Oasis: Ahead of their mentors the Beatles

Michael Jackson's Thriller - at almost 50 million copies, the biggest seller of all time - was number two.

The Beatles' highest entry was 1966's Revolver at number eight - the oldest record in the top 10.

The most recent record, Madonna's 1998 album Ray Of Light, came at number 10.

Classics

Other recent releases in the upper reaches of the chart included last year's releases Sing When You're Winning by Robbie Williams at 13, and Coldplay's Parachutes at 23.

VH-1's top 10 albums

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree 2. Michael Jackson - Thriller 3. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 4. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 5. Nirvana - Nevermind 6. Radiohead - The Bends 7. Stevie Wonder - Songs in The Key Of Life 8. The Beatles - Revolver 9. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 10. Madonna - Ray of Light

Classics just outside the top 10 included Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon (12) and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (16).

The results differ markedly from a VH-1 poll earlier this year.

The cable music channel commissioned a group of journalists and musicians including Carole King, Britney Spears, Elvis Costello and Roberta Flack to come up with their own top 100 albums.

Top were The Beatles with Revolver - and others artists in the top 10 included the Beach Boys, Jimmy Hendrix and Bob Dylan, none of which appear in the viewers' chart.

Sean Hughes, panellist on BBC Two's Never Mind The Buzzcocks, will be presenting a five-hour countdown of the new top 100 albums on Saturday on VH1.