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Brian May
Artist · Brian Harold May

Brian May

  • United Kingdom
  • born 1947, Hampton

Brian May is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 19 July 1947 in Hampton. Brian May is known as a member of Queen. With Queen, Brian May is on six albums in the collection. With the group, 42 records reached the Dutch Top 40, six of them the top spot.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Timeline of Brian May

The years of Brian May with Queen. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.

Queen197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025A Night At The Opera · Queen1975Innuendo · Queen1991Made In Heaven · Queen1995Live Killers · Queen1979Live at Wembley Stadium · Queen1992Greatest Hits II · Queen1991Bohemian Rhapsodynumber 1 in week 2 of 1976 · 24 weeksSomebody To Lovenumber 1 in week 2 of 1977 · 13 weeksCrazy Little Thing Called Lovenumber 1 in week 47 of 1979 · 13 weeksI Want To Break Freenumber 1 in week 21 of 1984 · 12 weeksUnder Pressurenumber 1 in week 50 of 1981 · 10 weeksRadio Ga Ganumber 1 in week 8 of 1984 · 9 weeksWe Are The Championsnumber 2 in week 47 of 1977 · 15 weeksI Want It Allnumber 2 in week 23 of 1989 · 10 weeksKiller Queennumber 3 in week 3 of 1975 · 11 weeksHeaven For Everyonenumber 3 in week 45 of 1995 · 7 weeksA Kind Of Magicnumber 4 in week 18 of 1986 · 13 weeksBreakthrunumber 4 in week 32 of 1989 · 10 weeksThe Invisible Mannumber 4 in week 40 of 1989 · 9 weeksInnuendonumber 4 in week 7 of 1991 · 9 weeksSomebody to Lovenumber 5 in week 22 of 1993 · 10 weeksSave Menumber 5 in week 10 of 1980 · 9 weeksBody Languagenumber 6 in week 21 of 1982 · 7 weeksThe Show Must Go Onnumber 7 in week 51 of 1991 · 12 weeksBicycle Racenumber 7 in week 48 of 1978 · 10 weeksWho Wants To Live Forevernumber 7 in week 19 of 1992 · 9 weeksYou're My Best Friendnumber 9 in week 35 of 1976 · 8 weeksWe Will Rock You / We Are The Champions - Live At Wembley'86number 12 in week 29 of 1992 · 7 weeksI'm Going Slightly Madnumber 13 in week 15 of 1991 · 5 weeksAnother One Bites The Dustnumber 14 in week 39 of 1980 · 11 weeksDon't Stop Me Nownumber 14 in week 11 of 1979 · 7 weeksTie Your Mother Downnumber 14 in week 14 of 1977 · 6 weeksPlay The Gamenumber 15 in week 29 of 1980 · 8 weeksScandalnumber 16 in week 47 of 1989 · 6 weeksFriends Will Be Friendsnumber 17 in week 29 of 1986 · 7 weeksFlashnumber 18 in week 3 of 1981 · 6 weeksWe Will Rock Younumber 20 in week 35 of 2000 · 7 weeksSpread Your Wingsnumber 20 in week 11 of 1978 · 6 weeksThe Miraclenumber 20 in week 3 of 1990 · 5 weeksYou Don't Fool Menumber 21 in week 15 of 1996 · 7 weeksOne Visionnumber 21 in week 50 of 1985 · 5 weeksA Winter's Talenumber 25 in week 1 of 1996 · 3 weeksLas Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)number 26 in week 31 of 1982 · 5 weeksPain Is So Close To Pleasurenumber 26 in week 14 of 1987 · 4 weeksNo-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)number 26 in week 51 of 1997 · 3 weeksNow I'm Herenumber 32 in week 15 of 1975 · 3 weekssay it's not truenumber 34 in week 5 of 2008 · 3 weeksLet Me Livenumber 36 in week 28 of 1996 · 3 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member

Albums with Queen

6 albums Brian May made together with Queen, by year of release.

Biggest hits of Queen

In the years Brian May was part of it, Queen had 42 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries of the group.

1peak position
week 2, 1976
347weeks in the chart
with 42 records
1974first entry
week 50, 1974
2008latest entry
week 6, 2008
24years with an entry
  1. 1975Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 2 of 1976, 24 weeks in the chart Bohemian Rhapsody
    Queen
    5:54
  2. 1976Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 2 of 1977, 13 weeks in the chart Somebody To Love
    Queen
    4:56
  3. 1979Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 47 of 1979, 13 weeks in the chart Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Queen
    —
  4. 1984Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 21 of 1984, 12 weeks in the chart I Want To Break Free
    Queen
    4:18
  5. 1981Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 50 of 1981, 10 weeks in the chart Under Pressure
    Queen, David Bowie
    4:08

All Dutch Top 40 entries of Queen

Source: top40.nl

Together with Brian May

In Queen, Brian May played with Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

Frequently asked questions

Which group does Brian May belong to?

To Queen. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Queen have while Brian May was part of it?

In the Dutch Top 40 there were 42 records, six of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Bohemian Rhapsody, which reached number 1 in week 2 of 1976. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.

How many albums by Brian May are in the collection?

Brian May has no album of their own in the collection, but is on six albums by Queen.

Where can you see and hear Brian May?

The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.