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