The best-selling album of 2010's in United Kingdom is 21 by ADELE which sold 5,170,000 copies.
Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
1 |
ADELE |
21 |
5,170,000 |
2011 |
2 |
ADELE |
25 |
3,580,000 |
2015 |
3 |
ED SHEERAN |
X |
|
2014 |
4 |
ED SHEERAN |
DIVIDE |
|
2017 |
5 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
CHRISTMAS |
2,950,000 |
2011 |
6 |
SAM SMITH |
IN THE LONELY HOUR |
2,590,000 |
2014 |
7 |
ADELE |
19 |
|
2008 |
8 |
ED SHEERAN |
+ |
|
2011 |
9 |
EMELI SANDE |
OUR VERSION OF EVENTS |
2,430,000 |
2012 |
10 |
TAKE THAT |
PROGRESS |
2,390,000 |
2010 |
11 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN |
2,130,000 |
2017 |
12 |
RIHANNA |
LOUD |
|
2010 |
13 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
CRAZY LOVE |
|
2009 |
14 |
BRUNO MARS |
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS |
|
2010 |
15 |
LADY GAGA |
THE FAME |
|
2008 |
16 |
MUMFORD & SONS |
SIGH NO MORE |
|
2009 |
17 |
COLDPLAY |
MYLO XYLOTO |
|
2011 |
18 |
GEORGE EZRA |
WANTED ON VOYAGE |
|
2014 |
19 |
KATY PERRY |
TEENAGE DREAM |
|
2010 |
20 |
PLAN B |
THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS |
|
2010 |
21 |
OLLY MURS |
RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME |
|
2012 |
22 |
JESSIE J |
WHO YOU ARE |
|
2011 |
23 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
PURPOSE |
|
2015 |
24 |
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE |
LUNGS |
|
2009 |
25 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
1989 |
|
2014 |
26 |
ELLIE GOULDING |
HALCYON |
|
2012 |
27 |
ARCTIC MONKEYS |
AM |
|
2013 |
28 |
COLDPLAY |
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS |
|
2015 |
29 |
JESS GLYNNE |
I CRY WHEN I LAUGH |
|
2015 |
30 |
RAG'N'BONE MAN |
HUMAN |
|
2017 |
31 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
IF I CAN DREAM: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA |
|
2015 |
32 |
MUMFORD & SONS |
BABEL |
|
2012 |
33 |
BON JOVI |
GREATEST HITS: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
|
2010 |
34 |
LANA DEL REY |
BORN TO DIE |
|
2012 |
35 |
ONE DIRECTION |
UP ALL NIGHT |
|
2011 |
36 |
OLLY MURS |
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW |
|
2011 |
37 |
OASIS |
TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 |
|
2009 |
38 |
P!NK |
GREATEST HITS... SO FAR!!! |
|
2010 |
39 |
LITTLE MIX |
GLORY DAYS |
|
2016 |
40 |
PAOLO NUTINI |
SUNNY SIDE UP |
|
2009 |
41 |
ONE DIRECTION |
TAKE ME HOME |
|
2012 |
42 |
RIHANNA |
TALK THAT TALK |
|
2011 |
43 |
EMINEM |
RECOVERY |
|
2010 |
44 |
BRUNO MARS |
UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX |
|
2012 |
45 |
LADY GAGA |
BORN THIS WAY |
|
2011 |
46 |
ABBA |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
|
1992 |
47 |
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS |
LEGEND |
|
1984 |
48 |
CALVIN HARRIS |
18 MONTHS |
|
2012 |
49 |
GEORGE EZRA |
STAYING AT TAMARA'S |
|
2018 |
50 |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
RUMOURS |
|
1977 |
51 |
EMINEM |
CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS |
|
2005 |
52 |
WHITNEY HOUSTON |
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
|
2007 |
53 |
FOO FIGHTERS |
GREATEST HITS |
|
2009 |
54 |
AMY WINEHOUSE |
BACK TO BLACK |
|
2006 |
55 |
BASTILLE |
BAD BLOOD |
|
2013 |
56 |
ONE DIRECTION |
MIDNIGHT MEMORIES |
|
2013 |
57 |
KINGS OF LEON |
COME AROUND SUNDOWN |
|
2010 |
58 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
NUMBER ONES |
|
2003 |
59 |
P!NK |
THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE |
|
2012 |
60 |
DAVID GUETTA |
NOTHING BUT THE BEAT |
|
2011 |
61 |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC |
|
2002 |
62 |
TINIE TEMPAH |
DISC-OVERY |
|
2010 |
63 |
ALICIA KEYS |
THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM |
|
2009 |
64 |
AMY WINEHOUSE |
LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES |
|
2011 |
65 |
OLLY MURS |
NEVER BEEN BETTER |
|
2014 |
66 |
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA |
ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF |
|
2005 |
67 |
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE |
CEREMONIALS |
|
2011 |
68 |
JAMES BAY |
CHAOS AND THE CALM |
|
2015 |
69 |
NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS |
NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS |
|
2011 |
70 |
LITTLE MIX |
GET WEIRD |
|
2015 |
71 |
ELLIE GOULDING |
LIGHTS |
|
2010 |
72 |
OLLY MURS |
OLLY MURS |
|
2010 |
73 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
MY WORLD 2.0 / MY WORLDS |
|
2010 |
74 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
TO BE LOVED |
|
2013 |
75 |
THE SCRIPT |
SCIENCE & FAITH |
|
2010 |
76 |
BEN HOWARD |
EVERY KINGDOM |
|
2011 |
77 |
JAKE BUGG |
JAKE BUGG |
|
2012 |
78 |
PALOMA FAITH |
A PERFECT CONTRADICTION |
|
2014 |
79 |
BEYONCÉ |
4 |
|
2011 |
80 |
RIHANNA |
UNAPOLOGETIC |
|
2012 |
81 |
CEE LO GREEN |
THE LADY KILLER |
|
2010 |
82 |
CHASE & STATUS |
NO MORE IDOLS |
|
2011 |
83 |
EMINEM |
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 |
|
2013 |
84 |
KINGS OF LEON |
ONLY BY THE NIGHT |
|
2008 |
85 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
SWINGS BOTH WAYS |
|
2013 |
86 |
STEREOPHONICS |
DECADE IN THE SUN: BEST OF STEREOPHONICS |
|
2008 |
87 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - GREATEST HITS 1990-2010 |
|
2010 |
88 |
PALOMA FAITH |
FALL TO GRACE |
|
2012 |
89 |
QUEEN |
GREATEST HITS I |
|
1981 |
90 |
PAOLO NUTINI |
CAUSTIC LOVE |
|
2014 |
91 |
LONDON GRAMMAR |
IF YOU WAIT |
|
2013 |
92 |
GARY BARLOW |
SINCE I SAW YOU LAST |
|
2013 |
93 |
SAM SMITH |
THE THRILL OF IT ALL |
|
2017 |
94 |
COLDPLAY |
GHOST STORIES |
|
2014 |
95 |
GUNS N' ROSES |
GREATEST HITS |
|
2004 |
96 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
RED |
|
2012 |
97 |
WESTLIFE |
GREATEST HITS |
|
2011 |
98 |
JLS |
OUTTA THIS WORLD |
|
2010 |
99 |
THE KILLERS |
DIRECT HITS |
|
2013 |
100 |
ONE DIRECTION |
FOUR |
|
2014 |
Source: Official Charts
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