Coldplay, Noel Gallagher and Foo Fighters Have U.K.’s Top Selling Rock Albums of 2011

Coldplay only released their fifth album Mylo Xyloto in October but managed to top the 2011 U.K. rock album sales chart by some distance.

NME.com reports that according to The Official Charts Company in the U.K., Coldplay had the biggest-selling rock album of last year with Mylo Xyloto, at over 900,000 copies sold.

Noel Gallagher’s debut solo album wasn’t too close to Coldplay’s record, but it did come in second with 500,000 units sold. Trailing Gallagher were Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters and Mumford and Sons.

The U.K.’s Top 10 selling rock albums of 2011:

1. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (908,000)
2. Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (492,000)
3. Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials (384,000)
4. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (380,000)
5. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More (373,000)
6. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys (327,000)
7. Kasabian - Velociraptor (279,000)
8. Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (269,000)
9. Noah and The Whale - Last Night On Earth (261,000)
10. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See (223,000)

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