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The song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen
Spirit,” and Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’Mine”. (Source: AP)
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They said it would never sell, with its six-minute playing
time, operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen
song “Bohemian Rhapsody” on Monday became the most streamed song from the 20th
century.
Boosted by the new movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 1975
single and music video surpassed 1.6 billion streams globally, record company
Universal Music Group said in a statement.
The song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen
Spirit,” and Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’Mine,” and is now also the most
streamed classic rock song of all time, Universal added.
The “Bohemian Rhapsody” film, starring Rami Malek as late
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, has brought the music of the British rock band
to a new generation. Five weeks after its release, it has also become the
highest grossing musical biography movie ever, with a global box office take of
$600 million.
Malek was nominated for a Golden Globe last week for his
performance and is widely expected to get an Oscar nomination in January.
Universal said it had been promoting the single across
streaming platforms in recent weeks. It used all registered streams on global
on-demand services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer
as well as streams from official song/video streams on YouTube to determine
that “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the most streamed song from the 20th century.
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