Hi Everyone, ever wondered how many copies each Queen Album has sold?, well I have discovered this great web site that has a fab topic at the moment were some major Queen fans are exchanging there knowledge of Queen's record sales in most major record markets, below is the latest list they have come up with and the link to the site. It's a brilliant read and who know's maybe some of you more knowlegable fans out there can add to the debate.
Queen 2: 1.000.000
Sheer heart attck: 2.000.000
A night at the opera: 7.500.000
A day at the races: 3.500.000
News of the world: 7.500.000
Jazz: 3.500.000
Live killers: 3.500.000
The game: 7.000.000
Flash Gordon: 2.000.000
Hot space: 3.000.000
The works: 4.500.000
A kind of magic: 5.000.000
Live magic: 2.000.000
The miracle: 4.000.000
Innuendo: 5.000.000
Live at wembley: 3.500.000
Made in heaven: 7.500.000
Queen on fire: 500.000
Greatest hits 1: 23.000.000
Greatest hits 2: 18.000.000
Greatest hits 3: 2.500.000
Greatest hits 1 and Greatest hits 2: 2.000.000
Platinium collection: 4.000.000
Queen rocks: 1.000.000
Other releases: 2.000.000
Total: 126.500.000 copies link
Thanks for this list, but on the site there seems to be innacurate information.
I´m from Portugal, but i know that in the seventies and eighties a platinium album was 1.000.000 copies. That´s the reason why a "NATO" is 1 time platinium and "MIH" is 5 times platinium.
For some reason the official sources didn´t updated the statistics to the 300.000=1platinium, wich is the formula used in these days.
So, a common mistake that some fans tend to do is just check the platinium status and aplly the 300.000 rule. But this is wrong in some cases (70´s) where you have to apply the 1.000.000 rule. So, in UK, they have sold far more than what´s on that list!
Take care
Thanks Bobby_brown, great point, it's a well known fact that the BPI certifications for Queen's Album sales are well out of date, for instance GH1 is certified 11 x Platinum (3,300,000) but it is now thought it's UK sales exceed 5,100,000. Does anyone know of an accurate list of each albums sales in the UK. Cheers Lee
US sales are 33 million albums sold:
Queen 1: 500,000 copies Gold
Queen 2: BOMBED
SHA: 500,000 Gold
ANATO: 3 million US Triple Platinum
ADATR: million US Platinum
NOTW: 4 million US Quadruple Platinum
Jazz: million US Platinum
LK: 2 million US Double Platinum
The Game: 4 million US Quadruple Platinum
FG: 500,000 US Gold
GH(Elektra and Hollywood issues): 8 million US Octuple Platinum
HS: 500,000 US Gold
The Works: 500,000 US Gold
AKoM: 500,000 US Gold
The Miracle: nothing
Innuendo: 500,000 US Gold
Classic Queen: 3 million US Triple Platinum
LaWS(Wembley '86): million US Platinum
BBC: nothing
MIH: 500,000
GH 1 and 2(Gold Collection): million US Platinum
Live Magic: nothing
Queen Rocks: nothing
GH III: nada
Platinum Collection: million US Platinum
Queen On Fire: nothing
Actually I don't know what to think...I thought that "Made In Heaven" had sold twelve million copies. I know I seen the claim that "Greatest Hits I" worldwide has sales of twenty FIVE million and not twenty THREE. I could be wrong but I know I have at least seen in print somewhere that that greatest hits sold that much...which doesn't mean that it is true of course.
AlexRocks wrote: Actually I don't know what to think...I thought that "Made In Heaven" had sold twelve million copies. I know I seen the claim that "Greatest Hits I" worldwide has sales of twenty FIVE million and not twenty THREE. I could be wrong but I know I have at least seen in print somewhere that that greatest hits sold that much...which doesn't mean that it is true of course.
I saw that number too, but in my case was GH1 e GH2 put together. Of coures today, the number is higher than that.
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NOTWMEDDLE wrote: US sales are 33 million albums sold:
Queen 1: 500,000 copies Gold
Queen 2: BOMBED
SHA: 500,000 Gold
ANATO: 3 million US Triple Platinum
ADATR: million US Platinum
NOTW: 4 million US Quadruple Platinum
Jazz: million US Platinum
LK: 2 million US Double Platinum
The Game: 4 million US Quadruple Platinum
FG: 500,000 US Gold
GH(Elektra and Hollywood issues): 8 million US Octuple Platinum
HS: 500,000 US Gold
The Works: 500,000 US Gold
AKoM: 500,000 US Gold
The Miracle: nothing
Innuendo: 500,000 US Gold
Classic Queen: 3 million US Triple Platinum
LaWS(Wembley '86): million US Platinum
BBC: nothing
MIH: 500,000
GH 1 and 2(Gold Collection): million US Platinum
Live Magic: nothing
Queen Rocks: nothing
GH III: nada
Platinum Collection: million US Platinum
Queen On Fire: nothing
your info is wrong....Queen 2 and the Miracle both went Gold...look it up.....i been reading your posts....you seem to think u know it all...twat
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