BEST BANDS/ARTISTS OF THE 70s! 9th Seed - Queen Queen are a rock band formed in London in 1970. Queens earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating further diverse styles into their music. Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II in 1974, but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack later in 1974 and A Night at the Opera in 1975 that gained the band international success. The latter featured Bohemian Rhapsody, which stayed at No1 in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks; it charted at No1 in several other territories, and gave the band their first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained two of rocks most recognisable anthems, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions. The band have released a total of 18 No1 albums, 18 No1 singles, and 10 No1 DVDs. Estimates of their record sales generally range up to 300 million records, making them one of the worlds best-selling music artists. They received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006. The band is also the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single, and all four members of Queen were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2009, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the latter was voted the worlds favourite song in a global music poll. Rolling Stone ranked Queen at number 52 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, while ranking Mercury the 18th greatest singer, and May the twenty-sixth greatest guitarist. Queen were named 13th on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list, and in 2010 were ranked 17th on VH1s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list. In 2012, Gigwise readers named Queen the best band of past 60 years. Visitors to Play voted them as the best music artist of the last 60 years in their list of Top 100 Music Artists in 2013. Queen are one of the most bootlegged bands ever. A 2001 survey discovered the existence of 12,225 websites dedicated to Queen bootlegs, the highest number for any band. Bootleg recordings have contributed to the bands popularity in certain countries where Western music is censored, such as Iran. In a project called Queen: The Top 100 Bootlegs, many of these have been made officially available to download for a nominal fee from Queens website, with profits going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.
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