
Last updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006
QUEEN'S Greatest Hits LP has been named the UK's best selling album of all time.
The disc has sold a staggering 5,407,587 copies since its release in 1981.
In second place is THE BEATLES' SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, which managed 4.8 million sales.
Also in the top ten are OASIS, ABBA and PINK FLOYD. Conspicuous by their absence are THE ROLLING STONES and BOB DYLAN - who don't feature in the top 100.
The top ten - compiled by the Official Charts company - is as follows:
1. QUEEN, GREATEST HITS
2. THE BEATLES, SGT PEPPER
3. OASIS, WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY
4. DIRE STRAITS, BROTHERS IN ARMS
5. ABBA, GOLD GREATEST HITS
6. PINK FLOYD, THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
7. QUEEN, GREATEST HITS II
8. MICHAEL JACKSON, THRILLER
9. MICHAEL JACKSON, BAD
10. MADONNA, THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION.
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- 10CC STAR JEALOUS OF QUEEN'S SUCCESS
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- QUEEN WILL ROCK YOU AGAIN
Source: WENN
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