Discography Statistics
This page summarises the different formats that Queen and solo releases have been issued on in the UK and worldwide, for all releases upto and including the 'Back To The Light' reissues in 2021.
UK Albums
UK Singles
UK Videos
UK Boxed Sets
Albums, Singles and Videos Exclusive To Each Country
UK Albums
This table includes all UK releases upto and including the 2021 'Back To The Light' reissue (although it is excluded) and the Flash Gordon' picture disc. It includes the free CD 'Queen Rock You', but not 'Live In Ukraine', the 2011 reissue 'Live At Wembley Stadium', or 'Hungarian Rhapsody', as they weren't technically an album release, while 'Absolute Greatest' and 'A Night At The Odeon' are included four times, 'Forever' is included three times, and 'On Air' is included twice. Alternate sleeves on the original release are included, but subsequent reissues are excluded. The list includes 'The Studio Collection' individual LP's, but not those released in the boxed set of the same name. 'Queen Rocks', 'Barcelona', and the first two 'Greatest Hits' albums are included twice, as there were two releases with different sleeves. The 'Happiness?' album is only included once, as the numbered and un-numbered releases are not really different, the two fan-club only 'bootleg' releases by The Cross are excluded, and the four 'Singles' compilations released alongside 'The Lot' boxed set are also excluded, as they were download only releases. One additional format not included here is the 3 CD and 1 DVD set of 'Barcelona - Special Edition'. The abbreviations used are: - LP : LP Record
- PD : Picture Disc
- CV : Coloured Vinyl
- CD : Compact Disc
- DVD : DVD-Audio Format
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| Queen | 54 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 160 |
| Roger Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Brian May | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Freddie Mercury | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| The Cross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 68 | 2 | 2 | 94 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 214 |
UK Singles
This table includes all UK releases upto and including the 2021 'Back To The Light' reissue. All variations of singles are counted, so both 7" sleeves of 'Barcelona', and all 8 7" sleeves of 'I Want To Break Free' are included. However, it ignores downloads, promo items and other records which were not available in shops (eg the purple and blue vinyl pressings of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'). The abbreviations used are: - No PS : singles released in the standard EMI record company sleeves only
- PS : singles released in a picture sleeve
- PD : Picture Disc. This includes shaped picture discs, the two etched discs, and the 'Headlong' 12" which was a clear vinyl picture disc.
- CV : Coloured Vinyl
- Enh : Enhanced CD's featuring CD-Rom material, and also CD-Videos
- Others : includes the two singles by Larry Lurex and The Immortals
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| Queen 1973-1979 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Queen 1980-1989 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 78 |
| Queen 1990-2015 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 66 |
| Roger Taylor | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Brian May | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| Freddie Mercury | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 54 |
| The Cross | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 84 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 13 | 33 | 296 |
UK Videos
This table includes all UK releases upto and including the 'A Night At The Odeon' DVD and Blu-ray releases, but excludes the two DVD-Audio discs. It includes 'Queen Rock Montreal' twice, the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' 2011 reissue twice, 'Live In Ukraine' three times, and 'Hungarian Rhapsody' four times, as they were available in multiple releases. The 30th anniversary CD and DVD set of 'A Night At The Opera' is included here, as the DVD content was of most interest for the release. One format not included here is CED, which was used for a single Queen release, 'Greatest Flix'.
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| Queen | 4 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 67 |
| Roger Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian May | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Freddie Mercury | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 5 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 81 |
UK Boxed Sets
This brief table shows the main content of boxed sets. 'News Of The World (3CD + LP + DVD), 'Freddie Mercury: Solo' (10CD's + 2DVD's) and Roger Taylor 'The Lot' (12CD's + DVD) are counted as CD albums. | | | | | | | |
| Queen | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Roger Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Freddie Mercury | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
The four hybrid releases are:
- Queen - A Night At The Odeon - CD, DVD and Blu-ray set
- Queen - Live At The Rainbow '74 - 2 CD, DVD and Blu-ray set
- Queen - The Box Of Tricks - VHS and CD (or cassette) set
- Brian May - Back To THe Light - 2CD and LP set
- Freddie Mercury - Lover Of Life Singer Of Songs - CD and DVD set
Albums, Singles and Videos Exclusive To Each Country
These lists show the number of albums, singles and videos which were only ever released in one country. For simplicity, it excludes reissued singles, and also Queen compilations, unless they feature predominantly exclusive material:
- Gettin' Smile (Smile) (Japan)
- Ghost Of A Smile (Smile) (Netherlands)
- Greatest Hits In Japan (Queen) (Japan)
- Greatest Karaoke Hits (Queen) (Japan)
- Retro Rock EP (Brian) (USA)
- Star Licks Master Series (Brian) (UK)
- The Great Pretender (Freddie) (USA)
- We Will Rock You (German cast album) (Germany)
- We Will Rock You (Italian cast album) (Italy)
- We Will Rock You (Spanish cast album) (Spain)
- Another One Bites The Dust (Queen + Annie Crummer) (New Zealand)
- Beautiful Dreams (Roger) (Portugal)
- Final Destination (The Cross) (Germany)
- Guide Me Home (Freddie) (Germany, 1999)
- Hold On (Freddie) (Germany)
- I Was Born To Love You (Queen) (Japan)
- Liar (The Cross) (Germany)
- Life Changes (The Cross) (Germany)
- Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Freddie) (UK)
- My Country (Roger) (UK)
- Nazis 1994 (Roger) (UK)
- New Dark Ages (The Cross) (Germany)
- On My Way Up (Brian) (Netherlands)
- Pressure On (Roger) (UK)
- Solo Por Ti (No-One But You) (Queen + Eva Maria) (Spain)
- Teo Torriatte (Queen) (Japan)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (Brian) (UK)
- The Business (Brian) (UK)
- The Unlinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) (UK)
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen) (USA)
- We Will Rock You (Rick Rubin Remix) (Queen) (USA)
- Why Don't We Try Again (Brian) (UK)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) (UK)
- Classic Queen (Queen) (USA)
- Final Concert Live In Japan (Queen) (Japan)
- Greatest Hits (Queen) (USA)
- Greatest Karaoke Hits (Queen) (Japan)
- Greatest Video Hits (Queen) (USA) (although the two discs were available in separate releases elsewhere)
- Heineken 'Queen's Day' CD-Rom (Queen) (Netherlands)
- Jewels (Queen) (Japan)
- Live At The Rainbow (Queen) (UK)
- Live In Japan (Queen) (Japan)
- Live In Japan (Queen + Adam Lambert) (Japan)
- Live In Japan 1985 (Queen) (Japan)
- Super Live In Japan (Queen + Paul Rodgers) (Japan)
- The Great Pretender (Freddie) (UK)
- The Miracle Video EP (Queen) (UK)
- Who Wants To Live Forever (Queen) (UK)