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**braca** · Thu April 19, 2007, 19:10

Originally posted by jimmypages59

Braca wrote;

jimmypages59 wrote:
Queen - Live At Wembley '86 (Shop Sales)
1992 --- 46,535
Queen - Live At Wembley '86 (Music Club Sales)
Total Sales --- 479,551
Relates to CD/LP/CAS

Originally posted by jimmypages59

Many thanks for this!
I knew it had picked up considerable back sales but did not expect 480K You do not list any Music Club Sales for 92 I assume you do not have any numbers available or were there none? Can you explain the jump in 2006 (and 2005) Cannot be that LAWS effect as it was issued in 2003
Cheers!

I've actually just noticed that my 1992 sales only start from July 1992, LAW 86 was released on 26th May of that year, so there are about 2 months (June & July) missing. In light of this I imagine it has easily passed 500,000 overall UK sales.

The Music Club sales only started in 1993, it's a bit like a movie, it gets released first into Cinemas, then you have to wait a few months until it is available to buy on DVD, Music Clubs have the same approach. The CD etc has to have been selling for a while into the shops etc then Music Clubs get them a few months later.

The sales jump can be explained as such. Between 1992 and 2003, the CD version had dealer price (Record Company to Retailer price) of �11.50-�13.99, then in 2003 it dropped to �9.15 and then in 2005 it dropped again to �4.60. So it has clearly been heavily reduced over the past few years hence the sales hikes.

understood! Yes 2 months of sales especially the 1st 2 months after release could represent significant sales. this are the 1st 5 weeks in the chart *2*-3-7-8-18 according the hanboo's Chart Histories thread - so yes well over 500K

**johnnyboy** · Fri April 20, 2007, 13:20

chart coutesy of MJ Dangerous

Queen In Europe

Queen - Queen : 0,8m
Queen - Queen 2 : 0,9m
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack : 1,3m
Queen - A Night At The Opera : 3,5m
Queen - A Day At Races : 1,7m
Queen - News Of The World : 2,5m
Queen - Jazz : 1,8m
Queen - Queen Live Killers : 1,2m
Queen - The Game : 1,4m
Queen - Flash Gordon : 1,2m
Queen - Greatest Hits : 11,9m
Queen - Hot Space : 1,4m
Queen - The Works : 2,5m
Queen - A Kind Of Magic : 3,2m
Queen - Live Magic : 1,8m
Queen - The Miracle : 3,0m
Queen - Innuendo : 3,4m
Queen - Greatest Hits II : 13,1m
Queen - Live At Wembley �86 : 2,6m
Queen - Greatest Hits I&II : 1,4m
Queen - Made In Heaven : 6,8m
Queen - Queen Rocks : 1,3m
Queen - Greatest Hits III : 1,9m
Queen - The Platinum Collection : 3,9m
Rest : 2,7m (Queen On Fire, Return Of the Champions, We Will Rock You etc...)

Total : 77,200,000

**johnnyboy** · Fri April 20, 2007, 13:22

**HUR** · Sat April 21, 2007, 15:18

Thank you Jimmypage59, great numbers.

**braca** · Sun April 22, 2007, 10:33

some data from mexico
http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificacio ... ido=buscar

**braca** · Sun April 22, 2007, 15:23

emimusic.com mexico
informed me by email in March 2005 of the following:
Gold certified
The game
Made in Heaven

Platinum
Greatest Hits vol 1
Greatest Hits vol 2
and
"it is very difficult to have updated sales"
so it is far from complete but it is something
following the criteria listed Gold was 100K platinum 250K

**braca** · Sun April 22, 2007, 21:22

LAWS has just been certified 3x Platin in Germany
and 7 times GOLD equals 175K (if I am not mistaken)
http://www.ifpi.de/

**braca** · Fri April 27, 2007, 22:52

http://www.queenmuseum.com/index.php?op ... iew&id=262
shows
customized award
Crazy Little thing called love presented to EMI Records Holland for 150.000 copies sold

and
A kind of Magic gold record from Japan.

and
I Want to Break Free UK BPI gold 500K ???

**HUR** · Sun April 29, 2007, 21:31

Originally posted by braca

LAWS has just been certified 3x Platin in Germany
and 7 times GOLD equals 175K (if I am not mistaken)
http://www.ifpi.de/

That�s really great. A real big seller.

**HUR** · Sun April 29, 2007, 21:36

It�s now over 290.000 in USA.

**EdWood** · Tue May 1, 2007, 23:31

'GH TOP 1M IN OZ
EMI have just comfirmed that Queen's 1981 release 'Greatest Hits' has now topped the 1million sales in Australia.'

**braca** · Wed May 2, 2007, 08:14

Originally posted by EdWood

'GH TOP 1M IN OZ
EMI have just comfirmed that Queen's 1981 release 'Greatest Hits' has now topped the 1million sales in Australia.'

link
http://www.queenonline.com/index2.php?section=1
and this is while under contract with EMI - elektra sales are not included.

**Lawyeris** · Thu May 3, 2007, 05:52

So untill when it does include the sales?

**braca** · Thu May 3, 2007, 12:19

Originally posted by Lawyeris

So untill when it does include the sales?

I have received this email from EMI Aus:
21 November 2003 - emimusic Australia
'We are actually at 13 x platinum (platinum in Australia is 70,000 units)! EMI Australia picked up their catalogue in 1984 so with Warner�s sales included (which I have no idea what they are), I would safely assume this album has sold over 1 million units in this country.'

**HUR** · Thu May 3, 2007, 22:14

That�s great, 1 miullion since 1984. The album was first released in 1981, and reached number 2 in the charts and spent 90 weeks, many of them between 1981 and 1982. It easily sold enough to be certified at least platinum, so i would say it could at 1.100.000.

It�s a little dissapointed that Queen never made a great impact in australia, but their DVD�s and the musical did it well.

Greatest hits 2 reached number 4 and 36 weeks on the charts. It was certified 4 platinum in 1992, and it could be 400.000 by now. "A night at the opera" was number one, during 2 weeks, and spent 36 weeks on the charts. It was the fourth best selling album of 1976. it could be at 300.000.

**HUR** · Thu May 3, 2007, 23:22

does anybody have information about Queen number one singles?. i want more than official information we know, no problem if it�s not really confirmed. Here is what we have:

-"Bohemian rhapsody": UK, Netherlands, ireland, ireland, Australia, Canada, New zealand.

-"Somebody to love": Netherlands

-"We are the cahmpions": France, USA

-"We will rock you": France, USA

-"Bycicle race": Europe

-"Fat bottomed girls": Europe

-"Crazzy little thing called love": USA, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Mexico

-"Another one bites the dust": USA, Canada, Argentina, Spain

-"Flash": Austria

-"under pressure": UK, Netherlands, Argentina

-"Radio ga-ga": Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Austria (in the weekly charts)

-"I want to break free": Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, South africa

-"Innuendo": UK, South africa

-"Bohemian rhapsody": UK, Ireland

-"These are the days of our lives": UK, Ireland

-"somebody to love" (from 1993): UK, Ireland, Spain

-"Heaven for every one": Argentina

-"We will rock you": UK

-"I was born to love you": Japan (on international charts)

Covers not credited to Queen:

-"We are the champions" (crazy frog): France

-"Don�t stop me now": UK

-"Too much ove will kill you" (Brian): Netherlands

Unconfirmed claims:

-"A kind of magic": number one in 35 (other sources say 42) countries?. seems not true

-"Love of my life": Argentina and Brazil?. It could be right about Argentina, simce it spent over a year in the charts and it was a record breaker at that time.

-"Las palabras de amor": number one in Poland?.

-"I want it all": number one in several european countries?. i don�t tink so.

-"I�m going slightly mad": number one in Hong kong. It seems strange

What about "Killer queen" and other singles?.

**MJDangerous** · Thu May 17, 2007, 13:27

Download in the US (without the new week) :

WE WILL ROCK YOU : 687 493
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY : 817 615
UNDER PRESSURE : 502 437

**EdWood** · Sat May 26, 2007, 16:23

Queen Album Chart Positions in UK this week:

93. (91) GREATEST HITS I II & III (Queen)
156. (173) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

Surely Greatest Hits will be the 1st Uk album to hit over 1000 weeks in the top 200? Its on about 932 at the moment

**slightlymad** · Thu May 31, 2007, 22:42

Some more great figures from MJDangerous, these are exact total sales in the UK as of this week.

Queen � Platinum Collection : 1,532,177

Queen - Live At Wembley 86 : 293,925 (DVD)

Does anybody know why Queen/EMI are not updating there UK sales awards, we now know for a fact that The Platinum Collection should be 5x Platinum and that the original Greatest Hits should now be certified 17x Platinum not 11x Platinum not to mention there entire back catalogue is in need of an update.

**EdWood** · Thu May 31, 2007, 23:26

Nicely said Slightlymad!

Interesting to see the updated figures.

For example, you could say that Night At the Opera should be at least 4 times platinum as it must have sold 1.3-.1.4 Million after 32 years!

If anyones interested Queen are still in the top 200 Album chart this week:

115. (93) GREATEST HITS I II & III (Queen)
138. (156) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

Greatest Hits must be the first album to sell 6 million albums in the UK - even with the platinum collection it still sells well!

Also in the Top Pop Catalog Chart in the USA - Queen Greatest Hits is currently at 16 (16 last week as well)
- 684 weeks on combined Billboard 200 + Top Pop Catalog Chart

**EdWood** · Thu June 7, 2007, 19:24

Update for this week in UK album Chart:

114. (115) GREATEST HITS I II & III (Queen)
116. (138) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

Greatest Hits nearly hits the top 100 (again)

In US Top Pop Catalog Chart :Queen Greatest Hits holds at 16 with 685 weeks on combined chart.....

**bestiamodesta** · Fri June 8, 2007, 11:09

Australian Certification for Queen DVD:

Greatest Video Hits I 4xPlatinum
Greatest Video Hits II 1xPlatinum
Live at Wembley 6xPlatinum
Live at the Bowl 3xPlatinum
Return of the Champions Gold
A night at the opera Gold

**HUR** · Sat June 9, 2007, 16:29

Originally posted by MJDangerous

Download in the US (without the new week) :

WE WILL ROCK YOU : 687 493
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY : 817 615
UNDER PRESSURE : 502 437

Thank you MJ Dangerous, great sales numbers. Since you seem to have the charts for that week, could you tell me the peak positions for this songs?. Besides, do you have any other?.

**HUR** · Sat June 9, 2007, 16:30

Originally posted by EdWood

Update for this week in UK album Chart:

114. (115) GREATEST HITS I II & III (Queen)
116. (138) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

Greatest Hits nearly hits the top 100 (again)

In US Top Pop Catalog Chart :Queen Greatest Hits holds at 16 with 685 weeks on combined chart.....

Than you Edwood. Many Queen fans here.

**HUR** · Sat June 9, 2007, 18:13

For JcGuzman:

Queen is Australia

-They had two number one singles: "Bohemian rhapsody" reached the top spot for two weeks and spent a massive 31 weeks on the charts; and "crazzy little thing called love" reached the number one for 7 weeks.

Other top ten singles:

-"We are the champions" (with "We will rock you"): number 8- 22 weeks on the charts.
-"Another one bites the dust": number 5- 21 weeks on the cahrts
-"under pressure": number 6
-"Radio ga-ga": number 2
-"I want to break free": number 9
-"A kind of magic": number 10
-"I want it all": number 10
-"Bohemian rhapsody" (with "These are the days of our lives"): number 5

Other top 20 or top 30 hits, that spent many weeks on the charts:

-"Killer queen": number 24- 30 weeks on charts
-"Somebodt to love": number 15- 22 weeks on the charts

"Bohemian rhapsody" was aparently certified 2 platinum in that country (which should be, if I�m not wrong, 300.000).

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