Question: What was the genre of Queen (an artist from the United Kingdom)?
SQL: SELECT "Genre" FROM "2-1291598-2" WHERE "Country of origin" = 'United Kingdom' AND "Artist" = 'Queen';

Question: What is the number of claimed sales in the Rock genre?
SQL: SELECT "Claimed sales" FROM "2-1291598-2" WHERE "Genre" = 'Rock';

Question: What was the earliest release-year of the first charted record of ABBA?
SQL: SELECT MIN("Release-year of first charted record") FROM "2-1291598-2" WHERE "Artist" = 'ABBA';

Question: What was the active period for the Pop genre?
SQL: SELECT "Period active" FROM "2-1291598-2" WHERE "Genre" = 'Pop';