The BPI announced this morning that over 100 million digital albums had now been purchased in the UK, with Adele and Ed Sheeran leading the all-time online LP sales charts.
Below you can see the stats from the Official Charts Company in more detail, which show that Lady Gaga, Kings Of Leon and Rihanna are also duking it out in the all-time digital album sales charts - and the year-on-year growth being enjoyed by the format.
Official Digital Albums Top 10 – all time
|
Position |
Title |
Artist |
|
1 |
21 |
Adele |
|
2 |
+ |
Ed Sheeran |
|
3 |
The Fame |
Lady Gaga |
|
4 |
Only By The Night |
Kings of Leon |
|
5 |
Loud |
Rihanna |
|
6 |
Lungs |
Florence + the Machine |
|
7 |
Mylo Xyloto |
Coldplay |
|
8 |
Sigh No more |
Mumford & Sons |
|
9 |
The Defamation of Strickland Banks |
Plan B |
|
10 |
Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
Bruno Mars |
Source: Official Charts Company
Official Digital Album Sales (millions) and % of sales for each year from 2006
|
Year |
Millions |
% of sales |
|
2006* |
2.799 |
1.8% |
|
2007 |
6.249 |
4.5% |
|
2008 |
10.309 |
7.7% |
|
2009 |
16.096 |
12.5% |
|
2010 |
21.023 |
17.5% |
|
2011 |
26.615 |
23.5% |
|
2012** |
17.017 |
34.1% |
Source: Official Charts Company
*Sales only recorded from April 2006 onwards **Covers weeks 1 to 30
Official Digital Albums best sellers for each year since 2006
|
Year |
Title |
Artist |
|
2006 |
Eyes Open |
Snow Patrol |
|
2007 |
Back to Black |
Amy Winehouse |
|
2008 |
Viva La Vida |
Coldplay |
|
2009 |
The Fame |
Lady Gaga |
|
2010 |
Sigh No More |
Mumford & Sons |
|
2011 |
21 |
Adele |
|
2012* |
Born to Die |
Lana del Rey |
Source: Official Charts Company *2012 Year-to-date
Digital sales milestones
July 2006 1m sales
May 2007 5m sales
February 2008 10m sales
May 2009 25m sales
September 2010 50m sales
September 2011 75m sales
Official Digital Albums 2012 – year to date
|
Position |
Title |
Artist |
|
1 |
Born to Die |
Lana del Rey |
|
2 |
Our Version of Events |
Emeli Sande |
|
3 |
+ |
Ed Sheeran |
|
4 |
21 |
Adele |
|
5 |
Now 81 |
Various |
Source: Official Charts Company
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