Top Selling Artists (U.S.)

[Shawn]

This is an interesting list from the RIAA that provides the "total album sales" in the in U.S. per artist.

1. The Beatles - 177 million

2. Elvis Presley - 134.5 million

3. Garth Brooks - 128 million

4. Led Zeppelin - 111.5 million

5. Eagles - 100 million

6. Billy Joel - 81.5 million

7. Pink Floyd - 74.5 million

8. Elton John - 72 million

9. Barbara Streisand - 71.5 million

10. AC/DC - 71.5 million

11. Michael Jackson - 70.5 million

12. George Strait - 68.5 million

13. Aerosmith - 66.5 million

14. The Rolling Stones - 66 million

15. Bruce Springsteen - 64.5 million

16. Madonna - 64 million

17. Mariah Carey - 63.5 million

18. Metallica - 60 million

19. Van Halen - 56.5 million

20. Whitney Houston - 55 million

You can see more of the list on their website: http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists

[A Lark Ascending]

No Hatfield and the North? No Stackridge?

[Jazzmoose]

This is just through stores, right? It doesn't count all those late night Slim Whitman commercial sales, does it?