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The Platinum Collection (Queen album)

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III
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Box set by Queen
Released 13 November 2000 (2000-11-13)
Recorded 1973–1999
Genre Rock
Length 208:12
Label Hollywood (North America)
Parlophone
Queen chronology
Greatest Hits III
(1999)
The Platinum Collection
(2000)
Stone Cold Classics
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.0/5 stars

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III is a box set by British rock band Queen which comprises their three greatest hits albums, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III. The album was originally released on 13 November 2000 on the Parlophone label. A booklet with song facts and images is also included with the three CD set. The album's US release was delayed by Hollywood Records until September 2002 and featured the 2001 Japanese release remastered versions of Greatest Hits Volumes 1 and 2 on the US and Canadian versions of The Platinum Collection.

The album peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts, being blocked off the top spot by Moby's album 18.

As part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, The Platinum Collection was released in the UK on 27 June 2011, as well as in other territories around the world. The release consisted of the 2011 remasters of all three albums.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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