@Feron YG No, that's not sarcasm lmao.. Sarcasm would be me admiring The Beatles and then saying that they are the worst band ever, I dont actually mean what I said since I said it as a joke. This is not sarcasm, she is not into them and she disrespects them without there being any humor. That's disrespect
For real tho, he was active for almost 50 years but new generations needed different sounds but in the 2000s thats when he had his kids so he didnt work much and other stuff happened but he was bout to reach to a new generation in 2009 but they killed him...sad
Almighty Wolf At being at the top 10 of selling artists. Don’t forget she, Whitney and Celine were the only artists to top him. I don’t say as a bad thing, Michael is a legend but we just living in a world with male dominance and women can achieve greater things too.
Hell nah thriller was a gigantic success 1983 he first did the moonwalk 1984 Grammys earlier in the 80s the triumph tour was like his biggest selling tour like this nigga was a giant in the 80s bro nobody was touching him and still cant
@@elijahpippen5877 that's funny because Queen and Madonna dethroned him in the 80s and Madonna did it the longest. She was the first woman to be the best selling artist. Y'all don't give anyone but Michael credit
And that shit was fake. Madonna sold way more than that but her team is bad with certifications. Why she hates the highest selling female artist of all tkme baffles me.
@Mikko of course. Dee seems to only like what our community is used too. Sucks for her and whoever kept within their race. Madonna's discography is immaculate and superior to most artists out there.
Madonna paved the way, she is one of the first blacklivesmatter in 1989 with Like a prayer, this girl does not know about that. Clearly the world was and is not ready for a woman like Madonna, when she is dead people will start to appreciate her, history will repeat like Michael or Whitney when they were alive in their last days were considered freaks.
freedom x rider it’s even more annoying when they dismiss all her effort and hard work as ‘white privilege’ when she’s actually had it way harder than janet & whitney who had BIG connections in the industry and less hate
Eagles, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Eminem and Rihanna all stayed at the top position for an incredibly long time - they really dominated over everybody else there outselling people like crazy. It's so interesting to look at when you think about the general public outside of what you and the people you know listen to - who really captured the zeitgeist.
To be fair, some of those artists are not even making music... some of them are only entertaining the masses... but not really making "MUSIC". I am music lover as well.. so is my father... I don't know half the musicians he loves, he doesn't know half the ones I like... you can't know every single lucky star to make it... because a lot of lucky stars are made by that, luck.. showing the right thing to the right people at the right time :)
@@DCLsMusic VH1, really hurt this generation when it drastically changed it's programming to reality tv because back in the 90s and early 2000s, they were really good at teaching the history of Rock & Roll through their documentary shows like "Legends" and "Behind The Music". I also loved their "100 Greatest" list and I Love The 70s, 80s, 90s. It got me to broaden my horizons, musically. I'm sure I own at least one song/album from every artist in this video.
king's man I agree that sometimes BTS fans take things too seriously and that’s only bc we listen to their music to help us cope with tough shit going on. I respect your opinion but please keep your negativity to yourself
@@mijaroprime9509 i was comparing it to america. For example, eminem was at the top, but eminem hardly came on the radio even at the height of his success. i not dissing her music, im just saying.
Yup, he took a long break after the release of HIStory and with Invincible (2001) his record label* SONY refused to promote it. It still went on to sell like 13 million records despite no promotion, which is insane.
MJ WAS👏🏾NOT👏🏾PLAYING, the King is here to stay. And you don't even have to be a fan of BTS to give them props for breaking through the kpop scene, like they literally dominated HUNDREDS of korean groups within a few years and did it organically, legend behavior👌🏾
BTS released 1 EP and 1 single that were really big last year, probably would've been #1 if they released something else but 5 months in so far they're #1 this year unless drake release something big lmao even before I started to listening to BTS, I've always been blown away at how they manage to sell big in the US without speaking English ..
Thees no way BTS arent first. Even in the previous year, they had the most selling album with like 5 million sales. Now their latest album has 7-8 million sales and they have another comeback in october.
@pivotsforyou mhm see this is the hypocritic side of kpop antis. Yall go around saying kpop trash and kpoop and kpop gay even tho its not necessary to spread hate and the kpop gay thing isnt even true. Yall do that to provoke us and then when we say with facts that they arent gay and shit then all of you are like omg these kpop fangirls are so obsessive and toxic when yall are the ones being toxic in the first place. ive seen this behavior for far too long and each time, kpop fandom is the "bad" one even if the other side is being unreasonable and toxic.
Majority of these people are big mainly because of commercial hits like Rihanna and drake made tons of pop catchy like music where as people like Whitney, Mariah, and beyoncé made most of their music more urban r&b for example Ashanti and Beyoncé were especially dominating in the early 2000s but their albums were mainly r&b
wavvvybaby this is certified sales. artists have to pay to have their music certified Platinum, Gold etc. So this is those who sold the most that have been certified by RIAA. Beyoncé hasn’t had 80% of her catalogue certified
Dimitri Bray majority of artist make generic pop etc. non of it was special until 2009 when Rihanna jumped on and she had a new type of sound there’s lots of articles of people that not only said they fetishized her, but also her voice and culture.
French Frie umm not really because if you checked most of these people had big pop singles at the time and that’s the truth majority of these people are radio friendly music ESPECIALLY Rihanna lol she has always made pop singles and they don’t reflect her album sales at all.
this list is so incorrect usher should’ve been higher, especially during 2005. he had the best selling album of that year. beyoncé should’ve been on the list more frequently but she doesn’t update her RIAA certifications. she should’ve in there late 2013 (BEYONCÉ was the fastest selling album in itunes history, selling 80,000 copies in 3 hours) and the entire 2016 (Lemonade was the best selling album globally of that year).
postyyy says According to the original video the data was used from RIAA, IFPI and record companies. According to IFPI, which looks at worldwide sales, Beyoncé was the 7th biggest artist globally in 2016 yet she didn’t even make the top 10 here in 2016. Wiz Khalifa definitely didn’t sell more records worldwide than Beyoncé in 2016.
this is certified sales. artists have to pay to have their music certified Platinum, Gold etc. So this is those who sold the most that have been certified by RIAA. Beyoncé hasn’t had 80% of her catalogue certified.
@@butterflyszn2342 For sure. All Eyez On Me by 2pac went 6x platinum and he never even cracked this list yet lil wayne somehow was on here in 2000 when he was flopping in that period
50 Cent went diamond twice and never made this list lmao....Nelly went diamond and never made this list....I'm sure outkast was easily outselling Lil Wayne and Jayz and they went diamond and never made this list....This list isn't correct
Blessing Chirimumimba Wayne wasn’t flopping actually. He was global after the carter 2. Now he went into stratosphere with the carter 3 but in between those all the mixtapes truly got a lot of ppl listening to him tho
@@incredableme63 because he's white. Just like elvis. Tupac great biggie great jay z great. If they were white they would have sold as much as eminem. Eminem get to reach a different audience who don't listen to rap, just because he's white.
Queen was about to take over, but then...THRILLER CAME BUSTING IN. Madonna was about to take over but...BAD CAME BUSTING IN ASWELL. Also, lets talk about how the only time everybody got momentum was when Michael was taking breaks 👀☕ The impact Michael Jackson had on the world is immense and undeniable. He set and broke records, challenged racial boundaries and revolutionized the music industry. (Which u can obviously even see in the statistics from 1984)Michael Jackson's music and groundbreaking creativity changed the very infrastructure of the way music is produced and promoted.
More like Mariah didn't leave the top 5 for 15 years. Whitney was out of top 5 within cumulative 8 years. Madonna was in top 5 for a cumulative 11 years.
@@inhhuyvu4216 No. Mariah Carey was the only female who remained in top 5 for 15 years. Madonna for 11 years. Whitney Houston for 4 years. No wonder Mariah Carey was the greatest female artist of all time according to Billboard.
Janet Jackson should've definitely been more prominent on here. Her, Mariah, and Whitney RULED the 90s. it's too bad she hasn't updated her RIAA certifications.
@@Zzucia She was the 2nd best selling singer of the 90s next to Mariah so should have been higher. This list isn't to accurate, but it's a good effort.
Americans give Beyonce too much credit. Like 2/3s of her sales are from the states. She's big. But Rihanna has been the biggest black female artist WW for like over a decade now.
Thriller came out in 1982 and was huge but really blew up when the music videos came out a year or two later. At one point the music videos where the best grossing home video of all time.
Princess Diana died in 97 and gave Elton a boost. Bodyguard in 92 put Whitney #1. Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous took MJ to #1 and kept him their because they were even spaced out 79-82-87-92 and off course he had a big boost in 2009 (RIP)
Just wanted to share some real facts about Michael Jackson below, to remind people WHY Michael was the greatest artist ever lived 👑. Because at present time, many people “forgot” all the good things he’s done, because they believe whatever nonsense the media feeds them. The media controls what you see. Scandals, crazy stories, controversial topics draw a lot of attention, especially if it’s about a very famous person. They put dirt on his name to bring him down because they didn’t like the fact that he, a BLACK entertainer, became so extremely famous AND influential. At the time people were waaaaay more close minded and racist than nowadays. (Don’t get me wrong, racism is still a problem) Michael Jackson changed the music industry. He broke racial barriers. He paved the way for black artists. He put MTV on the map, he made an impact on history, his persona had cultural and historical significance. He changed the face of entertainment. He established the Super Bowl performance in 1993. His inspirational songs about charity, racism, corruption, environment, the speeches he gave about equal rights, his fight for clean water in Africa, his many donations to charity, have set an example for other celebrities to get involved with charity and use their fame , money and status to help others. What other celebrity before Michael Jackson ever took interest in actually helping other people? He was the first who spoke about the child in the Ghetto with AIDS that can’t wait, he funded the vaccines of thousands of children, he gave scholarships to many unprivileged black people in the USA. When Michael Jackson performed ‘’They don’t care about us’’ in poor neighborhoods in Brazil, his mere presence there was enough to bring attention to the problems people who lived there were facing. Before George Clooney and Angelina Jolie there was Michael Jackson visiting orphanages, hospitals, inviting to his house unprivileged and terminally ill kids for a free playday, covering medical expenses of sick kids for years. The media vilified him but if anyone else had done as much for other people as Michael Jackson did they would have been awarded the Peace Nobel Prize. Michael Jackson may have been ridiculed for his skin condition Vitiligo, which turned his skin white, confirmed in his autopsy report BUT the anniversary of his death 25/06 is now the official Vitiligo day, in his memory. People who suffer from vitiligo, take comfort in the fact that Michael Jackson was also distressed by it. Jayz, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce , Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears are only a few artists who have become entrepreneurs following his example. Michael Jackson was the first artist who had his own clothing line, business activity , publishing catalog. Michael Jackson was as pioneering in business as he was in music. Michael Jackson paved the way for artists to become business moguls.
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Motown never paid to have there artists record sales counted. The Supremes probably would’ve been really high on the list for a good chunk of the 60’s.
when she said 15min of fame for psy... he was one of the most famous acts in Asia even before Gangnam style and still is but it really shows how if artists don't chart well in America then they're deemed by the public as "no names"
It's crazy that it took so long for a woman to be in the top, and then it took even longer for a black woman (Whitney). Then after Whitney it wasn't till Rihanna that another black woman was really slaying the charts.
Beyoncé's fans are so insecure... it's surprising to see how they come with all of the excuses and try to diminish other accomplishments to uplift Beyoncé. If Beyoncé had songs to update, she'll update them. She still updating her sales from Lemonade. At least y'all saw who were the true Queens and Kings. There is n need for PR Stunt when your music is great
Actually hilarious to see that Taylor Swift was outselling Kanye West before he took the mic? Which he claimed "made her famous." Clearly, it was the other way around...
Ayeee bts got the juice. The messages in their songs resonate with many people who are in tough times. They donated 1m to blm and their fans army did the same. No negativity here all positive vibes Edit: listen to outro tear live by bts (It's a rap song, with only the rappers)
As much as I love Beyoncé I’m not surprised she’s so low on the list...her sound wasn’t as universal compared as everyone else on here, ppl like MJ and Riri has a very universal sound so they had more hits and they were more popular,even tho I prefer bey over riri( I still love them both tho)
rihanna isn’t more popular than beyoncé. she released more albums and more singles than beyoncé in a few amount of years. rihanna overall isn’t more successful than beyoncé
@@thealmightykitsune5844 this is certified sales, so only sales that were RIAA certified were counted. I'm pretty sure you have to pay for it to be certified gold, platinum etc. Beyonce doesn't have about 80% of her catalogue certified.
@Hp ForTheWin baby, IASF has pushed 21 million units worldwide, it sold well over 10 million with the pure sales. also, it's eligible for diamond in the US. please stop relying on old pure sales from 2014 because chartmasters even confirmed this. she also has multiple diamond singles in brazil and an diamond album. halo is even eligible for diamond in the us as well, considering the fact that it's the most-streamed song from 2000's by a female artist. its time to keep, luv
And what most people forget is MJ was dominating ALL them years when digital purchases weren't a thing. You couldn't just go to apple Music and buy the album. You had to actually go to a store and buy the CD. I tell you, he would have outsold EVERYONE in the 2000s and 2010s in digital purchasing if he showed up around that time
“god damn go away” 💀💀 the disrespect
She's so disrespectful and ignorant towards the GOATs
Lmaooo
@@loveexposure3351 She is. Makes me sad. I listened to a lot of those older rock groups! And soloists. (Not as much anymore. But still.)
@Feron YG No, that's not sarcasm lmao.. Sarcasm would be me admiring The Beatles and then saying that they are the worst band ever, I dont actually mean what I said since I said it as a joke. This is not sarcasm, she is not into them and she disrespects them without there being any humor. That's disrespect
@@loveexposure3351 Exactly. There is a fine line between using sarcasm and just being flat out rude.
Mj had that on lock for almost 20 years 👑
For real tho, he was active for almost 50 years but new generations needed different sounds but in the 2000s thats when he had his kids so he didnt work much and other stuff happened but he was bout to reach to a new generation in 2009 but they killed him...sad
Madonna did 20 years
Antonio Marruecos at being number 1 ?
Almighty Wolf At being at the top 10 of selling artists. Don’t forget she, Whitney and Celine were the only artists to top him. I don’t say as a bad thing, Michael is a legend but we just living in a world with male dominance and women can achieve greater things too.
Antonio Marruecos I feel you
Bro MJ been whooping their ass for decades.
Periodt!
Beatles and elvis are both better than mj
Tom 00 You sound dumb asf 🤦🏾♂️
Mr. Teen Executive just my opinion buddy:)
@@I....l....I 🧢
Beyonce is iconic but never really sold much.
Madonna, Mariah, Whitney, Celine were the only females that greatly dominated the charts.
You left out RIHANNA it’s ok though
This is based off updated certifications.
No one will ever top the blockbuster era
ola ibunkun to be fair Rihanna’s has a lot of things that need to be updated but I think she’ll I update them when she releases the album
@@olaibunkun7902 No this is base on actual sales
MJ dominated like it was a walk in the park
MJ said F y’all I’m going to the top
Mj was killing for decades and thirller still the biggest selling album of all time
Facts!
Damn MJ released so few albums and he still stomped on everyone during years he wasn't active
Right HAHAHA
Ikr. lol!
and he still is as one of the richest dead artists earning the most money for a dead artist almost every year since his death.
michael jackson dominated the 80s bro
And the 90s too
well deserved!
Well Madonna is the only female who overtook him in the 80s. She was actually the first female to be #1.
Hell nah thriller was a gigantic success 1983 he first did the moonwalk 1984 Grammys earlier in the 80s the triumph tour was like his biggest selling tour like this nigga was a giant in the 80s bro nobody was touching him and still cant
@@elijahpippen5877 that's funny because Queen and Madonna dethroned him in the 80s and Madonna did it the longest. She was the first woman to be the best selling artist. Y'all don't give anyone but Michael credit
When dee said: " Madonna girl get out of here" i died 😂😂😂😂😂
And that shit was fake. Madonna sold way more than that but her team is bad with certifications. Why she hates the highest selling female artist of all tkme baffles me.
@Mikko of course. Dee seems to only like what our community is used too. Sucks for her and whoever kept within their race. Madonna's discography is immaculate and superior to most artists out there.
Madonna paved the way, she is one of the first blacklivesmatter in 1989 with Like a prayer, this girl does not know about that. Clearly the world was and is not ready for a woman like Madonna, when she is dead people will start to appreciate her, history will repeat like Michael or Whitney when they were alive in their last days were considered freaks.
@@antoniomarruecos9429 and a gay icon. But we all know how much the black community and influencers ignore us.
freedom x rider it’s even more annoying when they dismiss all her effort and hard work as ‘white privilege’ when she’s actually had it way harder than janet & whitney who had BIG connections in the industry and less hate
MJ was dominating for a long time
Nearly two decades, amazing!
That’s why he’s the KING of Pop
@@dancinqueen233 Madonna is the queen
nathaniel JOHNSON agree
Yea little boys
My mad ass was JUST about to say "where is Michael Jackson at" and then I saw him dominating the charts lmao
@RAY LOVES CUPCAKES I was thinking the same thing “ok where’s MJ!?” Then he took off like Usain Bolt
madonna had passed MJ for bout two seconds and the king got his throne back peritttt
PERIODDDDD KING!!
Well a king is systematically higher than Queen. Why y’all think Denmark nor UK have Kings.
Madonna is the queen of pop. And the most selling female artist. You can see it in the charts
@@nahuelvillalba4979 and Whitney is the second
@@haniahmed9398 what
Eagles, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Eminem and Rihanna all stayed at the top position for an incredibly long time - they really dominated over everybody else there outselling people like crazy. It's so interesting to look at when you think about the general public outside of what you and the people you know listen to - who really captured the zeitgeist.
Gotta give Madonna credit for her 1991 run. She was also the first female to be on top
They should of started in the 50s I wanted to see how dominant Elvis was back in his day .
I know you guys don’t like him, but you can’t really ignore that drake ran the entire 2010’s basically
@@Ltforlife22 not at all what I asked/said. But thanks for the opinion?
@@Ltforlife22 yes. Stupid, but I understand what you’re saying
Rihanna swept since her debut. Had the girls shaking 😂
Lmao! Period. THE QUEEN👑👑
And Chris brown
@@hematologyy and Chris Brown what?
@@aubweeee stayed in the list
The REAL Queen. Riri kept her foots on they necks.
As a music lover it be hurting my soul when she don’t be knowing certain artist lol
To be fair, some of those artists are not even making music... some of them are only entertaining the masses... but not really making "MUSIC". I am music lover as well.. so is my father... I don't know half the musicians he loves, he doesn't know half the ones I like... you can't know every single lucky star to make it... because a lot of lucky stars are made by that, luck.. showing the right thing to the right people at the right time :)
@@DCLsMusic VH1, really hurt this generation when it drastically changed it's programming to reality tv because back in the 90s and early 2000s, they were really good at teaching the history of Rock & Roll through their documentary shows like "Legends" and "Behind The Music". I also loved their "100 Greatest" list and I Love The 70s, 80s, 90s. It got me to broaden my horizons, musically. I'm sure I own at least one song/album from every artist in this video.
Especially when she said who’s Billy Joel🤦♂️
@@ethanyunker2042 exactly, billy joel a GOAT
BTS literally sold almost 5 million albums a couple months ago and then left right away for quarantine 😂😂😂
new album is coming soon
king's man nobody asked
king's man I agree that sometimes BTS fans take things too seriously and that’s only bc we listen to their music to help us cope with tough shit going on. I respect your opinion but please keep your negativity to yourself
@@rotisserie8444 In your opinion 😙
Im just here sippin tea
Omg i love how she sounds like a sports commentator 😂
This was interesting..I’m surprised Beyonce was so low
it goes by RIAA certifications, beyoncé hasn’t updated most of her in over 10 years
no body outside of america dont listen to beyonce lol
the competetion was very strong during her peak era plus she hasn't updated her music certifications for years as the first comment said
@@soccersmith8956 that's such an ignorant statement a lot of people especially in my country listen to bey
@@mijaroprime9509 i was comparing it to america. For example, eminem was at the top, but eminem hardly came on the radio even at the height of his success. i not dissing her music, im just saying.
MJ only dropped cause he didn’t drop music
Yup, he took a long break after the release of HIStory and with Invincible (2001) his record label* SONY refused to promote it. It still went on to sell like 13 million records despite no promotion, which is insane.
facts he would go years with not dropping but still be selling during that time 👌 GOAT
Exactly
@@Zzucia People need to listen to the Invincible album, it's incredible.
@@jakegargiulo5101 It really is! Super underrated.
MJ ran the 80’s for sure number one album of all time and a lil bit of the 90’s
he really did... he was a beast
1980-1997 is a hell of a good run
Mr. Brodie he was worldwide he is the biggest artest ever
Mr. Brodie how old are you my guy
Mr. Brodie why am I going back and forth with a nigga named Mr.Brodie
MJ WAS👏🏾NOT👏🏾PLAYING, the King is here to stay. And you don't even have to be a fan of BTS to give them props for breaking through the kpop scene, like they literally dominated HUNDREDS of korean groups within a few years and did it organically, legend behavior👌🏾
they also got a most popular tv series 1986 - 2019 can u react to that one too xx
bts getting no radio play and they’re still up there we love to see it
Kings
no bundles too
Yes legends
And they deserve it, they work so hard. 💜💜💜
Yes
BTS released 1 EP and 1 single that were really big last year, probably would've been #1 if they released something else but 5 months in so far they're #1 this year unless drake release something big lmao even before I started to listening to BTS, I've always been blown away at how they manage to sell big in the US without speaking English ..
Drake is garbage
@@primitivewizard2940 facts
Thees no way BTS arent first. Even in the previous year, they had the most selling album with like 5 million sales. Now their latest album has 7-8 million sales and they have another comeback in october.
@pivotsforyou u have no life of ur own so u spread hate lmao.
@pivotsforyou mhm see this is the hypocritic side of kpop antis. Yall go around saying kpop trash and kpoop and kpop gay even tho its not necessary to spread hate and the kpop gay thing isnt even true. Yall do that to provoke us and then when we say with facts that they arent gay and shit then all of you are like omg these kpop fangirls are so obsessive and toxic when yall are the ones being toxic in the first place. ive seen this behavior for far too long and each time, kpop fandom is the "bad" one even if the other side is being unreasonable and toxic.
The fact that Whitney was one of the bestselling artists up to 2005 (20 years after her debut) is amazing
Michael Jackson smoothly moonwalking to get to the Top spot ! Killin Rock N' Roll community tho 😅
MJ dominated for 2 decades, what a king!
Majority of these people are big mainly because of commercial hits like Rihanna and drake made tons of pop catchy like music where as people like Whitney, Mariah, and beyoncé made most of their music more urban r&b for example Ashanti and Beyoncé were especially dominating in the early 2000s but their albums were mainly r&b
Y’all always got a excuse lol. Just give ppl their tens.
wavvvybaby this is certified sales. artists have to pay to have their music certified Platinum, Gold etc. So this is those who sold the most that have been certified by RIAA. Beyoncé hasn’t had 80% of her catalogue certified
Dimitri Bray majority of artist make generic pop etc. non of it was special until 2009 when Rihanna jumped on and she had a new type of sound there’s lots of articles of people that not only said they fetishized her, but also her voice and culture.
Mac S how is it an excuse it literally says CERTIFIED sales in the description of the original video 😭😭😭
French Frie umm not really because if you checked most of these people had big pop singles at the time and that’s the truth majority of these people are radio friendly music ESPECIALLY Rihanna lol she has always made pop singles and they don’t reflect her album sales at all.
this list is so incorrect usher should’ve been higher, especially during 2005. he had the best selling album of that year. beyoncé should’ve been on the list more frequently but she doesn’t update her RIAA certifications. she should’ve in there late 2013 (BEYONCÉ was the fastest selling album in itunes history, selling 80,000 copies in 3 hours) and the entire 2016 (Lemonade was the best selling album globally of that year).
yeah this list is created from RIAA certifications
This is world wide not just the West
Infinite Fantasy no the lust is solely based on RIAA, no other sources shows sales by months and years
This ain’t about RIAA, RIAA is only the US, this is WORLDWIDE. beyonce isn’t as big worldwide (SALES WISE) then the people that are named here!!
postyyy says According to the original video the data was used from RIAA, IFPI and record companies. According to IFPI, which looks at worldwide sales, Beyoncé was the 7th biggest artist globally in 2016 yet she didn’t even make the top 10 here in 2016. Wiz Khalifa definitely didn’t sell more records worldwide than Beyoncé in 2016.
Damn MJ 17 years at the top with the number 1 selling album
this is certified sales. artists have to pay to have their music certified Platinum, Gold etc. So this is those who sold the most that have been certified by RIAA. Beyoncé hasn’t had 80% of her catalogue certified.
EXACTLY! i still people in the comments trying to discredit her
Stylez Beast Mode exactly eminem did rule the 2000’s and he still is a huge seller. this list is highly inaccurate
These don't seem like worldwide numbers to me, but idk.
@@butterflyszn2342 For sure. All Eyez On Me by 2pac went 6x platinum and he never even cracked this list yet lil wayne somehow was on here in 2000 when he was flopping in that period
50 Cent went diamond twice and never made this list lmao....Nelly went diamond and never made this list....I'm sure outkast was easily outselling Lil Wayne and Jayz and they went diamond and never made this list....This list isn't correct
Blessing Chirimumimba EXACTLY!
Blessing Chirimumimba usher ruled 2004-05 and he was barley on the list... confessions is already diamond
Blessing Chirimumimba Wayne wasn’t flopping actually. He was global after the carter 2. Now he went into stratosphere with the carter 3 but in between those all the mixtapes truly got a lot of ppl listening to him tho
Eminem was killin it in the 2000s
Still killing it
Hell yeah he was!
Bad albums and good albums, eminem will kill. You know the reason why.
@@hb3041 Because he's Eminem.
@@incredableme63 because he's white. Just like elvis. Tupac great biggie great jay z great. If they were white they would have sold as much as eminem. Eminem get to reach a different audience who don't listen to rap, just because he's white.
Queen was about to take over, but then...THRILLER CAME BUSTING IN.
Madonna was about to take over but...BAD CAME BUSTING IN ASWELL.
Also, lets talk about how the only time everybody got momentum was when Michael was taking breaks 👀☕ The impact Michael Jackson had on the world is immense and undeniable. He set and broke records, challenged racial boundaries and revolutionized the music industry. (Which u can obviously even see in the statistics from 1984)Michael Jackson's music and groundbreaking creativity changed the very infrastructure of the way music is produced and promoted.
can we talk about how Mariah Carey didn't leave the top 10 for 17 years
Whitney Houston and Madonna did it first so it’s not a surprise anymore
@@inhhuyvu4216 it's a surprise for an artist who actually write all th songs in her catalog
More like Mariah didn't leave the top 5 for 15 years. Whitney was out of top 5 within cumulative 8 years. Madonna was in top 5 for a cumulative 11 years.
@@inhhuyvu4216 No. Mariah Carey was the only female who remained in top 5 for 15 years. Madonna for 11 years. Whitney Houston for 4 years. No wonder Mariah Carey was the greatest female artist of all time according to Billboard.
@@philipcohen267 That's because she put out so many albums. Whitney had higher averages per album.
Janet Jackson should've definitely been more prominent on here. Her, Mariah, and Whitney RULED the 90s. it's too bad she hasn't updated her RIAA certifications.
Agreed. I was like I know Janet should be near the top!
@@Zzucia She was the 2nd best selling singer of the 90s next to Mariah so should have been higher. This list isn't to accurate, but it's a good effort.
Run Barry Run * in the United States
This is WW and Janet has never been big outside the US. Madonna outsold her in the 90s worldwide with the immaculate collection alone.
@@nathanieljohnson5908 ohh that makes sense.
They calculated albums + singles sold. That's why Rihanna was on top because she sells a lot of singles. When Beyonce and Adele sell a lot of albums
plus it’s goes by RIAA certifications and beyoncé hasn’t updated many of hers in over 10 years lol
@@butterflyszn2342 Same with Janet Jackson.
halietigges EXACTLY! janet should’ve been been higher during 1992 and should’ve been on the list during 1997-98
@@butterflyszn2342 RT-
Mac S bro, the list is incorrect.... i don’t care
The reason Beyoncé was so low is because her sales haven’t been updated since the late 2000s, which is what this list was based off of.
Mariah hasn’t updated since 1999 though??
Potato Tomato that’s why way mariah really wasn’t on the list either. she has three diamond in the 90’s she deserves to be at top many times
@@cocoapuff_x she has boo
Nothing to do with that. Beyoncé has never been that big - she has had consistent success but never was the biggest selling artist of any year.
@@Starkardur If I'm not mistaken, I believe Lemonade was the best-selling album of 2016.
Americans give Beyonce too much credit. Like 2/3s of her sales are from the states. She's big. But Rihanna has been the biggest black female artist WW for like over a decade now.
Thriller came out in 1982 and was huge but really blew up when the music videos came out a year or two later. At one point the music videos where the best grossing home video of all time.
Princess Diana died in 97 and gave Elton a boost.
Bodyguard in 92 put Whitney #1.
Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous took MJ to #1 and kept him their because they were even spaced out 79-82-87-92 and off course he had a big boost in 2009 (RIP)
Ofc MJ was gonna be on top, he’s the KING for a reason 🙌🏽👑
commentary on this got my dying! LOL
Michael DOMINATED the charts goddamn
This dude MJ had a dominant career 😂👑
Michael stayed there for Lord knows how many years, I'm surprised at Beyoncé's and Janet's short appearance tho
For 7 years Rihanna held onto that 1st place spot wooow
Was literally waiting for BTS to show up🥰🥰 my babies are #1 now
Yess Kings 💜
2:14 "Michael Jackson has entered the chat"
Celine Dion has been iconic you can’t ignore that
Wow no Ariana Grande 😂😂
yeah ari audience more about streaming not sales 😂
Sidena love this list is very inaccurate
The top 10 is actually with Rihanna, Drake, Taylor, Beyoncé, Nicki, Ariana
A7m4D F16 yeah you right
That's what I said
And Billie had the best selling album in 2019
This is based on certifications not sales. Beyonce has sold way more than alot of the artists on this list.
There is artist like Mariah Carey who haven't update their sales since the 90s... yet she still upthere
Ok but Michael KICKED THEIR ASSES OFF THE CHARTS
Just wanted to share some real facts about Michael Jackson below, to remind people WHY Michael was the greatest artist ever lived 👑. Because at present time, many people “forgot” all the good things he’s done, because they believe whatever nonsense the media feeds them. The media controls what you see. Scandals, crazy stories, controversial topics draw a lot of attention, especially if it’s about a very famous person. They put dirt on his name to bring him down because they didn’t like the fact that he, a BLACK entertainer, became so extremely famous AND influential. At the time people were waaaaay more close minded and racist than nowadays. (Don’t get me wrong, racism is still a problem)
Michael Jackson changed the music industry. He broke racial barriers. He paved the way for black artists. He put MTV on the map, he made an impact on history, his persona had cultural and historical significance. He changed the face of entertainment. He established the Super Bowl performance in 1993.
His inspirational songs about charity, racism, corruption, environment, the speeches he gave about equal rights, his fight for clean water in Africa, his many donations to charity, have set an example for other celebrities to get involved with charity and use their fame , money and status to help others. What other celebrity before Michael Jackson ever took interest in actually helping other people? He was the first who spoke about the child in the Ghetto with AIDS that can’t wait, he funded the vaccines of thousands of children, he gave scholarships to many unprivileged black people in the USA.
When Michael Jackson performed ‘’They don’t care about us’’ in poor neighborhoods in Brazil, his mere presence there was enough to bring attention to the problems people who lived there were facing.
Before George Clooney and Angelina Jolie there was Michael Jackson visiting orphanages, hospitals, inviting to his house unprivileged and terminally ill kids for a free playday, covering medical expenses of sick kids for years.
The media vilified him but if anyone else had done as much for other people as Michael Jackson did they would have been awarded the Peace Nobel Prize.
Michael Jackson may have been ridiculed for his skin condition Vitiligo, which turned his skin white, confirmed in his autopsy report BUT the anniversary of his death 25/06 is now the official Vitiligo day, in his memory. People who suffer from vitiligo, take comfort in the fact that Michael Jackson was also distressed by it.
Jayz, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce , Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears are only a few artists who have become entrepreneurs following his example. Michael Jackson was the first artist who had his own clothing line, business activity , publishing catalog. Michael Jackson was as pioneering in business as he was in music. Michael Jackson paved the way for artists to become business moguls.
Louder!!!!!fellas👏👏👏
I think the most interesting part of this video is how the trends shifted from Bands and groups of musicians to solo artists in the 00's and beyond.
"MJ is number 1 again, he prolly dropped another album" you know that's right gurl
So Whitney and Celine are the only females who matched MJ at his peak
You are such a beautiful, smart and funny girl I'm so glad I came across your channel. I should be working but instead I'm on a Dee Reactions' marathon. Greetings from Italy😂🇮🇹
the shady moments compilation creator is gonna have a field day with this one lol
I love the cough after the Elvis Presley comment lol
She’s ignorant
I'm pretty sure Michael Jackson sales boomed when he died, so idk what's going on with this list.
Dee you should so this more often😂 ur commentating is hilarious
Motown never paid to have there artists record sales counted. The Supremes probably would’ve been really high on the list for a good chunk of the 60’s.
EXACTLY!
I'm pretty sure the Beatles dominated the 60s by far but ya supremes were up there for a bit.
@@lukaz3336 Yes, The Beatles were the highest grossing act of the 60’s. The Supremes were 2nd.
when she said 15min of fame for psy... he was one of the most famous acts in Asia even before Gangnam style and still is but it really shows how if artists don't chart well in America then they're deemed by the public as "no names"
This is the closest thing I had to sports in months and I'm down for it! Lol
It's crazy that it took so long for a woman to be in the top, and then it took even longer for a black woman (Whitney). Then after Whitney it wasn't till Rihanna that another black woman was really slaying the charts.
Dee commentary had me weak asf...
wait if this is based on certifications by RIAA… Beyoncé hasn’t updated anything in a whileeee sooo
Right beyonce has the most certs to be updated
MJ is a legend, legends never die.
Loved this
Wait she reacting to BTS on Patreon, I might have to get one 😆
Who's the guy in your pfp. Please reply
@@hehehe7165 Taehyung from BTS, you should go check them out 😊💜
@@sunshinehope1024 ok I watched one of bts' music videos and I really like it
Beatles slayed the 70s and 80s which is quite remarkable considering they broke up in 1970
@@KSATSpotting MJ killed the 80s as much as The Beatles killed the 60s. Those were their dominant decades.
Beyoncé's fans are so insecure... it's surprising to see how they come with all of the excuses and try to diminish other accomplishments to uplift Beyoncé. If Beyoncé had songs to update, she'll update them. She still updating her sales from Lemonade. At least y'all saw who were the true Queens and Kings. There is n need for PR Stunt when your music is great
I love how the Beatles broke up in 1970 and still where part of the best selling for a long time😂😂
My parents got me into the 60s and 70s music . I grew up in the 80’s & 90s . What did u grow up on Dee ?
Actually hilarious to see that Taylor Swift was outselling Kanye West before he took the mic? Which he claimed "made her famous." Clearly, it was the other way around...
"I can't think of one Elvis song...well songs he stoled." LMAO! PERIOD!
@@domestos7242 neither is my g..be humble
@@bowiehs Which songs did he steal again?
Its whatever pocket of music you listen to. You can be complete unaware of other stuff in other genres or how big it is.
From 2009 and up gave me car radio nostalgia
4:23
**Vogue entered the chart**
You bet, me and my BTS(Jimin Biased) Self only came here for BTS when I say that title. 😂😂I was finna through hands is I didn’t see BTS
How toxic 🙄
That was really cool 😎
if you dont know Queen you should to react to them .. one of the greatests rock bands of all time
Should react to The Beatles.
Britney was there for a good amount of time too! Good for her!
"WHO TF IS THE EAGLES" same girl same!!!! When they rised to the top i was like wait who.???
Since she wonder who the Eagles were - they made Hotel California, which is like the highest selling single of all time.
React to Kendrick Lamar vs j cole hip hop madness
how are you gonna say 70’s music boring but you don’t even know the top artists 😐😐😐
because she has bad taste on music
Theres loads of these type videos from films to games to businesses !
You should do one on the STATES!
Ayeee bts got the juice.
The messages in their songs resonate with many people who are in tough times.
They donated 1m to blm and their fans army did the same.
No negativity here all positive vibes
Edit: listen to outro tear live by bts
(It's a rap song, with only the rappers)
All this proves is that MJ is the GOAT
Im 23 and I still cant believe people only know queen from the movie..
Nah people knew them before. Their songs are so recognizable.
8:36 “One Direction? Oh wow y’all really was doing something” I can’t w Dee 😂😂😂
As much as I love Beyoncé I’m not surprised she’s so low on the list...her sound wasn’t as universal compared as everyone else on here, ppl like MJ and Riri has a very universal sound so they had more hits and they were more popular,even tho I prefer bey over riri( I still love them both tho)
rihanna isn’t more popular than beyoncé. she released more albums and more singles than beyoncé in a few amount of years. rihanna overall isn’t more successful than beyoncé
butterflyszn in album sales and hits wise yea she is, other than that no, in terms of selling Rihanna sold more has nothing to do with anything else
@@thealmightykitsune5844 this is certified sales, so only sales that were RIAA certified were counted. I'm pretty sure you have to pay for it to be certified gold, platinum etc. Beyonce doesn't have about 80% of her catalogue certified.
yafet menghesha EXACTLY! halo sold over 23 million copies worldwide, it should be diamond but it’s still stuck at 3 or 4X platinum
@Hp ForTheWin baby, IASF has pushed 21 million units worldwide, it sold well over 10 million with the pure sales. also, it's eligible for diamond in the US. please stop relying on old pure sales from 2014 because chartmasters even confirmed this. she also has multiple diamond singles in brazil and an diamond album. halo is even eligible for diamond in the us as well, considering the fact that it's the most-streamed song from 2000's by a female artist. its time to keep, luv
Rihanna is the best seeling female artist 💅🏽
No lmao
Madonna is.
And what most people forget is MJ was dominating ALL them years when digital purchases weren't a thing. You couldn't just go to apple Music and buy the album. You had to actually go to a store and buy the CD. I tell you, he would have outsold EVERYONE in the 2000s and 2010s in digital purchasing if he showed up around that time
MJ, Madonna, Eminem, Britney and Rihanna were killing it.
MJ Dominated the 80s and 90s!!
JayTooSavy Yes you are right
Off The Wall and Dangerous are his best