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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.
Garth Brooks is the highest-certified solo artist and Mariah Carey is the highest-certified female artist. Meanwhile, Drake remains the highest-certified digital singles artist, with 244 million certified units as a lead artist. Eminem is the only act in the top 20 of both lists.
Artists associated with a group who reached number one, yet have their own solo page in Wikipedia, are not listed here unless they hit number one as a solo artist. Artists who hit number one prior to the start of the Hot 100 are included here. A song that topped multiple pre-Hot 100 charts is counted only once towards the artist's total.
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 ...
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
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.
Taylor Swift has broken Elvis Presley’s longstanding record for the most weeks spent atop the Billboard 200 album chart by a solo artist. She set a new mark of 68 total weeks, as “1989 (Taylor ...
The members of Blackpink have dominated the music industry both as a group and as solo artists. Since debuting in 2016 under the label YG Entertainment, Blackpink has become one of the most ...