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Robbie in the Top 100 Best Selling Albums of All Time

Robbie in the Top 100 Best Selling Albums of All Time

Queen's first Greatest Hits album has topped a rundown of the UK's Top 100 best sellers, compiled by the Official Charts company for cable channel VH1.
The album, first released in 1981, has sold 5,407,587 copies - 600,000 more than its nearest rival, the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Although not in the upper reaches of the chart, Robbie Williams has the most albums in the chart with six:

Robbie's Albums 
30. I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU 2,556,042
49. SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING 2,205,028
51. SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING 2,182,097
58. LIFE THRU A LENS 2,074,860
60. ESCAPOLOGY 2,037,380
61. GREATEST HITS 1,998,668

Positions have been determined by basing sales on data ranging from current sales figures to handwritten till receipts from the 1950s.

UK TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS 
1. Queen, Greatest Hits (5,407,587)
2. The Beatles, Sgt Pepper (4,803,292)
3. Oasis, What's The Story Morning Glory (4,304,504)
4. Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms (3,946,931)
5. Abba, Gold Greatest Hits (3,932,316)
6. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of The Moon (3,759,958)
7. Queen, Greatest Hits II (3,631,321)
8. Michael Jackson, Thriller (3,570,250)
9. Michael Jackson, Bad (3,549,950)
10. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (3,364,785)

Read the full article from the BBC here

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