Īccording to the Official Charts Company (OCC), which collects album sales data in the UK, an album is defined as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks or is longer than 25 minutes in duration. The most-represented record label is Parlophone with seven entries, while the decade that appears the most is the 2000s, with 20 of the entries having been released during that period, despite its 'general background of declining sales and internet piracy'. The only acts to feature more than twice are Coldplay, Take That and Robbie Williams Williams features on the chart four times, more than any other artist. Ten acts feature on the chart with more than one album, with Queen and Michael Jackson both featuring twice within the top ten. Fourteen are by American artists, with the rest being from Ireland, Canada, Sweden and Jamaica. Of the UK's top 60 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists. These sales figures include 50% of sales of box sets containing both albums and 33% of sales of box sets of Queen's three Greatest Hits albums.

Queen's second greatest hits album, Greatest Hits II, has sold approximately 4 million copies since being released in 1991, and is the tenth biggest-selling album in the UK. As of August 2020, it has sold more than 6.6 million copies, of which approximately 124,000 have been from downloads. 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. Their 1991 follow-up Greatest Hits II is the UK's tenth highest-selling album. Queen's Greatest Hits (1981) is the best-selling album in the UK.

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