Does anybody have information about the best selling Queen singles? I have found some out of date lists which shows their original single sales upon release but does anybody have any lists including streaming and downloads? Any information much appreciated.
Dim · Member since
This information comes from Slightlymad in ukmix.org.
QUEEN : 15,595,000 UK Single Sales
1. Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days :: 2,815k
2. Queen -- Don't Stop Me Now :: 1,000k
3. Queen & David Bowie -- Under Pressure :: 905k
4. Queen -- We Are The Champions :: 855k
5. Queen -- Somebody To Love :: 685k
6. Queen -- I Want To Break Free :: 640k
7. Queen -- Crazy Little Thing Called Love :: 580k
8. Queen -- Radio Ga Ga :: 550k
9. Queen -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 515k
10. Queen -- Killer Queen :: 445k
11. Queen -- A Kind Of Magic :: 440k
12. Queen [George Michael w Lisa Stansfield] -- Five Live EP :: 420k
13. Queen -- Heaven For Everyone :: 335k
14. Queen -- We Will Rock You :: 310k
15. Queen [Five &] -- We Will Rock You :: 275k
16. Queen -- Flash :: 275k
17. Queen -- Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls {vinyl} :: 265k
18. Queen -- One Vision :: 265k
19. Queen -- You're My Best Friend :: 245k
20. Queen -- I Want It All :: 215k
21. Queen -- Who Wants To Live Forever :: 215k
22. Queen -- Show Must Go On :: 200k
23. Queen -- It's A Hard Life :: 190k
24. Queen -- Seven Seas Of Rhye :: 185k
25. Queen -- A Winter's Tale :: 170k
26. Queen -- Innuendo :: 160k
27. Queen -- Play The Game :: 160k
28. Queen -- Queen's First EP (Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy) :: 145k
29. Queen -- Hammer To Fall :: 145k
30. Queen -- These Are The Days Of Our Lives :: 140k
31. Queen -- Las Palabras De Amor :: 120k
32. Queen -- Friends Will Be Friends :: 120k
33. Queen -- Breakthru' :: 120k
34. Queen -- Save Me :: 120k
35. Queen -- Now I'm Here :: 120k
36. Queen with Wyclef Jean ft Pras Michel -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 105k
37. Queen -- Fat Bottomed Girls {digital + streams} :: 105k
38. Queen -- Thank God It's Christmas :: 95k
39. Queen -- Too Much Love Will Kill You :: 90k
40. Queen -- Invisible Man :: 75k
41. Queen & David Bowie -- Under Pressure (remix) :: 65k
42. Queen -- Let Me Live :: 60k
43. Queen -- No-One But You / Tie Your Mother Down {CD single} :: 55k
44. Queen -- The Miracle :: 55k
45. Queen -- You Don't Fool Me :: 55k
46. Queen -- Tie Your Mother Down {vinyl + digital + streams) :: 55k
47. Queen -- Body Language :: 50k
48. Queen -- Bicycle Race {digital + streams} :: 50k
49. Queen -- Scandal :: 45k
50. Queen -- Headlong :: 45k
51. Queen -- Spread Your Wings :: 45k
52. Queen -- I'm Going Slightly Mad :: 40k
53. Queen -- Backchat :: 30k
54. Queen & Vanguard -- Flash :: 20k
55. Queen & Muppets -- Bohemian Rhapsody :: 20k
56. Queen -- Princes Of The Universe :: 20k
57. Queen -- Love Of My Life :: 10k
58. Queen vs Miami Project -- Another One Bites The Dust :: 10k
59. Queen -- Keep Yourself Alive :: 10k
60. Queen -- Let Me In Your Heart Again :: 10k
61. Queen & Paul Rodgers -- C-lebrity :: 5k
62. Queen & Paul Rodgers -- Say It's Not True :: 5k
63. Queen -- Liar :: 5k
64. Queen -- The Prophet's Song :: 5k
65. Queen -- Under Pressure :: 5k
Nathan H · Member since
Wow I've never seen that before. That's really interesting.
Dr Magus · Member since
Yes, interesting to see DSMN at no 2 with a million sales. Does that include digital sales because it only reached no9 in the charts.
Dim · Member since
Also it is their album sales here not including streaming and downloading where Queen are huge. So if we count them they will be at top 3
Postby slightlymad » Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:56 pm
I don't think anyone has posted this from MJD's site. It's a breakdown of Album sales per country, interesting to see how well Queen have performed, especially in Europe!
Worldwide Album Sales
1 The Beatles 342,050,000
2 Michael Jackson 226,150,000
3 Elvis Presley 224,210,000
4 Pink Floyd 203,900,000
5 Madonna 195,700,000
6 The Rolling Stones 189,250,000
7 Elton John 178,700,000
8 Queen 178,020,000
9 Led Zeppelin 171,100,000
10 Celine Dion 167,525,000
Europe
1 The Beatles 88,390,000
2 Queen 87,910,000
3 Pink Floyd 85,950,000
4 Michael Jackson 81,000,000
5 Madonna 76,780,000
6 ABBA 70,390,000
7 U2 63,220,000
8 The Rolling Stones 61,850,000
9 Dire Straits 61,170,000
10 Celine Dion 56,280,000
UK
1 The Beatles 34,095,000
2 Queen 25,720,000
3 Elvis Presley 23,255,000
4 Michael Jackson 22,690,000
5 Madonna 22,490,000
6 Rod Stewart 20,980,000
7 Robbie Williams 18,930,000
8 ABBA 18,735,000
9 U2 18,070,000
10 Elton John 17,470,000
Germany
1 Queen 16,215,000
2 Phil Collins 14,290,000
3 Pink Floyd 13,900,000
4 ABBA 12,785,000
5 The Beatles 12,680,000
6 AC/DC 11,955,000
7 Michael Jackson 11,470,000
8 Madonna 11,075,000
9 The Rolling Stones 9,615,000
10 Robbie Williams 8,475,000
Holland
1 Queen 4,542,000
2 ABBA 3,695,000
3 Michael Jackson 3,560,000
4 U2 3,290,000
5 Dire Straits 3,205,000
6 Celine Dion 2,938,000
7 The Rolling Stones 2,926,000
8 Madonna 2,525,000
9 Andrea Bocelli 2,505,000
10 Pink Floyd 2,435,000
Spain
1 Pink Floyd 4,405,000
2 Gloria Estefan 4,345,000
3 Queen 4,330,000
4 Michael Jackson 3,750,000
5 Bruce Springsteen 3,555,000
6 Madonna 3,545,000
7 The Beatles 3,543,000
8 U2 3,420,000
9 Phil Collins 3,390,000
10 Elton John 3,218,000
Argentina
1 The Beatles 3,095,000
2 Queen 1,940,000
3 Pink Floyd 1,745,000
4 Michael Jackson 1,515,000
5 U2 1,410,000
6 Guns N' Roses 1,405,000
7 Phil Collins 1,315,000
8 Madonna 1,295,000
9 Led Zeppelin 1,185,000
10 Shakira 1,070,000
Austria
1 Queen 1,529,000
2 Michael Jackson 1,370,000
3 Pink Floyd 1,145,000
4 U2 1,050,000
5 Madonna 1,050,000
6 ABBA 965,000
7 Robbie Williams 945,000
8 Tina Turner 935,000
9 AC/DC 898,000
10 Eros Ramazzotti 865,000
Switzerland
1 Queen 1,955,000
2 Celine Dion 1,870,000
3 Eros Ramazzotti 1,660,000
4 Dire Straits 1,585,000
5 AC/DC 1,578,000
6 Madonna 1,570,000
7 Michael Jackson 1,515,000
8 Pink Floyd 1,435,000
9 U2 1,385,000
10 Phil Collins 1,380,000
Italy
1 Eros Ramazzotti 11,750,000
2 Pink Floyd 10,845,000
3 Madonna 8,435,000
4 Queen 6,955,000
5 U2 6,815,000
6 Dire Straits 6,385,000
7 Michael Jackson 5,620,000
8 Bruce Springsteen 4,890,000
9 Elton John 4,762,000
10 Andrea Bocelli 4,600,000
Finland
1 Madonna 729,000
2 ABBA 695,000
3 Queen 638,000
4 Metallica 561,000
5 Bruce Springsteen 546,000
6 Dire Straits 500,000
7 Celine Dion 481,000
8 Michael Jackson 412,000
9 Guns N' Roses 350,000
10 U2 345,000
Japan
1 B'z 58,550,000
2 Ayumi Hamasaki 33,230,000
3 Hikaru Utada 26,320,000
4 The Beatles 20,655,000
5 Carpenters 10,160,000
6 Madonna 9,180,000
7 Michael Jackson 8,705,000
8 Celine Dion 8,360,000
9 ABBA 8,150,000
10 Queen 8,110,000
Other Countries
USA - No30
Canada - No18
Brazil - No5
Mexico - No11
Australia - No14
New Zealand - No7
France - No12
Sweden - No10
Dim · Member since
The singles are downloads and stream plus physical sales
Nathan H · Member since
How many did Bohemian Rhapsody sell on its second release? Also does the figure include digital sales?
cmsdrums · Member since
Don’t show Brian that list - he hasn’t got a song in the top 10!
scottmax · Member since
Under pressure in there twice?!
Day dop · Member since
Top selling artists worldwide, physical and digital sales.
1. The Beatles – 405,737,000 (as of Mar 2017)
2. Michael Jackson – 323,741,000 (as of Sep 2017)
3. Elvis Presley – 314,044,000 (as of Sep 2018)
4. Madonna – 241,134,000 (as of Aug 2017)
5. Queen – 238,637,000 (as of Oct 2017)
6. The Rolling Stones – 237,135,000 (as of Dec 2016)
7. Pink Floyd – 229,426,000 (as of Jun 2017)
8. Led Zeppelin – 200,459,000 (as of Aug 2016)
9. Elton John – 196,130,000 (as of Feb 2018)
10. U2 – 194,519,000 (as of Aug 2016)
11. Céline Dion – 193,422,000 (as of Sep 2016)
12. AC/DC – 191,030,000 (as of Feb 2018)
13. Eagles – 171,069,000 (as of Dec 2017)
14. Mariah Carey – 167,149,000 (as of Apr 2017)
15. Bruce Springsteen – 157,024,000 (as of Jul 2017)
16. Bee Gees – 156,874,000 (as of Apr 2017)
17. ABBA – 156,623,000 (as of Nov 2016)
18. Eminem – 154,954,000 (as of Aug 2016)
19. Barbra Streisand – 152,498,000 (as of Mar 2018)
20. Whitney Houston – 151,693,000 (as of May 2017)
publishing for "only" 18 years, i think, they did quite well.
but seeing something like IWTBF at the top of sales makes me wonder on their audience :-)
"the muppets" topping POTU ... well... odd!. but that's the way it goes.
quite interesting numbers. quite interesting preferences of the buyers. explains a lot of their setlist nowadays.
if only they would make their performances be more interesting by updating their playlist and shove in some songs that we didn't hear live, yet.
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well, let's see how THAT worldwide list develops after ABBA will have released their latest songs :-)
Holly2003 · Member since
Maybe my memory is failing but when was the Prophets Song released as a single in the UK?
Darren_1977 · Member since
It’s anazing scandal sales so low even though there were at least six variants to collect as far as I recall
Nathan H · Member since
The Prophet's Song wasn't a single, it's probably included because it's sold quite a lot. I was thinking that Keep Yourself Alive would've sold more than 10,000 even though it didn't chart. Princes Of The Universe wasn't a hit in the UK.
Darren_1977 · Member since
There’s a person on the other site called Enrique and he regularly updates sales figures from around the world , interesting how the band performs in different territories