Freddie Mercury Transformation – From Baby To 45 Years Old by HollywoodNuts
Freddie Mercury, a British musician and composer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Queen, was born Farrokh Bulsara and died on November 24, 1991[2]. He was renowned for his flamboyant stage demeanor and four-octave vocal range and is regarded as one of the best singers in the history of rock music. With his theatrical approach, Mercury defied expectations of a rock frontman and influenced Queen’s aesthetic vision.
Mercury, who was born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, started attending English-style boarding schools in India when he was eight years old. After finishing high school, Mercury moved back to Zanzibar. His family relocated to Middlesex, England, as a result of the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964. With guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, he founded Queen in 1970 after years of studying and writing music.
The songs “Killer Queen,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Somebody to Love,” “We Are the Champions,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” were all written by Mercury for Queen. As seen at the 1985 Live Aid event, he frequently engaged the audience throughout his captivating stage performances. He had a solo career as well, and he produced and played for other musicians as a guest musician.
In 1987, Mercury received a diagnosis of AIDS. With Queen, Freddie kept on recording, and their final album, Made in Heaven (1995), included a posthumous appearance from him. He announced his diagnosis the day before his away in 1991 at the age of 45 from the disease’s effects. At Wembley Stadium, a concert in his honor was performed in 1992 to raise money for AIDS awareness. In the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody from 2018, his time with Queen was dramatized.
Mercury was inducted posthumously into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 as a member of Queen. He and the other members of Queen received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 1990, and Mercury received it on his own one year after his passing.
In 2005, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors presented Queen with the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. In a survey of the 100 Greatest Britons conducted by the BBC in 2002, Mercury was ranked number 58.