December 30, 20168 yr WOW at Taylor Swift must be the highest of the current acts - had loads of country albums in the US I assume. And great to see Lose Yourself played on radio 2!!
December 30, 20168 yr Author WOW at Taylor Swift must be the highest of the current acts - had loads of country albums in the US I assume. And great to see Lose Yourself played on radio 2!! Rihanna at #8 says hello. :P
December 30, 20168 yr The top 5. 1 The Beatles 2 Elvis Presley 3 Michael Jackson 4 Elton John 5 Madonna Compiled by radio producer Philip Swern (you can read about him on Wikipedia).
December 30, 20168 yr No real surprises in the top 5 - Elton John has done well. Thanks for the countdown!
December 30, 20168 yr Author surprised Shakira isn't in the top 100 actually, thought she'd sold loads in Spain/the Americas
December 30, 20168 yr Wiki has Elton and Madonna the other way round. Four Beatles tracks played before 12, one with each Beatle on lead vocal, ending with the classic A Day In The Life. Edited December 30, 20168 yr by crazy christmas
December 31, 20168 yr I'm surprised neither Pink or Take That haven't made the top100. TT weren't big in America.
January 1, 20178 yr Status Quo at no'28. Consistent worldwide sales. They've also played approx 8000 gigs to an estimated audience off 45 million.
January 1, 20178 yr U2 are at number 21. The Radio 2 presenter said, We have added together figures from all over the internet. We've looked at record sales, we've looked at music industry publications, we've used available sales figures issued to all the news organisations, we've used albums, we've used singles, we've done videos since the early sixties and we've done a chart. You can take issue with it - it is an art or a science. As Eric Morecambe once said - "The artists are all there, but not necessarily in the correct order."
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