50 fastest selling albums ever (NME)
 

the figures in brackets are based on first-week sales

50. Westlife - Face to Face (216,879)
49. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (217,610)
48. Westlife - The Love Album (219,622)
47. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night (220,879)
46. Keane - Under the Iron Sea (222,297) (!?)
45. Craig David - Born to Do It (225,320)
44. Take That - Greatest Hits (226,107)
43. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (227,922)
42. Eminem - The Eminem Show (228,297)
41. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (230,551)

40. Westlife - Coast to Coast (234,767)
39. U2 - The Joshua Tree (235,000)
38. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (235, 890)
37. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth (237, 865)
36. Robbie Williams - Reality Killed the Video Star (238, 125)
35. JLS - JLS (239, 644)
34. G4 - G4 (244, 671)
33. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (250,000)
32. Phil Collins - But Seriously (250,000)
31. The Verve - Urban Hymns (250, 054)

30. Robbie Williams - Escapology (264, 104)
29. Robson and Jerome - Robson and Jerome (268,000)
28. The Killers - Sam's Town (268, 946)
27. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (273, 924)
26. George Michael - Patience (274, 816)
25. George Michael - Older (281, 000)
24. Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah! (288, 167)
23. Simply Red - Life (290,000)
22. Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning (295, 024)
21. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (302, 074)

20. Hear'Say - Popstars (306, 631)
19. Oasis - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (311, 265)
18. Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning (313, 585)
17. The Prodigy - Fat of the Land (316, 951)
16. The Beatles - '1's (319, 126)
15. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits (320, 081)
14. Boyzone - By Request (329, 176)
13. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (340,000)
12. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (347,000)
11. Michael Jackson - Bad (350,000)

10. U2 - Rattle and Hum (360,000)
9. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (363, 735)
8. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care (373, 832)
7. Leona Lewis - Spirit (375, 872)
6. Dido - Life For Rent (400, 351)
5. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed a Dream (411, 820)
4. Take That - The Circus (432, 490)
3. Coldplay - X&Y (464, 471)
2. Take That - Progress (518, 601)
1. Oasis - Be Here Now (763, 735)

pretty conclusive proof that sales =/= talent, really.

LOL @ Craig David

Just in the UK?

just the UK yeah, should've pointed that out (can't see Keane's US fanbase being so big)

:worship:

-glares at smithy-

two Madonnas no GaGa [/harry]

:joker:

Wow that's a lot of dissapointed people.

-waits until MMI sees this-

YAY for all the Take That, boo to all the Robbie.

I giggled at number one. At the time, a lot of people actually thought it was going to change the face of rock music forever; the Gallaghers' Sgt. Pepper, lol.

Particularly blown away by how appalling everything from the 2000's is.

Hahaha @ Robson and Jerome's album being there!!

Woah, Westlife are more successful than I thought LOL.

LOL @ Hear Say

Who are Hearsay again??

Was her wot plays the piano and was on I'm a Celebrity involved?

Myleene Klass? Yes. They came from the first Popstars.

Ah.. yes I think I remember them.. Bloody awful if I recall correctly?

Kym Marsh was in them too.

Was ther another crappy manufactured girl/boy band around the same time? I'm seeing a group dressed in tight PVC and a girl with a very punchable face singing?!

tight PVC = Liberty X's "Just A Little Bit" video :p but punchable faces all the same (you're probably thinking of Michelle Heaton)

Aha! That's the one... Were they winners of some talent cometition too?

I used to be obsessed with Hear'Say, I still listen to that album now *shame* Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw and Myleene Klass were all on it. No-one remembers the guys, Noel was in Gavin and Stacey once or twice(as Noel from Hear'Say) and Danny disappeared off the face of the earth.

they were all finalists for Popstars (the same contest that Hear'Say won) and decided to make a band out of the rejects...ironically they were more successful and lasted longer :p

I thought Take That's new album was the fastest selling in like a century or whatever? :conf2:

No this century. Not in a century :tongue: