Queen Joins Eminem, Metallica And Bruno Mars In A Chart Feat

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentQueen Joins Eminem, Metallica And Bruno Mars In A Chart FeatByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorMay 29, 2026, 08:40am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Queen's Greatest Hits becomes the twelfth album in U.S. history to spend 700 weeks — or more — on the Billboard 200, and the band joins some of the biggest artists ever. 1975: British rock band Queen (L-R: Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon pose for an Electra Records publicity still to promote their tour of Japan in 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)gettyIf Queen never sold another album, the group would continue to be known as one of the bestselling bands of all time, perhaps forever. The legendary rockers do move thousands of equivalent album units each week, though streaming has largely taken over as the manner in which millions of fans around the planet consume the work that the English act produced during the years largely before Freddie Mercury's death. Queen lives on the Billboard charts week after week with its Greatest Hits compilation, as well as several tunes featured on that project's track list. Greatest Hits reaches an incredible milestone on the current edition of the Billboard 200 – the comprehensive ranking of the most-consumed albums in America – one which only a handful of titles have approached.Queen's Greatest Hits Reaches 700 WeeksQueen's Greatest Hits dips from No. 31 to No. 36 this frame, holding on inside the top 40 on the Billboard 200. As of this period, the compilation has spent 700 weeks as one of the 200 most-consumed collections in the United States. For decades, the roster focused entirely on purchases, but years ago the chart company changed its methodology...