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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.
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.
List of best-selling music artists; List of best-selling albums; List of best-selling albums of the 21st century; List of highest-certified music artists in the United States: This lists the top 100 certified music artists (albums), and the top 50 certified music artists (digital singles). IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year
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
Taylor Swift is the first artist to have the annual best seller seven times (2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023). [28] Adele has the annual best seller five times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021). Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010).
Billboard Year-End Top Artist (also known as Billboard Artist of the Year) is the annual top-charting music artist in the United States. The accolade has been published by Billboard magazine since 1981, based on a combined statistical performance on the weekly charts of the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 1 ]
List of best-selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales This page was last edited on 26 August 2024, at 10:53 (UTC). Text is ...
Various listings, such as top radio tunes, popular songs on jukebox, top artists, and best-selling sheet music of the year, had been published for a number of years. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Best-selling records of the year based on Billboard ' s Music Popularity Charts was also published for 1942. [ 4 ]