Queen :: Charts & Sales History

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Chart Date: 02/18/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 02/17/2022)

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

TOTAL

CHANGE

ALBUMS

TEA

SEA

35 39 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

15,853

4%

2,815

437

12,600

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

RANK

ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

33 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

107,000

19,000

30,000

110,038,000

6,290,000

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Chart Date: 02/11/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 02/10/2022)

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

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CHANGE

ALBUMS

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SEA

31 35 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

15,213

-3%

2,542

432

12,239

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

RANK

ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

34 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

90,000

16,000

26,000

93,405,000

5,526,000

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Chart Date: 02/04/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 02/03/2022)

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

TOTAL

CHANGE

ALBUMS

TEA

SEA

37 31 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

15,699

6%

2,853

371

12,476

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

RANK

ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

35 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

75,000

13,200

21,000

77,833,000

4,763,000

[Rockintunesbaby]

Interesting article.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/quee...dio-rock-band/

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Chart Date: 01/28/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 01/27/2022)

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

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CHANGE

ALBUMS

TEA

SEA

38 37 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

14,807

1%

2,492

498

11,817

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

RANK

ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

35 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

59,000

10,000

17,100

61,334,000

3,986,000

[Braca3]

as i understand it
Individual downloaded tracks and streaming numbers can be credited to either GH album or original studio album etc. It makes little sense to have both versions separately certified this way.
There are numerous GH packages which had tracks added years later to boost sales and interest. The only argument is, I guess, both have a separate catalog number but as Hollywood can credit sales to either package that feature the song....they can manipulate it as they see fit.

[Rockintunesbaby]

I have to say I’m still confused!

[slightlymad]

For those that don't visit Chartmasters (Why not it's Amazing) here is MJD's response

Yes, the situation about Queen’s US compilations has always been confusing. Let’s clear things up.

About our figures:

• GH (original, 1981) sold 4.27m with the 2004 WWRY edition included
• GH 2 (original, unreleased in the US) sold 150k (imports)
• GH 1&2 sold 1.175m
• PC sold 1.55m
• Classic Queen sold 3.7m
• GH (US, 1992) sold 7.47m

No double counting, and no merging apart from GH 1981 + GH 2004. This can be debatable, it would be better to split everything on next update I suppose.

Now, the RIAA certs are kinda messy. About PC, it was the same album certified in 2005 and 2012, so ‘only’ 2xP total, it then went 5xP in 2021 for 1.67m boxes sold. It’s consistent with our 1.55m estimate from an earlier date.

Certifications from GH are bogus though. Former awards of Classic Queen (3xP up to 2002, 3.7m sales now) and GH (8xP up to 2006, including the original plus 1992) were fine if we pass on the dubious merge of GHs.

The new ones make little sense though since it appears they haven’t merge the albums the same way as before. The 1981 can’t be at 9xP if we don’t add the 1992 release that is now listed aside at 5xP, and that one sold much more than 5m.

Yet, if we add together the certified units from these main 3 releases (9+5+3), the total is good (we were at 14m+ but then now you need to add SPS).

My guess is that they have now sorted things up, splitting the 1981 and 1992 releases, but they’ve put the wrong release dates in front of certs. Meaning:

• the 1981 release with SPS is past 5m
• the 1992 release with remaining SPS (same tracks included inside the 1981 release can’t be certified twice) is past 9m
• the 2004 version may be included in one of these totals, which one is almost impossible to know as it depends on how they dispatched the SPS of the common tracks
• no PC sales were certified on these awards, they stick to certifying it on its own

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Mjd posted a reply on the GH 9p vs 5p
https://chartmasters.org/2020/01/que...ge-5/#comments

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01/21/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 01/20/2022)

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

TOTAL

CHANGE

ALBUMS

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SEA

38 38 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

14,676

5%

2,017

416

12,243

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

36 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

44,000

7,100

12,300

46,440,000

3,175,000

[Rockintunesbaby]

Has anyone tried contacting Hollywood records?

[Braca3]

>> slightlymad

If u fwd me ur private email by PM I can email you the screenshot
maybe you are allowed to post it

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>> slightlymad

Both version were certified originally. (Red version gold 11/16/92 platinum 1/13/93)
have a screenshot but the site for not allow me to post it for some reason.

If I remember correctly when GH was certified 7P they were merged / combined before decoupled again in dec 2020.
I have no idea why they reversed the decision to combine the 2.

Thanks Braca3, so has the Original GH sold 9,000,000 + 2021 and the 1992 Red Version sold 5,000,000 as the respective 9 x Platinum and 5 x Platinum Awards were both issued on the same day December 11 2020. It's all very confusing. It all boils down to Hollywood Records calling the 1992 issue Greatest Hits (which apart from 2 songs it is) If the had called it 'The Best of Queen' or similar there would be no confusion. For me personally the sales of both Greatest Hits should be combined and sales should be approaching 15,000,000 copies.

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>> slightlymad

Both version were certified originally. (Red version gold 11/16/92 platinum 1/13/93)
have a screenshot but the site for not allow me to post it for some reason.

If I remember correctly when GH was certified 7P they were merged / combined before decoupled again in dec 2020.
I have no idea why they reversed the decision to combine the 2.

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https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/albums-chart
32 Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 2P
91 Greatest Hits Queen 15P

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/vinyl-albums-chart
5 Greatest Hits Queen 15P
42 Greatest Hits II Queen 8P

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/...e-albums-chart
9 Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 2P
49 Greatest Hits Queen 15P

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/music-dvd-chart
3 Live At Wembley Stadium Queen 2P

[slightlymad]

Should Queen's Greatest Hits be 15 x Platinum in the USA?

There is always lots of debate regarding the bands Greatest Hits album, Is it the UK's Best Selling Album? Should all the sales from The Platinum Collection be added to its total? But I'd like to ask 'Should Greatest Hits be 15 x Platinum in the USA?

Looking at it's releases in America there are 3 main versions which are as follows

1981 - Queen's Greatest Hits
1992 - Queen's Greatest Hits (Red Edition)
2004 - Queen's Greatest Hits (WWRY Edition)
All subsequent vinyl re-issues on Hollywood Records have used the UK track listing (At least 4 various Limited Editions)

RIAA Awards

1981 - Queen's Greatest Hits
Gold | December 20, 1981
Platinum | December 30, 1981
7x Multi-Platinum | December 9, 2002
8x Multi-Platinum | May 23, 2006
9x Multi-Platinum | December 11, 2020
2021 USA Sales = 973,000 So should be 10 x Platinum!

1992 - Queen's Greatest Hits (Red Edition)
Gold | December 11, 2020
Platinum | December 11, 2020
5x Multi-Platinum | December 11, 2020

2004 - Queen's Greatest Hits (WWRY Edition)
No Sales Awards so Presumably added to the 1981 version

So why has the RIAA combined GH81 and GHWWRY but not added GHRed? Below is the track listing for each version and although in different order the original 81 version and 92 version only have 4 songs not on both. The major omission is the 92 version doesn't have Bohemian Rhapsody as this was included on the 1992 3 x Platinum Classic Queen release. The 2004 Hollywood version of GH is identical to the UK version with 3 bonus tracks included.

1981 - Queen's Greatest Hits - Vinyl
Another One Bites The Dust
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Killer Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls
Bicycle Race
Under Pressure
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Flash
Somebody To Love
You're My Best Friend
Keep Yourself Alive
Play The Game

1992 - Queen's Greatest Hits (Red Edition) - CD
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Another One Bites The Dust
Killer Queen
Somebody To Love
Fat Bottomed Girls
Bicycle Race
You're My Best Friend
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Now I'm Here
Play The Game
Seven Seas Of Rhye
Body Language
Save Me
Under Pressure
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
I Want To Break Free

2004 - Queen's Greatest Hits (WWRY Edition) - CD
Bohemian Rhapsody
Another One Bites The Dust
Killer Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls
Bicycle Race
You're My Best Friend
Don't Stop Me Now
Save Me
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Somebody To Love
Now I'm Here
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Play The Game
Flash
Seven Seas Of Rhye
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Bonus Tracks
I'm In Love With My Car
Under Pressure (Live)
Tie Your Mother Down (Live)

So should the 1981 and 1992 versions be combined to give Queen there first Diamond RIAA Album Award for 15,000,000 sales of Greatest Hits? Could Hollywood Records Queen's current record label in North America ask for both Awards to be Combined?

[slightlymad]

Thought it would be interesting to list the highest position Queen's Greatest Hits achieved in each calendar year here in the UK since release. TPC = The Platinum Collection which contains GH's

1981 - No 1
1982 - No 2
1983 - No 40
1984 - No 21
1985 - No 14
1986 - No 17
1987 - No 37
1988 - No 74
1989 - No 72
1990 - No 59
1991 - No 7
1992 - No 6
1993 - No 33
1994 - No 17
1995 - No 66
1996 - No 27
1997 - No 67
1998 - No 58
1999 - No 66
2000 - No 62 - TPC No 67
2001 - No 81 - TPC DNC
2002 - No 81 - TPC No 2
2003 - No 92 - TPC No 33
2004 - DNC - TPC No 33
2005 - No 81 - TPC No 20
2006 - No 42 - TPC No 70
2007 - No 33 - TPC No 38
2008 - No 31 - TPC No 50
2009 - No 87 - TPC DNC
2010 - DNC - TPC DNC
2011 - No 25 - TPC DNC
2012 - No 62 - TPC No 80
2013 - No 49 - TPC DNC
2014 - No 54 - No 49
2015 - No 35 - No 66
2016 - No 33 - TPC DNC
2017 - No 46 - TPC DNC
2018 - No 23 - TPC No 5
2019 - No 24 - TPC No 8
2020 - No 7 - TPC No 24
2021 - No 2 - TPC No 85
2022 - No 8 and the story continues........

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Taken from QueenOnline

https://www.queenonline.com/news/que...ar-charts-2021

Queen - US End Of Year Charts (2021)

Just in, some rather incredible chart stats for Queen in the US for 2021!

Check out the band's end-of-year report below for the multitude of charts that the US has, impressive stuff!

Catalog Albums - No.1 - 'Greatest Hits'
Hard Rock Albums Artists - No.1 - Queen
Hard Rock Digital Song Sales Artists - No.1 - Queen
Top Hard Rock Artists - No.2 - Queen
Top Rock Albums Artists - No.3 - Queen
Catalog Artists - No.3 - Queen
Billboard 200 Artists – Duo/Group - No.4 Queen
Rock Streaming Songs Artists - No.6 - Queen
Top Rock Artists No.7 - Queen
Top Artists – Duo/Group No.9 - Queen
Rock Streaming Songs #9 - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Billboard 200 Albums Chart #23 -'Greatest Hits'
Billboard 200 Artist #36 - Queen
Top Artists #69 Queen
Billboard Global #87 - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

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Ireland's Top 50 albums of 2021

6

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...vealed__34901/


The Official Top 50 best-selling vinyl albums in Ireland of 2021

3

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...vealed__34937/

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Chart Date: 01/14/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 01/13/2022

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

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CHANGE

ALBUMS

TEA

SEA

34 38 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

13,946

-3%

1,762

405

11,779

YTD OVERALL ACTIVITY

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ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL

YTD ACTIVITY

ALBUMS

SONGS

AOD STREAMS

VOD STREAMS

37 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD

29,000

4,600

8,200

31,524,000

2,055,000

[Rockintunesbaby]

No but Japan is predominantly a domestic artists market.
90,000 physical albums for cat sales is still a decent number
As they win the Japan Gold Disc Award for international artists (as I understand it) they are still the top selling int artist in Japan for that year.
but maybe there is a follower from Japan here who could clarify

Yes you're right. I'm just comparing it to the UK and the US.

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George Michael & Queen	Somebody To Love	Parlophone	Silver	Single	14.01.2022	01.05.2011

Bpi

[slightlymad]

German End of Year Album Charts

2021
61 - Queen - Greatest Hits
99 - Queen - The Platinum Collection

2020
48 - Queen - The Platinum Collection

2019
11 - Queen - The Platinum Collection
55 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack

2018
60 - Queen - The Platinum Collection

[Braca3]

No but Japan is predominantly a domestic artists market.
90,000 physical albums for cat sales is still a decent number
As they win the Japan Gold Disc Award for international artists (as I understand it) they are still the top selling int artist in Japan for that year.
but maybe there is a follower from Japan here who could clarify

[Rockintunesbaby]

90,000 units doesn’t feel like much for a market the size of Japan.