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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.
Billboard Decade-End is a series of music charts reflecting the most popular artists, albums, and songs in the United States throughout a decade. [1] Billboard first published their first decade-end rankings in December 1970, listing the artists with the most number ones of the 1960s.
The Beatles is the highest-certified music artist in the United States with a total of 183 million certified album-equivalent units.. This is the list of the highest-certified music artists in the United States based on certifications of albums and digital singles (but not physical singles) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [1]
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years. She accomplished this with Fearless (2009), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Midnights (2022), 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023) and The Tortured Poets Department ...
Taylor Swift is the first artist to have the annual best seller seven times (2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023). [28] Adele has the annual best seller five times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021). Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010).
Mariah Carey earned four number-one singles, including the best-performing single of the decade "We Belong Together", which spent 14 weeks atop the Hot 100. Alicia Keys scored four number-one entries, totaling 22 weeks atop the chart. 50 Cent scored four number ones, including 2003's best-performing single, "In da Club".
Taylor Swift is the Top Artist of 2009, 2015, 2023, and 2024. Adele is the Top Artist of 2011, 2012, and 2016. New Kids on the Block is the Top Artist of 1989 and 1990. Garth Brooks is the Top Artist of 1992 and 1993. Destiny's Child is the Top Artist of 2000 and 2001. Usher is the Top Artist of 1998 and 2004. 50 Cent is the Top Artist of 2003 ...
This list compiles the best-selling singles in the United States, based on reported sales figures. Some of the singles have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album , usually ...