Freddie Mercury had a London accent subtly influenced by his Parsi background, whereas Malek grew up speaking a Southern Californian dialect, which currently seems to not be notably influenced by his Egyptian heritage.
Did Freddie Mercury have an English accent? Technically yes as he went to an English Style boarding school in India but he had a slight twist on it given his family was Persian and also from India though they lived in Zanzibar when Freddie was a child.
His ability to blend highs, lows and mid range notes cohesively and with immense precision. This skill was due to the fact that Freddie was able to create faster vibrato and harmonics than any other singer at the time. Not only this, he was able to shift through registers effortlessly.
According to Freddie's PA he did not speak any other language but English that he knew of. He never heard him speak in a native tongue with his parents.
Freddie Mercury had four extra teeth, also called mesiodens or supernumerary teeth, in his upper jaw. These additional incisors caused overcrowding that pushed forward his front teeth, leading to an overjet.
It turns out that Freddie's voice didn't arise from extra teeth or a big mouth, but from his use of a body part that's usually not accessed – the so-called “false” vocal cords.
After being diagnosed with Aids, Freddie continued to record with Queen, and after his death in 1991, a tribute concert was held at Wembley Stadium. His life and career with Queen was dramatised in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody starring Rami Malek.
Three years after Freddie's death, Jim published a book about his time with the singer titled Mercury and Me. He worked as Freddie's gardener after moving into the singer's Kensington mansion, and preferred to stay away from the rock and roll lifestyle.
Freddie Mercury was a well-known longtime fan of opera and Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé was one of his favourite singers.
Maira asked if Freddie had any tattoos. No, he never had any of his own, but he was fascinated by some on other people. He didn't like the small basic ones, but was intrigued by the artwork involved in the more complicated ones.
The seventh octave is the range of notes between C7 and C8. It is easier for very high coloratura sopranos to sing in this octave, but some people who are capable of singing in the bass range (like singers Adam Lopez, Virgo Degan, Nicola Sedda or Dimash Kudaibergen) can do it.
But let's face it, Bohemian Rhapsody is just impossible to sing by yourself because of those multiple voices that are essential to the song. So, we recommend you take some friends with you, grab the mic, and just bring it on.
Montserrat Caballé and Renée Fleming, for instance, can both reach an F sharp 3. Montserrat Caballé hits this note in Strauss' opera Salome. But it's Mariah Carey who takes the prize for the largest vocal range of all.
Variously referred to as the 'Queen's English', 'BBC English' or 'Oxford English', Received Pronunciation, or RP for short, is the accent usually described as typically British. Find out more about its origins and its current status in the UK.
The monarch speaks in British Received Pronunciation (RP), a speaking style that was adopted in the late eighteenth century among the upper classes. Insider spoke to Claire Larkin, a cultural expert at Babbel, who explained how using this speaking style will make people believe you're posh, even if you're not.
It is called “Bohemian Rhapsody” because it depicts the life of a 'bohemian', whose original meaning is 'artist' while 'Rhapsody' is a fantasy (literally, it could play in his head) or a vision; within this song Freddie Mercury foresees his life in a symbolic way.
"Somebody to Love" was the nearest Freddie ever came to the sound of the soul music that he so adored. He later conceded that his preoccupation with Aretha might have grated on his bandmates, but he was undeterred.
Accepting the offer of a drink from an assistant's outstretched hand, Freddie takes the cup and then launches into warming up his vocal chords. The singer's famously powerful voice is then heard as he recites various scales, showing off the unbelievable strength of his voice when performing totally unaccompanied.
Paul Rogers would be the new vocalist with Queen + and toured Europe, Japan and North America in 2006. After the successful album, 'The Cosmos Rocks', was released in 2008, the band toured again to sold-out stadiums across Europe, Russia and South America.
Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin were so close, that at one stage Freddie asked her to marry him, and he also left her half of his £75million estate, including the £25million Georgian mansion in Kensington. They did in fact date, and although they split up as romantic partners, they remained very close friends.
From accompanying the band on tour to Hungary, to being with Freddie's when he passed away from AIDS in 1991, Mary was never far from the star's side and even after his death she was one of the only people he trusted with his affairs.
Who earns Freddie Mercury's royalties and how much do they get? After his death on November 24, 1991, Freddie gave his home, 50 percent of his recording royalties and most of his wealth to Mary Austin, with the remainder going to his parents and sister.
5: He didn't need much sleep…
Despite his energetic professional life, and partying, Mercury said he could survive on little shut-eye. “I can go without sleep for long periods, that's my nature. I can get by on just two or three hours a night.
There is no doubt that Freddie Mercury was a genius: it's clear in his music, his theatrical performances, and his eccentrically stylised persona. These different art forms constructed a full creative package and made Mercury an icon.
"He was quite happy and saw it as an adventure as some of our friends' children had gone there," his mother told The Telegraph in 2011. "Right from the start, Freddie was musical. He had it on his mind all the time.