The UK’s Official Top 40 best-selling CDs of 2023

CDs from Take That, P!nk, Rolling Stones, Kylie, Lewis Capaldi and NOW

Take That’s This Life has been confirmed as the biggest CD of 2023.

The group’s ninth studio album shifted 127,000 copies last year following its November release. In its first week it became their ninth Number 1 album, and earned the biggest opening week for a British album in the whole of 2023.

Coming in strong at Number 2 is 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift, with 98.9k CD sales, closely followed by The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds at Number 3 with 98.7k CDs.

The full Top 40 is jam-packed with chart-topping new releases from Lewis Capaldi, P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Kylie Minogue and Lana Del Rey and lots more.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds also feature at Number 11 with Council Skies, while Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra land at 16 with Jewels of Romance, and Cliff Richard’s Cliff with Strings – My Kinda Life lands at 18.

Seven compilations feature in the Top 40 biggest CDs of 2023, including six NOW music collections, two of which feature in the Top 10; Now That’s What I Call Music 115 (7) and Now That’s What I Call Music 114 (8).

The Official Top 40 best-selling CDs of 2023

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	THIS LIFE	TAKE THAT
2	1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT
3	HACKNEY DIAMONDS	ROLLING STONES
4	BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT	LEWIS CAPALDI
5	-	ED SHEERAN
6	TRUSTFALL	PINK
7	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 115	VARIOUS ARTISTS
8	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 114	VARIOUS ARTISTS
9	BUT HERE WE ARE	FOO FIGHTERS
10	72 SEASONS	METALLICA
11	COUNCIL SKIES	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
12	TENSION	KYLIE MINOGUE
13	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 116	VARIOUS ARTISTS
14	SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT
15	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT
16	JEWELS OF ROMANCE	ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
17	AUTUMN VARIATIONS	ED SHEERAN
18	CLIFF WITH STRINGS - MY KINDA LIFE	CLIFF RICHARD
19	DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER	LANA DEL REY
20	GUTS	OLIVIA RODRIGO
21	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS (2022)	VARIOUS ARTISTS
22	WHAT IFS & MAYBES	TOM GRENNAN
23	THE BALLAD OF DARREN	BLUR
24	CHRISTMAS	CHER
25	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT
26	QUEEN OF ME	SHANIA TWAIN
27	GREATEST HITS 2.0	BUSTED
28	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 40 YEARS	VARIOUS ARTISTS
29	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 113	VARIOUS ARTISTS
30	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT
31	HARRY'S HOUSE	HARRY STYLES
32	UNHEALTHY	ANNE-MARIE
33	I/O	PETER GABRIEL
34	THE HITS ALBUM - THE COUNTRY ALBUM	VARIOUS ARTISTS
35	REBEL DIAMONDS	KILLERS
36	THEATRE OF THE ABSURD PTS C'EST LA VIE	MADNESS
37	SONGS OF SURRENDER	U2
38	1967-1970	BEATLES
39	THE WORLD EP FIN - WILL	ATEEZ
40	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY

Gery

12th January 2024

Oh dear. Kylie's album being outsold by the likes of so many others who didn't release half as many variations as her will never not be funny. and her fans have the nerve to say she's the Queen of Pop. lmao (not in this lifetime, hunties)