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Updated Soundscan Top 40 All Time Best Selling Artists

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it was updated last week thanks to thae guy who posted on a pop forum who works at soundscan and release the data

Top Artists
1) Garth Brooks (68,554,000)
2) The Beatles (63,100,000)
3) Mariah Carey (53,474,000)
4) Metallica (53,059,000)
5) Celine Dion (51,415,000)
6) George Strait (43,138,000)
7) Eminem (41,028,000)
8) Tim McGraw (40,075,000)
9) Alan Jackson (38,771,000)
10) Pink Floyd (37,069,000)
11) U2 (34,715,000)
12) Kenny G (34,248,000)
13) Shania Twain (34,118,000)
14) Elvis Presley (33,656,000)
15) Michael Jackson (32,722,000)
16) Britney Spears (32,432,000)
17) AC/DC (31,489,000)
18) Pearl Jam (31,082,000)
19) Backstreet Boys (30,958,000)
20) Dave Matthews Band (30,725,000)
21) Aerosmith (30,637,000)
22) Eagles (30,611,000)
23) Eric Clapton (30,432,000)
24) Reba McEntire (29,896,000)
25) Rod Stewart (28,811,000)
26) Toby Keith (28,761,000)
27) Tupac (28,559,000)
28) Jay Z (28,470,000)
29) Frank Sinatra (28,216,000)
30) NSYNC (28,096,000)
31) Elton John (27,256,000)
32) Creed (27,079,000)
33) Dixie Chicks (26,941,000)
34) Madonna (26,935,000)
35) Enya (26,623,000)
36) Kenny Chesney (26,344,000)
37) Santana (26,331,000)
38) Jimmy Buffett (26,141,000)
39) Nirvana (25,698,000)
40) Guns N' Roses (25,453,000)

Top Albums
1 METALLICA METALLICA 15,707,789
2 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 15,504,652
3 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 14,704,534
4 MILLENIUM BACKSTREET BOYS 12,152,713
5 1 BEATLES 11,906,421
6 BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK 11,827,000
7 SUPERNATURAL SANTANA 11,709,000
8 HUMAN CLAY CREED 11,563,000
9 NO STRINGS ATTACHED N SYNC 11,121,000
10 FALLING INTO YOU CELINE DION 10,787,262
11 COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES 10,762,118
12 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 10,610,674
13 …BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 10,556,897
14 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 10,498,610
15 CRACKED READ VIEW HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH 10,228,193
16 TITANIC SOUNDTRACK 10,143,000
17 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS 10,116,000
18 EMINEM SHOW EMINEM 10,004,254
19 CONFESSIONS USHER 9,926,771
20 [HYBRID THEORY] LINKIN PARK 9,893,101
21 TEN PEARL JAM 9,886,852
22 ROPIN' THE WIND GARTH BROOKS 9,571,000
23 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE CELINE DION 9,515,930
24 OOPS!…I DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS 9,209,039
25 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD 9,177,969
26 GREATEST HITS BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 9,073,705
27 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE KID ROCK 9,072,939
28 NO FENCES GARTH BROOKS 9,010,000
29 NEVERMIND NIRVANA 8,881,034
30 N SYNC N SYNC 8,766,000
31 HELL FREEZES OVER EAGLES 8,724,000
32 WIDE OPEN SPACES DIXIE CHICKS 8,713,000
33 II BOYZ II MEN 8,573,000
34 COUNTRY GRAMMAR NELLY 8,489,000
35 FLY DIXIE CHICKS 8,289,000
36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHRISTINA AGUILERA 8,214,171
37 TRAGIC KINGDOM NO DOUBT 8,142,423
38 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU MATCHBOX 20 8,086,000
39 GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' 50 CENT 8,051,903
40 DOOKIE GREEN DAY 8,051,868
41 BREATHLESS KENNY G 8,037,381
42 ALL THE WAY - A DECADE OF SONG CELINE DION 7,968,000
43 GREATEST HITS JOURNEY 7,939,872
44 GREATEST HITS TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 7,903,230
45 THE HITS GARTH BROOKS 7,821,000
46 LION KING SOUNDTRACK 7,806,646
47 THE WOMAN IN ME SHANIA TWAIN 7,661,419
48 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? SOUNDTRACK 7,660,636
49 DAYDREAM MARIAH CAREY 7,600,457
50 UNPLUGGED ERIC CLAPTON 7,558,000
51 FALLEN EVANESCENCE 7,555,194
52 SIGNIFICANT OTHER LIMP BIZKIT 7,534,000
53 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS NICKELBACK 7,526,205
54 DR. DRE -- 2001 DR. DRE 7,493,708
55 SOME GAVE ALL BILLY RAY CYRUS 7,480,000
56 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 7,412,000
57 PIECES OF YOU JEWEL 7,387,000
58 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC 7,281,000
59 MIRACLES: THE HOLIDAY ALBUM KENNY G 7,229,000
60 MUSIC BOX MARIAH CAREY 7,210,536
61 SOME HEARTS CARRIE UNDERWOOD 7,130,937
62 THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL LAURYN HILL 7,069,106
63 JANET JANET JACKSON 7,025,727
64 COOLEYHIGH HARMONY BOYZ II MEN 6,962,155
65 GREATEST HITS JAMES TAYLOR 6,961,667
66 RICKY MARTIN RICKY MARTIN 6,960,025
67 A DAY WITHOUT RAIN ENYA 6,926,000
68 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 6,893,898
69 HOT SHOT SHAGGY 6,800,000
70 LET GO AVRIL LAVIGNE 6,788,000
71 TIME, LOVE & TENDERNESS MICHAEL BOLTON 6,728,000
72 CHOCLATE STARFISH LIMP BIZKIT 6,703,000
73 BREATHE FAITH HILL 6,523,630
74 THE SIGN ACE OF BASE 6,502,000
75 SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART JIMMY BUFFETT 6,494,000
76 NELLYVILLE NELLY 6,458,000
77 WEATHERED CREED 6,390,000
78 MY OWN PRISON CREED 6,382,000
79 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT 6,379,871
80 SONGS IN A MINOR ALICIA KEYS 6,264,661
81 WRITINGS ON THE WALL DESTINIY'S CHILD 6,258,000
82 SUBLIME SUBLIME 6,231,362
83 SMASH OFFSPRING 6,209,000
84 BREAKAWAY KELLY CLARKSON 6,172,459
85 UNFORGETTABLE WITH LOVE NATALIE COLE 6,160,000
86 6,152,453 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw (27/11/2011)
87 6,120,000 E.1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (31/12/2006)
88 6,050,000 Home - Dixie Chicks (23/11/2011)
89 6,038,827 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (27/11/2011) 11,423 +377% 2,394
90 6,036,000 Big Willie style - Will Smith (05/10/2008)
91 6,032,533 Thriller - Michael Jackson (27/11/2011) 3,792 +100% 1,896
92 6,030,000 American idiot - Green Day (23/10/2011)
93 6,016,000 Double live - Garth Brooks (15/05/2011)
94 6,000,000 Sixteen stone - Bush (26/09/2010)
95 5,998,000 Not a moment too soon - Tim McGraw (02/11/2008)
96 5,993,000 Blue - LeAnn Rimes (02/11/2008)
97 5,982,000 August and everythig after - Counting Crows (05/10/2008)
98 5,965,559 Vs. - Pearl Jam (24/04/2011)
99 5,960,000 The emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey (23/10/2011)
100 5,943,514 Grease - Soundtrack (05/06/2011

Top Dgitial Songs
1) Black Eyed Peas-I Gotta Feeling (7,579,000)
2) Lady Gaga-Poker Face (6,452,000)
3) Lady Gaga-Just Dance (6,399,000)
4) Black Eyed Peas-Boom Boom Pow (6,208,000)
5) Flo Rida-Low (6,099,000)
6) Ke$ha-Tik Tok (6,089,000)
7) Jason Mraz-I'm Yours (5,881,000)
8) Train-Hey Soul Sister (5,695,000)
9) Adele-Rolling In The Deep (5,607,000)
10) Taio Cruz-Dynamite (5,565,000)
11) Lady Antebellum-Need You Now (5,471,000)
12) Cee Lo Green-F**k You (5,296,000)
13) Coldplay-Viva La Vida (5,210,000)
14) One Republic-Apologize (5,186,000)
15) Eminem-Love The Way You Lie (5,170,000)
16) Taylor Swift-Love Story (5,146,000)
17) Katy Perry-Firework (5,075,000)
18) Katy Perry-Hot N Cold (5,066,000)
19) Katy Perry-California Girls (5,056,000)
20) Flo Rida-Right Round (5,030,000)
21) Lady Gaga-Bad Romance (4,992,000)
22) Journey-Don't Stop Believing (4,849,000)
23) Katy Perry-E.T. (4,838,000)
24) Bruno Mars-Just The Way You Are (4,792,000)
25) Soulja Boy-Crank That (4,781,000)
26) LMFAO-Party Rock Anthem (4,734,000)
27) Beyonce-Single Ladies (4,734,000)
28) Miley Cyrus-Party In The USA (4,732,000)
29) Bruno Mars-Grenade (4,713,000)
30) Jay Z-Empire State Of Mind (4,697,000)
31) Kanye West-Stronger (4,508,000)
32) BOB-Airplanes (4,390,000)
33) Owl City-Fireflies (4,369,000)
34) Usher-OMG (4,354,000)
35) Lil Wayne-Lollipop (4,319,000)
36) Rihanna-Disturbia (4,303,000)
37) Leona Lewis-Bleeding Love (4,280,000)
38) Pink-So What (4,272,000)
39) TI-Live Your Life (4,212,000)
40) Eminem-Lose Yourself (4,211,000
 
What kind of list is this? Greatest artists of all time where, globaly, only on the USA, where? Is this list official because we have seen all lind of lists flying around?
 
soundscan is the music tracking device started in 1991 so these are the highest selling artists in the U.S. from 1991 to 2011 . this was updated last week
 
Michael´s HIStory and Dangerous album (both more than 7 million albums in the USA)????
But Thriller is the 91st?

ridiculous.
 
USA treated him like shit, BOTDF is a prime example.We all know how good the real stats are.
 
His total position on the list is questionable, seriously questionable, but the position of Thriller must be incorrect have you seen some of the non albums that supposedly sold more, what a joke.
 
I'm sorry but there is no way that top 5, even including the beatles have sold more than twice as much as Michael Jackson, the idea is rediculous. Trust your instincts, something isn't right here.
 
Michael and Madonna should be much higher. I'm sure others as well. That list is seriously suspect.
 
actually this is RIGHT list, people keep in mind that these are the sales from 91' in U.S, NOT WORLDWIDE. keep also in mind that these are CERTIFIED sales, so mj's dangerous album could have sold 7 million and history 7 too, but it's not certified,therfore it's not inside top 100 albums. if all michael albums would be certified (#'s 1,essential,dangeorus,history, blood on the dance flloor, invincible and so on). he would at least be inside the top 10, probably 9. and in a few years (3-4)with all the upcoming albums and if they certified all his albums, he could easily CLIMB up to 6. it's really hard to get in side the top 5 though,since there is a 7 + million gap and as we all know albums sales are not selling as they used to... but who knows what can happen in the future...
 
andreita2994 said:
actually this is RIGHT list, people keep in mind that these are the sales from 91' in U.S, NOT WORLDWIDE. keep also in mind that these are CERTIFIED sales, so mj's dangerous album could have sold 7 million and history 7 too, but it's not certified,therfore it's not inside top 100 albums. if all michael albums would be certified (#'s 1,essential,dangeorus,history, blood on the dance flloor, invincible and so on). he would at least be inside the top 10, probably 9. and in a few years (3-4)with all the upcoming albums and if they certified all his albums, he could easily CLIMB up to 6. it's really hard to get in side the top 5 though,since there is a 7 + million gap and as we all know albums sales are not selling as they used to... but who knows what can happen in the future...
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If MJ has sold - 15) Michael Jackson 32,722,000 albums, it must mean that at least Dangerous and HIStory are CERTIFIED, as well as Thiller that is on 91....

Dangerous and HIStory were officially CERTIFIED a few (many) years ago.... with 7 platinum status.
Those 32 mill. albums of the list are certified so albums (like Dangerous and HIStory) should have been on the list because they have to be included in that amount of sold albums.

Then its confusing and unfair or misleading or twisting facts.
 
Compare these lists to the international ones and you see the difference... Michael was an international superstar and would definately be in the top 10 atleast for every international list.. In USA, MJ was treated like shit and there is definately some conspiracy behind these lists.
 
This is from 1991 till now? Is there a list that shows before 1991? I mean I read Joe Vogel's book and Thriller alone sold 110 million worldwide. Best selling album in the world for the last 30 years. I guess I want to see a list where Michael stands compared to everyone else in total sales. I don't even know if that exists.
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
If MJ has sold - 15) Michael Jackson 32,722,000 albums, it must mean that at least Dangerous and HIStory are CERTIFIED, as well as Thiller that is on 91....

Dangerous and HIStory were officially CERTIFIED a few (many) years ago.... with 7 platinum status.
Those 32 mill. albums of the list are certified so albums (like Dangerous and HIStory) should have been on the list because they have to be included in that amount of sold albums.

Then its confusing and unfair or misleading or twisting facts.
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AS you said they were certified many years ago, which means the album has still being selling without being certificated, a clear example is #1's (it's 3x plat.) when it had really sold +4,600,000 copies...a lot of mj's albums are under certified ...
 
This is a dumb question but can his albums get certified? Or certified the right number. I don't get why it wouldn't be correct in the first place. I am sorry I don't know how it works.
 
marebear said:
This is a dumb question but can his albums get certified? Or certified the right number. I am sorry I don't know how it works.
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they can get the right number certified if your company are willing to. To get your album certified, the company needs buy the certification, which cost money, not much, but still...that's why many companies didn't./don't certified their artist's albums
ex. motown , none of their artists were certified...ex. stevie wonder's "songs in the key of life" was #1 Many weeks is us....and have probably sold many millions world wide, yet officially he hasn't sold any...when people want to get Motown album sales, they can only estimate (based on ow many weeks stayed in top200,how much albums were selling at the time,etc) ...it's quite sad though.
now let's say michael jackson's dangerous sold 7millions from 91-93...these albums were certified...meaning he officially has sold this amount of copies and the company made sure everyone know how successful his/her artist, like "this is artist, look how much he is selling", type of thing
BUT DANGEROUS still sold during 94' ,95',and so on .Let's say dangerous sold 1million from 94-09, THESE SALES ARE THE ones that have not being certified...therefore dangerous as well as many mj's albums (pre-91 too ex.off the wall and bad,thriller had been updated)
now in 09' for obvious and sad reasons mj sold millions and millions of albums (around 8)and these sales were counted towards the soundscan sales, since every week they were reporting how much mj sold, and at the end of the year the company made offical mj sold 8 and like 30 mill worldwide
i wish i could help you more too but i'm not an expert
 
andreita2994 said:
they can get the right number certified if your company are willing to. To get your album certified, the company needs buy the certification, which cost money, not much, but still...that's why many companies didn't./don't certified their artist's albums
ex. motown , none of their artists were certified...ex. stevie wonder's "songs in the key of life" was #1 Many weeks is us....and have probably sold many millions world wide, yet officially he hasn't sold any...when people want to get Motown album sales, they can only estimate (based on ow many weeks stayed in top200,how much albums were selling at the time,etc) ...it's quite sad though.
now let's say michael jackson's dangerous sold 7millions from 91-93...these albums were certified...meaning he officially has sold this amount of copies and the company made sure everyone know how successful his/her artist, like "this is artist, look how much he is selling", type of thing
BUT DANGEROUS still sold during 94' ,95',and so on .Let's say dangerous sold 1million from 94-09, THESE SALES ARE THE ones that have not being certified...therefore dangerous as well as many mj's albums (pre-91 too ex.off the wall and bad,thriller had been updated)
now in 09' for obvious and sad reasons mj sold millions and millions of albums (around 8)and these sales were counted towards the soundscan sales, since every week they were reporting how much mj sold, and at the end of the year the company made offical mj sold 8 and like 30 mill worldwide
i wish i could help you more too but i'm not an expert
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It is sad. Thanks for your help. You do know a lot. I don't know any of these things. To me Michael is one of the best selling artists ever. He is the best to me.
 
andreita2994 said:
they can get the right number certified if your company are willing to. To get your album certified, the company needs buy the certification, which cost money, not much, but still...that's why many companies didn't./don't certified their artist's albums
ex. motown , none of their artists were certified...ex. stevie wonder's "songs in the key of life" was #1 Many weeks is us....and have probably sold many millions world wide, yet officially he hasn't sold any...when people want to get Motown album sales, they can only estimate (based on ow many weeks stayed in top200,how much albums were selling at the time,etc) ...it's quite sad though.
now let's say michael jackson's dangerous sold 7millions from 91-93...these albums were certified...meaning he officially has sold this amount of copies and the company made sure everyone know how successful his/her artist, like "this is artist, look how much he is selling", type of thing
BUT DANGEROUS still sold during 94' ,95',and so on .Let's say dangerous sold 1million from 94-09, THESE SALES ARE THE ones that have not being certified...therefore dangerous as well as many mj's albums (pre-91 too ex.off the wall and bad,thriller had been updated)
now in 09' for obvious and sad reasons mj sold millions and millions of albums (around 8)and these sales were counted towards the soundscan sales, since every week they were reporting how much mj sold, and at the end of the year the company made offical mj sold 8 and like 30 mill worldwide
i wish i could help you more too but i'm not an expert
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But this also begs the question, is MJ the only artist who's not certified? Or does this apply to every artist on the list?
 
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