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In 2019, American music magazine Billboard began publishing a list of the greatest pop star of every year since 1981, with essay tributes for each artist. [1] The first year of 1981 was chosen as "the year that forever changed modern stardom", with the premiere of MTV which established music videos as an essential element for popular music iconicity. [1]
Michael Jackson (age 11 years, 155 days) is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970. [240] [241] Stevie Wonder (age 13 years, 89 days) is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
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.
Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. U2, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue.
The list of acts with the most Hot 100 top 10s was compiled from the chart's Aug. 4, 1958 inception through the chart dated Oct. 10, 2015. Billboard Greatest of All Time More from Billboard
Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time in the US by album sales. ... Strait has had 60 No. 1 songs across various Billboard charts, the most of any artist in any genre.
Shown below are the top 10 albums and top 10 artists over the 52-year period of the Billboard 200, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most albums on the overall "all-time" top 100 album list.
All acts are listed alphabetically, solo artists by last name, groups by group name excluding "A", "An", and "The". Each act's total of number-one hits is shown after their name. All artists who are officially namechecked in song credits are listed here; this includes one-time pairings of otherwise solo artists and those appearing as "featuring".