Top 10 best-selling recorded music artists of all time
According to “certified” + estimated or “claimed” sales compiled by Wikipedia, they are as follows:
- The Beatles
- Elvis
- Michael Jackson
- Abba
- Madonna
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- Elton John
- Mariah Carey
- Celine Dion
No disrespect, but I was surprised to see Madonna, Elton, and Mariah so high on the charts. Who knew?
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I’m more surprised by Celine. The others have hits that tend to span a variety of fanbases, but she seems a little limited.
I’m a little surprised by the last 3, also. Celine is probably on there because of the theme song for ‘Titanic’. Even so…
Hm. That is interesting. I like the first 7 artists, but not the last three . . . I’m probably most surprised by Mariah Carey, I guess . . . I think a big reason Elton John is on there, is because of his Princess Diana song; I’m not positive, but I think it’s one of the best-selling live albums or something . . . I’ll have to Google that.