙ Sweden ∙ Switzerland ∙ United Kingdom
America	Brazil ∙ Canada ∙ Mexico ∙ United States
ROW	Japan ∙ Australia ∙ New Zealand ∙ Summary (top tens by country)