Top 10 best-selling recorded music artists of all time

elvis-presley 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?

—May 23, 2011

3 Comments

May 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm

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.