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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.
List of best-selling music artists. 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 tables are listed with each artist's claimed sales figure (s) and ...
The RIAA began its certifications in 1958, therefore, popular artists from earlier eras are generally not represented on this list. As of February 10, 2024, the Beatles have the highest total certified albums and Drake has the highest total certified digital singles. Eminem is the only act in the top 20 of both lists.
The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.6 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The band is followed by U2 and Elton John, who both also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The concert industry is very male-dominated, [ 1] and only four women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of ...
In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. [6] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.
South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history. [ 1] The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of August 2024, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time, with over 100 billion streams. [ 2] American singer Taylor Swift is the most-streamed ...
List of best-selling albums. Platinum record for Michael Jackson 's Thriller (1982), the best-selling album of all time. 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 ...
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.