The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has boosted those numbers, and to say Queen’s iconic song of the same name is aging gracefully is an understatement. On Monday, December 10th, Universal Music Group announced the song is officially the most-streamed track from the 20th century, achieving more than 1.6 billion global streams.
This qualification also makes it the most-streamed classic rock song of all time, edging out Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’Mine” and “November Rain” and a-ha’s “Take on Me” in both categories. The ranking considers all registered streams on global on-demand streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and others, as well as streams from official song or video streams on YouTube.
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