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A few others that have shifted plenty of units worldwide and maybe should have been considered - Dire Straits - 150M+ Genesis - 150M + Eagles - 200M+ Dolly Parton - 100M+ Shania Twain - 100M+ Johnny Cash - 90M+ Linkin Park - 100M+ Def Leppard - 100M+ Pearl Jam - 85-100M Black Sabbath - 85M+ Aerosmith - 150M+ Neil Young - 135M+ (if you include his work with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY) Garth Brooks - 200M+ And of course the daddy of them all - Bing Crosby - Estimated as much as 1B+ (White Christmas alone has sold in excess of 50M)

With global sales counted at around the 200M mark AC/DC are a glaring omission from this list. Their UK sales at nearly 12M also dwarf the likes of Nirvana, Radiohead, The Cure, Green Day, REM, etc In fact there's few there that can compete.

In regards to the race. Lewis seemed reinvigorated and drove well. Was a little unusual to find myself rooting for him for once. If Charles had not have binned it in qualifying they could have been running 1 and 2 towards the end. As for the Mercedes pairing, Kimi may have been outqualified by George but he again outdrove him on race day. If Ferrari are a challenge all year George needs to up his game or settle for the Bottas role, especially as McLaren and Red Bull have potential to join the fight.

Since 1958 actually. Jackie Stewart not being English. 1968 was last all British podium. In Portugal 1958 you had Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Stewart Lewis-Evans on the podium. This was the race where Moss cost himself the title by arguing that Hawthorn's penalty was incorrect (when there were no cameras to prove it either way)

Honestly, I won't miss it. The show overall has been so badly written and executed recently that this feels like a mercy killing. It could've recovered from Chibnall's reign of errors and there were ways to work through or around the Timeless Child but RTD came back thinking he was the great messiah only to balls it up further and then as he reflected on where the show was and surrounded by the burning wreckage of his own incompetence he walks off as if he were David Cameron after the Brexit vote. Twat.

May 351 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 Radio Werewolf 85 02 Bruce Springsteen 65 03 The Cramps 65 04 The Clash 63 05 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 58 06 Pink Floyd 49 07 The Police 48 08 R.E.M. 42 09 Sleeper 42 10 Manic Street Preachers 41 11 Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction 36 12 HotWax 34 13 The Mission 30 14 Siouxsie & the Banshees 28 15 Pop Will Eat Itself 23 16 The Pretenders 23 17 Mimi Barks 21 18 U2 21 19 Delilah Bon 20 20 Tori Amos 19 21 Saint Agnes 17 22 WREX 17 23 LEMONSUCKR 16 24 Levellers 16 25 NWA 16 26 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 16 27 The Cult 16 28 The Last Dinner Party 16 29 Suede 15 30 The Prodigy 15 31 YONAKA 15 32 Prince 14 33 All About Eve 13 34 KNIFE BRIDE 13 35 Lana Del Rey 13 36 Nirvana 13 37 Public Enemy 13 38 Creaming Jesus 12 39 Polite Bureaux 12 40 Super Furry Animals 12 The Year to Date 875 artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 (02) Pink Floyd 208 (49) 02 (01) Kate Bush 169 (2) 03 (10) The Cramps 148 (65) 04 (04) Siouxsie & the Banshees 142 (28) 05 (20) The Clash 125 (63) 06 (03) Lambrini Girls 118 (4) 07 (27) Bruce Springsteen 115 (65) 08 (12) HotWax 114 (34) 09 (05) Heartworms 112 (-) 10 (06) The Sisters of Mercy 110 (11) 11 (07) Delilah Bon 108 (20) 12 (08) YONAKA 101 (15) 13 (44) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 98 (58) 14 (14) Saint Agnes 94 (17) 15 (30) Sleeper 90 (32) 16 (32) Manic Street Preachers 88 (41) 17 (NE) Radio Werewolf 87 18 (13) Nine Inch Nails 86 (6) 19 (11) Simple Minds 85 (4) 20 (09) Gaye Bykers On Acid 83 (-) 21 (17) KNIFE BRIDE 83 (13) 22 (15) Bambie Thug 74 (-) 23 (16) The Pogues 74 (-) 24 (34) The Pretenders 70 (33) 25 (19) Cassyette 69 (7) 26 (18) Garbage 69 (3) 27 (NE) R.E.M. 67 28 (24) Die Spitz 66 (9) 29 (29) Prince 63 (14) 30 (25) L7 61 (6) 31 (23) Terrorvision 61 (2) 32 (40) WREX 61 (17) 33 (21) The Damned 60 (-) 34 (22) Gaffa Tape Sandy 59 (-) 35 (NE) The Mission 57 36 (NE) Mimi Barks 56 37 (28) Killing Joke 53 (4) 38 (NE) The Police 52 39 (26) Johnny Cash 51 (-) 40 (37) Ministry 51 (6) 41 (35) Bloodworm 48 (2) 42 (42) Peter Gabriel 48 (6) 43 (36) The Lords of the New Church 48 (2) 44 (45) Tigercub 48 (8) 45 (31) Joy Division 47 (-) 46 (33) Prince & the Revolution 47 (-) 47 (39) Marilyn Manson 46 (2) 48 (38) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) 49 (43) Cranes 44 (4) 50 (41) Joan Jett 44 (2) Dropouts congratulations 39 (-) Rob Zombie 39 (-) Eville 38 (-) GWAR 38 (-) PROJECTOR 37 (-) Former Entries The Jesus & Mary Chain 43 (11) Fields of the Nephilim 41 (9) The Prodigy 41 (15) Faith No More 40 (4) CARNE 38 (2) Midnight Oil 36 (3) The Beatles 35 (-) LN 35 (-) LOA LOA 35 (-) Arcade Fire 33 (-) fakeyourdeath 34 (-) Kim Dracula 30 (-) Motorhead 30 (-) Depeche Mode 29 (4) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) Sick Joy 26 (-) Die So Fluid 25 (-) Kid Kapichi 25 (-) Beastie Boys 24 (2) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 24 (2) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Eurythmics 21 (3) Shadow Project 20 (-) Beastmilk 19 (-) Chappell Roan 18 (-) Korn 18 (-) System of a Down 16 (1) Birdeatsbaby 15 (-) Iggy Pop 15 (-) The Libertines 15 (-)

Charles Leclerc has announced his intention not to become World Champion any time soon by signing a contract extension at Ferrari

Actually it is Spotify's fault I don't stream from them. They are a vile company.

I hope Antonelli does take the title if it's between the two Merc drivers and I agree Kimi is naturally faster than George. However he showed his weaknesses yesterday. I said to my mate he was driving like Senna but without the talent. By that I mean he was going for it every lap like Ayrton would but he lacked the super elite ability Senna had. Not suggesting Kimi isn't very talented but he was driving with his heart and not using his head. He kept trying to pass George at the wrong corner and Russell always looked to have an answer each time and was nearly always fully in control. This year could shape up to be an interesting fight especially if others can get in amongst them.

Your statistics, whilst not incorrect, do not account for the changes in the points system over the years and how early it is in the season. Russell is less than 2 race wins at 25 points behind Antonelli with most of the season left to go and the opportunity of Sprints in play being an extra factor. As an earlier example Hunt was 17 points behind Lauda in '76 with 3 to go with only 9 given as a win and only 7 out of 8 results counted. In 2007 Raikkonen, at 17 points behind and with two races to go also had a 0% tolerance of error to beat Hamilton or Alonso in 2007 and required them both to have problems in order to win. Antonelli as you point out, has been fortunate so far but realistically George had the measure of him this weekend (as much as it pains me to say). Antonelli has every chance to be champion this year but he still has his work cut out if he is to realise that dream.

Awful idea. There are bands i have never once streamed on spotify but have spent hundreds of pounds on merch, physical and digital releases (via bandcamp or their website) as well as tickets but according to them I would not be a big enough fan. Thoroughly flawed premise

I would really like to have seen what Busch could do in top level open wheeled single seaters but we never really got to see that. Few tintop drivers these days can make the transition successfully, but he might have been one to buck the trend. Unfortunately, without that I can't personally put him alongside the likes of Andretti, Gurney or Foyt but there's no doubt he's among the all time top 10 stock car drivers.

NASCAR legend Kyle Busch has died aged 41, after a short, severe illness. He won his last race exactly 7 days ago and said this - “Take what you can get man, you never know when the last one’s gonna be. Cherish ’em all. Trust me.”

April Pos/Artist/plays 01 Pink Floyd 155 02 Nine Inch Nails 66 03 The Sisters of Mercy 61 04 Terrorvision 59 05 The Pogues 51 06 The Pretenders 45 07 Cassyette 43 08 Peter Gabriel 42 09 Pantera 33 10 The Wonder Stuff 33 11 Heartworms 31 12 Bambie Thug 30 13 Lambrini Girls 24 14 Sleeper 24 15 Abba 22 16 Bloodworm 20 17 WREX 20 18 KNIFE BRIDE 19 19 Velvetine 19 20 Ist I2t 18 21 The Velvet Underground 16 22 Mimi Barks 14 23 Taylor Swift 14 24 Tigercub 14 25 Saint Agnes 13 26 Lana Del Rey 12 27 T'Pau 12 28 The Pipettes 12 29 David Bowie 11 30 Amy Taylor 10 31 Bruce Springsteen 10 32 CLT DRP 10 33 Desperate Journalist 10 34 YONAKA 10 35 False Advertsising 9 36 Frankie Goes To Hollywood 9 37 City Dog 8 38 Die Spitz 8 39 Fleetwood Mac 8 40 Infected Rain 8 The Year to Date Pos/Artist/plays 01 (01) Kate Bush 167 (+5) 02 (NE) Pink Floyd 159 03 (03) Lambrini Girls 114 (+24) 04 (02) Siouxsie & the Banshees 114 (+4) 05 (05) Heartworms 112 (+31) 06 (34) The Sisters of Mercy 99 (+61) 07 (04) Delilah Bon 88 (+1) 08 (10) YONAKA 86 (+10) 09 (09) Gaye Bykers on Acid 83 (+4) 10 (06) The Cramps 83 (+2) 11 (08) Simple Minds 81 (+1) 12 (07) HotWax 80 (-) 13 (NE) Nine Inch Nails 80 14 (11) Saint Agnes 77 (+13) 15 (26) Bambie Thug 74 (+30) 16 (NE) The Pogues 74 17 (17) KNIFE BRIDE 70 (+19) 18 (12) Garbage 66 (+3) 19 (NE) Cassyette 62 20 (13) The Clash 62 (+2) 21 (15) The Damned 60 (+5) 22 (14) Gaffa Tape Sandy 59 (-) 23 (NE) Terrorvision 59 24 (18) Die Spitz 57 (+8) 25 (16) L7 55 (+3) 26 (19) Johnny Cash 51 (+2) 27 (30) Bruce Springsteen 50 (+10) 28 (21) Killing Joke 49 (+2) 29 (24) Prince 49 (+4) 30 (RE) Sleeper 48 (+24) 31 (20) Joy Division 47 (-) 32 (27) Manic Street Preachers 47 (+3) 33 (29) Prince & the Revolution 47 (+4) 34 (NE) The Pretenders 47 35 (NE) Bloodworm 46 36 (22) The Lords of the New Church 46 (-) 37 (23) Ministry 45 (-) 38 (25) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) 39 (28) Marilyn Manson 44 (-) 40 (NE) WREX 44 41 (36) Joan Jett 42 (+7) 42 (NE) Peter Gabriel 42 43 (31) Cranes 40 (-) 44 (32) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40 (-) 45 (NE) Tigercub 40 46 (35) congratulations 39 (+4) 47 (39) Rob Zombie 39 (+4) 48 (43) Eville 38 (+6) 49 (33) GWAR 38 (-) 50 (38) PROJECTOR 37 (+2) Dropouts LOA LOA 35 (-) Faith No More 36 (+2) Arcade Fire 33 CARNE 36 (+3) Midnight Oil 33 (+2) The Beatles 35 (+4) fakeyourdeath 34 (+4) Kim Dracula 30 (-) LN 35 (+5) Motorhead 30 (-) Fields of the Nephilim 32 (+3) Former Entries The Jesus & Mary Chain 32 (+8) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) The Prodigy 26 (-) Sick Joy 26 (+2) Depeche Mode 25 (-) Die So Fluid 25 (+2) Kid Kapichi 25 (+2) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Beastie Boys 22 (-) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 20 (-) Shadow Project 20 (-) Beastmilk 19 (-) Chappell Roan 18 (-) Korn 18 (-) Eurythmics 18 (+1) Birdeatsbaby 15 (-) Iggy Pop 15 (-) System of a Down 15 (-) The Libertines 15 (-)

F1 have announced they are to abandon the current 50-50 engine split rules for next year due to their negative impact on the sport. The engine regulations for 2027 will be closer but not match pre 2026 split levels. MBS has also indicated his intention to bring forward the next set of engine rules and bring V8s back for 2030.