Greatest Hits

Product Information

The compilation Greatest Hits II reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and is the tenth best-selling album in the UK with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014. [4] It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany, [5] the thirteenth best-selling album in France, [6] and the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland. [7] [8] Accumulated sales ( Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide. [9] [10]

Výsledky trhu 2018 - Česká republika" (PDF) (in Czech). Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu . Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Tracklist

Let's get this part out of the way up front. I love Queen and the songs themselves are still spectacular. I have no problem awarding this a 10 based on the music alone. Najpopularniejsze albumy i single 2019 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 January 2020.

Charts.nz – Queen – The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020. As a result of their ubiquity I can hear each of these songs without playing the album. Their melodies are coiled around my brain and wrapped up in memories of my teenage years, reinforced by the transformation from yesterday’s hit singles band to global phenomenon in the five years after they conquered the world at Live Aid. Their 20-minute set in London on July 13th 1985 is as close as we will ever see to an actual phoenix take flight and the fact that two or three minute of that is ‘wasted’ getting the crowd to sing Ay-oh is part of the reason that almost everyone who saw it ‘loves’ Queen. Danishcharts.dk – Queen – The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021. Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Albums (UK)". Chart File 1982. Virgin Books. pp.78–81. ISBN 0-907080-49-9. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Greatest Hits III ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

Release

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] Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2019 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 23 February 2019. Italian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 27 December 2018. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Greatest Hits II" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". Queen+ – Greatest Hits III (Album)" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien . Retrieved 24 July 2011. Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 20th November 1999". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 July 2011.

Italiancharts.com – Queen – The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.Finally - it seems easy, release a Greatest Hits album and watch it sell. And many do, but how many of those Best of Albums sell more than 10 mill, far less 20 mill? a b "Los más vendidos 2018" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019 . Retrieved 24 January 2019. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'The Platinum Collection ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 16 January 2019. Swedishcharts.com – Queen – The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

I very seldom have started listening to a band from a compilation, but there are a few: Beach Boys, Heart and Janis Joplin for instance. Of the Beach Boys I eventually got Pet Sounds years later, the Heart became a favourite of mine and I ended up collecting all their albums, but Greatest Hits by Janis Joplin is still the only release I have. I can see how a Greatest Hits could be attractive as an introduction to a band, and although in the age of streaming this should really be no longer the case, for a band like Queen it probably still is given they firmly belong to the previous generation. POP" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on 5 December 2002.The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Greatest Hits ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. a b c Grein, Paul (17 October 1981). "Row over Rent-Only Plan for Queen Vid". Billboard. pp.3 & 84. Top Álbum - Del 30 de noviembre al 06 de diciembre 2018" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018 . Retrieved 24 January 2019.