In an interview with BBC Wales, Brian May announced a new compilation album titled Queen Forever, which was later released by Hollywood Records in November 2014. The 2011 remasters were released by Universal's Island Records label, as the band's contract with EMI Records ended in 2010, and then on SACD by Universal Music Japan, between November 2011 and April 2012. Queen's entire album back catalog was remastered and re-released in the UK and the rest of the world (excluding the US) through 2011 to commemorate their 40th anniversary (as well as being the 20th anniversary of Mercury's death). In 1991, Queen's entire catalog was remastered and released by Hollywood on CD in the United States, and 13 albums (all studio albums up to The Works, as well as Live Killers and Greatest Hits) were remastered at Abbey Road Studios and released on CD and cassette in the United Kingdom between July 1993 and March 1994. However, in 1990, they terminated their US contract with Capitol and signed with Disney's Hollywood Records, which has remained the current owner and distributor of Queen's entire music catalogue in North America. The band would remain with EMI for the rest of their career, although in 1983 they terminated their American contract with Elektra and signed with Capitol Records. Later in their career, Queen signed a record contract with EMI, and Elektra in the United States. In 1972, Queen signed a production deal with Trident Studios.
The 1991 compilation Greatest Hits II is also one of the UK's top ten biggest-sellers of all time, with 3.8 million copies sold by 2012. The 1981 compilation Greatest Hits is the biggest-selling album in UK history, with 6 million copies sold by 2014. 2 in 1992 after being featured in the film Wayne's World, and hitting the Top 40 once more in 2018 upon the release of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. In the US, "Bohemian Rhapsody" hit the Billboard Top 40 charts in three different decades, reaching No. 1 in the UK charts for nine weeks (and a further five weeks in 1991 after Mercury's death) and is the third-biggest-selling single of all time in the UK. Their 1975 single, " Bohemian Rhapsody", was No. Despite not being an immediate success, they quickly gained popularity in Scotland with their second album Queen II in 1974. Founded in 1970, Queen released their self-titled debut album in 1973. Queen are a British rock band, whose classic line-up consisted of vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon. For the discographies of individual members of Queen, see Freddie Mercury discography, Brian May discography, and Roger Taylor discography.
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