Impact of Queen's music

As One of rock's most successful, influential and popular acts, the band has released a total of eighteen number one albums, eighteen number one singles, and ten number one DVDs worldwide making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Their total album sales have been estimated at over 300 million worldwide including 32.5 million in the United States. The band is also the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single. Also, on January 2007, it was announced that Queen's Greatest Hits I & II was the most downloaded album on iTunes in the US.

Queen is also one of the most bootlegged bands ever, according to Nick Weymouth, who manages the band's official website. A 2001 survey revealed the existence of 12,225 websites dedicated to Queen bootlegs, the highest number for any band.Bootleg recordings have contributed to the band's popularity in certain countries where Western music is censored, such as Iran. 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 Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Queen has also been acknowledged by Vh1 as an influential rock band when their "Stone Cold Crazy" was named number 38 on Vh1's list of the greatest hard rock songs.[citation needed] Queen were also named 13th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list.