Adele rules all.
Not every album that has been released since the year 2000 has done massive business in the charts.
Robin Thicke only managed to sell about 7 copies of his album while we reckon that copies of Kevin Federline’s album, more commonly known as Britney’s ex, are currently being given away with boxes of Frosties.
Those two lads definitely don’t feature on this list though as the best-selling albums of the millennium so far, as charted by the Official Charts Company, have been revealed.
We’re hardly shocked to see that Adele’s 21 topped the chart with sales of nearly 4,740,000.
That’s a whole load of angst being spread around she has probably rolling in the cash and should lighten up on her next record. We’re expecting hardcore acid-house dancebeats and pounding drums.
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black is second with over 3,560,000 sales, while James Blunt’s Back to Bedlam is at three with 3,310,000 sales. Yep, James Blunt.
Snow Patrol and Westlife are the Irish artists that feature and we imagine that quite a fair few of our readers have copies of these albums.
Here’s the top 50 in full:
1. Adele – 21
2. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
3. James Blunt – Back to Bedlam
4. Leona Lewis – Spirit
5. Dido – No Angel
6. The Beatles – 1
7. Michael Bublé – Crazy Love
8. David Gray – White Ladder
9. Lady Gaga – The Fame
10. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
11. Dido – Life for Rent
12. Kings of Leon – Only By the Night
13. Take That – Beautiful World
14. Keane – Hopes & Fears
15. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
16. Coldplay – X&Y
17. Coldplay – Parachutes
18. Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
19. ABBA – Gold The Greatest Hits
20. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
21. Robbie Williams – Swing When You’re Winning
22. Take That – Progress
23. Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
24. Take That – Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection
25. Robbie Williams – Greatest Hits
26. Michael Jackson – Number Ones
27. Adele – 19
28. Michael Bublé – Christmas
29. Duffy – Rockferry
30. Take That – The Circus
31. Robbie Williams – Sing When You’re Winning
32. Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events
33. The Killers – Hot Fuss
34. Green Day – American Idiot
35. Robbie Williams – Escapology
36. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
37. Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane
38. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
39. Ed Sheeran – x
40. Christina Aguilera – Stripped
41. Justin Timberlake – Justified
42. Texas – The Greatest Hits
43. Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream
44. Ed Sheeran – +
45. Rihanna – Loud
46. Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
47. Katie Melua – Call Off the Search
48. Craig David – Born To Do It
49. Westlife – Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1
50. Guns N Roses – Greatest Hits
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