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The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Following the inclusion of streaming into record charts in the mid-2010s, record sales are also referred to as traditional sales or pure sales. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Although an accurate worldwide sales figure is hard to determine, it is widely acknowledged that the Beatles have sold more records than any other artist in history.
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [218] [219] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [220] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [221] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Metallica's self-titled album is the highest selling record under Nielsen SoundScan, selling over 17 million copies. This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era. SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991.
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA. The albums released prior ...
Swift is also the only artist to have the annual top-selling album in three separate decades (2000s, 2010s and 2020s). [1] This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album sales.
More than any other act, the Rolling Stones set the all-time record for touring revenue three times (1990, 1995, and 2006), with their Voodoo Lounge Tour remaining the highest-grossing tour for 11 years (1995–2006), longer than any other record-holder. They are the only act to have the highest-grossing tour of the decade twice, in the 1990s ...
It compiled physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has also included albums sold digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales. This list shows the sixteen artists with the most top-ten albums on the UK Albums Chart.