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| Freddie Mercury | ||
|---|---|---|
 Mercury onstage in Hannover, Germany (1979) | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Farrokh Bulsara | |
| Born | 5 September 1946 Stone Town, Zanzibar | |
| Died | 24 November 1991 (aged 45) Kensington, London, England | |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock Heavy metal Glam rock Pop rock Progressive rock art rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Producer | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar | |
| Years active | 1969 – 1991 | |
| Associated acts | Queen | |
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). He is noted for his vocal abilities and for his live performances. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Mercury died from complications of AIDS, greatly heightening worldwide awareness of the disease.
Although Queen was never popular with rock music critics, estimates of the band's worldwide record sales to date have been placed as high as 300 million. [1] The band has also spent more collective weeks on the UK Album Charts than any other musical act, including The Beatles[2]. Two of Mercury's songs, "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", have each been voted as the greatest song of all time in major polls by Sony Ericsson and Guinness World Records, respectively.[3][4] In 2006, Time Asia listed him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years.[5] On the other hand, Mercury has been criticized for having kept his ethnicity and HIV status a secret from the public.
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