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If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
96. Janis Joplin – No. 1 Hit: ‘Me and Bobby McGee' Janis Joplin was a great interpreter of other people’s songs, and the record-buying public seemed to agree when they sent her version of ...
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.
The 2021 list was based on a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics, journalists, and industry figures. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and Rolling Stone tabulated the results. [3] In 2024, a revised version of the list was published, with the addition of songs from the 2020s.
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
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".
Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists in North America of the 2000s [48] Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold 1 Dave Matthews Band: United States $529.1 million 11.6 million 2 Celine Dion: Canada $522.2 million 4 million 3 Kenny Chesney: United States $455.6 million 8.6 million 4 Bruce Springsteen: United States $444.3 million
Notably, Blue Ivy is the youngest person ever to appear on any Billboard chart, featuring on "Glory" by her father Jay-Z, which was recorded and released two days after her birth. While the track debuted at number 74 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 23 on the US Rap Songs , it did not appear on the Hot 100.