Queen Is Unlike Most Bands When It Comes To The Charts
Queen's name remains ever-present on the music charts in the United Kingdom. The group's catalog is so filled with hit singles that at least one compilation powered by its songs keeps the band on the weekly rankings, and in some cases, multiple collections appear. That's the case this frame, as several of Queen's most popular compilations not only make room on the charts, but return to them – but there's no crossover between the band's comebacks.
Queen's Greatest Hits is present on four lists in the U.K. this week, and it returns to two of them. Typically, when a collection reappears on multiple rankings, it's because consumption of the set is growing in one form or another. This time around, Greatest Hits breaks back onto both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts at Nos. 87 and 86, respectively. At the same time, it declines on both the Official Albums Streaming roster and the Official Albums ranking, which measures the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the nation.
Queen also finds its way back to the Official Album Downloads chart, but not with Greatest Hits. Instead, another similar compilation, The Platinum Collection, reappears at No. 76 on the ranking of the most downloaded projects in the U.K.
Queen currently appears on five different albums rankings in the nation with multiple projects, but there's no overlap between them at the moment. The outfit doesn't take up more than one space on a single list at a time, and yet there's enough interest in the band's work to power the two titles.
Queen has reached No. 1 on most of the tallies the group currently appears on with these albums – but not in every instance. Greatest Hits still has yet to become the most-streamed release in the U.K. at any point, as it has thus far peaked at No. 5 on the Official Albums Streaming roster. The Platinum Collection, meanwhile, has climbed as high as No. 4, despite the fact that it has lived on the list for 356 frames.
It's not uncommon for legacy acts like Queen to continue charting thanks to compilations, as that is typically how most fans revisit the smash hits that made a band famous in the first place. What's notable when it comes to Queen's performance is that the group remains on these rankings for hundreds of weeks at a time — and that the rockers can sometimes see multiple similar compilations live on the tallies simultaneously. That consistent presence shows that there is demand not just for these projects, but also for the tunes featured on their tracklists.
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