| Nathan H 15.09.2018 11:08 |
Does anybody have information about the best selling Queen singles? I have found some out of date lists which shows their original single sales upon release but does anybody have any lists including streaming and downloads? Any information much appreciated. |
| Dim 15.09.2018 11:51 |
This information comes from Slightlymad in ukmix.org. QUEEN : 15,595,000 UK Single Sales 1. Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days :: 2,815k 2. Queen -- Don't Stop Me Now :: 1,000k 3. Queen & David Bowie -- Under Pressure :: 905k 4. Queen -- We Are The Champions :: 855k 5. Queen -- Somebody To Love :: 685k 6. Queen -- I Want To Break Free :: 640k 7. Queen -- Crazy Little Thing Called Love :: 580k 8. Queen -- Radio Ga Ga :: 550k 9. Queen -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 515k 10. Queen -- Killer Queen :: 445k 11. Queen -- A Kind Of Magic :: 440k 12. Queen [George Michael w Lisa Stansfield] -- Five Live EP :: 420k 13. Queen -- Heaven For Everyone :: 335k 14. Queen -- We Will Rock You :: 310k 15. Queen [Five &] -- We Will Rock You :: 275k 16. Queen -- Flash :: 275k 17. Queen -- Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls {vinyl} :: 265k 18. Queen -- One Vision :: 265k 19. Queen -- You're My Best Friend :: 245k 20. Queen -- I Want It All :: 215k 21. Queen -- Who Wants To Live Forever :: 215k 22. Queen -- Show Must Go On :: 200k 23. Queen -- It's A Hard Life :: 190k 24. Queen -- Seven Seas Of Rhye :: 185k 25. Queen -- A Winter's Tale :: 170k 26. Queen -- Innuendo :: 160k 27. Queen -- Play The Game :: 160k 28. Queen -- Queen's First EP (Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy) :: 145k 29. Queen -- Hammer To Fall :: 145k 30. Queen -- These Are The Days Of Our Lives :: 140k 31. Queen -- Las Palabras De Amor :: 120k 32. Queen -- Friends Will Be Friends :: 120k 33. Queen -- Breakthru' :: 120k 34. Queen -- Save Me :: 120k 35. Queen -- Now I'm Here :: 120k 36. Queen with Wyclef Jean ft Pras Michel -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 105k 37. Queen -- Fat Bottomed Girls {digital + streams} :: 105k 38. Queen -- Thank God It's Christmas :: 95k 39. Queen -- Too Much Love Will Kill You :: 90k 40. Queen -- Invisible Man :: 75k 41. Queen & David Bowie -- Under Pressure (remix) :: 65k 42. Queen -- Let Me Live :: 60k 43. Queen -- No-One But You / Tie Your Mother Down {CD single} :: 55k 44. Queen -- The Miracle :: 55k 45. Queen -- You Don't Fool Me :: 55k 46. Queen -- Tie Your Mother Down {vinyl + digital + streams) :: 55k 47. Queen -- Body Language :: 50k 48. Queen -- Bicycle Race {digital + streams} :: 50k 49. Queen -- Scandal :: 45k 50. Queen -- Headlong :: 45k 51. Queen -- Spread Your Wings :: 45k 52. Queen -- I'm Going Slightly Mad :: 40k 53. Queen -- Backchat :: 30k 54. Queen & Vanguard -- Flash :: 20k 55. Queen & Muppets -- Bohemian Rhapsody :: 20k 56. Queen -- Princes Of The Universe :: 20k 57. Queen -- Love Of My Life :: 10k 58. Queen vs Miami Project -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 10k 59. Queen -- Keep Yourself Alive :: 10k 60. Queen -- Let Me In Your Heart Again :: 10k 61. Queen & Paul Rodgers -- C-lebrity :: 5k 62. Queen & Paul Rodgers -- Say It's Not True :: 5k 63. Queen -- Liar :: 5k 64. Queen -- The Prophet's Song :: 5k 65. Queen -- Under Pressure :: 5k |
| Nathan H 15.09.2018 11:56 |
Wow I've never seen that before. That's really interesting. |
| Dr Magus 15.09.2018 12:01 |
Yes, interesting to see DSMN at no 2 with a million sales. Does that include digital sales because it only reached no9 in the charts. |
| Dim 15.09.2018 12:01 |
Also it is their album sales here not including streaming and downloading where Queen are huge. So if we count them they will be at top 3 Postby slightlymad » Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:56 pm I don't think anyone has posted this from MJD's site. It's a breakdown of Album sales per country, interesting to see how well Queen have performed, especially in Europe! Worldwide Album Sales 1 The Beatles 342,050,000 2 Michael Jackson 226,150,000 3 Elvis Presley 224,210,000 4 Pink Floyd 203,900,000 5 Madonna 195,700,000 6 The Rolling Stones 189,250,000 7 Elton John 178,700,000 8 Queen 178,020,000 9 Led Zeppelin 171,100,000 10 Celine Dion 167,525,000 Europe 1 The Beatles 88,390,000 2 Queen 87,910,000 3 Pink Floyd 85,950,000 4 Michael Jackson 81,000,000 5 Madonna 76,780,000 6 ABBA 70,390,000 7 U2 63,220,000 8 The Rolling Stones 61,850,000 9 Dire Straits 61,170,000 10 Celine Dion 56,280,000 UK 1 The Beatles 34,095,000 2 Queen 25,720,000 3 Elvis Presley 23,255,000 4 Michael Jackson 22,690,000 5 Madonna 22,490,000 6 Rod Stewart 20,980,000 7 Robbie Williams 18,930,000 8 ABBA 18,735,000 9 U2 18,070,000 10 Elton John 17,470,000 Germany 1 Queen 16,215,000 2 Phil Collins 14,290,000 3 Pink Floyd 13,900,000 4 ABBA 12,785,000 5 The Beatles 12,680,000 6 AC/DC 11,955,000 7 Michael Jackson 11,470,000 8 Madonna 11,075,000 9 The Rolling Stones 9,615,000 10 Robbie Williams 8,475,000 Holland 1 Queen 4,542,000 2 ABBA 3,695,000 3 Michael Jackson 3,560,000 4 U2 3,290,000 5 Dire Straits 3,205,000 6 Celine Dion 2,938,000 7 The Rolling Stones 2,926,000 8 Madonna 2,525,000 9 Andrea Bocelli 2,505,000 10 Pink Floyd 2,435,000 Spain 1 Pink Floyd 4,405,000 2 Gloria Estefan 4,345,000 3 Queen 4,330,000 4 Michael Jackson 3,750,000 5 Bruce Springsteen 3,555,000 6 Madonna 3,545,000 7 The Beatles 3,543,000 8 U2 3,420,000 9 Phil Collins 3,390,000 10 Elton John 3,218,000 Argentina 1 The Beatles 3,095,000 2 Queen 1,940,000 3 Pink Floyd 1,745,000 4 Michael Jackson 1,515,000 5 U2 1,410,000 6 Guns N' Roses 1,405,000 7 Phil Collins 1,315,000 8 Madonna 1,295,000 9 Led Zeppelin 1,185,000 10 Shakira 1,070,000 Austria 1 Queen 1,529,000 2 Michael Jackson 1,370,000 3 Pink Floyd 1,145,000 4 U2 1,050,000 5 Madonna 1,050,000 6 ABBA 965,000 7 Robbie Williams 945,000 8 Tina Turner 935,000 9 AC/DC 898,000 10 Eros Ramazzotti 865,000 Switzerland 1 Queen 1,955,000 2 Celine Dion 1,870,000 3 Eros Ramazzotti 1,660,000 4 Dire Straits 1,585,000 5 AC/DC 1,578,000 6 Madonna 1,570,000 7 Michael Jackson 1,515,000 8 Pink Floyd 1,435,000 9 U2 1,385,000 10 Phil Collins 1,380,000 Italy 1 Eros Ramazzotti 11,750,000 2 Pink Floyd 10,845,000 3 Madonna 8,435,000 4 Queen 6,955,000 5 U2 6,815,000 6 Dire Straits 6,385,000 7 Michael Jackson 5,620,000 8 Bruce Springsteen 4,890,000 9 Elton John 4,762,000 10 Andrea Bocelli 4,600,000 Finland 1 Madonna 729,000 2 ABBA 695,000 3 Queen 638,000 4 Metallica 561,000 5 Bruce Springsteen 546,000 6 Dire Straits 500,000 7 Celine Dion 481,000 8 Michael Jackson 412,000 9 Guns N' Roses 350,000 10 U2 345,000 Japan 1 B'z 58,550,000 2 Ayumi Hamasaki 33,230,000 3 Hikaru Utada 26,320,000 4 The Beatles 20,655,000 5 Carpenters 10,160,000 6 Madonna 9,180,000 7 Michael Jackson 8,705,000 8 Celine Dion 8,360,000 9 ABBA 8,150,000 10 Queen 8,110,000 Other Countries USA - No30 Canada - No18 Brazil - No5 Mexico - No11 Australia - No14 New Zealand - No7 France - No12 Sweden - No10 |
| Dim 15.09.2018 12:02 |
The singles are downloads and stream plus physical sales |
| Nathan H 15.09.2018 14:24 |
How many did Bohemian Rhapsody sell on its second release? Also does the figure include digital sales? |
| cmsdrums 15.09.2018 16:00 |
Don’t show Brian that list - he hasn’t got a song in the top 10! |
| scottmax 15.09.2018 20:47 |
Under pressure in there twice?! |
| Day dop 16.09.2018 00:09 |
Top selling artists worldwide, physical and digital sales. 1. The Beatles – 405,737,000 (as of Mar 2017) 2. Michael Jackson – 323,741,000 (as of Sep 2017) 3. Elvis Presley – 314,044,000 (as of Sep 2018) 4. Madonna – 241,134,000 (as of Aug 2017) 5. Queen – 238,637,000 (as of Oct 2017) 6. The Rolling Stones – 237,135,000 (as of Dec 2016) 7. Pink Floyd – 229,426,000 (as of Jun 2017) 8. Led Zeppelin – 200,459,000 (as of Aug 2016) 9. Elton John – 196,130,000 (as of Feb 2018) 10. U2 – 194,519,000 (as of Aug 2016) 11. Céline Dion – 193,422,000 (as of Sep 2016) 12. AC/DC – 191,030,000 (as of Feb 2018) 13. Eagles – 171,069,000 (as of Dec 2017) 14. Mariah Carey – 167,149,000 (as of Apr 2017) 15. Bruce Springsteen – 157,024,000 (as of Jul 2017) 16. Bee Gees – 156,874,000 (as of Apr 2017) 17. ABBA – 156,623,000 (as of Nov 2016) 18. Eminem – 154,954,000 (as of Aug 2016) 19. Barbra Streisand – 152,498,000 (as of Mar 2018) 20. Whitney Houston – 151,693,000 (as of May 2017) link |
| princetom 16.09.2018 00:26 |
publishing for "only" 18 years, i think, they did quite well. but seeing something like IWTBF at the top of sales makes me wonder on their audience :-) "the muppets" topping POTU ... well... odd!. but that's the way it goes. quite interesting numbers. quite interesting preferences of the buyers. explains a lot of their setlist nowadays. if only they would make their performances be more interesting by updating their playlist and shove in some songs that we didn't hear live, yet. . well, let's see how THAT worldwide list develops after ABBA will have released their latest songs :-) |
| Holly2003 16.09.2018 10:48 |
Maybe my memory is failing but when was the Prophets Song released as a single in the UK? |
| Darren_1977 16.09.2018 10:50 |
It’s anazing scandal sales so low even though there were at least six variants to collect as far as I recall |
| Nathan H 16.09.2018 10:57 |
The Prophet's Song wasn't a single, it's probably included because it's sold quite a lot. I was thinking that Keep Yourself Alive would've sold more than 10,000 even though it didn't chart. Princes Of The Universe wasn't a hit in the UK. |
| Darren_1977 16.09.2018 10:57 |
There’s a person on the other site called Enrique and he regularly updates sales figures from around the world , interesting how the band performs in different territories |
| bucsateflon 16.09.2018 11:08 |
When I'm telling Led Zeppelin is just hype and no one is really listening to those badly recorded and mixed albums here is the proof, LZ sales suck |
| Nathan H 16.09.2018 13:07 |
What's the address for that site? Darren_1977 |
| Darren_1977 16.09.2018 15:46 |
Oh it’s queenonline , he posts in one of the forums , very interesting to read but all the number crunching gets a small bit tedious after a while! |
| Dr Magus 16.09.2018 17:29 |
In terms of global sales of bands, Queen are above the Stones, Zep, Floyd etc and are second only to The Beatles. Glad to see it official. |
| Nathan H 16.09.2018 19:21 |
Ok thanks Darren_1977 |
| flash00. 17.09.2018 01:48 |
Just an observation and a sad one in my opinion there is not one George Michael track etc, and yes Queen is still one serious huge band. |
| flash00. 17.09.2018 01:48 |
Just an observation and a sad one in my opinion there is not one George Michael track etc, and yes Queen is still one serious huge band. |
| The Fairy King 17.09.2018 09:01 |
Great thread! |
| Viper 17.09.2018 11:00 |
great topic! |
| Viper 17.09.2018 11:02 |
How can I get Portugal's album/single sales? |
| goose44 22.09.2018 03:25 |
Record sales worldwide are going to skyrocket with the release of the movie |
| Another Roger (re) 22.09.2018 06:12 |
"Record sales worldwide are going to skyrocket with the release of the movie " In an age where noone buy physical releases anymore? I highly doubt it. We will see it on streaming services, and in fact we are already seeing it. Queen has surpassed f.ex The Beatles on Spotify. The new generation listens more to Queen than the Beatles. |
| Nathan H 24.11.2018 18:06 |
Official statistics released this week by the Official Charts Company... The bestselling Queen singles in the UK: 1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. We Are the Champions 3. Under Pressure [Queen & David Bowie] 4. Don't Stop Me Now 5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 6. Radio Ga Ga 7. I Want to Break Free 8. Somebody to Love 9. Killer Queen 10. A Kind of Magic 11. Five Live EP [George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield] 12. Another One Bites the Dust 13. Heaven For Everyone 14. We Will Rock You [Five & Queen] 15. We Will Rock You 16. One Vision 17. I Want It All 18. Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls 19. You're My Best Friend 20. It's a Hard Life The most streamed Queen songs in the UK: 1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Don't Stop Me Now 3. Under Pressure [Queen & David Bowie] 4. Another One Bites the Dust 5. We Will Rock You 6. I Want to Break Free 7. Somebody to Love 8. We Are the Champions 9. Killer Queen 10. You're My Best Friend 11. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 12. Fat Bottomed Girls 13. Radio Ga Ga 14. A Kind of Magic 15. The Show Must Go On 16. Who Wants to Live Forever 17. I Want It All 18. Bicycle Race 19. One Vision 20. Hammer to Fall https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/queens-bestselling-singles-on-the-official-uk-singles-chart__24760/ |