The best selling artist album in 2005 in United Kingdom was BACK TO BEDLAM by JAMES BLUNT which sold 2,367,758 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
JAMES BLUNT |
BACK TO BEDLAM |
2,367,758 |
2004 |
| 2 |
COLDPLAY |
X&Y |
1,999,260 |
2005 |
| 3 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
INTENSIVE CARE |
1,434,315 |
2005 |
| 4 |
KAISER CHIEFS |
EMPLOYMENT |
1,312,122 |
2005 |
| 5 |
GORILLAZ |
DEMON DAYS |
1,205,000 |
2005 |
| 6 |
WESTLIFE |
FACE TO FACE |
1,142,565 |
2005 |
| 7 |
KT TUNSTALL |
EYE TO THE TELESCOPE |
1,018,000 |
2004 |
| 8 |
KELLY CLARKSON |
BREAKAWAY |
952,631 |
2004 |
| 9 |
EMINEM |
CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS |
926,012 |
2005 |
| 10 |
FAITHLESS |
FOREVER FAITHLESS - THE GREATEST HITS |
915,000 |
2005 |
| 11 |
KATIE MELUA |
PIECE BY PIECE |
880,361 |
2005 |
| 12 |
THE KILLERS |
HOT FUSS |
859,000 |
2004 |
| 13 |
OASIS |
DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH |
848,000 |
2005 |
| 14 |
IL DIVO |
ANCORA |
840,000 |
2005 |
| 15 |
MADONNA |
CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR |
833,212 |
2005 |
| 16 |
GREEN DAY |
AMERICAN IDIOT |
814,000 |
2004 |
| 17 |
SCISSOR SISTERS |
SCISSOR SISTERS |
793,417 |
2004 |
| 18 |
KEANE |
HOPES AND FEARS |
770,000 |
2004 |
| 19 |
TAKE THAT |
NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
754,862 |
2005 |
| 20 |
GWEN STEFANI |
LOVE. ANGEL. MUSIC. BABY. |
746,000 |
2004 |
| 21 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
MONKEY BUSINESS |
689,000 |
2005 |
| 22 |
SUGABABES |
TALLER IN MORE WAYS |
640,000 |
2005 |
| 23 |
DAVID GRAY |
LIFE IN SLOW MOTION |
625,000 |
2005 |
| 24 |
BASEMENT JAXX |
THE SINGLES |
595,000 |
2005 |
| 25 |
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS |
PCD |
574,000 |
2005 |
| 26 |
G4 |
G4 |
573,000 |
2005 |
| 27 |
FOO FIGHTERS |
IN YOUR HONOR |
571,000 |
2005 |
| 28 |
TONY CHRISTIE |
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
561,000 |
2005 |
| 29 |
50 CENT |
THE MASSACRE |
554,000 |
2005 |
| 30 |
JACK JOHNSON |
IN BETWEEN DREAMS |
529,310 |
2005 |
| 31 |
MARIAH CAREY |
THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI |
526,965 |
2005 |
| 32 |
ATHLETE |
TOURIST |
499,000 |
2005 |
| 33 |
AKON |
TROUBLE |
487,000 |
2004 |
| 34 |
WILL YOUNG |
KEEP ON |
477,974 |
2005 |
| 35 |
THE PRODIGY |
THEIR LAW: THE SINGLES 1990-2005 |
468,000 |
2005 |
| 36 |
EURYTHMICS |
ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
453,000 |
2005 |
| 37 |
STEREOPHONICS |
LANGUAGE SEX VIOLENCE OTHER |
451,000 |
2005 |
| 38 |
JEFF WAYNE |
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS |
448,255 |
1978 |
| 39 |
THE MAGIC NUMBERS |
THE MAGIC NUMBERS |
444,000 |
2005 |
| 40 |
MARIAH CAREY |
GREATEST HITS |
442,305 |
2001 |
| 41 |
SUPERTRAMP |
RETROSPECTACLE-THE SUPERTRAMP ANTHOLOGY |
438,000 |
2005 |
| 42 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
IT'S TIME |
431,300 |
2005 |
| 43 |
KANYE WEST |
LATE REGISTRATION |
431,200 |
2005 |
| 44 |
KASABIAN |
KASABIAN |
412,000 |
2004 |
| 45 |
FRANZ FERDINAND |
FRANZ FERDINAND |
411,000 |
2004 |
| 46 |
BARBRA STREISAND |
Guilty Pleasures / Guilty Too |
397,000 |
2005 |
| 47 |
KATHERINE JENKINS |
LIVING A DREAM |
372,500 |
2005 |
| 48 |
IL DIVO |
IL DIVO |
371,300 |
2004 |
| 49 |
JOSS STONE |
MIND, BODY AND SOUL |
368,200 |
2004 |
| 50 |
FRANZ FERDINAND |
YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER |
368,000 |
2005 |
| 51 |
RAZORLIGHT |
UP ALL NIGHT |
358,000 |
2004 |
| 52 |
DAMIEN RICE |
O |
355,000 |
2002 |
| 53 |
G4 |
G4 & FRIENDS |
349,000 |
2005 |
| 54 |
U2 |
HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB |
348,200 |
2004 |
| 55 |
HARD-FI |
STARS OF CCTV |
347,897 |
2005 |
| 56 |
JEM |
FINALLY WOKEN |
343,000 |
2004 |
| 57 |
THE WHITE STRIPES |
GET BEHIND ME SATAN |
343,000 |
2005 |
| 58 |
MAROON 5 |
SONGS ABOUT JANE |
337,000 |
2002 |
| 59 |
ANASTACIA |
PIECES OF A DREAM |
333,300 |
2005 |
| 60 |
ROD STEWART |
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY - THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK VOL. IV |
329,600 |
2005 |
| 61 |
JOHN LEGEND |
GET LIFTED |
314,500 |
2004 |
| 62 |
DANIEL POWTER |
DANIEL POWTER |
312,500 |
2005 |
| 63 |
KATE BUSH |
AERIAL |
312,300 |
2005 |
| 64 |
GREEN DAY |
BULLET IN A BIBLE |
309,000 |
2005 |
| 65 |
SIMON WEBBE |
SANCTUARY |
306,265 |
2005 |
| 66 |
THE GAME |
THE DOCUMENTARY |
298,000 |
2005 |
| 67 |
SNOW PATROL |
FINAL STRAW |
298,000 |
2003 |
| 68 |
JAMIROQUAI |
DYNAMITE |
294,000 |
2005 |
| 69 |
ENYA |
AMARANTINE |
293,000 |
2005 |
| 70 |
MCFLY |
WONDERLAND |
291,000 |
2005 |
| 71 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
GREATEST HITS |
287,999 |
2004 |
| 72 |
EMINEM |
ENCORE |
285,000 |
2004 |
| 73 |
LUCIE SILVAS |
BREATHE IN |
269,300 |
2004 |
| 74 |
GIRLS ALOUD |
CHEMISTRY |
269,000 |
2005 |
| 75 |
BLOC PARTY |
SILENT ALARM |
261,000 |
2005 |
| 76 |
GOLDFRAPP |
SUPERNATURE |
260,000 |
2005 |
| 77 |
CRAIG DAVID |
THE STORY GOES... |
256,000 |
2005 |
| 78 |
SNOOP DOGG |
R&G (RHYTHM AND GANGSTA): THE MASTERPIECE |
256,000 |
2004 |
| 79 |
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS |
PUSH THE BUTTON |
250,000 |
2002 |
| 80 |
BLINK-182 |
GREATEST HITS |
247,000 |
2005 |
| 81 |
LEMAR |
TIME TO GROW |
240,000 |
2004 |
| 82 |
MADELEINE PEYROUX |
CARELESS LOVE |
236,000 |
2004 |
| 83 |
GREEN DAY |
INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS |
231,000 |
2001 |
| 84 |
CHARLOTTE CHURCH |
TISSUES AND ISSUES |
224,000 |
2005 |
| 85 |
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD |
UNWRITTEN |
222,000 |
2004 |
| 86 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
ULTIMATE KYLIE |
217,000 |
2004 |
| 87 |
DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER |
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS |
215,000 |
2005 |
| 88 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON |
206,000 |
2005 |
| 89 |
BRYAN ADAMS |
ANTHOLOGY |
206,000 |
2005 |
| 90 |
USHER |
CONFESSIONS |
203,000 |
2004 |
| 91 |
MARIO |
TURNING POINT |
199,000 |
2004 |
| 92 |
THE CHOIRBOYS |
THE CHOIRBOYS |
197,000 |
2005 |
| 93 |
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA |
ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF |
196,000 |
2005 |
| 94 |
KATIE MELUA |
CALL OFF THE SEARCH |
195,879 |
2003 |
| 95 |
JOSS STONE |
THE SOUL SESSIONS |
194,000 |
2003 |
| 96 |
ROOSTER |
ROOSTER |
192,000 |
2005 |
| 97 |
BRYN TERFEL |
SIMPLE GIFTS |
192,000 |
2005 |
| 98 |
R.E.M. |
IN TIME: THE BEST OF R.E.M. 1988-2003 |
191,000 |
2003 |
| 99 |
MICHAEL BALL |
MUSIC |
189,000 |
2005 |
| 100 |
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA |
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS |
185,000 |
2005 |
| 101 |
COLDPLAY |
PARACHUTES |
184,000 |
2000 |
| 102 |
PHIL COLLINS |
LOVE SONGS - A COMPILATION... OLD AND NEW |
184,000 |
2004 |
| 103 |
COLDPLAY |
A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD |
184,799 |
2002 |
| 104 |
MICHAEL BOLTON |
VERY BEST OF |
179,000 |
2005 |
| 105 |
DOVES |
SOME CITIES |
178,000 |
2005 |
| 106 |
EMBRACE |
OUT OF NOTHING |
173,000 |
2004 |
| 107 |
FEEDER |
PUSHING THE SENSES |
172,000 |
2005 |
| 108 |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |
MEZMERIZE |
170,000 |
2005 |
| 109 |
NELLY |
SUIT |
169,000 |
2004 |
| 110 |
MYLO |
DESTROY ROCK 'N' ROLL |
168,000 |
2004 |
| 111 |
JAMIE CULLUM |
CATCHING TALES |
167,000 |
2005 |
| 112 |
THE DARKNESS |
ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL... AND BACK |
166,000 |
2005 |
| 113 |
CARPENTERS |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
165,000 |
2000 |
| 114 |
SIMPLY RED |
SIMPLIFIED |
164,000 |
2005 |
| 115 |
LIONEL RICHIE |
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
163,000 |
2003 |
| 116 |
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE |
THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE |
162,000 |
2004 |
| 117 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
HITSTORY |
161,000 |
2005 |
| 118 |
ABBA |
GOLD - GREATEST HITS |
160,000 |
1992 |
| 119 |
PATRIZIO BUANNE |
THE ITALIAN |
159,000 |
2005 |
| 120 |
DESTINY'S CHILD |
#1'S |
158,000 |
2005 |
| 121 |
CIARA |
GOODIES |
157,000 |
2004 |
| 122 |
MATT MONRO |
THE ULTIMATE |
156,000 |
2005 |
| 123 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS |
155,000 |
2002 |
| 124 |
SAM COOKE |
PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND |
154,000 |
2003 |
| 125 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
LOVE ELVIS |
153,000 |
2005 |
| 126 |
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
DEVILS & DUST |
152,000 |
2005 |
| 127 |
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS |
I AM A BIRD NOW |
151,000 |
2005 |
| 128 |
BON JOVI |
HAVE A NICE DAY |
150,000 |
2005 |
| 129 |
QUEEN |
THE PLATINUM COLLECTION |
149,000 |
2000 |
| 130 |
ROD STEWART |
THE STORY SO FAR: THE VERY BEST OF ROD STEWART |
148,000 |
2001 |
| 131 |
ARCADE FIRE |
FUNERAL |
148,000 |
2004 |
| 132 |
MCFLY |
ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR |
147,000 |
2004 |
| 133 |
OASIS |
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? |
147,000 |
1995 |
| 134 |
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE |
LULLABIES TO PARALYZE |
146,000 |
2005 |
| 135 |
BRITNEY SPEARS |
GREATEST HITS: MY PREROGATIVE |
145,000 |
2004 |
| 136 |
GIRLS ALOUD |
WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBOURS SAY |
144,000 |
2004 |
| 137 |
THE ZUTONS |
WHO KILLED THE ZUTONS |
143,000 |
2004 |
| 138 |
SHAKIN' STEVENS |
THE COLLECTION |
142,000 |
2005 |
| 139 |
IAN BROWN |
THE GREATEST |
141,000 |
2005 |
| 140 |
SAVAGE GARDEN |
TRULY MADLY COMPLETELY - THE BEST OF SAVAGE GARDEN |
140,000 |
2005 |
| 141 |
SEAN PAUL |
THE TRINITY |
139,000 |
2005 |
| 142 |
DESTINY'S CHILD |
DESTINY FULFILLED |
138,000 |
2004 |
| 143 |
2PAC |
LOYAL TO THE GAME |
137,000 |
2004 |
| 144 |
JOOLS HOLLAND |
SWINGING THE BLUES DANCING THE SKA |
136,000 |
2005 |
| 145 |
FOSTER & ALLEN |
SING THE NUMBER 1'S |
135,000 |
2005 |
| 146 |
SOUNDTRACK |
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' |
134,000 |
2005 |
| 147 |
BRAVERY |
THE BRAVERY |
133,000 |
2005 |
| 148 |
JOHN LENNON |
WORKING CLASS HERO: THE DEFINITIVE JOHN LENNON |
132,000 |
2005 |
| 149 |
LINKIN PARK & JAY-Z |
COLLISION COURSE |
131,000 |
2004 |
| 150 |
KATHERINE JENKINS |
SECOND NATURE |
130,000 |
2004 |
| 151 |
CRAZY FROG |
CRAZY HITS |
129,000 |
2005 |
| 152 |
RONAN KEATING |
10 YEARS OF HITS |
128,000 |
2004 |
| 153 |
KINGS OF LEON |
AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK |
127,000 |
2004 |
| 154 |
GREEN DAY |
DOOKIE |
127,356 |
1994 |
| 155 |
JENNIFER LOPEZ |
REBIRTH |
124,000 |
2005 |
| 156 |
PINK FLOYD |
ECHOES - THE BEST OF PINK FLOYD |
122,000 |
2001 |
| 157 |
JOHNNY CASH |
THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH |
121,000 |
2005 |
| 158 |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC |
120,000 |
2002 |
| 159 |
FUTUREHEADS |
THE FUTUREHEADS |
118,000 |
2004 |
| 160 |
NIRVANA |
NEVERMIND |
116,000 |
1991 |
| 161 |
UB40 |
THE BEST OF - VOL 1 & 2 |
114,000 |
2005 |
| 162 |
PINK FLOYD |
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON |
112,000 |
1973 |
| 163 |
ATHLETE |
VEHICLES AND ANIMALS |
111,000 |
2003 |
| 164 |
DANIEL O'DONNELL |
TEENAGE DREAMS |
110,000 |
2005 |
| 165 |
THE ROLLING STONES |
A BIGGER BANG |
109,000 |
2005 |
| 166 |
ANDREA BOCELLI |
ARIA - THE OPERA ALBUM |
108,000 |
1998 |
| 167 |
SHANIA TWAIN |
GREATEST HITS |
108,000 |
2004 |
| 168 |
PAUL WELLER |
AS IS NOW |
107,000 |
2005 |
| 169 |
VAN MORRISON |
MAGIC TIME |
107,000 |
2005 |
| 170 |
RAY CHARLES |
GENIUS LOVES COMPANY |
106,000 |
2004 |
| 171 |
MUSE |
ABSOLUTION |
105,000 |
2003 |
| 172 |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |
HYPNOTIZE |
105,000 |
2005 |
| 173 |
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD |
SECOND FIRST IMPRESSION |
104,000 |
2004 |
| 174 |
MAXIMO PARK |
A CERTAIN TRIGGER |
103,000 |
2005 |
| 175 |
STEVE BROOKSTEIN |
HEART AND SOUL |
102,000 |
2005 |
| 176 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
NUMBER ONES |
101,000 |
2003 |
| 177 |
U2 |
THE BEST OF 1980 - 1990 |
100,000 |
1998 |
| 178 |
THE POGUES |
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
100,000 |
2005 |
| 179 |
STEVIE WONDER |
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
99,000 |
2002 |
| 180 |
THE STREETS |
A GRAND DON'T COME FOR FREE |
99,000 |
2004 |
| 181 |
CHRISTINA AGUILERA |
STRIPPED |
98,000 |
2002 |
| 182 |
EDITORS |
THE BACK ROOM |
98,000 |
2005 |
| 183 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
ELEPHUNK |
97,000 |
2003 |
| 184 |
OASIS |
DEFINITELY MAYBE |
97,000 |
1994 |
| 185 |
GORILLAZ |
GORILLAZ |
96,000 |
2001 |
| 186 |
DAVID GRAY |
WHITE LADDER |
95,424 |
1998 |
| 187 |
SLADE |
THE VERY BEST OF |
95,000 |
2005 |
| 188 |
CREAM |
I FEEL FREE - ULTIMATE CREAM |
95,000 |
2005 |
| 189 |
KIRSTY MACCOLL |
THE BEST OF |
94,000 |
2005 |
| 190 |
LIBERTINES |
THE LIBERTINES |
94,000 |
2004 |
| 191 |
GUNS N' ROSES |
GREATEST HITS |
93,000 |
2004 |
| 192 |
HAYLEY WESTENRA |
ODYSSEY |
93,000 |
2005 |
| 193 |
ROD STEWART |
STARDUST - THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK VOL. III |
92,000 |
2004 |
| 194 |
JAMELIA |
THANK YOU |
92,000 |
2003 |
| 195 |
BABYSHAMBLES |
DOWN IN ALBION |
91,000 |
2005 |
| 196 |
BLONDIE |
GREATEST HITS (SIGHT AND SOUND) |
91,000 |
2005 |
| 197 |
TONY CHRISTIE |
THE BEST OF |
90,500 |
1995 |
| 198 |
WILL YOUNG |
FRIDAY'S CHILD |
90,036 |
2003 |
| 199 |
CLIFF RICHARD |
PLATINUM COLLECTION |
89,934 |
2005 |
| 200 |
JAMIE CULLUM |
TWENTYSOMETHING |
89,000 |
2003 |
