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

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This is the list of the best-selling compilation albums in the UK each year.

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Best-selling compilation albums

YearAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.
1956 Carousel Original soundtrack Capitol [1]
1957 The King and I Original soundtrack Capitol [2]
1958 My Fair Lady Original soundtrack Philips [3]
1959 South Pacific Original soundtrack RCA Victor [4]
1960 South Pacific Original soundtrack RCA Victor [5]
1961 South Pacific Original soundtrack RCA Victor [6]
1962 West Side Story Original soundtrack Philips [7]
1963 West Side Story Original soundtrack Philips [8]
1964 West Side Story Original soundtrack Philips [9]
1965 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack RCA Victor [10]
1966 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack RCA Victor [11]
1967 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack RCA Victor [12]
1968 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack RCA Victor [13]
1969 The Sound of Music Original soundtrack RCA Victor [14]
1970 Easy Rider Original soundtrack Stateside [15]
1971 Motown Chartbusters Volume 5 Various artists Tamla Motown [16]
1972 20 Dynamic Hits Various artists K-tel [17]
1973 That'll Be the Day Original soundtrack Ronco [18]
1977 Disco Fever Various artists K-tel [19]
1978 Saturday Night Fever Original soundtrack RSO [19]
1983 Now 1 Various artists Virgin/EMI [20]
1984 Hits 1 Various artists CBS/WEA [20]
1985 Now 6 Various artists Virgin/EMI [20]
1986 Now 8 Various artists Virgin/EMI/PolyGram [20]
1987 Now 10 Various artists Virgin/EMI/PolyGram [20]
1988 Now 13 Various artists Virgin/EMI/PolyGram [20]
1999 Now 44 Various artists Virgin/EMI [21]
2000 Now 47 Various artists Virgin/EMI [22]
2001 Now 50 Various artists Virgin/EMI [23]
2002 Now 53 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [24]
2003 Now 56 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [25]
2004 Now 59 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [26]
2005 Now 62 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [27]
2006 Now 65 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [28]
2007 Now 68 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [29]
2008 Mamma Mia! Original soundtrack Polydor [30]
2009 Now 74 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [31]
2010 Now 77 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [32]
2011 Now 80 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [33]
2012 Now 83 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [34]
2013 Now 86 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [35]
2014 Now 89 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [36]
2015 Now 92 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV
2016 Now 95 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [37]
2017 Now 98 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV
2018 Now 100 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV [38]
2019 Now 104 Various artists EMI Virgin/UMTV

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