Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Sabrina Carpenter top best selling albums chart for 2024

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Meanwhile, culture-defining female singers dominate the rest of the rankings, with American “Espresso” singer Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth album Short ‘n’ Sweet in third place, and Billie Eilish reaching number five with her third studio album Hit Me Hard And Soft. Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hit record 50 Years - Don’t Stop has reached number seven, and British singer Charli XCX claims eighth place with her culture-shaping album Brat, which inspired the “Brat Summer” trend. open image in gallery Sabrina Carpenter’s album ‘Short ‘n’ Sweet’ was the third best selling album in the UK for 2024 "We’ve seen another strong year benefitting from streaming and driven by era-defining women,” said Twist. open image in gallery Billie Eilish’s third studio album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ was the fifth best selling album in the UK for 2024 “The UK’s creative output and human creativity is being placed at risk by proposed changes to British copyright law, which would allow international tech giants to train AI models on artists’ work without payment or permission, and would be the wrong way to realise the exciting potential of AI,” said Twist.