queen
Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian
May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John
Deacon joining the following year. Queen rose to prominence during the 1970s and
are one of Britain's most successful bands of the past three decades.
The band is noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal
harmonies and incorporation of audience participation into their live
performances.Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live music
performance of all time in a BBC poll.
Queen had moderate success in the early 1970s, with the albums Queen and Queen
II, but it was with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the
Opera the following year that the band gained international success. All of the
band's studio albums reached number one on numerous charts around the world.
Since 1973, they have released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, and
numerous compilation albums. According to OhmyNews, the band have sold more than
300 million copies worldwide, including more than 32.5 million in the United
States alone, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Following Mercury's death and Deacon's retirement in the 1990s, May and Taylor
collaborated with Paul Rodgers, under the moniker Queen + Paul Rodgers.
