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Previous record holders of the best-selling album by a female artist include Carole King's Tapestry, and Whitney Houston's debut album as well Madonna with True Blue according to the Guinness World Records (1989 and 1992 editions, respectively).
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.
Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop ...
Few female singers have had the chart success and cultural impact of Mariah Carey, one of the best-selling and most influential artists in music history. Famous for her five-octave vocal range and ...
Artist Country of origin Period of activity Genre(s) Total certified units Claimed sales Destiny's Child: United States 1990–2006 R&B / Pop 9.6 million [40] Leona Lewis: United Kingdom 2006–present R&B / Pop / soul: 9.56 million [41] Demi Lovato: United States 2002–present Pop / pop rock / R&B: 9.26 million [42] Shakira: Colombia 1991 ...
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] to female recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre.
A partial listing of recording artists who currently or formerly recorded for Columbia Records (known in most of the world as CBS Records prior to 1991) include the following list. This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .