Ridiculous!! Drake sold only 55 millions albums, rihanna 46 millions, Taylor swift 51 millions Bruno mars 37 millions . Céline dion 190 millions, Mariah carey 170 millions, Elton John 220 millions , Madonna 270 millions, Michael Jackson 370 millions
Actually, Drake has only sold 18 million physical albums. His stats are about streams and not actual physical sales. Record companies make claims on sales to give a positive impression of their acts. However, it is the audited data from companies such as BPI, RIAA etc which accumulate certifications that gives a more accurate account of physical sales.
Abba has more difficulties as they were so extremely popular all over the world and not particularly in the US. They were huge in many latin america countries and in Russia, Poland and even in african contries where no statistics could be relied on.
Probably celine dion and other artist like Mariah, Janet etc. before the digital era aren't yet bother to update their present estimated sales. We just have to wait, they sold more than the present data.
Nice job although the list is not completely accurate. Janet for one, has sold a 160-180 million records. Even in her RRHOF induction it was mentioned she sold 180 million records. She’s way under certified
Where is Herb Alpert on this list? He is certified for selling more than 72 million records and yet I never see him on these lists. I'm beginning to think that these so-called lists are only artists that are within the scope of the person posting the video and if they don't know or follow the artist they just don't bother to list them.
Madonna still conquering the top the five position for over 30years now. And when her outdated albums get recertified she might get near MJ at 400 Million records surpssing elton john
As said elsewhere, these lists should be taken with a big pinch of salt. They often seem to be RIAA weighted and give more credence to figures from certain countries. I mean , seriously, ABBA at #27, Garth Brooks at #18? One of these was immensely popular around the world including Latin America and behind the Iron Curtain. Outside of North America and the Country Music devotees, Garth Brooks is barely known anywhere else.
Typically It would go Rihanna: 270 million then Celine with 250 million, then Mariah with 220 million, then Taylor and Whitney tied with 200 million. So this list is indeed inaccurate.
Imagine if Led Zeppelin had released singles and they were included like some of the artists on this list?! They rejected singles and concentrated strictly on albums and to think that they only recorded 8 studio albums and I believe 4 live albums and to finish 6th overall when they did not keep accurate records then of sales is just mind-boggling how huge they were, I remember seeing them in MSG and 3 shows were sold out in like 10 minutes, and their one time reunion reunion concert in 2007 had 20 million ticket requests in an hour!😳
Correct because somebody that sells millions of album will always be more superior to somebody that sells millions of singles. When you’re talking about all time lists. Lol
Streisand’s pre 1976 albums sales outside the USA were never tallied correctly. Her sales figures for the most part is in physical sale not digital sales or rotation of videos or songs on Spotify. From I learned from Columbia records archives, her physical albums sales from 1963 to 1976( in only albums ) was 91 million units. Ask a forensic entertainment accountant before the media hype/narrative.
Both Elvis fans and Beatles fans claim over 1 billion. However, there are no stats to confirm this. These are just claims. Correct global audited data of music sales only really started in the early 1990's. Therefore, we can only trust sales certifications from this period. I have no doubt that Elvis is the biggest selling solo artists of all time. However, the stats, the data and links to Wikipedia, Neilson Soundscan, RIAA, IFPI, the Guinness Book of Records, all books looking at music sales and all sites on google looking at biggest selling acts have the Beatles as the No 1 act. You don't have to accept it. You can argue all you want against it. But that is how the world of music views it. And that is how the industry accepts it.
@@polskityton6062 still this shame surpassed all your so called talented artists way before while talking about global recognition and appreciations. Taylor Swift is beyond compare. She is a songwriting legend. Haters like you were always there throwing shade on her. But what happened? She became the first and only female artist to win Album of the year thrice at Grammy's history. She is already been included as greatest songwriters of all time. And talking about personality, have you ever tried to know or google about her? Or you are just going with the trend like others? She is the kindest and generous celebrity alive and her personality knows well how to give tight slap to haters with unimaginable success .The achievements and success that Taylor Swift got, your favorite artist could never imagine. So now see how successful, inspirational and iconic shame she is!
Unpopular opinion; nearly everybody after #19 has a valid claim, monetarily, to be one of the greatest musical entertainers that has ever lived. I say “nearly” because there’s one man missing. Frank Sinatra. In order starting from around the 50s, the best to ever do it goes like this, by sales... (yes, I got this from Data Is Beautiful, that list generally seems pretty right to me tbh) Frank Sinatra The Beatles Led Zeppelin Elvis Presley Elton John The Eagles Michael Jackson Queen Madonna Whitney Houston Celine Dion The Backstreet Boys Eminem Rihanna Drake And tecnically, because he got to the top already, even for the brief time he did, (and I think that having the best monetarily performing one hit wonder song ever counts for something), Luis Fonsi And soon to be, BTS.
So, if based on certification alone, Rihanna is the best selling female artist and Mariah's 167M is greater than Celine and Whitney while it is too close to Madonna's 173M.
Record sales not album sales if you convert 10 singles its equivalent to 1 album sales. Taylor and Rihanna sold alot of singles and if you convert they're singles they sold around 50M + albums.
He's sold more than Elvis in the Seventies The only reason Elvis sold a little bit more because he died Yeah Michael sold a lot of records when he was living Some people don't know the difference
How does everybody know that MJ is No 1. Certified sales show that it is the Beatles. If you check Wikipedia, Neilson Soundscan stats, the Guinness Book of Records, RIAA stats, IFPI stats or just google the biggest selling music acts of all time, you will find that everybody knows its the Beatles.
@@kenj280 RIAA only really applies to America. IFPI has been the only reliable source for global sales. However, it was only in the 1990's that many countries started to audit sales. For that reason, there is little doubt that Elvis Presley has millions of unaccounted sales. The same would apply to the Beatles. However, despite this, I think it is probably impossible for Elvis or anyone else to ever catch up with the Beatles sales.
@@declonmeaney1518 Yes, l know the RIAA is for America. I don't doubt the success of Elvis or the Beatles. Some artists numbers incomplete because of them though. I also noticed that pre- Rock era acts are not included.
No artist, not even Elvis or the Beatles have sold over 1 billion. For example, the biggest selling album of all time is 'Thriller' by Jackson. Its certified sales are just over 40 million. All of Jacksons other albums sold far less that this. So, not even Jackson could make 1 billion. Record companies make silly claims about sales. But it is the auditors that determine actual sales. And in respect of actual, audited sales that can be certified, the Beatles are No1 , Elvis is No 2 and Jackson still holds on to No 3. But none of them have sold over 1 billion. And as they have all sold more than Madonna, I think it is fair to say she has not sold over 1 billion either.
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!! Madonna sold over 335 million albums...way higher than Elton john...Since MJ,Elvis and the Beatles are now dead or inactive Madonna shld. rule this Chart.
The Beatles are not dead. Sir Paul McCartney entered the US charts at No1 last year with his latest album and completed a sold out world tour of stadiums and arenas. I would not call that dead. And Ringo is still alive. And it really does not matter if an artist is alive or dead. These lists are about what has been accomplished. Not what is happening in the moment. If that was the case, then Ed Sheeran would be No 1.
The Beatles split up over 50 years ago, but they are still selling millions of records. Take their '1' album. It is the biggest selling album of the period 2000 - 2009 with 32 million sales. Albums like 'Love' and their remasters continue to sell in the millions.
bts has been the best selling act ever since 2019. i just know u didn’t include them in this video simply bc yall are xenophobic and dont wanna acknowledge their success just because they come from an asian country, and not america.
Why do you add albums and singles sales for some artists, but for others you only show their albums sales? This makes this list very inacurate
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Totally
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Madonna Queen Of Pop 👑
Madonna is the Queen ♥️
Concert sales not even included
Madonna is always the immortal queen
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Ridiculous!! Drake sold only 55 millions albums, rihanna 46 millions, Taylor swift 51 millions Bruno mars 37 millions .
Céline dion 190 millions, Mariah carey 170 millions, Elton John 220 millions , Madonna 270 millions, Michael Jackson 370 millions
Exactly
Madonna has like 330Mil and zmiachel had a couple hundred mil above that
Actually, Drake has only sold 18 million physical albums. His stats are about streams and not actual physical sales.
Record companies make claims on sales to give a positive impression of their acts. However, it is the audited data from companies such as BPI, RIAA etc which accumulate certifications that gives a more accurate account of physical sales.
True!!
That's claimed smh not certefied also Mariah sold 140M albums and this video is about record sales godamn it stupid people who wont read
Mj the king of pop
Wow Adele and Bruno Mars with only 3 album!!! Crazy!
Others just one album. And gone. They’re good for three albums only and comeback when they’re in their 50’s 😂😂😂
@@albertoolarte206 sorry babe, both are comin with their 4th album😂
I liked seeing what was claimed and then what was certified. ABBA #27!
Well done!
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Abba has more difficulties as they were so extremely popular all over the world and not particularly in the US. They were huge in many latin america countries and in Russia, Poland and even in african contries where no statistics could be relied on.
Celine has sold more albums than Mariah and Whitney. And how come Taylor Swift has sold more than Celine Whitney Mariah ????
She sold more in singles not in album
@@jumarpalma5367 get your facts straight
@@redelcalago3178 celine dion sold more copies per album, while taylor sold more in singles.
@@jumarpalma5367 Still she did not outsold Mariah and Celine . Not even in other world. Billboard confirmed Celine's sales is 250M
Probably celine dion and other artist like Mariah, Janet etc. before the digital era aren't yet bother to update their present estimated sales. We just have to wait, they sold more than the present data.
Madonna is #4
🥇Michael Jackson
Madonna is 4th, not 5th. She has sold 335m according to Guinness Book
This video came out 2 years ago though
@@f1zzytoothpaste919 still the same, all reliable sources prove that
@@naurking5388 claimed sales not certefied by the riaa
@@kanyenorth8449 riaa is about US only
She sold only 179 mln, rest is only fake marketing !
Britney Spears has 230 million pure sales plus streams. Why would you use albums + singles + streams on some artists and on some of them not? 🤦🏽♂️🤔
They didn't use it on any artist
Lol streams are excluded...They are free,'SALES' are not her certified sale is 80m+
My king 😍
Love uh mj
Not surprised The Beatles is the goat
Madonna is the 4 not 5.
Nice job although the list is not completely accurate. Janet for one, has sold a 160-180 million records. Even in her RRHOF induction it was mentioned she sold 180 million records. She’s way under certified
This is copies not records
If Jackson 5 and the Jacksons are included in Michael's sales, MJ will be number 1
If Paul McCartney was added to the Beatles he would actually be Number 2
I meant, number 1
@@amandahuginkiss4063 definitely
Elvis by himself is more than 1 billion.
Where is Herb Alpert on this list? He is certified for selling more than 72 million records and yet I never see him on these lists. I'm beginning to think that these so-called lists are only artists that are within the scope of the person posting the video and if they don't know or follow the artist they just don't bother to list them.
I agree, not to mention Bing Crosby the biggest seller until Elvis surpassed him.
😘THE BEATLES 💖
1. The Beatles.
2. Elvis Presley.
3. Michael Jackson.
4. Madonna
1. The beatles
2. Taylor swift
3. Elvis presley
4. Michael jackson
5. Madonna
List in 2035 🤣
ABBA is said to sold around 380 million records!!
John Lennon, where is he?
BRITNEY SPEARS CLAIMED 200 MILLIONS !!!!
Yeees britney has more
100m+Not 200
@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 200M
100M album + 100M singles = 200M sold
How did you make this
The beatles 💖👏
The Bee Gees sold between 220 and 300 million albums worldwide not no 120 Million SNF sold 50 million worldwide alone 🤦🏻♂️
Kylie Minogue has sold 75 to 80 million albums worldwide, was is she never mentioned
It's a music list
Madonna still conquering the top the five position for over 30years now. And when her outdated albums get recertified she might get near MJ at 400 Million records surpssing elton john
Michael sold a billion records
Awesome Video 😉1
Thanks Robert Depalmas :)
As said elsewhere, these lists should be taken with a big pinch of salt. They often seem to be RIAA weighted and give more credence to figures from certain countries. I mean , seriously, ABBA at #27, Garth Brooks at #18? One of these was immensely popular around the world including Latin America and behind the Iron Curtain. Outside of North America and the Country Music devotees, Garth Brooks is barely known anywhere else.
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#1 The Beatles 😍♥️👋
No way Rihanna Taylor above Mariah Whitney celine
Albums sold: Celine 180 million, Mariah 165 million, Whitney 155 million........... Taylor 55 million, Riahnna 35 million
Typically It would go Rihanna: 270 million then Celine with 250 million, then Mariah with 220 million, then Taylor and Whitney tied with 200 million. So this list is indeed inaccurate.
And let me add that is all of their sales and singles together at the moment.
Most of the list is wrong. Just look for it people
Imagine if Led Zeppelin had released singles and they were included like some of the artists on this list?! They rejected singles and concentrated strictly on albums and to think that they only recorded 8 studio albums and I believe 4 live albums and to finish 6th overall when they did not keep accurate records then of sales is just mind-boggling how huge they were, I remember seeing them in MSG and 3 shows were sold out in like 10 minutes, and their one time reunion reunion concert in 2007 had 20 million ticket requests in an hour!😳
Yeh, imagine all that, they would still be shite
@@spinynormanbest6410 I ignore anybody with a name like Spiny tiny!🤣😭
@@bobbyn.9773 Clearly you don't 😆
Paul McCartney is the biggest, he appears as a Beatle in number one and in his solo career too
The King The best The only. Elvis presley
The fact that Mariah is only 3rd among females while doing R&B and urban music unlike others who did Pop music is already an achievement by itself !
R&B was mainstream back then ... And taylor only with 3 pop albums ..
@@satriaprimadana8436 Only in US, not elsewhere.Pop has always been more commercial globally
wow taylor in the top ten with legends
@@saliha981 yeah she already have 1 decade
Taylor's sales are inflated.
@@saliha981 She is not YET,she's still an ICON
Janet Jackson has sold $180 million records
List is not updated
QUEEN #13
So no Diana Ross... or Aretha??
Great but you’ve got a few of the nationalities wrong I think - Kenny Rogers, Justin Bieber and Rihanna that I spotted.
Não sei, não. Hein???
Aberrações deste século à frente de LENDAS???
Pink floyd is still doing great
People should really stop mixing Album sales with Single + Album sales...
Or at least converting singles into album equivalent units (10 singles = 1 album)
Record sales include both
Correct because somebody that sells millions of album will always be more superior to somebody that sells millions of singles. When you’re talking about all time lists. Lol
Streisand’s pre 1976 albums sales outside the USA were never tallied correctly. Her sales figures for the most part is in physical sale not digital sales or rotation of videos or songs on Spotify.
From I learned from Columbia records archives, her physical albums sales from 1963 to 1976( in only albums ) was 91 million units. Ask a forensic entertainment accountant before the media hype/narrative.
ELVIS HE IS. KING OF MUSIC. ELVIS SOLD OVER 1.5 BILLION RECORDS.NO ARTIST COMES CLOSE TO ELVIS. PERIOD
Both Elvis fans and Beatles fans claim over 1 billion. However, there are no stats to confirm this. These are just claims.
Correct global audited data of music sales only really started in the early 1990's. Therefore, we can only trust sales certifications from this period.
I have no doubt that Elvis is the biggest selling solo artists of all time. However, the stats, the data and links to Wikipedia, Neilson Soundscan, RIAA, IFPI, the Guinness Book of Records, all books looking at music sales and all sites on google looking at biggest selling acts have the Beatles as the No 1 act. You don't have to accept it. You can argue all you want against it. But that is how the world of music views it. And that is how the industry accepts it.
@@declonmeaney1518 And double albums are now being counted as 2 albums. So sales are going up everywhere.
Michael is number one Look it up
@@jarrettcone8949 No way is Jackson number 1.
I don't get it. I thought today's artists can't sell albums because of pirating yet they dominate the top 20
Taylor Swift,, the ultimate queen 😍😍💖💗
She is the biggest shame in music history, fake product without personality and without voice and talent, the most boring singer ever.
@@polskityton6062 still this shame surpassed all your so called talented artists way before while talking about global recognition and appreciations. Taylor Swift is beyond compare. She is a songwriting legend. Haters like you were always there throwing shade on her. But what happened? She became the first and only female artist to win Album of the year thrice at Grammy's history. She is already been included as greatest songwriters of all time. And talking about personality, have you ever tried to know or google about her? Or you are just going with the trend like others? She is the kindest and generous celebrity alive and her personality knows well how to give tight slap to haters with unimaginable success .The achievements and success that Taylor Swift got, your favorite artist could never imagine. So now see how successful, inspirational and iconic shame she is!
@Kontham Vaibhavnith Reddy Kontham Vaibhavnith Reddy But she is boring fake product, sorry :)
if one day someone with voice, timbre and personality sings covers, then yes
Madonna shud b 4th
Ed Sheeran, Bieber, Drake, kinda high on that list. Sure that is not correct?
All are the comments here about Madonna and MJ but I laughed at one dude who was like: “Pink Floyd”
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Madonna queen 👑 legend of pop
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Unpopular opinion; nearly everybody after #19 has a valid claim, monetarily, to be one of the greatest musical entertainers that has ever lived. I say “nearly” because there’s one man missing. Frank Sinatra.
In order starting from around the 50s, the best to ever do it goes like this, by sales... (yes, I got this from Data Is Beautiful, that list generally seems pretty right to me tbh)
Frank Sinatra
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Elvis Presley
Elton John
The Eagles
Michael Jackson
Queen
Madonna
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
The Backstreet Boys
Eminem
Rihanna
Drake
And tecnically, because he got to the top already, even for the brief time he did, (and I think that having the best monetarily performing one hit wonder song ever counts for something), Luis Fonsi
And soon to be, BTS.
Mariah Carey and Barbra Streisand are also there
Meanwhile, Mariah: I guess I’m just hallucination
in top ten
there is only one rapper
"EMINEM"
There is a little band in Germany that sold , 130 mil albums. "Modern Talking" Maybe your world isn't as wide as thought!
"Little" band? There's nothing little about Modern Talking, I love them. 💕😊👍👍
So, if based on certification alone, Rihanna is the best selling female artist and Mariah's 167M is greater than Celine and Whitney while it is too close to Madonna's 173M.
Mariah is ranked below Madonna and Céline in “ Best Selling All time list “ let that sink in your mind.
Madonna
Elvis is around 1.3 billion.
Where is Nirvana?
Nicki minaj Queen Of Rap 👑
This is form Wikipedia, really 🤦🏻♂️
I know Mariah Carey has sold more than Taylor Swift and Rihanna. Come on. Seriously!
Record sales not album sales if you convert 10 singles its equivalent to 1 album sales. Taylor and Rihanna sold alot of singles and if you convert they're singles they sold around 50M + albums.
Well i think MJ is over elvis at this moment?
He is..they honestly don't want this man to be great!!
He's sold more than Elvis in the Seventies The only reason Elvis sold a little bit more because he died Yeah Michael sold a lot of records when he was living Some people don't know the difference
Everybody knows Mj is #1!!!
How does everybody know that MJ is No 1. Certified sales show that it is the Beatles. If you check Wikipedia, Neilson Soundscan stats, the Guinness Book of Records, RIAA stats, IFPI stats or just google the biggest selling music acts of all time, you will find that everybody knows its the Beatles.
Not everyone. You do, yes. But sales figures show it is the Beatles.
@@declonmeaney1518 Some record companies were not apart of the RIAA. Motown has a lot of MJ/J5 sales. Motown stayed out of the RIAA for years!
@@kenj280 RIAA only really applies to America. IFPI has been the only reliable source for global sales. However, it was only in the 1990's that many countries started to audit sales. For that reason, there is little doubt that Elvis Presley has millions of unaccounted sales. The same would apply to the Beatles. However, despite this, I think it is probably impossible for Elvis or anyone else to ever catch up with the Beatles sales.
@@declonmeaney1518 Yes, l know the RIAA is for America. I don't doubt the success of Elvis or the Beatles. Some artists numbers incomplete because of them though. I also noticed that pre- Rock era acts are not included.
✨Rihanna ✨
BEYONCE SOLD 210M RECORDS PURE!
Even Celiné Dion, Whitney and Mariah hasn't done that and Beyonce is nowhere near their sales
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I believe Mariah has sold over 1.8 billion records - 1.6 billion in Asia alone!
Yep I saw it was actually certified by Sony music damn where they be getting their facts from?
Hahahaha Sony? That’s motolla’s, the husband turned nemesis of Mimi. Craft!
That is in units not pure album sales. 1.6 billion equates to around 30 million.
No artist, not even Elvis or the Beatles have sold over 1 billion. For example, the biggest selling album of all time is 'Thriller' by Jackson. Its certified sales are just over 40 million. All of Jacksons other albums sold far less that this. So, not even Jackson could make 1 billion.
Record companies make silly claims about sales.
But it is the auditors that determine actual sales. And in respect of actual, audited sales that can be certified, the Beatles are No1 , Elvis is No 2 and Jackson still holds on to No 3. But none of them have sold over 1 billion.
And as they have all sold more than Madonna, I think it is fair to say she has not sold over 1 billion either.
What?? Why Mariah Carey fans always increase numbers?
Yas taylor
An accurate
This not true
Santana is mexican.
Rihanna & Taylor Swift make it to Top 10 😻😻😻 ... They're the youngest though
Mimi))
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!! Madonna sold over 335 million albums...way higher than Elton john...Since MJ,Elvis and the Beatles are now dead or inactive Madonna shld. rule this Chart.
The Beatles are not dead. Sir Paul McCartney entered the US charts at No1 last year with his latest album and completed a sold out world tour of stadiums and arenas. I would not call that dead. And Ringo is still alive.
And it really does not matter if an artist is alive or dead. These lists are about what has been accomplished. Not what is happening in the moment. If that was the case, then Ed Sheeran would be No 1.
The Beatles split up over 50 years ago, but they are still selling millions of records. Take their '1' album. It is the biggest selling album of the period 2000 - 2009 with 32 million sales. Albums like 'Love' and their remasters continue to sell in the millions.
Lol Madonna hasn't sold even half of this amount on album sales.Stop the delusion
So good to see Nicki here😍
Tupac's better!!!
more 10 years and watch Taylor Swift outsell them
bts has been the best selling act ever since 2019. i just know u didn’t include them in this video simply bc yall are xenophobic and dont wanna acknowledge their success just because they come from an asian country, and not america.