Queen's Greatest Hits Is UK's Biggest Album

A newly compiled chart by the UK's Official Chart Company has revealed that Queen's 1981 Greatest Hits album has sold 5.8m copies - more than 800,000 more The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's, which is in second place.

Oasis, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and Queen's second Greatest Hits compilation (Greatest Hits II) also appear in the top ten.

Here's the top ten biggest selling albums in the UK:

1) Queen - Greatest Hits

2) The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

3) Abba - Gold

4) Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

5) Michael Jackson - Thriller

6) Adele - 21

7) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

8) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

9) Michael Jackson - Bad (pictured)

10) Queen - Greatest Hits II

(BBC)