Posted December 29, 20168 yr over the course of the week Radio 2 have been counting down the top 100 best-selling artists, here's the chart so far, to be updated once all of the chart is announced. 1 The Beatles 2 Elvis Presley 3 Michael Jackson 4 Elton John 5 Madonna 6 Led Zeppelin 7 Cliff Richard 8 Rihanna 9 Pink Floyd 10 Mariah Carey 11 Celine Dion 12 AC/DC 13 Whitney Houston 14 Queen 15 ABBA 16 Rolling Stones 17 Taylor Swift 18 Garth Brooks 19 Eminem 20 Eagles 21 U2 22 Billy Joel 23 Phil Collins 24 Aerosmith 25 Frank Sinatra 26 Engelbert Humperdinck 27 Barbra Streisand 28 Status Quo 29 Kanye West 30 Bee Gees  31 Bruce Springsteen 32 Lady Gaga 33 Metallica 34 Katy Perry 35 Adele 36 Bruno Mars 37 Justin Bieber 38 JAY-Z 39 Rod Stewart 40 Bon Jovi 41 Lil Wayne 42 Britney Spears 43 Fleetwood Mac 44 Tom Jones 45 George Strait 46 Guns N' Roses 47 Backstreet Boys 48 Neil Diamond 49 Prince 50 Paul McCartney & Wings 51 Kenny Rogers 52 Janet Jackson 53 Julio Iglesias 54 Chicago 55 Carpenters 56 Bob Dylan 57 Dire Straits 58 Bryan Adams 59 Def Leppard 60 Cher 61 Lionel Richie 62 Genesis 63 James Taylor 64 Olivia Newton-John 65 Stevie Wonder 66 Tina Turner 67 Linda Ronstadt 68 Donna Summer 69 The Beach Boys 70 David Bowie 71 The Who 72 Barry White 73 The Supremes 74 Duran Duran 75 Iron Maiden 76 Depeche Mode 77 Deep Purple 78 The Dave Clark Five 79 Bing Crosby 80 Pet Shop Boys 81 Santana 82 Earth, Wind & Fire 83 Johnny Cash 84 Beyoncé 85 Shania Twain 86 R.E.M. 87 Coldplay 88 Van Halen 89 Spice Girls 90 Foreigner 91 The Doors 92 George Michael 93 Reba McEntire 94 Meat Loaf 95 Barry Manilow 96 Kylie Minogue 97 Tom Petty 98 The Black Eyed Peas 99 Enya 100 Robbie Williams (list may be somewhat incorrect, as Radio 2 haven't put up #81-100 yet so I've guessed based on what their last.fm says they played. also I've no idea what is meant to be #41)
December 29, 20168 yr Author I'm surprised Beyoncé is that low actually, if that is true (like I said I'm not sure about 81-100) Radio 2 bias really kicking in though playing 'American Boy' to represent Kanye West and cutting nearly half of his rap off, yet playing three Bruce Springsteen songs :drama:
December 29, 20168 yr Do they just play a random amount of tracks? Thought Robbie Williams would have been higher!
December 29, 20168 yr Author They seem to be playing on average 2 per artist, or just the one if its an artist that doesn't usually get played on Radio 2.
December 29, 20168 yr Author Kanye West has outsold the Bee Gees?! Yes. Here's #21-40 21 U2 22 Billy Joel 23 Phil Collins 24 Aerosmith 25 Frank Sinatra 26 Engelbert Humperdinck 27 Barbra Streisand 28 Status Quo 29 Kanye West 30 Bee Gees  31 Bruce Springsteen 32 Lady Gaga 33 Metallica 34 Katy Perry 35 Adele 36 Bruno Mars 37 Justin Bieber 38 JAY-Z 39 Rod Stewart 40 Bon Jovi The top 20 will be revealed tomorrow.
December 29, 20168 yr Any guesses for top spot - Michael Jackson or Queen? Beatles should be about there too!
December 29, 20168 yr Was the Spice Girls album at #90 Spice World? Surely Spice sold more than that.
December 29, 20168 yr Linda Ronstadt outselling David Bowie? 😵And Donna Summer, the Beach Boys, The Who, Duran Duran, the Pet Shop Boys and Wham! amongst others. There must surely be an error there as she's only had 2 top 10 hits and neither of them were massive sellers. Wham! probably sold more singles in 1984 alone than Linda has managed throughout the whole of her career in the UK. Most of her singles have failed to chart.Â
December 29, 20168 yr Author Was the Spice Girls album at #90 Spice World? Surely Spice sold more than that.It's not an albums list. It's a best selling artists list. And Donna Summer, the Beach Boys, The Who, Duran Duran, the Pet Shop Boys and Wham! amongst others. There must surely be an error there as she's only had 2 top 10 hits and neither of them were massive sellers. Wham! probably sold more singles in 1984 alone than Linda has managed throughout the whole of her career in the UK. Most of her singles have failed to chart.My guess is Linda sold a lot more than those in other places in the world, remember it's not best selling in the UK it's best selling worldwide. Lil Wayne was 41 by the way but they refused to play him.thanks RJP. hopefully they don't refuse to play Eminem when he comes up, that'd be really annoying.
December 29, 20168 yr ^ I've just read the title of the thread again, I never noticed at first it was a list of the world's best selling artists. Linda was very successful in the US in the 1970s.
December 29, 20168 yr It's not an albums list. It's a best selling artists list. My guess is Linda sold a lot more than those in other places in the world, remember it's not best selling in the UK it's best selling worldwide. thanks RJP. hopefully they don't refuse to play Eminem when he comes up, that'd be really annoying.  Surely Lose Yourself would sound great on any channel?!
December 29, 20168 yr Bruno Mars seems very high considering he's only on album 3 yet Kylie is 96. I wonder how they have worked out the list.
December 29, 20168 yr Oh seems I was just as confused as everyone else on this list. It would be nice if they said how they worked this out. If it is going purely on certified sales then Rihanna could end up #1 as isn't she the most certified artist in US history.
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