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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.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history. South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history. [1] The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify.
The Billboard Music Award winners for Top Male Artist. Drake (3) and Justin Bieber (2) are the only artists to win this award multiple times. Winners and nominees
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 ...
Lee recorded the song back in 1958, when she was 13, and would have been the youngest woman to top the Hot 100 had the song been number one back then. [233] [234] Louis Armstrong (age 62 years, 279 days) is the oldest male artist to top the Hot 100.
A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey spent nineteen weeks atop the chart, tying Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" as the longest-running number-one song in the chart's history. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data is compiled by Luminate Data and published by American music magazine Billboard.
The RIAA began its certifications in 1958, therefore, popular artists from earlier eras are generally not represented on this list. As of February 10, 2024, the Beatles have the highest total certified albums and Drake has the highest total certified digital singles. Eminem is the only act in the top 20 of both lists.
Michael Jackson became the first musician to earn over $100 million in a year (1989), [8] and has become the highest-paid male soloist a record seven times. Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats ...