Best-selling 20 UK debut albums

**misery guts** Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:51 am

Any excuse for a list. The top 20 best-selling debut albums in the UK:

01 BAT OUT OF HELL Meat Loaf
02 BACK TO BEDLAM James Blunt
03 SPIRIT Leona Lewis
04 THE FAME Lady Gaga
05 NO ANGEL Dido
06 SPICE The Spice Girls
07 HOPES AND FEARS Keane
08 JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette
09 IN THE LONELY HOUR Sam Smith
10 PARACHUTES Coldplay

11 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield
12 SCISSOR SISTERS
13 TRACY CHAPMAN
14 + Ed Sheeran
15 COME AWAY WITH ME Ed Sheeran
16 19 Adele
17 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N Roses
18 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS Emeli Sande
19 DEFINITELY MAYBE Oasis
20 HOT FUSS The Killers

Notably shows that most came from this century rather than the last, which maybe suggests acts have to hit big first time round more now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63244820