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This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
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.
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.
Artists from multiple different genres — pop, country, instrumental jazz, rap, metal — have earned their spots on this list. Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time ...
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. Until 1991, the Billboard album chart was based on a survey of representative retail outlets that determined a ranking, not a tally of actual sales.
Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010). Drake has the year's top-consumed album (based on album-equivalent units) twice (2016 and 2018). The following list includes the annual best-selling albums since 1991, as reported by MRC Data (formerly Nielsen SoundScan).
At number nine was Coldplay with their 10th studio album Moon Music, which was one of the fastest selling albums of any British act, as US singer Olivia Rodrigo rounded out the list at 10 with ...
Garth Brooks Elvis Presley Eagles Led Zeppelin Michael Jackson Billy Joel AC/DC Elton John Mariah Carey Pink Floyd Bruce Springsteen Aerosmith. The following is a list of 100 highest-certified artists in the United States based on album-equivalent units, which include physical album shipments, digital album downloads, as well as individual song downloads and streams.