Best-Selling Music of 2005

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2005 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Coldplay's X&Y topped 2005, anchoring a list where earnest British guitar pop reigned. James Blunt's Back To Bedlam, KT Tunstall's Eye To The Telescope and Kaiser Chiefs' Employment all charted strongly, while Gorillaz's Demon Days brought art-pop invention. The crossover entries surprise: the classical-pop trio Il Divo's Ancora landed high, alongside Jeff Wayne's perennial The War of the Worlds and Kate Bush's long-awaited comeback Aerial. Antony and the Johnsons' Mercury-winning I Am A Bird Now and Arcade Fire's Funeral nodded to the year's critical darlings. Between Blunt's ballads and Tunstall's debut, 2005 captured a moment when sincere, songwriterly Britain dominated the racks.

Born in 2005? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2005 — books, film, games and music.

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#1 — X&Y

3.9 · 579 reviews

#2 — Back To Bedlam

4.5 · 519 reviews

#3 — Intensive Care

4.1 · 133 reviews

#4 — Demon Days

4.4 · 177 reviews

#5 — Employment

4.0 · 179 reviews

#6 — Eye To The Telescope

Eye To The Telescope

4.5 · 142 reviews

#7 — Confessions on a Dance Floor

Confessions on a Dance Floor

4.5 · 255 reviews

#8 — Piece By Piece

4.4 · 132 reviews

#9 — Now That's What I Call Music! 62

Now That's What I Call Music! 62

4.4 · 45 reviews

#10 — In Between Dreams

In Between Dreams

4.6 · 246 reviews

#11 — Life in Slow Motion

Life in Slow Motion

4.7 · 71 reviews

#12 — Hot Fuss

4.5 · 337 reviews

#13 — Aerial

4.4 · 402 reviews

#14 — Hopes and Fears

Hopes and Fears

4.4 · 328 reviews

#15 — Tourist

4.0 · 86 reviews

#16 — Don't Believe the Truth

Don't Believe the Truth

4.0 · 171 reviews

#17 — Ancora

4.5 · 93 reviews

#18 — American Idiot

4.5 · 474 reviews

#19 — In Your Honour

4.3 · 142 reviews

#20 — You Could Have It So Much Better

You Could Have It So Much Better

4.3 · 72 reviews

#22 — The Magic Numbers

The Magic Numbers

4.1 · 88 reviews

#23 — Breakaway

4.8 · 160 reviews

#24 — Get Behind Me Satan

Get Behind Me Satan

4.2 · 92 reviews

#25 — Face To Face

4.3 · 64 reviews

#26 — Keep On

4.2 · 86 reviews

#27 — The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

4.8 · 689 reviews

#28 — Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology

Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology

4.5 · 100 reviews

#29 — Careless Love

4.6 · 129 reviews

#30 — Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits

Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits

4.6 · 109 reviews

#31 — Ultimate Collection

Ultimate Collection

4.7 · 260 reviews

#32 — Supernature

4.5 · 96 reviews

#33 — Amarantine

4.6 · 139 reviews

#34 — Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection

Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection

4.6 · 276 reviews

#35 — Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

4.2 · 191 reviews

#36 — I Am A Bird Now

I Am A Bird Now

4.5 · 118 reviews

#37 — Monkey Business

Monkey Business

4.4 · 57 reviews

#38 — Love Angel Music Baby

Love Angel Music Baby

4.2 · 121 reviews

#39 — Kasabian

4.3 · 158 reviews

#40 — Taller In More Ways [Special Edition]

Taller In More Ways [Special Edition]

4.3 · 52 reviews

#41 — Funeral

4.6 · 204 reviews

#42 — Pop Party 3

4.4 · 14 reviews

#43 — Stars of CCTV

4.1 · 120 reviews

#44 — Daniel Powter (U.S. Release)

Daniel Powter (U.S. Release)

4.3 · 34 reviews

#45 — Dynamite

4.4 · 64 reviews

#46 — O

4.5 · 273 reviews

#47 — How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

4.0 · 212 reviews

#48 — The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

4.8 · 661 reviews

#49 — Language. Sex. Violence. Other?

Language. Sex. Violence. Other?

4.1 · 77 reviews

#50 — It'S Time [U.S. Version]

It'S Time [U.S. Version]

4.6 · 119 reviews

#51 — Bullet in a Bible [CD + DVD]

Bullet in a Bible [CD + DVD]

4.8 · 132 reviews

#52 — Late Registration

Late Registration

4.5 · 86 reviews

#53 — Curtain Call - The Hits

Curtain Call - The Hits

4.6 · 207 reviews

#54 — Songs About Jane

Songs About Jane

4.6 · 248 reviews

#55 — Push the Button

Push the Button

4.1 · 61 reviews

#56 — Devils & Dust

4.0 · 63 reviews

#57 — Il Divo

4.7 · 208 reviews

#58 — Greatest Hits

4.5 · 172 reviews

#59 — G4

4.1 · 114 reviews

#60 — Final Straw

4.5 · 169 reviews

#61 — (Is This the Way To) Amarillo (Comic Relief)

(Is This the Way To) Amarillo (Comic Relief)

4.5 · 25 reviews

#62 — Now That's What I Call Music! 61

Now That's What I Call Music! 61

4.4 · 43 reviews

#63 — The Singles [2CD]

The Singles [2CD]

4.6 · 20 reviews

#64 — Some Cities

4.3 · 48 reviews

#65 — Silent Alarm

4.4 · 125 reviews

#66 — Dark Side of the Moon

Dark Side of the Moon

4.6 · 6 reviews

#67 — Now That's What I Call Music! 60

Now That's What I Call Music! 60

4.6 · 39 reviews

#68 — Mind Body And Soul

Mind Body And Soul

4.4 · 61 reviews

#69 — Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005

Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005

4.4 · 41 reviews

#70 — G4 And Friends

4.8 · 47 reviews

#71 — Thanks For The Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume I...

Thanks For The Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume I...

4.6 · 78 reviews

#72 — The Bravery

4.3 · 48 reviews

#73 — John Peel - A Tribute

John Peel - A Tribute

4.1 · 22 reviews

#74 — Brushfire Fairytales

Brushfire Fairytales

4.6 · 61 reviews

#75 — Don't Believe The Truth

Don't Believe The Truth

4.6 · 20 reviews

#76 — Up All Night

4.1 · 105 reviews

#77 — Get Lifted

4.7 · 138 reviews

#78 — Tissues and Issues

Tissues and Issues

4.2 · 39 reviews

#79 — Catching Tales

4.6 · 32 reviews

#80 — Mezmerize

4.6 · 107 reviews

#81 — A Rush Of Blood To The Head

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

4.4 · 332 reviews

#82 — The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection

4.6 · 143 reviews

#83 — I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

4.6 · 58 reviews

#84 — Back to Bedlam

4.5 · 519 reviews

#85 — Intensive Care [CD + DVD]

Intensive Care [CD + DVD]

4.1 · 133 reviews

#86 — One Way Ticket To Hell ... And Back

One Way Ticket To Hell ... And Back

4.0 · 117 reviews

#87 — A Bigger Bang

4.4 · 68 reviews

#88 — Greatest Hits: Mariah Carey

Greatest Hits: Mariah Carey

4.4 · 88 reviews

#89 — Counting Down the Days

Counting Down the Days

4.2 · 39 reviews

#90 — The Best Of The Mamas And The Papas

The Best Of The Mamas And The Papas

4.7 · 239 reviews

#91 — Takk...

4.7 · 155 reviews

#92 — Swinging The Blues, Dancing The Ska

Swinging The Blues, Dancing The Ska

4.7 · 66 reviews

#93 — On and On

4.7 · 67 reviews

#94 — Parachutes

4.4 · 412 reviews

#95 — Easy Weight Loss

Easy Weight Loss

4.1 · 58 reviews

#96 — Wonderland

4.6 · 67 reviews

#97 — Pushing The Senses [Limited Edition] [CD + DVD]

Pushing The Senses [Limited Edition] [CD + DVD]

4.1 · 72 reviews

#98 — Sanctuary

4.8 · 37 reviews

#99 — Finally Woken

4.6 · 50 reviews

#100 — Acoustic Love

4.2 · 23 reviews

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