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[3] [4] Queen's second greatest hits album, Greatest Hits II, has sold more than 3.9 million copies since being released in 1991, [1] which includes 50% of sales of box sets containing both albums and 33% of sales of box sets of Queen's three Greatest Hits albums. [5] Of the UK's 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, [1 ...
The late Whitney Houston has the longest charting greatest hits album by a female artist on the UK charts with The Ultimate Collection (388 weeks). Madonna features twice on this list with The Immaculate Collection (363 weeks) and Like a Virgin (154 weeks), respectively.
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally .
This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present.The sources are the Record Mirror chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the Melody Maker chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 to March 1972 and the Music Week chart from then onwards.
This is a list of the 50 best-selling albums in the UK from 1 January 2000 onwards, as compiled by the OCC (sales that occurred before 2000 are not included). Of these, only two were originally released before the year 2000: White Ladder (1998) by David Gray and Gold: Greatest Hits (1992) by ABBA. [4]
Artists who reached the number one in the UK Albums Chart in four decades Artist Number one album Decade(s) it reached number one Ref. ABBA: Greatest Hits: 1970s [10] Arrival: ABBA: The Album: Voulez-Vous: Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Super Trouper: 1980s The Visitors: The Singles: The First Ten Years: ABBA Gold: 1990s Voyage: 2020s Blur: Parklife ...
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for albums.Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. [1] It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays).
Gold: Greatest Hits: ABBA: 6 [c] 21 The Thrill of It All: Sam Smith: 2 [d] 22 ×: Ed Sheeran: 10 [e] 23 Unchained Melodies: Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: 4 [f] 24 The Platinum Collection: Queen: 5 [g] 25 LM5: Little Mix: 3 26 Speak Your Mind: Anne-Marie: 3 27 Christmas: Michael Bublé: 7 [h] 28 You Know I Know: Olly Murs: 2 ...