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Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
Kylie Minogue is the highest-selling Australian artist of all time, and an unsuspecting gay icon. She rose to fame on the Australian soap opera, Neighbours. Her wedding on the show to Jason Donovan's character was viewed by 20 million people in the UK alone.
Vale Judith Durham, First Aussie Female Musician To Sell 50 Million Records.
The Beatles hold the record for the most number-one albums on the Australian charts with 14. Jimmy Barnes holds the record for the most number-one albums by a male artist with 15.
Harry Belafonte (37 weeks)
Calypso is tied with the South Pacific soundtrack as the longest-running No. 1 album of the 1956-59 period. Belafonte had the second shortest span of weeks at No.
Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.
Led Zeppelin is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. They sold over 300 million records worldwide, including 111.5 million certified units in the United States alone.
Kylie Minogue
Next, we have Kylie Minogue who is, without a doubt, one of the most famous Australian musicians in the world. Born in Melbourne in 1968, she rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album “Kylie” and has since sold over 80 million records worldwide.
1. Kylie Minogue. Born in Melbourne, Australia with her parents of Irish and British descent, Kylie Ann Minogue, known as simply Kylie, is a pop singer-songwriter and actress.
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In November, Sia was the most-streamed Aussie artist globally, followed by The Kid LAROI at #2, AC/DC at #3, Dean Lewis at #4 and Tame Impala at #5.
Guinness World Records also states that double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John (rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than Marilyn Monroe in the original 1973 version), is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US ...
The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20.
Garth Brooks is the artist with the most diamond albums.
Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Phil Collins are the only musicians to have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and member of a group. I remember Phil Collins.
The first CD to sell a million copies world-wide was Dire Straits' Brother in Arms in 1986. It subsequently topped a million sales in Europe alone, including over 250,000 in Britain.
In 2008, Clayton Counts and Neil Keener came together to create the avant-garde group called Bull of Heaven. Their lengthy creations created a reputation for the band, and they now hold the record for the world's longest album.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
Colombian singer-songwriter J Balvin has entered the Billion Views Club 12 different times, making him the artist with the most videos in the coveted club. In 2022 alone, more than 50 music videos earned their first billion views.
Asha Bhosle – Most recorded artist in music history
Asha Bhosle has recorded up to 11000 solo, duets and chorus backed songs and several others in over 20 Indian languages since 1947.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)
The Carpenters have sold more than 90 million records worldwide.
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of June 2023, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist.