Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[jcguzman]

Greatest Hits vol 1 is at 21 in Chile.

[nucleardolphin]

amazing, thanks!! do you have catalogue sales for other countries?

[HUR]

Thank you, Luca. A lot of Queen albums have re-entered that chart last year, including their old compilations and even "The Miracle". And now, "Queen Jewels", which I guess is import from Japan.

Updated UK sales:


Rock Montreal (CD & LP)
2007 --- 39,694
2008 --- 3,145
Total --- 42,839

Queen - A Night At The Opera
1992 --- 11,241
1993 --- 13,182 --- 484
1994 --- 13,303 --- 553
1995 --- 11,499 --- 9,068
1996 --- 9,200 --- 6,465
1997 --- 12,186 --- 1,633
1998 --- 12,400 --- 372
1999 --- 10,723 ---
2000 --- 8,050 ---
2001 --- 14,541 --- 85
2002 --- 7,799 --- 1,814
2003 --- 18,056 --- 422
2004 --- 14,941 --- 220
2005 --- 93,786 --- 95
2006 --- 73,212 ---
2007 --- 3,992 ---
2008 --- 3,964 ---
Totals --- 332,075 --- 21,211 --- 353,286

1st Column is Shop sales, 2nd Column is Club Sales

Queen - Platinum Collection
2000 --- 51,882
2001 --- 41,340
2002 --- 844,115
2003 --- 250,709
2004 --- 153,170
2005 --- 157,929
2006 --- 66,968
2007 --- 77,804
2008 --- 126,923
Total --- 1,770,840

-Poor total for "Queen Rock Montreal", although somehow expected, as the DVD was released on the same week.

-Nice boost by "A Night At The Opera", even if it shipped poorly during both 2007 and 2008. But the last figure we had was from june, 2006, and the album was largely stocked over the second half of that year.

-"Platinum Collection", whenever it is released again, will eventually reach 6 times platinum (1,800,000).

There is more to come when I complete everything.

This was all kindly provided by Jimmy.

[borderwolf]

Just found, for HUR:

Korea
unofficial DAILY pop chart
http://www.hanteo.com/rank/chart.asp?Pa ... &genre=pop

#15 Jewels
Queen

[Mael]

Billboard Chart Update (2009-03-26):

Top Pop Catalogue Albums:
#26 – Greatest Hits

Billboard Comprehensive Albums:
#188 – Greatest Hits

[HUR]

Queen - Greatest Hits
1992 --- 152,652 (July Onwards)
1993 --- 150,682
1994 --- 174,173
1995 --- 147,638
1996 --- 173,316
1997 --- 113,397
1998 --- 122,610
1999 --- 156,211
2000 --- 135,813
2001 --- 101,514
2002 --- 67,318
2003 --- 46,653
2004 --- 28,971
2005 --- 79,127
2006 --- 173,360
2007 --- 63,873
2008 --- 106,955
Total --- 1,994,263

Queen - Greatest Hits II
1992 --- 518,472 (July Onwards)
1993 --- 168,070
1994 --- 171,741
1995 --- 161,760
1996 --- 147,219
1997 --- 92,892
1998 --- 77,739
1999 --- 99,796
2000 --- 87,524
2001 --- 56,647
2002 --- 40,814
2003 --- 24,438
2004 --- 11,147
2005 --- 37,616
2006 --- 76,764
2007 --- 18,674
2008 --- 46,394
Total --- 1,837,607

Queen - Greatest Hits III (Retail)
1999 --- 244,673
2000 --- 168,711
2001 --- 26,625
2002 --- 29,363
2003 --- 14,642
2004 --- 3,329
2005 --- 10,210
2006 --- 33,057
2007 --- 8,930
2008 --- 2,248
Total --- 541,788

Queen - Greatest Hits III (Club)
2000 --- 49,968
2001 --- 12,462
2002 --- 3,445
2003 --- 440
2004 --- 241
2005 --- 365
2006 --- 125
2007 --- 47
Total --- 67,093

Overall total --- 608,881



Total sales since 1992: 10,946,871

Thanks to Jimmypage59.

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

If Queen were still together today as the original line up they would be the biggest band in the world

[slightlymad]

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

If Queen were still together today as the original line up they would be the biggest band in the world

[nucleardolphin]

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

[borderwolf]

Incindentally, now that we were talking abut Queen DVDs sales worldwide, we have a new certifications for Queen's "Live At Wembley '86". It was certifed gold in Belgium, in 2007, for sales of 25,000 copies.

Where did you found this?

[HUR]

VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

Where did you get that? Never heard of video chart in 80s.

There were no charts back in the 80's. They started in april, 1991, as a bi-weekly chart. Enno (a german poster of this forum) was kindly enough to provide this information. In the all-time list, based on pints, Queen are #2.

Incidentally, now that we were talking abut Queen DVDs sales worldwide, we have a new certifications for Queen's "Live At Wembley '86". It was certifed gold in Belgium, in 2007, for sales of 25,000 copies.

Nuclear, MJDangerous has estimated each Queen album in UK, one by one, on this site: http://fanofmusic.free.fr/BestSellers.php?Act=Queen

The total adds up for 24 million albums.

[nucleardolphin]

I was wondering if someone knew Queen's album sales in the UK for all their albums. They are huge in the UK and always have been, was wondering how they catalogue sales hold up in comparison to other bands from that era. Cheers.

[Indostar]

Many thanks HUR I'll update my topic!!

[nelson]

VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

Where did you get that? Never heard of video chart in 80s.

[HUR]

many thanks HUG for these numbers!! They are for my topic

My pleasure. Neatly compiled. I noticed you added some of my DVDs estimations, many of which I posted a while ago. I have some more updated ones, thanks to a couple of figures I was able to find (just like I decided to raise some sales from Japan, as I was using Oricon sales only).


DVDs

- We Will Rock You (1997/1999)
USA: 425,000 #26 (36)
Brazil: 25,000

Total worldwide: 450,000

- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (2002)
Europe: 170,000
UK: 45,000
Germany: 25,000
France: 10,000
Italy: 15,000
Spain: 12,000
Netherlands: 25,000
Poland: 10,000

USA: 20,000 #31 (2)
Canada: 5,000

Australia: 15,000

Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000
Brazil: 30,000+

Total worldwide: 300,000


- Greatest Video Hits 1 (2002)
Europe: 560,000
UK: 200,000
Germany: 75,000 #1
France: 40,000
Italy: 50,000
Spain: 30,000
Netherlands: 60,000
Portugal: 20,000
Poland: 20,000
Sweden: #2
Denmark: #2
Norway: #6

USA: 100,000
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 105,000
New Zealand: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 30,000+
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000

Total worldwide: 950,000

- Live At Wembley ´86 (2003)

Europe: 1,200,000
UK: 330,000
Germany: 200,000 #1
Netherlands: 200,000 #1 (4)
Italy: 115,000 #1 (9) (130+)
France: 130,000
Portugal: 60,000
Sweden: 20,000 #1 (4) (117)
Poland: 20,000
Spain: 40,000 #1
Denmark: 4,000+ #1
Greece: #2
Austria: 5,000 #1

USA: 350,000
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 60,000 #1
New Zealand: 20,000 #1

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 50,000
Mexico: 20,000+
Argentina: 4,000+

South Africa: 25,000
United Arab Emirates: #1

Total worldwide: 1,950,000

- Greatest Video Hits 2 (2003)

Europe: 360,000
UK: 150,000
Germany: 50,000
France: 20,000
Netherlands: 25,000
Spain: 25,000
Portugal: 12,000
Poland: 10,000
Italy : 30,000
Ireland: #1
Greece: #2

USA : 35,000
Canada : 5,000

Australia : 15,000
New Zealand : 10,000

Japan : 25,000

Brazil: 20,000
Mexico : 10,000+
Argentina : 4,000+

Total worldwide : 550,000


- Queen On Fire (2004)
Europe: 560,000
UK: 165,000
Germany: 125,000 #1
France: 70,000
Spain: 30,000 #2
Italy: 40,000 #1
Portugal: 12,000
Swizerland: 3,000+
Austria: 5,000+ #1
Sweden: #1
Belgium: #1
Greece: #1
Hungary: #5
Estonia: #1
Netherlands: 40,000 #3

USA: 50,000+
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 45,000
New Zealand: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 20,000
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000+

Arabia Saudit: #1
United Arab Emirates: #2

Total worldwide: 800,000


- Return Of The Champions (2005)
Europe: 210,000
UK: 85,000
Germany: 40,000 #2
France: 10,000
Italy: 10,000 #4
Spain: 5,000 #6
Sweden: #3
Portugal 4,000 #7
Czech Republic: #1
Denmark: #10
Austria: #2
Netherlands: 20,000+ #2

USA: 10,000
Canada: 10,000

Australia: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 15,000
Argentina: 2,000 #3

Total worldwide: 350,000

- A Night At The Opera (2006)
Europe: 75,000
UK: 6,900
Germany: 10,000 #9
Italy: #2
Greece: #6
France: 5,000+

USA: 20,000

Australia: 15,000 #3

Brazil: 20,000

Total worldwide: 170,000

- Queen Rock Montreal (2007)
Europe: 240,000
UK: 80,000
Germany: 40,000 #2
France: 20,000 #10
Italy: 25,000 #1
Netherlands: 20,000 #1 (1)
Sweden: #1
Belgium: #3
Norway: #2
Ireland: #4
Czech Republic: #4
Finland: #4
Poland: 10,000
Switzerland: 3,000 #2
Portugal: 8,000

USA: 70,000
Canada: 15,000

Australia: 10,000 #9
New Zealand: 5,000+ #2

Japan: 15,000

Brazil: 18,000
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 2,000+

United Araba Emirates: #1

Total worlwide: 450,000

Others:

-Queen Jewels

Total worldwide: 50,000

-Final Live In Japan/Live In Japan
Japan: 10,000
Argentina: 4,000

Total worldwide: 30,000
-Made In Heaven - The Films
UK: 11,000
Brazil: 15,000

Total worldwide: 50,000
-Super Live In Japan

Total worldwide: 10,000

-Others

Total worldwide: 100,000+

Overall total: 6,210,000+

In Germany, Queen are one of the best (if not the very best) selling video band ever.

Here their stats up through april 2006 (charts exist since april, 1991):

Key: date of entry, tittle, peak, weeks on charts


VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

DVD/Video charts:
22.07.02 The Freddie Mercury tribute concert 5 - 7
04.11.02 Greatest video hits 1 - 28
23.06.03 Live at Wembley 1 - 36
17.11.03 Greatest video hits II 4 - 6
28.06.04 Live at Wembley Stadium 13 - 9
02.11.04 Queen on fire - Live at the Bowl 1 - 33
11.11.05 Return of the champions (Queen & Paul Rodgers) 2 - 30

[Indostar]

many thanks HUG for these numbers!! They are for my topic

[HUR]

Does anyone have estimate worlwide sales of these DVD and VHS ?
-Made in heaven: the movies
-We will rock you(1997-2001)
-The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
-Live in Budapest (2003)
-Concise Queen's London
-Super Live in Japan (2006)
-Final live in Japan (2007)
-Live in Japan (2007)
-A night at the opera (2007)
-Magic Moments (2009)
-Bohemian Champions (2009)
-Jewels (2007)
-Rare Live (vhs 1989)
-Classic Queen (vhs 1992)
-Live at Wembley 86' (VHS) (1992)
-Greatest Hits (VHS) (1994)
-Champions of the World (VHS) (1995)

Thanks

-Queen's "Made In Heaven - The Films" sold 11,000 copies in UK. In Brazil, it did 15,000+ copies too. That means 26,000+ from these too countries. Around 50,000 worldwide. Believe it or not, it shipped more in Brazil than in UK.

-"We Will Rock You" was certified double platinum in USA in november, 2002, for sales of 200,000. It should be at 250,000 by now. According to an article only the 2001's edition was certified: "The Record Industry Association of America has awarded Pioneer Entertainment's DVD release of QUEEN: WE WILL ROCK YOU an esteemed Double-Platinum certification for reaching over 200,000 units sold. Boasting newly restored, digitally re-mastered film, THX certification and unique anamorphic features, QUEEN: WE WILL ROCK YOU, released October 2001, continues to rock audiences around the world and generate retail ...". It had been released in 1997, selling 164,000 copies, according to Soundscan. In Brazil, it has shipped around 25,000. Worldwide, I estimated it at 450,000.

-"The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" sold around 300,000 copies worldwide.

-"Final Live In Japan" was released in 2004, in Japan alone, and sold 10,000+ copies (it reached #1 on the international chart). Then, "Live In Japan" was released in a few other countries, as a ripp-off from the original japanse edition (my copy isn't the best, really, in terms of quality). It was certified platinum in Argentina (4,000+) and peaked at #4. It was top 20 in other countries, like Italy, France and Sweden. It sold around 30,000 worldwide.

-"Super Live In Japan" sold about 10,000 copies. It was a japanese only release.

-"A Night At The Opera" was certified platinum in Australia (15,000), and sold 7,000 in UK. In Brazil, around 20,000 copies, overall. It reached the top 10 in many countries, notably in Italy, where it reached #2 ("M&D"), but in Greece, Germany, and others too. Worldwide, it sold around 150,000.

-"Queen Jewels" sold 33,000 copies in just about 10 weeks in Japan. It reached #1 in Japan during 5 weeks, even on the national chart with local acts as contenders. Around 50,000 copies, overall.

As for their VHSs, this is the only thing I know:


- Greatest Flix 1 (1981)

UK: #1 (115+) - #10 of 1992
Germany: #2 (52)
France: 10,000+
USA: #9 (23)


- Queen At Wembley (1990)
UK: #8 of 1992
Germany: #2 (76)
France: 60,000
Portugal: 2,000
USA:

- Greatest Flix 2 (1991)/Classic Queen (1992)
UK: #1 - # of 1992
Germany: #1 (112)
USA: #7 (11)

- Champions Of The World (1995)
Germany: #3 (54)
France: 10,000
USA: #7 (16)

[EdWood]

In UK album charts this week:

188. (180) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

UK DVD music chart:

17 (RE) Queen - Live At Wembley Stadium '86 (186 weeks)

[Indostar]

Does anyone have estimate worlwide sales of these DVD and VHS ?
-Made in heaven: the movies
-We will rock you(1997-2001)
-The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
-Live in Budapest (2003)
-Concise Queen's London
-Super Live in Japan (2006)
-Final live in Japan (2007)
-Live in Japan (2007)
-A night at the opera (2007)
-Magic Moments (2009)
-Bohemian Champions (2009)
-Jewels (2007)
-Rare Live (vhs 1989)
-Classic Queen (vhs 1992)
-Live at Wembley 86' (VHS) (1992)
-Greatest Hits (VHS) (1994)
-Champions of the World (VHS) (1995)

Thanks

[slightlymad]

Queen's Greatest Hits re-enters the US Catalogue Chart at No25. 761 weeks on chart and 8 x Platinum

[HUR]

Guys, I know I have posted this same stuff a couple of times in recent months, but all the new information always makes me change certain things here and there:

- Live At Wembley ´86 (2003)

-Europe: 1,200,000
UK: 330,000
Germany: 200,000
Netherlands: 200,000
Italy: 115,000
France: 130,000
Portugal: 60,000
Sweden: 20,000
Poland: 20,000
Spain: 40,000
Denmark: 4,000+
Greece: #2
Austria: 5,000 #1

Several notes:
-UK was up to 323,000 up through november, 2007, by now I added some further shipments to round up a figure
-Netherlands, it was at 102,000 by december, 2003, and raised to 115,000 two months after that. It was then certified double platinum on april, 2005, while still selling. It was the top selling DVD 2003, #9 in 2004 and #10 in 2005.
-In Sweden, it reached #1 during 4 weeks and has now spent 117 weeks in the top 20. I assumed it sold enough for a platinum (20,000).
-In Portugal, it had already been certified 11 times platinum in 2003 a few months after it was released. It then spent 78+ weeks on charts from april, 2004, up to now. It actually peaked at #2 in 2006.
-Italy is the most dificult country to sort out. I estimated annual sales from 2003 up to now.

The markets above add up 1,120,000 copies, overall. Checking the anual reports to be found on the IFPI oficial page, those countries represent 92% of the european continent. Assuming a similar success in the rest of the region, the DVD should now really be at 1,200,000.

Worlwide sales, over 1,900,000.

[borderwolf]

in greece it's based on release date
before 1/01/90 : 50.000 for gold : 30.000 after.and then 15.000 on 01/01/97 ; 10.000 on 01/09/02 ; 7.500 on 01/09/06 ; 5.000 on 01/06/07 (!!!)

Differences between international or local acts?

this list is international only

Thanks!

[john2000]

in greece it's based on release date
before 1/01/90 : 50.000 for gold : 30.000 after.and then 15.000 on 01/01/97 ; 10.000 on 01/09/02 ; 7.500 on 01/09/06 ; 5.000 on 01/06/07 (!!!)

Differences between international or local acts?

this list is international only

[borderwolf]

in greece it's based on release date
before 1/01/90 : 50.000 for gold : 30.000 after.and then 15.000 on 01/01/97 ; 10.000 on 01/09/02 ; 7.500 on 01/09/06 ; 5.000 on 01/06/07 (!!!)

Differences between international or local acts?

[john2000]

sorry, don't know. Maybe before 1996

[HUR]

in greece it's based on release date
before 1/01/90 : 50.000 for gold : 30.000 after.and then 15.000 on 01/01/97 ; 10.000 on 01/09/02 ; 7.500 on 01/09/06 ; 5.000 on 01/06/07 (!!!)

Thank you, man. I read that "Greatest Hits 1" went gold at one point (50,000), do you know if it is true?.