Queen how many number ones

It was released as a thank you to fans after Queen's tour was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The album concludes with a performance in Sydney, recorded in January this year, where the band recreated their historic Live Aid set in full as part of a fund-raiser for the Australian bushfire crisis.

Queen faced a late challenge for the number one slot from Korean girl band Blackpink, whose debut album enjoyed a sales surge towards the end of the week. Initially ranked sixth in the midweek charts, it climbed to number three on Wednesday before settling at number two when the chart was compiled. The quartet - Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rose - also had the best-selling cassette album of the week, shifting an impressive 5, copies on the format.

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The 1 Singles The table below summarises the best selling singles before, during and after Queen singles were at the 1 spot:. Charts With Multiple Queen Singles In There have been a total of 14 weeks over the years where two or more Queen or solo singles appeared in the top These are:.

Date Singles 22 September Hammer To Fall Love Kills 29 September Love Kills Hammer To Fall 6 October Hammer To Fall 13 October Hammer To Fall 20 October Hammer To Fall 24 May A Kind Of Magic Time 7 December Driven By You Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Bohemian Rhapsody 8. Queen's lead single from their Hot Space album came about from a random jam session with David Bowie. Although it was a joint project in terms of co-writing and producing, Bowie didn't perform the song until after Mercury's death, at a tribute concert in The song places third on their Top 20 bestsellers with , sales.

The only song to have made it to Christmas Number 1 twice. It first topped the Christmas charts in and pulled it off again 16 years later, after Freddie's death. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all-time.

As well as being Queen's best seller, it's also one of the UK's biggest singles of all time, with 2. For comparison, We Are The Champions - their second best-seller - is on , sales. The release of the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic has also given a healthy boost to Queen's music on streaming services.

Rhapsody remains their most popular, with