The top 40 albums of 2016 so far have been revealed

As we pass the halfway point in the year, we can finally take a look at the top 40 most popular albums in the UK within the first six months of the year.

This list comes directly from the Official Charts Company and the figures were calculated compiling digital, physical and streaming sales of all albums included.

Adele’s 25 reigns supreme, coming in at number one on the list with this album also slipping into the top 30 biggest selling albums in the UK of all time. Blackstar by the late David Bowie slips in at number two. Bowie has five different albums in the top 40, likely due to his passing in January 2016.

Elvis and Prince have also made it into the top 20 while the likes of One Direction, Taylor Swift and Ellie Goulding come behind them with their most recent releases.

The list is as follows:

1. 25 — Adele
2. Blackstar — David Bowie
3. Purpose — Justin Bieber
4. A Head Full of Dreams — Coldplay
5. Best of Bowie — David Bowie
6. I Cry When I Laugh — Jess Glynne
7. Lemonade — Beyonce
8. Views — Drake
9. Get Weird — Little Mix
10. Chaos and the Calm — James Bay
11. If I Can Dream — Elvie Presley
12. This is Acting — Sia
13. X — Ed Sheeran
14. I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it — The 1975
15. Nothing has Changes — David Bowie
16. A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
17. The Very Best Of — Prince
18. ANTI — Rihanna
19. Communion — Years & Years
20. Delirium — Ellie Goulding
21. Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd
22. Made in the A.M — One Direction
23. 1989 — Taylor Swift
24. Nine Track Mind — Charlie Puth
25. In the Lonely Hour — Sam Smith
26. Death of a Bachelor — Panic! At the Disco
27. Blurryface — Twenty One Pilots
28. The Very Best Of — ELO
29. 21 — Adele
30. Back to Black — Amy Whinehouse
31. Konnickiwa — Skepta
32. Lukas Graham — Lukas Graham
33. Everything You’ve Come to Expect — Last Shadow Puppets
34. Hunky Dory — David Bowie
35. The Ride — Catfish and the Bottlemen
36. Hozier — Hozier
37. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust — David Bowie
38. The Ultimate Collection — Whitney Houston
39. 50 — Rick Astley
40. 1000 Forms of Fear — Sia

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