Queen Brings Several Bestsellers Back
Three albums by Queen appear on the charts in the United Kingdom this week. One stands out as by far the most popular at the moment, but listeners in the country apparently can't be satiated by just one title — even if it's a greatest hits collection packed with many of the band's most familiar tunes. The love for Queen's unique style of rock remains so strong that the group sees multiple collections appear on multiple tallies at the same time, even though there's crossover from the tracklists on the projects. Two of those three titles currently present manage to rebound and return.
Greatest Hits is Queen's most successful project in the U.K. at the moment. It's the only one from the band to appear on several tallies, earning lofty positions on many of them.
Greatest Hits reappears on one of the four lists on which it's featured, bounding back onto the Official Albums Sales chart at No. 86. It does so in its four-hundred-and-fiftieth frame as one of the bestselling titles in the country.
The Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack, which accompanied the film of the same name, is also a strong seller once more — at least when compared to other similar collections. That set reenters the Official Soundtrack Albums chart at No. 38. It's a special period for that title as well, as it reaches five full years — or 260 weeks — on the soundtracks-only ranking.
Greatest Hits by Queen is still living inside the top 40 on half of all the lists on which it can be found, sitting at No. 29 on the Official Albums Streaming chart and holding at No. 36 on the Official Albums ranking. It also drops only a few spots on the Official Album Downloads roster.
Queen occupies a pair of spaces on the downloads-only tally, as The Platinum Collection dips more than 10 spots to make a home at No. 71.
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