How many records did Queen sell?

Queen have sold over 300 million albums worldwide.
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Did Queen sell more records than The Beatles?

Interestingly, the Queen band has been active for a much longer period than The Beatles did. With 15 studio albums released in its name, the band has recorded more than 200 million records sold, which ranks them as one of the best-selling artists of all time.
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What was Queen's biggest selling hit?

Bohemian Rhapsody

As well as being Queen's best seller, it's also one of the UK's biggest singles of all time, with 2.6 million pure sales.
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How many sales has Queen made?

Queen have been a global presence in popular culture for more than four decades. Estimates of their record sales range from 170 million to 300 million, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists.
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How many albums did Queen sell Nicki Minaj?

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with a total of 185,000 album-equivalent units, giving Minaj her fourth top two album.
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Is Nicki Minaj Queen platinum?

In January 2019, Queen was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for 1 million equivalent units in the US.
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Is Queen a flop?

Nicki's fourth studio album, Queen, failed to top the US Billboard 200 on its week of release - despite strong sales.
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Did Queen ever go platinum?

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

On 27 June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, The Platinum Collection was re-released in the UK as well as in other territories around the world. The release consisted of the 2011 remasters of all three albums.
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How many #1 albums did Queen have?

Queen have scored nine UK Number 1 albums, the third most among British bands behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. 5. Queen are one of only 14 acts to claim nine chart-topping albums.
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Who has sold the most albums ever?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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How many Queen albums went platinum?

As of March 2021, Queens Greatest Hits 1 has spent over 940 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and it has also been certified 20 times platinum with sales of over 6 million copies, making it the best-selling album of all time in the United Kingdom.
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What is Queen's most streamed song?

Bohemian Rhapsody

As well as being Queen's most-streamed, in 2018 it was revealed as the UK's most-played song of the 20th century, finishing ahead of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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Did Freddie Mercury write all the songs for Queen?

Freddie Mercury wrote, when it comes to studio albums and bonus tracks, 70 songs for Queen. This made him the main songwriter for Queen, however, the band's guitarist Brian May was also a close second.
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Is Queen the most popular band ever?

Twenty years after they stole the show at the original Live Aid concert, and 14 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen have been crowned the most popular UK band of all time.
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Which is better Queen or Led Zeppelin?

Led Zeppelin is more legendary IMHO. Their music was moody and deep mostly. Queen was by far a better live bind than Zep.
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Who is the biggest band ever?

As of 2020, according to Business Insider, The Beatles are at number one, having sold around 183 million units.
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Did Queen have a gold record?

Description. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" RIAA Gold Record Sales Award Presented to Freddie Mercury. Often cited as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury's masterpiece, the six-minute, multi-part song was released in 1975.
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What was Queen's first No 1 hit?

Today in 1980, Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" reached No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it would hold that position for four consecutive weeks. The song was Queen's first No. 1 single in the United States.
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What was Queen's last song?

"Mother Love" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven, released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. It was written by Mercury and Brian May. Mercury recorded two out of three verses before becoming too sickly to continue recording, forcing May to record the last verse later. Queen Music Ltd.
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What was Queen's last hit?

Remembering Queen's Last Masterpiece, 'Innuendo' - Rolling Stone.
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Who owns the Queen music catalog?

However in 1990, they terminated their U.S. contract with Capitol and signed with Disney's Hollywood Records, which has remained the current owner and distributor of Queen's entire music catalogue in North America. Disney paid $10 million for the distribution rights in 1990.
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Why Is Nicki Minaj the Queen?

Music artist Nicki Minaj has been in the music industry for years, trying different genres as well as changing the rap game. She has rightfully earned the title “Queen of Rap” considering the tremendous amount of accomplishments she's made. Nicki Minaj's father was a severe drug addict, with a history of violence.
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What is Nicki Minaj's highest selling album?

The best-selling album by NICKI MINAJ is PINK FRIDAY, which sold over 3,370,000 copies .
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How many #1 Does Nicki Minaj Have?

And despite her frequent presence on the Hot 100, Minaj has never had a No. 1 hit. She's had 17 songs reach the top 10, and ascended to the No.
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