It may be 30 years since the original Queen lineup performed and released music together, but the impact of their music is still fully felt today - and continues to enjoy plenty of chart success. Show This week sees Queen release a 40th anniversary reissue of their 1981 Greatest Hits, which could return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for the first time since its original four-week run at the summit. The collection has regularly appeared in the Top 100 over the years, and hasn't left it since December 2019, spending most of 2021 in the Top 10. View Queen's Official Chart history in full here. Queen continued to score hits for another ten years after its release, but the 1981 best-of remains their most popular. It's the UK's best-selling album of all time, and the only record to have sold over 6 million copies. The band's music has successfully weathered several music format changes over the years - vinyl, cassette, CD, downloads, and most recently streaming, where their music has been embraced by a whole new generation. But how does their most-streamed songs in the UK compare to their 1981 greatest hits? Before we reveal the Top 20, some highlights... Thank
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POS | TITLE | ARTIST | PEAK | YEAR |
1 | BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | QUEEN | 1 | 1975 |
2 | DON'T STOP ME NOW | QUEEN | 9 | 1979 |
3 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST | QUEEN | 7 | 1980 |
4 | UNDER PRESSURE | QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE | 1 | 1981 |
5 | I WANT TO BREAK FREE | QUEEN | 3 | 1984 |
6 | WE WILL ROCK YOU | QUEEN | 1 (2000) | 1977 |
7 | SOMEBODY TO LOVE | QUEEN | 2 | 1976 |
8 | KILLER QUEEN | QUEEN | 2 | 1974 |
9 | RADIO GA GA | QUEEN | 2 | 1984 |
10 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | QUEEN | 2 | 1977 |
11 | CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE | QUEEN | 2 | 1979 |
12 | YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND | QUEEN | 7 | 1976 |
13 | FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS | QUEEN | 11 | 1978 |
14 | LOVE OF MY LIFE | QUEEN | 63 | 1979 |
15 | A KIND OF MAGIC | QUEEN | 3 | 1986 |
16 | THE SHOW MUST GO ON | QUEEN | 16 | 1991 |
17 | WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER | QUEEN | 24 | 1986 |
18 | HAMMER TO FALL | QUEEN | 13 | 1984 |
19 | GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY | QUEEN | 17 | 1977 |
20 | THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS | QUEEN | 21 | 1984 |
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