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Queen is a british rock band who have been recognized as pioneers of arena rock, hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock. -MEMBERS --John Deacon: Wrote "Another One Bytes The Dust" the single greatist bassline in music history. And Many Other Songs. --Brian May: One of the most unique guitarists in all of music. A top five guitarist. --Freddie Mercury: ---The single greatist male vocalist in music history. ---(bisexual not homosexual) He was known for having many girlfriends and boyfriends. ---He is world's first indian origin rock star. ---He was the only star in Kurt Cobain suicide note. ---A species of East African isopod, Cirolana mercuryi N. Bruce, was named after Freddie in 2004. --Rodger Taylor: A very solid drummer. -SINGLES --"Keep Yourself Alive/Son And Daughter" (1973) - didn't chart UK, #89 US (Cashbox) --"Seven Seas of Rhye/See What A Fool I've Been" (1974) #10 UK --"Killer Queen/Flick Of The Wrist" (1974) #2 UK (silver), #12 US --"Now I'm Here/Lily Of The Valley" (1975) #11 UK --"Bohemian Rhapsody/I'm In Love With My Car" (1975) #1 UK (3x platinum), #9 US (gold) --"You're My Best Friend/'39" (1976) #7 UK, #16 US --"Somebody to Love/White Man" (1976) #2 UK, #13 US --"Tie Your Mother Down/You And I" (1977) #31 UK, #49 US --"Long Away/You and I" (1977) --"Queen's First EP: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy/Death On Two Legs/Tenement Funster/White Queen" (1977) #17 UK --"We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" (1977) #2 UK (gold), #4 US (2x platinum) --"Spread Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack" (1978) #34 UK --"It's Late/Sheer Heart Attack" (1978) #72 US --"Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" (1978) #11 UK (gold), #24 US --"Don't Stop Me Now/In Only Seven Days" (1979) #9 UK (gold), #86 US --"Jealousy/Fun It" (1979) --"Love Of My Life (live)/Now I'm Here (live)" (1979) #63 UK --"We Will Rock You (live)/Let Me Entertain You (live)" (1979) --"Crazy Little Thing Called Love/We Will Rock You (live)" (1979) #2 UK (gold), #1 US (platinum) --"Save Me/Let Me Entertain You (live)" (1980) #11 UK --"Play The Game/A Human Body" (1980) #14 UK, #42 US --"Another One Bites The Dust/Dragon Attack" (1980) #7 UK, #1 US (sold over 4,5 million copies, 4x platinum) --"Need Your Loving Tonight/Rock It" (1980) #44 US --"Flash/Football Fight" (1980) #10 UK, #42 US, #1 Austria --"Under Pressure (with David Bowie)/Soul Brother" (1981) #1 UK (silver), #29 US --"Body Language/Life is Real" (1982) #25 UK, #11 US --"Las Palabras De Amor/Cool Cat" (1982) #17 UK --"Calling All Girls/Put Out the Fire" (1982) #60 US --"Back Chat/Staying Power" (1982) #40 UK --"Radio Ga Ga/I Go Crazy" (1984) #2 UK (silver), #16 US --"I Want To Break Free/Machines (or Back to Humans)" (1984) #3 UK (silver), #45 US, #1 Austria --"It's A Hard Life/Is This The World We Created?" (1984) #6 UK, #72 US --"Hammer To Fall/Tear It Up" (1984) #13 UK --"Thank God It's Christmas/Man on the Prowl/Keep Passing the Open Windows" (1984) #21 UK --"One Vision/Blurred Vision" (1985) #7 UK, #61 US --"Princes of the Universe/A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" --"A Kind Of Magic/A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling (Europe)/Gimme the Prize (US)" (1986) #3 UK, #42 US --"Friends Will Be Friends/Seven Seas of Rhye (1986) #14 UK --"Who Wants To Live Forever/Killer Queen" (1986) #24 UK --"Pain Is So Close To Pleasure/Don't Lose Your Head" (1986) --"I Want It All/Hang on In There" (1989) #3 UK (silver), #50 US, #3 US Rock Chart --"Breakthru/Stealin'" (1989) #7 UK --"The Invisible Man/Hijack My Heart" (1989) #12 UK --"Scandal/My Life Has Been Saved" (1989) #25 UK --"The Miracle/Stone Cold Crazy (live)" (1989) #21 UK --"Innuendo/Bijou" (1991) #1 UK (gold) --"I'm Going Slightly Mad/The Hitman" (1991) #22 UK --"Headlong/All God's People" (1991) #14 UK --"The Show Must Go On/Keep Yourself Alive" (1991) #16 UK --"Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are The Days Of Our Lives" (1991) #1 UK --"The Show Must Go On"/"Bohemian Rhapsody" (1992) #2 US (platinum) --"Five Live" (EP) (with George Michael and Lisa Stansfield, 1993) #1 UK --"Heaven For Everyone/It's A Beautiful Day" (1995) #2 UK (silver) --"A Winter's Tale/Thank God It's Christmas/Rock In Rio Blues" (1995) #6 UK --"Too Much Love Will Kill You/We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" (1996) #15 UK --"Let Me Live/Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" (1996) #9 UK --"You Don't Fool Me - The Remixes" (1996) #17 UK --"No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)" (1998) #13 UK --"Another One Bites The Dust" (with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and Free, 1998) #5 UK --"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with David Bowie, 1999) #14 UK --"We Will Rock You" (with 5ive, 2000) #1 UK --"Flash" (with Vanguard, 2003) #15 UK --"Reaching Out (live) / Tie Your Mother Down (live) / Fat Bottomed Girls (live)" (Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2005) The band have had a total of six #1 songs in the UK and two in the US. -STUDIO ALBUMS --Queen (1973) #24 UK (gold), #83 US (gold), #52 Japan --Queen II (1974) #5 UK (gold), #49 US (gold) --Sheer Heart Attack (1974) #2 UK (platinum), #11 US (gold), #23 Japan --A Night at the Opera (1975) #1 UK (platinum), #4 US (3x platinum), #9 Japan, #1 Netherlands --A Day at the Races (1976) #1 UK (platinum), #5 US (platinum), #1 Japan, #1 Netherlands --News of the World (1977) #4 UK (platinum), #3 US (4x platinum), #3 Japan, #1 Netherlands --Jazz (1978) #2 UK (gold), #6 US (platinum), #5 Japan --The Game (1980) #1 UK (gold), #1 US (4x platinum), #5 Japan --Flash Gordon (1980) #10 UK (gold), #23 US, #12 Japan, #1 Austria --Hot Space (1982) #4 UK (gold), #22 US (gold), #6 Japan, #1 Austria --The Works (1984) #2 UK (platinum), #23 US (gold), #7 Japan, #1 Netherlands --A Kind of Magic (1986) #1 UK (2x platinum), #46 US (gold in 2005), #25 Japan --The Miracle (1989) #1 UK (platinum), #24 US (gold), #20 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Germany, #1 Netherlands, #1 Switzerland --Innuendo (1991) #1 UK (platinum), #30 US (gold), #13 Japan, #1 Germany, #1 Netherlands, #1 Switzerland --Made in Heaven (1995) #1 UK (4x platinum), #58 US (gold), #10 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Germany, #1 Italy, #1 Netherlands, #1 Spain, #1 Switzerland. Sold in excess of 10 million by 1997. The band have had 11 of their 15 albums at number 1 in various countries. -LIVE ALBUMS --Live Killers (1979) #3 UK, #16 US (2x platinum), #9 Japan --Live Magic (1986) #3 UK (platinum), #49 Japan --Live at Wembley '86 (1992) #2 UK (gold) #53 US (platinum), #80 Japan --Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004) #20 UK (gold), #85 Japan --Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (2005) #12 UK (silver), #14 Japan -COMPILATIONS --Greatest Hits (EMI, Elektra: 1981; Hollywood Records: 1992 (US reissue); Parlophone: 1994) #1 UK (13x platinum), #14 US (7x platinum), #9 Japan, #1 Austria, #1 Netherlands. Sales to date in excess of 26 million copies worldwide (incl. the 1992 re-release). --The Best Of Queen (1980) (A variation of Queen's "Greatest Hits" from Poland and Korea) --The Complete Works (1985) - all albums from 1973-1985 plus bonus material --Queen at the Beeb (1989) #67 UK; Queen at the BBC (US/Hollywood: 1995) --Greatest Hits II (1991) #1 in UK (8x platinum), Argentina (Diamond award), Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Germany (4x platinum), Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, #80 Japan; sales to date in excess of 15 million copies worldwide --Classic Queen (US and Canada only: 1992) #4 US (3x platinum), Canada (5x platinum) --Greatest Hits I & II - Two CD Set (1994) #37 UK --Queen Rocks (1997) #7 UK, #10 Japan --The Crown Jewels (1998) --Greatest Hits III (1999) #5 UK, #25 Japan, #2 Austria, #4 Switzerland --The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III - Three CD Set (2000) #2 UK (3x platinum), #48 US (gold). Sales in excess of 3 million albums (9 million single units) within Europe. --Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition (US only: 2004) #42 US --Jewels (Japan only: January 28, 2004) #1 Japan sales in excess of 1.8 million --Jewels II (Japan only: January 26, 2005) #9 Japan -TRIBUTE ALBUMS --Dragon Attack - A Tribute to Queen (1997) --Tributo A Queen: Los Grandes del Rock en Español (1997) - in Spanish --Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (August 9, 2005) --Dynamite With A Laserbeam: Queen As Heard Through The Meat Grinder Of Three One G. (2005)