Paul McCartney in concert (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)
The first Queen Greatest Hits collection remains the UK’s best selling album according to new figures released by the Official Charts Company on the 60th anniversary of the first album chart.
The best selling studio album in Britain is also unchanged from previously published lists, that being The Beatles‘ groundbreaking ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, though Adele‘s ‘21‘ has been newly confirmed in the Top 5 ahead of Oasis‘ ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’.
Brian May is chuffed, and has said: “What a great bit of news to wake up to. The most popular album? Well, I always thought the band showed promise, but this is beyond our boyhood dreams. Thanks, folks.”
UK’s best selling albums, Top 20:
1/ Queen – ‘Greatest Hits’
2/ ABBA – ‘Gold: Greatest Hits’
3/ The Beatles – ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
4/ Adele – ‘21’
5/ Oasis – ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’
6/ Michael Jackson – ‘Thriller’
7/ Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’
8/ Dire Straits – ‘Brothers In Arms’
9/ Michael Jackson – ‘Bad’
10/ Queen – ‘Greatest Hits II’
11/ Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumours’
12/ Madonna – ‘The Immaculate Collection’
13/ Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
14/ Simply Red – ‘Stars’
15/ Shania Twain – ‘Come On Over’
16/ Bob Marley and The Wailers – ‘Legend’
17/ James Blunt – ‘Back To Bedlam’
18/ The Verve – ‘Urban Hymns’
19/ Meat Loaf – ‘Bat Out Of Hell’
20/ The Beatles – ‘1’