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