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Inflated claims for artists who performed in different acts during their careers. Sometimes all of the sales data is attributed to an individual artist. For the purposes of this list, an effort is made to separate the individual acts (e.g., the sales figures for The Beatles and Paul McCartney & Wings are mutually exclusive).
At the time of publication, there were twelve artists with more than ten million UK singles sales with Paul McCartney the only artist to achieve this both as part of a group and as a solo artist. [1] Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals. Coldplay (33,400,000) [2] Eminem (30,000,000) [3]
The Music; Pale Saints; The Parachute Men; The Pigeon Detectives; Pulled Apart By Horses; Red Lorry Yellow Lorry; The Rose of Avalanche; Scritti Politti; Sigma; The Sisters of Mercy; Soft Cell; Steve Phillips; The Sunshine Underground; The Wedding Present; Utah Saints; Various Cruelties; Vessels; Leicester. Blab Happy; The Bomb Party; Chrome ...
The best-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, which reached number 10 in 2004. [6] When streaming is taken into account, "All of Me" by John Legend, which has over 2.1 million combined sales, is the highest-selling single not to have topped the charts. [5]
Of the UK's 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, [1] with the remaining albums being by artists from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Jamaica and Ireland. [6] Six acts feature on the chart with more than one album, with Michael Jackson being the only artist to feature three times.
The Beatles have the most number one singles of any group or British act. Madonna has the most number one singles of any female artist. This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company since November 1952. Artists are listed alphabetically.
British musician Cliff Richard is in second place, with forty-eight. American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and English band The Rolling Stones both in third, with forty-two. Australian singer-songwriter-actress-businesswoman Kylie Minogue is the latest artist to score twenty top-ten albums.
The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" is a special issue published by Rolling Stone in two parts in 2004 and 2005, and later updated in 2011. [1] The list presented was compiled based on input from musicians, writers, and industry figures and is focused on the rock & roll era.