Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody has become the most-streamed 20th century song across Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming platforms, following a boost given to it by the biopic of the same name …
The news was shared by Universal Music Group (UMG).
Digital Trends notes that Queen has now knocked Nirvana into second place.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is regularly cited as one of the greatest songs ever recorded. In 2004, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and Freddie Mercury’s vocal performance was named by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine as the best in rock history.
The instantly recognizable anthem also has been buoyed by the success of the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody, which tells the incredible story of the band’s storied career. In just five weeks on release the film has become the highest grossing music biopic in history.
Brian May, Queen’s guitarist and founding member said, “So the River of Rock Music has metamorphosed into streams! Very happy that our music is still flowing to the max!”
The site quotes from an interview in which Brian May said that the song almost never made it onto the radio as it was so long.
If you want to check out your own most-streamed songs, a new tool for Apple Music lets you do so.
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