| MisterCosmicc 27.09.2019 21:57 |
I just figured I’d let everyone know that Queen are all over the iTunes Charts in hundreds of countries. |
| MisterCosmicc 27.09.2019 21:59 |
Yeehaw |
| anadamfan 27.09.2019 22:06 |
LOL. You’re late to the party. It has been like this for years. Nothing new at all. |
| MisterCosmicc 27.09.2019 23:04 |
I know... just updating everyone on Queen’s massive sales. Can you believe they sell more music in one year in the USA alone than Adam has sold in his lifetime? |
| anadamfan 27.09.2019 23:23 |
I know that. They sell more than any other rock band as well. And every legacy act from the Beatles to Elvis. No need to put Adam down. ;) |
| MisterCosmicc 27.09.2019 23:42 |
I didn’t. Facts and figures. |
| rockchic65 28.09.2019 00:54 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: I didn’t. Facts and figures.You sound rather pathetic keep pitting Adam solo against Queen when even Brian, Roger and Freddie couldn't compete with Queen stuff and nor can tons of other major bands. Adam is a solo artist who's not even released any music in four years so how you think he should be anywhere close to Queen's level in the charts and especially after the movie is beyond me. You seem completely obsessed with what a guy you clearly don't like is doing in the charts, doesn't that strike you as strange? |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 00:57 |
Freddie had a lot of solo hits. |
| rockchic65 28.09.2019 01:18 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: Freddie had a lot of solo hits.Mr Bad Guy No 6 in UK and Barcelona No 15, Mr Bad Guy certified Gold and Barcelona certified Silver in UK, that's hardly major hits. Freddie Mercury album did better but that was after he died. Singles didn't chart particularly high, The Great Pretender was highest at No4, none of that competes with Queen. |
| runner_70 28.09.2019 06:45 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: I know... just updating everyone on Queen’s massive sales. Can you believe they sell more music in one year in the USA alone than Adam has sold in his lifetime?Absolutely because it is still great music while Lamebirds crap plastic stuff blows |
| stevelondon20 28.09.2019 06:56 |
Whilst I like Adam as a person, his solo music is pretty poor. |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 08:41 |
“Mr Bad Guy No 6 in UK and Barcelona No 15, Mr Bad Guy certified Gold and Barcelona certified Silver in UK, that's hardly major hits. Freddie Mercury album did better but that was after he died. Singles didn't chart particularly high, The Great Pretender was highest at No4, none of that competes with Queen.” You’re judging one country. The Great Pretender and Living On My Own were both #1 singles in different territories. You’re also forgetting that the highest chart position doesn’t mean the most overall sales. Some #1 songs are only in the top 100 for a few weeks. Some songs that aren’t #1 can stay in the top 100 for months and months and months. Look at how much Adam is on social media, and the constant interviews he does that are posted. The constant attention seeking behavior. Adam’s the kind of guy who would post dumb little videos of myself on his Instagram story. Freddie’s promotions for his Mr. Bad Guy album were via limited magazine adverts. Let’s also keep in mind that both Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona are things Freddie’s rock fans weren’t all into. Barcelona was #6 on the US Classical charts. |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 08:46 |
But if you want UK history... here’s Adam |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 08:47 |
Now here’s Freddie... |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 09:16 |
Mister Cosmic, you have nothing to prove. I believe, people here know these stats. But since you’re so much into comparing an American pop artist to a British Rock legend from completely different decades (which isn’t sensible to begin with), maybe you shouldn’t be stuck in Britain. Show us the numbers from the US maybe? (Adam’s home country and one of Queen‘s biggest markets) Or Germany (Queen’s 2nd biggest market in the 80s)? How about Australia? Other countries? I would like to see those. |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 09:33 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: Now here’s Freddie...This is a completely unfair comparison. The Number 1 for instance happened after Freddie had died. |
| stevelondon20 28.09.2019 09:39 |
The no more brothers remix. |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 09:52 |
Sales of Mr. Bad Guy were poor in the USA. I blame that on his label and perhaps even Freddie himself. No promotion was done there. Everyone knew who Freddie was, they didn’t know when his stuff would be released... only diehard fans really knew. Freddie didn’t have an Instagram to post selfie videos on. Unfair? Your problem is that you think highest chart position means best overall sales... it doesn’t. I’ll also say that bet Mr. Bad Guy, while only reaching #159 on the US charts, sold more copies in the USA than ‘The Original High’, a #3 album. |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 10:15 |
I’m not sure on Adam’s certifications in Germany, and I’m not sure with Freddie, either, but I know Freddie’s self-titled album was platinum in Germany. I also only compared them in the UK because your best friend wrote this... “Mr Bad Guy No 6 in UK and Barcelona No 15, Mr Bad Guy certified Gold and Barcelona certified Silver in UK, that's hardly major hits.” |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 10:17 |
Freddie was alive when he saw a solo song of his hit #1 |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 10:28 |
You’re comparing apples and oranges. Sales aren’t close to what they have been 30+ years ago. Not even what they have been ten years ago. Numbers are going down considerably from year to year, due to streaming. None of this is relevant anyway. It can be interesting, but the pure numbers of sales can’t be compared. The industry has changed too much. If you want to see Freddie or Adam’s Chart positions from other countries like Germany, you can see those on the Wikipedia sites of those countries, like here: link link I look at these from pure curiosity, not to compare some of my favorite artists. |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 10:33 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: Freddie was alive when he saw a solo song of his hit #1I only know of „Living on my own“. But it was a Remix, released some time after his death. What song are you talking about? |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 10:46 |
... and Mr. Bad Guy went out of print long ago. Chart positions don’t mean how much they sold. |
| MisterCosmicc 28.09.2019 10:51 |
“If you want to see Freddie or Adam’s Chart positions from other countries like Germany, you can see those on the Wikipedia sites of those countries, like here: link link ” Freddie’s is incomplete by far. |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 11:00 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: “If you want to see Freddie or Adam’s Chart positions from other countries like Germany, you can see those on the Wikipedia sites of those countries, like here: link link ” Freddie’s is incomplete by far.I thought so. I guess neither is Adam‘s. Those are the stats from the point of view of that country. The rest of Freddie’s solo work played no role there. A reason, why most of the English versions never show the whole picture either. |
| anadamfan 28.09.2019 11:00 |
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| matt z 29.09.2019 00:48 |
A Nad A dam fan is probably correct. Sad thing is if we're looking for accuracy of performed songs etc then the Adam stuff would be closer cause nobody before would be lining up for this thing without a Rock singer I kinda feel out of place |