"Greatest hits" dei Queen è l'album più venduto di sempre in Gran Bretagna
In Gran Bretagna cade il sessantesimo anniversario da quando è stata istituita la classifica di vendita. Per celebrare questo traguardo gli operatori della Official Charts Company hanno compilato la classifica dei 60 album più venduti della storia nel Regno Unito.
In cima a questa classifica si è posizionato il “Greatest hits” dei Queen uscito nel 1981 che ha venduto 6.100.000 copie. Chiesto un commento al chitarrista della band Brian May, ha detto: “Che grande notizia per svegliarsi. L'album più popolare? Ho sempre pensato che la band fosse grande, ma questo va oltre i nostri sogni di quando eravamo giovani. Grazie, ragazzi."
Questa la classifica completa:
1) Queen – ‘Greatest Hits’
2) Abba – ‘Gold: Greatest Hits’
3) Beatles – ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
4) Adele – ‘21’
5) Oasis – ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’
6) Michael Jackson – ‘Thriller’
7) Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’
8) Dire Straits – ‘Brothers In Arms’
9) Michael Jackson – ‘Bad’
10) Queen – ‘Greatest Hits II’
11) Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumours’
12) Madonna – ‘The Immaculate Collection’
13) Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
14) Simply Red – ‘Stars’
15) Shania Twain – ‘Come On Over’
16) Bob Marley And The Wailers – ‘Legend’
17) James Blunt – ‘Back To Bedlam’
18) Verve – ‘Urban Hymns’
19) Meat Loaf – ‘Bat Out Of Hell’
20) Beatles – ‘1’
21) Simon And Garfunkel ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’
22) Original Soundtrack – ‘Dirty Dancing’
23) Leona Lewis – ‘Spirit
24) Michael Buble – ‘Crazy Love’
25) Dido – ‘No Angel’
26) David Gray – ‘White Ladder’
27) Adele – ‘25’
28) Corrs – ‘Talk On Corners’
29) Spice Girls – ‘Spice’
30) Lady Gaga – ‘The Fame’
31) Coldplay – ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’
32) Dido – ‘Life For Rent’
33) Kings Of Leon – ‘Only By The Night’
34) Take That – ‘Beautiful World’
35) Keane – ‘Hopes And Fears’
36) U2 – ‘The Joshua Tree’
37) Jeff Wayne – ‘The War Of The Worlds’
38) Scissor Sisters – ‘Scissor Sisters’
39) Phil Collins – ‘But Seriously’
40) Coldplay – ‘X&Y’
41) Alanis Morissette – ‘Jagged Little Pill’
42) Mike Oldfield – ‘Tubular Bells’
43) Travis – ‘The Man Who’
44) Tracy Chapman – ‘Tracy Chapman’
45) Coldplay – ‘Parachutes’
46) Abba – ‘Greatest Hits’
47) Original Soundtrack – ‘Grease’
48) Robbie Williams – ‘I’ve Been Expecting You’
49) Ed Sheeran – ‘X’
50) Norah Jones – ‘Come Away With Me’
51) Paul Simon – ‘Graceland’
52) Original Cast Recording – ‘The Sound Of Music’
53) George Michael – ‘Ladies And Gentleman – The Best Of’
54) Fleetwood Mac – ‘Tango In The Night’
55) Eminem – ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’
56) Robbie Williams – ‘Swing When You’re Winning’
57) Take That – ‘Progress’
58) Snow Patrol – ‘Eyes Open’
59) Take That – ‘The Ultimate Collection’
60) REM – ‘Automatic For The People’