‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ movie makes magic for Queen as music sales soar

'Bohemian Rhapsody' movie makes magic for Queen as music sales soar
'Bohemian Rhapsody' movie makes magic for Queen as music sales soar

British rock band Queen sold more albums in North America than any other artist in the first half of 2019, as music featured in movies and television sent streaming and downloads soaring.

A midyear report by Nielsen Music released on Thursday said the soundtrack to the musical "Bohemian Rhapsody," which won four Oscars in February, was the best-selling rock title of the first six months of 2019, with Queen's "Greatest Hits 1" compilation coming in second.

Queen sold morethan 731,000 albums – more than any other artist – as well as the most digitalsongs with more than 1.3 million downloads, Nielsen said.

Queen in Februarybecame the first rock band to open the Oscars when it kicked off the annualceremony in Hollywood with a live performance of "We Will Rock You"and "We Are the Champions."

Lady Gaga andactor-director Bradley Cooper's steamy performance on the Oscars stage of theirwinning duet "Shallow" from "A Star is Born" also sentsales soaring. The romantic ballad has seen some 648,000 digital song downloadsso far this year, the report said.

The Elton Johnbiopic "Rocketman" fueled a 138% gain in album sales for the Britishsinger-songwriter in the first week after the movie's release on May 31.

Rapper PostMalone's collaboration with Swae Lee on the song "Sunflower" shot tothe top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in January after being featured in theanimated movie "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."

The song saw a 170%increase in radio play, and the video had been viewed more than 642 milliontimes on YouTube.

The report used data compiled by Nielsen Music between Jan. 4 and June 20. 

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