The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lists the best-selling musicians of all time, based on total certified album units sold in the US. It also includes streaming figures.
Artists from multiple different genres — pop, country, instrumental jazz, rap, metal — have earned their spots on this list.
Here are the top 25:
1. The Beatles
2. Garth Brooks
3. Elvis Presley
4. Eagles
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Billy Joel
7. Michael Jackson
8. AC/DC
9. Elton John
10. Mariah Carey
11. Pink Floyd
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. Metallica
14. Aerosmith
15. George Strait
16. Barbra Streiand
17. The Rolling Stones
18. Madonna
19. Whitney Houston
20. Eminem
21. Fleetwood Mac
22. Taylor Swift
23. Van Halen
24. Celine Dion
25. Journey
To see the entire list, please click here. Additionally, to view the 50 best-selling music artists of all time in the US by album sales, go here.
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Do all my 8-track tapes count on this list?
LOL!!!