The Official Charts Company has continued to mark the 60th anniversary of the UK Album Chart by revealing the ten best selling ‘greatest hits’ collections.
Number one is no surprise, given that Queen‘s first ‘Greatest Hits‘ compilation has long been the UK’s best selling album of any kind with over six million units sold.
ABBA‘s ‘Gold‘ collection, another huge selling album in its own right, is second, while The Beatles‘ 2000 collection of number one singles, entitled ‘1‘, is at #6 having shifted 3.23 million copies.
Top 10 best selling ‘Greatest Hits’ collections (UK):
1/ Queen – ‘Greatest Hits’
2/ ABBA – ‘Gold’
3/ Queen – ‘Greatest Hits II’
4/ Madonna – ‘The Immaculate Collection’
5/ Bob Marley – ‘Legend’
6/ The Beatles – ‘1’
7/ ABBA – ‘Greatest Hits’
8/ George Michael – ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’
9/ Take That – ‘Never Forget’
10/ Michael Jackson – ‘Number Ones’