Queen :: Charts & Sales History

[EdWood]

In UK album charts this week:

188. (180) GREATEST HITS (Queen)

UK DVD music chart:

17 (RE) Queen - Live At Wembley Stadium '86 (186 weeks)

[HUR]

Does anyone have estimate worlwide sales of these DVD and VHS ?
-Made in heaven: the movies
-We will rock you(1997-2001)
-The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
-Live in Budapest (2003)
-Concise Queen's London
-Super Live in Japan (2006)
-Final live in Japan (2007)
-Live in Japan (2007)
-A night at the opera (2007)
-Magic Moments (2009)
-Bohemian Champions (2009)
-Jewels (2007)
-Rare Live (vhs 1989)
-Classic Queen (vhs 1992)
-Live at Wembley 86' (VHS) (1992)
-Greatest Hits (VHS) (1994)
-Champions of the World (VHS) (1995)

Thanks

-Queen's "Made In Heaven - The Films" sold 11,000 copies in UK. In Brazil, it did 15,000+ copies too. That means 26,000+ from these too countries. Around 50,000 worldwide. Believe it or not, it shipped more in Brazil than in UK.

-"We Will Rock You" was certified double platinum in USA in november, 2002, for sales of 200,000. It should be at 250,000 by now. According to an article only the 2001's edition was certified: "The Record Industry Association of America has awarded Pioneer Entertainment's DVD release of QUEEN: WE WILL ROCK YOU an esteemed Double-Platinum certification for reaching over 200,000 units sold. Boasting newly restored, digitally re-mastered film, THX certification and unique anamorphic features, QUEEN: WE WILL ROCK YOU, released October 2001, continues to rock audiences around the world and generate retail ...". It had been released in 1997, selling 164,000 copies, according to Soundscan. In Brazil, it has shipped around 25,000. Worldwide, I estimated it at 450,000.

-"The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" sold around 300,000 copies worldwide.

-"Final Live In Japan" was released in 2004, in Japan alone, and sold 10,000+ copies (it reached #1 on the international chart). Then, "Live In Japan" was released in a few other countries, as a ripp-off from the original japanse edition (my copy isn't the best, really, in terms of quality). It was certified platinum in Argentina (4,000+) and peaked at #4. It was top 20 in other countries, like Italy, France and Sweden. It sold around 30,000 worldwide.

-"Super Live In Japan" sold about 10,000 copies. It was a japanese only release.

-"A Night At The Opera" was certified platinum in Australia (15,000), and sold 7,000 in UK. In Brazil, around 20,000 copies, overall. It reached the top 10 in many countries, notably in Italy, where it reached #2 ("M&D"), but in Greece, Germany, and others too. Worldwide, it sold around 150,000.

-"Queen Jewels" sold 33,000 copies in just about 10 weeks in Japan. It reached #1 in Japan during 5 weeks, even on the national chart with local acts as contenders. Around 50,000 copies, overall.

As for their VHSs, this is the only thing I know:


- Greatest Flix 1 (1981)

UK: #1 (115+) - #10 of 1992
Germany: #2 (52)
France: 10,000+
USA: #9 (23)


- Queen At Wembley (1990)
UK: #8 of 1992
Germany: #2 (76)
France: 60,000
Portugal: 2,000
USA:

- Greatest Flix 2 (1991)/Classic Queen (1992)
UK: #1 - # of 1992
Germany: #1 (112)
USA: #7 (11)

- Champions Of The World (1995)
Germany: #3 (54)
France: 10,000
USA: #7 (16)

[Indostar]

many thanks HUG for these numbers!! They are for my topic

[HUR]

many thanks HUG for these numbers!! They are for my topic

My pleasure. Neatly compiled. I noticed you added some of my DVDs estimations, many of which I posted a while ago. I have some more updated ones, thanks to a couple of figures I was able to find (just like I decided to raise some sales from Japan, as I was using Oricon sales only).


DVDs

- We Will Rock You (1997/1999)
USA: 425,000 #26 (36)
Brazil: 25,000

Total worldwide: 450,000

- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (2002)
Europe: 170,000
UK: 45,000
Germany: 25,000
France: 10,000
Italy: 15,000
Spain: 12,000
Netherlands: 25,000
Poland: 10,000

USA: 20,000 #31 (2)
Canada: 5,000

Australia: 15,000

Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000
Brazil: 30,000+

Total worldwide: 300,000


- Greatest Video Hits 1 (2002)
Europe: 560,000
UK: 200,000
Germany: 75,000 #1
France: 40,000
Italy: 50,000
Spain: 30,000
Netherlands: 60,000
Portugal: 20,000
Poland: 20,000
Sweden: #2
Denmark: #2
Norway: #6

USA: 100,000
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 105,000
New Zealand: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 30,000+
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000

Total worldwide: 950,000

- Live At Wembley ´86 (2003)

Europe: 1,200,000
UK: 330,000
Germany: 200,000 #1
Netherlands: 200,000 #1 (4)
Italy: 115,000 #1 (9) (130+)
France: 130,000
Portugal: 60,000
Sweden: 20,000 #1 (4) (117)
Poland: 20,000
Spain: 40,000 #1
Denmark: 4,000+ #1
Greece: #2
Austria: 5,000 #1

USA: 350,000
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 60,000 #1
New Zealand: 20,000 #1

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 50,000
Mexico: 20,000+
Argentina: 4,000+

South Africa: 25,000
United Arab Emirates: #1

Total worldwide: 1,950,000

- Greatest Video Hits 2 (2003)

Europe: 360,000
UK: 150,000
Germany: 50,000
France: 20,000
Netherlands: 25,000
Spain: 25,000
Portugal: 12,000
Poland: 10,000
Italy : 30,000
Ireland: #1
Greece: #2

USA : 35,000
Canada : 5,000

Australia : 15,000
New Zealand : 10,000

Japan : 25,000

Brazil: 20,000
Mexico : 10,000+
Argentina : 4,000+

Total worldwide : 550,000


- Queen On Fire (2004)
Europe: 560,000
UK: 165,000
Germany: 125,000 #1
France: 70,000
Spain: 30,000 #2
Italy: 40,000 #1
Portugal: 12,000
Swizerland: 3,000+
Austria: 5,000+ #1
Sweden: #1
Belgium: #1
Greece: #1
Hungary: #5
Estonia: #1
Netherlands: 40,000 #3

USA: 50,000+
Canada: 25,000

Australia: 45,000
New Zealand: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 20,000
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 4,000+

Arabia Saudit: #1
United Arab Emirates: #2

Total worldwide: 800,000


- Return Of The Champions (2005)
Europe: 210,000
UK: 85,000
Germany: 40,000 #2
France: 10,000
Italy: 10,000 #4
Spain: 5,000 #6
Sweden: #3
Portugal 4,000 #7
Czech Republic: #1
Denmark: #10
Austria: #2
Netherlands: 20,000+ #2

USA: 10,000
Canada: 10,000

Australia: 10,000

Japan: 25,000

Brazil: 15,000
Argentina: 2,000 #3

Total worldwide: 350,000

- A Night At The Opera (2006)
Europe: 75,000
UK: 6,900
Germany: 10,000 #9
Italy: #2
Greece: #6
France: 5,000+

USA: 20,000

Australia: 15,000 #3

Brazil: 20,000

Total worldwide: 170,000

- Queen Rock Montreal (2007)
Europe: 240,000
UK: 80,000
Germany: 40,000 #2
France: 20,000 #10
Italy: 25,000 #1
Netherlands: 20,000 #1 (1)
Sweden: #1
Belgium: #3
Norway: #2
Ireland: #4
Czech Republic: #4
Finland: #4
Poland: 10,000
Switzerland: 3,000 #2
Portugal: 8,000

USA: 70,000
Canada: 15,000

Australia: 10,000 #9
New Zealand: 5,000+ #2

Japan: 15,000

Brazil: 18,000
Mexico: 10,000+
Argentina: 2,000+

United Araba Emirates: #1

Total worlwide: 450,000

Others:

-Queen Jewels

Total worldwide: 50,000

-Final Live In Japan/Live In Japan
Japan: 10,000
Argentina: 4,000

Total worldwide: 30,000
-Made In Heaven - The Films
UK: 11,000
Brazil: 15,000

Total worldwide: 50,000
-Super Live In Japan

Total worldwide: 10,000

-Others

Total worldwide: 100,000+

Overall total: 6,210,000+

In Germany, Queen are one of the best (if not the very best) selling video band ever.

Here their stats up through april 2006 (charts exist since april, 1991):

Key: date of entry, tittle, peak, weeks on charts


VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

DVD/Video charts:
22.07.02 The Freddie Mercury tribute concert 5 - 7
04.11.02 Greatest video hits 1 - 28
23.06.03 Live at Wembley 1 - 36
17.11.03 Greatest video hits II 4 - 6
28.06.04 Live at Wembley Stadium 13 - 9
02.11.04 Queen on fire - Live at the Bowl 1 - 33
11.11.05 Return of the champions (Queen & Paul Rodgers) 2 - 30

[nelson]

VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

Where did you get that? Never heard of video chart in 80s.

[Indostar]

Many thanks HUR I'll update my topic!!

[nucleardolphin]

I was wondering if someone knew Queen's album sales in the UK for all their albums. They are huge in the UK and always have been, was wondering how they catalogue sales hold up in comparison to other bands from that era. Cheers.

[HUR]

VHS-video charts:
01.04.91 Live at Wembley 2 - 78
01.12.91 Greatest flix II 1 - 112
15.01.92 Live in Budapest 7 - 22
15.02.92 Greatest flix 2 - 56
15.02.92 We will rock you 2 - 34
15.03.92 Miracle 13 - 8
01.04.92 Live in Rio 9 - 24
01.04.92 Rare live 8 - 20
15.05.92 Box of flix 4 - 24
04.12.95 Champions of the world 3 - 52
28.12.98 Queen rocks the world 6 - 8

Where did you get that? Never heard of video chart in 80s.

There were no charts back in the 80's. They started in april, 1991, as a bi-weekly chart. Enno (a german poster of this forum) was kindly enough to provide this information. In the all-time list, based on pints, Queen are #2.

Incidentally, now that we were talking abut Queen DVDs sales worldwide, we have a new certifications for Queen's "Live At Wembley '86". It was certifed gold in Belgium, in 2007, for sales of 25,000 copies.

Nuclear, MJDangerous has estimated each Queen album in UK, one by one, on this site: http://fanofmusic.free.fr/BestSellers.php?Act=Queen

The total adds up for 24 million albums.

[borderwolf]

Incindentally, now that we were talking abut Queen DVDs sales worldwide, we have a new certifications for Queen's "Live At Wembley '86". It was certifed gold in Belgium, in 2007, for sales of 25,000 copies.

Where did you found this?

[nucleardolphin]

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

[slightlymad]

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

If Queen were still together today as the original line up they would be the biggest band in the world

[HUR]

Queen - Greatest Hits
1992 --- 152,652 (July Onwards)
1993 --- 150,682
1994 --- 174,173
1995 --- 147,638
1996 --- 173,316
1997 --- 113,397
1998 --- 122,610
1999 --- 156,211
2000 --- 135,813
2001 --- 101,514
2002 --- 67,318
2003 --- 46,653
2004 --- 28,971
2005 --- 79,127
2006 --- 173,360
2007 --- 63,873
2008 --- 106,955
Total --- 1,994,263

Queen - Greatest Hits II
1992 --- 518,472 (July Onwards)
1993 --- 168,070
1994 --- 171,741
1995 --- 161,760
1996 --- 147,219
1997 --- 92,892
1998 --- 77,739
1999 --- 99,796
2000 --- 87,524
2001 --- 56,647
2002 --- 40,814
2003 --- 24,438
2004 --- 11,147
2005 --- 37,616
2006 --- 76,764
2007 --- 18,674
2008 --- 46,394
Total --- 1,837,607

Queen - Greatest Hits III (Retail)
1999 --- 244,673
2000 --- 168,711
2001 --- 26,625
2002 --- 29,363
2003 --- 14,642
2004 --- 3,329
2005 --- 10,210
2006 --- 33,057
2007 --- 8,930
2008 --- 2,248
Total --- 541,788

Queen - Greatest Hits III (Club)
2000 --- 49,968
2001 --- 12,462
2002 --- 3,445
2003 --- 440
2004 --- 241
2005 --- 365
2006 --- 125
2007 --- 47
Total --- 67,093

Overall total --- 608,881



Total sales since 1992: 10,946,871

Thanks to Jimmypage59.

HUR, again thankyou, does anyone ever wonder what Queen would be doing today if all four members were alive. We were so lucky to have them around for so long, they always will be my favourite band, Im so happy that so many people still appreciate their music, long may it last.

If Queen were still together today as the original line up they would be the biggest band in the world

[Mael]

Billboard Chart Update (2009-03-26):

Top Pop Catalogue Albums:
#26 – Greatest Hits

Billboard Comprehensive Albums:
#188 – Greatest Hits

[borderwolf]

Just found, for HUR:

Korea
unofficial DAILY pop chart
http://www.hanteo.com/rank/chart.asp?Pa ... &genre=pop

#15 Jewels
Queen

[HUR]

Thank you, Luca. A lot of Queen albums have re-entered that chart last year, including their old compilations and even "The Miracle". And now, "Queen Jewels", which I guess is import from Japan.

Updated UK sales:


Rock Montreal (CD & LP)
2007 --- 39,694
2008 --- 3,145
Total --- 42,839

Queen - A Night At The Opera
1992 --- 11,241
1993 --- 13,182 --- 484
1994 --- 13,303 --- 553
1995 --- 11,499 --- 9,068
1996 --- 9,200 --- 6,465
1997 --- 12,186 --- 1,633
1998 --- 12,400 --- 372
1999 --- 10,723 ---
2000 --- 8,050 ---
2001 --- 14,541 --- 85
2002 --- 7,799 --- 1,814
2003 --- 18,056 --- 422
2004 --- 14,941 --- 220
2005 --- 93,786 --- 95
2006 --- 73,212 ---
2007 --- 3,992 ---
2008 --- 3,964 ---
Totals --- 332,075 --- 21,211 --- 353,286

1st Column is Shop sales, 2nd Column is Club Sales

Queen - Platinum Collection
2000 --- 51,882
2001 --- 41,340
2002 --- 844,115
2003 --- 250,709
2004 --- 153,170
2005 --- 157,929
2006 --- 66,968
2007 --- 77,804
2008 --- 126,923
Total --- 1,770,840

-Poor total for "Queen Rock Montreal", although somehow expected, as the DVD was released on the same week.

-Nice boost by "A Night At The Opera", even if it shipped poorly during both 2007 and 2008. But the last figure we had was from june, 2006, and the album was largely stocked over the second half of that year.

-"Platinum Collection", whenever it is released again, will eventually reach 6 times platinum (1,800,000).

There is more to come when I complete everything.

This was all kindly provided by Jimmy.

[nucleardolphin]

amazing, thanks!! do you have catalogue sales for other countries?

[jcguzman]

Greatest Hits vol 1 is at 21 in Chile.

[HUR]

amazing, thanks!! do you have catalogue sales for other countries?

Hello Nucleardolphin,

Sorry, sadly, it is impossible to have such detailed shiments figures for other territories. On page one, you can find their Nielsen Soundscan sales since june, 1991, up through the end of 2005 (although some figures are bit more recent).

For other cuntries, we only have a couple of claims here and there but not comprehensive sales.

GERMANY

"The back catalogues of
acts such as Queen and Depeche
Mode also perform well - in 2005, 15
albums by the former were featured in
the Top 5,000 albums - but it is the
progress of relatively new artists such
as Joss Stone and Katie Melua that is
creating the most interest."

Compiled by Media Control, about the first half of 2005, where Queen put more tittles in the the 5000 than any other british band.

ARGENTINA

"El hombre que fue reina
El cantante de Queen murió hace diez años. Su personalidad marcó a fuego el gusto argentino y sus discos se venden casi tanto como los de los Beatles.

FERNANDO GARCI
Ochocientos cincuenta mil novecientos treinta discos es la cifra que Queen vendió en Argentina solamente en discos compactos. En los últimos diez años, desde que la vida de Freddy Mercury se apagó definitivamente, ese es el número; el indicador Queen; el dato que dice que este es el segundo grupo de rock— superado solo por The Beatles—que más discos de catálogo vende. Queen vendió casi 400 mil discos de su Greatest Hits II (Grandes éxitos) propulsado por la inclusión de Friends will be friends (Deacon/Mercury) en Amigos son los amigos, la serie con Carlos Andrés Calvo y Pablo Rago."

To sum up and translate the relevant information:

-Queen sold 850,930 CDs (not counting cassettes and vinyls) between november 1991 and november 2001 in Argentina.
-Their catalog sells nearly as much as The Beatles's.
-In terms of sales, only The Beatles are ahead of them.
-"Greatest Hits 2" sold neary 400,000 copies up through november 2001; even if this is incorrect as it had already reached that mark by october, 1999, by selling 506,000 copies.

Juan, thank you for the information.

[sniper]

radio

St. Petersburg
Top Artists
aug 2007 - march 2009

#22 Queen
http://www.piter.fm/charts/artists



Moscow
Top Artists
aug 2007 - march 2009

#30 Queen
http://www.moskva.fm/charts/artists


187 songs on radio stations (moscow / st.petersburg)
aug 2007 - march 2009

#1 I Want To Break Free 2646 points
#2 The Show Must Go On 2598 points
#3 You Don't Fool Me 1873 points

http://www.moskva.fm/artist/queen/songs

[borderwolf]

GERMANY

"The back catalogues of
acts such as Queen and Depeche
Mode also perform well - in 2005, 15
albums by the former were featured in
the Top 5,000 albums - but it is the
progress of relatively new artists such
as Joss Stone and Katie Melua that is
creating the most interest."

Compiled by Media Control, about the first half of 2005, where Queen put more tittles in the the 5000 than any other british band.

Hernan, do you have the complete (5.000) list?

[HUR]

Hello Luca. No, sorry, I don't have such information, although I would love to. I posted the entire article here where you can see the british top 40 (Queen had two tittles on it, "Platinum Collection" and "Queen On Fire"):

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... &start=100

I found some claims on articles:

USA

"Selling 800000 isn't bad in this soft market. It's just that next to the sales of "The Game" album and the "Another One Bites the Dust" single-both more than four million-the totals of "Hot Space" and "Body Language" seem puny. Will these disappointing record sales prompt Queen t6 retreat to a more commercial rock sound on its..." (september 13, 1982).

"Queen: The Magic Years documentary, which has reached sales of 100000 units. To date, Queen: We Will Rock You has sold more than 50000 units." (May 8, 1992)

Figures

The Game: 4,000,000+ (september, 1982)
Another Ones Bites The Dust: 4,000,000+ (september, 1982)
Hot Space: 800,000 (september, 1982)
Queen: The Magic Years: 100,000 (may, 1992)
We Will Rock You: 50,000 (may, 1992)

ARGENTINA

"J. M. COSTA, - Buenos Aires - 10/03/1981

Argentina sigue viviendo el Mundial-78, su éxito del Mundial. Tal vez por ello, cuando la semana pasada Freddie Mercury, cantante de Queen, soltaba aquello de We are the champions (Nosotros somos los campeones), el estadio Vélez Sarsfield temblaba emocionado porque en ese momento se unían dos orgullos nacionales: el gol de Kempes y la apertura de Argentina a los grandes, grandísimos conciertos de rock internacionales.
A Suramérica no suelen ir los grupos punteros de rock. O, al menos, no van cuando se encuentran en su mejor momento, y siempre lo hacen con un equipo reducido, nada que ver con lo habitual en Europa, Estados Unidos o Japón. Es una simple cuestión logística y un prejuicio descalificador. A pesar de ello, y como un reto, Queen (120.000 elepés de The game vendidos) y su apoderado comenzaron a trabajar en esa idea hace casi un año. Se trataba de mostrar cómo puede ser rentable montar una gira de este tipo sin por ello perder dinero, metiendo a casi medio millón de personas en ocho actuaciones. Y hacerlo a lo grande y por vez primera al aire libre.Desde Tokio, donde acababa de actuar el grupo, se fletó un avión de carga (un DC-8) para transportar parte del equipo de luces y sonido." (March 10, 1981)

The Game: 120,000

I'm very glad I have finally found a figure for this tittle in Argentina. It should have been certified double platinum already at that time. This figure was revealed two days after they did their last concert in Vélez. If we add further sales achieved on the back of the tour after it ("tour effect", does it sound familiar?) and catalog sales since 1982 (no that we have to expect that they were particularly high, though), I can see this album at 180,000 as a minimum or even 200,000 as it was claimed.

[Dane]

Top Catalog Albums
Week Ending 3/29/09

645 HOL 25 26 34 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 2,886 3,267 -12 6,631,061
24 HOL 47 55 59 QUEEN GREATEST HITS-WE WILL ROCK YOU 2,343 2,402 -2 841,258

...so the old one is now outselling the new one again.

[HUR]

Thank you, Dane. Combining both editions, they have sold a total of 7,472,319 copies since 1991. Unbelievable catalog sales for Queen.

Here are complete codes for Queen in Brazil.

I think you know how it works. Since june, 2003, every item pressed and distributed in Brazil has a code (starting from "AA") and a number, which indicates the amount of copies sold.

Queen – Queen
AA1000
….

AE8000

Queen – Queen II
AA1000
….

AE8000
AF1000


Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
AB1000
AC????
AD8000

Queen - A Night At The Opera
...
AH9000

Queen – A Day At The Races
AC2500
AD8000

Queen – News Of The World
AF8000

Queen – Jazz
AC2000
.....

AE8000
AF1000

Queen – Live Killers
AH1000

Queen – The Game
AF8000

Queen – Flash Gordon
AC6000

Queen – Hot Space
AD1000
AE8000

Queen – The Works
AE8000

Queen – A Kind Of Magic
AD1000
.....

AG9000

Queen – Live Magic
AG8000

Queen – The Miracle
AB1000
AC1500

Queen – Innuendo
AA????
AB1000
AC2000
AD????
AE8000

Queen – Live At Wembley ‘86
AD1000
....

AI2500

Queen – Made In Heaven
AE1000

AG7000

Queen – Queen Rock Montreal
AA5000

Queen - Greatest Hits Vol. I
...
AF1000
AG?
AH1500
...
AM4000
...
AQ2000

Queen - Greatest Hits II
...
AG1000
AH?
AI?
AJ4000
AK?
AL?
AM4500
...
AO1000

Queen - Greatest Hits III
AA?
AB?
AC2500

Queen & Paul Rogers - Return of the champions
AA?
AB5000

Queen - Queen on fire: Live at The Bowl
AA10000

Queen - Collection (Brasilian Exclusive)
AA?
AB20000
...
AF10000
...

AJ3000
AK3500
...
AO1500
...
AU1000

Queen - Collection 2 (Brasilian Exclusive)
AA40000
AB?
AC15000

Queen & Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks
AA5000

Queen - A Night At The Opera 30th Anniversary
AA4000
AE1500

Queen - Greatest Hits I,II&III (Platinum Collection)
AA1500

From Queeonline, on december 14, 2007:

"It has been Officially confirmed today that EMI/Som Livre’s ‘Queen – The Collection’ has been certified platinum (more than 70K units sold) in Brazil."

Here estimated sales since june, 2003, overall:


Queen: 12,000
Queen 2: 15,000
Sheer Heart Attack: 12,000
A Night at the Opera: 20,000
A Day at the Races: 12,500
News of the World: 15,000
Jazz: 15,000
Live Killers: 15,000
The Game: 15,000
Flash Gordon Soundtrack: 8,000
Greatest Hits 1: 45,000
Hot Space: 12,000
The Works: 12,000
A Kind of Magic: 17,000
Live Magic: 15,000
The Miracle: 5,000
Innuendo: 13,000
Greatest Hits 2: 40,000
Live At Wembley '86: 15,000
Made In Heaven: 15,000
Greatest Hits 3: 5,000
Platinum Collection: 5,000
Queen On Fire: 10,000
Return Of The Champions: 15,000
A Night At The Opera 30th Anniversary: 10,000
Queen Rock Montreal: 5,000
Collection: 100,000
Collection 2: 70,000
Greatest Hits I,II&III: 5,000
Total: 554,500

Several trends:
-It looks like all of their studio albums have one "high" code (ranging between 6,000 and 9,000), with the other ones being smaller (1,000 or 2,000). Decent sales.
-Big compilation sales, including their recent tittles.

A massive total. By comparison, Madonna shipped around 500,000 over that period, between 2003 and 2009, which means that Queen's total sales are in line with what she sold. And she is still active, she even released 3 studio albums since then. Very big.

[NothingFails]

Top Catalog Albums
Week Ending 3/29/09

645 HOL 25 26 34 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 2,886 3,267 -12 6,631,061
24 HOL 47 55 59 QUEEN GREATEST HITS-WE WILL ROCK YOU 2,343 2,402 -2 841,258

...so the old one is now outselling the new one again.

it's very smart strategic marketing from the folks at Hollywood. Many times, they bring in new GH albums and make the old one obsolete. They're still putting both the 92 and WWRY editions on sale at places like Target and Best Buy, whereas many artists' new GH albums usually are marketed to render the previous one obsolete (look at Elton for instance here, his 1974 GH and the followups have basically stopped selling since the GH 1970-2002 and single disc Rocket Man #1's were released.

[jcguzman]

Queen Greatest Hits Vol 1 is still doing great in Chile after all these years charting this week at 17.