Queen International Album Chart Positions

This page gives international chart positions for Queen and solo albums

Key

  • 3(10) - reached number three, was on chart for 10 weeks
  • ? - chart position not known
  • DNC - did not chart
  • n/r - not released in that country
  • w/d - withdrawn before release
  • p/o - promo only release
  • G - certified gold
  • P - certified platinum
  • 3P - certified triple platinum (etc)
  • (*) - position in the classical chart, DNC in the regular chart.

    The date given is for the UK release (unless there isn't one)

    Queen

                                              UK        USA      Japan   Holland Italy 
    Queen                      Fri 13/7/1973  24(18)G   83(18)G  52(14)  DNC     DNC   
    Queen II                   Fri 8/3/1974   5(29)G    49(13)G  ?       DNC     DNC   
    Sheer Heart Attack         Fri 1/11/1974  2(42)G    12(32)G  23(34)  6       DNC   
    A Night At The Opera       Fri 21/11/1975 1(50)P    4(56)G   9(52)   1       DNC   
    A Day At The Races         Fri 10/12/1976 1(24)G    5(19)G   1(11)   1       15(11)
    News Of The World          Fri 28/10/1977 4(20)G    3(36)P   3(20)   1       16(7) 
    Jazz                       Fri 10/11/1978 2(27)G    6(17)P   5(30)   4       36(4) 
    Live Killers               Fri 22/6/1979  3(27)G    16(14)G  9(14)   10      n/r   
     1985 'single LP' reissue                 n/r       n/r      DNC     n/r     n/r   
     1992 reissue                             n/r       n/r      n/r     n/r     n/r   
    The Game                   Mon 30/6/1980  1(18)G    1(43)P   5(17)   2       9(23) 
    Flash Gordon               Mon 8/12/1980  10(15)G   23(13)G  12(19)  13      15(15)
    Greatest Hits              Mon 2/11/1981  1(406)11P 14(26)   9(23)   1       35(2) 
     1992 'Hollywood' reissue  Tue 15/9/1992  n/r       11(156)P n/r     n/r     n/r   
    Hot Space                  Fri 21/5/1982  4(19)G    22(21)G  6(11)   2       8(13) 
    The Works                  Mon 27/2/1984  1(93)P    23(20)G  7(11)   1       2(16) 
    A Kind Of Magic            Mon 2/6/1986   1(63)2P   26(13)   25(5)   2       8(15) 
    Live Magic                 Mon 1/12/1986  3(40)P    DNC      49(3)   17      22(9) 
    The Miracle                Mon 22/5/1989  1(37)P    24(14)G  23(5)   1       3(24) 
    Classic Queen                             n/r       p/o      n/r     n/r     n/r   
     1992 reissue              Tue 3/3/1992   n/r       4(10)P   n/r     n/r     n/r   
    Queen At The Beeb          Mon 4/12/1989  67(1)     n/r      DNC     n/r     n/r   
     1995 'At The BBC' release                n/r       DNC      n/r     n/r     n/r   
    Innuendo                   Mon 4/2/1991   1(37)P    30(10)G  17(5)   1       1(28) 
    Greatest Hits II           Mon 28/10/1991 1(86)5P   n/r      65(4)   1       ?     
    Live At Wembley 1986       Tue 26/5/1992  2(15)G    53       81(2)   9(21)   ?     
    Made In Heaven             Mon 6/11/1995  1 3P      58 G     10(25)P 1       1 P   
    Queen Rocks                Mon 3/11/1997  ?         DNC      22(4)   ?       ?     
    Greatest Hits III          Mon 8/11/1999  ?         ?        25(5)   ?       n/r   
    

    Freddie

                                             UK     USA   Japan  Holland Italy
    Mr Bad Guy                Mon 29/4/1985  6(23)  DNC   20(21) 20(11)  n/r  
    Barcelona                 Mon 10/10/1988 15(8)  n/r   DNC    DNC     n/r  
     1992 reissue                            ?      6(*)  93(1)  9(22)   n/r  
    The Freddie Mercury Album Mon 16/11/1992 4(14)G n/r   64(3)  8(30)   ?    
    The Great Pretender       Tue 24/11/1992 n/r    DNC   n/r    n/r     n/r  
    Freddie Mercury Remixes                  w/d    n/r   DNC    58(8)   ?    
    

    Roger

                                                 UK    USA    Japan Holland Italy
    Fun In Space                  Mon 6/4/1981   18(5) 121(1) DNC   24(7)   ?    
    Strange Frontier              Mon 25/6/1984  30(4) DNC    DNC   DNC     ?    
    Shove It                      Mon 25/1/1988  58(2) DNC    DNC   n/r     ?    
    Mad Bad and Dangerous To Know Mon 26/3/1990  DNC   n/r    DNC   n/r     ?    
    Blue Rock                     Mon 9/9/1991   n/r   n/r    DNC   n/r     ?    
    Happiness                     Mon 5/9/1994   22    n/r    DNC   53(5)   ?    
    Electric Fire                 Mon 28/9/1998  53    n/r    DNC   ?       n/r  
    

    Brian

                                               UK     USA    Japan Holland Italy
    Furia                                      n/r    n/r    n/r   n/r     n/r  
    Star Fleet Project          Mon 31/10/1983 35(4)  125(1) DNC   n/r     n/r  
    Back To The Light           Mon 28/9/1992  6(14)G 159(2) 45(3) 5(16)   n/r  
    Live At The Brixton Academy Mon 7/2/1994   14     n/r    72(1) 20(7)   n/r  
    Another World               Mon 1/6/1998   ?      DNC    77(1) ?       n/r  
    

    Other

                                    UK    USA   Japan Holland Italy
    Gettin' Smile    Thu 23/9/1982  n/r   n/r   DNC   n/r     n/r  
    Ghost Of A Smile Mon 17/11/1997 n/r   n/r   ?     DNC     n/r  
    

    The usual useless statistics

                         UK    USA   Japan Holland Italy
    Releases             37    33    42    35      28   
     number one          10    1     1     9       2    
     two or three        5     1     1     3       2    
     four to ten         7     5     8     7       3    
     more than ten       10    17    17    7       6    
     DNC                 1     8     13    5       4    
     ?                   4     1     2     4       11   
    
    Special              1     1     0     0       0    
     p/o                 0     1     0     0       0    
     w/d                 1     0     0     0       0    
    
    n/r                  11    15    7     14      21