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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".
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.
This list compiles the best-selling singles in the United States, based on reported sales figures. Some of the singles have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album , usually ...
Artists from multiple different genres — pop, country, instrumental jazz, rap, metal — have earned their spots on this list. Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time ...
Note - SZA's "Kill Bill" charted every week of 2023 through December 2, 2023, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Kill Bill" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2024.
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, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Pink Floyd each have three.
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".
Pages in category "Lists of best-selling singles" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... List of certified songs in South Korea;