I fully recommend watching the video before getting into the sales figures.

If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, the next page explains it with a short video. This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Queen‘ albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming, but it will also determine their true popularity. Where do they really rank according to the facts? What are the biggest hits among all their golden tracks? Which albums are the most successful once the sales of compilations they generated are factored in?Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge their results. Queen were usually put alongside the likes of U2, the Eagles and AC/DC. Their career was similar to the song Bohemian Rhapsody with epic moments and others fairly quiet.Īlong with the ups and downs, among the Classic Rock groups Queen also never received the immaculate press that accompanied the likes of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.įor many years, mostly because of lower sales in the US, their success wasn’t rated nearly as high as the success of the previously named rock bands either. The follow-up, A Day at the Races, was seen as some kind of disappointment at first, News of the World was huge, Jazz average, The Game huge in some places and weak in others, Flash Soundtrack flopped, as did Hot Space.ĭuring the 80s, they never recovered their success in the US while it took them a long time before selling a noteworthy album figures in France and Italy… You get the picture. It contained their breakthrough smash Bohemian Rhapsody. They grew album after album until making it big time with their fourth LP, A Night at the Opera in 1975. Since 2011, Adam Lambert sings for the band who continues touring.Īs much as we are tempted to believe the band was massive from day 1 up to the end, in reality their career wasn’t that easy. Paul Rodgers was elected from 2004 to 2009. Yes, after dropping some posthumous tracks of their late singer during the 90s, the remaining members of the band decided to recruit a new lead singer in later years.

Queen a night at the opera poster