List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year.

The sales figures given are only within that year, but each album has sold more copies overall.

The Beatles went on to earn the most best-selling albums of the year, five times with With the Beatles (1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Abbey Road (1969) and 1 (2000).
Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with 21 (2011), 25 (2015, 2016) and 30 (2021).
ABBA had the best-selling album of the year three times with Greatest Hits (1976), Arrival (1977) and Super Trouper (1980).
Ed Sheeran has earned the best-selling album of the year twice with X (2014) and ÷ (2017).
Kylie Minogue had the best-selling album of 1988 with her debut album Kylie .
Madonna had the best-selling album of 1986 with True Blue .