Editing Queen (band) (section)

==Legacy==
Upon being awarded the [[Polar Music Prize]] in 2025, Queen were described as being "a band synonymous with the very fabric of pop culture" who "have made an impact on music that spans decades, generations and genres", and they are "beloved the world over".<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan awarded 2025 Polar Music Prize |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/herbie-hancock-queen-paul-mccartney-roger-taylor-elton-john-b1217276.html |access-date=30 March 2025 |work=Evening News}}</ref>
In 2002, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted "the UK's favourite hit of all time"<!--Do not change. This is what the ref says. Check it out.--> in a poll conducted by the ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums|Guinness World Records British Hit Singles Book]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1974538.stm |work=BBC News | title=Queen rock on in poll | date=8 May 2002}}</ref> In 2004, the song was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Award|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/#B|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224205742/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/#B|archive-date=24 December 2010}}</ref> Many scholars consider the "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video groundbreaking, crediting it with popularising the medium.<ref name="BR music vid"/><ref name="Welch">{{cite news|url= http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/queens-landmark-single-bohemian-rhapsody-turns-40-this-week-34171232.html|title=Queen's landmark single Bohemian Rhapsody turns 40 this week|work=The Belfast Telegraph|first=Andy|last=Welch|date=5 November 2015|access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beebe |first1=Roger |last2=Middleton |first2=Jason |title=Medium cool: music videos from soundies to cellphones |date=2007 |publisher=Duke University Press |page=157 |isbn=978-0822390206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8f_-1giPRFoC&q=David+Mallet%27s+1976+clip+for+Queen%27s+Bohemian+Rhapsody&pg=PA157}}</ref> Rock historian Paul Fowles stated that the song is "widely credited as the first global hit single for which an accompanying video was central to the marketing strategy".<ref name="Fowles">{{cite book |last=Fowles |first=Paul |title=A Concise History of Rock Music |year=2009| page=243|publisher=Mel Bay Publications, Inc.|isbn=978-0786666430}}</ref> It has been hailed as paving the way for the [[MTV Generation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=And the most streamed song of the century is ... 'Bohemian Rhapsody'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/most-streamed-song-century-bohemian-rhapsody-n946476 | first=Alyssa | last=Newcomb | date=11 December 2018 | access-date=27 September 2020 |agency=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> In December 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became the most-streamed song from the 20th century, and the most-streamed classic rock song of all time.<ref name="Forbes Sales">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2018/12/10/queens-bohemian-rhapsody-is-officially-the-worlds-most-streamed-song/|title=Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is Officially The World's Most-Streamed Song|last=Thompson|first=Simon|website=Forbes|language=en|date=10 December 2018|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> The song and original video were downloaded more than 1.6&nbsp;billion times.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In March 2021 it was [[List of best-selling singles in the United States#Diamond certification|certified Diamond]] in the US for combined digital sales and streams equal to 10 million units.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" becomes first song by a British band to be RIAA-certified Diamond |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/3/25/queens-bohemian-rhapsody-becomes-first-song-by-a-british-ban.html |access-date=22 July 2021 |agency=ABC News |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712162323/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/3/25/queens-bohemian-rhapsody-becomes-first-song-by-a-british-ban.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Acclaimed for their [[Arena rock|stadium rock]], in 2005 an industry poll ranked Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 as the best live act in history.<ref name="QueenBestLive">{{cite news|publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4420308.stm|title=Queen win greatest live gig poll|date=9 November 2005}}</ref> In 2007, they were also voted the greatest British band in history by [[BBC Radio 2]] listeners.<ref name="QueenBestBritishBand">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6224235.stm|publisher=BBC |title=Queen declared 'top British band'|date=2 January 2007}}</ref>

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As of 2005, according to the ''Guinness Book of World Records'', Queen albums have spent a total of 1,322 weeks (twenty-six years) on the UK Album Charts, more time than any other act.<ref name=BCS>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4648611.stm|title=Queen top UK album charts league|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=28 September 2014|date=4 July 2005}}</ref> Also in 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place on the list of acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Noah|first=Sherna|date=10 December 2005|title=Queen closer to King as UK chart-toppers|work=The Scotsman |url=http://news.scotsman.com/elvispresley/Queen-closer-to-King-as.2685286.jp|location=Edinburgh}}</ref> In 2022, ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen album)|Greatest Hits]]'' was the [[List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom|best-selling album]] in UK chart history, and the only album to sell over seven million copies in the UK.<ref name="OCC GH"/> As of August 2024, the album has spent over 600 weeks on the US ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard all time">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/queen/chart-history/tlp/|title=Queen Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Their ''[[Greatest Hits II (Queen album)|Greatest Hits II]]'' album is the UK's tenth best seller, with sales of 3,746,404 copies.<ref name="bpialbums"/><ref>Brown, Mark (16 November 2006) [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/16/musicnews.lifeandhealth Queen are the champions in all-time album sales chart] ''[[The Guardian]]'' Retrieved 16 February 2011</ref> Based on record sales, [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] performance, online views and popularity on [[Spotify]], in 2018 ''[[Business Insider]]'' in the US ranked Queen the third most popular rock band of all time, after the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 most popular rock bands of all time |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-100-most-popular-rock-bands-of-all-time-2018-9?r=US&IR=T |access-date=11 June 2021 |website=Business Insider}}</ref>

[[File:Museum RockArt, Queen grootste hits.JPG|thumb|left|Gold and silver discs issued by [[EMI]] in 1982 for ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1981). With more than 25 million copies sold it is Queen's best selling album.]]
The band have released a total of 18 number-one albums, 18 number-one singles, and 10 number-one DVDs<!--added up from Queen discography--> worldwide, making them one of the world's [[list of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists]]. Estimates of their record sales range from 250&nbsp;million to 300&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="Forbes Sales"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/freddie-mercury-the-life-story-you-may-not-know/collection_21ade10b-f81f-51c6-b6fb-3e677d105aa5.html#1|title=Freddie Mercury: The life story you may not know|last=Caldwell|first=Nicole|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=24 August 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024074258/https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/freddie-mercury-the-life-story-you-may-not-know/collection_21ade10b-f81f-51c6-b6fb-3e677d105aa5.html#1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="QUEEN'S ROGER TAYLOR BBC News">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlE8dmRyko| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829112729/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlE8dmRyko| archive-date=29 August 2012 | url-status=dead|title=BBC BREAKFAST NEWS VIDEO|work=BBC News |date=6 November 2009|access-date=6 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465604/queen-getting-global-icon-nod-at-mtv-europe-awards|title=Queen Getting 'Global Icon' Nod at MTV Europe Awards|date=19 October 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> Inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2001, the band is the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single, and all four members were inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref name="Hall Bio">{{cite web|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Queen|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/queen|year=2007|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3124/207916|title=2003 Award and Induction Ceremony: Queen|publisher=Songwritershalloffame.org|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217214545/http://songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3124/207916|archive-date=17 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#w |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Award |work=The GRAMMYs |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=22 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7758704.stm|title=Queen enter Grammy Hall of Fame|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=28 September 2014|date=1 December 2008}}</ref> and the latter was voted the world's favourite song in a 2005 [[Sony Ericsson]] global music poll.<ref>Haines, Lester (29 September 2005) [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/29/world_music_poll/ 'We Are The Champions' voted world's fave song] ([[Sony Ericsson]] world music poll) Retrieved 16 February 2011</ref> The band received [[Ivor Novello Awards]] for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, in 1987, and Outstanding Song Collection, in 2005, from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors]].<ref>[http://theivors.com/archive/1980-1989/the-ivors-1987/ "The 32nd Ivor Novello Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201183455/http://theivors.com/archive/1980-1989/the-ivors-1987/ |date=1 February 2019 }}. The Ivors. Retrieved 3 January 2018</ref><ref>[http://theivors.com/archive/2000-2009/the-ivors-2005/ "The 50th Ivor Novello Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142213/http://theivors.com/archive/2000-2009/the-ivors-2005/ |date=12 June 2018 }}. The Ivors. Retrieved 3 January 2018</ref> In recognition of the vocal harmonies of Mercury, May and Taylor, in 2006 Queen were inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vocalgroup.org/album_category/2006-inductee/?events=next|title=The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame – Album Categories 2006 Inductee|website=vocalgroup.org|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> In 2018 they were presented the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-tina-turner-to-receive-grammy-lifetime-achievement-award-w515260 "Queen, Tina Turner to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619040158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-tina-turner-to-receive-grammy-lifetime-achievement-award-w515260 |date=19 June 2018 }}. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 March 2018</ref> In their list for the [[Global Recording Artist of the Year]], the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]] named Queen the sixth best-selling artist worldwide in 2018, and the fifth best-selling artist in 2019, in both cases the most popular act of their contemporaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Drake named Global Recording Artist of 2018 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Drake-named-Global-Recording-Artist-of-2018 |access-date=12 March 2020 |agency=IFPI}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Top 10 global recording artists 2019 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/bestsellers-and-global-artist.php |access-date=12 March 2020 |agency=IFPI |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319160743/https://www.ifpi.org/bestsellers-and-global-artist.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2020, Queen became the first band to join Elizabeth II on a British coin, with the [[Commemorative coins of the United Kingdom|commemorative £5 coin]], issued by the [[Royal Mint]], featuring the instruments of all four bandmembers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Mint unveils new £5 coin celebrating Freddie Mercury and Queen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/queen-5-pound-coin-freddie-mercury-brian-may-royal-mint-music-legends-a9292696.html |access-date=22 January 2020 |work=The Independent}}</ref> In July 2020, Queen became the third band (after the Beatles and [[Pink Floyd]]) to feature on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2020–2029#2020|series of UK postage stamps]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen – not that one – to appear on postage stamps |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/23/queen-to-appear-on-postage-stamps |access-date=28 June 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Queen are one of the most bootlegged bands ever, according to Nick Weymouth, who manages the band's official website.<ref name="MusicWeek">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=12 November 2005|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-139171540/queen-embrace-new-technology-whether-remixing-dvd-releasing|title=Queen embrace new technology: whether it's remixing for DVD or releasing live sets online, the band have stayed at the forefront of change|access-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515111147/http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-139171540/queen-embrace-new-technology-whether-remixing-dvd-releasing|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> A 2001 survey discovered the existence of 12,225 websites dedicated to Queen bootlegs, the highest number for any band.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |date=22 March 2001 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1235544.stm |title=Classic bands top net bootleg chart}}</ref> Bootleg recordings have contributed to the band's popularity in certain countries where Western music is censored, such as Iran.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=26 August 2004 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=104BD3D9D7DE52B0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=People Watch |archive-date=1 July 2017 |access-date=18 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701153045/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=104BD3D9D7DE52B0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a project called ''Queen: The Top 100 Bootlegs'', many of these have been made officially available to download for a nominal fee from Queen's website, with profits going to the [[The Mercury Phoenix Trust|Mercury Phoenix Trust]].<ref name="MusicWeek" /> In 2004, Queen became the first Western rock act to be officially accepted in Iran following the release of their ''Greatest Hits'' album.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen album brings rock to Iran |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3593532.stm |access-date=31 March 2020 |agency=BBC}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Queen at number 52 on its list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of All Time]]",<ref>[[Gerard Way|Way, Gerard]] (29 April 2011). [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/queen-19691231 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time: Queen] ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 23 May 2011</ref> while ranking Mercury the 18th-greatest singer,<ref name="RollingStoneSingers">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/freddie-mercury-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Freddie Mercury |magazine=Rollingstone.com }}</ref> and May the twenty-sixth-greatest guitarist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/brian-may-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time: Brian May |magazine=Rollingstone.com }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' readers voted Mercury the second-greatest frontman.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-best-lead-singers-of-all-time-20110412/2-freddie-mercury-0762142|title=Readers Pick the Best Lead Singers of All Time — 2. Freddie Mercury|date=12 April 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=16 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110415091916/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-best-lead-singers-of-all-time-20110412/2-freddie-mercury-0762142 |archive-date=15 April 2011}}</ref> Queen were named 13th on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists' |publisher=www.rockonthenet.com |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref> and in 2010 were ranked 17th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today24news.com/entertainment/vh1-listed-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-083804|title=VH1 Listed 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time|publisher=Today24news.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Gigwise]]'' readers named Queen the best band of the past 60 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/73499/queen-named-best-band-of-past-60-years |title=Queen named best band of the past 60 years |work=Gigwise |date=4 June 2012}}</ref> Eddie Trunk argued that Queen's importance, in common with [[Thin Lizzy]] and [[Deep Purple]], was "not as fully recognized" in the US because elsewhere they "often played to much bigger crowds in stadium venues".<ref name="trunk"/> Queen had stopped touring the US in 1982 as their success there had started to wane, but they remained a touring "juggernaut", filling stadiums and arenas internationally in the 1980s until their final tour (with Mercury) in 1986.<ref name="gilmore"/>

===Influence===
[[File:Thom Yorke Nimes 2012.jpg|thumb|right|At 10 years old, [[Thom Yorke]] of [[Radiohead]] built a homemade guitar in an attempt to emulate Brian May.]]
Queen have been credited with making a significant contribution to genres such as hard rock and heavy metal.<ref name="trunk"/><ref name="rollingstone.com">"Queen, first non-blues based heavy metal band". ''Rolling Stone'', Dec 1973.</ref> The band have been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen or have expressed admiration for them are diverse, spanning different generations, countries, and genres, including heavy metal: [[Judas Priest]],<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-halford-tells-nikki-sixx-that-adam-lambert-is-doing-an-extraordinary-job-fronting-queen/ | title= Rob Halford Tells Nikki Sixx That Adam Lambert Is Doing An 'Extraordinary' Job Fronting Queen | work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | date=10 July 2014 | access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> [[Iron Maiden]],<ref name="queencuttings.com">"Queen, 50 greatest songs as voted for by Maiden, Priest, Kiss, etc". ''Classic Rock magazine'', October 2006.</ref> [[Dream Theater]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dream Theater: Dragon Attack – A Tribute To Queen |url=http://www.dreamtheater.net/disco_guests.php?s=dragon_attack |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920054827/http://dreamtheater.net/disco_guests.php?s=dragon_attack |archive-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/trivium-frontman-if-it-weren-t-for-james-hetfield-i-literally-wouldn-t-be-here/|title=TRIVIUM Frontman: 'If It Weren't For JAMES HETFIELD, I Literally Wouldn't Be Here'|date=13 May 2010|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|language=en-US|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Megadeth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/19891-dave-mustaine-megadeth-favourite-albums-interview?page=12|title=Baker's Dozen {{!}} Th1rt3en Best: Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth's Favourite Albums|work=The Quietus|date=16 March 2016 |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref name="MP3 David Lee Roth interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.brianmay.com/downloads/DLR240106HiEDcmb.mp3 |title=MP3 David Lee Roth Queen review |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217095217/https://www.brianmay.com/downloads/DLR240106HiEDcmb.mp3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Melvins]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-buzzo-interview/|title=Melvins' King Buzzo Talks About Queen's Influence in Exclusive Video|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=26 August 2014 |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]],<ref>Sutcliffe. 2015. page 227. Corey Taylor: "The older I got, the more I got into Queen, and I got into the harmonies, which were just unreal ... It was one of those things where you go, 'Man I wish I would've started listening to this earlier.' I think Freddie Mercury was one of the best singers ever lived. I think he would look around at a lot of this stuff today and laugh his ass off 'cause it would be so funny to him. Then again, he'd probably be a god to some of these people because he was such a great frontman, such a good singer, and just incredibly gifted man."</ref> [[Rob Zombie]],<ref name="Forbes legacy"/> and [[Rage Against the Machine]];<ref>Sutcliffe. 2015. page 3. Tom Morello: "There is no band remotely like them. There aren't even imitators that come within a hundred city blocks of Queen, and that can be said about very, very few bands. It's one of the few bands in the history of rock music that was actually best in a stadium. And I miss Freddie Mercury very much."</ref> hard rock: [[Guns N' Roses]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ressner|first=Jeffrey|title=Queen singer is rock's first major AIDS casualty|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=621|page=13|date=9 January 1992|url=http://queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?q=96 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312060354/http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?q=96 |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Def Leppard]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Def Leppard on Queen and Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/def-leppard-are-still-putting-in-the-effort-815449/ |access-date=8 June 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> [[Mötley Crüe]],{{sfn|Sutcliffe|2009|p=27}} [[Steve Vai]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/steve-vai-on-brian-may/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426002736/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/steve-vai-on-brian-may/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2016|title=Steve Vai On Brian May|access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> [[the Cult]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/the-cults-ian-astbury-still-seeking-in-this-amazing-interview-2/|title=The Cult's Ian Astbury still seeking in this amazing interview – Louder Than War|website=Louder Than War|date=19 January 2011|language=en-GB|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[The Darkness (band)|the Darkness]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/features/101232/the-darkness-talk-queen-freddie-mercury-+-adam-lambert---interview|title=The Darkness on the magic of Queen {{!}} Gigwise|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|website=gigwise.com|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> and [[Foo Fighters]];<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=17443 |title= They're back: And thank God for the Foo Fighters |author= Arjun S Ravi |date= 12 October 2007 |work= Screen Weekly |access-date= 2 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> alternative rock: [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-last-days-of-kurt-cobain-in-his-own-words-799011.html|title=The last days of Kurt Cobain, in his own words|work=The Independent|access-date=28 September 2014|location=London|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=21 March 2008}}</ref> [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]],<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart2a.shtml|title= Nine Inches of Love|work=TheNINHotline.com|date=March 1992|access-date=7 December 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323084050/http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart2a.shtml|archive-date=23 March 2010|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Muse (band)|Muse]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Fisher |first=Jonathan |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/916414 |title=Muse talk to DiS: new album, Western films and WIN! WIN! WIN! / Music News // Drowned In Sound |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=17 June 2006 |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=10 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610071715/http://drownedinsound.com/news/916414 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/08/chad-smith-3/|title=RHCP's Chad Smith {{!}} Modern Drummer Magazine|website=Modern Drummer Magazine|date=17 August 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Jane's Addiction]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/surfing-pinball-and-weed-perry-farrell-on-his-teen-years-in-miami-6441403|title=Surfing, Pinball, and Weed: Perry Farrell on His Teen Years in Miami|last=Caplan|first=B.|website=Miami New Times|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[the Flaming Lips]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 2. Wayne Coyne: "Musically they really are phenomenal. Freddie Mercury was just a beautiful singer, and they all are so great as musicians and have so many great moments where it's like, oh my God, here's a band that didn't hold back."</ref> [[Kid Rock]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 242. Kid Rock: "I love Queen. The more you listen to Queen, the more you realize, especially if you're a musician, how much of a genius Freddie Mercury was, and Brian May and those guys are."</ref> and [[Billy Corgan]] of [[the Smashing Pumpkins]];<ref>"Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins talks about the records that changed his life" (''Queen II''). ''Melody Maker''. 14 August 1993.</ref> shock rock: [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-mechanical-animals-album-anniversary/ |title=17 Years Ago: Marilyn Manson Goes Glam With 'Mechanical Animals' |author=Childers, Chad |work=[[Loudwire]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> pop rock: [[the Killers]],<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-killers-channel-queen-meat-loaf-onstage-in-new-york-20060925 "The Killers channel Queen, Meat Loaf, for new album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070630/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-killers-channel-queen-meat-loaf-onstage-in-new-york-20060925 |date=15 March 2018 }}. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 13 July 2015</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=La Bella |first1=Laura |title=My Chemical Romance |date=2008 |publisher=he Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |page=24}}</ref> and [[Panic! at the Disco]];<ref name="Panic! At the Disco">{{cite web|title=Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie Talks the Influence of Bowie, Queen and Sinatra on Death of a Bachelor|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/1/18/panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-talks-the-influence-of-bowi.html|website=Abcnewsradioonline.com|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903083149/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/1/18/panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-talks-the-influence-of-bowi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> country: [[Faith Hill]],<ref name="Forbes legacy"/> and [[Carrie Underwood]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Guns N' Roses joined by Carrie Underwood at London concert |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-guns-n-roses-joined-by-carrie-underwood-at-london-concert |access-date=2 July 2022 |work=Blabbermouth}}</ref> pop: [[George Michael]],<ref>Michael sang several Queen songs in concert. This is mentioned in: Patrick Lemieux, Adam Unger. "The Queen Chronology (2nd Edition)" – Page 137.</ref> [[Robbie Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/robbie-williams-turned-to-freddie-mercury-1698408|title=Robbie Williams turned to Freddie Mercury for tour inspiration|last=People|first=Sunday|website=mirror|date=18 June 2011|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Adele]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 3. Adele: "I love them. I'm the biggest Queen fan ever ... They're the kind of band that's just in your DNA, really. Everyone just knows who they are."</ref> [[Lady Gaga]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FEAR+FACTOR%3B+Lady+Gaga+used+tough+times+as+inspiration+for+her...-a0213005824|last=Dingwall|first=John|title=The Fear Factor; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|pages=48–49|date=27 November 2009|access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> and [[Katy Perry]];<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schneider|first=Marc|title=Katy Perry Wants a 'Fucking Vacation' After Next Single|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488619/katy-perry-wants-a-f-ing-vacation-after-next-single|magazine=Billboard|access-date=8 June 2021|date=12 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713083643/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488619/katy-perry-wants-a-f-ing-vacation-after-next-single|archive-date=13 July 2014}}</ref> and K-pop: [[Psy]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/arts/music/interview-psy-the-artist-behind-gangnam-style.html|title=His Style Is Gangnam, and Viral Too|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 October 2012 |access-date=31 August 2016|last1=Ryzik |first1=Melena }}</ref> and [[BTS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48487862|title=BTS are the first Korean band to headline Wembley Stadium|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=2 June 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604153608/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48487862|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Musicians have been saying for decades Queen are in the pantheon of all-time greats. In the countless interviews I have done over the years they have been name checked by numerous superstars. What is most impressive though is the diversity of artists they've influenced. Why Queen were able to cut across such an incredibly wide range of musicians is easy to see – they are one of the most versatile bands that rock has ever had.| source = Steve Baltin writing for ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine in January 2019: ''Queen's Greatest Legacy: Shaping The Last Two Decades Of Pop And Rock Music''.<ref name="Forbes legacy">{{cite news |title=Queen's Greatest Legacy: Shaping The Last Two Decades Of Pop And Rock Music |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2019/01/12/queens-greatest-legacy-shaping-the-last-two-decades-of-pop-and-rock-music/?sh=63bb49381a8c |access-date=13 June 2021 |magazine=Forbes}}</ref>
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In the early 1970s, Queen helped spur the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] genre's evolution by discarding much of its [[blues]] influence.<ref name=RS1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/queen-19731206|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Queen|first=Gordon|last=Fletcher|date=6 December 1973|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171916/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/queen-19731206|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>''Classic Rock magazine'', October 2006.</ref> Queen's 1974 song "[[Stone Cold Crazy]]" has been cited as a precursor of [[speed metal]].<ref name="Jones BBC"/> [[Metallica]] recorded a cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy", which first appeared on the ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]'' album in 1990, and they still performed it live in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZuG7nv4zs  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/BJZuG7nv4zs| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Metallica – Stone Cold Crazy [Live Nimes 2009]|date=14 April 2010 |publisher=Youtube |access-date=2 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Swedish guitarist [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], a pioneer of "[[neo-classical metal]]", listened to Queen as a kid, and spoke of Brian May being "very inventive when it comes to tones and having all those pickup configurations. Brian tends not to stick to just pentatonics, either; he mixes it all up, which is how I like to think, too."<ref>{{cite news |title=Yngwie Malmsteen: the 10 guitarists who impressed me most |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-the-10-guitarists-who-impressed-me-most |access-date=20 March 2020 |website=MusicRadar}}</ref> [[Thom Yorke]] of [[Radiohead]] received his first guitar at 7 years old, encouraged after seeing May in a broadcast of a Queen concert.<ref name="radiohead">{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/9 | title = All messed up | newspaper=The Guardian | location = London | date = 18 June 2006 | first=Craig | last=McLean}}</ref> At 10 years old, Yorke made his own homemade guitar, trying to imitate what May had done with his Red Special, but he was not satisfied with the result.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnyc.org/deprecated/story/278417-thom-yorke/transcript/ |title=Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin: interview with Thom Yorke |work=WNYC |date=1 April 2013 |access-date=22 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621023101/http://www.wnyc.org/deprecated/story/278417-thom-yorke/transcript/ |archive-date=21 June 2015 }}</ref> Subsequently, Queen became one of the first influences of his band.<ref name="radiohead"/>