Britain's best-selling albums of the past half-century, AROBTTH #32/X&Y #40

Tash · 09-04-2012, 08:22 AM

1. Greatest Hits (1981) Queen

2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles

3. Gold (1992) Abba

4. What's The Story (1995) Oasis

5. Thriller (1982) Michael Jackson

6. 21 (2011) Adele

7. Brothers In Arms (1985) Dire Straits

8. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Pink Floyd

9. Bad (1987) Michael Jackson

10. Greatest Hits II (1991) Queen

11. The Immaculate Collection (1990) Madonna

12. Back To Black (2006) Amy Winehouse

13. Stars (1991) Simply Red

14. Rumours (1977) Fleetwood Mac

15. Come On Over (1997) Shania Twain

16. Back To Bedlam (2005) James Blunt

17. Urban Hymns (1997) The Verve

18. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) Simon and Garfunkel

19. No Angel (2001) Dido

20. Spirit (2007) Leona Lewis

21. Legend (1984) Bob Marley and the Wailers

22. Bat Out Of Hell (1977) Meat Loaf

23. Dirty Dancing (1987) Original soundtrack

24. 1 (2000) The Beatles

25. Talk On Corners (1997) The Corrs

26. White Ladder (1998) David Gray

27. Spice (1996) The Spice Girls

28. Crazy Love (2009) Michael Bublé

29. Life For Rent (2003) Dido

30. Beautiful World (2006) Take That

31. The Fame (2008) Lady Gaga

32. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) Coldplay

33. Hopes And Fears (2004) Keane

34. The Joshua Tree (1987) U2

35. But Seriously (1989) Phil Collins

36. Scissor Sisters (2004) The Scissor Sisters

37. Only By The Night (2008) The Kings of Leon

38. The War Of The Worlds (1978) Jeff Wayne

39. The Man Who (1999) Travis

40. x&y (2005) Coldplay

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busybeeburns · 09-04-2012, 09:44 AM

I tweeted it for ya

Tash · 09-04-2012, 10:01 AM

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I tweeted it for ya

Thanks!

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it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

LeonieArienne · 09-04-2012, 10:04 AM

whow adele at #6:O:O

PrincessofChina · 09-04-2012, 11:35 AM

Yeah, she's selling like crazy!

But yay, Coldplay in there twice!

m@r@ · 09-04-2012, 11:39 AM

YAAAY, that's awesome

MyloXyloTom · 09-04-2012, 12:07 PM

Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one.

PrincessofChina · 09-04-2012, 12:07 PM

Yu-tong · 09-04-2012, 12:08 PM

I'm happy for Coldplay.

Littlelegs · 09-04-2012, 12:12 PM

i have quite a few albums from this list cant beat real music by real musicians xx

Coeurli · 09-04-2012, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MyloXyloTom;5272574
Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one.

I'm quite surprised too about Viva

Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ?

m@r@ · 09-04-2012, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MyloXyloTom;5272574
Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one.

Yep, that's definitely true.

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Originally Posted by Coeurli;5272593

Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ?

That's really cool

Tash · 09-04-2012, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Coeurli;5272593
Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ?

And Dido (#19 and #29)

Coeurli · 09-04-2012, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Tash;5272616
And Dido (#19 and #29)

Oh. Kinda ruins it, doesn't it ?

PrincessofChina · 09-04-2012, 04:13 PM

Ouch. Yeah

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Littlelegs Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1 Location: london Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	feeling the love i have quite a few albums from this list cant beat real music by real musicians xx

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Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,837 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1,868 Thanked 1,492 Times in 847 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MyloXyloTom;5272574 Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one. I'm quite surprised too about Viva Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ? __________________ A dazzled Coldplay fan. Also known as R Célly, or Nikola's PR. COLDPLAY: "Four very attractive young men playing the sexiest music ever created that will melt both your heart and your brain at the same time." "We're a punk band, you know that" - CM Stade de France, Paris, 2.09.2012 The night I had eye-sex twice with The Martin

09-04-2012, 08:22 AM	#1
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	Britain's best-selling albums of the past half-century, AROBTTH #32/X&Y #40 1. Greatest Hits (1981) Queen 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles 3. Gold (1992) Abba 4. What's The Story (1995) Oasis 5. Thriller (1982) Michael Jackson 6. 21 (2011) Adele 7. Brothers In Arms (1985) Dire Straits 8. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Pink Floyd 9. Bad (1987) Michael Jackson 10. Greatest Hits II (1991) Queen 11. The Immaculate Collection (1990) Madonna 12. Back To Black (2006) Amy Winehouse 13. Stars (1991) Simply Red 14. Rumours (1977) Fleetwood Mac 15. Come On Over (1997) Shania Twain 16. Back To Bedlam (2005) James Blunt 17. Urban Hymns (1997) The Verve 18. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) Simon and Garfunkel 19. No Angel (2001) Dido 20. Spirit (2007) Leona Lewis 21. Legend (1984) Bob Marley and the Wailers 22. Bat Out Of Hell (1977) Meat Loaf 23. Dirty Dancing (1987) Original soundtrack 24. 1 (2000) The Beatles 25. Talk On Corners (1997) The Corrs 26. White Ladder (1998) David Gray 27. Spice (1996) The Spice Girls 28. Crazy Love (2009) Michael Bublé 29. Life For Rent (2003) Dido 30. Beautiful World (2006) Take That 31. The Fame (2008) Lady Gaga 32. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) Coldplay 33. Hopes And Fears (2004) Keane 34. The Joshua Tree (1987) U2 35. But Seriously (1989) Phil Collins 36. Scissor Sisters (2004) The Scissor Sisters 37. Only By The Night (2008) The Kings of Leon 38. The War Of The Worlds (1978) Jeff Wayne 39. The Man Who (1999) Travis 40. x&y (2005) Coldplay link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

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Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;5272509 I tweeted it for ya Thanks! Spoiler I'm still in bed, I was too lazy to walk downstairs to look up the password for twitter, sorry! __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

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MyloXyloTom Waaaaaaaaaterfall! Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 84 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one.

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m@r@ Freaking lucky Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,416 Location: 203, U.F.O. Square, The Little Apple Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 848 Thanked 385 Times in 212 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MyloXyloTom;5272574 Gotta be honest, I'm really surprised Leona Lewis beat AROBTTH and that Keane were only one place behind it. Also pretty shocked that Viva didn't make it in, I always thought that that was the biggest selling one. Yep, that's definitely true. Quote: Originally Posted by Coeurli;5272593 Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ? That's really cool __________________ 12.09.2008 Lanxess Arena, Köln ; 7.09.2009 Parc des Princes, Paris ; 20.12.2011 Festhalle, Frankfurt ; 2.09.2012 Stade de France, Paris : Quote: "How we feel about our fans http://who-is-awesome.com/who-is-awesome.jpg CM"

09-04-2012, 01:44 PM	#13
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Coeurli;5272593 Oh, if I counted correctly, the only ones who are on this twice except Coldplay are Queen, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. How cool is that ? And Dido (#19 and #29) __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

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