Queen discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Queen

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Caption =
Studio =16
Live =6
Compilation =11
Video =3
Tribute =5
EP =
Singles =60
Music videos =
B-sides =
Soundtrack =1
References =YesThis is a discography of works by Queen. Since 1973, the British rock band has released a total of fifteen studio albums, five live albums, numerous compilation albums and multiple singles. In total Queen have sold over 300 million records worldwide. This article also covers the works of Queen + Paul Rodgers, a collaboration between Queen and Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers.

History

Queen was formed by Brian May, Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury from the remains of Smile in 1970. After acquiring John Deacon as their bassist in early 1971, the newly-formed band played numerous gigs throughout the year and recorded several demos, with the help of a friend of May's.Queenzone, " [http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/bio_view.aspx?q=3 Queen Biography 1971] ", retrieved 2007-02-15.] The band began showcasing the demos to record companies, to no avail.

In 1972, Queen eventually signed with Trident Studios after producers Roy Thomas Baker and John Anthony, impressed by the band's live performances, persuaded their bosses, Norman and Barry Sheffield, to look into the group. [Queenzone, " [http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/bio_view.aspx?q=4 Queen Biography 1972] ", retrieved 2007-02-15.] Later in their career, Queen signed a record contract with EMI and Elektra in the United States; the band would remain with EMI for the rest of their career. In 1983, the band terminated their contract with Elektra and signed with Capitol Records. In 1990, they once again terminated their U.S. record contract and signed with Hollywood Records. In 1991, Queen's entire catalogue was remastered and released on compact disc in the United States, and thirteen albums (all studio albums up to 'The Works' as well as 'Live Killers' and 'Greatest Hits') were remastered at Abbey Road Studios and released on CD and cassette in the United Kingdom between July 1993 and March 1994.

In 2002 "Pre ordained" was released, a collection of demo material mainly from the period between 1969-1973.

Studio albums

Queen discography/Album
title=Queen
year=1973|month=July|day=13
charts=#24 United Kingdom (Platinum), #52 Japan, #77 Australia, #83 United States (Gold)----Queen discography/Album
title=Queen II
year=1974|month=March|day=8
charts=#5 United Kingdom (Platinum), #19 Norway, #26 Japan, #49 United States (Gold), #79 Australia. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Sheer Heart Attack
year=1974|month=November|day=8
charts=#2 United Kingdom (2x Platinum), #6 Netherlands, #9 Finland, Norway; #12 United States (Gold), #19 Australia, #23 Japan. ----Queen discography/Album
title=A Night at the Opera
year=1975|month=November|day=21
charts=#1 Australia, Finland, Netherlands, United Kingdom (4x Platinum); #2 Spain, #4 Norway, United States (3x Platinum); #5 Germany, #9 Austria, Japan; #10 Sweden, #16 France, #23 Portugal, #77 Spain----Queen discography/Album
title=A Day at the Races
year=1976|month=December|day=10
charts=#1 Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom (2x Platinum); #3 Norway, #4 Finland, #5 United States (Platinum), #8 Australia, Austria, Sweden; #10 Germany.----Queen discography/Album
title=News of the World
year=1977|month=October|day=28
charts=#1 Canada, France, Netherlands, Portugal; #3 Japan, United States (4x Platinum); #4 Norway, United Kingdom (2x Platinum); #7 Germany, #8 Australia, #9 Austria, Sweden. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Jazz
year=1978|month=November|day=10
charts=#1 Portugal, #2 United Kingdom (Platinum), #4 Netherlands, #5 Germany, Japan; #6 Norway, Sweden, United States (Platinum); #7 France, #8 Austria, #15 Australia, #36 Italy. ----Queen discography/Album
title=The Game
year=1980|month=June|day=30
charts=#1 Argentina, Canada, Portugal, United Kingdom (Platinum), United States (4x Platinum); #2 Germany, Netherlands, Norway; #5 Austria, Japan; #6 Sweden, Norway; #8 Austria, #11 Australia, #17 France----Queen discography/Album
title=Flash Gordon
year=1980|month=December|day=8
charts=#1 Austria, #2 Germany, #10 United Kingdom (Gold), #12 Japan, #13 Netherlands, #23 United States, #25 Norway, #29 Australia, Sweden. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Hot Space
year=1982|month=May|day=21
charts=#1 Austria, #2 Netherlands, #3 Norway, #4 Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (Gold); #5 Germany, #6 Japan, #7 France, #8 Italy, #15 Australia, #22 United States (Gold). ----Queen discography/Album
title=The Works
year=1984|month=February|day=27
charts=#1 Netherlands, Portugal; #2 Austria, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom (3x Platinum); #3 Germany, Switzerland, Sweden; #4 Spain, #7 Japan, #12 Australia, #14 France, #23 United States (Gold)----Queen discography/Album
title=A Kind of Magic
year=1986|month=June|day=2
charts=#1 United Kingdom (4x Platinum), #2 Netherlands, Spain; #3 Austria, Portugal; #4 Germany, Switzerland; #5 Norway, #6 France, #8 Italy, #9 Sweden, #12 Australia, #25 Japan, #46 United States (Gold), #91 Spain ----Queen discography/Album
title=The Miracle
year=1989|month=May|day=22
charts=#1 Austria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom (2x Platinum); #2 Norway, #3 Italy, Portugal; #4 Spain, Australia; #6 Sweden, #11 France, #20 Japan, #24 United States. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Innuendo
year=1991|month=February|day=4
charts=#1 Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom (2x Platinum); #2 Austria, #6 Australia, #8 Norway, #9 Sweden, France; #17 Japan, #30 United States (Gold), #65 Spain----Queen discography/Album
title=Made in Heaven
year=1995|month=November|day=6
charts=#1 Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (6x Platinum); #2 Norway, France, Belgium; #3 Australia, #10 Japan, #58 United States (Gold).----Queen discography/Album
title=The Cosmos Rocks
year=2008|month=September|day=15
charts=#5 Switzerland, United Kingdom; #8 Netherlands; #11 Austria; #15 Finland; #24 Denmark; #25 Portugal; #28 Belgium, France; #49 Australia

Live albums

Queen discography/Album
title=Live Killers
year=1979|month=June|day=26
charts=#3: Austria, United Kingdom (Gold); #4 Germany, #9 Japan, #10: Netherlands, Norway; #15 Sweden, #16 United States (2x Platinum), #25 Australia, #34 Switzerland----Queen discography/Album
title=Live Magic
year=1986|month=December|day=1
charts=#3 United Kingdom (Platinum), #13 Austria, #17 Netherlands, #26 Switzerland, #49 Japan, #50 Sweden, #51 Australia. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Live at Wembley '86
year=1992|month=May|day=26
charts=#1 Italy, #2: Spain, United Kingdom (Platinum); #6: Austria, Switzerland; #9 The Netherlands, #20 Germany, #29 Sweden, #53 United States (Platinum), #81 Japan, #82 Australia, #126 France.----Queen discography/Album
title=Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl
year=2004|month=November|day=4
charts=#9 Portugal, #20 United Kingdom (Gold), #23 Austria, #52 Switzerland, #74 Netherlands, #75 France, #85 Japan. ----Queen discography/Album
title=Return of the Champions
year=2005|month=September|day=19
charts=#19 Austria, Italy, Netherlands; #28 Portugal; #39 Belgium; #42 Switzerland; #44 Spain; #80 France----Queen discography/Album
title=Queen Rock Montreal
year=2007|month=October|day=29
charts=#17 Germany, #20 United Kingdom, #21 Portugal, #25 Austria, #27 Switzerland,Italy #54 Netherlands, #70 Japan, #111 France.

Various artists

Queen discography/Album
title=Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
year=1981|month=March|day=30
charts=#36 United Kingdom.
other= Includes "Now I'm Here."----Queen discography/Album
title=Party at the Palace
year=2002|month=July|day=2
other= Includes: "God Save the Queen," "Radio Ga Ga," "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions."----Queen discography/Album
title=46664 - Parts I, II, III
year=2004|month=|day=
other= Includes: "Say It’s Not True" (w. Dave Stewart), "Invincible Hope," "46664-The Call," "The Show Must Go On," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "I Want It All," "I Want To Break Free," "Radio Ga Ga," "We Will Rock You," "We Are the Champions."

Compilation albums

Queen discography/Album
title=Greatest Hits
year=1981|month=November|day=2
charts=#1: Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (18x Platinum, 5.7 million+ copiesThe British Broadcasting Corporation, " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6151050.stm Queen head all-time sales chart] ", 2006-11-16, retrieved 2007-02-15.] ); #2 Australia, #3 Finland, #4 France, #5 Switzerland, #9 Japan, #11 United States (8x Platinum), #35 Italy until 1998. – Queen's best-selling album, it has sold in excess of 43 million copies and is the United Kingdom's best-selling album.----Queen discography/Album
title=Greatest Hits II
year=1991|month=October|day=28
charts=#1: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (12x Platinum); #2: Germany, Sweden; #4 Norway, Australia (8x Platinum). – Sales to date in excess of 33 million copies worldwide (including Classic queen). In Europe it has sold about 11.5 millions copies and is the seventh best-selling album in the United Kingdom with sales upwards of 3.6 million copies. ----Queen discography/Album
title=The 12" Collection
year=1992|month=|day=
charts=
singles=----Queen discography/Album
title=Queen Rocks
year=1997|month=November|day=3
charts=#7 United Kingdom (Platinum), #12 Germany, #16: Austria, Switzerland; #19 Netherlands, #22 Japan.
singles="No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" ----Queen discography/Album
title=Greatest Hits III
year=1999|month=November|day=9
charts=#2: Austria, Estonia, Italy; #4 Switzerland, #5: Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom (Platinum); #8 Netherlands, #25 Japan, #35 Finland.

Limited releases

Queen discography/Album
title=Classic Queen
year=1992 (United States only)|month=March|day=3
charts=#4 (3x Platinum) ----Queen discography/Album
title=In Vision
year=2000 (Japan only)|month=July|day=28
charts=#7 japan sales 200.000 copies sold----Queen discography/Album
title=Gold
year=2002 (Korea only)----Queen discography/Album
title=Jewels
year=2004 (Japan), March 10, 2005 (Korea)|month=January|day=28
charts=#1 (Japan) 2.000.000 copies sold----Queen discography/Album
title=Jewels II
year=2005 (Japan only) month=January|day=26
charts=#9 250.000 copies sold----Queen discography/Album
title=Stone Cold Classics
year=2006 (United States only) month=April|day=11
charts=#45----Queen discography/Album
title=The A-Z of Queen, Volume 1
year=2007 (United States, Wal-Mart only)|month=July|day=10

Other albums

Queen discography/Album
title=At the Beeb
year=1989|month=December|day=4
charts=#67 United Kingdom.
other= Information: Comprised tracks recorded for the BBC Radio 1 program "Sound of the 70s."

Box sets

Queen discography/Album
title=The Complete Works
year=1985|month=December|day=5
other= Includes: "Queen", "Queen II", "Sheer Heart Attack", "A Night at the Opera", "A Day at the Races", "News of the World", "Jazz", "Live Killers", "The Game", "Flash Gordon", "Hot Space", "The Works" and "Complete Vision".----Queen discography/Album
title=Box of Tricks
year=1992|month=May|day=
note=Limited mail order release.----Queen discography/Album
title=Greatest Hits I & II
year=1994|month=November|day=7
charts=#15 Netherlands, #30 Austria, #37 United Kingdom, United States (Platinum); #50 Australia.
other= Includes: "Greatest Hits" and "Greatest Hits II". ----Queen discography/Album
title=Ultimate Queen
year=1995|month=November|day=13
other= Includes: "Queen", "Queen II", "Sheet Heart Attack", "A Night at the Opera", "A Day at the Races", "News of the World", "Jazz", "Live Killers", "The Game", "Flash Gordon", "Hot Space", "The Works", "A Kind of Magic", "Live Magic", "The Miracle", "Innuendo", "Live at Wembley '86" and "Made in Heaven".
note=Limited to 15,000 copies (3,000 in UK).----Queen discography/Album
title=The Crown Jewels
year=1998|month=November|day=24
other= Includes: "Queen", "Queen II", "Sheer Heart Attack", "A Night at the Opera", "A Day at the Races", "News of the World", "Jazz" and "The Game". ----Queen discography/Album
title=The Platinum Collection
year=2000|month=November|day=13
charts=#1 France (on mid-price charts), Korea, South Africa; #2 Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom (3x Platinum); #3 Italy (5x Platinum), #20 Finland, #21 Australia (Platinum), #23 Austria, #41 Switzerland, #48 United States (Platinum, highest charting box set in U.S. history [citation|date=2002-10-18|title=Queen honoured with Hollywood star|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2339131.stm] ).
other= Includes: "Greatest Hits", "Greatest Hits II" and "Greatest Hits III". worldwide sales 11 million.

Tributes

Queen discography/Album
title=
year=1997|month=January|day=21
charts=
other=----Queen discography/Album
title=The Attack of the Dragons
year=1999|month=|day=
charts=
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title=
year=2000|month=|day=
charts=
other=----Queen discography/Album
title=
year=2001|month=|day=
charts=
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title=
year=2005|month=August|day=9
charts=#104 United States (August 2005), #115 United States (April 2006)
other=

Singles

Unreleased songs

Besides the common album tracks and the B-sides there are also some unreleased songs that are either unfinished because they weren't good enough, Queen didn't have any time left to record them or due to the fact that they had to choose which track should be left off an album for any reason.
*A New Life Is Born (which eventually became the intro to Breakthru)
*Assassin
*Dog With A Bone
*Face It Alone
*Feel Like
*Feelings Feelings
*Freedom Train
*Hangman
*I Guess We're Falling Out
*Keep On Smilin' (composed for a kid by the name of Colin Preston, who fell into a coma and eventually died; the only existing tape was buried with him. It was later reprised for the 1987 Freddie Mercury/Mike Moran song titled "I Can't Dance/Keep Smilin'".)
*Love Kills
*Man Made Paradise
*My Secret Fantasy
*New York
*Polar Bear
*Robbery
*Sandbox
*Self Made Man
*Silver Salmon
*There Must Be More To Life Than This
*Victory

Statistics

Chart positions

*Number One: 18 albums and 20 singles.
*Top Ten: 26 albums and 41 singles.
*Top Twenty: 29 albums and 47 singles.
*Top Thirty: 30 albums and 51 singles.
*Top Forty: 31 albums and 57 singles.

Chart time

*United Kingdom: 1,322 weeks (More than that of any other artist). [The British Broadcasting Corporation, " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4648611.stm Queen top UK album charts league] ", 2005-07-04, retrieved 2007-02-15.]
*Germany: 197 weeks in the top 10 (Second rockband with the most time). [Brian May, Queen News, " [http://brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsmar06c.html#107 March 2006] ", retrieved 2007-02-24.]

Sales

*Worldwide: 200 million albums.100 million singles. [OhmyNews, " [http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=6&no=270701&rel_no=1 Queen Proves There's Life After Freddie] ", 2006-01-25, retrieved 2007-02-15.]
*Total Sales (albums & singles): over 300 million
*United States: 36 million albums. [Recording Industry Association of America, " [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt Top Selling Artists] ", retrieved 2007-09-16.]

See also

*Queen videography
*Brian May discography
*Freddie Mercury discography
*Roger Taylor discography

References

*citation|last=Gunn|first=Jacky|last2=Jenkins|first2=Jim|year=1992|title=Queen: As It Began|place=London|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson
*citation|last=Roberts|first=David|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|place=London|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited
*citation|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2006|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits|place=|publisher=Billboard Books
*citation|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|year=|title=The Billboard Albums|place=|publisher=Record Research
*citation|title=Certified Awards|place=|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|url=http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinum.html
*citation|title=Certified Awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|url=http://riaa.com/gp/database/
*citation|title=Queen|publisher=Austrian Charts|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Queen
*citation|title=Queen|publisher=Swiss Charts|url=http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Queen
*citation|title=Queen|publisher=Finnish Charts|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Queen

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