'Live Forever': Oasis's Career By the Numbers

Oasis are reuniting in 2025 for a tour that promises to make dreams come true for hordes of fans around the world.

If you lived in the UK in the 1990s, a time when rave culture collided with indie and Britpop, Oasis were a force to be reckoned with. Record and ticket sales, newspaper column inches, Oasis had it all.

When Noel and Liam Gallagher, Manchester's fighting brothers, called time on their band in 2009, they left with an unblemished chart record.

All seven Oasis studio albums have gone to No.1 on the Official UK Albums Chart since their debut in 1994 Sure maybe until 2008 Unearth your soul. A year after the split, in 2010, the compilation Time flies – 1994-2009 came out on top, giving Oasis eight leaders.

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Sure maybe became the fastest-selling debut album in British history – and has surpassed 5 million sales in the UK, where it is certified 17 times platinum, according to the Official Charts Company.

Their second effort since 1995, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?it is the fifth best-selling album of all time in the UK

And their third album, from 1997 be here now it was a weapon. To date, it is the fastest-selling album of all time, moving 696,000 copies in just three days of its first week on the chart.

It's a similar story on the Official UK Singles Chart, where Oasis have scored eight No.1s.

“Wonderwall,” their signature song, is not one of them. The most streamed song in Oasis' UK catalogue, with 397,100,000 plays according to OCC, “Wonderwall” reached No. 2 in the weekly chart in 1995.

This dominance extended to the awards ceremonies as Oasis won six BRIT Awards, including Outstanding Contribution to British Music, two Ivor Novellos and 17 NME Awards.

The band enjoyed success around the world, including in Australia, where “Wonderwall” came in at No. 1 on triple j's 100 Hottest Songs of the Last 20 Years Countdown in 2013 and was voted No. 1 on the “Hottest 100”. » for 1995.

“Wonderwall” spent 11 consecutive weeks in the ARIA Top 10 and is certified 12 times platinum in those places, ARIA reports.

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is certified eight times platinum in Australia, having spent four consecutive weeks at No.1 and 24 consecutive weeks in the top 10.

Be here now has been certified platinum and is one of the band's six top 10 efforts on the ARIA Chart.

Oasis' success did not translate to the United States. Just three Oasis songs touched the Billboard Hot 100, including a top 10 single for “Wonderwall” (which peaked at No. 8 in 1996).

On the Billboard 200 album chart, 11 Oasis titles have made their mark, including three top 10s, with No. 2 best for Be here now in 1997.

Oasis will make their long-awaited return in 2025, when the band will play a series of concerts in the UK and Ireland, their first dates there in 16 years.

THE OASIS LIVE '25 world tour will be extended. “Plans are underway for OASIS LIVE '25 to go to other continents outside of Europe later next year,” read a statement issued Tuesday morning.

The news ignited a frenzy with die-hard Oasis fans in the UK, evidence of which can be seen in the midweek album chart.

Oasis will “undoubtedly see a huge boost in sales this week”, according to the chart compiler, as three records are set to soar into the top 40: Time flies… (1994-2009) (at No. 14), (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (at No. 26) and Sure maybe (No. 31), which celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.