Ed Sheeran's 'X' Is The Top Selling Album of 2014 So Far

Unstoppable flame-haired singer Ed Sheeran has overtaken Coldplay in the race for the best selling album of 2014!

Already the fastest selling album of the year having shifted 182,000 copies in its first week, ‘X’ has now leapfrogged Coldplay’s ‘Ghost Stories’ to become the top-selling album of the year so far.

As well as spawning the huge hit singles ‘Sing’ and ‘Don’t’, the record has now sold a mightily impressive 634,000 copies to date in the UK.

Fellow British solo star Sam Smith has also brushed Coldplay aside to claim the second spot with his phenomenal album ‘In The Lonely Hour’.

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Sam’s debut release has sold 487,000 copies to Coldplay’s 470,000, according to Official Charts figures.

Paolo Nutini’s ‘Caustic Love’ is at number four with sales of 440,000, while Paloma Faith is the best selling female star at five after ‘A Perfect Contradiction’ shifted 342,000 copies.

All the acts in the Top 5 are likely to face stiff competition when One Direction unleash their fourth studio album, ‘Four’, next month.

Despite only being released six weeks before the end of the year, 1D’s last effort ‘Midnight Memories’ was the top selling album of 2013 in the UK and internationally.

The Top 10 selling albums of 2014 so far are:

1. Ed Sheeran ‘X’ 2. Sam Smith ‘In The Lonely Hour’ 3. Coldplay ‘Ghost Stories’ 4. Paolo Nutini ‘Caustic Love’ 5. Paloma Faith ‘A Perfect Contradiction’ 6. Ellie Goulding ‘Halcyon’ 7. Pharrell Williams ‘Girl’ 8. London Grammar ‘If You Wait’ 9. Arctic Monkeys ‘AM’ 10. Bastille ‘Bad Blood’