Queen is a british rock band who have been recognized as pioneers of arena rock, hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and
progressive rock.
-MEMBERS
--John Deacon: Wrote "Another One Bytes The Dust" the single greatist bassline in music history. And Many Other Songs.
--Brian May:
One of the most unique guitarists in all of music. A top five guitarist.
--Freddie Mercury:
---The single greatist male vocalist in music history.
---(bisexual not homosexual) He was known for having many girlfriends and boyfriends.
---He is world's first indian origin rock star.
---He was the only star in Kurt Cobain suicide note.
---A species of East African isopod, Cirolana mercuryi N. Bruce, was named after Freddie in 2004.
--Rodger Taylor: A very solid drummer.
-SINGLES
--"Keep Yourself Alive/Son And Daughter" (1973) - didn't chart UK, #89 US (Cashbox)
--"Seven Seas of Rhye/See What A Fool I've Been" (1974) #10 UK
--"Killer Queen/Flick Of The Wrist" (1974) #2 UK (silver), #12 US
--"Now I'm Here/Lily Of The Valley" (1975) #11 UK
--"
Bohemian Rhapsody/
I'm In Love With My Car" (1975) #1 UK (3x platinum), #9 US (gold)
--"You're My Best Friend/'39" (1976) #7 UK, #16 US
--"
Somebody to Love/White Man" (1976) #2 UK, #13 US
--"Tie Your Mother Down/You And I" (1977) #31 UK, #49 US
--"Long Away/You and I" (1977)
--"Queen's First EP: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy/Death On Two Legs/Tenement Funster/White Queen" (1977) #17 UK
--"We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" (1977) #2 UK (gold), #4 US (2x platinum)
--"Spread Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack" (1978) #34 UK
--"It's Late/Sheer Heart Attack" (1978) #72 US
--"Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" (1978) #11 UK (gold), #24 US
--"Don't Stop Me Now/In Only Seven Days" (1979) #9 UK (gold), #86 US
--"Jealousy/Fun It" (1979)
--"Love Of My Life (live)/Now I'm Here (live)" (1979) #63 UK
--"We Will Rock You (live)/Let Me Entertain You (live)" (1979)
--"Crazy Little Thing Called Love/We Will Rock You (live)" (1979) #2 UK (gold), #1 US (platinum)
--"Save Me/Let Me Entertain You (live)" (1980) #11 UK
--"Play The Game/A Human Body" (1980) #14 UK, #42 US
--"
Another One Bites The Dust/Dragon Attack" (1980) #7 UK, #1 US (sold over 4,5 million copies, 4x platinum)
--"Need Your Loving Tonight/Rock It" (1980) #44 US
--"Flash/Football Fight" (1980) #10 UK, #42 US, #1 Austria
--"Under Pressure (with David Bowie)/Soul Brother" (1981) #1 UK (silver), #29 US
--"Body Language/Life is Real" (1982) #25 UK, #11 US
--"Las Palabras De Amor/Cool Cat" (1982) #17 UK
--"Calling All Girls/Put Out the Fire" (1982) #60 US
--"Back Chat/Staying Power" (1982) #40 UK
--"Radio Ga Ga/I Go Crazy" (1984) #2 UK (silver), #16 US
--"
I Want To Break Free/Machines (or Back to Humans)" (1984) #3 UK (silver), #45 US, #1 Austria
--"It's A Hard Life/Is This The World We Created?" (1984) #6 UK, #72 US
--"Hammer To Fall/Tear It Up" (1984) #13 UK
--"Thank God It's Christmas/Man
on the Prowl/Keep Passing the Open Windows" (1984) #21 UK
--"One Vision/Blurred Vision" (1985) #7 UK, #61 US
--"Princes of the Universe/A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling"
--"A Kind Of Magic/A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling (Europe)/Gimme the Prize (US)" (1986) #3 UK, #42 US
--"Friends Will Be Friends/Seven Seas of Rhye (1986) #14 UK
--"Who Wants To Live Forever/Killer Queen" (1986) #24 UK
--"Pain Is So Close To Pleasure/Don't Lose Your Head" (1986)
--"I Want It All/Hang on In There" (1989) #3 UK (silver), #50 US, #3 US Rock Chart
--"Breakthru/Stealin'" (1989) #7 UK
--"The
Invisible Man/Hijack My Heart" (1989) #12 UK
--"Scandal/My Life Has Been Saved" (1989) #25 UK
--"The Miracle/
Stone Cold Crazy (live)" (1989) #21 UK
--"Innuendo/Bijou" (1991) #1 UK (gold)
--"I'm Going Slightly Mad/The Hitman" (1991) #22 UK
--"Headlong/All God's People" (1991) #14 UK
--"The Show Must Go On/Keep Yourself Alive" (1991) #16 UK
--"
Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are The Days Of Our Lives" (1991) #1 UK
--"The Show Must Go On"/"
Bohemian Rhapsody" (1992) #2 US (platinum)
--"Five Live" (EP) (with George Michael and Lisa Stansfield, 1993) #1 UK
--"Heaven For Everyone/It's A
Beautiful Day" (1995) #2 UK (silver)
--"A Winter's Tale/Thank God It's Christmas/Rock In Rio Blues" (1995) #6 UK
--"Too Much Love Will Kill You/We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" (1996) #15 UK
--"Let Me Live/Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" (1996) #9 UK
--"You Don't Fool Me - The Remixes" (1996) #17 UK
--"No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)" (1998) #13 UK
--"
Another One Bites The Dust" (with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and Free, 1998) #5 UK
--"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with David Bowie, 1999) #14 UK
--"We Will Rock You" (with 5ive, 2000) #1 UK
--"Flash" (with Vanguard, 2003) #15 UK
--"Reaching Out (live) / Tie Your Mother Down (live) / Fat Bottomed Girls (live)" (Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2005)
The band have had a total of six #1 songs in the UK and two in the US.
-STUDIO ALBUMS
--Queen (1973) #24 UK (gold), #83 US (gold), #52 Japan
--Queen II (1974) #5 UK (gold), #49 US (gold)
--Sheer Heart Attack (1974) #2 UK (platinum), #11 US (gold), #23 Japan
--A Night at the Opera (1975) #1 UK (platinum), #4 US (3x platinum), #9 Japan, #1 Netherlands
--A Day at the Races (1976) #1 UK (platinum), #5 US (platinum), #1 Japan, #1 Netherlands
--News of the World (1977) #4 UK (platinum), #3 US (4x platinum), #3 Japan, #1 Netherlands
--Jazz (1978) #2 UK (gold), #6 US (platinum), #5 Japan
--The Game (1980) #1 UK (gold), #1 US (4x platinum), #5 Japan
--Flash Gordon (1980) #10 UK (gold), #23 US, #12 Japan, #1 Austria
--Hot Space (1982) #4 UK (gold), #22 US (gold), #6 Japan, #1 Austria
--The Works (1984) #2 UK (platinum), #23 US (gold), #7 Japan, #1 Netherlands
--A Kind of Magic (1986) #1 UK (2x platinum), #46 US (gold in 2005), #25 Japan
--The Miracle (1989) #1 UK (platinum), #24 US (gold), #20 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Germany, #1 Netherlands, #1 Switzerland
--Innuendo (1991) #1 UK (platinum), #30 US (gold), #13 Japan, #1 Germany, #1 Netherlands, #1 Switzerland
--Made in Heaven (1995) #1 UK (4x platinum), #58 US (gold), #10 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Germany, #1 Italy, #1 Netherlands, #1 Spain, #1 Switzerland. Sold in excess of 10 million by 1997.
The band have had 11 of their 15 albums at number 1 in various countries.
-LIVE ALBUMS
--Live Killers (1979) #3 UK, #16 US (2x platinum), #9 Japan
--Live Magic (1986) #3 UK (platinum), #49 Japan
--Live at Wembley '86 (1992) #2 UK (gold) #53 US (platinum), #80 Japan
--Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004) #20 UK (gold), #85 Japan
--Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (2005) #12 UK (silver), #14 Japan
-COMPILATIONS
--Greatest Hits (EMI, Elektra: 1981;
Hollywood Records: 1992 (US reissue); Parlophone: 1994) #1 UK (13x platinum), #14 US (7x platinum), #9 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Netherlands. Sales to date in excess of 26 million copies worldwide (incl. the 1992 re-release).
--The Best Of Queen (1980) (A variation of Queen's "Greatest Hits" from Poland and Korea)
--The Complete Works (1985) - all albums from 1973-1985 plus bonus material
--Queen at the Beeb (1989) #67 UK; Queen at the BBC (US/Hollywood: 1995)
--Greatest Hits II (1991) #1 in UK (8x platinum), Argentina (Diamond award), Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Germany (4x platinum), Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, #80 Japan; sales to date in excess of 15 million copies worldwide
--Classic Queen (US and Canada only: 1992) #4 US (3x platinum), Canada (5x platinum)
--Greatest Hits I & II - Two CD Set (1994) #37 UK
--Queen Rocks (1997) #7 UK, #10 Japan
--The Crown Jewels (1998)
--Greatest Hits III (1999) #5 UK, #25 Japan, #2 Austria, #4 Switzerland
--The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III - Three CD Set (2000) #2 UK (3x platinum), #48 US (gold). Sales in excess of 3 million albums (9 million single units) within Europe.
--Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition (US only: 2004) #42 US
--Jewels (Japan only: January 28, 2004) #1 Japan sales in excess of 1.8 million
--Jewels II (Japan only: January 26, 2005) #9 Japan
-TRIBUTE ALBUMS
--Dragon Attack - A Tribute to Queen (1997)
--Tributo A Queen: Los Grandes del Rock en Español (1997) - in Spanish
--Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (August 9, 2005)
--Dynamite With A Laserbeam: Queen As Heard Through The Meat Grinder Of Three One G. (2005)