Greatest Hits II (Queen album)

Greatest Hits II
Greatest hits album by
Queen
Released28 October 1991
Recorded1981–1990
1981–1995 (2011 Japan reissue edition)
GenreRock
Length76:32
Label
Queen chronology
CD Single Box
(1991) 		Greatest Hits II
(1991) 		Classic Queen
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
NME4/10[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 October 1991.[3] The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits between 1981 and 1991, from the UK chart-topper "Under Pressure" to "The Show Must Go On".

The compilation Greatest Hits II reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and is the tenth best-selling album in the UK with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014.[4] It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany,[5] the thirteenth best-selling album in France,[6] and the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland.[7][8] Accumulated sales (Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide.[9][10]

Freddie Mercury designed the crest on the album cover, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos (Roger Taylor and John Deacon), one Cancer (Brian May) and one Virgo (Mercury).[11]

  1. ^ Quantick, David (9 November 1991). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 32.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide
  3. ^ Queen; Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009" (PDF). BPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Highest Gold Platinum certifications as of 2008" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Disque en france" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIN best dom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIN best for was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ BPI – UK Best Selling Albums of All Time (14 June 2009) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 13 June 2011
  10. ^ Queen Greatest Hits I and II Review BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2011
  11. ^ Anderson, Sarah 50 Geeky Facts About Queen, NME. Accessed 28 May 2014.