And that's the thing; if you want to introduce Queen to people who were born well after Freddie's death, then this is the album to start with. Ultratop.be – Queen – The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 10 January 2020. Grein, Paul (31 October 1981). "Queen Pulls Out from Warner Vid Rental Plan". Billboard. pp.1 & 114.Compilation albums are actually playlists. They were of use to music fans in the pre-2000 era because creating a playlist was technically difficult. After 2000-2005, compilation albums have no meaning for music fans (except for supporting the band financially) because any fan can easily create compilations. If a band is successful and long-lived, their greatest hits arc will run something like this: 1) A greatest hits released on album or cassette, with usually 10-12 songs. 2) The CD makeover with, hopefully, a few more songs to fill out the extra length and/or catch up the listener with later songs. 3) The 2-CD greatest hits, maybe even curated by the artists themselves so you're getting the greatest hits that they think are the best. 4) The 4 to 5 CD box set padded with extras and in my case, hopefully not too many demos. 5) Budget priced CDs, varying depending on what entity licensed what song, that can be one or two CD's.

Scaping, Peter, ed. (1985). "Top 100 Albums: 1984". BPI Year Book 1985 (7thed.). British Phonographic Industry. pp.48–49. ISBN 0-906154-06-5.

The US ended up with its original edit of Queen's first single release, " Keep Yourself Alive", originally released in 1973 and re-released in the US in 1975, following the success of " Bohemian Rhapsody". The US version also added " Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, which was released the same week as Greatest Hits and subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten in many charts around the world. However, the song was not included on the European versions of Greatest Hits – according to Queen's business manager Jim Beach, this was because the longer manufacturing time required to press records in Europe meant that several hundred thousand copies of the album had already been pressed up before the song had been recorded. [3] Italian album certifications – Queen – Platinum Collection" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 4 April 2022. Select "2022" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Platinum Collection" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". It is without question that Queen were a unique and supremely talented band- Brian May’s guitar sound, Freddy's presence, tight rhythms and the vocal harmonies made certain of that- and for all their eclecticism they always sounded like themselves, but Greatest Hits is just that – a collection of the most popular songs released by the band as singles.