Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[slightlymad]

Sorry nelson, i've just noticed you posted it on this thread too. The question still remains though!

[slightlymad]

Hi, this list of sales awards for Made In Heaven was kindly posted on another thread by nelson, it's actually from February 1996 and was also used as an advert in a music magazine at the time. I was just wondering if anybody has any updated figures for MIH.

Argentina Platinum 60,000
Australia Platinum 70,000
Austria Platinum x2 100,000
Belgium Platinum 50,000
Cananda Platinum 100,000
Czech Republic Platinum x2 20,000
Denmark Platinum 50,000
Finland Gold 20,000
France Platinum 300,000
Germany Platinum x2 1,000,000
Holland Platinum 100,000
Hong Kong Platinum 20,000
Italy Platinum x6 600,000
Japan Platinum 200,000
Mexico Gold 50,000
New Zealand Platinum x3 45,000
Norway Gold 25,000
Poland Gold 20,000
Portugal Platinum x2 80,000
Singapore Gold 7,500
South Africa Platinum 50,000
South Korea Platinum 100,000
Spain Platinum 100,000
Switzerland Platinum x3 150,000
United Kingdom Platinum x3 900,000
USA Gold 500,000

Total 4,717,500

[braca]

Queen Greatest video hits 1
double platinum 40.000 copies (if I am NOT mistaken)
http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifica ... 8&annee=24

Freddie mercury Lover of life singer of songs
gold 10.000 copies (if I am not mistaken)
http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifica ... 6&annee=24

[HUR]

Argentina album chart at the beginning of january 1992:

TOP10
Argentina:
1- Magos espadas y rosas (rata blanca)
2- Greatest Hits 2 (queen)
3- Use your illusion 2 (Guns and roses)
4- Joyride (Roxette)
5- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
6- Use your illusion 1 (Guns and roses)
7- Fabrico Cuero (Illya kuriaki)
8- Grandes exitos (Queen)
9- We cant dance (genesis)
10- swallow this live (poison)

[HUR]

Nelson mate, thank you for certifications. Do you any other list from billboard or other source?.

[HUR]

http://www.queenonline.com/index2.php?section=1
reports:
PC SELLS 4M
Last week Queen's 'The Platinum Collection' passed the 4 million sales mark globally on the EMI label. Theses sales do not include any sales on Hollywood Records in Canada and USA.

Thank you, glad to see you back here. I would have thought that the Platinium collection was at a higher number outside USA and Canada. That is, looking at some sales from Europe the album seems to be close to the 4 million mark. But welll, itīs good to have official information from EMI since itīs very difficult to find claim for Queen albums.

[nelson]

QUEEN
Made In Heaven
Source: Billboard
Date: 2/24/96

Argentina                Platinum        60,000
Australia                Platinum        70,000
Austria                  Platinum x2    100,000
Belgium                  Platinum        50,000
Cananda                  Platinum       100,000
Czech Republic           Platinum x2     20,000
Denmark                  Platinum        50,000
Finland                  Gold            20,000
France                   Platinum       300,000
Germany                  Platinum x2  1,000,000
Holland                  Platinum       100,000
Hong Kong                Platinum        20,000
Italy                    Platinum x6    600,000
Japan                    Platinum       200,000
Mexico                   Gold            50,000
New Zealand              Platinum x3     45,000
Norway                   Gold            25,000
Poland                   Gold            20,000
Portugal                 Platinum x2     80,000
Singapore                Gold             7,500
South Africa             Platinum        50,000
South Korea              Platinum       100,000
Spain                    Platinum       100,000
Switzerland              Platinum x3    150,000
United Kingdom           Platinum x3    900,000
USA                      Gold           500,000

Total                                 4,717,500

[braca]

http://www.queenonline.com/index2.php?section=1
reports:
PC SELLS 4M
Last week Queen's 'The Platinum Collection' passed the 4 million sales mark globally on the EMI label. Theses sales do not include any sales on Hollywood Records in Canada and USA.

[jimmypages59]

Hi HUR,

I have these figures for Platinum Collection from 2000. Should be able to get 2006 sales in a week or two.

Queen - Platinum Collection
2000 --- 51,882
2001 --- 41,340
2002 --- 844,115
2003 --- 250,709
2004 --- 153,170
2005 --- 157,929
Total Sales --- 1,499,145

Not too sure about 2004, I think I have 2 Sales Quarters Missing.

[HUR]

Jimmypage59 mate, do you have total sales for the Platinium collection in UK?. I know tha sales are low in this moment of the year, but it was very successful in the last years.

I know this from music week:

2002: between 700.000 and 800.000
2003: 268.000
2004: 218.000
2005: 149.000

And it had been released in 2000.

In 2006, sales were not that big, but some weeks ago it sold 14.000 (it may have sold about 50 k during the whole year.

[HUR]

Greatest hits 1 has re-entered at number 33 (461 weeks on the charts) and the Platinium collection is at number 40.

[HUR]

Iīm not sure, but I know that until some months back "A night at the opera" was at 41 k, "Sheer heart attack" at 24 k. Sales of Greatest hits 2 and the Platinium collection may have been very good.

Estonia albums charts this week:

-The platinium collection: N 9
-Greatest hits 1: N 52
-Greatest hits 2: N 64

Last year, "the very best of Freddie Mercury" reached number one, and also the DVD and "Lover of life singer of songs".

But a bizarre thing was at week 47 in 2006:

-"News of the world": N 21
-"The miracle": N 23
-Greatest hits 2: N 75
-Greatest hits 3: N 91

[slightlymad]

Great Sales figures again considering no new releases or compilations (No 27 Year End), Queen actually sold 640,000 albums in the UK last year so does anybody have a detailed breakdown of this total?

[HUR]

Greatest hits 1 sold 145.000 copies in 2006, and Live at wembley sold 109.000 copies.

[HUR]

Hello, thank you. Nice name.

Well, I didnīt know about that, but it could be a good explanation. The song "I want it all" is not listed on the Greatest hits, but in Classic queen (if Iīm not wrong), but maybe people donīt like its whole track-listing, and they go for the box set.

[slightlymad]

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

Hi there HUR, the only reason I can think of for the huge interest in the Hits 1+2 boxset in the USA is that Dr Pepper are using I Want It All in there current advertisements. This song isn't on the GH Cd so perhaps thats why people are buying/downloading the gold boxset. What do you think?

[HUR]

Yes, I read it. Great sales numbers. Queen must have sold many copies during 2006.

[braca]

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

? I have no clue!

this site
http://www.it-charts.150m.com/sales2006.htm
lists the following:

ALBUMS (01/01/2006-15/12/2006)
Freddy Mercury The very best of EMI 150.000

DVD (01/01/2006-15/12/2006)
Freddy Mercury Lover of life EMI 50.000
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium EMI 15.000

[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
Classifiche ottenute mediante un campione di 275 punti vendita rappresentativi di: negozi e catene specializzate; Ipermercati con superficie > 5.000 mq , negozi Media World .

[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. Thtaīs 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.