Greatest Hits II

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Hoskyns, Barney (31 October 1981). "Superbrats: Heartbeat, halitosis, pop pulse and pomp". NME. p.36. Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009" (PDF). BPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Dutch album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 4 August 2021. Enter Greatest Hits in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1991 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".

News of the World (CD Bonus EP liner notes). Queen. US: Hollywood Records. 2011. D001410102. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) a b c d e f g h i j A Kind of Magic (CD liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1986. CDP 7 46267 2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Thank God It's Christmas" (liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1984. QUEEN 5. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Greatest Hits is the band's best-selling album to date, with total sales of over 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, spending four weeks at the top and sold consistently well throughout the 1980s, becoming the fourth-biggest selling album of the decade. The single "Under Pressure", which was released the same week as Greatest Hits, also topped the UK Singles Chart. a b c d e f g h i j The Game (liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1980. EMA 795. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)Savage, Mark (19 July 2022). "Queen's Greatest Hits sells seven million copies, breaking UK chart record". BBC News . Retrieved 19 July 2022.

Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Queen in the box under the ARTISTA column headingand Greatest Hits II in the box under the TÍTULO column heading. Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". Chart File Volume 2. Virgin Books. pp.82–83. ISBN 0-907080-73-1. 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] In the UK, Greatest Hits debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and climbed to number one the following week, spending four weeks at the top. The album continued to sell well throughout the 1980s, appearing on several UK year-end charts, and by the end of the decade it had become the fourth-biggest selling album in the UK during the 1980s, with sales of over 1.9 million copies. [14] By 2006, Greatest Hits had become the best-selling album in the UK and the first album to sell more than five million copies there. [15] In February 2014, Greatest Hits became the first album in the UK to sell over six million copies, [16] [17] and it was claimed that one in three families in the UK owned a copy. [18] In June 2022, Greatest Hits spent its 1,000th week on the UK Albums Chart, and in July 2022, it reached seven million sales, with one in four households in the UK estimated to have a copy of the album. [19] As of November 2023, the album has spent 1,077 weeks in the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart. [20] Queen reach six million album sales in UK". BBC News. 11 February 2014 . Retrieved 22 February 2019.British album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 7 June 2023. Stansield, David (22 February 1992). "PolyGram Leader in '91 Sales Survey" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.9, no.9. p.7 – via American Radio History. a b Robbins, Ira (13 November 1992). "Greatest Hits Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014 . Retrieved 11 June 2012. Italian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits I" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 February 2023. ARIA End of Year Albums 2017". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 5 January 2018.

This song was played live in 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976 and was recorded in studio, but was never released. a b c d e f g h i j Queen (liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1973. EMC 3006. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) a b c d e f g h i j k l m Jazz (liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1978. EMA 788. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Caulfield, Keith (10 February 2014). "Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Becomes First Album to Sell 6 Million in U.K." Billboard . Retrieved 11 February 2014. New Zealand album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 23 December 2018.Mr. Bad Guy (liner notes). Freddie Mercury. UK: CBS Records. 1985. CBS 86312. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, Queen guitarist Brian May says: “We’re here to bring you the joyous news that Queen’s Greatest Hits album has sold 7 million copies, which nobody has ever done before. No album has done this before in history. Thank you, we appreciate it.” Disque en france" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010 . Retrieved 3 July 2020. Los premiados" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 18 March 2005.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p.243. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.I Want It All" (liner notes). Queen. UK: Parlophone. 1989. QUEEN 11. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)