Album dossier / 1981
Greatest Hits
Queen · Rock/Pop
Released 26 October 1981 spanning hits from 1974-1980, it entered the UK chart at #2 before climbing to #1 for four weeks. It became the first album to pass 1,000 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and, per the Official Charts Company, the first to reach 7 million UK chart 'sales' (physical, download and streaming combined) — the official best-selling album in UK chart history, ahead of ABBA's Gold. Brian May and Roger Taylor called it the country's most enduring record, present in roughly one in four UK households.
Record facts
- Label
- EMI/Elektra
- Producer
- Queen, Roy Thomas Baker
- Chart peak
- #1 UK
- Notable tracks
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Killer Queen
- We Are the Champions
Artist & discography
Campaign & landing routes
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Source register
bbc.co.uk, guinnessworldrecords.com, officialcharts.com, wikipedia.org · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-20