The biggest-selling female artist albums in UK chart history

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The Official Top 30 biggest-selling female artist albums in UK chart history

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1. Adele - 21 (2011)
Sales: 5 million
Most-streamed song: Someone Like You, 146 million streams

2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
Sales: 3.91 million
Most-streamed song: Back To Black, 71 million streams

3.Madonna. - The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Sales: 3.77 million
Most-streamed song: Like A Prayer, 44 million streams

4. Shania Twain - Come On Over (1998)
Sales: 3.41 million
Most-streamed song: Man! I Feel Like A Woman, 41 million streams

5. Adele - 25 (2015)
Sales: 3.36 million
Most-streamed song: Hello, 178 million streams

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Madonna and Shania, my two faves, in the top 5  

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So pleasantly surprised to see Ray Of Light in here! Gaga in the top 10 

Amy, Duffy and Leona all classic British albums! 

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Spice Girls 

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For people who made Ed Sheeran famous, this is surprisingly tasteful 

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5 million copies is the most any female as ever sold for an album in the UK? 

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Gaga in the top 10?

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I approve of this list. We have excellent taste! 

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imagine a Dua between Amy and Adele

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49 minutes ago, venusinmyhead said:

imagine a Dua between Amy and Adele

I think Amy would win

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1 hour ago, Frank Potion said:

5 million copies is the most any female as ever sold for an album in the UK? 

UK population is something like 67/68M so that's pretty great imo

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surprised that True Blue didn't make the cut - I guess all the singles are included in the immaculate collection so people thought to buy that instead.

Also surprised to not see BOMT by brit 

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2 hours ago, venusinmyhead said:

imagine a Dua between Amy and Adele

I can see it now

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15 hours ago, PartySick said:

I can see it now

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ahh that was a typo haha but they match indeed 

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2 minutes ago, venusinmyhead said:

ahh that was a typo haha but they match indeed 

I thought you meant you wished a Dua album would someday be in the top 3 between Adele and Amy  I was going to say I agreed lmao, though it would be really difficult nowadays.

Let's see if 30 cracks the list anytime soon, I can see it going top 15 in a couple of years.