Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[EdWood]

This week in Canadian Album charts:

Canada

3wks(62) 60 CLASSIC QUEEN

124wks (92) 72 GREATEST HITS


In UK album charts - Queens Greatest Hits is at 89 down from 87.

[borderwolf]

Poland
monthly (december 2008) shipments chart

# 39
SINGLES BOXSET VOL.1 - QUEEN

[HUR]

"Queen rck montreal" has now been certified platinum in Argentina (4,000 copies shipped). It re-entered the monthly charts in december, both editions charting in the top 20, at #5 and #12, respectvely.

Queen in Argentina:

2002- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert - 4,000
2003- Live At Wembley ´86 - 4,000
2004- Queen On Fire - 4,000
2003- Gretet Video Hits 2 - 4,000
2005- Return Of The Champions - 2,000
2007- Queen Rock Montreal - 4,000
2008- Live In Japan - 4,000
2002- Greatest Video Hits - 4,000

Total: 30,000

[slightlymad]

Queen's UK Album Sales Update

73-83- sold ?????????
1984 - sold 1,010,000
1985 - sold 460,000
1986 - sold 1,463,000
1987 - sold 758,000
1988 - sold 313,000
1989 - sold 861,000
90-99- sold 7,282,000 - average 728,200 per year
2000 - sold 438,000
2001 - sold 390,000 approx.
2002 - sold 930,000
2003 - sold 471,000
2004 - sold 430,000 approx.
2005 - sold 620,000
2006 - sold 640,000
2007 - sold 408,357
2008 - sold 363,830

Total- sold 16,838,187 (Edit - Thanks HUR & Edwood)

(All totals from UKmix)

[nucleardolphin]

I was wondering if someone could show the end of year charts for the UK, that is the top 50 here, Im not a paying member of music week so its not possible, also any other end of year charts for various countries, cheers.

[HUR]

Yes, but other than that, great figures there, Slightlymad. It would be interesting to note that music club sales (which represented anywhere between 15% and 25% at some point) and some retailers aren´t sampled by Musicweek, so the actual amount of copies shipped is actually higher.

If we go by minimum shipments, Queen sold at least 19,292,124 copies overall.

Some code for Brazil:

Queen - Collection 2
AA40000
AB????
AC15000

Queen - A Night At The Opera
AH9000

"Collection 2" has already shipped 55,000 copies at least, with "AB" missing. The total could be at around 70,000 overall. Enough for a pltinum award.

[EdWood]

Queen's UK Album Sales Update

73-83- sold ?????????
1984 - sold 1,010,000
1985 - sold 460,000
1986 - sold 1,463,000
1987 - sold 758,000
1988 - sold 313,000
1989 - sold 861,000
90-99- sold 7,282,000 - average 728,200 per year
2000 - sold 438,000
2001 - sold 390,000 approx.
2002 - sold 930,000
2003 - sold 471,000
2004 - sold 430,000 approx.
2005 - sold 620,000
2006 - sold 640,000
2007 - sold 408,357
2008 - sold 295,316

Total- sold 16,769,673

(All totals from UKmix)

Slightlymad, the figure you have quoted for 2008 is actually the number of singles Queen sold that year. They actually sold 363,830 albums in the UK last year according to Musicweek.

[slightlymad]

Queen's UK Album Sales Update

73-83- sold ?????????
1984 - sold 1,010,000
1985 - sold 460,000
1986 - sold 1,463,000
1987 - sold 758,000
1988 - sold 313,000
1989 - sold 861,000
90-99- sold 7,282,000 - average 728,200 per year
2000 - sold 438,000
2001 - sold 390,000 approx.
2002 - sold 930,000
2003 - sold 471,000
2004 - sold 430,000 approx.
2005 - sold 620,000
2006 - sold 640,000
2007 - sold 408,357
2008 - sold 363,830

Total- sold 16,838,187 (Edit - Thanks HUR)

(All totals from UKmix)

[HUR]

Soundscan sales as of this week:

634 HOL 73 44 39 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 2,995 3,899 -23 6,597,426

13 HOL 114 81 75 QUEEN GREATEST HITS-WE WILL ROCK YOU 2,197 2,852 -23 806,605

2 HOL 195 QUEEN PLATINUM COLLECTION 1,402 1,631 -14 654,123

[borderwolf]

Canada

2wks (136) 62 CLASSIC QUEEN
QUEEN

123wks (67) 92 GREATEST HITS
QUEEN

[Wayne]

some info about Queen from the UK end of year charts from 2008...

Queen were the 46th best selling singles artists with total singles sales of 295,316. The biggest seller was Don't Stop Me Now which was the 135th best selling single of 2008 (with sales of about 75,000). They were the 47th best selling albums artist with total album sales of 363,830. Biggest selling album was Greatest Hits, number 135 for the year (sales about 120,000), with GH I,II and III at number 149 (sales at about 105,000).

The sales for Don't Stop Me Now and the two Greatest Hits collections are "guesstimates" but are within 5,000 sales of actual sales figures.

Is it possible for you to post Celine's details on her page? (i.e. her Music Week position - she must've been a top selling artist - my love ultimate essential collection sold nearly 400k last year) Thankyou in advance!

[HUR]

Total DVDs shipments in UK:

The Freddie Mercury tribute concert - 45,473
Greatest video hits 1 - 190,413
Made in heaven - The films - 11,360
Live at wembley ´86 - 322,167
Greatest video hits 2 - 148,935
Queen on fire - 160,199
Return of the champions - 83,597
A night at the opera - 6,915
Queen rock Montreal - 71,290

Total: 1,040,349

Where did you get these figures from?

Information provided by Jimmypage59.

[Aries]

Gfk figures (=French HDD) of Queen. French sales 2003-2008 :

Very interesting. Thanks! Where can we get figures from Gfk? You also posted sales about Madonna and Michael Jackson. Do you know anything about U2?

[nelson]

Total DVDs shipments in UK:

The Freddie Mercury tribute concert - 45,473
Greatest video hits 1 - 190,413
Made in heaven - The films - 11,360
Live at wembley ´86 - 322,167
Greatest video hits 2 - 148,935
Queen on fire - 160,199
Return of the champions - 83,597
A night at the opera - 6,915
Queen rock Montreal - 71,290

Total: 1,040,349

Where did you get these figures from?

[HUR]

Total DVDs shipments in UK:

The Freddie Mercury tribute concert - 45,473
Greatest video hits 1 - 190,413
Made in heaven - The films - 11,360
Live at wembley ´86 - 322,167
Greatest video hits 2 - 148,935
Queen on fire - 160,199
Return of the champions - 83,597
A night at the opera - 6,915
Queen rock Montreal - 71,290

Total: 1,040,349

[nelson]

Well Nelson, I know you are making fun of me, but what´s wrong with those totals estimated?. They looked fine and are as accurate as they can be.

You are wrong.

[HUR]

Yes, in that aspect, it is true. Specially, seen as their catalog raised a lot in other countries like Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK.

But still, comparatively speaking, France was never their biggest market, and they were still able to sell as much as acts like Elvis Presley or Phil Collins, and more than Abba, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and many more in terms of overall total sales.

[MJDangerous]

Still, are you disappointed?. I was expecting even less for some albums. This means they sold an estimated 541,437 on catalog if we remove albums released after 2003.

That's not bad but I was expecting much more to be honest. I have only check full sales of Jackson/Madonna/Queen up to now, and comparing to Jackson for example is kinda shocking. 'Thriller' sold more than PC, Bad/Dangerous/Off The Wall sold respectively as much as GH/GHII/LAW86, Invincible, History CD1 or History 2CD would have been all their biggest studio catalog album if they were a Queen album and even Blood On The Dancefloor would have been their second biggest.
That is without even checking his compilations sold in that time, which sold almost 600k together and canabalized a lot of his sales. I was expecting sales in the 50-5k range rather than 22-3k.

That said, when I see the biggest Beatles studio album at 30K, it isn't bad. Even if the Beatles sold loads of compilations.

[HUR]

Well Nelson, I know you are making fun of me, but what´s wrong with those totals estimated?. They looked fine and are as accurate as they can be.

[nelson]

On the year-end DVD charts in Italy (FIMI):

#8 - Live at wembley ´86
#11 - Quen rock montreal

I estimated around 115,000 copies for "Live at wmebley ´86" and 25,000 for "Queen rock montreal".

Well done, very good estimations, I love this thread.

[HUR]

On the year-end DVD charts in Italy (FIMI):

#8 - Live at wembley ´86
#11 - Quen rock montreal

I estimated around 115,000 copies for "Live at wmebley ´86" and 25,000 for "Queen rock montreal".

[Lawyeris]

I've sent you a PM about other Queen info...

WTF??? We also want to know about Queen everything you know:}

[HUR]

some info about Queen from the UK end of year charts from 2008...

Queen were the 46th best selling singles artists with total singles sales of 295,316. The biggest seller was Don't Stop Me Now which was the 135th best selling single of 2008 (with sales of about 75,000). They were the 47th best selling albums artist with total album sales of 363,830. Biggest selling album was Greatest Hits, number 135 for the year (sales about 130,000), with GH I,II and III at number 149 (sales at about 105,000).

The sales for Don't Stop Me Now and the two Greatest Hits collections are "guesstimates" but are within 5,000 sales of actual sales figures.

Thank you, Robbie. Wonderful information, very valuable.

I think, although not completely sure, that there is a slight chance that their new album (released under the moniker "Q+PR") may have been excluded from their totals. I mean, according to your guessed figures, their two lead compilations ("Greatest hits 1" and "Platinum collection") sold abut 245,000 copies combined. This means that when we add "Greatest hits 2" (which did fairly well over the last quarter in the top 200 and the catalog chrts) and "The cosmos rocks", we get roughly 350,000 copies.

I know their catalog sales are down, but i find hard to believe they sold only a mere 13,000 copies with all of their other albums put together.

Their other albums are now quite hard to find, I've never seen them on sale for quite some time.

I've sent you a PM about other Queen info...

I think that the fact their songs sell so well on digital format as individual tracks may also affect their catalog sales, as they are sometimes regarded as a "singles band".

Thank you, Robbie.

[Robbie]

some info about Queen from the UK end of year charts from 2008...

Queen were the 46th best selling singles artists with total singles sales of 295,316. The biggest seller was Don't Stop Me Now which was the 135th best selling single of 2008 (with sales of about 75,000). They were the 47th best selling albums artist with total album sales of 363,830. Biggest selling album was Greatest Hits, number 135 for the year (sales about 130,000), with GH I,II and III at number 149 (sales at about 105,000).

The sales for Don't Stop Me Now and the two Greatest Hits collections are "guesstimates" but are within 5,000 sales of actual sales figures.

Thank you, Robbie. Wonderful information, very valuable.

I think, although not completely sure, that there is a slight chance that their new album (released under the moniker "Q+PR") may have been excluded from their totals. I mean, according to your guessed figures, their two lead compilations ("Greatest hits 1" and "Platinum collection") sold abut 245,000 copies combined. This means that when we add "Greatest hits 2" (which did fairly well over the last quarter in the top 200 and the catalog chrts) and "The cosmos rocks", we get roughly 350,000 copies.

I know their catalog sales are down, but i find hard to believe they sold only a mere 13,000 copies with all of their other albums put together.

Their other albums are now quite hard to find, I've never seen them on sale for quite some time.

I've sent you a PM about other Queen info...

[HUR]

some info about Queen from the UK end of year charts from 2008...

Queen were the 46th best selling singles artists with total singles sales of 295,316. The biggest seller was Don't Stop Me Now which was the 135th best selling single of 2008 (with sales of about 75,000). They were the 47th best selling albums artist with total album sales of 363,830. Biggest selling album was Greatest Hits, number 135 for the year (sales about 130,000), with GH I,II and III at number 149 (sales at about 105,000).

The sales for Don't Stop Me Now and the two Greatest Hits collections are "guesstimates" but are within 5,000 sales of actual sales figures.

Thank you, Robbie. Wonderful information, very valuable.

I think, although not completely sure, that there is a slight chance that their new album (released under the moniker "Q+PR") may have been excluded from their totals. I mean, according to your guessed figures, their two lead compilations ("Greatest hits 1" and "Platinum collection") sold abut 245,000 copies combined. This means that when we add "Greatest hits 2" (which did fairly well over the last quarter in the top 200 and the catalog chrts) and "The cosmos rocks", we get roughly 350,000 copies.

I know their catalog sales are down, but I find hard to believe they sold only a mere 13,000 copies with all of their other albums put together.