Queen's ‘Greatest Hits’ Album Is The Best Selling Album Of All Time

In the most anticipated chart of all time, VH1 has teamed up with The Official UK Charts Company to release a definitive list of the Top 100 Best Selling Albums ever. This chart is not another poll voted for by the critics or viewers of a TV programme; it is a chart made up of actual sales figures from the last fifty years, unveiling who really has had the best selling album of all time; a fact that has never been revealed before, until now on VH1’s ‘Nation’s Favourite Album.’

VH1’s ‘Nation’s Favourite Album’ which transmits 18th November on VH1 at 6pm, reveals that legendary rockers Queen have outsold all other artists to claim the coveted title of the UK’s favourite album with their Greatest Hits compilation selling a staggering 5,407,587.
The Beatles are in second place with ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.’ Cementing their place in music history, third place goes to Oasis, with ‘What’s The Story Morning Glory’

Top Ten Top Selling Albums of All Time:

01) Queen – Greatest Hits - 5,407,587
02) Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - 4,803,292
03) Oasis – What’s The Story Morning Glory - 4,304,504
04) Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms - 3,946,931
05) ABBA – Gold Greatest Hits – 3,932,316
06) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of The Moon – 3,759,958
07) Queen – Greatest Hits II – 3,631,321
08) Michael Jackson – Thriller – 3,570,250
09) Michael Jackson – Bad – 3,549,950
10) Madonna – The Immaculate Collection – 3,364,785

Other Oasis albums in the Top 100 are...

84) Oasis - Be Here Now - 1,799,784
91) Oasis - Definitely Maybe - 1,740,386

The VH1 extravaganza hosted by Alex James, will make for compulsive viewing as he counts down the chart uncovering data that has never been revealed to the public, record companies and more importantly the artists themselves. A team of researchers from The Official UK Charts Company have worked tirelessly for over six months, trawling through hand written till receipts from the 1950’s to the most current sales figures, to announce information that will send shock waves through the music industry.

Astonishingly music luminaries such as Rolling Stones, Sting, The Sex Pistols and Bob Dylan do not have a single album in the top 100 and have been pipped to the post by artists such as Jason Donovan and Robson & Jerome.

VH1’s ‘Nation’s Favourite Album’ on the 18th November at 6pm will be presented by Alex James and will be shown as a continuous five hour countdown. These sought after facts and figures will be interspersed with a plethora of interviews from leading figures from the music and entertainment industries. The ‘Nation’s Favourite Album’ countdown will be followed on November 20th by 10x60 hour spin-off shows.

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