This is a discography of works by Queen. Since 1973, the British rock band has released a total of fifteen studio albums, six live albums, more than thirteen compilation albums and multiple singles. This article also covers the works of Queen + Paul Rodgers, a collaboration between Queen and Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers.
Queen has had a total of 18 number one albums, 17 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs worldwide.
In the UK Queen have had 25 top ten, 43 top twenty, and 53 top forty singles. Also, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, Queen albums have spent more time on the UK album charts than those of any other musical act, even surpassing The Beatles.[1]
In Ireland, they have had 31 top ten singles.
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Album information |
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Queen
- Released: July 13 1973
- Chart positions: #24 UK
(gold)<;
#52 Japan; #83 US (gold)
- Singles: "Keep Yourself
Alive", "Liar"
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Queen II
- Released: March 8 1974
- Chart positions: #5 UK (gold);
#19 Norway; #26 Japan; #49 US (gold)
- Singles: "Seven Seas Of
Rhye"
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Sheer
Heart Attack
- Released: November 8 1974
- Chart positions: #2 UK
(platinum);
#6 Netherlands; #9 Finland, Norway; #12 US;
#23 Japan.
- Singles: "Killer
Queen", Flick of the Wrist, "Now I’m Here"
Sold about 5 million copies
worldwide. |
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A Night at the Opera
- Released: November
21 1975
- Chart positions: #1
Australia, Finland, Netherlands, UK (platinum);
#2 Spain; #4 Norway, US (platinum x3);
#9 Austria,
Japan
- Singles: "Bohemian
Rhapsody", "You’re My Best Friend"
Sold about 10 million copies
worldwide. |
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A
Day at the Races
- Released: December
10 1976
- Chart positions: #1 Japan,
Netherlands, UK (gold);
#3 Norway; #4 Finland; #5 US (platinum);
#8 Austria
- Singles: "Somebody to
Love", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Teo Torriatte",
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "Long Away"
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News
of the World
- Released: October 28 1977
- Chart positions: #1 France,
Netherlands, Portugal; #3 Japan, US (4x platinum);
#4 Norway, UK (gold);
#9 Austria;
#? Germany (platinum)
- Singles: "We Are the
Champions", "We Will Rock You", "Spread Your
Wings", "It’s Late"
Sold about 10 million copies
worldwide. |
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Jazz
- Released: November
10 1978
- Chart positions: #1 Portugal;
#2 UK (gold);
#4 Netherlands; #5 Germany (gold), Japan; #6 Norway, Sweden, US;
#8 Austria;
#36 Italy
- Singles: "Fat Bottomed
Girls", "Bicycle Race", "Don’t Stop Me Now",
"Jealousy", "Mustapha"
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The Game
- Released: June 30 1980
- Chart positions: #1
Argentina, Canada, Portugal, UK (Gold), US (4x platinum);
#2 Germany, Netherlands, Norway; #5 Austria, Japan
- Singles: "Crazy Little
Thing Called Love", "Save Me", "Play the Game",
"Another One Bites the Dust", "Need Your Loving
Tonight"
Sold about 10 million copies
worldwide. |
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Flash
Gordon - Original Soundtrack Music
- Released: December
8 1980
- Chart positions: #1 Austria;
#2 Germany; #10 UK;
#12 Japan; #13 Netherlands; #23 US;
#25 Norway
- Single: "Flash"
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Hot Space
- Released: May 21 1982
- Chart positions: #1 Austria;
#2 Netherlands; #3 Norway; #4 Spain, Sweden, UK;
#5 Germany; #6 Japan; #7 France; #8 Italy; #22 US
- Singles: "Under
Pressure", "Body Language", "Las Palabras de
Amor", "Calling All Girls", "Back Chat"
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The
Works
- Released: February
27 1984
- Chart positions: #1
Netherlands, Portugal; #2 Austria, Italy, Norway, UK;
#3 Germany, Switzerland, Sweden; #4 Spain; #7 Japan; #23 US
- Singles: "Radio Ga
Ga", "I Want To Break Free", "It’s A Hard
Life", "Hammer To Fall"
Sold about 5 million copies
worldwide. |
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A Kind of
Magic
- Released: June 2 1986
- Chart positions: #1 UK (2x
platinum);
#2 Netherlands, Spain; #3 Austria, Portugal; #4 Germany, Switzerland;
#5 Norway; #8 Italy; #25 Japan; #46 US
- Singles: "One
Vision", "Princes Of The Universe", "A Kind of
Magic", "Friends Will Be Friends", "Who Wants To
Live Forever", "Pain Is So Close To Pleasure", "One
Year Of Love"
Sold about 5 million copies
worldwide. |
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The
Miracle
- Released: May 22 1989
- Chart positions: #1 Austria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland (2x platinum), UK (platinum);
#2 Norway; #3 Italy, Portugal; #4 Spain; #6 Sweden; #20 Japan; #24 US
- Singles: "I Want It
All", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man",
"Scandal", "The Miracle"
Sold about 7 million copies
worldwide. |
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Innuendo
- Released: February 4 1991
- Chart positions: #1 Finland,
Germany (platinum), Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland (2x
platinum), UK (platinum);
#2 Austria;
#8 Norway; #17 Japan; #30 US
- Singles:
"Innuendo", "I’m Going Slightly Mad",
"Headlong", "The Show Must Go On", "These Are
the Days of Our Lives"
Sold about 8 million copies
worldwide. |
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Made in
Heaven
- Released: November 6 1995
- Chart positions: #1 Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland (3x platinum), UK (4x platinum);
#2 France, Norway; #10 Japan; #58 US (gold)
- Singles: "Heaven for
Everyone", "A Winter’s Tale", "Too Much Love Will
Kill You", "I Was Born To Love You", "Let Me
Live", "You Don’t Fool Me"
Sold in excess of 11 million. |
Cover |
Year |
Single |
Chart
positions |
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1973 |
Keep
Yourself Alive/Son And Daughter |
#89 US (Cash Box charts) |
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1974 |
Liar/Doing
All Right |
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Seven
Seas of Rhye/See What a Fool I've Been |
#10 UK |
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Killer Queen/Flick
of the Wrist |
#2 Ireland, UK
(silver);
#3 Netherlands, Norway; #10 Austria;
#12 Germany,
US;
#15 Canada |
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1975 |
Now I'm Here/Lily
of the Valley |
#11 UK |
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Bohemian
Rhapsody/I'm In Love With My Car |
#1 Australia, Belgium,
Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, UK
(platinum);
#2 South
Africa; #4 Norway, Switzerland;
#7 Germany, #9 US (gold) |
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1976 |
You're
My Best Friend/'39 |
#2 Canada, #3 Ireland, #7 UK, #16 US |
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Somebody
to Love/White Man |
#1 Netherlands, #2 UK, #5 Canada, #6 Ireland, #13 US, #22 Australia, #51 Japan |
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1977 |
Tie
Your Mother Down/You And I |
#31 UK, #49 US |
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Teo Torriatte
(Let Us Cling Together) (single version)/Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy |
#49 Japan |
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Queen's First EP: Good
Old-Fashioned Lover Boy/Death on Two Legs/Tenement Funster/White Queen |
#17 UK |
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Long Away/You
And I |
(US, Canada, New Zealand) |
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We Are
the Champions/We Will Rock You |
#1 France; #2
Netherlands, UK (gold);
#3 Canada, Ireland; #4 US (Platinum);
#12 Austria;
#13 Germany |
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1978 |
Spread
Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack |
#34 UK |
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It's
Late/Sheer Heart Attack |
#74 US |
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Fat
Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race |
#7 France, Netherlands, Norway;
#10 Ireland; #11 UK (gold);
#17 Canada; #21 Austria;
#24 US;
#27 Germany. |
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1979 |
Don't
Stop Me Now/In Only Seven Days |
#9 UK (gold)
#10 Ireland, #14 Netherlands, #35 Germany, #86 US |
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Jealousy/Fun
It |
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Mustapha/Dead
On Time |
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Love of My
Life (live)/Now I'm Here (live) |
#1 Argentina, Brazil; #63 UK |
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We Will Rock You (live)/Let Me
Entertain You (live) |
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love/We Will Rock You (live) |
#1 Australia, Canada, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, US (Gold);
#2 Ireland, UK (gold);
#5 Switzerland, #9 Austria, #13 Germany |
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1980 |
Save Me/Let
Me Entertain You (live) |
#5 Netherlands; #8 Ireland; #11 UK;
#32 Canada; #42 Germany. |
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Play the
Game/A Human Body |
#8 Switzerland, #14 UK,#15 Netherlands, #19 Canada, #40 Germany, #42 US |
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Another
One Bites the Dust/Dragon Attack |
#1 Argentina, Canada, Guatemala,
Spain, US (Platinum);
#4 Ireland, #5 Australia; #6 Austria, Germany; #7 UK, #8 Switzerland, #14 Netherlands. (Queen's best selling single ever,sold about 7 million
copies worldwide) |
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Need Your
Loving Tonight/Rock It |
#36 Canada, #44 US |
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Flash/Football
Fight |
#1 Austria, #3 Germany; #10 Ireland, UK (silver);
#13 Australia, #18 Netherlands, #19 Canada, #42 US |
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1981 |
Under
Pressure (with David Bowie)/Soul Brother |
#1 Argentina, The Netherlands, UK
(silver);
#2 Ireland; #3 Canada; #6 New Zealand, #8 Australia; #10 Austria, Switzerland;
#21 Germany, #29 US |
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1982 |
Body
Language/Life is Real |
#3 Canada (number one on Chum
charts, based on airplay); #5 Spain, #6 Netherlands; #11 Austria, US; #25 UK, #27 Germany, #28 Australia |
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Las
Palabras de Amor/Cool Cat |
#1 Poland, #10
Ireland, #13 Switzerland, #17 UK, #26 Netherlands |
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Calling All Girls/Put
Out the Fire |
#33 Canada, #60 US |
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Staying Power/Calling
All Girls |
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Back Chat/Staying
Power |
#40 UK |
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1984 |
Radio Ga Ga/I
Go Crazy |
#1 Belgium, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden; #2 Austria, Germany, Norway, Poland, UK (silver);
#3 Australia, Switzerland;
#4 South Africa, #6 Spain, #11 Canada, #16 US |
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I Want
to Break Free/Machines (or Back to Humans) |
#1 Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa; #2 Ireland, Switzerland;
#3 UK (silver), #4 Germany, #5 Spain, #9 Australia, #26 Canada, #45 US |
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It's a
Hard Life/Is This the World We Created? |
#2 Ireland, #6 UK, #72 US |
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Hammer to
Fall/Tear It Up |
#13 UK |
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Thank
God It's Christmas/Man on the Prowl/Keep Passing the Open Windows |
#21: Austria,UK |
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1985 |
One
Vision/Blurred Vision |
#7 UK, #10 Australia, #24 Switzerland, #61 US |
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1986 |
Princes
of the Universe/A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling |
#32 Australia |
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A Kind
of Magic/A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling (Europe)/Gimme the Prize (US) |
#3 UK;
#4 Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland;
#6 Germany, Spain; #10 Australia; #11 Austria;
#42 US |
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Friends
Will Be Friends/Seven Seas of Rhye |
#5 Ireland; #14 UK;
#17 Netherlands; 19 Switzerland |
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Who
Wants to Live Forever/Killer Queen |
#24 UK |
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Pain
Is So Close to Pleasure/Don't Lose Your Head |
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One Year
of Love/Gimme the Prize |
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1989 |
I Want It
All/Hang on in There |
#2 Netherlands; #3 Ireland, UK
(silver);
#4 Italy, Norway; #8 Switzerland;#9 Germany; #10 Australia; #11 Austria;
#36 Canada; #50 US |
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Breakthru/Stealin' |
#4 Netherlands; #6 Ireland; #7 UK;
#28 Switzerland |
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The
Invisible Man/Hijack My Heart |
#12 UK;
#30 Switzerland |
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Scandal/My
Life Has Been Saved |
#25 UK |
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The
Miracle/Stone Cold Crazy (live) |
#21 UK |
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1991 |
Innuendo/Bijou |
#1 Portugal, South Africa, UK
(gold);
#3 Switzerland;
#4 Italy, Netherlands; #5 Germany; #12: Austria; |
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I'm
Going Slightly Mad/The Hitman |
#13 Netherlands; #22 UK |
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Headlong/All
God's People |
#14 UK, #20 Australia, #25 Canada |
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The Show Must Go On/Keep Yourself Alive |
#2 France, #6 Italy, #7 Germany,
#11 Switzerland, #16 UK |
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Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives |
#1 Ireland, UK (platinum);
#2 Netherlands, #5 Australia, #8 Austria, #16 Germany |
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1992 |
The Show Must Go On/Bohemian
Rhapsody |
#2 US (Gold), #18 Canada |
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1993 |
Five Live (EP with George
Michael and Lisa Stansfield) |
#1 Ireland, Spain, UK;
#2 (album chart) Austria. |
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1995 |
Heaven
for Everyone/It's a Beautiful Day |
#1 Argentina, Poland; #2 UK
(silver), #3 Netherlands; #4 Austria, Italy; #5 Finland,
#9 Switzerland;
#15 Australia, Germany |
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A
Winter's Tale/Thank God It's Christmas/Rock in Rio Blues |
#6 UK; #23 Austria, #25 Netherlands, #28 Switzerland |
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1996 |
Too Much Love Will Kill You/We Will Rock You/We Are the
Champions |
#15 UK, #19 Canada |
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Let Me Live/Bicycle
Race/Fat Bottomed Girls |
#9 UK, #36 Netherlands |
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You Don't
Fool Me |
#1 Italy, Poland; #17 UK, #21 Netherlands, #23 Austria, #26 Germany, #27 Switzerland |
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1998 |
No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) |
#13 UK |
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Another One Bites the Dust (with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and Free) |
#5 UK,
#23 Austria,
#35 Switzerland |
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1999 |
Under Pressure (Rah Mix, with David Bowie) |
#14 UK |
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2000 |
We Will Rock You (with 5ive) |
#1 UK,
#2 Austria,
#18 Switzerland |
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2003 |
Flash (with Vanguard) |
#15 UK,
#44 Austria, |
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2005 |
Reaching Out (live)/Tie Your
Mother Down (live)/Fat Bottomed Girls (live) (with Paul Rodgers) |
#12 UK |
Cover |
Date
of release |
Title |
Label |
Chart
positions |
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October 30 2001 |
We
Will Rock You |
Hollywood (US) |
USA (2x platinum) |
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2002 |
Party
at the Palace - The Queen's Concerts (various artists) |
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April 2002 |
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: UK, #5: Germany |
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October 12 2002 |
Greatest
Video Hits 1 |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: Germany, Spain, UK, USA
(platinum, 100.000); #2: Australia, Denmark, Sweden; #3: Italy |
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2003 |
Made in Heaven – The Films |
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June 17 2003 |
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: Australia, Austria, Germany,
Italy, Netherlands, Portugal (11x platinum, 44.000 copies), Spain, UK (4x
platinum, 200.000); #2: Greece, Ireland; #3: Norway, Sweden; #4: Denmark,
France; #?(diamond 100,000 copies): US (5x platinum, 500.000 copies) |
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November 25 2003 |
Greatest
Video Hits 2 |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: Ireland, UK (2x platinum,
100.000); #2: Spain; #4: Germany, Italy |
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April 28 2004 |
Jewels |
(Japan only) |
#1: Japan |
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June 7 2004 |
We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan |
(Japan only) |
#1: Japan |
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2004 |
46664 – The Event (various artists) |
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October 25 2004 |
Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: Austria, Belgium, Germany (4
weeks), Italy, Japan (on international charts), Sweden, UK (2 weeks, 3x
platinum, 150.000); #2: New Zealand, Portugal (2x platinum, 8.000); #4:
Norway; #5: France; #?(3xPlatinum 60,000 copies: US (platinum, 100.000) |
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November 8 2004 |
Live Aid (various artists) |
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#1: UK |
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October 18 2005 |
Return
of the Champions (Queen
+ Paul Rodgers) |
Hollywood (US) |
#1: Japan (on international
charts), UK (platinum); #2: Austria, Germany, Netherlands; #3: Sweden; #4:
Italy; #7: Portugal |
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March 20 2006 |
The Making of A Night at the Opera |
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# 3: UK |
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April 28 2006 |
Super
Live in Japan (Queen + Paul Rodgers) |
(Japan only) |
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