The

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...

is a music chart compiled by the

Official Charts Company The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts in ...

(OCC) that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Initially based solely on the sales of albums in the

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and CD formats, digital albums began being included from April 2006. Since March 2015, the chart has also been based on

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figures, however the OCC still compiles a 'sales' (only) chart and still quotes these traditional sales figures in its features and articles. This is a list of the 50 best-selling albums in the UK from 1 January 2000 onwards, as compiled by the OCC (sales that occurred before 2000 are not included). Of these, only two were originally released before the year 2000: ''

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'' (1998) by David Gray and '' Gold: Greatest Hits'' (1992) by

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. '' Back to Bedlam'' by

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, which was the best-selling album of the 2000s decade, was also the best-selling album of the 21st century until August 2011 when it was passed in sales by

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's ''

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'', following Winehouse's death the previous month. Less than four months later, however, ''Back to Black'' was itself overtaken by

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's '' 21''. As of , ''21'' remains the biggest-selling album in the UK since 2000 (and second best-selling ever), having sold 6 million copies. Adele is also the only artist to have all her studio albums released appear on the list.

Best-selling albums since 2000

Sales figures from the OCC on the date given in the reference. The OCC differentiate 'chart sales' (which include streaming) from 'sales' (which are downloads and physical purchases and are quoted below). Originally released before 2000; position based on sales since 2000

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Best-selling albums since 2000

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