Queen
- classic rock
- rock
- glam rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1970, London
- 6 albums
- 42 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 1975–1995
Queen is a group from the United Kingdom, formed on 27 June 1970 in London. Over the years, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon played in the group. The collection holds six albums by the group, released between 1975 and 1995: A Night At The Opera (1975), Live Killers (1979), Innuendo (1991), Greatest Hits II (1991), Live at Wembley Stadium (1992) and Made In Heaven (1995). On top of that, the group appears on five albums by others. In all, 42 records reached the Dutch Top 40, six of them the top spot. The highest was Bohemian Rhapsody: number 1 in week 2 of 1976.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Queen
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Queen
Queen sounds more electric and more energetic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.
Across 100 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Queen
The four members of Queen, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
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Also appears on
Queen also appears on five albums by others, from compilations to soundtracks.
Biggest hits of Queen
In the Dutch Top 40, Queen had 42 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 2, 1976347weeks in the chart
with 42 records1974first entry
week 50, 19742008latest entry
week 6, 200824years with an entry
- 1Bohemian RhapsodyQueen197524 weeks
- 1Somebody To LoveQueen197613 weeks
- 1Crazy Little Thing Called LoveQueen197913 weeks
- 1I Want To Break FreeQueen198412 weeks
- 1Under PressureQueen, David Bowie198110 weeks
All 42 records by Queen in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Together with Queen
On tracks of albums in the collection, Queen appears with David Bowie.
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Queen are in the collection?
There are six, released between 1975 and 1995: A Night At The Opera (1975), Live Killers (1979), Innuendo (1991), Greatest Hits II (1991), Live at Wembley Stadium (1992) and Made In Heaven (1995).
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Queen have?
Queen had 42 records in the Dutch Top 40, six of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Bohemian Rhapsody, which reached number 1 in week 2 of 1976.
Who played in Queen?
Over the years that was Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Queen?
Queen appears on five albums by others: Legacy (David Bowie), NOW Presents... Electronics, NOW That's What I Call Rock Anthems, Seventies Collected Vol. 1 and 80's Movie Hits Collected.
How do you play the music of Queen?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.