Bohemian Rhapsody, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, I Want to Break Free, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Another One Bites the Dust, etc. the list of songs by Queen speaks for itself.
The Freddie Mercury-led band from London, UK, shook the world with their iconic hits from 1973 to 1991.
Over 28 years after the passing of their singer, their valuable catalog is as hot as ever.
In fact, their evergreen success has become ever more incredible since the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic who led a new generation discover these classic rock heroes.
Who are Queen?
Queen are a 4-members rock band from the UK, formed at the start of the 70s. From 1971 to 1991, the lineup never changed with Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar).
Who wrote their songs?
Queen is kinda unique in that all members wrote songs that contributed to their success.
Mercury wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now, among others, May is most notably responsible for We Will Rock You, Fat Bottomed Girls and The Show Must Go On, Deacon is the author of Another One Bites The Dust and I Want To Break Free while Taylor contribution came later on songs like These Are the Days of Our Lives, Innuendo and One Vision.
Is the band still active?
Yes, after dropping some posthumous tracks of their late singer during the 90s, the remaining members of the band decided to recruit a new lead singer in later years. Paul Rodgers was elected from 2004 to 2009. Since 2011, Adam Lambert sings for the band who continues touring.
As much as we are tempted to believe the band was massive from day 1 up to the end, in reality their career wasn’t that easy.
They grew album after album until making it big time with their fourth LP, A Night at the Opera in 1975. It contained their breakthrough smash Bohemian Rhapsody.
The follow-up, A Day at the Races, was seen as some kind of disappointment at first, News of the World was huge, Jazz average, The Game huge in some places and weak in others, Flash Soundtrack flopped, as did Hot Space.
During the 80s, they never recovered their success in the US while it took them a long time before selling a noteworthy album figures in France and Italy… You get the picture.
Their career was similar to the song Bohemian Rhapsody with epic moments and others fairly quiet.
Along with the ups and downs, among the Classic Rock groups Queen also never received the immaculate press that accompanied the likes of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
For many years, mostly because of lower sales in the US, their success wasn’t rated nearly as high as the success of the previously named rock bands either.
Queen were usually put alongside the likes of U2, the Eagles and AC/DC.
Where do they really rank according to the facts? What are the biggest hits among all their golden tracks? Which albums are the most successful once the sales of compilations they generated are factored in?
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