Queen Awards

Awards

• 1974
  • Sounds: 3rd Best New British Band, 9th Best International Band
  • Disc: 10th Brightest Hope
  • NME: 2nd Most Promising New Name

• 1975
  • Melody Maker: 'Band of the Year'
  • Record Mirror: 2nd Best British Newcomer, 2nd Best Single ("Killer Queen"), 9th International Group
  • NME: 8th Best British Group, 7th Best Stage Band, 4th Most Promising Group In The World, 3rd Most Promising New Name, 17th Best World Group
  • Disc: Top Live Band, Top International Group, Top British Group, Top Single ("Killer Queen"), 3rd Best Album (Sheer Heart Attack), 5th Best Album (Queen II)
  • Ivor Novello Award to Mercury for "Killer Queen"
  • Golden Lion Award (Belgium) to Mercury for "Killer Queen"
  • Carl Allen Award for contribution to the Ballroom Dancing Industry

• 1976
  • NME: 1st British Stage Band, 2nd Group, 5th World Group, 3rd World Stage Band, Mercury: 7th World Singer, May: 3rd Top Guitarist, 1st British Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), 2nd Album ("A Night at the Opera")
  • Record Mirror / Disc: 1st Best British Group, 1st World Group, No. 1 Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), No. 6 Album ("A Night at the Opera"), Mercury: 5th British Singer, 6th World Singer, 4th British Songwriter, 5th World Songwriter, May: 4th British Musician, 4th World Musician
  • Sound: Best Band, Best Album (A Night at the Opera), Best Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody")
  • Ivor Novello Award to Mercury for "Bohemian Rhapsody"

• 1977
  • Brittania Award: Best British Single of the Last 25 Years ("Bohemian Rhapsody")
  • Europe One Radio: Most Potential Rock Band
  • Daily Mail: Best Group

• 1979
  • Music Life, Japan: Top Group, Top Album (Jazz), Top Single, Top Singer, Top Guitarist, Top Drummer, Top Bass Player

• 1980
  • Juno Awards, Canada: Best Group, Best International Single ("Another One Bites the Dust"), Best International Album (The Game)
  • Record World USA: Top Male Group, Top Producer, Top Disco Crossover (All awarded for "Another One Bites the Dust")
  • Dick Clarke Awards USA: Best Band
  • Circus Magazine USA: 2nd Best Group, 1st Live Show, No. 1 Album (The Game), No. 1 Single ("Another One Bites the Dust"), No.3 Single ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"), Mercury: 2nd Male Vocalist, 3rd Best Songwriter, 3rd Best Keyboard Player; 3rd Best Guitarist, 3rd Best Bassist, 3rd Best Drummer

• 1981
  • American Music Awards: 'Favorite Pop/Rock Single' ("Another One Bites the Dust")
  • Music Life, Japan: Best Group, Best Vocalist, Best Bass Player, 2nd Best Guitarist, 2nd Drummer
  • NARM Award USA: Biggest Selling Single of 1980 ("Another One Bites the Dust")

• 1984
  • Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Silver Clef Award: Outstanding Contribution to British Music
  • UK Video Awards: Highly Commended in Best Compilation Category for The Works EP. Best Video award for "Radio Ga Ga"

• 1986
  • Daily Mirror Reader's Poll: Top British Group, Top Male Vocalist, 5th Best Album (A Kind of Magic)
  • Daily Express: Best Album Cover Award (A Kind of Magic)
  • British Video Awards: Top Music Video Award (Live In Rio)

• 1987
  • Sun: Best Male Vocalist for Mercury
  • Capital Radio London: Best Group
  • Ivor Novello Award: for Outstanding Contribution to British Music
  • British Video Awards: Best Video, Music category for "Live In Budapest"

• 1988
  • Golden Rose Festival, Montreux: International Music Media Conference: Best Long Form Video worldwide (The Magic Years)
  • Festerio, Rio De Janiero: Best video documentary (The Magic Years)

• 1989
  • Independent Television Awards: Best Band of the Eighties
  • US Film & Video Festival: Silver Screen Award (The Magic Years)
  • Diamond Awards, Antwerp: Best Special Effects Award ("The Invisible Man")

• 1990
  • Brit Awards: Outstanding Contribution to Music

• 1991
  • American Film & Video Festival, Chicago: Innuendo won 1st Prize, I'm Going Slightly Mad won 3rd Prize for Creative Excellence in the Art Culture and Performing Arts category
  • Monitor Awards (International Teleproduction Society), New York City: Best Achievement in Music Video ("Innuendo")

• 1992
  • Brit Awards: Mercury received a posthumous Outstanding Contribution To Music Award, Best Single Award ("These Are the Days of Our Lives";).
  • Ivor Novello Award: Best Single ("These Are the Days of Our Lives"), May received a Best TV Commercial Music Award ("Driven By You")
  • Golden Giraffe Award: Greatest Hits II (Award given by the Association of Hungarian Record Producers)
  • MTV Awards: Best Video From A Movie (Wayne's World)
  • US Film & Video Festival, Chicago: Gold Camera Awards (The Freddie Mercury Tribute), (Greatest Flix II), ("The Show Must Go On") ("These Are the Days of Our Lives")

• 1993
  • Ivor Novello Award: to Mercury ("Living on My Own") (posthumous)
  • American Society Of Composers, Authors & Publishers: Mercury posthumously awarded for "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the Most Played Record in the U.S. of 1993
  • Monitor Awards, Hollywood: "Red Couch" Awards (Greatest Flix II and "I'm Going Slightly Mad")

• 1997
  • Ivor Novello Award: Best Song Lyrically & Musically ("Too Much Love Will Kill You")

• 2001
  • Golden Rose Film Festival, Montreux: Prix de la Presse (The Freddie Mercury Untold Story)

• 2002
  • New York Film Festival: Gold World Medal for the Best Television and Entertainment Program (Variety Special Section), Gold World Medal for the Best Home Video (Music Video Section) for The Freddie Mercury Untold Story
  • Capital FM Awards: Outstanding Contribution to Music
  • Guinness World Records: UK’s best single of the past 50 years ("Bohemian Rhapsody")
  • Annual DVD Awards: Best DVD-Audio/Non Video (A Night at the Opera)
  • Surround Music Awards: "Most Adventurous Mix" and "Listener's Choice" (A Night at the Opera)

• 2003
  • Annual DVD Awards: Best DVD-Audio (The Game)
  • DVD Awards At The Universal Sheraton: DVD-Audio Of The Year (The Game)
  • Capital Legends Awards: Legendary Group
  • European Music DVD-Award: Best Live DVD (Live At Wembley Stadium)
  • Surround Music Award: "Best Mix: Non-Orchestral" (The Game)
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Queen History

Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. Queen rose to prominence during the 1970s and are one of Britain's most successful bands of the past three decades.

The band is noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal harmonies and incorporation of audience participation into their live performances. Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live music performance of all time in a BBC poll.

Queen had moderate success in the early 1970s, with the albums Queen and Queen II, but it was with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the Opera the following year that the band gained international success. All of the band's studio albums reached number one on numerous charts around the world. Since 1973, they have released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, and numerous compilation albums. They are estimated to have sold over 300 million albums worldwide , including more than 32.5 million in the United States alone, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists.

Following Mercury's death in 1991 and Deacon's retirement later in the decade, May and Taylor have performed infrequently under the Queen label. Since 2005, they have been collaborating with Paul Rodgers, under the moniker Queen + Paul Rodgers.