Oasis triumphs with top two slots for Radio 2's Most Streamed 90s Album Charts

06 October 2023 , 20:39

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Oasis triumphs as they land top two slots for Radio 2's Most Streamed 90s Album Charts

Oasis will triumph in a new Radio 2 countdown for the Most Streamed 90s Album Charts - landing the top two slots.

Radio 2 will turn back the clock to a decade which started 33 years ago by celebrating the music of the 1990s for National Album Day next Saturday (14th October). Oasis are the chart toppers and take the silver medal position with (What’s the story) Morning Glory? at No.1, and Definitely Maybe in second place when it comes to the most streamed albums from the decade.

2001 by Dr Dre is at No. 3 and fourth and fifth positions are both held by Nirvana, with Nevermind and In Utero. The rundown also features records by Westlife, Spice Girls, Destiny’s Child, Metallica, Shania Twain and more. The Most Streamed 90s Album Chart features the top 40 best-selling albums from that decade, based on UK sales and downloads, as compiled exclusively by The Official Charts Company for National Album Day.

In the programme, Commenting on (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? being No. 1, Noel Gallagher says: “I'm thrilled, but I wouldn't say I was that surprised that (What’s The Story) Morning Glory has been voted the most streamed album of the 90s - I still do have my faith in the taste of people in this country. I mean if you’ve got Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger on an album, you’re gonna be all right aren’t ya…

Oasis lands the top two slots (Getty Images)

"For certain people, it’ll be bringing back memories of their youth in the 90s and that brilliantly amazing decade we all lived through and then for the young people coming to it now, the songs deal with just the universal truths of life, and they will always be timeless... You know, of love and loss and heartbreak and friendship and the weather. All the universal things that we that we live through on a day-to-day basis that we don't really notice. So thanks to everybody.”

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Commenting on the second-placed album, Liam Gallagher said: “All right, this is Liam G and I’m here to congratulate Definitely Maybe for being the second most streamed album of the 90s. Love that record, without it god knows where I’d be and god knows where we’d all be! I’ll be celebrating it in my own way next year by doing some gigs, so stay tuned and listen out for details in a bit.”

Host DJ Steve Wright said: “The joy of this chart is that it shows which 90s albums have truly endured. And that's because they're all really memorable, really influential, or just really well-loved. It's a great mix, with all the albums you'd expect to be in there and some that, maybe, you wouldn't...”

The Official Top 20 Most Streamed 90s Albums are:

1. (What’s the story) Morning Glory? by Oasis (1995)
2. Definitely Maybe by Oasis (1994)
3. 2001 by Dr. Dre (1999)
4. Nevermind by Nirvana (1991)
5. In Utero by Nirvana (1993)
6. Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell by Meat Loaf (1993)
7. The Lion King Original Soundtrack (1994)
8. Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
9. Metallica by Metallica (1991)
10. Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G (1994)
11. All Eyez on Me by 2Pac (1996)
12. Come On Over by Shania Twain (1997)
13. Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine (1992)
14. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997)
15. Urban Hymns by The Verve (1997)
16. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette (1995)
17. The Slim Shady LP by Eminem (1999)
18. Be Here Now by Oasis (1997)
19. The Bends by Radiohead (1995)
20. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill (1998)

Mark Jefferies