Records
Weeks on UK album charts - Guinness Book of World Records 2005 rankings:
Queen (1,422 weeks/27 years)
The Beatles (1,293 weeks/24.8 years)
Elvis Presley (1,280 weeks/24.6 years)
U2 (1,150 weeks/22 years)
Dire Straits (1,136 weeks/21.8 years)
Simon and Garfunkel (1,114 weeks/21.4 years)
Madonna (1,032 weeks/19.8 years)
David Bowie (1,005 weeks/19.3 years)
Elton John (989 weeks/19 years)
Michael Jackson (966 weeks/18.6 years)
Also in 2005, with the release of its live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place on the list of acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts; this does not make allowances for the fact that the charts were a smaller list in the 1960s.[7]
Most Aggregate Time Spent on British Charts 2005 rankings:
Elvis Presley (2,074 weeks/39.9 years)
Cliff Richard (1,982 weeks/38 years)
Queen (1,755 weeks/33.7 years)
The Beatles (1,749 weeks/33.6 years)
Madonna (1,660 weeks/31.9 years)
Elton John (1,626 weeks/31.2 years)
Best Selling Album (English) 2006 rankings:
Queen, Greatest Hits (5,407,587)
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (4,803,292)
Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (4,304,504)
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms (3,946,931)
ABBA, ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (3,932,316)
Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon (3,759,958)
Queen, Greatest Hits II (3,631,321)
Michael Jackson, Thriller (3,570,250)
Michael Jackson, Bad (3,549,950)
Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (3,364,785)
Delivered Awards and Respect
100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos
34. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May (Queen)
48. Killer Queen - Brian May (Queen)
76. Brighton Rock - Brian May (Queen)
100 Greatest Rock Drummers
69. Roger Taylor (Queen)
100 Greatest Rock Bass Guitarists
46. John Deacon (Queen)
100 Greatest Bass Lines
1. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
60. Under Pressure (Queen)
100 Greatest 'Male' Vocalists
1. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
100 Most Influential Rock n' Roll Artists
58. Queen
100 Greatest Rock Music Ensembles
55. Queen - Brian May (g), Freddie Mercury (k), John Deacon (b), Roger Taylor (d)
100 Greatest Lyricists
53. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
100 Greatest Rock Songwriters
13. Freddie Mercury/Brian May/John Deacon/Roger Taylor - (Queen)
Greatest Rock Guitar Albums
37. Innuendo - Queen
42. Queen II - Queen
48. Queen - Queen
Greatest 'Live' Rock Guitar Albums
22. Live At Wembley - Queen
100 Greatest Rock Albums Of The '80s
109. The Game (1980)-Queen
100 Greatest 'Rock/pop' Artists of The 80's
13. Queen
100 Greatest Rock Songs
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
76. We Will Rock You - Queen
100 Greatest Rock Ballads
25. Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen
67. The Show Must Go On - Queen
91. We Are The Champions - Queen
113. Somebody To Love - Queen
141. The Love Of My Life - Queen
156. Save Me - Queen
The Ten Best Rock Anthem Artists
4. Queen
The Ten Best Rock Epics
3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
100 Greatest 'English' Rock Artists
10. Queen (London)
100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos (Live)
31. Brighton Rock - Brian May (Live Killers/Queen)
Greatest Guitarists of all Genres
143. Brian May
100 Greatest 'Studio' Rock Drum Performance
82. Great King Rat - Roger Taylor (Queen)
149. Sweet Lady - Roger Taylor (Queen)
182. Brighton Rock - Roger Taylor (Queen)
Best Bass Line Creators
13. John Deacon (Queen)
Greatest Rock Pianists
16. Freddie Mercury(Queen)
Greatest Rock Vocal Performance
4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
10. Who Wants To Live Forever - Freddie Mercury/Brain May (Queen)
27. Somebody To Love - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
32. Love Of My Life - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
34. Don't Stop Me Now - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
39. The Show Must Go On - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
44. Under Pressure - Freddie Mercury/David Bowie (Queen)
51. We Are The Champions - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
73. Radio Gaga - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
186. Another One Bites The Dust - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
100 Greatest Frontmen Of Rock
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
100 Greatest 'Live' Rock albums
24. Live At Wembley 86 - Queen
75. Live Killers - Queen
100 Greatest Rock Albums Of The '70s
30. A Night At The Opera (1975)-Queen
102. Queen (1973)-Queen
The Top 10 Final Studio Albums
5. Innuendo - Queen
100 Greatest 'Rock'n'Roll Artists Of The 70's
8. Queen
100 Greatest Music Videos
106. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)
100 Greatest Rock Anthems
3. We Will Rock You - Queen
5. We Are the Champions - Queen
47. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
89. Radio Ga Ga - Queen
100 Greatest 'Live' Rock Artists
2. Queen
100 Greatest Artists of Rock
15. Queen
Artists that Cite Queen as an Influcence:
10cc, AFI, Anthrax, Bad News, Ben Folds Five, Billy Squier, Blind Guardian, Boy George, The Darkness, Def Leppard, Dr. Dre, Dream Theater, Electric Six, Extreme, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Gary Numan, George Michael, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Buckley, Jellyfish, Joan Osborne, Katie Melua, Keane, Marilyn Manson, Meat Loaf, Megadeth, The Melvins, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Nirvana, OK Go, Panic! At The Disco, Pharrell Williams, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, Saga, Scissor Sisters, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sonata Arctica, Sparks, Steve Vai, TNT, Tenacious D, Justin Timberlake, Tori Amos, Trent Reznor, Van Halen, Ween, The White Stripes, Michael Jackson, Yngwie Malmsteen.
Queen Trivia
First band to have their entire back catalogue released at one time on CD.
First band to play three consecutive nights in a stadium in the same city - Buenos Aires.
First band to be signed by an independent record company who took on full responsibility of the band - Trident.
Queen pioneered coming onstage to a backing tape.
First band to sell out the Glasgow Apollo.
Their light shows were revolutionary: dismissed as excessive at the time, but are now copied worldwide.
At the time, A Night At The Opera was the most expensive album ever made.
Bohemian Rhapsody featured the first ever promotional video.
First band to have all four of their albums in the UK top 20 at once.
A Day At The Races had the highest ever advance sales for an album.
First band to sell out Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam in one hour.
First band to have video screens at their concert.
Bohemian Rhapsody voted joint best single in the UK for 1952-77.
We Will Rock You was Number 1 in France for 12 weeks - the longest period allowed in that country. The following week it was replaced by We Are The Champions, from the second side of the single.
First band to sell out 3 consecutive nights at Forest Nationale, Brussels. It was such an amazing feat that the promoters congratulated them via press adverts.
Highest attendance for an indoor concert in the UK. (NEC Birmingham, 14,000)
Another One Bites The Dust was Elektra's first 3,000,000+ single.
First band to play at Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
First band to release a 12" single anywhere (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
Gained entry in Guiness Book of Records for highest paid executives (Ł700,000 each in 1980).
First band to undertake a stadium tour of South America.
Their concert in Sao Paulo attracted the biggest paying audience ever (251,000) to see one band.
First band to fill every place in Argentina's Top Ten album chart.
Only band to have one single in the Argentinean chart for one year (Love Of My Life).
First rock band to be commissioned to write a soundtrack for a major film. (Flash Gordon)
First band to release the first proper collection of promotional videos commercially (Greatest Flix).
First band to have a number one video in the UK (Greatest Flix).
First band to be number one simultaneously in the UK's single, album and video charts.
Tickets for 12 nights at Sun City Superbowl, S Africa sold out in one day - the fastest ever.
Unanimously voted best band at Live Aid by media, journalists, critics, fans and Bob Geldof.
Main Road stadium, Manchester (40,000) sold out in 24 hours - the fastest ever.
First band to play a large stadium date in the Eastern Bloc (Budapest).
First band to release a video single.
Their concert at Milton Keynes was the first programme to be broadcast simultaneously on TV and all independent radio stations in the UK.
First band to have five videos in the UK top ten video chart.
Highest total attendance for four consecutive nights in the UK (over 400,000).
Live In Budapest was the first full length feature film to be premiered in the Eastern block.
Highest rate of sales of a single in Spain (Barcelona sold over 10,000 copies in under 3 hours).
Freddie was the first (and only) rock musician to compose, record and perform classical opera.
The Magic Years video trilogy was the best longform video of any kind worldwide in 1988.
Innuendo had the longest ever music promotional video (six and a half minutes of music)
These Are The Days Of Our Lives was the first music video to be animated by Disney.
Bohemian Rhapsody was pressed and released within one week. This had not been done before, and has never been done since.
First band to have 2 albums and 2 singles enter the UK charts at number 1 in one year.
Bohemian Rhapsody is the only single to be Christmas number one twice.
Bohemian Rhapsody is the only single to be number 1 in four different years.
First band to have 10 albums in the UK top 100.
Greatest Hits is best selling album ever in the UK.
The Freddie Mercury Tribute was watched by over one billion people.
Brian May is the only rock guitarist to have a paper published in the scientific journal Nature.
The four singles taken from The Works album were each written by a different member of the band, and each made the Top 20 in the UK. No other 4-piece band has had this success at song writing.
Queen is the most highly qualified rock band ever - all four members have degrees or equivalent.
Queen have had had more videos at Number 1 in the UK video chart than any other band. (9)
Queen is the first band to have three greatest hits compilations in the UK top 75 album chart.(12/12/99 - GH1 - #66, GH2 - #74, GH3 - #9)
1999 BBC Channel 4 Music Millenium Poll
BEST SONG - Number One with Bohemian Rhapsody
BEST BAND - Queen were voted Second, following the Beatles at Number One
BEST MALE VOCALIST - Freddie was voted in Sixth place behind 1)Elvis Presley, 2)Robbie Williams, 3)Michael Jackson, 4)Frank Sinatra and 5)George Michael.
MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIAN - Freddie was voted Number 14.
BEST SONGWRITER - Freddie was 15th in this category.
BEST ALBUM - Queen's 'A Night At The Opera' was at Number 55.
Interesting facts about Queen (band)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Quenn's original members: Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals).
Queen are a British rock band formed in London, England in 1971.
Queen have sold between 150 million to over 300 million albums worldwide.
Queen did the scoring for the major 1980 sci-fi film, Flash Gordan.
Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time.
The logo of the band (Queen crest) combines the astrological signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).
Queen became the first and currently the only band to have ever been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In 1981, Queen became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums.
In 2002, Queen were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the No. 2 greatest number one hit of all time in the UK Channel 4 poll.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) was born on September 5, 1946 (Virgo).
John Richard Deacon was born on August 19, 1951 (Leo).
Brian Harold May was born on July 19, 1947 (Cancer).
Roger Meddows Taylor was born on July 26, 1949 (Leo).
Guitarist Brian May has a PHD in astrophysics/rocket science. He also put out a solo album project called Starfleet Project with different artists, but most notably was an instrumental collaboration with Eddie Van Halen called "Blues Breaker." Brian May, a genius himself, thinks Eddie Van Halen is one when it comes to guitar playing.
Bohemian Rhapsody lied dormant is a hit for years until the song was resurrected in a hilarious head banging scene in the movie "Wayne's World" with Michael Meyers and Dana Carvey. The song reached its peak in popularity because of this famous movie scene.
Freddy Mercury was born in Zanzibar. We Will Rock You is perhaps the most played song at sport arenas.
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