Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[HUR]

Did I miss something?. Why is it selling well?.

[braca]

i was not aware of this:

http://billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart ... tal+Albums

and new at 3 in the top pop catalog chart
"hot shot" I am sure Feddie would have loved being called hot shot!
http://billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart ... op+Catalog

GH is at 35 i believe

[HUR]

i was not aware of this:

http://billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart ... tal+Albums

[braca]

Top of the music
Top of the music - ACNielsen (CLASSIFICA ANNUALE 2006) ITALIA
D V D
Pos. N.
Sett. Titolo Artista Etichetta Distributore

1 25 PULSE PINK FLOYD EMI MKTG EMI
2 4 FIORELLO E BALDINI VISTI DA DIETRO FIORELLO RCA ITALIANA SONY BMG
3 52 CAMPOVOLO LIGABUE W.M.V.LOCALE WMI
4 5 NOME E COGNOME TOUR 2006 LIGABUE W.M.V.LOCALE WMI
5 14 TOURING THE ANGEL: LIVE IN MILAN DEPECHE MODE VIRGIN EMI
6 35 BUONI O CATTIVI LIVE ANTHOLOGY 04.05 ROSSI VASCO CAPITOL EMI
7 15 LOVER OF LIFE, SINGER OF SONGS MERCURY FREDDIE EMI MKTG EMI
8 40 LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM QUEEN EMI MKTG EMI
9 31 VERTIGO LIVE FROM CHICAGO U2 ISLAND UNIVERSAL MUSIC
10 46 PINK FLOYD LIVE AT POMPEI PINK FLOYD UNIVERSAL PICTURES UNIVERSAL PICTURES
11 27 CHASING TIME (THE BEDLAM SESSIONS) BLUNT JAMES EAST WEST WMI
12 16 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET MADONNA WARNER VISION INTL. WMI
13 38 THE WALL PINK FLOYD SMV ENTERPRISE SONY BMG
14 11 ZOO TV LIVE FROM SYDNEY U2 ISLAND UNIVERSAL MUSIC
15 20 BUON SANGUE LIVE JOVANOTTI MERCURY UNIVERSAL MUSIC
16 14 CONVIVO LIVE 2005 ANTONACCI BIAGIO IRIS (MERCURY) UNIVERSAL MUSIC
17 32 DE ANDRE' IN CONCERTO DE ANDRE', FABRIZIO RICORDI SONY BMG
18 16 SCORE DREAM THEATER WARNER VISION INTL. WMI
19 16 LIVE AT LAST ANASTACIA EPIC SONY BMG
20 17 GREATEST VIDEO HITS I QUEEN EMI MKTG EMI
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[HUR]

And in 2006, queen sold 993.000 albums in the usa.

We posted our messages at the same time.

[HUR]

And in 2006, Queen sold 993.000 copies in USA, and 640.000 in UK. Thta´s a total of 1.633.000. Their catalog sold well in countries like Italy, Spain and other.

And besides, Live at wembley sold about 46.000 copies during 2006. The total was at 251.000 at the end of 2005, which brings it up to 297.000. Dispite that, I have a figure of over 267.000 from 2005, which includes formats not counted in the previuos figure. This means that Live at wembley sold surely over 300.000 copies in UK.

[kingjack]

And in 2006, queen sold 993.000 albums in the usa.

[HUR]

Well, I have foun Queen total soundscan for 2004 and 2005. In 2004, Queen sold 942.000 copies, and in the following year, a total of 986.000. That´s a total of 1.928.000.

In Japan, Queen sold 1.780.001 in 2004, and at leat 190.000 during 2005. This figures includes the gold certification for Queen jewels 2 in that year, and the sales of Queen jewels 1 according to oricon. This brings the total up to 1.970.000 between both years. So we can say that Queen sold over 2 millions copies in Japan.

And in UK, we don´t have a figure for 2004, but we know that the Platinium collection sold 218.000 copies during that year. The sales in 2005 were 620.000. Therefore, Queen sold at least 838.000 copies. if we found the sales for 2004, Queen would be at about 900.000 copies between both years.

So Queen sold about 4.828.000 copies between those countries.

[braca]

NEW ZEALAND
Top-Selling DVDs of 2006
Based on YEAR TO DATE sales (January 01 2006 to December 10 2006). (*Based on chart performace during 2006 only).

Rank Title Artist Peak Weeks On - Weeks At #1 In Top10
1 P.U.L.S.E. Pink Floyd 1 22 18 22
2 Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions James Blunt 1 30 8 30
3 Vertigo: Live From Chicago U2 1 43 13 43
4 The Farewell Tour Part I The Eagles 2 50 0 50
5 Live At Wembley 1986 Queen 1 27 3 27
6 18 Videos U2 1 3 3 3
7 Greatest Video Hits I Queen 2 20 0 20
8 Love Is The New Hate: Live At Aotea Square Shihad 1 12 4 12
9 Life On The Murder Scene My Chemical Romance 2 10 0 10
10 The Dance Fleetwood Mac 2 18 0 18
11 On Fire At The Bowl Queen 3 13 0 13
12 Fantastic Voyages Vol 1 Fat Freddy's Drop 1 4 1 4
13 Zoo TV: Live From Sydney U2 2 10 0 10
14 Greatest Video Hits II Queen 4 8 0 8
15 Nature's Best: A Video Selection Various 3 14 0 14
16 Rod Stewart Live Rod Stewart 2 12 0 12
17 Family Jewels AC/DC 4 7 0 7
18 Encore Il Divo 3 15 0 15
19 Farewell To The World Crowded House 2 2 0 2
20 On The Night Dire Straits 7 3 0 3

Chart compiled by Media Sauce Ltd.
Phone 0800 022 711.

no sales numbers but thought that some of you might be interested

[cidermaster]

Cheers Dane,you know Rock,you know Tennis,now that cannot be bad, i mean plenty of cool girls like one of these,if not both!!!!!!!!

Cheers Cidermaster

[Dane]

Bjorn and Rod ;-)

[cidermaster]

That would normally be a cool poll win but with a very overated and overexposed boyband being heavily involved,takes the gloss off,somewhat!!!!!!

If this was a world tennis poll,it would be lke Tim Henman finishing 5th,with not a mention of Borg or Laver!!!!!!!

Cheers Cidermaster

PS Do you know who Borg and Laver could be????

[Lawyeris]

http://www.brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennews.html
Queen have edged out The Beatles in a another 'greatest band ever' poll, this time conducted by BBC Radio in the UK.
The eclectic rockers found themselves 400 votes ahead of The Beatles, in a poll of over 20,000 listeners. Respondents were asked to rate five bands, the others being The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Take That, who finished third through fifth respectively.
Queen's virtually unquestionable reputation as one of the finest live acts in rock history helped get them over the line, with respondents asked to vote in categories such as showmanship and live performances, as well as lyrics, songwriting and originality.
Undercover's resident psychic, Serena, claims she was able to communicate with the late Freddie Mercury about the result. He reportedly told her, "Darling, let me tell you that over the course of 2007, some 8,942 different acts will be declared the 'greatest band ever' in various time-filling radio polls. Now leave me alone, Mr Lennon lost the bet and owes me a wax."
:}:}:}:}:}:}

[Lawyeris]

I found this:
"Queen named 'Greatest British band of all time'"
They are the results of a new poll made by radio 2 in UK.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=174755

I'm a little bit surprised, 'cause the Beatles allways seemed untouchable. It just proves what a huge recognition of Queen these days in UK, if they can match even the Beatles! Besides, it's not the first time, when Queen overcome the Beatles.
On New Year's Eve, 2002, Virgin Radio counted down the full chart of Top British Artists, voted by britons and Queen toped this poll too:}
http://www.virginradio.co.uk/music/char ... tists.html
Its only a pity (and shame to britonsthat Queen cant match the Beatles by number of No 1 singles and number of weeks, spent there (also albums in this regard). I can't understand this, really.

[john2000]

Sweden 1992 year end album charts

[HUR]

I found this:

"Queen named 'Greatest British band of all time'"

They are the results of a new poll made by radio 2 in UK.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=174755

[Basil]

The list of UK videos has been edited into the post on UK albums - 2nd post on Page One.

Many thanks HUR.

[HUR]

Thank you John, for that information. I had also read that Greatest hits 2 was the second best selling album of 1992 in Sweden, but I wasn´t sure.

[HUR]

"We will rock You" is premiering in Toronto Canada in March 2007 it will be interesting to see how long a run it has and the affect on their sales in Canada

Yes, I read that the musical will be in Canada. Is it getting good promotion?.

Yea it is not sure it will do that well like it did it London cos they just dont have the same stature in Canada that they have in UK.In any event i will keep you posted how it is doing from someone who actually lives in the city where it is premiering

Thank you Classicrock, I wait for your information. And yes, Queen were not a very big act in Canada, or at least not as many as in their places.

[john2000]

#2 but one year in the top 50 (6 months in the top 10)

#2 of 1992 albums in sweden (GH 1 was #85)

Yes 24 weeks top 10... Good but not THAT good. Not at all suffisant to sold a million in Sweden. Massively successful albums like the eponymous o Nordman sold 'only' around 500k, despite 16 weeks at #1 and almost 2 years charted, Vapen & ammunition by Kent also sold this amount of copies with 7 weeks #1 and 10 months top 10. The same goes for Halmstads pärlor by Gyllene Tider, 20 weeks #1, 102 weeks top 60 in several different years and still nowhere near to a million.

BTW, do you have complete year end charts of Sweden ?

yes of course not a million I know that ;) but probably well over 200.000

You can find them on grammotex archives. I don't have to post them now but will do it next week if you want

[MJDangerous]

#2 but one year in the top 50 (6 months in the top 10)

#2 of 1992 albums in sweden (GH 1 was #85)

Yes 24 weeks top 10... Good but not THAT good. Not at all suffisant to sold a million in Sweden. Massively successful albums like the eponymous o Nordman sold 'only' around 500k, despite 16 weeks at #1 and almost 2 years charted, Vapen & ammunition by Kent also sold this amount of copies with 7 weeks #1 and 10 months top 10. The same goes for Halmstads pärlor by Gyllene Tider, 20 weeks #1, 102 weeks top 60 in several different years and still nowhere near to a million.

BTW, do you have complete year end charts of Sweden ?

[john2000]

#2 but one year in the top 50 (6 months in the top 10)

#2 of 1992 albums in sweden (GH 1 was #85)

[braca]

I found this:
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=361070

QUEEN Greatest Hits II (Official and stunning 1994 IFPI certified Swedish PLATINUM Award issued to commemorate sales in excess of 1,000,000 copies. This aluminium framed and glazed award measures 11" x 16" in size, and shows a copy of the CD witha global 'EMI' logo placed in the centre of the disc plus album artwork mounted above the authentic custom engraved dedication plaque. This is all mounted on a beautiful cobalt blue background!)

Platinum is 100,000 in Sweden (well, was 100,000 back in 94). His run is not that impressive, it peaked "only" at #2.

Yes it was no 2... That in itself does not mean that much it was also 'just' no 2 in Germany but sold rather well overthere - but was no 2 for some time if I am not mistaken.
Could this be a special award you think? Although I must admit that 1 million is a lot for a country Like Sweden. (tried to read the sales number on the photo displayed but it to blurry when blown up)

[MJDangerous]

I found this:
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=361070

QUEEN Greatest Hits II (Official and stunning 1994 IFPI certified Swedish PLATINUM Award issued to commemorate sales in excess of 1,000,000 copies. This aluminium framed and glazed award measures 11" x 16" in size, and shows a copy of the CD witha global 'EMI' logo placed in the centre of the disc plus album artwork mounted above the authentic custom engraved dedication plaque. This is all mounted on a beautiful cobalt blue background!)

Platinum is 100,000 in Sweden (well, was 100,000 back in 94). His run is not that impressive, it peaked "only" at #2.

[braca]

I found this:
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=361070

QUEEN Greatest Hits II (Official and stunning 1994 IFPI certified Swedish PLATINUM Award issued to commemorate sales in excess of 1,000,000 copies. This aluminium framed and glazed award measures 11" x 16" in size, and shows a copy of the CD witha global 'EMI' logo placed in the centre of the disc plus album artwork mounted above the authentic custom engraved dedication plaque. This is all mounted on a beautiful cobalt blue background!)