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 - The Works: Half-Speed Mastered - Burgundy Vinyl - Sealed - US - vinyl LP - £49.99, $63.49, €59.99 (New Item) (arrived 21-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
QUEEN The Works (2023 US limited edition Walmart Stores exclusive 9-track Half-Speed Mastered LP pressed on Burgundy Vinyl - Originally released in 1984, their eleventh studio album includes the classic singles Radio Ga Ga and I Want To Break Free. Complete with the printed inner, the picture sleeve has a little light edge / corner wear visible but remains factory sealed with the hype stickers affixed to the front)
- Queen - The Invisible Man - Clear Vinyl - UK - 12" vinyl - £40.00, $50.80, €48.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
QUEEN The Invisible Man (1989 UK limited edition 3-track 12" single pressed on Clear Vinyl, including the 12" and Single Version, also including Hijack My Heart, housed in clear PVC sleeve with a picture back insert 12QUEENX12)
- Queen - Innuendo - EX - UK - 12" picture disc - £40.00, $50.80, €48.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2024 17:09)on November 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
QUEEN Innuendo (1991 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single featuring the Explosive Version, also including Under Pressure and Bijou. The screen-printed PVC sleeve has a seam split to a couple of the edges but comes completethe back insert and the disc has minimal signs of play 12QUEENPD16)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.40, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2024 17:11)on November 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Late 70s UK second issue of the 1975 12-track LP, including the classic singles You're My Best Friend & Bohemian Rhapsody, housed in a non-embossed & non-barcoded gatefold picture sleeve with the illustrated card inner with curved corners. The sleeve is Excellent with a few light paper marks with age & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with few signs of play EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad - Gatefold - UK - 12" vinyl - £50.00, $63.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2024 17:14)on November 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
QUEEN I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991 UK limited edition 3-track 12" single, also including The Hitman and Lost Opportunity, housed in a glossy gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker on the front and lyrics printed inside. The cover displays minimal wear, and the vinyl remains in a 'near mint' condition 12QUEENG17)
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