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The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
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 ...
She initially set the record with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on December 9, 2023, and reset the record with the song's additional weeks at number one, most recently on January 6, 2024. 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.
Sold for: $2,850 Sold on: Nov. 7 Release Year: Early 1970s 12. Waymond Hall/The Apollos – ‘What Will Tomorrow Bring/Soul Funk-Tion’
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 Wu-Tang Clan created the most valuable music recording in history -- and the story behind it is as outrageous as its price tag. The Staten Island, N.Y., rap group spent six years secretly...
The album with the most entries on the list (excluding compilation albums) is Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen with three songs on the list: "Born to Run" (number 27), "Thunder Road" (number 111) and "Jungleland" (number 298). The most represented year is 1971, with 21 songs from that year in the Top 500, including 6 in the Top 100.
“I felt not only that it was important, but that I had an obligation to be a part of it,” says composer Terence Blanchard about writing the score for National Geographic’s “Genius: MLK / X ...