From Planet Rock.
Already the best-selling album of all time in the UK, Queen’s blockbuster 1981 compilation album ‘Greatest Hits’ has achieved another momentous chart milestone this week.
The album has now spent more than 900 weeks inside the Official Albums Chart Top 100 and is only the third album in history to do so. Currently standing at 901 weeks, that equates to over 17 years on the chart.
‘Greatest Hits’ appropriately achieved the chart milestone 50 years after Queen’s first gig (still known as Smile at the time) at the City Hall in Truro, Cornwall.
Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1984 hits album ‘Legend’ has spent 933 weeks on the chart, while ABBA’s 1992 best-of, ‘Gold: Greatest Hits’, is the currently the longest runner at 944 weeks.
Featuring songs including ‘Killer Queen’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Are The Champions’ and ‘We Will Rock You’, Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ initially peaked at no.2 on the UK album chart before rising to no.1 where it remained for four weeks.
Since its release October 1981, Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ has sold more than 6.3 million copies in the UK and an estimated 25 million units worldwide, including 8 million in the US.
It’s the best-selling album ever in the UK ahead of ABBA’s ‘Greatest Hits’ and The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’
Sales of the record have been boosted in recent years thanks to the all-conquering success of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was released in October 2018.
Last month, the Royal Mail announced it was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Queen by launching a very special series of 13 Queen stamps in their honour.
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- Queen - A Kind Of Magic + Sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.24, €14.40 (New Item) (arrived 14-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
QUEEN A Kind Of Magic (1986 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, taken from the soundtrack of the film 'Highlander', also including A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling. The glossy picture sleeve displays the 'Kurgan' Highlander image and shows only lightwear and the vinyl remains in EX condition QUEEN7)
- Queen - Live Killers - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $44.45, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2024 14:58)on November 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
QUEEN Live Killers (1979 UK 22-track double LP, featuring a brilliant collection of tracks recorded live during the European leg of Queen's 'Jazz' world tour between January & March 1979. Comes housed in the original non-barcoded gatefold sleeve with colour coded album note inners. The sleeve is Excellent with some minor shelf wear, whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with light play EMSP330)
- Queen - Hammer To Fall - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $19.05, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 06-Nov-2024 14:18)on November 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
QUEEN Hammer To Fall (1984 UK 7" single with an intact four prong centre & paper labels, also including Tear It Up, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light ringwear whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only light signs of play QUEEN4)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 180 Gram Half Speed Mastered - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $38.09, €35.99 (New Item) (arrived 06-Nov-2024 17:38)on November 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (2015 UK/EU limited edition 12-track LP pressed on 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl Half Speed Mastered from lacquers cut at Abbey Road Studios. Originally released in 1975 their fourth studio album features the massive hit single Bohemian Rhapsody, plus You're My Best Friend and Love Of My Life. Gatefold picture sleeve with original embossed crest logo cover art, hype sticker & factory sealed. Essential) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - Hammer To Fall - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $19.05, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 06-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
QUEEN Hammer To Fall (1984 UK 7" single with an intact four prong centre & paper labels, also including Tear It Up, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light ringwear whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only light signs of play QUEEN4)
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