<P> The best - selling album in the United Kingdom is Greatest Hits , a compilation album by British band Queen that was first released in 1981 . As of July 2016 , it has sold more than 6.12 million copies , of which approximately 124,000 have been from downloads . 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 . These sales figures include 50 % of sales of box sets containing both these albums and 33 % of sales of box sets of all three Queen Greatest Hits albums . </P>
<P> The best - selling album in the United Kingdom is Greatest Hits , a compilation album by British band Queen that was first released in 1981 . As of July 2016 , it has sold more than 6.12 million copies , of which approximately 124,000 have been from downloads . 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 . These sales figures include 50 % of sales of box sets containing both these albums and 33 % of sales of box sets of all three Queen Greatest Hits albums . </P>
who has sold the most records in the uk
who has sold the most records in the uk
British band Queen
British band Queen