does anyone know the most successfull bands in history? who have sold the most albums so far in music history?
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Overkill187 Batshitcrazy
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Not sure about world wide though.
1 (1) Elvis Presley
2 (2) Cliff Richard
3 (4) Queen
4 (3) The Beatles
5 (5) Madonna
6 (6) Elton John
7 (7) The Shadows
8 (8) Michael Jackson
9 (10) U2
10 (9) David Bowie
11 (11) Rod Stewart
12 (12) Frank Sinatra
13 (13) Diana Ross
14 (14) Dire Straits
15 (15) Simon And Garfunkel
16 (16) The Rolling Stones
17 (17) Abba
18 (18) Fleetwood Mac
19 (19) Phil Collins
20 (20) Paul McCartney
21 (21) Pink Floyd
22 (22) UB40
23 (23) Meat Loaf
24 (24) Tom Jones
25 (28) Oasis
26 (25) Status Quo
27 (26) Simply Red
28 (27) The Beach Boys
29 (29) Stevie Wonder
30 (30) The Carpenters
31 (32) R.E.M.
32 (31) The Bee Gees
33 (33) Bob Dylan
34 (34) Tina Turner
35 (35) Prince
36 (36) Jim Reeves
37 (37) Neil Diamond
38 (43) Robbie Williams
39 (38) Bob Marley & The Wailers
40 (39) Eric Clapton
41 (40) Whitney Houston
42 (55) Kylie Minogue
43 (42) Eurythmics
44 (44) Madness
45 (45) Genesis
46 (46) Barbra Streisand
47 (41) Andy Williams
48 (47) Bruce Springsteen
49 (50) Bon Jovi
50 (48) Mike Oldfield
51 (51) Lionel Richie
52 (49) Celine Dion
53 (54) Electric Light Orchestra
54 (60) Mariah Carey
55 (53) Duran Duran
56 (52) Bryan Adams
57 (56) George Michael
58 (57) Shirley Bassey
59 (58) Pet Shop Boys
60 (59) Roy Orbison
61 (61) Roxy Music
62 (62) The Four Tops
63 (63) Janet Jackson
64 (64) The Police
65 (65) Sting
66 (66) John Lennon
67 (69) Erasure
68 (67) Simple Minds
69 (68) Cher
70 (70) The Supremes
71 (84) Stereophonics
72 (71) Buddy Holly
73 (72) Eagles
74 (73) Perry Como
75 (74) Guns N' Roses
76 (75) Blondie
77 (76) Engelbert Humperdinck
78 (77) Donna Summer
79 (79) Led Zeppelin
80 (78) Billy Joel
81 (80) Wet Wet Wet
82 (82) Barry Manilow
83 (81) Slade
84 (85) Chris Rea
85 (83) The Who
86 (New) Eminem
87 (89) The Corrs
88 (86) The Everly Brothers
89 (87) The Hollies
90 (88) T. Rex
91 (90) Bryan Ferry
92 (96) Kate Bush
93 (91) Red Hot Chili Peppers
94 (92) Blur
95 (93) The Beautiful South
96 (New) Britney Spears
97 (94) Luther Vandross
98 (95) James Last
99 (97) The Moody Blues
100 (100) Shakin' Stevens
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Overkill187 Batshitcrazy
thanks mate, was looking for a list like that. although I'm disappointed now, no Iron Maiden on the list?
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World wide Michael Jackson is the best selling artist of all time and that includes download sales too.
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It's between The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby and Michael Jackson. No exact figures are available. The best selling album of all time was the Eagles -Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 which sold over 29 million copies.
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u2 are quite low in that list 9th
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The Zep at 79! With Janet * Jackson at 63!?
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Janet Jackson is from a more modern era where advertising music is on a far bigger scale. -
I know mate but on the the bright my old band [early stuff]status quo are 26th :icon_mrgreen:
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How the * is Shakin Stevens in there and AC/DC aren't ? :31:
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It's so annoying to see some shockingly bad artists in there like wet wet wet, shakin stevens and cher, when you consider a band like The Stone Roses, one of the most important bands of all time and imo the creators of the best album ever made, are nowhere to be seen. The Roses got absolutely shafted by their record label, they've hardly seen a penny from that first album where they should be considered legends because they, as a band, were an absolute one off. Best band that's ever lived if you ask me.
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I'm suprised that U2 aren't further up the list.
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Am I the only one that thinks Elvis is absolutely chronic?
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He has a few good songs, nothing that I'd call spectacular. -
There's a lot of 'successful' artists that i'd describle as chronic but Elvis isn't one of them. Not that am a fan but i can bear to listen to him if i've no choice.
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i cant believe u2 are in front of my david!!! i love elvis, but i think thats my dads fault, he corrupted my music taste from an early age
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