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MoeJack;4218526 said:Billy Joel sold more albums than Michael Jackson? Wow..
1. Beatles – 405,737,000 (units) (as of Mar 2017)
2. Michael Jackson – 323,741,000 (as of Sep 2017)
3. Madonna – 241,134,000 (as of Aug 2017)
4. Queen – 238,637,000 (as of Oct 2017)
5. Rolling Stones – 237,135,000 (as of Dec 2016)
6. Pink Floyd – 229,426,000 (as of Jun 2017)
7. Led Zeppelin – 200,459,000 (as of Aug 2016)
8. Elton John – 196,130,000 (as of Feb 2018)
9. U2 – 194,519,000 (as of Aug 2016)
10. Céline Dion – 193,422,000 (as of Sep 2016)
11. AC/DC – 191,030,000 (as of Feb 2018)
12. Eagles – 171,069,000 (as of Dec 2017)
13. Mariah Carey – 167,149,000 (as of Apr 2017)
14. Bruce Springsteen – 157,024,000 (as of Jul 2017)
15. Bee Gees – 156,874,000 (as of Apr 2017)
16. ABBA – 156,623,000 (as of Nov 2016)
17. Eminem – 154,954,000 (as of Aug 2016)
18. Barbra Streisand – 152,498,000 (as of Mar 2018)
19. Whitney Houston – 151,693,000 (as of May 2017)
20. Billy Joel – 146,695,000 (as of Oct 2016)
only in the USA
BTW - here is the list of the best selling artists (incomplete) - http://chartmasters.org/2017/10/cspc-data-collector/18/
Ok, this makes WAY more sense!! Wish so badly that Michael would be the absolute number one... (not a fan of the beatles here :/ )
Well MJ still ended up owning the Beatles catalog and that played a part in boosting sales.
Ok, this makes WAY more sense!! Wish so badly that Michael would be the absolute number one... (not a fan of the beatles here :/ )
Any of these things that have US sales instead of world sales I don't like.. alters the opinion and thoughts too much..
Probably I get tired of trying to prove Michael was the largest artist that ever lived..
If a publication is US based, why would they be talking about worldwide sales? That wouldn't be relevant to a US audience. Does the UK, Brazil, or Korea write a lot about Garth Brooks' sales? Theoretically, a Chinese or Indian artist can have the biggest selling album in history in China or India alone without it selling anywhere else in the world. The US press would not likely write about such an album, and probably not many other countries would either. It's been said that Nana Mouskouri is one of the highest selling singers, but she is little known if at all in the states.Any of these things that have US sales instead of world sales I don't like.. alters the opinion and thoughts too much.
Billy Joel sold more albums than Michael Jackson? Wow..
If a publication is US based, why would they be talking about worldwide sales? That wouldn't be relevant to a US audience. Does the UK, Brazil, or Korea write a lot about Garth Brooks' sales? Theoretically, a Chinese or Indian artist can have the biggest selling album in history in China or India alone without it selling anywhere else in the world. The US press would not likely write about such an album, and probably not many other countries would either. It's been said that Nana Mouskouri is one of the highest selling singers, but she is little known if at all in the states.
Well, many people think Beyoncé is more successful than Mike and that's not really because of the media specifically saying she is. Beyoncé just gets a lot of media coverage in general in the USA (so does the Kardashians/Kanye West). Then there's the Beyhive. So she never really leaves mainstream consciousness. The US media also talk about Drake, Lil Wayne, Cardi B, & Nicki Minaj breaking records by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, James Brown, & Aretha Franklin. So it's not just talking about somebody beating Mike, just older acts in general.MJTruth;4235477 said:I understand what you're saying but the problem is this...
Many times the RIAA release sales figures or achievements and the media act like it's worldwide, so I too object to those lists unless the list makes it very clear that they're talking about the USA only.
A recent example was when the RIAA announced that The Eagles Greatest Hits album had surpassed Thriller as the biggest selling album of all time. The WWW was filled with headlines saying Thriller was no longer the biggest selling album ever, and hardly any mentioned that the figure was for the USA only. Thriller IS STILL the worldwide biggest selling album ever by many, many millions of copies. It's not even close. The media can be very misleading.