* 1995 Robson & Jerome: Unchained Melody/White Cliffs Of Dover * 1996 Fugees: Killing Me Softly * 1997 Elton John: Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind '97 * 1998 Cher: Believe * 1999 Britney Spears: Baby...One More Time * 2000 Bob The Builder: Can We Fix It? * 2001 Shaggy feat. Rikrok: It Wasn't Me * 2002 Will Young: Anything Is Possible/Evergreen * 2003 Black Eyed Peas: Where Is The Love? * 2004 Band Aid 20: Do They Know It's Christmas? * 2005 Tony Christie: (Is This The Way To) Amarillo?

Source: Music Week, 1/14/2006

"Be Here Now" (Oasis) which sold 655,000 copies in its first week in August 1997.
"Be Here Now" by Oasis sold 655,000 copies in its first week of release in August 1997. The second fastest selling album in British history is X&Y by Coldplay, which sold 464,000 copies in its first week of release in June 2005.
Source: Agence France Presse, 1/30/2006