World's 100 Top Selling Artist and Bands : Jovi At ...

#/ Name/ Albums /Worldwide/ Sales/ Nationality/ Years/ Active/ Genre/ Source

1 The Beatles 40+ 400,000,000 UK 60s (1962-1970) Rock/Pop Guinness/EMI

2. Michael Jackson 14 350,000,000 US 70s-00s (1979-) Pop/R&B MJ Stats

3 Elvis Presley 150+ 300,000,000 US 50s-70s (1956-1977) Country/Rock

4. Madonna 16 275,000,000 US 80s-00s (1984-) Pop WBR [1]

5. Nana Mouskouri 450 250,000,000 Greece 60s-00s (1959-) Pop [2][3]

6. Cliff Richard 60+ 250,000,000 UK 50s-00s (1959-1969,1977-1979,1986-1999) Rock/Pop [4]

7.The Rolling Stones 54 ~250,000,000 UK 60s-00s (1964-1981) Rock 60.5 million in the US [5]

8. Mariah Carey 14 230,000,000 US 90s-00s (1990-) Pop/R&B

9. Elton John 43 ~220,000,000 UK 70s-00s (1972-1976,1989-1991,1997-) Pop [6]

10.Celine Dion 21 220,000,000 Canada 80s-00s (1990-) Pop Music/Pop Discography

11. Pink Floyd 21 ~210,000,000 UK 60s-00s (1970-1983,1994-1995) Prog Rock 73 Mil US

12. Led Zeppelin 9/12 200,000,000+ UK 60s-70s (1969-1979) Rock/Blues MSNBC

13. Metallica 10 ~200,000,000 US 80's-00's (1991-1997) Hard Rock 57 mil US

14. Julio Iglesias 80 ~200,000,000 Spain 70s-00s (1969-) Latino Pop [7] [8]

15. Queen 22 180,000,000 UK 70s-00s (1975-1995) Rock R&R

16 AC/DC ~180,000,000 Australia/UK 70s-00s (1980-1992) Hard Rock AC/DC

17 Whitney Houston 10 ~180,000,000 US 80s-00s (1985-2000) R&B/Pop Discography

18. ABBA 160,000,000 Sweden 70s-80s (1974-1982) Disco/Pop ABBA discography

19. U2 ~150,000,000 Ireland 80s-00s (1983-) Rock/Pop 50m.US

20.The Jacksons 150,000,000 US 60s-80s (1969-1980) R&B 71m.US

21. Garth Brooks ~145,000,000 US 80s-00s (1989-2001) Country 105m.US

22. Janet Jackson 11 130,000,000 US 80s-00s (1986-) R&B/pop

23. The Eagles ~120,000,000 US 70s-00s (1974-1979) Country/Rock 89 million in US

24. Wei Wei ~120,000,000 China 80s-00s (1986-) Pop [12] [13]

25. The Bee Gees 110,000,000 UK/Australia 60s-00s (1975-1979) Pop/Disco src.1

26. Bon Jovi ~110,000,000 US 80s-00s (1986-2000) Rock/Hard Rock (100m.alb.)

27. R.E.M. ~110,000,000 US 80s-00s (1991-) Rock [(106m.alb.)

28. Kenny Rogers 105,000,000+ US 60s-00s Country/Pop/Rock [15]

29. Black Sabbath 100,000,000+ US 70s-00s Hard Rock/Metal [17]

30. Barbra Streisand 100,000,000+ US 60s-00s popular 70.5 million in US [18]

31. Mireille Mathieu 37 ~100,000,000 France 60s-00s Pop src.

32.Alla Pugacheva 15 ~100,000,000 Russia 70s-00s Rock/Pop *(10m.US) [19]

33. Prince ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Rock/Pop src.

34. Ricky Nelson ~100,000,000 US 50s-80s Pop/Country/Rock

35. Luciano Pavarotti ~100,000,000 Italy 60s-00s Opera [20] [21]

36.Brenda Lee ~100,000,000 US 50s-60s Pop/Country [22]

37.OmPrakash ~100,000,000 India 90s-00s [23]

38.Illayaraja ~100,000,000 India 70s-00s [24]

39. Johnny Mathis ~100,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock/Pop [25]

40. Lionel Richie ~100,000,000 US 80s-00s Pop/R&B [26] 21.0 mililion in US
[27]

41. Dolly Parton ~100,000,000 US 60s-00s Country [28]

42. Donna Summer ~100,000,000 US 70s-90s Disco

43. Aerosmith ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Hard Rock [30] [31]

44. Billy Joel ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Pop / Rock 78 mil.US, [32] [33]

45. Fleetwood Mac ~100,000,000 UK/US 60s-00s Pop/Rock 2

46. Johnny Hallyday ~100,000,000 France 50s-00s Pop src.1 [34]

47. Charles Aznavour ~100,000,000 France 50s-00s Pop [35]

48. Bruce Springsteen ~90,000,000 US 70s-00s Rock/Pop *(61 mil. albums US)

49. Def Leppard ~90,000,000 UK 80s-00s Hard Rock 55.5mil.US

50. Bob Dylan ~90,000,000 US 60s-00s Folk-Rock *35m.US,

51. Earth, Wind & Fire 90,000,000 US 70s-00s R&B/Funk/Disco/Pop *(23 mil.US)

52. KISS 30 ~90,000,000 US 70s-00s Hard Rock source

53.B'z 14 ~86,000,000 Japan 90s-00s Rock See also: discussion #22

54. Eddy Arnold 85,000,000 US 40s-90s Country source

55. Britney Spears ~85,000,000 US 90s-00s Pop *(32 mil. US), src.

56. Modern Talking ~80,000,000 Germany 80s-00s Eurodance

57. Jean-Michel Jarre 19 ~80,000,000 France 70s-00s Synth Pop sourceSee also: discussion #19

58. Santana ~80,000,000 US 60s-00s Rock src.1 *[37mil. US]

59. Dalida ~80,000,000 France 50s-80s as of 1981 See also: discussion #19

60. Salvatore Adamo ~80,000,000 Italy 60s-00s [38]

61. Fairouz ~80,000,000 Lebanon 60s-00s Traditional Arab, Modern, Pop *(35 mil. US)

62. Eric Clapton ~80,000,000 UK 80s-00s Rock, Blues *(38 mil. US)

63. Stevie Wonder ~80,000,000 US 60s-00s Soul/R&B/Pop,Disco [39]

64. Hank Snow ~80,000,000 Canada 30's-90's Folk [40]

65. Spice Girls 3 ~76,000,000 UK 90s-00s Pop source

66. Backstreet Boys ~75,000,000 US 90s-00s Pop src.1 [41]

67. Journey ~75,000,000 US 70s-00s Rock/Pop 40mil.US, [42]

68. Paul McCartney ~75,000,000+ UK 60s-00s Rock

69. Dire Straits 74,000,000 UK 70s-90s Rock

70. Shania Twain 4 ~73,000,000 Canada 90s-00s Country/Rock/Pop

71. Depeche Mode ~70,000,000 UK 80s-00s Pop/Rock

72. A-ha 10 70,000,000 Norway 80s-00s Pop [43] [44]

73. The Carpenters 70,000,000 US 60s-80s Pop

74. Gloria Estefan ~70,000,000 US 80s-00s Latino Pop src.1, [45]

75. Enya 5 70,000,000 Ireland 80s-00s New Age/Celtic

76. Roberto Carlos ~70,000,000 Brazil 60s-00s [46] [47]

77. Charley Pride ~70,000,000 US 60s-00s Country source

78. Bay City Rollers ~70,000,000 UK 70s-00s Rock [48]

79. Van Halen ~70,000,000 US 70s-00s Hard Rock [49]

80. Kylie Minogue 65,000,000 Australia 80s-00s Synth Pop source

81. George Strait ~65,000,000 US 70s-00s Country *54 mil. US

82. Iron Maiden 65,000,000 UK 70s-00s Metal [51]

83. Eminem 65,000,000 US 90s-00s Rap *(22 mil. US)

84. Tupac 60,000,000+ US 90s-00s Rap [52]

85. Genesis 60,000,000 UK Rock/Pop src.

86. Phil Collins ~60,000,000 UK Rock/Pop src.

87. Guns N' Roses ~60,000,000 US 80s-90s Hard Rock 71mil. albums

88. Chicago ~60,000,000 US 60s-80s Jazz/Rock [53]

89. Vicky Leandros 400+ ~60,000,000+ Greece 60s-00s Pop No reference given

90. Bryan Adams ~60,000,000 Canada 80s-00s Pop/Rock 1

91. The Doors ~60,000,000 US 60s-70s Rock *(30 mil. US)

92. Tina Turner ~60,000,000 US 70s-00s Rock/Pop [54]

93. Perry Como ~60,000,000 US 30s-00s Standards [55] [56]

94. Frank Sinatra ~60,000,000 US 40s-90s Standards *(25 mil.US)

95. Simon and Garfunkel ~60,000,000 US 60s Folk-Rock *(36mil.US)

96. Pearl Jam ~60,000,000 US 90s-00s Alternative *(29 mil. US)

97. John Denver ~60,000,000 US 60s-00s Folk/Rock/Country [57]

98. The Monkees ~60,000,000 US 60s-90s Rock [58]

99. Hank Thompson ~60,000,000 US 40s-00s Country

100. Barry Manilow 60,000,000+ US 70s-00s Pop/Standards [59]

I always thought that Shania Twain was the worlds top selling female artist? She's WAAAY down

I guess 26 is not bad.... Though look at the Beatles... 400 million album sold... That's just flat out amazing.

Ryan

beatles....well they are offcourse...the legends....26 is not bad.....would have been more good.....if they had released a few more albums the time they were doing solo projects

I must say there are quite a few surprising names on the list. Names I never expected to sell that much.

the same with me ^^^

If I'm correct, that list is from encycolpedia.com or something. There are MANY mistakes on their pages.

I don't think Def Leppard has sold 90 million albums worldwide. They had 2 really big albums globally - Pyromania and Hysteria. That list claims that Slang and Euphoria both sold over 10 million worldwide - Not even close.

I'm not certain of Metallica's numbers, but I can't imagine they've sold twice as many albums as Bon Jovi. Theoir global following isn't nearly as big, and they've had many duds for albums.

^^ may be .. i dont knw...i got this frm another board

"Sprint customers will be the first to get Metallica Music Tones on their phones," said Nancy Beaton, general manager - Music and Personalization, Sprint. "As the first carrier to offer Music Tones and now the first to offer these real-song ringers from Metallica, Sprint leads the industry in offering the best music services to millions of customers across the United States."
Metallica is one of the best-known rock bands in the world. Their 11 albums have sold more than 90 million copies over the past 24 years that the band has been together."