TOP 20 ALBUM SALES

Here is a list of the Top 20 selling Albums from October 24th...

1. Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

2. Robbie Williams - In And Out Of Consciousness Greatest

3. Tinie Tempah - Disc Overy

4. The Beatles - 1967 1970

5. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

6. The Beatles - 1962 1966

7. Michael Buble - Crazy Love

8. The Script - Science & Faith

9. Pixie Lott - Turn It Up

10. Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks

11. Cliff Richard - Bold As Brass

12. Mumford & Sons - Sign No More

13. Lady Gaga - The Fame

14. Eminem - Recovery

15. Ali Campbell - Great British Songs

16. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo

17. The XX - XX

18. Bob Dylan - The Witmark Demos 1962 1964

19. Central Band Of The RAF - Reach For The Stars

20. Phil Collins - Going Back

(BBC Radio One's Website)

This chart is compiled every week from album sales as well as digital downloads. Over the years digital downloads have become increasingly popular mainly due to Web 2.0. Looking at the chart is it easy to see how versatile the music industry is with a wide range of genres and mix of artists, from new relatively unknown artist such as, Tinie Tempah and Pixie Lott, along with well established artist who have been around for year such as, Phil Collins and Cliff Richard.
In addition to this we can see that Indie music is part of mainstream music with acts such as The XX, The Beatles and Kings Of Leon, who all fit into the Indie/ Indie Rock genre. This also shows us how popular Indie music is now with the number one being Kings Of Leon.