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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 [216] [217] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [218] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [219] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Harry Belafonte's Calypso (1956) was the first record to be recognized as a year's top-selling album by Billboard, when it started tracking sales figures. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years.
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.
This list documents Britain's best-selling music artists alphabetically as well as by record sales. This page lists those artists who have had claims of over one million or more records in sales. The list is divided into numerous record-sales brackets within each of which, artists are listed in alphabetical order, rather than by number of records sold. The artists on the list are supported by ...
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 ...
From August 2009 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Donald E. Felsinger joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -9.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a 42.3 percent return from the S&P 500.
Clockwise from top left: Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Madonna.Four of the artists who have had the largest recording contracts up to one point. [a]The following is a list of the largest music deals in history signed by artists, including recording contracts and multi-rights agreements with over $50 million, as well catalog acquisitions with a reported sum of over $150 ...