It hit seven figures yesterday as it also overtook fellow Polydor release The Fame by Lady GaGa to become the biggest-selling album of the year to date, according to OCC data.

Progress, which up until yesterday had sold 1.009m units domestically, has taken 24 days to reach 1m sales compared to its predecessor The Circus managing to reach the landmark in 19 days two years ago.

The first album by the band since 1995 to feature Robbie Williams, Progress debuted ...