Queen have been named the UK’s most performed rock act of the twenty first century, touchdown atop a brand new PPL chart to have a good time Nationwide Album Day.
The rock group — whose traditional lineup consisted of Freddie Mercury, Brian Might, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon — amassed over 400 million seconds of radio and TV airplay, equaling 12.5 years of steady performs. The band’s most performed monitor throughout this era was “A Kind Of Magic,” adopted by “I Want To Break Free,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Radio Ga Ga,” and “Somebody To Love.”
PPL, which licenses recorded music to be used on UK radio and tv, and in public areas equivalent to bars, eating places and gymnasiums, compiled the chart utilizing intensive airplay reporting information from radio and TV broadcasters throughout the nation.
The findings had been launched to mark Nationwide Album Day on October 18, an annual occasion now in its eighth yr, organized by the BPI and ERA in partnership with BBC Radio 2. Queen shall be concerned with the particular occasion, because the fiftieth anniversary version of their 1975 landmark debut A Night time At The Opera shall be reissued on vinyl.
Following Queen, the UK’s Prime 10 most performed rock acts of the twenty first century embrace David Bowie, U2, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, Stereophonics, The Rolling Stones, The Police, The Killers, and Kings of Leon.
Queen’s guitarist Brian Might stated: “Astounding news! Bearing in mind that most of Queen’s major works were done in the 20th century, it’s amazing to top a 21st century list. Big thanks to all our fans.”
Although the band’s main works had been launched within the twentieth century, the band has stayed lots related into the 2020s. Final month, they introduced that they’d have a good time the aforementioned fiftieth anniversary of their monumental multi-platinum 1975 album A Night time At The Opera with a vinyl reissue, along with a brand new 7” model of their legendary diamond-certified single “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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