Fifty years after its creation, the Queen group breaks a new record.
His hit "Don't Stop Me Now", released in 1979, has just exceeded one billion plays on Spotify.
A success brought up to date by the release in 2018 of the biopic on the group, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
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Do not Stop Me Now
Queen has exceeded one billion tracks on Spotify.
Re-honored with the biopic
Bohemian Rhapsody
, released in 2018 and looking back on the life and career of singer Freddie Mercury, this title unveiled in the
Jazz
album
remains one of the greatest successes of the British group.
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A feel-good success
Don't Stop Me Now
therefore becomes the third title of the 20th century to cross this symbolic threshold of one billion plays after
Bohemian Rhapsody
and
Wonderwall,
from Oasis.
Since its release in 1979, it has become one of the classics in Queen's repertoire.
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Boosted by the success of the biopic on their band, the British have sold several million copies of their
Greatest Hits
and
The Platinum Collection
compilations
over the past two years, and have even resumed touring.
Their concert planned at the AccorArena in Paris has also just been postponed to July 13, 2022 due to the health crisis.