List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom

The Beatles went on to earn the most best-selling albums of the year, five times with With the Beatles (1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Abbey Road (1969) and 1 (2000).
Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with 21 (2011), 25 (2015, 2016) and 30 (2021).
ABBA had the best-selling album of the year three times with Greatest Hits (1976), Arrival (1977) and Super Trouper (1980).
Ed Sheeran has earned the best-selling album of the year twice with X (2014) and ÷ (2017).
Kylie Minogue had the best-selling album of 1988 with her debut album Kylie.
Madonna had the best-selling album of 1986 with True Blue.

This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year. The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.


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