Greatest Hits II

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Hoskyns, Barney (31 October 1981). "Superbrats: Heartbeat, halitosis, pop pulse and pomp". NME. p.36. 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. Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392. Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.

ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 15 January 2021. Anderson, Sarah (12 November 2010). "The 50 best-selling albums ever". NME . Retrieved 22 February 2019. Albums (CD's & Cassettes)". RPM. 56 (16). 17 October 1992. ISSN 0315-5994. Archived from the original (PHP/PDF) on 23 October 2012 . Retrieved 25 July 2011.As of November 2023, Greatest Hits has spent 1,077 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, and has been certified 23× platinum with sales of over seven million copies, making it the best-selling album of all time in the UK. Greatest Hits peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 in November 2020, the second-slowest ascent to the top ten of the US album chart in history. Among the longest charting albums in the US, as of December 2023, it has spent 570 weeks on the Billboard 200, and has been certified 9× platinum in the US. It has also been certified 15× platinum in Australia, 10× platinum in New Zealand, and 3× platinum in Canada. Following the release of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, it re-entered the charts worldwide. Written between 1968 and 1970 during the days of Smile, possibly recorded for Queen, Queen II or News of the World Grein, Paul (31 October 1981). "Queen Pulls Out from Warner Vid Rental Plan". Billboard. pp.1 & 114. The cover photo that appeared on the UK and US release was taken by Lord Snowdon at his home studio, using only natural light. For the 1981 release, the photo was skewed, but was later presented as it was originally taken for the 2011 re-release. [4] [5]

Queen: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011 . Retrieved 20 February 2019. a b c Queen Forever (liner notes). Queen. Europe: Virgin EMI Records. 2014. 0602547040855. {{ 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. ARIA End of Year Albums 2017". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 5 January 2018. 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] a b "Los más vendidos 2018" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019 . Retrieved 24 January 2019.

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Radiohead live at Le Réservoir (Paris, France)". Music Planet 2nite. 3 July 2003. 26:34 minutes in. Arte. Queen did their Greatest Hits, and the first one is impeccable, isn't it? It's absolutely genius. Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Albums (UK)". Chart File 1982. Virgin Books. pp.78–81. ISBN 0-907080-49-9. Flash" (liner notes). Queen. UK: EMI. 1980. EMI 5126. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 13 January 2022.

John Deacon – bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic and electric pianos, bicycle bells, handclaps, footstomps, fingersnaps (on original North American release only), synthesizer (on 1991 North American release only) Queen's Greatest Hits becomes first album to sell 6 million in the UK". Official Charts Company. 10 February 2014 . Retrieved 22 February 2019. Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2019 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 23 February 2019. Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé". InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original (PHP) on 18 February 2010. Find "QUEEN" under the drop-down menu to see statistics.

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