The UK official chart company have named the best selling rock artists of 2011. Coldplay got the best sellers spot with a whopping 410,000 copies of hit single 'Paradise' and over 900,000 copies of their album Mylo Xyloto. Second most popular was Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds which came in respectively- Selling around half a million copies of his latest album, giving a promising come back.

Other big names in the industry Foo Fighters, Florence And The Machine and Mumford and Sons all got a mention for the most popular sellers. Florence just pipped Foo Fighters at the post, scoring third in the rankings.

Elbo, Kasabian and Snow Patrol were next in line. It has been an interesting year, with some of the biggest classic name still proving they can sell albums/singles and come out top.

The figures released were split into two sections - Albums and singles. Although the figures look impressive, album sales are nowhere what they used to be compared to the 90's. Many blame online music distribution etc for this. However some argue that online music promotion is a good way for an artist to get noticed.

Other big sellers of the year were brought by the popular show X-Factor.The cover performed on the show caused Band The Goo Goo Dolls to re-enter the charts, over ten years later - It was originally released causing it to sell over a quarter of a million copies making it the second best selling single of 2011. 'Skinny Love' performed by Birdy was the third overall best selling single.

This is what the single figures looked like:

1. Coldplay - Paradise (410,000)

2. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (264,000)

3. Birdy - Skinny Love (259,000)

4. Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (247,000)

5. Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (242,000)

6. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go (228,000)

7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (225,000)

8. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (128,000)

9. Florence And The Machine - Shake It Out (127,000)

10. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go (125,000)

Here's where the albums came in:

1. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (908,000)

2. Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (492,000)

3. Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials (384,000)

4. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (380,000)

5. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (373,000)

6. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys (327,000)

7. Kasabian - Velociraptor (279,000)

8. Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (269,000)

9. Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth (261,000)

10. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (223,000)

What are your thoughts on these latest figures?

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