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List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

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I have been revamping this article for the past week, with the hope that it may soon be FL quality. I have heavily based its layout on the similar Best-selling singles of the 1960s article, but I wonder whether this is a mistake: since this list covers several decades rather than just one, could it do with being more comprehensive? I'm also unsure about how much sales detail to go into, as the OCC has only released figures for the top ten – should the article list the sales figures for just those 10 albums and leave the other 30 blank (which might look something like this), or would it be best not to list any at all? I would also like feedback on whether the certifications column is as clear as it needs to be. I welcome any other ways that this article could be improved, particularly on the quality of the prose. Thanks very much in advance! A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 22:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Comments

• I think the layout is fine.
• Probably worth noting the OCC is a British company.

• Done.

• Start with "An album is..." so you don't have plural/singular issues in the opening sentence.

• Done.

• "and lasts longer than 25 minutes" would prefer "and is longer than 25 minutes in duration."

• Changed.

• "from 1956 " probably worth explaining the significance of that year here rather than later...

• Done.

• "The album at number one was Greatest Hits, a compilation album" try to avoid repeating "album".

• Replaced with "record".

• "magazine Record Mirror, who compiled a" shouldn't that be "which" rather than "who"?

• Changed.

• "their first number one ..." the magazine is singular...

• Willing to change this, but my reading of MOS:PLURALS is that, in British English, it can be acceptable to refer to a collective noun as a plural.

• Shouldn't the artist for "Dirty Dancing" be various artists?

• Yeah, I'd have thought so too, but the OCC credits it to "Original soundtrack". [1]

• You could mention record label success in the lead, even if it's just to say that Parlophone was the most represented label?

• Done.

Otherwise I think it'd make a fine candidate at WP:FLC. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:00, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks very much for review and the (moral) support! A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 16:51, 23 April 2012 (UTC)