December 29, 20168 yr This was supposed to start Monday and feature 20 artists/groups a day but didn't start until Tuesday so don't think they've played 80-100 as it was mostly George Michael and Wham stuff on Monday. Whether they were interspersed with 80-100 I'm not sure but don't think so. I'd say top 5 will be Beatles, Jacko, Elvis, Madonna and Led Zeppelin but not necessarily in that order then maybe Pink Floyd, Queen..etc. Abba will be top 10 probably too. As the US is the biggest music market in the world, those that were huge there will be high up. They played three Springsteen tracks today "because we can" :) Edited December 29, 20168 yr by crazy christmas
December 29, 20168 yr Author I think Elton John would be top 5 over Led Zeppelin. Although if it is based only on certified sales then Rihanna will be third behind Beatles/Elvis, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
December 29, 20168 yr Surely Lose Yourself would sound great on any channel?! My guess is that they'll say they can't play any Eminem. :rolleyes: They skipped him once when doing a POTP from 1999 and he was top 3 I think. Plenty of his singles have no swearing and bet they could have found a Lil' Wayne one that didn't.
December 29, 20168 yr I'm gobsmacked that country singer George Strait is in there. He's big but surely Dolly Parton sold more than him. Garth Brooks should be high then as he's sold something like 200 million in the US but not much anywhere else.
December 29, 20168 yr What Radio 2 said today. The 2 compilers (who they named) searched hundreds of web sites to calculate an average of certified and estimated sales of albums and singles as well as digital downloads and videos since the early sixties. Fan sites tend to exaggerate sales. What weighting factor was used for the various components? Were streams included? Videos obviously hurt artists from the 60s and 70s. Which countries were included? As Radio 2 admitted the list is more of an art than a science. You can view the list from here.
December 29, 20168 yr Corrected list nos. 100 to 81. Wham have been excluded and George Michael comes in at no. 92. 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
December 29, 20168 yr I think Elton John would be top 5 over Led Zeppelin. Although if it is based only on certified sales then Rihanna will be third behind Beatles/Elvis, if Wikipedia is to be believed. Nah Elvis and The Beatles have approaching a billion worldwide sales each and Rihanna has nowhere hear that.
December 29, 20168 yr Engelbert Humperdinck being so high shows what a load of horse shit this list is. He likes to claim he's sold 150 million records but when you try to reconcile that with chart positions it's totally ridiculous.
December 30, 20168 yr Engelbert Humperdinck being so high shows what a load of horse shit this list is. He likes to claim he's sold 150 million records but when you try to reconcile that with chart positions it's totally ridiculous. He was very big in South America and Asia though and these are worldwide sales. Edited December 30, 20168 yr by crazy christmas
December 30, 20168 yr Author Kylie wasn't big in the US which probably explains her being so low (same with Robbie Williams)
December 30, 20168 yr Kylie wasn't big in the US which probably explains her being so low (same with Robbie Williams) Yes, spot on. Eagles at 20 but surprisingly only Lyin' Eyes, my favourite, played. The album Their Greatest Hits, released in 1976, is the second best-seller of all time in the US behind Thriller on around 25 million. Was ahead of Thriller until Thriller 25 was released and then Jacko died. Edited December 30, 20168 yr by crazy christmas
December 30, 20168 yr Author Garth Brooks #18. Presumably mostly made up of US sales as he only had a few UK top 40 hits.
December 30, 20168 yr Author Mariah Carey #10 Pink Floyd #9 Rihanna #8 Cliff Richard #7 Led Zeppelin #6 Madonna #5
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