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The classic compilation becomes the first album ever to sell seven million copies in the UK. Do you own a copy?

At the time, the chart only counted "pure" sales - ie vinyl, cassette, CD and downloads.

Since then, Queen's Greatest Hits has accumulated 1.26 billion total UK streams, equating to roughly 1.26 million sales . The band's back catalogue received a massive boost from the release of the Oscar-winning Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018.

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