| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
ESCAPOLOGY |
1,410,000 |
2002 |
| 2 |
P!NK |
M!SSUNDAZTOOD |
1,250,000 |
2001 |
| 3 |
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS |
ESCAPE |
1,230,000 |
2001 |
| 4 |
COLDPLAY |
A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD |
1,130,000 |
2002 |
| 5 |
BLUE |
ONE LOVE |
1,090,000 |
2002 |
| 6 |
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS |
BY THE WAY |
1,060,000 |
2002 |
| 7 |
EMINEM |
THE EMINEM SHOW |
930,000 |
2002 |
| 8 |
WESTLIFE |
UNBREAKABLE - THE GREATEST HITS - VOL 1 |
890,000 |
2002 |
| 9 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS |
880,000 |
2002 |
| 10 |
OASIS |
HEATHEN CHEMISTRY |
850,000 |
2002 |
| 11 |
NORAH JONES |
COME AWAY WITH ME |
810,000 |
2002 |
| 12 |
NICKELBACK |
SILVER SIDE UP |
810,000 |
2001 |
| 13 |
DAVID GRAY |
A NEW DAY AT MIDNIGHT |
790,000 |
2002 |
| 14 |
QUEEN |
THE PLATINUM COLLECTION |
770,000 |
2000 |
| 15 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
FEVER |
750,000 |
2001 |
| 16 |
AVRIL LAVIGNE |
LET GO |
700,000 |
2002 |
| 17 |
ELTON JOHN |
GREATEST HITS 1970 - 2002 |
680,000 |
2002 |
| 18 |
WILL YOUNG |
FROM NOW ON |
650,000 |
2002 |
| 19 |
THE ROLLING STONES |
FORTY LICKS |
640,000 |
2002 |
| 20 |
ATOMIC KITTEN |
FEELS SO GOOD |
630,000 |
2002 |
| 21 |
SHAKIRA |
LAUNDRY SERVICE |
630,000 |
2001 |
| 22 |
NELLY |
NELLYVILLE |
600,000 |
2002 |
| 23 |
RONAN KEATING |
DESTINATION |
570,000 |
2002 |
| 24 |
STEREOPHONICS |
JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO PERFORM |
560,000 |
2001 |
| 25 |
SUGABABES |
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES |
560,000 |
2002 |
| 26 |
BLUE |
ALL RISE |
530,000 |
2001 |
| 27 |
DIDO |
NO ANGEL |
520,000 |
1999 |
| 28 |
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR |
READ MY LIPS |
500,000 |
2001 |
| 29 |
ANASTACIA |
FREAK OF NATURE |
490,000 |
2001 |
| 30 |
GARETH GATES |
WHAT MY HEART WANTS TO SAY |
490,000 |
2002 |
| 31 |
ALICIA KEYS |
SONGS IN A MINOR |
440,000 |
2001 |
| 32 |
LIBERTY X |
THINKING IT OVER |
410,000 |
2002 |
| 33 |
DAVID GRAY |
WHITE LADDER |
410,000 |
1998 |
| 34 |
NIRVANA |
NIRVANA |
390,000 |
2002 |
| 35 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING |
390,000 |
2001 |
| 36 |
BARBRA STREISAND |
THE ESSENTIAL BARBRA STREISAND |
390,000 |
2002 |
| 37 |
SHANIA TWAIN |
UP! |
390,000 |
2002 |
| 38 |
ASHANTI |
ASHANTI |
380,000 |
2002 |
| 39 |
CELINE DION |
A NEW DAY HAS COME |
380,000 |
2002 |
| 40 |
JA RULE |
PAIN IS LOVE |
380,000 |
2001 |
| 41 |
MOBY |
18 |
360,000 |
2002 |
| 42 |
EVA CASSIDY |
IMAGINE |
360,000 |
2002 |
| 43 |
ANDREA BOCELLI |
SENTIMENTO |
350,000 |
2002 |
| 44 |
STING & THE POLICE |
THE VERY BEST OF STING AND THE POLICE |
350,000 |
1997 |
| 45 |
U2 |
THE BEST OF 1990 - 2000
[2 CD edition Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides] |
350,000 |
2002 |
| 46 |
DARREN HAYES |
SPIN |
350,000 |
2002 |
| 47 |
ROD STEWART |
IT HAD TO BE YOU - GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK |
350,000 |
2002 |
| 48 |
JENNIFER LOPEZ |
J TO THE L-O! THE REMIXES |
340,000 |
2002 |
| 49 |
MARY J. BLIGE |
NO MORE DRAMA |
340,000 |
2001 |
| 50 |
JAMIROQUAI |
A FUNK ODYSSEY |
340,000 |
2001 |
| 51 |
FRANK SINATRA |
MY WAY - THE BEST OF FRANK SINATRA |
340,000 |
1997 |
| 52 |
MS DYNAMITE |
A LITTLE DEEPER |
330,000 |
2002 |
| 53 |
WESTLIFE |
WORLD OF OUR OWN |
320,000 |
2001 |
| 54 |
S CLUB 8 |
TOGETHER |
320,000 |
2002 |
| 55 |
MANIC STREET PREACHERS |
FOREVER DELAYED - THE GREATEST HITS |
310,000 |
2002 |
| 56 |
FOO FIGHTERS |
ONE BY ONE |
310,000 |
2002 |
| 57 |
JOOLS HOLLAND |
SMALL WORLD BIG BAND |
300,000 |
2001 |
| 58 |
DONNY OSMOND |
SOMEWHERE IN TIME |
300,000 |
2002 |
| 59 |
JENNIFER LOPEZ |
THIS IS ME... THEN |
300,000 |
2002 |
| 60 |
PUDDLE OF MUDD |
COME CLEAN |
300,000 |
2001 |
| 61 |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC |
300,000 |
2002 |
| 62 |
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD |
GOTTA GET THRU THIS |
300,000 |
2002 |
| 63 |
RUSSELL WATSON |
REPRISE |
300,000 |
2002 |
| 64 |
DAVID BOWIE |
BEST OF BOWIE |
280,000 |
2002 |
| 65 |
LIONEL RICHIE |
ENCORE |
260,000 |
2002 |
| 66 |
DARIUS |
DIVE IN |
260,000 |
2002 |
| 67 |
BOYZ II MEN |
LEGACY: THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION |
260,000 |
2001 |
| 68 |
JOOLS HOLLAND |
JOOLS HOLLAND AND MORE FRIENDS |
250,000 |
2002 |
| 69 |
THE HIVES |
YOUR NEW FAVOURITE BAND |
250,000 |
2001 |
| 70 |
EVA CASSIDY |
SONGBIRD |
250,000 |
1998 |
| 71 |
S CLUB 7 |
SUNSHINE |
250,000 |
2001 |
| 72 |
DOVES |
THE LAST BROADCAST |
250,000 |
2002 |
| 73 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
GREATEST HITS (2002) |
250,000 |
2002 |
| 74 |
BADLY DRAWN BOY |
ABOUT A BOY (SOUNDTRACK) |
250,000 |
2002 |
| 75 |
THE STREETS |
ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL |
240,000 |
2002 |
| 76 |
GABRIELLE |
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 |
240,000 |
2001 |
| 77 |
CRAIG DAVID |
SLICKER THAN YOUR AVERAGE |
230,000 |
2002 |
| 78 |
TRAVIS |
THE INVISIBLE BAND |
230,000 |
2001 |
| 79 |
BRITNEY SPEARS |
BRITNEY |
230,000 |
2001 |
| 80 |
STEVIE WONDER |
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
230,000 |
2002 |
| 81 |
STARSAILOR |
LOVE IS HERE |
230,000 |
2001 |
| 82 |
THE STROKES |
IS THIS IT |
220,000 |
2001 |
| 83 |
SUM 41 |
ALL KILLER NO FILLER |
220,000 |
2001 |
| 84 |
THE CALLING |
CAMINO PALMERO |
210,000 |
2001 |
| 85 |
LINKIN PARK |
HYBRID THEORY |
210,000 |
2000 |
| 86 |
BEVERLEY KNIGHT |
WHO I AM |
200,000 |
2002 |
| 87 |
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
THE RISING |
200,000 |
2002 |
| 88 |
COLDPLAY |
PARACHUTES |
190,000 |
2000 |
| 89 |
BARBRA STREISAND |
DUETS |
190,000 |
2002 |
| 90 |
MIS-TEEQ |
LICKIN' ON BOTH SIDES |
180,000 |
2001 |
| 91 |
RÖYKSOPP |
MELODY A.M. |
180,000 |
2001 |
| 92 |
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE |
SONGS FOR THE DEAF |
180,000 |
2002 |
| 93 |
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
JUSTIFIED |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 94 |
MARTI PELLOW |
MARTI PELLOW SINGS THE HITS OF WET WET WET AND SMILE |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 95 |
TENACIOUS D |
TENACIOUS D |
170,000 |
2001 |
| 96 |
CORAL |
THE CORAL |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 97 |
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY |
GREATEST HITS |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 98 |
AALIYAH |
AALIYAH |
170,000 |
2001 |
| 99 |
KOSHEEN |
RESIST |
170,000 |
2001 |
| 100 |
SCOOTER |
PUSH THE BEAT FOR THIS JAM |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 101 |
MADONNA |
GHV2 |
170,000 |
2001 |
| 102 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS |
170,000 |
2001 |
| 103 |
JA RULE |
THE LAST TEMPTATION |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 104 |
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS |
COME WITH US |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 105 |
DAVID BOWIE |
HEATHEN |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 106 |
LULU |
TOGETHER |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 107 |
ALANIS MORISSETTE |
UNDER RUG SWEPT |
170,000 |
2002 |
| 108 |
U2 |
THE BEST OF 1990 - 2000
[Standard edition] |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 109 |
VANESSA CARLTON |
BE NOT NOBODY |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 110 |
CHRISTINA AGUILERA |
STRIPPED |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 111 |
GORDON HASKELL |
HARRY'S BAR |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 112 |
RYAN & RACHEL O'DONNELL |
THE CELTIC CHILLOUT ALBUM |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 113 |
BON JOVI |
BOUNCE |
160,000 |
2002 |
| 114 |
PAUL WELLER |
ILLUMINATION |
150,000 |
2002 |
| 115 |
LINKIN PARK |
REANIMATION |
150,000 |
2002 |
| 116 |
S CLUB 7 |
SEEING DOUBLE |
150,000 |
2002 |
| 117 |
NELLY FURTADO |
WHOA, NELLY! |
150,000 |
2000 |
| 118 |
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB |
B.R.M.C |
150,000 |
2001 |
| 119 |
PHIL COLLINS |
TESTIFY |
150,000 |
2002 |
| 120 |
THE STONE ROSES |
THE VERY BEST OF |
150,000 |
2002 |
| 121 |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |
TOXICITY |
150,000 |
2001 |
| 122 |
ELTON JOHN |
SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST |
150,000 |
2001 |
| 123 |
ZERO 7 |
SIMPLE THINGS |
150,000 |
2001 |
| 124 |
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS |
CALIFORNICATION |
150,000 |
1999 |
| 125 |
BEE GEES |
THEIR GREATEST HITS: THE RECORD |
150,000 |
2001 |
| 126 |
ATOMIC KITTEN |
RIGHT NOW |
140,000 |
2000 |
| 127 |
HOLLY VALANCE |
FOOTPRINTS |
140,000 |
2002 |
| 128 |
NEIL DIAMOND |
THE ESSENTIAL NEIL DIAMOND |
140,000 |
2001 |
| 129 |
SHERYL CROW |
C'MON C'MON |
140,000 |
2002 |
| 130 |
RUSSELL WATSON |
ENCORE |
140,000 |
2001 |
| 131 |
BRANDY |
FULL MOON |
140,000 |
2002 |
| 132 |
MISSY ELLIOTT |
MISS E...SO ADDICTIVE |
140,000 |
2001 |
| 133 |
IDLEWILD |
THE REMOTE PART |
140,000 |
2002 |
| 134 |
BADLY DRAWN BOY |
HAVE YOU FED THE FISH? |
140,000 |
2002 |
| 135 |
THE CORRS |
THE BEST OF THE CORRS |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 136 |
MADONNA |
THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION |
130,000 |
1990 |
| 137 |
ROD STEWART |
THE STORY SO FAR: THE VERY BEST OF ROD STEWART |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 138 |
THE VERVE |
URBAN HYMNS |
130,000 |
1997 |
| 139 |
SANTANA |
SHAMAN |
130,000 |
2002 |
| 140 |
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY |
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE DAY |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 141 |
FRANK SINATRA |
A FINE ROMANCE - THE LOVE SONGS OF FRANK SINATRA |
130,000 |
2002 |
| 142 |
PUFF DADDY |
WE INVENTED THE REMIX |
130,000 |
2002 |
| 143 |
STEPS |
GOLD : GREATEST HITS |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 144 |
MADONNA |
MUSIC |
130,000 |
2000 |
| 145 |
SHANIA TWAIN |
COME ON OVER |
130,000 |
1997 |
| 146 |
PINK FLOYD |
ECHOES - THE BEST OF PINK FLOYD |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 147 |
JIMI HENDRIX |
VOODOO CHILD: THE JIMI HENDRIX COLLECTION |
130,000 |
2001 |
| 148 |
THE BEATLES |
1 |
130,000 |
2000 |
| 149 |
THE WHITE STRIPES |
WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 150 |
KORN |
UNTOUCHABLES |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 151 |
USHER |
8701 |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 152 |
IAN VAN DAHL |
ACE |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 153 |
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA |
WHITE LILIES ISLAND |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 154 |
SO SOLID CREW |
THEY DON'T KNOW |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 155 |
TRAVIS |
THE MAN WHO |
100,000 |
1999 |
| 156 |
ANASTACIA |
NOT THAT KIND |
100,000 |
2000 |
| 157 |
MISSY ELLIOTT |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 158 |
GORILLAZ |
GORILLAZ |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 159 |
RICHARD ASHCROFT |
HUMAN CONDITIONS |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 160 |
GUNS N' ROSES |
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION |
100,000 |
1987 |
| 161 |
CREED |
WEATHERED |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 162 |
THE EVERLY BROTHERS |
THE DEFINITIVE EVERLY BROTHERS |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 163 |
THE WHO |
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 164 |
ALED JONES |
ALED |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 165 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
LIGHT YEARS |
100,000 |
2000 |
| 166 |
U2 |
THE BEST OF 1980 - 1990 |
100,000 |
1998 |
| 167 |
THE DANDY WARHOLS |
THIRTEEN TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA |
100,000 |
2000 |
| 168 |
FATBOY SLIM |
HALFWAY BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS |
100,000 |
2000 |
| 169 |
DESTINY'S CHILD |
SURVIVOR |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 170 |
ANDREA BOCELLI |
CIELI DI TOSCANA |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 171 |
THE VINES |
HIGHLY EVOLVED |
100,000 |
2002 |
| 172 |
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH |
SOLID BRONZE - GREAT HITS |
100,000 |
2001 |
| 173 |
TRACY CHAPMAN |
TRACY CHAPMAN |
100,000 |
1988 |
| 174 |
AIR |
MOON SAFARI |
90,000 |
1998 |
| 175 |
AEROSMITH |
O, YEAH! ULTIMATE AEROSMITH HITS |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 176 |
BLAZING SQUAD |
IN THE BEGINNING |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 177 |
THE JAM |
THE SOUND OF THE JAM |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 178 |
FEEDER |
COMFORT IN SOUND |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 179 |
SUM 41 |
DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED? |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 180 |
AQUALUNG |
AQUALUNG |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 181 |
THE POGUES |
THE VERY BEST OF THE POGUES |
90,000 |
2001 |
| 182 |
ASH |
INTERGALATIC SONIC SEVENS |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 183 |
MARK KNOPFLER |
THE RAGPICKER'S DREAM |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 184 |
PAPA ROACH |
LOVEHATETRAGEDY |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 185 |
DIANA KRALL |
LIVE IN PARIS |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 186 |
CARPENTERS |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
90,000 |
2000 |
| 187 |
JENNIFER LOPEZ |
J. LO |
90,000 |
2001 |
| 188 |
EAGLES |
THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES (2001) |
90,000 |
2001 |
| 189 |
ALIEN ANT FARM |
ANTHOLOGY |
90,000 |
2001 |
| 190 |
MOBY |
PLAY |
90,000 |
1999 |
| 191 |
AEROSMITH |
YOUNG LUST: THE AEROSMITH ANTHOLOGY |
90,000 |
2001 |
| 192 |
ROBSON GREEN |
MOMENT IN TIME |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 193 |
ARETHA FRANKLIN |
RESPECT: THE VERY BEST OF ARETHA FRANKLIN |
90,000 |
2002 |
| 194 |
NIRVANA |
NEVERMIND |
90,000 |
1991 |
| 195 |
CHRISTINA MILIAN |
CHRISTINA MILIAN |
80,000 |
2001 |
| 196 |
MORCHEEBA |
CHARANGO |
80,000 |
2002 |
| 197 |
THE MUSIC |
THE MUSIC |
80,000 |
2002 |
| 198 |
NEIL YOUNG |
DECADE |
80,000 |
1977 |
| 199 |
CHRIS REA |
DANCING DOWN THE STONY ROAD |
80,000 |
2002 |
| 200 |
SQUEEZE |
BIG SQUEEZE - THE VERY BEST OF SQUEEZE |
80,000 |
2002 |
