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This thing called love, I must get round to it In 2005, the band received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, and in 2018 they were presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.This thing called love, I just can't handle it Each member of Queen has composed multiple hit singles, and all four band members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Queen received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990.

Estimates of their record sales range from 150 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. May and Taylor have performed under the Queen name with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert as vocalists on tours since.

In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. The last concert featuring their classic line upвЂ”the final live performance of MercuryвЂ”took place at Knebworth, England in August 1986. Their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert has been ranked among the greatest in rock history by various music publications. 'Another One Bites the Dust' (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US. By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. The band's 1977 album News of the World contained 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions', which have become anthems at sporting events. Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (lead guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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