Arctic Monkeys’ ‘AM’ and ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ among biggest selling albums of 2023

Arctic Monkeys have impressively landed two of their albums in the top 40 biggest selling albums of 2023.

The Official Charts Company released their list of the biggest selling albums of the year so far earlier this week.

‘AM’ and ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ by the Arctic Monkeys both ranked highly.

However, The Weeknd snatched the number one spot with ‘The Highlights‘, and Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights‘ achieved the number two position. The pop icon also has three other entries on the top 40 list, with ‘1989’ being placed at 23, ‘Folklore’ at 28 and ‘Lover’ at 31.

The number three slot on the list was taken by SZA for her second studio album ‘SOS‘, whilst Pink took the number four slot with ‘Trustfall’ and Harry Styles‘ ‘Harry’s House‘ rounded up the top five.

Ed Sheeran was snapping at the heels of Harry Styles with his album ‘=’ at number seven but still managed to beat the legendary Elton John, who came in at number eight with his incredible album, Diamonds.

Other entries included Lana Del Ray, Lewis Capaldi, Fleetwood Mac and Little Mix.

This comes after Arctic Monkeys fans took to Instagram to comment on their latest video ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes.’

One said: “this is so artistically beautiful, the whole aesthetic of this album is so intriguing”

Another added: “you boys are very special and please never stop shining! I’ll ALWAYS be here for you and i am forever grateful❤️”

The Sheffield-based band have become one of Britain’s biggest rock exports in recent years, after first playing at the city’s music venue called ‘The Grapes’ on 3 June 2003. Alex Turner, who famously dated Alexa Chung, stepped nervously on to stage before impressing the crowds with his vocals and on-stage enthusiasm.

The legendary band formed in 2002 were one of the first bands to find fame via the internet and word of mouth. Their original Myspace account was set up by fans of the band who wanted to spread their musical success.

Arctic Monkeys made demos and distributed them for free as a way of getting people to hear their music, saying:"we never made those demos to make money or anything. We were giving them away free anyway – that was a better way for people to hear them."

Their huge success continued and they signed up to Domino. The band said they were attracted to the ethics behind the brand and like the fact that the owner, Laurence Bell, ran the label from his flat and only signed bands that he liked personally.