Best-Selling Music of 2013

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2013 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Now That's What I Call Music! 86 led 2013, but the year's headline was Robbie Williams' swing record Swings Both Ways sitting at number two. Arctic Monkeys' AM brought a career-best rock record, while One Direction's Midnight Memories and Emeli Sandé's enduring Our Version of Events carried the pop mainstream. The surprises reward attention: Daft Punk's Random Access Memories reviving disco, Bastille's Bad Blood breaking through, and the Les Misérables film soundtrack charting alongside The Lumineers' folk debut. Williams returned again with To Be Loved. Between compilations, boy-band pop and a guitar-rock high point in AM, 2013 spread British buying across comfortable and credible alike.

Born in 2013? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2013 — books, film, games and music.

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#1 — Now That’s What I Call Music! 86

Now That’s What I Call Music! 86

4.5 · 771 reviews

#2 — Swings Both Ways

Swings Both Ways

4.6 · 947 reviews

#3 — AM

4.5 · 663 reviews

#4 — To Be Loved

4.7 · 875 reviews

#5 — Since I Saw You Last

Since I Saw You Last

4.6 · 869 reviews

#6 — Midnight Memories

Midnight Memories

4.6 · 573 reviews

#7 — Now That's What I Call Music! 85

Now That's What I Call Music! 85

4.6 · 484 reviews

#8 — Our Version of Events [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

Our Version of Events [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

4.7 · 7 reviews

#9 — Jake Bugg

4.7 · 893 reviews

#10 — Swings Both Ways [CD+DVD]

Swings Both Ways [CD+DVD]

4.6 · 947 reviews

#11 — Babel

4.5 · 873 reviews

#12 — Random Access Memories

Random Access Memories

4.2 · 658 reviews

#13 — Bad Blood

4.7 · 392 reviews

#14 — All The Little Lights

All The Little Lights

4.7 · 717 reviews

#15 — Bbc Radio 1'S Live Lounge 2013

Bbc Radio 1'S Live Lounge 2013

4.4 · 215 reviews

#16 — Now That's What I Call Music! 84

Now That's What I Call Music! 84

4.5 · 360 reviews

#17 — The Next Day

4.5 · 711 reviews

#18 — Pop Party 12

4.6 · 202 reviews

#19 — Midnight Memories

Midnight Memories

4.6 · 573 reviews

#20 — Music Of The Night

Music Of The Night

4.7 · 590 reviews

#21 — Unorthodox Jukebox

Unorthodox Jukebox

4.6 · 715 reviews

#22 — The Shocking Miss Emerald

The Shocking Miss Emerald

4.8 · 5 reviews

#23 — Les Misérables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrac...

Les Misérables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrac...

4.5 · 764 reviews

#24 — Right Place Right Time Special Edition CD/DVD

Right Place Right Time Special Edition CD/DVD

4.7 · 921 reviews

#25 — Time

4.7 · 4 reviews

#26 — The Lumineers

4.6 · 564 reviews

#27 — Home

4.7 · 359 reviews

#28 — Moon Landing

4.8 · 629 reviews

#29 — Now That's What I Call Disney Princess

Now That's What I Call Disney Princess

4.6 · 352 reviews

#30 — Graffiti on the Train

Graffiti on the Train

4.6 · 465 reviews

#31 — Loved Me Back To Life

Loved Me Back To Life

4.6 · 525 reviews

#32 — Now That's What I Call Christmas

Now That's What I Call Christmas

4.7 · 752 reviews

#33 — Salute

4.8 · 345 reviews

#34 — Trust

4.4 · 321 reviews

#35 — If You Wait

4.7 · 3 reviews

#36 — Anthems Trance

4.6 · 299 reviews

#37 — Take Me Home

4.6 · 437 reviews

#38 — Long Way Down

4.6 · 366 reviews

#39 — Up All Night

4.5 · 450 reviews

#40 — The Truth About Love

The Truth About Love

4.6 · 702 reviews

#41 — Every Kingdom

4.7 · 486 reviews

#42 — The Marshall Mathers LP 2

The Marshall Mathers LP 2

4.5 · 249 reviews

#43 — Sigh No More

4.6 · 695 reviews

#44 — Right Place Right Time

Right Place Right Time

4.7 · 921 reviews

#45 — 18 Months

4.6 · 359 reviews

#46 — Classical Voices

Classical Voices

4.6 · 386 reviews

#47 — Red

4.6 · 567 reviews

#48 — Reflektor

4.4 · 238 reviews

#49 — A

4.7 · 975 reviews

#50 — Time

4.7 · 4 reviews

#51 — Night Visions

4.7 · 660 reviews

#52 — Rumours [35th Anniversary 3CD Deluxe Edition]

Rumours [35th Anniversary 3CD Deluxe Edition]

4.7

#53 — Shangri La

4.6 · 283 reviews

#54 — The Fabulous Rock 'N' Roll Songbook

The Fabulous Rock 'N' Roll Songbook

4.7 · 469 reviews

#55 — Like Clockwork

4.6 · 247 reviews

#56 — PRISM [Bonus Tracks]

PRISM [Bonus Tracks]

4.5 · 489 reviews

#57 — The Trevor Nelson Collection

The Trevor Nelson Collection

4.6 · 407 reviews

#58 — A Musical Affair

A Musical Affair

4.5 · 408 reviews

#59 — Eddie Stobart - Trucking Songs

Eddie Stobart - Trucking Songs

4.5 · 440 reviews

#60 — 21

4.7 · 9 reviews

#61 — Halcyon

4.6 · 974 reviews

#62 — Now That's What I Call Movies

Now That's What I Call Movies

4.6 · 229 reviews

#63 — The Annual 2014

The Annual 2014

4.5 · 153 reviews

#64 — BZ20

4.7 · 294 reviews

#65 — The Impossible Dream

The Impossible Dream

4.6 · 606 reviews

#66 — Holy Fire

4.4 · 145 reviews

#67 — Tribute [Standard]

Tribute [Standard]

4.7 · 548 reviews

#68 — The Best of Keane

The Best of Keane

4.7 · 321 reviews

#69 — Sing To The Moon

Sing To The Moon

4.4 · 291 reviews

#70 — The Pete Tong Collection

The Pete Tong Collection

4.2 · 196 reviews

#71 — My Head is an Animal

My Head is an Animal

4.7 · 361 reviews

#72 — Christmas [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

Christmas [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

4.7 · 9 reviews

#73 — True

4.5 · 371 reviews

#74 — The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs

The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs

4.8 · 261 reviews

#75 — Saturday Night At The Movies

Saturday Night At The Movies

4.7 · 312 reviews

#76 — Modern Vampires of the City

Modern Vampires of the City

4.5 · 120 reviews

#77 — Mechanical Bull

Mechanical Bull

4.5 · 345 reviews

#78 — Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

4.8 · 929 reviews

#79 — In A Perfect World

In A Perfect World

4.7 · 339 reviews

#80 — Didn't It Rain

4.6 · 338 reviews

#81 — An Awesome Wave

An Awesome Wave

4.7 · 336 reviews

#82 — James Arthur (Deluxe)

James Arthur (Deluxe)

4.4 · 310 reviews

#83 — On Air - Live At The BBC Vol 2

On Air - Live At The BBC Vol 2

4.7 · 214 reviews

#84 — Teenage Dirtbags

Teenage Dirtbags

4.6 · 180 reviews

#85 — All That Echoes

All That Echoes

4.7 · 305 reviews

#86 — Halcyon Days

4.6 · 974 reviews

#87 — Fall To Grace

4.7 · 848 reviews

#88 — Home for Christmas

Home for Christmas

4.6 · 363 reviews

#89 — The Next Day

4.5 · 711 reviews

#90 — Push The Sky Away

Push The Sky Away

4.6 · 206 reviews

#91 — Mechanical Bull

Mechanical Bull

4.5 · 345 reviews

#92 — Direct Hits (Standard)

Direct Hits (Standard)

4.7 · 340 reviews

#93 — The 1975

4.5 · 370 reviews

#94 — NOW That's What I Call 30 Years

NOW That's What I Call 30 Years

4.6 · 266 reviews

#95 — The Golden Age Of Song

The Golden Age Of Song

4.7 · 430 reviews

#96 — Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Doo-Wops and Hooligans

4.7 · 664 reviews

#97 — All This Bad Blood

All This Bad Blood

4.8 · 309 reviews

#98 — Lightning Bolt

4.6 · 145 reviews

#99 — Settle

4.7 · 257 reviews

#100 — Trouble Will Find Me

Trouble Will Find Me

4.5 · 119 reviews

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