Coldplay revealed as biggest selling rock act of 2011

Tue, 17 Jan 2012

Coldplay were recently revealed as the UK's biggest selling rock act of 2011 after the final sales figures were calculated by The Official Charts company.


Topping both the singles chart (With Paradise selling 410,000 copies) and the album chart (Mylo Xyloto selling 908,000 copies) the band beat out Foo Fighters, Noel Gallagher and Kings Of Leon in the final chart).

The Top 10 rock albums of 2011
01 COLDPLAY - MYLO XYLOTO 908,000
02 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 492,000
03 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - CEREMONIALS 384,000
04 FOO FIGHTERS - WASTING LIGHT 380,000
05 MUMFORD & SONS - SIGH NO MORE 373,000
06 ELBOW - BUILD A ROCKET BOYS 327,000
07 KASABIAN - VELOCIRAPTOR 279,000
08 SNOW PATROL - FALLEN EMPIRES 269,000
09 NOAH & THE WHALE - LAST NIGHT ON EARTH 261,000
10 ARCTIC MONKEYS - SUCK IT AND SEE 223,000

For full list of the 2011 Top 20 Singles and Album charts click here.