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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). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5 ...
Queen 's Greatest Hits (1981) is the best-selling album in the UK. Their 1991 follow-up Greatest Hits II is the UK's tenth highest-selling album. The best-selling album in the United Kingdom is Greatest Hits, a compilation album by the British rock band Queen that was first released in 1981. [1] As of July 2022, it has sold more than 7 million ...
Adele had the best-selling album four times, the most for a female artist with 21 (2011), 25 (2015, 2016) and 30 (2021). ABBA had the best-selling album of the year three times with Greatest Hits (1976), Arrival (1977) and Super Trouper (1980). Ed Sheeran has earned the best-selling album of the year twice with X (2014) and ÷ (2017).
Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones. 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 ...
This list shows the eighteen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles have the most number one albums with sixteen. English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has the most number one albums for a solo artist, with fourteen. [1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie ...
The 1981 compilation Greatest Hits is the biggest-selling album in UK history, with 6 million copies sold by 2014. The 1991 compilation Greatest Hits II is also one of the UK's top ten biggest-sellers of all time, with 3.8 million copies sold by 2012. [8] In 1972, Queen signed a production deal with Trident Studios. [9]
The following is a list of all albums that have spent at least 150 weeks on the UK Albums Chart as published by the Official Charts Company (OCC). The chart comprises a top 100 from August 1981 to 1988 and since 1994, a top 75 before this (and from 1988 to 1994) from 1978 and various lengths before this from July 1956.
This list shows the twenty-three artists who have topped the UK Albums Chart, in four or more decades. English band The Rolling Stones have topped the albums chart in the most decades, with six. [1] American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter-actress-businesswoman Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a ...