From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of compilation albums containing songs by the English rock band Queen.

Albums

Greatest Hits
Released: November 2, 1981
Chart position(s): #1: Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (11x platinum, 5.5 million+ copies [1]); #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 29 million copies and is the United Kingdom's best-selling album. [1]


Greatest Hits II
Released: October 28, 1991
Chart position(s): #1: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (8x platinum); #2: Germany, Sweden; #4 Norway. – Sales to date in excess of 19 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. [1]


Classic Queen
Released: May 9, 1992
Chart position(s): #1 Canada, #4 United States (3x platinum).


Queen Rocks
Released: November 3, 1997
Chart position(s): #7 United Kingdom (platinum), #12 Germany, #16: Austria, Switzerland; #19 Netherlands, #22 Japan.


Greatest Hits III
Released: November 9, 1999
Chart position(s): #2: Austria, Estonia, Italy; #4 Switzerland, #5: Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom (platinum); #8 Netherlands, #25 Japan, #35 Finland.


Stone Cold Classics
Released: April 11, 2006
Chart position(s): #45: United States

Limited releases


Queen In Vision
Released: July 28, 2000 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #7: Japan


Jewels
Released: January 28, 2004 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #1: Japan


Jewels II
Released: January 26, 2005 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #9: Japan

References

  • Gunn, Jacky; Jenkins, Jim (1992), Queen: As It Began, London: Sidgwick & Jackson
  • Roberts, David (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums, London: Guinness World Records Limited
  • Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Albums, Record Research
  • Certified Awards, British Phonographic Industry
  • Certified Awards, Recording Industry Association of America

Footnotes


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of compilation albums containing songs by the English rock band Queen.

Albums

Greatest Hits
Released: November 2, 1981
Chart position(s): #1: Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (11x platinum, 5.5 million+ copies [1]); #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 29 million copies and is the United Kingdom's best-selling album. [1]


Greatest Hits II
Released: October 28, 1991
Chart position(s): #1: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (8x platinum); #2: Germany, Sweden; #4 Norway. – Sales to date in excess of 19 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. [1]


Classic Queen
Released: May 9, 1992
Chart position(s): #1 Canada, #4 United States (3x platinum).


Queen Rocks
Released: November 3, 1997
Chart position(s): #7 United Kingdom (platinum), #12 Germany, #16: Austria, Switzerland; #19 Netherlands, #22 Japan.


Greatest Hits III
Released: November 9, 1999
Chart position(s): #2: Austria, Estonia, Italy; #4 Switzerland, #5: Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom (platinum); #8 Netherlands, #25 Japan, #35 Finland.


Stone Cold Classics
Released: April 11, 2006
Chart position(s): #45: United States

Limited releases


Queen In Vision
Released: July 28, 2000 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #7: Japan


Jewels
Released: January 28, 2004 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #1: Japan


Jewels II
Released: January 26, 2005 (Japan only)
Chart position(s): #9: Japan

References

  • Gunn, Jacky; Jenkins, Jim (1992), Queen: As It Began, London: Sidgwick & Jackson
  • Roberts, David (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums, London: Guinness World Records Limited
  • Whitburn, Joel, The Billboard Albums, Record Research
  • Certified Awards, British Phonographic Industry
  • Certified Awards, Recording Industry Association of America

Footnotes



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