michael jackson is the top selling music artist of all time.
michael jackson is the top selling music artist of all time.
who is the top selling music artist of all time?
michael jackson
the album debuted at #1 on the uk albums chart earning a bpi silver award in its debut week with sales of 63,500. the following 22 weeks, the last 4 non consecutively, it registered, inter alia, weekly sales of 35,456, 28,590, 29,647, 32,261, 44,446, 54,011, 60,979, 73,461, 35,915, 15,983, 9,575, 3,540, 1,900, 1,300 and 1,000 thus totalling sales of 505,000 units while landing at #2, #3, #5, #5, #3, #4, #4, #3, #3, #4, #7, #17, #32, #48, #61, #70, #96, #65, #58, #79 and #89 respectively, and earning a bpi gold and platinum certification. it is elvis' 13th uk number-one album, making him the solo artist with most uk number-one albums (and overall only behind the beatles with 15 number-one albums). elvis also extended the record for most uk top 10 albums, with "the wonder of you" becoming his 52nd top 10 album. it became the year's 5th top selling album, and the biggest seller by a us artist, the top four being adele's "25", coldplay's "a head full of dreams", justin bieber's "purpose", and michael ball and alfie boe's "together" (three uk artists and a canadian). finally, it was also the #2 album released in the uk in 2016, after "together" and by extension, the top selling album released in 2016 by a non-uk artist. in early 2018, it was announced that the album also made the list of the top 100 selling albums of 2017, at #84, with yearly sales of 84,000, thus totalling 542,250 units since its initial uk release back in 2016.
the wonder of you (elvis presley album)
in japan, arashi continue to be very successful, being the best-selling music artist in japan from 2013 through 2017 by value of sales and also having the yearly best-selling album in the country in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016. other successful japanese boy bands in this decade include sandaime j soul brothers, the second best-selling music artist of 2016 in the country and kanjani eight, the fifth best-selling music artist of that year in japan.









































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