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List of best-selling music artists. 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 tables are listed with each artist's claimed sales figure (s) and ...
Decade ranking. U2 is the highest-grossing live music act of the 2010s and the second highest of the 2000s. Madonna is the highest-grossing solo live music artist of the 2000s. Bruce Springsteen is the highest-grossing male solo live music artist of the 2000s. Ed Sheeran is the highest-grossing solo live music artist of the 2010s.
Artists associated with a group who reached number one, yet have their own solo page in Wikipedia, are not listed here unless they hit number one as a solo artist. Artists who hit number one prior to the start of the Hot 100 are included here. A song that topped multiple pre-Hot 100 charts is counted only once towards the artist's total.
List of artists with the top 100 highest-certified albums as of July 23, 2024 [3] Rank Units (millions) Name Nat. Active 1 183 The Beatles: UK 1960s–1970s d: 2 162 Garth Brooks: US 1980s–2020s [4] 3 146.5 Elvis Presley: US 1950s–1970s † 4 120 Eagles: US 1970s–2020s [5] 5 112.5 Led Zeppelin: UK 1960s–1980s d: 6 89 Michael Jackson: US ...
Eric Clapton is the only one to be inducted three times: as a solo artist, with Cream, and with The Yardbirds. [243] Clyde McPhatter was the first to ever be inducted twice and is one of three artists to be inducted first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band, the other artists being Neil Young and Rod Stewart.
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. [1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as "Take On Me" by a-ha in the United States, [2] [3] [4] which topped a Rolling Stone magazine poll to find the top one-hit wonder).
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. [1]
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