Editing Bohemian Rhapsody (section)

===Achievements and accolades===
The song has won numerous awards and has been covered and parodied by many artists. At the [[19th Annual Grammy Awards]] in February 1977, "Bohemian Rhapsody" received two [[Grammy Award]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices#1970s|Best Arrangement for Voices]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1977 – Grammy Award Winners|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/queen |title=Queen – Artist – Grammy.com |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] database search |access-date=4 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117093307/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/queen |archive-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 1977, only two years after its release, the [[British Phonographic Industry]] named "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the best British single of the period 1952–77.{{Sfn|Gracyk|2007|p=63}} It is a regular entry in greatest-songs polls, and it was named by the Guinness Book of Records in 2002 as the top British single of all time.{{Sfn|Chiu|2005}} The song is also listed in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|title=The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|access-date=13 July 2011|publisher=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628094517/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|archive-date=28 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, the song was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].{{Sfn|The Recording Academy|2004}} {{As of|2004}}, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the second most-played song on British radio, in clubs and on jukeboxes collectively, after [[Procol Harum]]'s "[[A Whiter Shade of Pale]]".{{Sfn|ClashMusic.com|2009}} On 30 September 2007 for [[BBC Radio 1]]'s 40th birthday, it was revealed on ''[[The Official Chart|The Radio 1 Chart Show]]'' that "Bohemian Rhapsody" had been the most played song since Radio 1's launch.<ref>{{cite news |first=Felix |last=Lowe |title=Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody voted best video |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1565502/Queens-Bohemian-Rhapsody-voted-best-video.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 October 2007 |access-date=19 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119173637/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1565502/Queens-Bohemian-Rhapsody-voted-best-video.html |archive-date=19 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" officially became the most-streamed song from the 20th century, surpassing Nirvana's "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" and Guns N' Roses' "[[Sweet Child o' Mine]]".<ref name="Forbes 2018"/><ref name="Guardian 2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/11/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-most-streamed-song-20th-century|title=Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody becomes most-streamed song from the 20th century {{!}} Music |website=The Guardian|date=11 December 2018|access-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215165817/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/11/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-most-streamed-song-20th-century|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> "Bohemian Rhapsody" also became the most-streamed classic rock song of all time.<ref name="Forbes 2018"/> The number of downloads of the song and original video exceeded 1.6 billion downloads across global on-demand streaming services.<ref name="Guardian 2018"/> The video surpassed one billion views on YouTube in July 2019, making it the oldest music video to reach one billion on the platform, and the first pre-1990s song to reach that figure.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Becomes Oldest Music Video to Get a Billion YouTube Views |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-video-youtube-billion-record-1203275069/ |access-date=22 July 2019 |work=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722115651/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-video-youtube-billion-record-1203275069/ |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Carpani |first=Jessica |title=Bohemian Rhapsody becomes first pre-1990s song to rack up billion hits on YouTube, site announces |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/22/bohemian-rhapsody-becomes-first-pre-1990s-song-rack-billion/ |date=22 July 2019 |access-date=22 July 2019 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722192556/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/22/bohemian-rhapsody-becomes-first-pre-1990s-song-rack-billion/ |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, the single was selected by the U.S. [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<ref>{{cite web |title=National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey and More in 2022 |url=https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-alicia-keys--ricky-martin--journey-and-more-in-2022/s/fee30140-0454-401c-a2a2-205298e32fb1 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=13 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

====Polls====
In a 2001 poll of more than 50,000 readers of ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper and viewers of British TV's [[Channel 4]] for the 100 best number-one singles of all time, the song came second to [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]".<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Arlidge |title='Imagine' top song ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/07/johnarlidge.theobserver |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=7 January 2001 |access-date=19 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330005937/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/07/johnarlidge.theobserver |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2002 poll of more than 31,000 people conducted for [[Guinness World Records]]' ''[[British Hit Singles]]'', "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted Britain's favourite single, beating Lennon's "Imagine" to the top spot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bohemian Rhapsody named favourite song |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/08/3 |access-date=27 May 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528114910/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/08/3 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, it came in 10th in a [[BBC World Service]] poll to find the world's favourite song.{{Sfn|BBC|2002}}

In the Netherlands, ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' has been in the top five of the annual year's end ''"Top 100 Aller Tijden"'' ("All-Time Top 100 [Singles]") since 1977, topping the list eight times, more than any other artists.{{Sfn|Radio Veronica}} Since 1999, the Dutch "[[Top 2000]]" pop music poll supplanted the Top-100, to list and play the 2,000 all-time greatest songs annually in December, and the song has been ranked first in all but five years (2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2020, when it was runner up).<ref>[http://www.radio2.nl/top2000 Top 2000 Lijst] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118065012/http://www.radio2.nl/top2000 |date=18 January 2015 }} radio2.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015</ref>

In a 2012 readers poll conducted by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted the best vocal performance in rock history.<ref>{{cite magazine|title = 1. Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Readers' Poll: The Best Vocal Performances in Rock History|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-best-vocal-performances-in-rock-history-20120905/1-queen-bohemian-rhapsody-0846043|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 5 September 2012|access-date = 9 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206123449/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-best-vocal-performances-in-rock-history-20120905/1-queen-bohemian-rhapsody-0846043|archive-date = 6 February 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2010, the song ranked at 166 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-64474/|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time|access-date=16 August 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194837/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-64474/|archive-date=16 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and was re-ranked at number 17 in 2021.<ref name="rollingstone.com"/>

In 2012, the song topped an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] poll in the UK to find "The Nation's Favourite Number One" over 60 years of music, ahead of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Billie Jean]]" (number two), [[Adele]]'s "[[Someone like You (Adele song)|Someone like You]]" (number three), [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]' "[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]" (number four) and [[The Beatles]]' "[[Hey Jude]]" (number five).<ref name="ITV poll">[https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/queen-s-bohemian-rhapsody-voted-the-nation-s-favourite-number-1-single__2258/ "Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody voted the Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528120734/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/queen-s-bohemian-rhapsody-voted-the-nation-s-favourite-number-1-single__2258/ |date=28 May 2019 }}. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2012</ref> The song was also ranked number five in RadioMafia's list of "Top 500 Songs".<ref>[http://www.yle.fi/radiomafia/sailio/sivu.8.shtml Radiomafian Top 500 (v. 1995)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629203932/http://www.yle.fi/radiomafia/sailio/sivu.8.shtml |date=29 June 2013 }} (in Finnish). yle.fi. Accessed on 26 July 2013.</ref>