Just sneaking into the Top 10 of the UK's biggest-selling albums is the follow-up to Queen's Greatest Hits, issued almost a decade to the day after its predecessor. Queen - Greatest Hits II: release date 28th October 1991.In November 2021, ABBA Gold became the first LP to spend 1,000 weeks on the chart. It coincided with a resurgence of interest in the band's music and went on to be the second biggest selling album in UK history, shifting over 6 million units - that's 20 times Platinum, never mind Gold. ABBA - Gold: release date 21st September 1992ĭistributor PolyGram had acquired ABBA's label Polar Music in 1989, so the time was right for a CD-era collection of the Swedish pop titans' greatest hits.While not including the David Bowie/Queen collaboration Under Pressure (which topped the charts a couple of weeks after Greatest Hits was released), this collection was the first album to break the 7 million sales barrier in July 2022, which works out at an impressive 25 times Platinum status. The biggest selling album in British recording history is this 1981 collection of Queen bangers, which span from 1974's Seven Seas Of Rhye to 1980's Flash. Queen - Greatest Hits: release date 26th October 1981.
