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Encyclopedia > Best selling music artists in US

This is the list of best selling music artists worldwide. Albums and singles.


Volume

#    Name Sales Artist(s) Nationality Artist(s) born
1 The Beatles 166,500,000 United States 1940s
2 Elvis Presley 147,500,000 United States 1935
3 Led Zeppelin 106,000,000 United States 1940s
4 Garth Brooks 105,000,000 United States 1963
5 Eagles 88,000,000 United States 1950s
6 Billy Joel 78,000,000 United States 1949
7 Pink Floyd 73,500,000 United States 1940s
8 Barbara Streisand 71,500,000 United States 1942
9 Elton John 67,500,000 United States 1947
10 Aerosmith 64,000,000 United States 1947-51



Resources

  • http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp

  Results from FactBites:
 
List of best-selling music artists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (200 words)
This is a non-definitive list of best selling recording artists, embracing worldwide singles and album sales.
In general there is no official organization that certifies worldwide record sales (such as the RIAA does for U.S. record sales).
Many of bestselling artists from Asia, Africa and Latin America are still not included because of the lack of data.
List of best selling music artists in US - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (194 words)
(Redirected from Best selling music artists in US)
This is the list of best selling music artists, in the United States only, based on certifications of album sales by the RIAA, as of June 2005.
List of best-selling music artists - world's chart.
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