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{{Short description|World's best-selling music artists}}
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The following is an independently verified '''list of best-selling music artists''' (those with claims of 75 million or more [[record sales]]) from the second half of the 20th century to the present. Only artists whose claimed sales figures can be cross-referenced with [[music recording certification]] systems (the first of which appeared in the late 1950s) are included.
The following '''list of best-selling music artists''' includes those music acts from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more [[record sales]] worldwide. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales.


The tables are listed with both their claimed sales figure along with their total independently certified units and are ranked in descending order, with the artist with the highest amount of claimed sales at the top. If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. Sales figures, such as those from [[SoundScan]], which are sometimes published by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, have not been included in the certified units column.
The tables are listed with both their claimed sales figure along with their total independently certified units and are ranked in descending order, with the artist with the highest amount of claimed sales at the top. If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. Sales figures, such as those from [[SoundScan]], which are sometimes published by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, have not been included in the certified units column.


{{asof|2017}}, based on both sales claims and certified units, [[The Beatles]] are considered the highest-selling band. [[Elvis Presley]] is considered the highest-selling individual artist based on sales claims and [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] is the highest-selling individual artist based on certified units.
{{asof|2022}}, based on both sales claims and certified units, [[The Beatles]] are considered the highest-selling band. [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Elvis Presley]] are considered the highest-selling individual artists based on sales claims, while [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] is the highest-selling individual artist based on certified units.


==Definitions==
==Definitions==


Gold/Platinum certifications issued after 2016, especially on singles, are in some cases more than 50% streaming generated. Some of the 20th century artists can also have significant amount of streaming based certifications. The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. This is because [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) and almost all other certifying bodies count streaming towards Gold and Platinum thresholds required for Digital Single Award certification.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/riaa-debuts-album-award-streams/|title=RIAA Debuts Album Award With Streams|publisher=RIAA|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nmc.ca/music-streaming-numbers-now-count-toward-canadas-goldplatinum-certifications/|title=Music streaming numbers now count toward Canada's Gold/Platinum certifications|publisher=[[National Music Centre]]|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116172918/https://nmc.ca/music-streaming-numbers-now-count-toward-canadas-goldplatinum-certifications/|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/france-now-counts-streaming-towards-certified-sales-awards/|title=France Now Counts Streaming Towards Certified Sales Awards|publisher=musicbusinessworldwide.com|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> For this reason, some singles and even albums get over certified by hundreds of thousands of units. The over certified figures, however, are often in millions of units for RIAA certifications, one such example is Rihanna's single "[[We Found Love]]", which is certified at nine times Platinum by the RIAA, yet during the time of the certification, it had sold 5.4 million downloads.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=We+Found+Love&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=DI&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum: We Found Love|publisher=RIAA|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605708/ask-billboard-rihannas-best-selling-songs-albums|title=Ask Billboard: Rihanna's Best-Selling Songs & Albums|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=June 23, 2015}}</ref>
All artists included on this list, which have begun charting on official albums or singles charts have their available claimed figures supported by at least 30 percent in [[Music recording sales certification|certified units]]. That is why <!--

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-->[[Cliff Richard]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[The Jackson 5]], [[Dionne Warwick]], the [[Spice Girls]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Gloria Estefan]] and others have not been included on this list. The more recent the artist, the higher the required percentage of certified units; this is because more music markets instituted certification systems after the 1980s and 1990s.{{efn|name=cert}} So artists such as [[Rihanna]], [[Chris Brown]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Flo Rida]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Adele]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Bruno Mars]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Ed Sheeran]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[Ariana Grande]], [[The Weeknd]] and [[Post Malone]] are expected to have their claimed figures supported by over 75 percent in certified units. The certified units are sourced from available online databases of local [[music industry]] associations. All certified units are converted from Gold/Platinum/Diamond certification awards based on criteria provided by certifying bodies. The certified units percentage varies according to the first year that an artist appeared in the charts.{{efn|name=year}}

The requirements of certified units are designed to avoid inflated sales figures, which are frequently practiced by record companies for promotional purposes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uw8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Record+companies+inflate+sales+figures&pg=PA8|title=NEWSLINE: A Former Music Executive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 5, 2010|date=February 14, 2004|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBJLecfe-rcC&q=Record+companies+inflate+sales+figures&pg=PA36|title=Troubles in Store|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin Magazine]]|access-date=April 5, 2010|date=February 14, 2004|publisher=Spin Media L.L.C.}}</ref> The claimed figures are referenced from online articles created by highly reliable sources. For clarity, the sources used, say the term "records" (singles, albums, videos) and not "albums". However, if all available sources for an artist or band say "albums", such sources are only used if the certified album units of the said artist meet the required percentage amount. This list uses claimed figures that are closest to artists' available certified units: inflated claimed figures that meet the required certified units amount but are unrealistically high, {{according to|date=August 2022}} are not used.

The claimed figures are upgraded only when there is a significant progress in artists' certified units. In other words, the available certified units for each artist should get relatively closer to already listed claimed figure in order for higher figures to replace the listed ones. Gold/Platinum certifications issued after 2016, especially on singles, are in some cases more than 50% streaming generated. Some of the 20th century artists can also have significant amount of streaming based certifications, therefore, consideration should be given when changing or upgrading their claimed figures also when their certifications are affected by streaming.

The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. This is because [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) and almost all other certifying bodies count streaming towards Gold and Platinum thresholds required for Digital Single Award certification.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/riaa-debuts-album-award-streams/|title=RIAA Debuts Album Award With Streams|publisher=RIAA|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nmc.ca/music-streaming-numbers-now-count-toward-canadas-goldplatinum-certifications/|title=Music streaming numbers now count toward Canada's Gold/Platinum certifications|publisher=[[National Music Centre]]|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116172918/https://nmc.ca/music-streaming-numbers-now-count-toward-canadas-goldplatinum-certifications/|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/france-now-counts-streaming-towards-certified-sales-awards/|title=France Now Counts Streaming Towards Certified Sales Awards|publisher=musicbusinessworldwide.com|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> For this reason, some singles and even albums get over certified by hundreds of thousands of units. The over certified figures, however, are often in millions of units for RIAA certifications, one such example is Rihanna's single "[[We Found Love]]", which is certified at nine times Platinum by the RIAA, yet during the time of the certification, it had sold 5.4 million downloads.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=We+Found+Love&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=DI&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum: We Found Love|publisher=RIAA|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605708/ask-billboard-rihannas-best-selling-songs-albums|title=Ask Billboard: Rihanna's Best-Selling Songs & Albums|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|access-date=January 15, 2017|date=June 23, 2015}}</ref>


The certified units for some artists/bands who have multi-disc albums can be higher than their listed claimed figures due to the RIAA counting each unit within set as one unit toward certification. The certified units also can be inflated by the redundancy of certifications, because each of tracks downloads and streams contributed to the certifications of both of the single and the respective album. The RIAA counts 10 downloads of individual track as well as 1,500 audio/video streams as [[Album-equivalent unit|an equivalent]] to one unit of album, including those from singles released prior to the album release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ALBUM-AWARD-RIAA-AND-GRF-CERTIFICATION-AUDIT-REQUIREMENTS.pdf|title=RIAA AND GR&F CERTIFICATION AUDIT REQUIREMENTS RIAA ALBUM AWARD|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref> Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on [[YouTube]], the single would receive [[List of best-selling singles in the United States|Diamond]] and the whole album could be certified Platinum,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/02/01/465178626/forget-selling-albums-artists-can-now-go-platinum-via-streaming|title=Forget Selling Albums — Artists Can Now Go Platinum Via Streaming|first=Anastasia|last=Tsioulcas|date=February 1, 2016|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417130605/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/02/01/465178626/forget-selling-albums-artists-can-now-go-platinum-via-streaming|archive-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref> thus creating a combined 11 million certified units without any sales. [[Kanye West]]'s album ''[[The Life of Pablo]]'' achieved Platinum without selling a single copy and was only available for streaming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-platinum/|title=Kanye West's 'The Life Of Pablo' Just Went Platinum and He Didn't Even Sell A Single CD|first=Danielle|last=Kwateng-Clark|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|date=April 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731101556/https://www.essence.com/celebrity/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-platinum/|archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>
The certified units for some artists/bands who have multi-disc albums can be higher than their listed claimed figures due to the RIAA counting each unit within set as one unit toward certification. The certified units also can be inflated by the redundancy of certifications, because each of tracks downloads and streams contributed to the certifications of both of the single and the respective album. The RIAA counts 10 downloads of individual track as well as 1,500 audio/video streams as [[Album-equivalent unit|an equivalent]] to one unit of album, including those from singles released prior to the album release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ALBUM-AWARD-RIAA-AND-GRF-CERTIFICATION-AUDIT-REQUIREMENTS.pdf|title=RIAA AND GR&F CERTIFICATION AUDIT REQUIREMENTS RIAA ALBUM AWARD|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref> Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on [[YouTube]], the single would receive [[List of best-selling singles in the United States|Diamond]] and the whole album could be certified Platinum,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/02/01/465178626/forget-selling-albums-artists-can-now-go-platinum-via-streaming|title=Forget Selling Albums — Artists Can Now Go Platinum Via Streaming|first=Anastasia|last=Tsioulcas|date=February 1, 2016|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417130605/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/02/01/465178626/forget-selling-albums-artists-can-now-go-platinum-via-streaming|archive-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref> thus creating a combined 11 million certified units without any sales. [[Kanye West]]'s album ''[[The Life of Pablo]]'' achieved Platinum without selling a single copy and was only available for streaming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-platinum/|title=Kanye West's 'The Life Of Pablo' Just Went Platinum and He Didn't Even Sell A Single CD|first=Danielle|last=Kwateng-Clark|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|date=April 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731101556/https://www.essence.com/celebrity/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-platinum/|archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>
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File:The Fabs.JPG|[[The Beatles]]
File:The Fabs.JPG|[[The Beatles]]
File:Michael Jackson in 1988.jpg|[[Michael Jackson]]
File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|[[Elvis Presley]]
File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|[[Elvis Presley]]
File:Michael Jackson in 1988.jpg|[[Michael Jackson]]
File:Elton John 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG|[[Elton John]]
File:Elton John 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG|[[Elton John]]
File:Queen – montagem – new.png|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
File:ABBA - TopPop 1974 5.png|[[ABBA]]
File:Madonna Rebel Heart Tour 2015 - Stockholm (23051472299) (cropped).jpg|[[Madonna]]
File:Madonna Rebel Heart Tour 2015 - Stockholm (23051472299) (cropped).jpg|[[Madonna]]
File:LedZeppelinmontage.jpg|[[Led Zeppelin]]
File:Queen – montagem – new.png|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
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* [[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]: 660,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|title=Radioscope: Latest Gold / Platinum Albums|publisher=Radioscope|access-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195817/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]: 660,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|title=Radioscope: Latest Gold / Platinum Albums|publisher=Radioscope|access-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195817/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|POR]]: 135,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010">{{cite web|url=http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200452.htm|title=Artistas & Espectaculos|publisher=Artistas & Espectaculos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120023439/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200452.htm|access-date=August 6, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref>}}
* [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|POR]]: 135,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010">{{cite web|url=http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200452.htm|title=Artistas & Espectaculos|publisher=Artistas & Espectaculos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120023439/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200452.htm|access-date=August 6, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|600 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeah-rare-footage-of-the-beatles-dublin-performance-34420385.html|title=Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Rare footage of The Beatles's Dublin performance|last=Siggins|first=Gerard|date=February 7, 2016|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19800654|title=The Beatles at 50: From Fab Four to fabulously wealthy|last=Hotten|first=Russell|date=October 4, 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref><br />500 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/did-thriller-really-sell-a-hundred-million-copies|title=Did “Thriller” Really Sell a Hundred Million Copies?|last=Wyman|first=Bill|work=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=July 19, 2022|quote=That’s about the same as the five hundred million-plus credited to the Beatles but less than any of the cumulative totals of the individual Beatles, Ringo included.|date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1 billion<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/9670368/Paul-McCartney-Yoko-Ono-did-not-break-up-The-Beatles.html|title=Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not break up The Beatles|date=November 11, 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDuU5KDQ.tn8&refer=muse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419112609/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDuU5KDQ.tn8&refer=muse|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2012|title=Beatle George Harrison’s Unseen Lyric Goes on Show in London|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=May 8, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />600 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/yeah-yeah-yeah-rare-footage-of-the-beatles-dublin-performance-34420385.html|title=Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Rare footage of The Beatles's Dublin performance|last=Siggins|first=Gerard|date=February 7, 2016|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19800654|title=The Beatles at 50: From Fab Four to fabulously wealthy|last=Hotten|first=Russell|date=October 4, 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref><br />500 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/did-thriller-really-sell-a-hundred-million-copies|title=Did “Thriller” Really Sell a Hundred Million Copies?|last=Wyman|first=Bill|work=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=July 19, 2022|quote=That’s about the same as the five hundred million-plus credited to the Beatles but less than any of the cumulative totals of the individual Beatles, Ringo included.|date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Elvis Presley]]
| United States
| 1954–1977<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvis-presley-mn0000180228/biography|title=Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1956<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)"/>
| [[Rock and roll]] / pop / [[Country music|country]]<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)"/>
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* JPN: 300,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ certifications"/>
* GER: 1.2 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 19.315 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 2.590 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/>
* CAN: 2.925 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 1.867 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart|title=1997 ARIA Album Chart|work=ARIA|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>
* BRA: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 555,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 300,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1979-1990|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=913–929|access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?pd758fesp2w7i7f|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1996-1999|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=940–952|access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref>
* SWE 380,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* NOR: 130,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Norway certifications 1993-2011"/>
* DEN: 210,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=15&y=2001&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 15-2001)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 01-2003)">{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=2&y=2003&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 02-2003)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=42&y=2003&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 42-2003)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref>
* SWI: 185,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* [[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|MEX]]: 105,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications">{{cite web|url=https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php|title=Amprofon Certificaciones|publisher=[[AMPROFON]]|language=es|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
* ARG: 110,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/>
* BEL: 115,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* AUT: 205,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* FIN: 213,945{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 117,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-04-14.pdf|title=Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs (page 69)|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=December 20, 2021|date=April 14, 1990}}</ref><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|500 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-universal-music-elvis-idCAKCN2M40UH|title=Universal Music can't help falling for Elvis Presley, to manage song catalog|date=April 12, 2022|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref><br />360 million {{small|(est. sales as of 1997)}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/17/archive-1977-king-elvis-presley-anniversary|title=From the archive, 17 August 1977: Elvis Presley dies and the age of Rock is over|date=August 17, 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/long-lives-the-king-1.95612|title=Long lives the King|date=August 9, 1997|work=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Michael Jackson]]
! scope="row" | [[Michael Jackson]]
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| 1964–2009<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-jackson-mn0000467203/biography|title=Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Huey|first=Steve|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1964–2009<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-jackson-mn0000467203/biography|title=Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Huey|first=Steve|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1971<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)"/>
| 1971<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)"/>
| Pop / rock / dance / soul / [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)"/>
| Pop / rock / [[Dance music|dance]] / [[Soul music|soul]] / [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="Allmusic: Michael Jackson (Biography)"/>
|{{ntsh|276.6}}
|{{ntsh|276.6}}
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{{hidden|<br />276.6 million|
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* NZ: 912,500<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* NZ: 912,500<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2009|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304085452/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2010|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126030847/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Music & Media (14-01-1989)">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-14.pdf|title=Music & Media (14-01-1989)(page-11)|work=[[Music & Media]]|date=January 11, 1989|access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref>}}
* POR: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2009|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304085452/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2010|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126030847/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Music & Media (14-01-1989)">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-14.pdf|title=Music & Media (14-01-1989)(page-11)|work=[[Music & Media]]|date=January 11, 1989|access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|400 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/happy-55th-birthday-michael-jackson-top-10-moments/story?id=20100037|title=Happy 55th Birthday Michael Jackson - His Top 10 Moments|date=August 28, 2013|work=[[ABC News]]|access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna52874423|title=Remembering Michael Jackson|last=Oshiro|first=Traci|date=August 29, 2013|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref><br />350 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191219-disney-and-michael-jackson-estate-settle-documentary-dispute|title=Disney and Michael Jackson estate settle documentary dispute|work=[[France 24]]|date=December 19, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/us-network-abc-accused-of-exploitation-over-michael-jackson-show|title=US network ABC accused of exploitation over Michael Jackson show|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1 billion<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-charts-idUSL6N0O40U520140518|title=Michael Jackson tops British chart with posthumous album "Xscape"|date=May 18, 2014|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-michael-jackson-song_n_5250500|title=New Michael Jackson Song, 'Love Never Felt So Good,' Features Justin Timberlake|work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />750 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/26/michael.jackson.album.sales/|title=Michael Jackson album sales soar|last=Mackay|first=Mairi|date=June 26, 2009|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-michaeljackson-life-idUSTRE7852M420110906|title=Factbox: The life and death of pop star Michael Jackson|date=September 6, 2011|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />500 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-michael-jackson-death-anniversary-20190625-story.html|title=Michael Jackson’s final day: A sleepless night, dangerous drugs and a death that shook the world|last=Grad|first=Shelby|date=June 25, 2019|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Elvis Presley]]
| United States
| 1954–1977<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvis-presley-mn0000180228/biography|title=Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1956<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)"/>
| [[Rock and roll]] / pop / [[Country music|country]]<ref name="Allmusic: Elvis Presley (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|230.8}}
{{hidden|<br />230.8 million|
* US: 199.650 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 300,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ certifications"/>
* GER: 1.2 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 19.315 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 2.590 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/>
* CAN: 2.925 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 1.867 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart|title=1997 ARIA Album Chart|work=ARIA|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>
* BRA: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 555,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 300,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1979-1990|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=913–929|access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?pd758fesp2w7i7f|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1996-1999|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=940–952|access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref>
* SWE 380,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* NOR: 130,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Norway certifications 1993-2011"/>
* DEN: 210,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=15&y=2001&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 15-2001)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 01-2003)">{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=2&y=2003&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 02-2003)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=42&y=2003&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 42-2003)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref>
* SWI: 185,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* [[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|MEX]]: 105,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications">{{cite web|url=https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php|title=Amprofon Certificaciones|publisher=[[AMPROFON]]|language=es|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
* ARG: 110,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/>
* BEL: 115,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* AUT: 205,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* FIN: 213,945{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 117,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-04-14.pdf|title=Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs (page 69)|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=December 20, 2021|date=April 14, 1990}}</ref><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1 billion<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/14/us/elvis-presley-1968-comeback-guitar-auction/index.html|title=An iconic guitar from Elvis Presley’s Comeback Special is up for auction|last=Mohamed|first=Maryam|date=March 14, 2021|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/elvis-lives-in-london/a-18125190|title=Elvis lives - in London|date=December 12, 2014|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />600 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tom-hanks-in-talks-to-star-in-elvis-presley-biopic-may-play-singers-manager-colonel-tom-parker/articleshow/68644113.cms|title=Tom Hanks in talks to star in Elvis Presley biopic, may play singer's manager Colonel Tom Parker|date=March 30, 2019|work=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/pictures-when-elvis-presley-landed-prestwick-airport-1481453|title=In pictures: When Elvis Presley landed at Prestwick airport|last=Mohamed|first=Maryam|date=March 3, 2016|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />500 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-universal-music-elvis-idCAKCN2M40UH|title=Universal Music can't help falling for Elvis Presley, to manage song catalog|date=April 12, 2022|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Elton John]]
! scope="row" | [[Elton John]]
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* FIN: 163,481<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 163,481<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 420,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
* NZ: 420,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/elton-john-concert-farewell-winnipeg-1.4838835|title=Elton John adds 2 Winnipeg dates to farewell concert tour|work=[[CBC.ca]]|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42804061|title=Elton John to make statement on future|last=Savage|first=Mark|work=[[BBC News]]|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=January 24, 2018}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-music-elton-john-coin-idUKKBN2460XJ|title=UK's Royal Mint celebrates singer Elton John with new commemorative coin|work=[[Reuters]]|date=July 6, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Elton-John-comes-to-Beaumont-s-Ford-Park-on-March-9885051.php|title=Elton John comes to Beaumont's Ford Park on March 12; tickets on sale Jan. 24|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=January 16, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|400 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2019/02/20/03002-20190220ARTFIG00223-pas-de-play-back-pour-taron-egerton-dans-le-biopic-sur-elton-john.php|title=Pas de play-back pour Taron Egerton dans le biopic sur Elton John|language=fr|work=[[Le Figaro]]|last=Garot|first=Aurore|date=February 20, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.i24news.tv/fr/actu/culture/114574-160526-elton-john-en-concert-a-tel-aviv|title=Elton John en concert à Tel-Aviv|last=Assous|first=Michael|language=fr|work=[[i24NEWS]]|date=May 26, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/elton-john-concert-farewell-winnipeg-1.4838835|title=Elton John adds 2 Winnipeg dates to farewell concert tour|work=[[CBC News]]|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42804061|title=Elton John to make statement on future|last=Savage|first=Mark|work=[[BBC News]]|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=January 24, 2018}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-music-elton-john-coin-idUKKBN2460XJ|title=UK's Royal Mint celebrates singer Elton John with new commemorative coin|work=[[Reuters]]|date=July 6, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Elton-John-comes-to-Beaumont-s-Ford-Park-on-March-9885051.php|title=Elton John comes to Beaumont's Ford Park on March 12; tickets on sale Jan. 24|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=January 16, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
! scope="row" | [[ABBA]]
| Sweden
| United Kingdom
| 1971–present<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/queen-mn0000858827/biography|title=Allmusic: Queen (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1972–1982, 2016–present<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abba-mn0000922728/biography|title=Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1973<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)"/>
| 1972<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)"/>
| Rock<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)"/>
| Pop / [[disco]]<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|183.2}}
|{{ntsh|69}}
{{hidden|<br />183.2 million|
{{hidden|<br />69 million|
* US: 97.7 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* US: 12.7 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 3.8 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ certifications"/><ref name="RIAJ Digital certifications"/><ref name="RIAJ 1 Million Seller Database (2004)">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/2004.html |script-title=ja:年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 2004年 |trans-title=2004 Million Seller List|language=ja|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=November 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103051645/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/2004.html|archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>
* JPN: 1.5 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ Digital certifications"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=683|title=RIAJ: The Record: July 2001 (Gold Album-Page 8)|language=ja|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|access-date=November 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="RIAJ: Gold and Platinum Database (February 2009)">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200902.html|title=RIAJ: Gold and Platinum Database (February 2009)|language=ja|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|access-date=November 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915165357/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200902.html|archive-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref>
* GER: 12.525 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* GER: 11.1 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 44.210 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* UK: 24.665 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 5.220 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* FRA: 2.850 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* CAN: 2.470 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* CAN: 2.785 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 3.792 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="Australia's pre 1997 certifications"/>
* AUS: 5.662 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="ABBA's Australian certifications at Billboard Magazine (September 8, 1979 issue)">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=abba%20platinum%20australia&pg=PT46|title=ABBA's Australian certifications at Billboard Magazine (September 8, 1979 issue)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 8, 1979|access-date=April 25, 2010|author1=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref>
* BRA: 970,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* BRA: 275,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 1.990 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* NLD: 1.390 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 1.870 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* ITA: 175,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 1.920 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999"/>
* SPA: 1.005 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/>
* SWE: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* SWE: 1.020 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* DEN: 955,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=25&y=2004&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 25-2004)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=51&y=2008&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 51-2008)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=52&y=2008&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 52-2011)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref>
* NOR: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Norway certifications 1993-2011"/>
* DEN: 1.170 million<ref name="IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer"/>
* SWI: 600,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* SWI: 1.256 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* MEX: 260,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications"/>
* ARG: 1.080 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums and DVDs"/>
* ARG: 238,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums and DVDs"/>
* BEL: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* BEL: 470,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* AUT: 900,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* AUT: 197,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* POL: 940,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Polish Certifications"/>
* POL: 230,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Polish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 366,152<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 656,319<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 297,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2489|title=The Official NZ Music Charts: Top 40 Albums (28 April 2014)|work=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=1422|title=The Official NZ Music Charts: Top 40 Albums (19 March 2007)|work=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref>}}
* NZ: 515,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|370 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-sweden-abba-idINBRE8920V820121003|title=ABBA museum to open in Swedish capital in 2013|date=October 3, 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/former-abba-songwriters-release-new-tracks-1.789965|title=Former Abba songwriters release new tracks|date=May 9, 2009|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />200 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16736909|title=Abba dig out archive track for The Visitors re-release|date=January 26, 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/abba-to-release-first-track-in-18-years-10481567|title=Abba To Release First Track In 18 Years|date=January 27, 2012|work=[[Sky News]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/the-way-old-friends-do-abba-reforms-plans-virtual-tour-new-album-20210903-p58oej.html|title=The way old friends do: ABBA reform, plan virtual tour and new album|last=Idato|first=Michael|date=September 3, 2021|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
* POR: 222,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Audio Gest"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-queen-stamps-idUKKBN23U1ZW|title=Rock band Queen get postage stamp of approval|work=[[Reuters]]|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/freddie-mercury-the-life-story-you-may-not-know/collection_21ade10b-f81f-51c6-b6fb-3e677d105aa5.html#1|title=Freddie Mercury: The life story you may not know|last=Caldwell|first=Nicole|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/rocketman-bohemian-rhapsody-elton-john-freddie-mercury-box-office-biopic-1202146662/|title=‘Rocketman’ Is Another Hit Music Biopic, But Please Don’t Think That Makes It a Trend|last=Brueggemann|first=Tom|work=[[IndieWire]]|date=Jun 5, 2019|access-date=Jun 5, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Madonna]]
! scope="row" | [[Madonna]]
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* NZ: 430,000<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* NZ: 430,000<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 142,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs"/><ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref name="Music & Media (14-01-1989)"/>}}
* POR: 142,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs"/><ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref name="Music & Media (14-01-1989)"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45112992|title=Madonna at 60: The Queen of Pop in seven charts|date=August 15, 2018|first=Clara|last=Guibourg|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-22/madonna-announces-tour-of-australia-and-new-zealand/6563146|title=Madonna announces first tour to Australia in over two decades, first ever concert in New Zealand|date=July 28, 2015|first=Candice|last=Marshall|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News of Australia]]|access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-17/madonna-has-been-scandalizing-people-for-40-years-and-nobodys-going-to-stop-her.html|title=Madonna has been scandalizing people for 40 years, and nobody’s going to stop her|date=August 17, 2022|first=Carlos|last=Marcos|work=[[El País]]|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|335 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-madonna-idINKBN26706S|title=Madonna to direct and co-write a movie about her life and music|date=September 16, 2020|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwilson/2020/09/16/madonna-to-direct-and-co-write-her-own-biopic-for-universal/?sh=1c5304484a42|title=Madonna To Direct And Co-Write Her Own Biopic For Universal|date=September 16, 2020|first=Josh|last=Wilson|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45112992|title=Madonna at 60: The Queen of Pop in seven charts|date=August 15, 2018|first=Clara|last=Guibourg|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-22/madonna-announces-tour-of-australia-and-new-zealand/6563146|title=Madonna announces first tour to Australia in over two decades, first ever concert in New Zealand|date=July 28, 2015|first=Candice|last=Marshall|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News of Australia]]|access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-17/madonna-has-been-scandalizing-people-for-40-years-and-nobodys-going-to-stop-her.html|title=Madonna has been scandalizing people for 40 years, and nobody’s going to stop her|date=August 17, 2022|first=Carlos|last=Marcos|work=[[El País]]|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| United Kingdom
| 1971–present<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/queen-mn0000858827/biography|title=Allmusic: Queen (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1973<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)"/>
| Rock<ref name="Allmusic: Queen (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|183.2}}
{{hidden|<br />183.2 million|
* US: 97.7 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 3.8 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ certifications"/><ref name="RIAJ Digital certifications"/><ref name="RIAJ 1 Million Seller Database (2004)">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/2004.html |script-title=ja:年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 2004年 |trans-title=2004 Million Seller List|language=ja|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=November 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103051645/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/2004.html|archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>
* GER: 12.525 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 44.210 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 5.220 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* CAN: 2.470 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 3.792 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="Australia's pre 1997 certifications"/>
* BRA: 970,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 1.990 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 1.870 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 1.920 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999"/>
* SWE: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* NOR: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Norway certifications 1993-2011"/>
* DEN: 1.170 million<ref name="IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer"/>
* SWI: 1.256 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* ARG: 1.080 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums and DVDs"/>
* BEL: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* AUT: 900,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* POL: 940,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Polish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 366,152<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 515,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 222,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Audio Gest"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|300 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-queen-stamps-idUKKBN23U1ZW|title=Rock band Queen get postage stamp of approval|work=[[Reuters]]|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/freddie-mercury-the-life-story-you-may-not-know/collection_21ade10b-f81f-51c6-b6fb-3e677d105aa5.html#1|title=Freddie Mercury: The life story you may not know|last=Caldwell|first=Nicole|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref><br />250 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/rocketman-bohemian-rhapsody-elton-john-freddie-mercury-box-office-biopic-1202146662/|title=‘Rocketman’ Is Another Hit Music Biopic, But Please Don’t Think That Makes It a Trend|last=Brueggemann|first=Tom|work=[[IndieWire]]|date=Jun 5, 2019|access-date=Jun 5, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Led Zeppelin]]
! scope="row" | [[Led Zeppelin]]
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| Canada
| Canada
| 1981–present<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/celine-dion-mn0000186185/biography|title=Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Proefrock|first=Stacia|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1981–present<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/celine-dion-mn0000186185/biography|title=Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Proefrock|first=Stacia|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1981{{efn|name=Celine Dion Internation Chart Year}}<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)"/>
| 1981<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)"/>
| Pop / Rock<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)"/>
| Pop / Rock<ref name="Allmusic: Celine Dion (Biography)"/>
|{{ntsh|137.3}}
|{{ntsh|137.3}}
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* FIN: 321,169<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 321,169<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 140,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
* NZ: 140,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29932369|title=AC/DC: Rock's 'kick in the guts'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><br />
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29932369|title=AC/DC: Rock's 'kick in the guts'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><br />200 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ac-dc-decides-to-join-information-highway-to-hell-1.673832|title=AC/DC decides to join information Highway to Hell|work=[[CBC News]]|date=August 2, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Rolling Stones]]
! scope="row" | [[The Rolling Stones]]
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* NZ: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
* NZ: 190,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/rolling-stones-celebrate-50-years-on-stage/|title=Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|last1=Lawless|first1=Jill|last2=Dixon|first2=Louise|date=July 13, 2013|access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/rolling-stones-celebrate-50-years-on-stage/|title=Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|last1=Lawless|first1=Jill|last2=Dixon|first2=Louise|date=July 13, 2013|access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Barbra Streisand]]
| United States
| 1960–present<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/barbra-streisand-mn0000855531/biography|title=Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
| 1963<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)"/>
| Pop / [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|98.4}}
{{hidden|<br />98.4 million|
* US: 82.450 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* GER: 750,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 5.825 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 3.250 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* CAN: 2.650 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 2.222 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/>
* NLD: 710,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* SPA: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish certifications 2000-2002"/>
* SWE: 120,000<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/><ref name="Sverige Toplistan: Sök"/>
* FIN: 186,501{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 142,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-04-25/barbra-streisand-the-80-year-old-star-who-did-not-fix-her-nose-and-who-sets-her-own-rules.html|title=Barbra Streisand, the 80-year-old star who did not ‘fix’ her nose and who sets her own rules|work=[[El País]]|last=Porcel|first=María|date=April 25, 2022|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eden-park-ceo-hints-barbra-streisand-may-be-next-after-six60-to-play-at-auckland-stadium/XPVXCO5JOG6LJMPUED45UARLV4/|title=Eden Park CEO hints Barbra Streisand may be next after Six60 to play at Auckland stadium|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Julio Iglesias]]
| Spain
| 1968–present<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julio-iglesias-mn0000102985/biography|title=Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
| 1968<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)"/>
| [[Latin pop|Latin]]<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|51.7}}
{{hidden|<br />51.7 million|
* US: 11 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 800,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Gold+and+Platinum+certifications+in+Spain&pg=PA110|title=Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 23, 2011|date=May 27, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref>
* GER: 250,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 1.620 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* FRA: 6.1 million<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* CAN: 1.5 million<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 505,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* BRA: 12.475 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* NLD: 1.2 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* ITA: 435,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* SPA: 8.8 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 2000-2002"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* SWE: 290,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* MEX: 2.975 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* ARG: 3.220 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="Argentina's Diamond Awards"/>
* BEL: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* FIN: 131,636{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* POR: 288,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs"/><ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="TOP 30 ARTISTAS">{{cite news |url=http://musica.clix.pt/top.html|title=TOP 30 ARTISTAS|work=Clix Musica|date=April 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409010103/http://musica.clix.pt/top.html|access-date=September 11, 2021|archive-date=April 9, 2004}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-10-05-9510050082-story.html|title=The Image Has Worn Thin For Julio Iglesias|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|last=Darling|first=Cary|date=October 5, 1995|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />100 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/86012722/julio-iglesias-pulls-out-of-nz-tour|title=Julio Iglesias pulls out of NZ tour|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
|}
|}
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* POR: 208,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Veloso: Portugal's Pride">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-04.pdf|title=Veloso: Portugal's Pride|page=71|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=August 7, 2022|date=May 4, 1991}}</ref>}}
* POR: 208,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Veloso: Portugal's Pride">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-04.pdf|title=Veloso: Portugal's Pride|page=71|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=August 7, 2022|date=May 4, 1991}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/29/entertainment/phil-collins-ends-retirement-feat/|title=Phil Collins' fans rejoice: Artist announces end of retirement|last=Payne|first=Ed|date=October 29, 2015|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/29/entertainment/phil-collins-ends-retirement-feat/|title=Phil Collins' fans rejoice: Artist announces end of retirement|last=Payne|first=Ed|date=October 29, 2015|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Barbra Streisand]]
| United States
| 1960–present<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/barbra-streisand-mn0000855531/biography|title=Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
| 1963<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)"/>
| Pop / [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]<ref name="Allmusic: Barbra Streisand (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|98.4}}
{{hidden|<br />98.4 million|
* US: 82.450 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* GER: 750,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 5.825 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 3.250 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* CAN: 2.650 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 2.222 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/>
* NLD: 710,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* SPA: 150,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish certifications 2000-2002"/>
* SWE: 120,000<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/><ref name="Sverige Toplistan: Sök"/>
* FIN: 186,501{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 142,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eden-park-ceo-hints-barbra-streisand-may-be-next-after-six60-to-play-at-auckland-stadium/XPVXCO5JOG6LJMPUED45UARLV4/|title=Eden Park CEO hints Barbra Streisand may be next after Six60 to play at Auckland stadium|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[ABBA]]
| [[Sweden]]
| 1972–1982, 2016–present<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abba-mn0000922728/biography|title=Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| 1972<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)"/>
| Pop / [[disco]]<ref name="Allmusic: ABBA (Biography)"/>
|{{ntsh|69}}
{{hidden|<br />69 million|
* US: 12.7 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 1.5 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="RIAJ Digital certifications"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=683|title=RIAJ: The Record: July 2001 (Gold Album-Page 8)|language=ja|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|access-date=November 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="RIAJ: Gold and Platinum Database (February 2009)">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200902.html|title=RIAJ: Gold and Platinum Database (February 2009)|language=ja|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|access-date=November 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915165357/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200902.html|archive-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref>
* GER: 11.1 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 24.665 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 2.850 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/>
* CAN: 2.785 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 5.662 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="ABBA's Australian certifications at Billboard Magazine (September 8, 1979 issue)">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&q=abba%20platinum%20australia&pg=PT46|title=ABBA's Australian certifications at Billboard Magazine (September 8, 1979 issue)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 8, 1979|access-date=April 25, 2010|author1=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref>
* BRA: 275,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 1.390 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 175,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 1.005 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/>
* SWE: 1.020 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/>
* DEN: 955,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=25&y=2004&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 25-2004)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=51&y=2008&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 51-2008)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=52&y=2008&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 52-2011)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref>
* SWI: 600,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* MEX: 260,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications"/>
* ARG: 238,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums and DVDs"/>
* BEL: 470,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1997-2003"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* AUT: 197,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Austrian Certifications"/>
* POL: 230,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Polish Certifications"/>
* FIN: 656,319<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 297,500{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2489|title=The Official NZ Music Charts: Top 40 Albums (28 April 2014)|work=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=1422|title=The Official NZ Music Charts: Top 40 Albums (19 March 2007)|work=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|150 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/the-way-old-friends-do-abba-reforms-plans-virtual-tour-new-album-20210903-p58oej.html|title=The way old friends do: ABBA reform, plan virtual tour and new album|last=Idato|first=Michael|date=September 3, 2021|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Katy Perry]]
! scope="row" | [[Katy Perry]]
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* [[Philippine Association of the Record Industry|PHL]]: 330,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pari.com.ph/awardsgoldplatinum.html|title=PARI: List of PARI Gold, Platinum & Diamond Awardees|work=[[Philippine Association of the Record Industry]]|publisher=PARI|access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Philippine Association of the Record Industry|PHL]]: 330,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pari.com.ph/awardsgoldplatinum.html|title=PARI: List of PARI Gold, Platinum & Diamond Awardees|work=[[Philippine Association of the Record Industry]]|publisher=PARI|access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref>
* POR: 115,000<ref name="Audio Gest"/>}}
* POR: 115,000<ref name="Audio Gest"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|130 million<ref>{{cite news|title=Bruno Mars to headline NYE gig in Abu Dhabi|url=https://gulfnews.com/going-out/events/bruno-mars-to-headline-nye-gig-in-abu-dhabi-1.66452105|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|150 million<ref>{{cite news|title=Several NZ Super Rugby franchises caught up in Bruno Mars hoax|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/05/13/several-nz-super-rugby-franchises-caught-up-in-bruno-mars-hoax/|work=[[1 News]]|date=May 13, 2021|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref><br />130 million<ref>{{cite news|title=Bruno Mars to headline NYE gig in Abu Dhabi|url=https://gulfnews.com/going-out/events/bruno-mars-to-headline-nye-gig-in-abu-dhabi-1.66452105|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Jay-Z]]
! scope="row" | [[Jay-Z]]
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* NZ: 140,000<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
* NZ: 140,000<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|100 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623|title=Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael|work=[[Sky News]]|date=December 27, 2016|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|100 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623|title=Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael|work=[[Sky News]]|date=December 27, 2016|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Julio Iglesias]]
| Spain
| 1968–present<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julio-iglesias-mn0000102985/biography|title=Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
| 1968<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)"/>
| [[Latin pop|Latin]]<ref name="Allmusic: Julio Iglesias (Biography)"/>
| {{ntsh|51.7}}
{{hidden|<br />51.7 million|
* US: 11 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 800,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Gold+and+Platinum+certifications+in+Spain&pg=PA110|title=Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 23, 2011|date=May 27, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref>
* GER: 250,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 1.620 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="BPI certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* FRA: 6.1 million<ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (albums)"/><ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="InfoDisc Les Certifications depuis 1973 (singles)"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* CAN: 1.5 million<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 505,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Australian Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* BRA: 12.475 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="PMB Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* NLD: 1.2 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* ITA: 435,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* SPA: 8.8 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 1996-1999"/><ref name="Spanish certifications 2000-2002"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* SWE: 290,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* MEX: 2.975 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/>
* ARG: 3.220 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Argentina's Certifications for albums"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="Argentina's Diamond Awards"/>
* BEL: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* FIN: 131,636{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* POR: 288,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Floyd, Kaoma Top Sellers in Portugal Certs"/><ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref name="Julio Iglesias 30th Anniversary"/><ref name="TOP 30 ARTISTAS">{{cite news |url=http://musica.clix.pt/top.html|title=TOP 30 ARTISTAS|work=Clix Musica|date=April 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409010103/http://musica.clix.pt/top.html|access-date=September 11, 2021|archive-date=April 9, 2004}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|100 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/86012722/julio-iglesias-pulls-out-of-nz-tour|title=Julio Iglesias pulls out of NZ tour|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Dire Straits]]
! scope="row" | [[Dire Straits]]
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* [[Recorded Music NZ|New Zealand]]: (NZ certification-levels for singles before 1989 were: 10,000 for Gold, 20,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/b1l57842fpfp59p/NZ_chart+book_Cher.pdf|title=The Complete NZ Music Charts 1966-2006|work=Dean Scapolo|access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>(NZ certification-levels for singles before June 2007 were: 5,000 for Gold, 10,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119193025/http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2014|title=The Official Music Charts of NZ: June 4, 2007|publisher=rianz.org.nz|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> (The levels for singles were adjusted again on June 17, 2016 from previous 7,500 for Gold, 15,000 for Platinum, to 15,000 for Gold, 30,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1606/S00183/on-demand-streams-added-to-new-zealand-top-40-album-charts.htm|title=On Demand Streams Added To New Zealand Top 40 Album Charts|publisher=scoop.co.nz|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Recorded Music NZ|New Zealand]]: (NZ certification-levels for singles before 1989 were: 10,000 for Gold, 20,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/b1l57842fpfp59p/NZ_chart+book_Cher.pdf|title=The Complete NZ Music Charts 1966-2006|work=Dean Scapolo|access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>(NZ certification-levels for singles before June 2007 were: 5,000 for Gold, 10,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119193025/http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2014|title=The Official Music Charts of NZ: June 4, 2007|publisher=rianz.org.nz|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> (The levels for singles were adjusted again on June 17, 2016 from previous 7,500 for Gold, 15,000 for Platinum, to 15,000 for Gold, 30,000 for Platinum)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1606/S00183/on-demand-streams-added-to-new-zealand-top-40-album-charts.htm|title=On Demand Streams Added To New Zealand Top 40 Album Charts|publisher=scoop.co.nz|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portugal]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dn.sapo.pt/2005/05/13/artes/crise_emagrece_galardoes_discografic.html|archive-url=https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20050524142713/http://dn.sapo.pt/2005/05/13/artes/crise_emagrece_galardoes_discografic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-05-24|title=Crise emagrece galardões discográficos|trans-title=Crisis reduces discographic award levels|publisher=DN Online|language=pt|date=May 13, 2005}}</ref>
* [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portugal]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dn.sapo.pt/2005/05/13/artes/crise_emagrece_galardoes_discografic.html|archive-url=https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20050524142713/http://dn.sapo.pt/2005/05/13/artes/crise_emagrece_galardoes_discografic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-05-24|title=Crise emagrece galardões discográficos|trans-title=Crisis reduces discographic award levels|publisher=DN Online|language=pt|date=May 13, 2005}}</ref>
}}
{{efn|name=year|To be on this list, artists who began charting:
*before 1973 are required to have their available claimed figures supported by 30% in certified units.
*between 1973–1990 are required to have their available claimed figures supported by 30-70% in certified units. (That is 2.35% for each additional year after 1973)
*between 1990–2000 are required to have their available claimed figures supported by 70-77% in certified units. (That is 0.7% for each additional year after 1990)
*between 2000–present are required to have their available claimed figures supported by 77-80% in certified units. (That is 0.14% for each additional year after 2000)
}}
}}
{{efn|name=songs|Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists.
{{efn|name=songs|Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists.
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* Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough).
* Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough).
* One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part).
* One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part).
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{{efn|name=Celine Dion Internation Chart Year|Note that Celine Dion's initial chart year should be viewed as 1990 as she has begun charting in Quebec, Canada in 1981, but remained unknown to the world until 1990. Therefore, she's required to have her claimed figures supported by 67.78% certified sales (note that Canada's market share data, 2.22% is deducted from 1990's 70% requirement).
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Revision as of 18:06, 19 September 2022

The following list of best-selling music artists includes those music acts from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales.

The tables are listed with both their claimed sales figure along with their total independently certified units and are ranked in descending order, with the artist with the highest amount of claimed sales at the top. If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. Sales figures, such as those from SoundScan, which are sometimes published by Billboard magazine, have not been included in the certified units column.

As of 2022, based on both sales claims and certified units, The Beatles are considered the highest-selling band. Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley are considered the highest-selling individual artists based on sales claims, while Drake is the highest-selling individual artist based on certified units.

Definitions

Gold/Platinum certifications issued after 2016, especially on singles, are in some cases more than 50% streaming generated. Some of the 20th century artists can also have significant amount of streaming based certifications. The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. This is because Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and almost all other certifying bodies count streaming towards Gold and Platinum thresholds required for Digital Single Award certification.[1][2][3] For this reason, some singles and even albums get over certified by hundreds of thousands of units. The over certified figures, however, are often in millions of units for RIAA certifications, one such example is Rihanna's single "We Found Love", which is certified at nine times Platinum by the RIAA, yet during the time of the certification, it had sold 5.4 million downloads.[4][5]

The certified units for some artists/bands who have multi-disc albums can be higher than their listed claimed figures due to the RIAA counting each unit within set as one unit toward certification. The certified units also can be inflated by the redundancy of certifications, because each of tracks downloads and streams contributed to the certifications of both of the single and the respective album. The RIAA counts 10 downloads of individual track as well as 1,500 audio/video streams as an equivalent to one unit of album, including those from singles released prior to the album release.[6] Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum,[7] thus creating a combined 11 million certified units without any sales. Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo achieved Platinum without selling a single copy and was only available for streaming.[8]

Issued certifications for songs which have been recorded by multiple artists including featured artists are added to each artist's total amount of certified units, as all the artists would have played a significant part in a song. For example, "This Is What You Came For" and "Where Them Girls At" include Rihanna and Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj as featured artists respectively, so the certifications issued for these songs are added to the total amount of certified units for all involved artists. However, the certifications issued for songs that have been recorded by four or more artists are not included as the artists involved would have played minor roles, examples of such songs are Kanye West's "Monster" and/or "All Day".[a]

Standards

  • To ensure the highest level of fact checking and editorial control, this list sources sales figures to news organizations and highly regarded music industry related organizations such as Billboard.
  • The figures of total certified units within the tables below are based on certified units of albums, singles (including digital downloads) and videos.
  • Markets' order within the tables is based on Retail Value: each market generates respectively, the largest market at the top and smallest at the bottom.[9][10]
  • The column for certified sales includes markets, the databases of which contain certifications representing figures of 100,000 and more.

Artists by reputed sales

250 million or more records

Artist Country Period active Release year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
The Beatles United Kingdom 1960–1970[11] 1962[11] Rock / pop[11]

289.6 million
 1 billion[43][44]
600 million[45][46]
500 million[47]
Michael Jackson United States 1964–2009[48] 1971[48] Pop / rock / dance / soul / R&B[48]

276.6 million
 1 billion[65][66]
750 million[67][68]
500 million[69]
Elvis Presley United States 1954–1977[70] 1956[70] Rock and roll / pop / country[70]

230.8 million
 1 billion[76][77]
600 million[78][79]
500 million[80]
Elton John United Kingdom 1964–present[81] 1970[81] Pop / rock[81]

207 million
 400 million[85][86]
300 million[87][88]
250 million[89][90]
ABBA Sweden 1972–1982, 2016–present[91] 1972[91] Pop / disco[91]

69 million
 370 million[100][101]
200 million[102][103]
150 million[104]
Madonna United States 1979–present[105] 1983[105] Pop / dance / electronica[105]

181.6 million
 335 million[112][113]
300 million[114][115]
250 million[116]
Queen United Kingdom 1971–present[117] 1973[117] Rock[117]

183.2 million
 300 million[120][121]
250 million[122]
Led Zeppelin United Kingdom 1968–1980[123] 1969[123] Hard rock / blues rock / folk rock[123]

142.4 million
 300 million[127][128]
200 million[129][130]
Rihanna Barbados 2005–present[131] 2005[131] R&B / pop / dance / hip-hop[131]

335.1 million
 250 million[135][136]
230 million[137]
Pink Floyd United Kingdom 1965–1996, 2005, 2012–2014[138][139] 1967[138] Progressive rock / psychedelic rock[138]

123.5 million
 250 million[143][144]
200 million[145]

200 million to 249 million records

Artist Country Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
Eminem United States 1996–present[146] 1999[146] Hip-hop[146]

324.5 million
 220 million[147]
Mariah Carey United States 1988–present[148] 1990[148] R&B / pop / soul / hip-hop[148]

196.6 million
 220 million[152]
Taylor Swift United States 2006–present[153] 2006[153] Pop / country / rock / folk / alternative[154]

239.6 million
 200 million[155]
170 million[156]
Beyoncé United States 1997–present[157] 2002[157][158] R&B / pop[157]

223 million
 200 million[162]
160 million[163]
Whitney Houston United States 1977–2012[164] 1984[164] R&B / soul / pop / gospel[164]

155.1 million
 200 million[168]
Eagles United States 1971–1980, 1994–present[169] 1972[169] Rock[169]

152 million
 200 million[171]
Celine Dion Canada 1981–present[172] 1981[172] Pop / Rock[172]

137.3 million
 200 million[177]
175 million[178]
AC/DC Australia 1973–present[179] 1975[179] Hard rock / blues rock / rock and roll[179]

129.4 million
 200 million[181]
200 million[182]
The Rolling Stones United Kingdom 1962–present[183] 1963[183] Rock / blues rock[183]

102.6 million
 200 million[185]
Barbra Streisand United States 1960–present[186] 1963[186] Pop / adult contemporary[186]

98.4 million
 200 million[187]
150 million[188]
Julio Iglesias Spain 1968–present[189] 1968[189] Latin[189]

51.7 million
 200 million[192]
100 million[193]

120 million to 199 million records


Artist Country Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
Drake Canada 2001–present[194] 2009[194] Hip-hop / R&B / pop[194]

405 million
 170 million[195]
Garth Brooks United States 1989–present[196] 1989[196] Country[196]

165.3 million
 170 million[198]
Kanye West United States 1996–present[199] 2003[199] Hip-hop / electronic / pop[199]

252.6 million
 160 million[201]
Billy Joel United States 1964–present[202] 1971[202] Pop / rock[202]

134.4 million
 160 million[204]
Justin Bieber Canada
United States 		2008–present[205] 2009[205] Pop / teen pop / dance pop[205]

267.8 million
 150 million[206]
Ed Sheeran United Kingdom 2004–present[207] 2011[207] Pop / folk pop[207]

244.8 million
 150 million[208]
Bruce Springsteen United States 1972–present[209] 1973[209] Rock[209]

126.8 million
 150 million[211]
U2 Ireland 1976–present[212] 1980[212] Rock[212]

114.6 million
 150 million[216]
Aerosmith United States 1970–present[217] 1973[217] Hard rock[217]

104.6 million
 150 million[219]
Phil Collins United Kingdom 1980–2011, 2015–present[220] 1981[220] Rock / progressive rock / adult contemporary[220]

99.3 million
 150 million[223]
Katy Perry United States 2001–present[224] 2008[224] Pop[224]

172.3 million
 143 million[225]
Chris Brown United States 2005–present[226] 2005[226] Pop / R&B / hip-hop[226]

198.7 million
 140 million[227]
Bruno Mars United States 2004–present[228] 2010[228] Pop rock / R&B[228]

200.6 million
 150 million[231]
130 million[232]
Jay-Z United States 1996–present[233] 1996[233] Hip-hop[233]

136.2 million
 125 million[234]
Metallica United States 1981–present[235] 1983[235] Heavy metal / thrash metal[235]

105.4 million
 125 million[237]
Lady Gaga United States 2005–present[238] 2008[238] Pop / dance / electronic[238]

158.1 million
 124 million[239]
Lil Wayne United States 1996–present[240] 1999[240] Hip-hop[240]

164.7 million
 120 million[241]
Maroon 5 United States 1994–present[242] 2002[242] Pop rock / funk rock / dance-pop[242]

142.6 million
 120 million[243]
Adele United Kingdom 2006–present[244] 2008[244] Pop / soul[244]

133.1 million
 120 million[245]
Red Hot Chili Peppers United States 1983–present[246] 1987[246] Funk rock / alternative rock[246]

100 million
 120 million[248]
Fleetwood Mac United Kingdom
United States 		1967–present[249] 1968[249] Rock / pop[249]

94 million
 120 million[252]
Bon Jovi United States 1983–present[253] 1983[253] Hard rock / glam metal[253]

88.4 million
 120 million[256]
Rod Stewart United Kingdom 1964–present[257] 1969[257] Rock / pop[257]

84.9 million
 120 million[260]
Bee Gees United Kingdom
Australia[261][262] 		1963–2003
2009–2012[263] 		1963[263] Pop / disco[263]

74.7 million
 120 million[266]

100 million to 119 million records

Artist Country Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
Nicki Minaj Trinidad and Tobago 2008–present[267] 2010[267] Hip-hop / pop[267]

154.8 million
 100 million[268]
Coldplay United Kingdom 1996–present[269] 1999[269] Alternative rock / pop rock / pop[269]

106.3 million
 100 million[271]
Linkin Park United States 1996–present[272] 2000[272] Alternative rock / nu metal / rap rock[272]

101.8 million
 100 million[273]
George Strait United States 1981–present[274] 1984[274] Country[274]

99.8 million
 100 million[275]
Pink United States 1995–present[276] 2000[276] Pop / pop rock / R&B[276]

89.3 million
 100 million[277]
Britney Spears United States 1998–present[278] 1998[278] Pop / dance / dance-pop[278]

88.7 million
 100 million[280]
B'z Japan 1988–present[281] 1988[281] Rock / pop rock / hard rock[281]

86.2 million
 100 million[282]
Shania Twain Canada 1993–present[283] 1993[283] Country pop[283]

84.2 million
 100 million[284]
Guns N' Roses United States 1985–present[285] 1987[285] Hard rock / heavy metal[285]

80.2 million
 100 million[287]
Backstreet Boys United States 1993–present[288] 1995[288] Pop[288]

78 million
 100 million[292]
Eric Clapton United Kingdom 1962–present[293] 1970[293] Rock / blues[293]

71.6 million
 100 million[295]
Neil Diamond United States 1966–present[296] 1966[296] Pop / rock[296]

70.9 million
 100 million[298]
Prince United States 1976–2016[299] 1978[299] Funk / R&B / pop / soul / rock[299]

66.3 million
 100 million[300]
Journey United States 1973–present[301] 1975[301] Rock / soft rock[301]

65.2 million
 100 million[303]
Paul McCartney United Kingdom 1960–present[304] 1970[304] Rock[304]

66 million
 100 million[306]
Kenny Rogers United States 1958–2020[307] 1975[307] Country / pop[307]

64.7 million
 100 million[309]
Santana United States 1966–present[310] 1969[310] Rock[310]

62.8 million
 100 million[311]
Simon & Garfunkel United States 1956–2004[312] 1964[312] Folk rock[312]

62.1 million
 100 million[313]
Janet Jackson United States 1982–present[314] 1982[314] R&B / pop[314]

53.3 million
 100 million[315]
George Michael United Kingdom 1981–2016[316] 1984[316] Pop[316]

52.6 million
 100 million[318]
Dire Straits United Kingdom 1977–1995[319] 1978[319] Rock[319]

51.7 million
 100 million[320]
The Doors United States 1965–1973[321] 1967[321] Psychedelic rock[321]

50.5 million
 100 million[322]
Foreigner United States
United Kingdom 		1976–present[323] 1977[323] Rock / hard rock[323]

50.4 million
 100 million[324]
Chicago United States 1967–present[325] 1969[325] Rock / pop[325]

48.5 million
 100 million[327]
Bob Dylan United States 1959–present[328] 1963[328] Folk / rock[328]

47.9 million
 100 million[329]
The Carpenters United States 1969–1983[330] 1969[330] Pop[330]

46.7 million
 100 million[332]
Meat Loaf United States 1968–2022[333] 1977[333] Rock / hard rock[333]

46.6 million
 100 million[334]
Earth, Wind & Fire United States 1969–present[335] 1971[335] Funk / R&B / soul[335]

44.1 million
 100 million[338]
Cher United States 1964–present[339] 1965[339] Pop / rock / dance / folk[339]

43.1 million
 100 million[345]
Def Leppard United Kingdom 1977–present[346] 1979[346] Hard rock / heavy metal[346]

42.6 million
 100 million[348]
Genesis United Kingdom 1967–1999
2006–present[349] 		1969[349] Progressive rock / pop rock[349]

40.3 million
 100 million[350]
David Bowie United Kingdom 1962–2016[351] 1967[351] Art rock / glam rock / pop[351]

41.5 million
 100 million[352]
Stevie Wonder United States 1961–present[353] 1962[353] Funk / R&B / soul[353]

38.9 million
 100 million[354]
James Taylor United States 1968–present[355] 1970[355] Rock / pop[355]

36.5 million
 100 million[356]
Tina Turner United States 1958–2009[357] 1960[358] Rock / pop[358]

36.4 million
 100 million[359]
Olivia Newton-John Australia 1966–2022[360] 1966[360] Pop[360]

36.1 million
 100 million[362]
Linda Ronstadt United States 1967–present[363] 1968[363] Rock / folk / country[363]

33.2 million
 100 million[364]
The Beach Boys United States 1961–present[365] 1962[365] Rock / pop / surf rock[365]

32.7 million
 100 million[366]
Donna Summer United States 1968–2012[367] 1974[367] Pop / disco / R&B[367]

31.3 million
 100 million[368]

80 million to 99 million records

Artist Country Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
Alicia Keys United States 1996–present[369] 2001[369] Hip-hop / R&B / pop[369]

78.3 million
 90 million[370]
Lionel Richie United States 1968–present[371] 1981[371] Pop / R&B[371]

43 million
 90 million[373]
Johnny Cash United States 1954–2003[374] 1956[374] Country / rock and roll / gospel[374]

32.2 million
 90 million[375]
Justin Timberlake United States 1992–present[376] 2002[376] Pop / R&B / neo soul[376]

82.4 million
 88 million[377]
Ariana Grande United States 2008–present[378] 2013[378] Pop / R&B[378]

143 million
 85 million[379]
R.E.M. United States 1980–2011[380] 1983[380] Alternative rock[380]

45.3 million
 85 million[381]
Post Malone United States 2013–present[382] 2015[382] Pop / R&B / hip-hop[382]

174.1 million
 80 million[383]
Flo Rida United States 2007–present[384] 2007[384] Hip-hop / hip house /EDM[384]

85 million
 80 million[385]
Usher United States 1991–present[386] 1994[386] R&B / pop[386]

75.4 million
 80 million[387]
Tim McGraw United States 1990–present[388] 1994[388] Country[388]

72.3 million
  • US: 80.650 million[12]
  • UK: 200,000[15]
  • CAN: 1.535 million[18]
 80 million[389]
Shakira Colombia 1988–present[390] 1995[390] Latin pop / pop / pop rock[390]

69.6 million
 80 million[391]
The Black Eyed Peas United States 1995–present[392] 1998[392] Hip-hop / R&B / dance[392]

69.6 million
 80 million[393]
Van Halen United States 1978–2020[394] 1978[394] Hard rock / heavy metal[394]

65.2 million
 80 million[395]
Ayumi Hamasaki Japan 1998–present[396] 1998[396] J-pop / pop / dance / electronic[396]

64.5 million
 80 million[397][398]
Tom Petty United States 1976–2017[399] 1977[399] Rock[399]

36 million
 80 million[400]
Johnny Hallyday France 1957–2017[401] 1960[401] Rock / pop[401]

28.9 million
 80 million[403]

75 million to 79 million records

Artist Country Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[b] 		Claimed sales
The Weeknd Canada 2010–present[404] 2013[404] Pop / R&B[404]

198.9 million
 75 million[405]
Imagine Dragons United States 2008–present[406] 2012[406] Poprock / electropop / pop[406]

123.6 million
 75 million[407]
Luke Bryan United States 2001–present[408] 2007[386] Country / country pop[386]

84.5 million
  • US: 82.5 million[12]
  • CAN: 2.040 million[18]
 75 million[409]
Christina Aguilera United States 1993–present[410] 1998[410] R&B / pop / rock[410]

71.6 million
 75 million[411]
Tupac Shakur United States 1991–1996[412] 1991[412] Hip-hop[412]

59.9 million
 75 million[414]
Alabama United States 1972–present[415] 1980[415] Country / pop rock[415]

58 million
  • US: 56.8 million[12]
  • CAN: 1.2 million[18]
 75 million[416]
R. Kelly United States 1989–2019[417] 1991[418] R&B / soul / hip-hop[418]

56.8 million
 75 million[419]
Nirvana United States 1987–1994[420] 1990[420] Grunge / alternative rock[420]

56 million
 75 million[423]
Robbie Williams United Kingdom 1990–present[424] 1996[424] Pop rock[424]

55.6 million
 75 million[425]
Bob Seger United States 1961–present[426] 1967[426] Rock / Hard rock/ Pop rock[426]

55.3 million
 75 million[427]
Kenny G United States 1982–present[428] 1984[428] Smooth jazz[428]

53.9 million
 75 million[429]
Enya Ireland 1982–present[430] 1987[430] New-age / Celtic[430]

51.7 million
 75 million[433]
Bryan Adams Canada 1979–present[434] 1979[434] Rock[434]

49.9 million
 75 million[436]
Bob Marley Jamaica 1962–1981[437] 1975[437] Reggae[437]

46.1 million
 75 million[440]
The Police United Kingdom 1977–1986
2007–2008[441] 		1978[441] Pop / rock[441]

42.2 million
 75 million[444]
Barry Manilow United States 1973–present[445] 1973[445] Pop / soft rock[445]

36.7 million
 75 million[446]
Kiss United States 1972–present[447] 1974[447] Hard rock / heavy metal[447]

28.7 million
 75 million[448]
Aretha Franklin United States 1956–2018[449] 1961[449] Soul / jazz / blues / R&B[449]

26.6 million
 75 million[450]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists.
    • One lead artist and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both, the lead artist and the featured artist as both will have almost equal amount of part).
    • Two lead artists.(The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as both will have almost equal amount of part).
    • Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough).
    • One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part).
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