Coldplay have sold a staggering 8 million albums (Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, X&Y) in Europe last year as part of a list of million-selling artists in Europe from British acts this year.
The BPI reports that Robbie Williams was the top seller with 12 millions from three albums (Greatest Hits, Intensive Care and Rudebox) and James Blunt’s debut Back to Bedlam was the biggest individual seller with 5 million.
OK Computer by Radiohead, released in the summer of 1997, sold 3 million more copies and Gorillaz, Kaiser Chiefs, Katie Melua, KT Tunstall and Rod Stewart all shifted 2 million each. Artists who sold one million albums include Muse, Snow Patrol, The Kooks, Sugababes, Corrine Bailey Rae, Rolling Stones and Keane.
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