What band has the highest selling number of albums?

mementoflash

From what I have heard Elvis has actually outsold the Beatles Worldwide. The Problem is that these firgures are hard to get completely accurate. Both Elvis and the Beatles are said to have sold over 1 billion records worldwide. ABBA is also sometimes said to have sold in the region of 1 billion, but the figure is usually left at 360 million for them, which is still 3rd. After that it gets very debateble. Some people claim Michael Jackson has outsold the Beatles, but I have never seen a reliable sorce even putting him in front of ABBA. Most of tose people also add the sales he made while in the Jackson 5, but if you did that you would have to add all of the sales the beatles got in their solo careers and the sales the members of ABBA made in their various projects. If you did that it would just put Jackson in 10th.(4 members of the beatles, 4 from ABBA, and Elvis still ahead). http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/32604 Apr 07 06, 4:08 PM

deuceu72

I would agree with the beatles but I do know this for sure. The "American" band(a band from the usa) with the most gold records is Kiss. Now, the beatles were not from america and Elvis is not a grup so, thought I'd better make that clear. Kiss has sold more gold records than any band formed in the usa. Worldwide? Elvis probably has sold the most but he is not a band so I would go with memento and say the beatles. Apr 07 06, 4:26 PM

deuceu72

Sorry, thought I'd better add a link since most people dont believe Kiss has more golds than any other US band. http://www.shock.com.au/artists/bio.asp?artist_ID=71605 Apr 07 06, 4:33 PM

xfacilitatorx

By October 1972, the Beatles’ worldwide sales total stood at 545 million units, a world record (Billboard 84, October 21, 1972). 1972! answers.com In November, 1999 the Recording Industry Association of America announced that the Most Successful Recording Act of the 20th Century in America was The Beatles with 106 million Album sales (Single sales were not taken into account). Garth Brooks was listed as second with 89 million sales and Led Zeppelin third with 82 million. Elvis was listed as fourth with 77 million sales. http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/elnews-ElvisRecordSales.htm http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/elnews-ElvisRecordSales.htm Apr 11 06, 12:09 PM

xfacilitatorx

1 The Beatles 106,530,000 2 Garth Brooks 92,000,000 3 Led Zeppelin 83,620,000 4 Elvis Presley 77,280,000 5 Eagles 65,000,000 6 Billy Joel 63,250,000 7 Barbra Streisand 62,750,000 8 Elton John 61,620,000 9 Aerosmith 54,370,000 10 Pink Floyd 52,600,000 http://www.classicbands.com/bestsellers.html http://www.classicbands.com/bestsellers.html Apr 11 06, 12:12 PM