Ed Sheeran ‘X’ was the UK’s biggest selling album of 2014 and Pink Floyd better than Taylor Swift in England.
The Official Charts Company, the company that compiles the UK music chart each week, has released the Top 40 albums on 2014.
Sam Smith, George Ezra, Paolo Nutini and Coldplay made up the Top 5 spots with Sheeranwhile older artists Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Andre Rieu and Bette Midler all gave todays pop stars a run for their money on the UK chart.
UK Top 40 Albums of 2014
1 X – Ed Sheeran
2 In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
3 Wanted On Voyage – George Ezra
4 Caustic Love – Paolo Nutini
5 Ghost Stories – Coldplay
6 A Perfect Contradiction – Paloma Faith
7 Four – One Direction
8 Never Been Better- Olly Murs
9 The Endless River – Pink Floyd
10 III – Take That
11 1989 – TAYLOR SWIFT
12 Halcyon – Ellie Goulding
13 Blue Smoke – The Best Of – Dolly Parton
14 Partners – Barbra Streisand
15 Girl – Pharrell Williams
16 Love In The Future – John Legend
17 If You Wait – London Grammar
18 Am – Arctic Monkeys
19 Chapter One – Ella Henderson
20 Bad Blood – Bastille
21 No Sound Without Silence – Script
22 Royal Blood – Royal Blood
23 Meet The Vamps – Vamps
24 Beyonce – Beyonce
25 Rock Or Bust – AC/DC
26 Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters
27 48:13:00 – KASABIAN
28 Since I Saw You Last – Gary Barlow
29 5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer
30 Christmas – Michael Buble
31 True – Avicii
32 The Take Off And Landing Of Everything – Elbow
33 The 1975 – 1975
34 Love In Venice – Andre Rieu
35 Symphonica – George Michael
36 Stars – Collabro
37 It’s The Girls – Bette Midler
38 Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
39 Midnight Memories – One Direction
40 Melody Road – Neil Diamond
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