Top UK Albums - Year-end 1987

The best selling album in 1987 in United Kingdom was BAD by MICHAEL JACKSON which sold 1,650,000 copies.

RankArtistAlbumSalesReleased
1 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD 1,650,000 1987
2 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE 1,450,000 1987
3 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY 1,280,000 1987
4 NOW SERIES (UK) NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 10 1,080,000 1987
5 THE HITS ALBUM SERIES HITS 6 1,050,000 1987
6 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT 920,000 1987
7 RICK ASTLEY WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY 850,000 1987
8 T'PAU BRIDGE OF SPIES 780,000 1987
9 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 740,000 1987
10 THE HITS ALBUM SERIES HITS 7 700,000 1987
11 LEVEL 42 RUNNING IN THE FAMILY 680,000 1987
12 NOW SERIES (UK) NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 9 660,000 1987
13 ALISON MOYET RAINDANCING 650,000 1987
14 PAUL SIMON GRACELAND 650,000 1986
15 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY 640,000 1987
16 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 630,000 1987
17 PAUL MCCARTNEY ALL THE BEST 600,000 1987
18 GENESIS INVISIBLE TOUCH 580,000 1986
19 SIMPLY RED MEN AND WOMEN 520,000 1987
20 UB40 THE BEST OF UB40 VOL I 500,000 1987
21 MADONNA TRUE BLUE 500,000 1986
22 SIMPLE MINDS LIVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT 490,000 1987
23 THE PRETENDERS THE SINGLES 480,000 1987
24 CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT KEEP YOUR DISTANCE 460,000 1987
25 GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH 450,000 1987
26 ERIC CLAPTON THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON 430,000 1987
27 SUZANNE VEGA SOLITUDE STANDING 430,000 1987
28 CLIFF RICHARD ALWAYS GUARANTEED 400,000 1987
29 HOT CHOCOLATE THE VERY BEST OF HOT CHOCOLATE 400,000 1987
30 VARIOUS ARTISTS SIXTIES MIX 400,000 1987
31 ERASURE THE CIRCUS 380,000 1987
32 LUTHER VANDROSS GIVE ME THE REASON 370,000 1986
33 FIVE STAR SILK AND STEEL 360,000 1986
34 DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA 360,000 1987
35 MEL & KIM FLM (FUN, LOVE AND MONEY) 360,000 1987
36 DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS 350,000 1985
37 WET WET WET POPPED IN SOULED OUT 340,000 1987
38 PETER GABRIEL SO 330,000 1986
39 WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE 320,000 1987
40 SWING OUT SISTER IT'S BETTER TO TRAVEL 310,000 1987
41 MADONNA WHO'S THAT GIRL (SOUNDTRACK) 310,000 1987
42 THE SHADOWS SIMPLY SHADOWS 300,000 1987
43 MADONNA YOU CAN DANCE 290,000 1987
44 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS 290,000 1987
45 BRUCE WILLIS THE RETURN OF BRUNO 280,000 1987
46 HEART BAD ANIMALS 280,000 1987
47 ALEXANDER O'NEAL HEARSAY 280,000 1987
48 VARIOUS ARTISTS MOVE CLOSER 280,000 1987
49 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE 280,000 1987
50 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 280,000 1986
51 ERIC CLAPTON AUGUST 270,000 1986
52 SIMPLY RED PICTURE BOOK 270,000 1985
53 BEE GEES E.S.P. 270,000 1987
54 QUEEN LIVE MAGIC 260,000 1986
55 VARIOUS ARTISTS FROM MOTOWN WITH LOVE 260,000 1987
56 BON JOVI SLIPPERY WHEN WET 260,000 1986
57 KATE BUSH THE WHOLE STORY 260,000 1986
58 MICHAEL JACKSON & DIANA ROSS LOVE SONGS 250,000 1987
59 10CC CHANGING FACES - THE VERY BEST OF 10CC AND GODLEY AND CREME 250,000 1987
60 JANET JACKSON CONTROL 250,000 1986
61 PAT BENATAR BEST SHOTS 250,000 1987
62 NEW ORDER SUBSTANCE 250,000 1987
63 BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE 240,000 1987
64 FIVE STAR BETWEEN THE LINES 240,000 1987
65 THE CHRISTIANS CHRISTIANS 230,000 1987
66 FOSTER & ALLEN REFLECTIONS 220,000 1987
67 COMMUNARDS RED 220,000 1987
68 STING NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 210,000 1987
69 THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME 210,000 1987
70 MICHAEL CRAWFORD SONGS FROM THE STAGE AND SCREEN 210,000 1987
71 VARIOUS ARTISTS ATLANTIC SOUL CLASSICS 210,000 1987
72 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY HOUSTON 200,000 1985
73 GEORGE HARRISON CLOUD NINE 190,000 1987
74 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ALL TIME GREATEST HITS 190,000 1987
75 ELAINE PAIGE MEMORIES - BEST OF EP 190,000 1987
76 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON 190,000 1987
77 EUROPE THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 190,000 1986
78 MARILLION CLUTCHING AT STRAWS 180,000 1987
79 PRINCE SIGN O' THE TIMES 180,000 1987
80 THE SMITHS THE WORLD WON'T LISTEN 180,000 1987
81 THE CULT ELECTRIC 180,000 1987
82 THE BANGLES DIFFERENT LIGHT 170,000 1986
83 MICHAEL MCDONALD SWEET FREEDOM: BEST OF MICHAEL MCDONALD 170,000 1986
84 EURYTHMICS REVENGE 170,000 1986
85 EURYTHMICS SAVAGE 170,000 1987
86 THE HOUSEMARTINS THE PEOPLE WHO GRINNED THEMSELVES TO DEATH 170,000 1987
87 LIONEL RICHIE DANCING ON THE CEILING 170,000 1986
88 NOW SERIES (UK) NOW SMASH HITS 170,000 1987
89 THE BEATLES SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 170,000 1967
90 THE POLICE EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE SINGLES 170,000 1986
91 PET SHOP BOYS DISCO 170,000 1986
92 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS FORE! 170,000 1986
93 U2 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY 170,000 1983
94 MARIE ROSE SENTIMENTALLY YOURS 170,000 1987
95 QUEEN GREATEST HITS I 170,000 1981
96 NOW SERIES (UK) NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 8 170,000 1986
97 THE GREATEST HITS OF SERIES THE GREATEST HITS OF 1987 170,000 1987
98 COMMUNARDS COMMUNARDS 170,000 1986
99 DAVID BOWIE NEVER LET ME DOWN 160,000 1987
100 NOW SERIES (UK) NOW - THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM 160,000 1985

Source: Music Week