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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? -
Information provided by Jimmypage59.Originally posted by nelsonWhere did you get these figures from?Originally posted by HURTotal 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
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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!Originally posted by RobbieComment
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Canada
2wks (136) 62 CLASSIC QUEEN
QUEEN
123wks (67) 92 GREATEST HITS
QUEENPrisoner Of Rock'n'RollComment
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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
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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)Comment
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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.Originally posted by slightlymad
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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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Originally posted by slightlymadComment
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"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: 30,000Comment
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Poland
monthly (december 2008) shipments chart
# 39
SINGLES BOXSET VOL.1 - QUEENPrisoner Of Rock'n'RollComment
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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.Comment
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Queen's 90's album sales were outstanding! Mindblowing even! I'm guessing GH took up a good proportion of those sales?
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Yes, I agree, they were outstanding.Originally posted by 04wayneQueen's 90's album sales were outstanding! Mindblowing even! I'm guessing GH took up a good proportion of those sales?Comment
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nelson is outstanding too.Originally posted by nelsonYes, I agree, they were outstanding.Originally posted by 04wayneQueen's 90's album sales were outstanding! Mindblowing even! I'm guessing GH took up a good proportion of those sales?Stone cold crazyyyComment
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what was the peak in Canada?Originally posted by EdWoodComment
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On UK album chart this week:
102. (89) GREATEST HITS (Queen)
On Canadian Top 100 album chart:
Classic Queen: 65 (60)
Queens Greatest Hits: 74 (72)Comment
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Queen Are Coming To Singstar
I know the following Quote highlighted in bold is untrue but it is in an official Queen Press Release
Could the 300 million quoted be a total for album and single sales?Rock Legends Queen get very own SingStar® title for PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2.
Want it all? You’ve got it now!
City/date: This March, rock lovers can recreate the excitement and magic of Queen’s iconic stadium concerts in their own living rooms thanks to SingStar® Queen from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) – an experience that lets you grab a microphone and belt out the greatest hits of the legendary group’s chart-topping, 30-year career with your friends. Exclusive to PlayStation® and hot on the heels of the hugely popular downloadable Queen SongPacks in SingStore, SingStar Queen will be available on both PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®2 in PAL regions, giving every SingStar a shot at Queen home-stardom.
The tracklist is packed with the classic songs that made Queen one of the world’s favourite bands – a group so popular that they sold more than 300 million albums and had a worldwide hit musical created in their honour, We Will Rock You. Bohemian Rhapsody and We Are the Champions are there – as are Another One Bites the Dust and Don’t Stop Me Now. Whichever track is your favourite, you’ll be lining up to grab the mic and step into the trainers of the legendary Freddie Mercury to raise your living room roof.
With stellar tracks from the ‘70s. ‘80s and ‘90s (25 tracks on PS3 and 20 on PlayStation 2), SingStar Queen will rock SingStars who like to go solo, SingStars who like to duet and, quite possibly, the neighbours next door when they hear your performances coming through the wall.
And – for those PS3 SingStars downloading tracks from SingStore, loads of SingStar Queen Tracks are available to download right now!
Get ready for SingStar to rock you on PS3 and PlayStation 2 with the epic music of Queen this March.
The release date for UK is March 13th, and for the rest of PAL territories March 18th. The release date for US/Canada has not been confirmed yet, but will follow shortly.
Here’s the entire SingStar Queen Track list:
PlayStation 3
A Kind of Magic
Another One Bites The Dust
Bicycle Race
Bohemian Rhapsody
Breakthru
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Don’t Stop Me Now
Fat Bottomed Girls
Hammer to Fall
I Want It All
I Want To Break Free
Innuendo
Killer Queen
One Vision
Play The Game
Radio Ga Ga
Somebody to Love
The Show Must Go On
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Tie Your Mother Down
Under Pressure
We Are The Champions
We Will Rock You
Who Wants To Live Forever
You’re My Best Friend
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How much did one LP cost in the early 70ies?
Because, for example, Sheer heart attack was Gold disc in UK because sold for more then 500.000Pounds. so with the cost of a single unit we can estimate how many discs were sold...Comment
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Yes, specially in Germany and Italy. And yes, obviously their compilations took the biggest share out of all of their sales, even if "The miracle", "Innuendo" and "Made in heaven" did fairly well on the charts.Originally posted by 04wayneQueen's 90's album sales were outstanding! Mindblowing even! I'm guessing GH took up a good proportion of those sales?Comment
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This week in Canadian Album charts:
Canada
5wks (65) 81 CLASSIC QUEEN
126 wks (74) 84 GREATEST HITS
In UK album charts - Queens Greatest Hits is at 129 down from 102. Other sales figures for the week: 2627 copies sold Frank Turner (72)
1081 copies sold John Martyn (161)
So Queen probably sold nearly 2,000 copiesComment
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Here are charts positions in Belgium:
Sheer heart attack: #1
A night at the opera: #1
A day at the races: ?
News of the world: ?
Jaz: ?
Live killers: ?
The game: #2
Greatest hits 1: #1
Hot space: #4
The works: #4
A kind of magic: #2
The miracle: #1
Innuendo: #1
Greatest hits 2: #1
Live at wmebley ´86: #1
Five live: #3
Made in heaven: #2
The best 1: #50
Greatest hits 3: #7
Platinum collection: #10
Return of the champions: #39
Thanks to Francis.
Also, interesting claim on the magazine "Guitar player (1983):
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The group toured America and Europe in early 1977, and in the summer taped News Of The World. The LP topped the charts in the U.S., Holland, Belgium, France, Israel, Canada, Brazil, Ireland and Mexico. "We Are The Champions" backed by May's "We Will Rock You" became the biggest-selling single in Warner Brothers/Elektra Asylum history. Following a serie of business fiascos soon afterwards, Queen's members decided to manage themself. "We didn't particulary want the job", May recalls, "but we decided it was the best way to get precisley what we wanted and control our own destiny"."Comment
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Poland
Shipments: year-end chart 2008
#31 PLATINUM COLLECTION - QUEEN
(certified Gold)Prisoner Of Rock'n'RollComment
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Sweden DVD charts this week:
#2- Live At Wembley '86
#6- Queen On Fire
Both peaked at #1...
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