The UK's fastest selling album

Below are the highest selling albums in the week of their release selling over 200,000.

  1. Oasis - Be Here Now - 695,761*
  2. Coldplay - X&Y - 464,471
  3. Dido - Life for Rent - 400,351
  4. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care - 373,832
  5. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - 363,735
  6. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - 347,000
  7. Oasis - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - 311,000
  8. Hear'Say - Popstars - 306,631
  9. George Michael - Patience - 274,816
  10. G4 - G4 (album) - 244,671
  11. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth - 237,865
  12. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - 235,890
  13. Keane - Under the Iron Sea - 222,297
  14. Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor - 217,610
  15. Westlife - Face to Face - 216,879
  16. Journey South - Journey South (album) - 216,847
  17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - 202,499
  18. Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward (album) - 201,266
  19. U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - 200,863
  • NOTE: Be Here Now was released on a Thursday (21 August 1997) which is three days after the traditional record release date (Monday) in the UK. Be Here Now sold nearly 700,000 records in three days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) and went Number One on the charts on Sunday.

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