Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[loris39]

Italian chart
- album:


#54 Greatest Hits II
#79 Greatest Hits I


- dvd:


#9 Rock Montreal

[HUR]

South Korea:

#48 Greatest Hits

Thank you for the weekly updates, Loris.

"Greatest Hits" has been doing very well in South Korea this year, after reaching #3.

Apart from that, "Don't Stop Me Now" has been charting in the singles chart for the past few weeks. Here are its weekly chart positions (with exact sales):

South Korea

Digital sales

Don't Stop Me Now
16.04.2011: 70 (5,739)
23.04.2011: 19 (11,869)
30.04.2011: 76 (4,005)
07.05.2011: 80 (4,054)
14.05.2011: 87 (3,711)
21.05.2011: 117 (2,802)
28.05.2011: 129 (3,550)
04.06.2011: 133 (3,657)

[loris39]

UK Top 40 Mids:

Greatest Hits #39

USA I-Tunes Top 10 Rock Albums:

Greatest Hits #9

USA I-Tunes Top 100 Albums:

Greatest Hits #44

[EdWood]

Queen still have both Greatest Hits albums in the UK top 75 album chart - this week....

36. (25) GREATEST HITS [REMASTERED] (Queen)
56. (47) GREATEST HITS II [REMASTERED] (Queen)

[EdWood]

Very interesting figures Topicel and HUR - thanks!

In the UK album charts this week as well as both Greatest Hits charting....

159. (92) DEEP CUTS - VOL 1 – 1973-1976 (Queen)
200. (RE) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA [REMASTERED] (Queen)

Singles chart:

192. (RE) DON'T STOP ME NOW (Queen)

[HUR]

Thank you, Topicel. Very interesting sales details. Thank you for the kind words, it is nice to read that about me.

"A Night At The Opera" has sold very well in the UK since 1977.

Japan

Sales during 2011 (remasters)

Greatest Hits
12.01.2011: 26
19.01.2011: 39
26.01.2011: 80
02.02.2001: 89
09.02.2011: 100
16.02.2011: 138
23.02.2011: 188
02.03.2011: 146
09.03.2011: 192
16.03.2011: 227
23.03.2011: 229
30.03.2011: 119
06.04.2011: 283

Sales: 15,171

Greatest Hits II
12.01.2011: 34
19.01.2001: 57
26.01.2011: 94
02.02.2011: 110
09.02.2011: 118
16.09.2011: 180
23.02.2011: 224
02.03.2011: 185
09.03.2011: 237
16.03.2011: 291
23.03.2011: 204

Sales: 11,261

Queen
16.03.2011: 87
23.03.2011: 144

Sales: 1,640

Queen II
16.03.2011: 82
23.03.2011: 181

Sales: 1,721

Sheer Heart Attack
16.03.2011: 89
23.03.2011: 141

Sales: 1,628

A Night At The Opera
16.03.2011: 73
23.03.2011: 117
30.03.2011: 293
06.04.2011: 292

Sales: 2,610

A Day At The Races
16.03.2011: 90
23.03.2011: 146

Sales: 1,567

Those are the sales of their albums while inside the Top 300.

"Deep Cuts" didn't chart in the Top 300.

[Topicel]

HUR, I think your posts were a huge amount of information to take it quite honestly! normally people only post a sentence or some figures, but you posted the equivalent of a chapter!! I always though find your posts fascinating but sometimes I don't know what to reply to!! please though keep posting your posts, you are the best on the website I think!

You can say that again!

Hur posts are great and full of interesting figures.

Thanks again, Hur

I would like to say that about HUR too - always full of what we are here for, stats and figures. And what is more he is a gentleman and a conscientious statistical hobbyist who doesn't let his admiration for his favourite band - with imho the top lead vocalist/personality of any group - lead him to over-exagerrate his estimations. To uncover all the research details that he does - internet or no internet - from Argentina is simply impressive.

My time visiting this thread for the first time in months this evening has been enjoyable, so just for you HUR, from the old timer's figures, and seeing as it had been mentioned above by you and JP59:

ANATO - end of Feb 76

LP - 531,713
Cassette - 69,264
8-track - 13,517

Now, based on this, it would seem that 1.5m is more than a certainty to me...

And I bought it too!

Topicel

[loris39]

Various charts...

South Korea:

#48 Greatest Hits

Canada:

#88 Absolute Greatest

Republic of Ireland:

#61 Absolute Greatest

Netherlands Top 50 Back Catalogue:

#31 A Night At The Opera

Italy:

#74 Greatest Hits II (seventh week in the Top-100)
#79 Greatest Hits (second week in the Top-100)

Italian DVD Chart:

#10 Rock Montreal

[EdWood]

Good news - Queen are back in the UK top 75 album chart - Queen's Greatest Hits is at number 25 - no sales given but 'Death Cab For Cutie' at number 24 sold 5904 copies so Queen probably sold 5,800?

Queen's Greatest Hits 2 is at number 47 - no figures but The Saturdays at number 98 sold 1471 copies so maybe Queen sold 3,500?

[loris39]

Irish Chart:

#44 Absolute Greatest

Canadian charts:

#86 Absolute Greatest

France Top 40 Compilations:

#36 Greatest Hits I
#39 Greatest Hits II

Top 100 Best Selling Albums Of The 80s in UK:

#83 The Work (798,000 copies)
#78 A Kind Of Magic (805,000 copies)

Source:

Haven

[brian05]

Greatest Hits (One) (1981) - 5,795,000
Greatest Hits II (1992) - 3,840,000
Greatest Hits III (1999) - 665,000
The Platinum Collection (Hits I, II, & III) (2000) - 1,685,000

Amazing sales!
Who is buying these Hits albums?
Surely most Queen fans would have bought their copy years ago?
Are these new young first-time fans?
Will there not be a saturation figure for Hits I or will it just keep on selling?
It is truly amazing how it keeps on selling.

[loris39]

By wednesday 01-06-2011, Greatest Hits I was #27 in UK Top 40 Mids.

Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums

[loris39]

Wow, great HUR!!
Thanks for having posted these data: they are really interesting. 2010 was a year quite dull for the band, anyway they sold about 500,000 copies and this is a very positive figure.

PS: We hope that also Billboard will answer us sooner or later...

[slightlymad]

New UK Peak for Deep Cuts Volume 1

92 Queen Deep Cuts Vol1 1973-1976

Also charted this week

101 Queen's Greatest Hits 1
183 Queen's Greatest Hits 2

With the Brilliant new 2 part documentary shown on BBC2 over the bank holiday (with viewing figures of 2.4 million!) we could see all these releases chart higher this week

[jimmypages59]

A Night At The Opera (1975) - 280,000

Fits in really well with my previously supplied UK Retail Shipments of 332K 92-08, if we exclude 92/93, we get 308K and then maybe add in 7K for 09/10, about 315K shipped with 280K sold.

Greatest Hits (One) (1981) - 5,795,000
Greatest Hits II (1992) - 3,840,000

Could they supply you with individual figures for these albums, not the 'everything added together' totals?

[HUR]

Thank you for the info Irishguy. On Itunes UK album chart, Queen's Greatest Hits is currently at number 11 and Greatest Hits 2 at 26

Also really interesting figures HUR, where is the source where I can find this information - I would like to see if I can get any other acts figures?

Thank you, Edwood. The source is the Official Chart Company, as I said; but there is no link. It is information provided privately.

[EdWood]

Thank you for the info Irishguy. On Itunes UK album chart, Queen's Greatest Hits is currently at number 11 and Greatest Hits 2 at 26

Also really interesting figures HUR, where is the source where I can find this information - I would like to see if I can get any other acts figures?

[HUR]

New sales information coming from the UK:

Queen's UK Downloaded Singles in 2010

285,000

Queen's UK Album Sales in 2010

185,000

Just note that Queen didn't really sell many albums last year in the UK. As we all know, they didn't make the Musicweek's annual ranking; however, we are lucky to have found an alternative way to know what their albums and singles sales were during 2010.

It was a quiet year for them, as previously stated. Yet they sold 470,000 albums and singles combined; adding the few thousands they will have sold with their music videos, I would assume they are likely to have achieved nearly 500,000 copies in records sales. Considering that last year was bad for them and that they still managed to sell that amount, it just goes to prove how big they are in that country.

Queen's Total Digital Downloads in UK from 2004 to January 2011

2,090,000

The Official Chart Company began counting digital sales in September 2004.

Queen Singles - UK Download Sales to early January 2011 (since September 2004)

Seven Seas Of Rhye - 11,000
Killer Queen - 36,000
Bohemian Rhapsody - 180,000
You're My Best Friend - 28,000
Somebody To Love - 41,000
We Are The Champions - 80,000
We Will Rock You - 107,000
Don't Stop Me Now - 290,000
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - 38,000
Another One Bites The Dust - 58,000
Flash - 14,000
Under Pressure (+ David Bowie) - 85,000
Radio Ga Ga - 50,000
I Want To Break Free - 69,000
It's A Hard Life - 4,000
Thank God It's Christmas - 8,000
One Vision - 29,000
A Kind Of Magic - 50,000
I Want It All - 23,000
Breakthru - 6,000
Innuendo - 6,000
These Are The Days Of Our Lives - 43,000
Heaven For Everyone - 4,000
A Winter Tale - 4,000
Let Me Live - 1,000
Another One Bites The Dust (Queen/Wyclef Jean Ft. Pras Michael) - 2,000
We Will Rock You (Five & Queen) - 8,000

Queen Albums

A Night At The Opera (1975) - 280,000
Greatest Hits (One) (1981) - 5,795,000
Greatest Hits II (1991) - 3,840,000
Greatest Hits III (1999) - 665,000
The Platinum Collection (Hits I, II, & III) (2000) - 1,685,000
The Cosmos Rocks (2008) - 90,000
Absolute Greatest (2009) - 680,000

The total for "A Night At The Opera" is from early 1994 to 2010.

Queen Music Videos

Queen Rock Montreal DVD (2007) - 80,000
Queen Rock Montreal Blu-Ray (2007) - 11,150
Live In Ukraine - 17,000

Courtesy of the Official Chart Company.

At last - after the bank holiday weekend themed BBC programming - "Greatest Hits" is making a pn appearance in the midweek UK Top 40 albums.

[Wayne]

The BBC produced a programme titled 'Queen - Days of Our Lives' [you can watch it online here if you're from the UK, not sure if you can watch it outside of the UK]. Anyway, its mighty interesting, although I'm not sure if its an old programme or a recent one. It contains lots of vintage interviews with Freddie Mercury and the other members + industry critics and insiders. The snyopsis reads as this:

In 1971, four university students got together to form a band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever. Their story is a remarkable one, a narrative that covers early struggles, huge obstacles, success, arguments, breakups, triumph, tragedy and an enduring legacy - all against a backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe.

In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Guiding us through an extensive archive full of hitherto unseen footage, the documentary reveals how four strong-minded individuals, all capable of writing massive hit songs, worked together so successfully for four decades. Queen never did anything by halves - meaning their highs were massive, but their lows catastrophic. It is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humour and painful honesty.

[slightlymad]

New UK Peak for Deep Cuts Volume 1

92 Queen Deep Cuts Vol1 1973-1976

[loris39]

In 2010, the DVD Rock Montreal was certified Platinum in Germany.
Source:

http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_plati ... #topSearch

[loris39]

Italy Charts Top 100 Albums:

#89 Greatest Hits II (5th week in the Top 100 in 2011)

Italy DVD Charts:

#10 Rock Montreal

Italy Digital Single:

#120 Don't Stop Me Now
#150 Bohemian Rhapsody
#182 We Are The Champions

[trueno]

From brianmay.com:

"Record Store Day dominates physical singles sales"

... RSD exclusives dominated a physical singles market headed this week by Queen's 7" vinyl reissue of Keep Yourself Alive.

Top 10 Physical Singles
Position Title Artist Label
1 Keep Yourself Alive Queen Island RSD Exclusive
2 The Butcher/Supercollider Radiohead XL Recordings RSD Exclusive
3 I Know Him So Well Peter Kay & Susan Boyle Syco Music
4 Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Arctic Monkeys Domino Recordings RSD Exclusive
5 Ceremony/In A Lonely Place New Order/Joy Division Rhino RSD Exclusive
6 The Magnificent Seven Clash Sony Music RSD Exclusive
7 Shoot To Thrill/War Machine AC/DC Sony Music RSD Exclusive
8 Brown Sugar Rolling Stones UMC RSD Exclusive
9 Born This Way Lady Gaga Interscope RSD Exclusive
10 Gold Forever Wanted Geffen RSD Exclusive


Source: Official Charts Company

[borderwolf]

Poland
march 2011: monthly shipments

20 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA - QUEEN

22 SHEER HEART ATTACK - QUEEN

23 QUEEN II - QUEEN

24 A DAY AT THE RACES - QUEEN

25 QUEEN - QUEEN

75 DEEP CUTS 1973/1976 - QUEEN