Top 100 Best Selling Music Artists of All Time
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This list is based upon a system called Equivalent Album Sales (EAS). This takes into account multiple facets of an artist’s success beyond simple album sales, and helps to show a more complete look at the best performing music acts of all time.
Conversion ratio between formats:
Studio album: sales of the original album (ratio 1/1)
Other LPs: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album (ratio 1/1)
Physical singles: sales of physical singles from the album (added to CSPC total with a ratio 3/10 for 2-tracks, 5/10 for EPs and Maxis)
Digital singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1.5/10 for CSPC total)
Streaming: EAS of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)
Source: chartmasters.org/
0:00 100-76
2:43 75-51
5:27 50-26
8:10 25-1
Пікірлер: 830
100. One Direction- 0:01 99. Katy Perry- 0:06 98. Michael Buble- 0:14 97. Usher- 0:19 96. Supertramp- 0:26 95. Ariana Grande- 0:32 94. Cher- 0:38 93. Def Leppard- 0:44 92. Tina Turner- 0:51 91. John Lennon- 0:57 90. Johnny Hallyday- 1:05 89. Sade- 1:12 88. The Supremes- 1:17 87. Robbie Williams- 1:23 86. Janet Jackson- 1:31 85. Aretha Franklin- 1:37 84. Shakira- 1:43 83. Sting- 1:50 82. P!nk- 1:57 81. Journey- 2:03 80. Bad Bunny- 2:09 79. Shania Twain- 2:16 78. Lady Gaga- 2:23 77. 2Pac- 2:31 76. Bruno Mars- 2:36 75. Black Sabbath- 2:42 74. The Weeknd- 2:49 73. Maroon 5- 2:55 72. Iron Maiden- 3:02 71. Enya- 3:09 70. Bryan Adams- 3:16 69. R.E.M- 3:21 68. Green Day- 3:28 67. Deep Purple- 3:34 66. Creedence Clearwater Revival- 3:42 65. Linkin Park- 3:49 64. Roberto Carlos- 3:56 63. Depeche Mode- 4:02 62. Neil Young- 4:08 61. Beyoncé- 4:15 60. Nirvana- 4:21 59. Backstreet Boys- 4:28 58. The Police- 4:33 57. Ed Sheeran- 4:39 56. Van Halen- 4:46 55. Red Hot Chili Peppers- 4:53 54. Kanye West- 5:00 53. Jimi Hendrix- 5:06 52. Justin Bieber- 5:12 51. Adele- 5:19 50. George Michael/Wham- 5:25 49. Dire Straits- 5:32 48. Paul McCartney/Wings- 5:40 47. Genesis- 5:46 46. Britney Spears- 5:52 45. Rihanna- 5:58 44. The Doors- 6:04 43. Coldplay- 6:12 42. Stevie Wonder- 6:18 41. BTS- 6:24 40. Simon & Garfunkel- 6:30 39. Guns N' Roses- 6:36 38. David Bowie- 6:44 37. Prince- 6:50 36. Aerosmith- 6:57 35. Garth Brooks- 7:04 34. Bob Marley- 7:10 33. Bob Dylan- 7:16 32. Santana- 7:23 31. The Beach Boys- 7:31 30. Drake- 7:37 29. Billy Joel- 7:44 28. Phil Collins- 7:50 27. Barbra Streisand- 7:56 26. Bon Jovi- 8:03 25. Fleetwood Mac- 8:09 24. Whitney Houston- 8:15 23. Bruce Springsteen- 8:21 22. Bee Gees- 8:28 21. ABBA- 8:35 20. Metallica- 8:41 19. Eric Clapton- 8:48 18. Eagles- 8:54 17. Rod Stewart/Faces- 9:01 16. Mariah Carey- 9:08 15. Taylor Swift- 9:15 14. Celine Dion- 9:21 13. U2- 9:27 12. AC/DC- 9:34 11. Led Zeppelin- 9:40 10. Elton John- 9:47 9. Eminem- 9:54 8. Frank Sinatra- 10:00 7. Pink Floyd- 10:06 6. The Rolling Stones- 10:12 5. Madonna- 10:18 4. Queen- 10:26 3. Elvis Presley- 10:32 2. Michael Jackson- 10:39 1. The Beatles- 10:45
@smallwog1415
Ай бұрын
Much appreciated
@thomasfish744
Ай бұрын
@@smallwog1415 No worries.
@Noel-ji8nm
Ай бұрын
@@thomasfish744It's fake. Presley is in top spot with over 1 billion sales
@thomasfish744
Ай бұрын
@@Noel-ji8nm Good to know.
@stefanoperruccio5851
8 күн бұрын
Eminem?!?
Can’t wait for people to say that these stats are wrong in the comments when they don’t read the description
@xz3ss
2 ай бұрын
Everywhere I go, I see his face
@austindarrenor
Ай бұрын
No wonder Justin Bieber came in ahead of The Police. If they existed at the same time, the little _______ wouldn't come anywhere close.
@Lp-army1
Ай бұрын
Boomers when their funny band who made a song about stalking a girl isnt played by zoomers: 😮@austindarrenor
@lorigibbs2379
15 күн бұрын
sales
The Beatles are the greatest band of all time.
@RoxNoAnne
2 ай бұрын
They're not even in my top 10 favorites and I have to agree with you on that. The Beatles and Nirvana made rock music and alternative rock music respectively massively popular, and that alone deserves some praise
@kubarozpruwacz5947
2 ай бұрын
Shut up
@maverick6466
2 ай бұрын
overrated af
@rainpain3655
2 ай бұрын
@@maverick6466when they've sold 83 million albums last year yet are still the best selling band of all time, how tf are they over rated?
@RoxNoAnne
2 ай бұрын
@@maverick6466nah they're perfectly rated
Beatles (425 milion) + Paul McCartney (113 milion) + John Lennon (75 milion). No one can compete with them.
@JOHN-bz7le
2 ай бұрын
This is crap!
@nikolajdrost6946
2 ай бұрын
@@JOHN-bz7lejust like your family😂
@hothemeep1219
2 ай бұрын
@@JOHN-bz7lego listen to some Taylor Swift crap
@swirtrollszarman106
2 ай бұрын
And remember that also we need to add Harrison and Starr solo's selling
@LaunchDragonball1999
2 ай бұрын
👍😃
70s-80s peak music 🙌🏼 Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Sade, The Police, Queen, Aerosmith, Journey, Billy Joel, Santana, Wham, MJ, some of my favorites.
@austindarrenor
Ай бұрын
You forgot Yes and ELP. Moody Blues.
@Finnmckenna
Ай бұрын
Also forgot led zeppelin and Elton John
@Kai-wz9lg
Ай бұрын
And David Bowie!!
Queen and Michael Jackson 🔝🔝🔝👑👑
@atomicblonde966
2 ай бұрын
Basic af
@JesusVazquez-jz2qm
2 ай бұрын
And you're proud of that?
@clem5419
2 ай бұрын
@@atomicblonde966 🤓
@First-Name--Last-Name
2 ай бұрын
Michael Jackson the pedo is very overrated
@DayTripperrr
2 ай бұрын
Two most basic picks of all time
Queen is my favorite so I was thrilled to seem them at #4! Today also marks 50 YEARS to the day since the release of Queen II!!!
@internethunter8712
2 ай бұрын
Long live Queen!
@JesusVazquez-jz2qm
2 ай бұрын
A rather superficial and banal group.
@theskicker8856
2 ай бұрын
@@JesusVazquez-jz2qm How?
@acedepth
2 ай бұрын
This is by far my favourite album of all time and I think that's pretty impressive because im quite young
@highagzeppeli7409
2 ай бұрын
queen is sucks poppy ass corny mediocre band
I love how some dude in the comment section keeps saying The Beatles is overrated yet no one even remembers some of their songs.
Michael Jackson 👑👑👑
Pink Floyd have popularity and philosophy at the same time
@user-sl7ni9uv1i
2 ай бұрын
Philosophy?
@JesusVazquez-jz2qm
2 ай бұрын
They also have long songs that goes nowhere. Puff!!!
@JesusVazquez-jz2qm
2 ай бұрын
Pink Floy is one of the favourite bands...for posers
@nothingreally6680
2 ай бұрын
for fuck's sake pretentious prog rock fans, read a book
@tobismusicchannel3033
2 ай бұрын
@@JesusVazquez-jz2qmDid David Gilmour steal your girlfriend?
The holy Trinity: The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley
@waynejohanson1083
2 ай бұрын
Wrong, Beatles, Dylan and Elvis. I can name you 100 great songs from all three of those. I cannot name no 100 great Michael Jackson songs.
@theskicker8856
2 ай бұрын
Beatles, Queen and Floyd!
@trigs443
2 ай бұрын
@@waynejohanson1083 Quality over Quantity
@trigs443
2 ай бұрын
@@waynejohanson1083 Dylan is arguably the best songwriter but his songs sound better when somebody else sings it
@aebhosor4835
2 ай бұрын
Always believed it to be The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones...
Madonna 👑Still the best-selling female musical recording artist in history.👏
I love your Chanel so much for having both types of lists, subjective and objective ones. Subjective the ones with the words best, objective the ones which start with most.
#64 not only a great Brazilian left back, but a singer on the side...
@theinterestedone1045
2 ай бұрын
yes hes been doing side quests
@stefanoperruccio5851
2 ай бұрын
Also are great: Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Gaetano Geloso, Maria Bethania, Touqinho, Vinicius De Morales, Chico Braque De Hollanda, Elis Regina, Eu Tribalistas, Joao Gilberto, Adriana Calcagnotto.
@stefanoperruccio5851
2 ай бұрын
Escuse me: Caetano Veloso!
@stefanoperruccio5851
2 ай бұрын
Chico Barque...
@varunvallury3499
16 күн бұрын
You're going to love who #93 is.
No surprise. From generations to generations. Even they disbanded for more than 50 yrs but they still selling . They're the best.
I have to admit how Madonna is so powerful among a lot of men and that girl DO IT. We have to recognize her.
@jamesr2164
2 ай бұрын
💯👍
@max-es7iu
2 ай бұрын
I love her she is the QUEEN
@jamesbrice6619
2 ай бұрын
She's also an evil narcissist who uses people then throws them away
@ZombieBlox237
2 ай бұрын
She kinda used too much autotune
@ROCKSTAR3291
24 күн бұрын
I don't think Madonna has ever been a great singer, but it's true that so many female popstars are influenced by her
The Beatles are in a league of their own. No.1 artistically and commercially. Only act on this list the people of the future will care about.
Incredible when you think the Beatles were only around for six years whilst Presley and Jackson were around for 25 and 40 years respectively
0:59 I love John Lennon
3:55 se não fosse por esse video, eu nunca saberia que o Roberto Carlos tbm canta em espanhol, Interessante
@LiamGallagherOficial
2 ай бұрын
Kakakakkakakaka é vdd mano kakakakkaka
@dhanimcca411
2 ай бұрын
en el mundo hispano es conocido, demasiado. Aquí también lo consideramos el rey de las baladas
@VictorLangLang
2 ай бұрын
@@dhanimcca411Essa eu não sabia, interessante mano
The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis and Queen undoubtly the best.
The Beatles and their legendary distance...
Beatles é foda ,,, menos de 8 anos e fizeram isso
The Beatles being the greatest since ever
@maverick6466
2 ай бұрын
overrated af
@user-zs7hk5re3l
2 ай бұрын
@@maverick6466beatles não têm pra ninguém
@mariomf1644
2 ай бұрын
@@maverick6466 You're absolutely right buddy. A band that has sold that amount of albums, whose compositional duo is considered the best of the 20th century, whose members had successful careers even alone (two of them appear in this same video) and that objectively revolutionized music they definitely have to be overrated
@maverick6466
2 ай бұрын
@@mariomf1644 it ain't a Beatles fan if they don't bring in their sales and popularity to justify their quality 😂😂, sales don't mean nun 💯
@liverpoollad1271
2 ай бұрын
@@maverick6466illiterate boy who have no knowledge of music
Queen ❤
Santana at 32 surprised me
@JonnyInfinite
2 ай бұрын
More than a bit sus
@raheemabdoul8480
2 ай бұрын
Supernatural is one best selling albums of all time
@damirhlobik6488
2 ай бұрын
i'm a big Santana fan, but only the first three albums are masterpieces, the rest are bad/average/too commercial
@piotrlangtvedt
19 күн бұрын
@@damirhlobik6488If you only like the first three then you are not a big Santana fan.
"Don't need to fight to prove i'm right" must be in top ten !! Ok computer great choice!!
Roberto Carlos, Legend, God.
REM being at 69 is comedic gold if you’re in the fanbase
What a great video!!!
People who new that Michael Jackson and the Beatles were going to be #1 raise their hand 🖐️
@mariacamarena2645
Ай бұрын
Wrong!! Elvis is number 1. He sold more than 1 billion records. Look it up!!
@leishaallen95
Ай бұрын
@@mariacamarena2645 sure
@mariacamarena2645
Ай бұрын
@@leishaallen95 Don't believe me. Look it up. Google it.
@cmac7188
12 күн бұрын
@@mariacamarena2645 shame he just sung most of the songs rather than actually write them. Over rated
@mariacamarena2645
12 күн бұрын
@@cmac7188 who cares what you think.
Sinatra deberia estar en top 5 al menos, aunque el top 3 siempre debe ser: 1- The Beatles 2- Michael Jackson 3- Elvis Presley
Queen ❤🤘🤟
I enjoyed it a lot.
MJ, Queen, Elvis Presley and The Beatles are all bloody legends
No band comes close to the Beatles, simply the greatest of all time
@JOHN-bz7le
2 ай бұрын
The Beatles very OVERRATED!!!!!!
@MichaelSevilla97
2 ай бұрын
@@JOHN-bz7lebullcrap comment from you the beatles are the greatest most influential band by far 🤡 ✌️
@buzzwithdrip6347
2 ай бұрын
They are not overrated but some bands come close and frankly can be considered greater or equal
@ANDROLOMA
2 ай бұрын
@@JOHN-bz7le Nope. In the sixties, they were what everyone wanted to be.
@LasCosasDeBrunin
2 ай бұрын
@@buzzwithdrip6347 They may be better, that's very subjective, but not greater. Their influence is unmatched, and few dominated as much as they did in a period as stacked as theirs.
Zeppelin selling more than 200 million without releasing singles is something that needs to be talked about more. Incredible achievement
@raheemabdoul8480
2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@jamesbrice6619
2 ай бұрын
They had some singles.
@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi
Ай бұрын
@@jamesbrice6619Yeah, like, 11 (not counting those released only to radio.) Good Times Bad Times Whole Lotta Love Immigrant Song Black Dog Rock & Roll Over The Hills & Far Away D'yer Ma'ker The Ocean Trampled Under Foot Candy Store Rock Fool In The Rain For reference, the Beatles released 63 commercial singles. Almost 6x the amount of singles, yet only about 2x the amount of album sales compared to Zeppelin. There's no 2 ways about it, Zeppelin sold a frankly amazing amount of records with how few singles they released.
@jamesbrice6619
Ай бұрын
@@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi that's amazing! Especially considering that Zeppelin isn't nearly as good as the Beatles!
@helenelston9930
23 күн бұрын
That’s the reason they sold so many albums because people couldn’t bye singles, it’s not rocket science.
Supertramp WOOOW
Great musicians, genius songwriters and performers … well, most of them
Big one here.. where is Pearl Jam? Their worldwide total is between 85-100 million. In the US they have 31+ million alone (more than RHCP or Nirvana) but they’re not on the EAS site at all 🤔🤔
I understand people who say the Beatles are overrated, but you really can't deny how influential they are
Wwoow i happy really good
I'd say the Top 3 will not be replaced anytime soon.
Wow, you are very, very productive recently
Who reads the comments as the video roles?
@RichWards-Wins
Ай бұрын
Right here.
This video gave me hope that good music, the music of yesteryear, is far from being surpassed by today's reggaeton.
This list is missing a TON of bands like Pearl jam, Donna summer, the who and more
@mosswarne972
2 ай бұрын
because they haven't sold enough units
The Very Best: 1)The Beatles 2)Elvis Presley 3)Michael Jackson 4)Whitney Houston 5)Madonna 6)Queen 7)Stevie Wonder 8)Lionel Richie 9)The Supremes 10)Ricky Nelson 11)Mariah Carey 12)Olivia Newton John 13)Barbra Streisand 14)Abba 15)Carpenters 16)Celine Dion 17)Taylor Swift 18)Adele
@remyroland8016
Ай бұрын
Remove Swift from there
@luchotiktik7124
9 күн бұрын
@@remyroland8016 brother ew
I'm here for my favourite band Bon Jovi ❤
MADONNA ❤ QUEEN
Age of the Beatles when they broke up: Ringo: 29 John: 29 Paul: 27 George: 27 Mind…blown.
After all that was here. Not putting the Beatles on the first place would be a war crime
Nirvana making it to the top 60 of all time while having only 5 years of career and 3 real albums is actually crazy when you think about it
Nana Moskouri, Julio Iglesias and Mireille Mathieu sold more than most of the list.
According to several sources, Kylie Minogue has sold over 80m records but was absent from your list. Is this their error or yours?
@oxoxoxoxo1155
2 ай бұрын
And christina aguilera and spice girls 100m+
@gopies1456
2 ай бұрын
This is album sales excluding single sales
@helenelston9930
23 күн бұрын
Just because something is reported doesn’t mean it is accurate, this is worldwide sales of everything from pure album/ singles , digital and streaming sales.
@TheDidymusBrush
23 күн бұрын
@@helenelston9930 if you can tell me why you believe a KZread video but not official sources, I'm all ears.
@helenelston9930
22 күн бұрын
@@TheDidymusBrush because the music industry is corrupt, so called official sites stated the Beatles and Elvis both sold over a billion records each🤣 now these same sites quote a more realistic number although still too high,like 600 m. Check out Chartmastersfor the most accurate sales by artist as can be, these are not overinflated. This you tuber used information from there to get his video results. Hope this will help you understand record sales and how it works, once you check it out.
What is the rod stewart song?
@atomicblonde966
2 ай бұрын
Maggie may?
The beatles is so bigger like 600-700-800 million copies sell total (bcs john lennon and paul mcartney and the other members
Wow Phil Collins+Genesis would put them number 5, incredible!
It’s 1000 times easier for someone to stream the absolute rubbish that Drake puts out than it ever was for a person to go out and actually purchase an album from an artist back in the day. Can’t be compared
@ilyailya1535
2 ай бұрын
What kind of loser will buy CDs and cassettes in 2024?
@zakolompe5659
2 ай бұрын
@@ilyailya1535that loser would be me
@user-tx7yz2dy8c
2 ай бұрын
This is just wrong. Album sales are harder to get today because of streaming. Simply listening to an album on a streaming platform will not generate a sale. Back in the day you had to buy the album and that would immediately generate a sale. If anything to modern age streaming hurts sale numbers.
@jimmym1453
2 ай бұрын
@@ilyailya1535U mean people who buy cds vinyl and cassettes aren’t losers there cool 😎 because they own there music unlike Spotify
@archangeljophiel2019
2 ай бұрын
Drake's numbers are questionable. His songs goes #1 on Spotify and Billboard within hours or a couple of days. I've barely known anyone listening to Drake like that.
the beatles are the kings of music
@amaurysmen4676
2 ай бұрын
Michael Jackson
@indus402
2 ай бұрын
@@amaurysmen4676 king of pop
Wow: Stevie Wonder also, great!
Here for my favorite band THE BEE GEES considering they were blackballed from people even playing their music in the 80’s cause they were labeled as “disco”. They were a GREAT BAND PERIOD!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Dire straits con 6 discos en el puesto 49 ,muchas ventas
The best top 5
Rolling Stones and the Beatles are forever my favourite bands
Ahhh!! Albums!!!
Honorable mentions George Harrison Ringo Starr The Who Blink 182 The Yardbirds The Kinks Beastie Boys Run DMC Montgomery Gentry The Monkees And so many more best selling music artists like that
I'm puzzled why George Michael's numbers are combined with Wham, but the same isn't done for other acts such as, say, Phil Collins and Genesis or Sting and the Police.
@osvaldomunoz6758
2 ай бұрын
O John Lennon , George Harrison, Ringo Star ,Paul mc Cartney y los beatles
@anngardner6767
Ай бұрын
Michael Jackson and the Jackson's/Jackson 5
ABBA only at #21?
Michael Jackson El Mejor Artista Musical de la Historia de la Música El Rey del Pop 👑❤. The Beatles La Mejor Banda De la Historia de la Música ♥ Elvis Presley El Rey del Rock and Roll un icono de la Música ♥. Estos tres Artistas Son los Mejores de la historia.
THE BEATLES ARE THE GOAT!
@JJStale
2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@jimmym1453
2 ай бұрын
And Floyd and Queen
@Finnmckenna
Ай бұрын
And zeppelin
What is the Prince song?
@kennet7837
2 ай бұрын
I Wanna Be Your Lover
@sharokrokni5317
2 ай бұрын
I wanna be your lover
Приятно видеть BTS в топ-50🎉
No matter how many "artists" meddle in music, the greatest never fall
According to what I read on Wikipedia the Carpenters have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, so this chart is bogus because they are not on it.
5 of the top 10 artists are British,, always been great when it comes to music.
I am shook
Queen по продажам выше Led Zeppelin? Автор Вы где информацию берете? В Росстате?
@Andey1954
2 ай бұрын
Queen had singles. Zeppelin didn’t do singles. Hence, the difference in sales
THE BEATLES AND THE REST ALL THEM
Queen Madonna!
Depeche mode ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
38 LEGEND 7 LEGEND
ABBA's sales figures are much higher than what has been showed here!!!!!
I hope KZread doesn't delete your video due to copyright :'v
Where is Chicago?
Clapton at 19. Great slowhand 👍
Roberto Carlos is the only artist in this list where his music is not known much outside of Latin countries.
Cool
Donna Summer sold over 100M but isn't here?!
@RJS1974
2 ай бұрын
The lots of artists are omitted. That’s why these lists are not accurate.
Can't see Kiss. Where is Kiss?
@ugurundunyas7331
2 ай бұрын
And where is Pearl Jam ?
@mapperetrue
2 ай бұрын
@@ugurundunyas7331 I don't know about Pearl Jam in this list, but Kiss must be there (100M+ sellings are official, plus we lost some sellings in the 80's)
@larafimghezzi9248
2 ай бұрын
On the lips...
@user-rn2mo9on6p
2 ай бұрын
Where is Chicago?
4:36 ❤
Crazy how many Jimi Hendrix Experience got with only 3 albums
A bit weird to choose a spanish song to represent Roberto Carlos, since 99% of his catalog is in portuguese.
@VictorLangLang
2 ай бұрын
E tbm é muito específico escolher uma especificamente em Espanhol
@vierxa989
2 ай бұрын
@@VictorLangLang deve achar que no Brasil fala espanhol kkk
Elvis is nr. 1 including single sales which was popular back in the day.
@user-zs7hk5re3l
2 ай бұрын
Beatles em menos anos tem números maiores do que elvis ,,, fizeram muito mas sucesso
@NeoDecade-xy2id
Ай бұрын
@@user-zs7hk5re3lsó pq estavam juntos, Elvis tmb têm muito mérito pq conseguiu tudo isso sozinho.
@user-zs7hk5re3l
Ай бұрын
@@NeoDecade-xy2id meu amigo elvis sim gde inteprete mais não era músico genial não era muito instrumentista não genial em estúdio não compositor. E elvis tinha sua banda Tb ninguém fica só sem ninguém pra auxiliar ...portanto os beatles de fato tinham mas recursos
@user-zs7hk5re3l
Ай бұрын
Olha quantos singles elvis produziu quanto anos em atividade e é pouca diferença entre um e outro nos EUA , já na Europa, Oceania, Ásia e Inglaterra beatles fica na frente
@erwinv1370
Ай бұрын
Elvis the most #1 singles in England more than everyone
3:30 ❤
For me it is very strange that Gloria Estefan is not included in that list 🤔
What are that stats based on ?
@theununtrium
2 ай бұрын
Description
6:00 😍 😍😍😍😍😍
This list lacks Oasis who have 75 million sales worldwide.
@remyroland8016
Ай бұрын
Foreigner too is lacking on the list
Good list, but I think its a shame that some artists like Elvis and Frank Sinatra have most of their sales discredited due to a lack of resources prior to 1960. Especially when you consider that most of their music was sold prior to 1960. I also think it is unfortunate that some artists like Whitney Houston, Prince, Phil Colins, and Led Zepplin are surpassed by more recent artists like Emanim, Drake, and The Weekend due to Spotify downloads, which did not exsist in their time.