Billboard Top 20 Albums of 2012

The 20 Albums for 2012

(December 1st 2011-December 1st 2012)

20 - Some Nights - .fun
19 - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
18 - Whitney : The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston
17 - Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
16 - 19 - Adele
15 - Here and Now - Nickelback
14 - Blown Away - Carrie Underwood
13 - Under The Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
12 - Own The Night - Lady Antebellum
11 - Believe - Justin Bieber
10 - El Camino - The Black Keys
9  -  Tuskegee - Lionel Richie
8  -  Talk That Talk - Rihanna
7  -  Babel - Mumford and Sons
6  -  Tailgates and Tanlines - Luke Bryan
5  -  Up All Night - One Direction
4  -  Red - Taylor Swift
3  -  Take Care - Drake
2  -  Christmas - Michael Buble
1  -  21 - Adele
(the first album in the 20 years of soundscan sales tracking that the same album was #1 for 2 consecutive years.  The first time this has happened in back to back years since 1983-84 when Thriller was the biggest album for both of those years.)

The 20 Biggest Selling Groups in UK Chart History

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart in the UK.
Here are the 20 biggest selling groups in chart history with combined sales total and their biggest selling single.

20 - Wham!
(5.9 million combined sales)
Last Christmas/Everything She Wants

19 - Police 
(6.1 million)
Don't Stand So Close To Me

18 - Madness
(6.15 million)
Baggy Trousers

17 - UB40
(6.6 million)
Red Red Wine

16 - Westlife
(6.830 million)
Uptown Girl

15 - Slade 
(6.856 million)
Merry Xmas Everybody

14 - Boney M
(6.859 million)
Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring

13 - Black Eyed Peas
(7.034 million)
I Gotta a Feeling

12 - Blondie 
(7.037 million)
Heart of Glass

11 - Boyzone 
(7.1 million)
No Matter What

10 - Status Quo
(7.2 million)
Rockin' All Over The World

9  -  U2
(7.5 million)
With or Without You

8  -  Bee Gees
(7.6 Million)
How Deep is Your Love

7  -  Spice Girls
(8 million)
Wannabe

6  -  Take That
(9.078 million)
Back for Good

5  -  Oasis
(9.079 million)
Wonderwall


4  -  Rolling Stones
(10.1 million)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction


3  -  ABBA
(11.3 million)
Dancing Queen


2  -  Queen
(12.8 million)
Bohemian Rhapsody


1  -  Beatles
(22.1 million)
She Loves You