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AMERICAN MUSICBy: Whitney Coburn
TOP SELLING ARTISTS OF ALL
TIME
THE BEATLES 600 million records sold Started in the United Kingdom Active between 1960-1974 Rock/Pop Released 24 records Top Selling Song: “I Want To Hold
Your Hand” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNPPwq8I2Y
ELVIS PRESLEY 600 million records sold Started in the United States Active between 1954-1977 Rock and Roll/Pop/Country Stared in 33 successful films Top Selling Song: “Hound Dog” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MnmIVBSZYM
MICHAEL JACKSON 400 million records sold Started in the United States Active between 1964-2009 Pop/Rock/Dance/R & B Thriller is the number 1 album
sold ever (65 million) Top Selling Song: “Beat It” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTMXOtJ1NHg
MADONNA 300 million records sold Started in the United States Active between 1979-Present Pop/Rock/Dance Guinness World Records list
Madonna as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time
Top Selling Song: “Like A Prayer” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iiqP40rmmA
LED ZEPPELIN 300 million records sold Started in the United Kingdom Active between 1969-1980 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal All of their original studio albums
reached the U.S. Billboard's Top 10
Top Selling Song: “Whole Lotta Love”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uPKcMkH0vw
ELTON JOHN 250 million records sold Started in the United States Active between 1964-Present Pop/Rock In 1998, Elton received a knighthood
from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services"
Top Selling Song: “Candle In The Wind”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoOhnrjdYOc
PINK FLOYD 250 million records sold Started in the United Kingdom Active between 1965-1996 Progressive Rock Dark Side of the Moon is listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records for being on the charts longer than any other album in history, (591 consecutive weeks)
Top Selling Song: “Wish You Were Here” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnT4ivya9rc
MARIAH CAREY 200 million records sold Started in the United States Active between 1988-Present R & B/Pop Mariah Carey is the first recording
artist in history to have her first 5 singles hit the #1 spot on the Hot 100
Top Selling Song: “We Belong Together”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdTsGxJuwuE
CELINE DION 200 million records sold Started in Canada Active between 1981-Present Pop Celine Dion performed in Las
Vegas’ Cesar's Palace for 5 years Top Selling Song: “My Heart Will
Go On” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KBQLgeKRbg
AC/DC 200 million records sold Started in Australia Active between 1973-Present Hard Rock/Heavy Metal The name AC/DC comes from
Angus & Malcom's sisters sewing machine (Alternating Current/Direct Current)
Top Selling Song: “Back in Black” http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVjz2O5xnw
CITATIONS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_b
est-selling_music_artists#cite_note-90
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles
http://listverse.com/2007/11/23/top-15-led-zeppelin-songs/
http://listverse.com/2008/05/24/top-10-pink-floyd-songs/
http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/best-acdc-songs-of-all-time.asp
http://www.thebeatles.com/#/albums?view=detail&page=1
http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/biography_.aspx
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/music/thriller
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/50-fascinating-madonna-facts_1077576
http://www.stairwaytozep.com/led_zeppelin_facts_and_stories.html
http://www.eltonjohn.com/about/ http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/dark
-side-of-the-moon-sacd/30-fascinating-facts-about-dsotm.html
http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=125
http://www.celinedion.com/ca/home http://www.acdc.com/us/theband
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