In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America Queen have sold 34. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. Bad Guy debuted in the top ten of the UK Album Charts.

In addition to his work with Queen he led a solo career and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. In 2005 a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.