Discography Statistics

This page summarises the different formats that Queen and solo releases have been issued on in the UK and worldwide, including all releases upto and including the third batch of 2011 reissues, the 'Days Of Our Lives' DVD, and the 'Stormtroopers In Stilettos' single.

UK Albums
UK Singles
UK Videos
UK Boxed Sets
Most Regular Record Releasing Countries
Albums, Singles and Videos Exclusive To Each Country
Worldwide Special Format Releases

UK Albums
This table includes all UK releases upto and including the third batch of 2011 reissues. It includes the free CD 'Queen Rock You', not 'Live In Ukraine' or the 2011 reissue 'Live At Wembley Stadium', as they weren't technically an album release, and 'Absolute Greatest' is included four times. Alternate sleeves on the original release are included, but subsequent reissues are excluded. '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, while the two fan-club only 'bootleg' releases by The Cross are excluded. The abbreviations used are:

LP : LP Record
PD : Picture Disc
CV : Coloured Vinyl
CD : Compact Disc
DVD : DVD-Audio Format

Artist	LP	PD	CV	CD	Cassette	Cartridge	Minidisc	DVD	Total
Queen	32	0	1	62	24	4	3	2	138
Roger Taylor	3	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	12
Brian May	4	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	15
Freddie Mercury	5	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	16
The Cross	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6
Total	46	1	2	90	39	4	3	2	187

UK Singles
This table includes all UK releases upto and including 'Stormtroopers In Stilettos'. 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 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

	7"				12"			CD
Artist	No PS	PS	PD	CV	PS	PD	CV	3"	5"	Enh	Cassette	Total
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 1990-2011	0	7	6	1	5	3	2	0	20	8	13	65
Roger Taylor	1	4	1	4	2	2	1	0	6	2	2	25
Brian May	0	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	11	1	6	28
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	6	49	11	4	12	55	13	33	291

UK Videos
This table includes all UK releases upto and including the 'Days Of Our Lives' DVD, and excludes the two DVD-Audio discs. It includes 'Queen Rock Montreal' twice, the 'Live At Wembley Stadium' 2011 reissue twice, and 'Live In Ukraine' three 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'.

Artist	Betamax	VHS	VCD	Laserdisc	DVD	Blu-ray	Total
Queen	4	28	2	1	20	2	57
Roger Taylor	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brian May	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Freddie Mercury	1	5	0	0	2	0	8
Total	5	37	2	1	22	2	69

UK Boxed Sets
This brief table shows the main content of boxed sets.

Artist	LP Albums	CD Albums	CD Singles	Videos	Hybrids	Total
Queen	1	8	4	1	1	15
Freddie Mercury	0	2	0	0	1	3
Total	1	10	4	1	2	18

The two hybrid releases are:

Queen - The Box Of Tricks - VHS and CD (or cassette) set
Freddie Mercury - Lover Of Life Singer Of Songs - CD and DVD set

Most Regular Record Releasing Countries
Below is a list of the countries with the most Queen and solo albums, singles and videos issued. This is only a very approximate list, and no figures are given as this would be fairly inaccurate.

UK
USA
Germany
Holland
Japan
France
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Australia

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:

Albums

Gettin' Smile (Smile) (Japan)
Ghost Of A Smile (Smile) (Holland)
Greatest Karaoke Hits (Queen) (Japan)
Red Special (Brian) (Japan)
Retro Rock EP (Brian) (USA)
Star Licks Master Series (Brian) (UK)
The Great Pretender (Freddie) (USA)
We Will Rock You (Spanish cast album) (Spain)

Singles

'39 (Queen) (Thailand)
46664 - One Year On EP (Queen) (Spain)
Another One Bites The Dust (Queen + Annie Crummer) (New Zealand)
Another World (Brian) (Holland)
Beautiful Dreams (Roger) (Portugal)
Final Destination (The Cross) (Germany)
Guide Me Home (Freddie) (Germany, 1999)
'Heineken' CD-Rom (Queen) (Holland)
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) (Holland)
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)

Videos

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) (UK)
Classic Queen (Queen) (USA)
Final Concert Live In Japan (Queen) (Japan)
Greatest Hits (Queen) (USA)
Greatest Karaoke Hits (Queen) (Japan)
Jewels (Queen) (Japan)
Live At The Rainbow (Queen) (UK)
Live In Japan (Queen) (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)

The most common countries in these lists are the UK (13), Japan (11), Germany (6), the USA (6), Holland (4) and Spain (3).

Worldwide Special Format Releases
The table below shows the number of 'special formats' issued in each country. At current, this includes Picture Discs (including the two etched discs), Coloured Vinyl, CD Videos and Enhanced CD's.

	Picture Discs	Coloured Vinyl	CD Videos	Enhanced CD's	Total
Columbia	0	15	0	0	15
France	1	3	0	0	4
Italy	0	1	0	1	2
Holland	0	1	0	3	4
Japan	0	2	0	1	3
UK	26	12	4	10	52
Other Countries	2	18	3	1	24
Total	29	52	7	16	104

Other countries:

Australia (2 coloured vinyls)
Bulgaria (2 picture discs)
Czech Republic (7 coloured vinyls)
Germany (1 CD-Video)
Hong Kong (2 coloured vinyls)
Malaysia (1 CD-Video)
Mexico (3 coloured vinyls)
New Zealand (2 coloured vinyls)
Russia (1 coloured vinyl)
Spain (1 enhanced CD)
Taiwan (1 CD-Video)
USA (1 coloured vinyl)

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