Top UK Albums - Year-end 2012

The best selling album in 2012 in United Kingdom was OUR VERSION OF EVENTS by EMELI SANDE.

RankArtistAlbumReleased
1 EMELI SANDE OUR VERSION OF EVENTS 2012
2 ADELE 21 2011
3 ED SHEERAN + 2011
4 LANA DEL REY BORN TO DIE 2012
5 ONE DIRECTION TAKE ME HOME 2012
6 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 2012
7 OLLY MURS RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME 2012
8 MICHAEL BUBLÉ CHRISTMAS 2011
9 COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO 2011
10 RIHANNA UNAPOLOGETIC 2012
11 PALOMA FAITH FALL TO GRACE 2012
12 P!NK THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 2012
13 ROBBIE WILLIAMS TAKE THE CROWN 2012
14 ROD STEWART MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY 2012
15 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 2011
16 JESSIE J WHO YOU ARE 2011
17 CALVIN HARRIS 18 MONTHS 2012
18 NEIL DIAMOND THE VERY BEST OF THE ORIGINAL STUDIO RECORDINGS 2012
19 RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 2011
20 OLLY MURS IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW 2011
21 DAVID GUETTA NOTHING BUT THE BEAT 2011
22 THE SCRIPT #3 2012
23 FUN. SOME NIGHTS 2012
24 BRUNO MARS UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 2012
25 ANDRE RIEU MAGIC OF THE MOVIES 2012
26 BRUNO MARS DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 2010
27 THE KILLERS BATTLE BORN 2012
28 BEN HOWARD EVERY KINGDOM 2011
29 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 2012
30 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS 2011
31 THE ROLLING STONES GRRR! 2012
32 MUSE THE 2ND LAW 2012
33 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 2011
34 ALFIE BOE STORYTELLER 2012
35 RITA ORA ORA 2012
36 REBECCA FERGUSON HEAVEN 2011
37 NICKI MINAJ PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED 2012
38 THE BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 2011
39 LITTLE MIX DNA 2012
40 RIZZLE KICKS STEREO TYPICAL 2011
41 GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 2011
42 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 2012
43 ADELE 19 2008
44 MILITARY WIVES IN MY DREAMS 2012
45 MAVERICK SABRE LONELY ARE THE BRAVE 2012
46 LABRINTH ELECTRONIC EARTH 2012
47 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WRECKING BALL 2012
48 KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM 2010
49 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 2009
50 BEE GEES NUMBER ONES 2004
51 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 2011
52 KEANE STRANGELAND 2012
53 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG 2012
54 GARY BARLOW SING 2012
55 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 2011
56 PLAN B ILL MANORS 2012
57 KYLIE MINOGUE THE ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS 2012
58 LED ZEPPELIN CELEBRATION DAY 2012
59 THE XX COEXIST 2012
60 MICHAEL BUBLÉ SINGS TOTALLY BLONDE 2008
61 ALT-J AN AWESOME WAVE 2012
62 MILITARY WIVES STRONGER TOGETHER 2012
63 TRAIN CALIFORNIA 37 2012
64 RIHANNA LOUD 2010
65 DRAKE TAKE CARE 2011
66 AMY WINEHOUSE LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES 2011
67 WHITNEY HOUSTON THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2007
68 KELLY CLARKSON STRONGER 2011
69 SUSAN BOYLE STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST SONGS FROM THE STAGE 2012
70 THE VACCINES WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES 2011
71 ALICIA KEYS GIRL ON FIRE 2012
72 JUSTIN BIEBER BELIEVE 2012
73 AMY MACDONALD LIFE IN A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT 2012
74 KELLY CLARKSON GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER ONE 2012
75 JONATHAN & CHARLOTTE TOGETHER 2012
76 EVA CASSIDY THE BEST OF 2012
77 ELLIE GOULDING HALCYON 2012
78 GIRLS ALOUD TEN 2012
79 BEYONCÉ 4 2011
80 THE VACCINES COME OF AGE 2012
81 MADONNA MDNA 2012
82 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 2009
83 THE LUMINEERS THE LUMINEERS 2012
84 JLS EVOLUTION 2012
85 JEFF WAYNE THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - NEW GENERATION 2012
86 JACK WHITE BLUNDERBUSS 2012
87 MICHAEL BUBLÉ CRAZY LOVE 2009
88 OF MONSTERS & MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL 2011
89 CHASE & STATUS NO MORE IDOLS 2011
90 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 2011
91 THE SCRIPT THE SCRIPT 2008
92 LINKIN PARK LIVING THINGS 2012
93 IL DIVO THE GREATEST HITS 2012
94 NICKI MINAJ PINK FRIDAY 2010
95 PAUL SIMON GRACELAND 1986
96 WILL YOUNG ECHOES 2011
97 MICHAEL KIWANUKA HOME AGAIN 2012
98 KASABIAN VELOCIRAPTOR 2011
99 THE MACCABEES GIVEN TO THE WILD 2012
100 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 2010
101 ALABAMA SHAKES BOYS & GIRLS 2012
102 ANDREA BOCELLI OPERA 2012
103 CHERYL COLE A MILLION LIGHTS 2012
104 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2010
105 FRANK OCEAN CHANNEL ORANGE 2012
106 JOOLS HOLLAND THE GOLDEN AGE OF SONG 2012
107 PALOMA FAITH DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL? 2009
108 SKRILLEX BANGARANG 2011
109 GREEN DAY UNO 2012
110 PROFESSOR GREEN AT YOUR INCONVENIENCE 2011
111 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB BEACON 2012
112 P!NK GREATEST HITS... SO FAR!!! 2010
113 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS 2012
114 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS LEGEND 1984
115 KATHERINE JENKINS THIS IS CHRISTMAS 2012
116 RUMER BOYS DON'T CRY 2012
117 ROD STEWART STORYTELLER-THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY 1964-1990 1989
118 STEREOPHONICS DECADE IN THE SUN: BEST OF STEREOPHONICS 2008
119 PLAN B THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS 2010
120 EXAMPLE PLAYING IN THE SHADOWS 2011
121 MOSHI MONSTERS MUSIC ROX 2012
122 CHRIS BROWN FORTUNE 2012
123 CHRISTINA PERRI LOVESTRONG. 2011
124 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 1988
125 JUSTIN FLETCHER HANDS UP 2012
126 FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 2011
127 USHER LOOKING 4 MYSELF 2012
128 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 2009
129 OLLY MURS OLLY MURS 2010
130 MCFLY MEMORY LANE - THE BEST OF 2012
131 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 2010
132 SNOW PATROL FALLEN EMPIRES 2011
133 THE OVERTONES HIGHER 2012
134 THE SCRIPT SCIENCE & FAITH 2010
135 SNOW PATROL UP TO NOW 2009
136 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS 1972
137 CELINE DION MY LOVE: ESSENTIAL COLLECTION 2008
138 ELBOW THE SELDOM SEEN KID 2008
139 LIONEL RICHIE TUSKEGEE 2012
140 ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS 1992
141 BEE GEES MYTHOLOGY 2010
142 BOB DYLAN TEMPEST 2012
143 WESTLIFE GREATEST HITS 2011
144 MICK HUCKNALL AMERICAN SOUL 2012
145 BEE GEES ONE NIGHT ONLY 1998
146 ALEX CLARE THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR 2011
147 LADY GAGA THE FAME 2008
148 AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK 2006
149 PAUL WELLER SONIK KICKS 2012
150 JLS JUKEBOX 2011
151 AC/DC LIVE AT RIVER PLATE 2011
152 OASIS TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 2009
153 KATIE MELUA SECRET SYMPHONY 2012
154 LEONA LEWIS GLASSHEART 2012
155 MARINA & THE DIAMONDS ELECTRA HEART 2012
156 JASON MRAZ LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD 2012
157 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN GREATEST HITS 1995
158 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS 2005
159 GUNS N' ROSES GREATEST HITS 2004
160 ALFIE BOE BRING HIM HOME 2010
161 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB TOURIST HISTORY 2010
162 EXAMPLE THE EVOLUTION OF MAN 2012
163 THE BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 2010
164 LAWSON CHAPMAN SQUARE 2012
165 TINIE TEMPAH DISC-OVERY 2010
166 NOAH & THE WHALE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH 2011
167 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF 2005
168 EURYTHMICS ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2005
169 JAMES MORRISON THE AWAKENING 2011
170 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 1977
171 CHRIS REA THE JOURNEY 1978-2009 2009
172 FLO RIDA WILD ONES 2012
173 CARO EMERALD DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR 2010
174 DAVID GUETTA NOTHING BUT THE BEAT 2.0 2012
175 CONOR MAYNARD CONTRAST 2012
176 ALFIE BOE ALFIE 2011
177 WHITNEY HOUSTON THE ESSENTIAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 2011
178 TAKE THAT NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2005
179 BIRDY BIRDY 2011
180 GREEN DAY DOS 2012
181 DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS 2005
182 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 2011
183 ABBA 18 HITS 2005
184 LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 2011
185 QUEEN GREATEST HITS I 1981
186 NERO WELCOME REALITY 2011
187 CHRIS ISAAK BEYOND THE SUN 2011
188 UB40 THE VERY BEST OF UB40 1980-2000 2000
189 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM HANDWRITTEN 2012
190 LIONEL RICHIE BACK TO FRONT 1992
191 ROY ORBISON THE VERY BEST OF ROY ORBISON (1996) 1996
192 YOU ME AT SIX SINNERS NEVER SLEEP 2011
193 DAVID GUETTA ONE LOVE 2009
194 CARPENTERS GOLD - GREATEST HITS 2000
195 ROD STEWART THE BEST OF ROD STEWART 1989
196 RICHARD HAWLEY STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE 2012
197 FLEETWOOD MAC 25 YEARS - THE CHAIN 1992
198 RUSSELL WATSON ANTHEMS 2012
199 NEWTON FAULKNER WRITE IT ON YOUR SKIN 2012
200 MICHAEL JACKSON NUMBER ONES 2003

Source: Charts Plus