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Old 04-05-2011, 12:09 PM #1
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Default 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.
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just the UK yeah, should've pointed that out (can't see Keane's US fanbase being so big)
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YAY for all the Take That, boo to all the Robbie.
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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.
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Hahaha @ Robson and Jerome's album being there!!
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Who are Hearsay again??

Was her wot plays the piano and was on I'm a Celebrity involved?
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Was her wot plays the piano and was on I'm a Celebrity involved?
Myleene Klass? Yes. They came from the first Popstars.
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Ah.. yes I think I remember them.. Bloody awful if I recall correctly?
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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?!
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Aha! That's the one... Were they winners of some talent cometition too?
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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.
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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
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I thought Take That's new album was the fastest selling in like a century or whatever?
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No this century. Not in a century
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