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The following list of best-selling music artistsincludes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record salesworldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below. The tables are listed with each artist's claimed sales figure(s) and their total independently certified ...
List of artists with the top 50 highest-certified digital singles as of September 17, 2024 [65] [66] Rank Units (millions) Name Nat. Active 1 244 Drake: Canada 2000s–2020s [25] 2 183 Rihanna: Barbados 2000s–2020s [56] 3 167 Eminem: US 1990s–2020s [16] 4 160.5 Kanye West: US 2000s–2020s [52] 5 137.5 Taylor Swift: US 2000s–2020s [14] 6 ...
Michael Jackson 's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three. Groupings are based on different sales ...
Drake — 47.5 million units. Drake is one of the best-selling artists of the 21st century. Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images. 30. Shania Twain — 48 million units. Twain is the only female ...
Adele 's is the best selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Her third album is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies. This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking.
The Global Recording Artist of the Year is an award presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to honor the year's commercially best-performing musician, based on global album-equivalent units earned, which includes music downloads, streaming and physical sales. [ 1 ] It has been awarded every year since ...
Twain's third studio album, Come On Over (1997), is recognized by Guinness World Records as the biggest-selling studio album by a female solo artist. [11] It also became the best-selling country album, best-selling album by a Canadian, and one of the world's best-selling albums of all time, selling over 40 million copies worldwide. [12]
Taylor Swift, whose upcoming Eras tour crashed Ticketmaster, is now among the top 25 biggest music artists ever.