![]() ![]() ![]() The band also paved the way for the commercial music video, having promoted their 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody with a conceptual promo released worldwide, considered by many to be the first true music video. They were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004.Though often panned by critics, especially in the US, in recent years the group's critical stock has increased considerably: they have generally become recognized as pioneers of heavy metal, glam rock, progressive rock and stadium rock, been cited by innumerable acts as influential to their sound (see "Influence on Modern Music" later in the article) and in 2001 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. They have sold an estimated 190 million records around the world and, in their home country of Britain, remain second only to The Beatles in terms of sales and collectability (though in 2005, they actually exceeded the number of weeks spent on the British chart by The Beatles). Queen is a British rock band which came to popularity during the mid-1970s, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day.
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