Best Selling Musicians / Music Artists Ever - Surprise, the Beatles are #1!

Trying to compile the ultimate music collection?! There are two great measurments that might be useful to you - best selling albums everor, as listed below, the best selling arists and musicians ever. This is a worldwide compilation and I've listed out the 75,000,000 record club - meaning the 89 artists that have exceeded 75MM album sales. Quite a feat! Ironically - #89 on that list and the final entrant - is Journey (a personal favorite of mine). Unfortunately Neil Diamond has yet to crack the top 25 - though these stats were before his latest album (12) and he might now be moving into the top 25... of course I've given him my assistance, buying over 10 of his albums. A great way to start that collection is by purchasing some of the greatest hits of the below albums. Enjoy!

Best Selling Musicians / Music Artists Ever

1    The Beatles     1BB
2    Elvis Presley     1BB
3    ABBA     ~260,000,000
4    Cliff Richard     ~260,000,000
5    Madonna     ~250,000,000
6    Michael Jackson     ~250,000,000
7    Nana Mouskouri     ~250,000,000
8    Mariah Carey     ~215,000,000
9    Celine Dion     ~215,000,000
10    Elton John     ~215,000,000
11    The Rolling Stones     ~210,000,000
12    Garth Brooks     ~210,000,000
13    Led Zeppelin     ~200,000,000
14    Julio Iglesias     ~200,000,000
15    Tom Jones     ~200,000,000
16    Whitney Houston     ~185,000,000
17    AC/DC     ~184,000,000
18    Paul McCartney     ~175,000,000
19    Genesis     ~160,000,000
20    Phil Collins     ~155,000,000
21    U2     ~150,000,000
22    E. Humperdinck     ~130,000,000
23    Guns N' Roses     ~120,000,000
24    Chicago     ~120,000,000
25    The Eagles     ~120,000,000
26    Wei Wei    ~120,000,000
27    Neil Diamond     ~120,000,000
28    Modern Talking     ~120,000,000
29    Prince     ~*120,000,000
30    The Bee Gees     110,000,000
31    Bon Jovi     ~110,000,000
32    R.E.M.     ~110,000,000
33    Pink Floyd     ~105,000,000
34    Janet Jackson     ~105,000,000
35    Kenny Rogers     ~105,000,000
36    Barbra Streisand     ~100,000,000
37    Mireille Mathieu     ~100,000,000
38    Alla Pugacheva     ~100,000,000
39    David Bowie     ~100,000,000
40    Johnny Mathis     ~100,000,000
41    Black Sabbath     ~100,000,000
42    Ricky Nelson     ~100,000,000
43    Luciano Pavarotti     ~100,000,000
44    Brenda Lee     ~100,000,000
45    A. R. Rahman     ~100,000,000
46    OmPrakash     ~100,000,000
47    Illayaraja     ~100,000,000
48    Barry White     ~100,000,000
49    Deep Purple     ~100,000,000
50    Lionel Richie     ~100,000,000
51    Dolly Parton     ~100,000,000
52    Rod Stewart     ~100,000,000
53    Aerosmith     ~100,000,000
54    Billy Joel     ~100,000,000
55    Marianne James     ~100,000,000
56    Fleetwood Mac     ~100,000,000
57    Johnny Hallyday     ~100,000,000
58    Charles Aznavour     ~100,000,000
59    Oscar Peterson     ~100,000,000
60    Bruce Springsteen     ~96,000,000
61    Def Leppard     ~90,000,000
62    Bob Dylan     ~90,000,000
63    The Ventures     ~90,000,000
64    Earth, Wind & Fire     90,000,000
65    B'z     ~86,000,000
66    Eddy Arnold     85,000,000
67    Jean-Michel Jarre     ~80,000,000
68    Brtiney Spears     ~80,000,000
69    Eurythmics     ~80,000,000
70    KISS     ~90,000,000
71    Linda Ronstadt     ~80,000,000
72    Santana     ~80,000,000
73    Dalida     ~80,000,000
74    Metallica     ~80,000,000
75    Salvatore Adamo     ~80,000,000 

Note: Stats are approximates for end of 2005. Stats are from sales estimates from Wikipedia
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