Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, penning hits such as "Barcelona", "I Was Born to Love You" and "Living on My Own". Mercury also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.
Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star".In 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time. Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".
弗雷迪·默丘里（Freddie Mercury，1946年9月5日－1991年11月24日，另譯佛萊迪·摩克瑞），是英國的音樂家。坦尚尼亞桑給巴爾出生。皇后樂隊（Queen）的主唱。身為歌手，他以高亢璀璨的音色與戲劇化的表演方式而聞名。身為作曲家，他創作了許多皇后樂隊的傳世作品，例如《波希米亞狂想曲》（Bohemian Rhapsody）、《我們是冠軍》（We Are the Champions）、《殺手女王》（Killer Queen）、《找個人來愛》（Somebody to Love）、《不要現在阻止我》（Don't Stop Me Now）和《那瘋狂的小東西就是愛》（Crazy Little Thing Called Love）等。
1991年11月24日，在他公開自己病情僅僅一天之後，他死於愛滋病引發的肺炎。
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