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| # | Name | Albums | Worldwide Sales | Nationality | Years Active | Genre | Estimate based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beatles | 12/39 | ~500,000,000 | UK | 60s | Rock and roll/Rock | *168.5 mil. albums US |
| Elvis Presley | 31/39 | ~500,000,000 | USA | 50s-70s | Rock and roll | source | |
| Led Zeppelin | 9/11 | ~320,000,000 | UK | 60s-80s | Hard rock | *106 mil. albums US | |
| Alla Pugacheva | ~260,000,000 | Russland | 70s-00s | Disco/Pop | source 1997 | ||
| Nana Mouskouri | 450 | ~250,000,000 | Griechenland | 60s-00s | Pop | 1 2 | |
| Julio Iglesias | 80 | ~250,000,000 | Spanien | 70s-00s | Latino Pop | source 1 source 2 | |
| Cliff Richard | ~250,000,000 | UK | 50s-00s | Pop | source 1 source 2 | ||
| Madonna | 9/10 | 250,000,000 | USA/UK | 80s-00s | Pop | WBR 2004 source 2 | |
| Mariah Carey | 13 | 230,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | R&B/Pop | source | |
| 10 | Céline Dion | 20 | 212,000,000 | Kanada | 80s-00s | Pop | source |
| Elton John | ~210,000,000 | UK | 70s-00s | Rock,Pop | *(70 mil. US) | ||
| Garth Brooks | ~210,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Country | (US albums. 105mil) | ||
| The Rolling Stones | ~210,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock | *63 mil. US | ||
| Pink Floyd | ~210,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock | 180mil. albums | ||
| Michael Jackson | 14 | ~210,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | R&B/soul/Pop | 170 mil. albums | |
| Johnny Mathis | ~180,000,000 | USA | 50s-00s | Pop | source | ||
| Metallica | ~170,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Hard Rock | *(57 mil. US) | ||
| ABBA | 16 | ~160,000,000 | Schweden | 70s-80s | Disco | ||
| Whitney Houston | 10 | ~150,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | R&B/Pop | 129 mil. albums | |
| U2 | 11 | ~150,000,000 | Irland | 80s-00s | Rock/Pop | *(50mil. US) | |
| Mireille Mathieu | 37 | ~150,000,000 | Frankreich | 60s-00s | Pop | source | |
| 20 | David Bowie | 136,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock | source | |
| E. Humperdinck | ~130,000,000 | UK/USA | 50s-00s | Rock/Pop | source 1 source 2 | ||
| Neil Diamond | 120,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | Pop | source | ||
| Modern Talking | 13 | 120,000,000 | Deutschland | 80s-00s | Disco/Dance | BMG June 2003 | |
| AC/DC | ~120,000,000 | Australien/UK | 70s-00s | Hard Rock | source | ||
| The Bee Gees | 110,000,000 | UK/Australien | 60s-00s | Pop/Disco | source 1 source 2 | ||
| Bon Jovi | ~110,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Rock/Hard Rock | (100mil.albums) | ||
| R.E.M. | ~110,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Rock | (106mil.albums) | ||
| Kenny Rogers | 105,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Black Sabbath | ~100,000,000 | UK | 70s-00s | Hard Rock | |||
| 30 | Ricky Nelson | ~100,000,000 | USA | 50s-80s | Pop | source | |
| Status Quo | ~100,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock | source | ||
| Luciano Pavarotti | ~100,000,000 | Italien | 60s-00s | Opera | |||
| Brenda Lee | ~100,000,000 | USA | 50s-60s | Pop | |||
| A. R. Rahman | ~100,000,000 | Indien | 90s-00s | BBC news | |||
| Janet Jackson | ~100,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | R&B/Pop | (76mil.albums) | ||
| Barry White | ~100,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Pop | |||
| Deep Purple | ~100,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Hard Rock | source | ||
| Lionel Richie | ~100,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Pop | source | ||
| Dolly Parton | ~100,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Country | CBS news | ||
| 40 | Donna Summer | ~100,000,000 | USA | 70s-90s | Disco | source | |
| Queen | ~100,000,000 | UK | 70s-90s | Rock | *(30 mil. US) | ||
| The Jackson 5 | ~100,000,000 | USA | 60s-90s | Soul/Disco/R&B | source | ||
| Vicky Leandros | ~100,000,000 | Griecheland | 60s-00s | source | |||
| Rod Stewart | ~100,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock/Standards | [1] | ||
| Aerosmith | ~100,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Hard Rock | source | ||
| Billy Joel | ~100,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Pop \ Rock | (78 mil. albums US) | ||
| Fleetwood Mac | ~100,000,000 | UK/USA | 2 | ||||
| Shania Twain | 4 | ~95,000,000 | Kanada | 90s-00s | Country/Rock/Pop | (82mil. albums) | |
| 49 | The Eagles | ~90,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Country/Rock | *(80 mil. US) |
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| # | Name | Albums | Worldwide Sales | Nationality | Years Active | Genre | Estimation on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Eddy Arnold | 85,000,000 | USA | 40s-90s | Country | source | |
| Eurythmics | ~80,000,000 | UK | 80s-90s | Pop | source 1 source 2 | ||
| KISS | 30 | ~80,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Hard Rock | source | |
| Britney Spears | 5 | ~80,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | Pop | 65mil. albums | |
| Santana | ~80,000,000 | USA | source | ||||
| Dalida | ~80,000,000 | Frankreich | 50s-80s | as of 1981 | |||
| Prince | 24 | ~80,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Pop/Funk/Rock | *(40 mil. US) | |
| Phil Collins | ~80,000,000 | UK | |||||
| Barbra Streisand | ~80,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | Standards/Pop | 71mil. albums US | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | ~80,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Rock/Pop | *(61 mil. albums US) | ||
| Fairouz | ~80,000,000 | Libanon | 60s-00s | Traditional Arab, Modern, Pop | *(35 mil. US) | ||
| Eric Clapton | ~80,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Rock, Blues | *(38 mil. US) | ||
| Stevie Wonder | ~80,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | Soul/R&B/Pop,Disco | |||
| Spice Girls | 3 | 76,000,000 | UK | 90s-00s | Pop | source | |
| 60 | Backstreet Boys | 75,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | Pop | source | |
| Bobby Vinton | 75,000,000 | USA | 60's | Pop | source | ||
| Sade | 75,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Jazz/Soul/Pop | *(22mil.US) | ||
| Paul McCartney | ~75,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Rock | *(25mil.US) | ||
| Jean Michel Jarre | 19 | ~72,000,000 | Frankreich | 70s-00s | Synth Pop | *Francis Dreyfus / Sony BMG | |
| Gloria Estefan | ~70,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Latino Pop | source | ||
| Duran Duran | 16 | ~70,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Pop | source | |
| Enya | 5 | 70,000,000 | Irland | 80s-00s | Classic | *(22mil.US) | |
| Kenny G | 5 | ~70,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | Jazz | *(50mil. US) | |
| Roberto Carlos | ~70,000,000 | Brasilien | 60s-00s | source1 source2 | |||
| Charley Pride | ~70,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | Country | source | ||
| Ray Conniff | ~70,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | source1 source2 | |||
| Kylie Minogue | 65,000,000 | Australien | 80s-00s | Synth Pop | source | ||
| 70 | Bryan Adams | ~60,000,000 | Kanada | 80s-00s | Pop | 1 | |
| George Strait | ~60,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Country | *(54 mil. US) | ||
| The Doors | ~60,000,000 | USA | 60s-70s | Rock | *(30 mil. US) | ||
| Tina Turner | ~60,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Rock/Pop | |||
| Boney M | ~60,000,000 | Deutschland | 70s-80s | Disco | |||
| Perry Como | ~60,000,000 | USA | 30s-00s | Standards | Source | ||
| Van Halen | ~60,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Hard Rock | *(50 mil. US) | ||
| Frank Sinatra | ~60,000,000 | USA | 40s-90s | Standards | *(25 mil.US) | ||
| Iron Maiden | 22 | ~60,000,000 | UK | 70s-00s | source | ||
| Def Leppard | ~60,000,000 | UK | *(32 mil. US) | ||||
| Eminem | ~60,000,000 | USA | *(22 mil. US) | ||||
| Pearl Jam | ~60,000,000 | USA | *(29 mil. US) | ||||
| 80 | N*SYNC | ~60,000,000 | USA | *(30 mil. US) | |||
| Enrique Iglesias | ~60,000,000 | USA | 51 mil. albums | ||||
| Tom Jones | ~60,000,000 | UK | 60s-00s | Pop | |||
| Alanis Morissette | ~55,000,000 | Kanada | 90s-00s | Rock/Pop | source | ||
| Ozzy Osbourne | ~55,000,000 | UK | *(27mil.US) | ||||
| Boyz II Men | ~55,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | *(27mil.US) | |||
| Tony Bennett | ~51,000,000 | USA | 50s-00s | Standards/Jazz | source | ||
| George Michael | ~50,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | source | |||
| Depeche Mode | ~50,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Abbey Music | |||
| Rush | ~50,000,000 | Kanada | 70s-00s | *(25 mil.US) | |||
| Alabama | ~50,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | *(46mil. US) | |||
| Michael Bolton | 50,000,000 | USA | |||||
| The Police | ~50,000,000 | UK | 70s-80s | *(22mil.US) | |||
| Nirvana | ~50,000,000 | USA | *(24mil.US) | ||||
| 90 | Mötley Crüe | ~50,000,000 | USA | *(22mil.US) | |||
| Chicago | ~50,000,000 | USA | *(37mil.US) | ||||
| Foreigner | ~50,000,000 | USA/UK | *(36mil.US) | ||||
| Guns N’ Roses | 50,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Dire Straits | ~50,000,000 | UK | *(15.5mil US) | ||||
| Oasis | ~50,000,000 | UK | (46mil albums) | ||||
| UB40 | ~50,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | BBC | |||
| Meat Loaf | ~50,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | source 1 source 2 | |||
| Simply Red | ~50,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Pop | source 1 source 2 | ||
| Ace of Base | >45,000,000 | Schweden | 90s-00s | Pop/Dance | source | ||
| 2 Pac | ~45,000,000 | USA | *(36mil.US) | ||||
| Bananarama | ~45,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | ||||
| Destiny's Child | 4 | 43,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | |||
| Alan Jackson | 43,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | Country | source | ||
| Journey | (US)~40,000,000 | USA | |||||
| 99 | Judas Priest | 15 | ~40,000,000 | UK | 70s-00s | Hard Rock | source |
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| # | Name | Albums | Worldwide Sales | Nationality | Years Active | Genre | Estimation on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | The Who | ~40,000,000 | UK | *(20mil.US) | |||
| Willie Nelson | ~40,000,000 | USA | |||||
| The Cars | ~40,000,000 | USA | *(23mil.US) | ||||
| Simon and Garfunkel | ~40,000,000 | USA | *(36mil.US) | ||||
| R. Kelly | ~40,000,000 | USA | *(28mil.US) | ||||
| Christina Aguilera | 4 | ~40,000,000 | USA | 90s-00s | 34mil. albums | ||
| Reba McEntire | ~36,000,000 | USA | Country | ||||
| Bob Dylan | ~36,000,000 | USA | 60s-00s | ||||
| Dixie Chicks | ~35,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Country | *28 mil US | ||
| John Denver | ~35,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Linda Ronstadt | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Boston | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| James Taylor | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Dave Matthews Band | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| John Mellencamp | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| ZZ Top | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Steve Miller Band | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Earth, Wind & Fire | ~30,000,000 | USA | *(23 mil.US) | ||||
| 120 | Sarah McLachlan | 30,000,000 | Kanada | 80s-00s | source | ||
| Barry Manilow | ~30,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Robbie Williams | ~30,000,000 | UK | 90s-00s | Pop | source | ||
| The Cure | 12 | 27,000,000 | UK | 70s-00s | Rock | source | |
| Karel Gott | 100+ | 27,000,000 | Tschechische Republik | 50s-00s | source | ||
| Melissa Etheridge | 8 | 27,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Rock | source | |
| Amy Grant | 19 | 26,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Gospel/Christian | *(25mil.US) | |
| Toto | 15 | 25,000,000 | USA | 70s-00s | Pop | source | |
| Norah Jones | 3 | 25,000,000 | USA | 00s | Jazz | source | |
| A-ha | 8 | ~25,000,000 | Norwegen | 80s-00s | Pop | source | |
| Avril Lavigne | 2 | 24,000,000 | Kanada | 00s | Pop/Rock | source | |
| The Carpenters | (US)24,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Brooks & Dunn | (US)23,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Creed | (US)23,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Faith Hill | (US)23,000,000 | USA | |||||
| 130 | Vince Gill | (US)23,000,000 | USA | ||||
| Luther Vandross | (US)23,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Mannheim Steamroller | (US)23,000,000 | USA | |||||
| TLC | (US)22,000,000 | USA | |||||
| The Doobie Brothers | (US)22,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | (US)22,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Genesis | (US)22,000,000 | UK | |||||
| Randy Travis | 11 | 21,000,000 | USA | 80s-00s | Country | source 1 source2 | |
| Jimi Hendrix | (US)20,000,000 | USA | |||||
| The Beach Boys | (US)20,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Jay-Z | (US)20,000,000 | USA | |||||
| Eros Ramazzotti | ~20,000,000 | Italien | 80s-00s | source | |||
| 140 | Kim Wilde | 20,000,000 | UK | 80s-00s | Rock/Synth Pop | source |