the beatles is the highest selling recording artist of all time.
the beatles is the highest selling recording artist of all time.
who is the highest selling recording artist of all time?
the beatles
in the field of popular music, many english bands and solo artists have been cited as the most influential and best-selling musicians of all time. acts such as the beatles, led zeppelin, pink floyd, elton john, queen, rod stewart and the rolling stones are among the highest selling recording artists in the world. many musical genres have origins in (or strong associations with) england, such as british invasion, progressive rock, hard rock, mod, glam rock, heavy metal, britpop, indie rock, gothic rock, shoegazing, acid house, garage, trip hop, drum and bass and dubstep.
england
by the end of 1999, it had sold over 1,630,540 units in japan and ranked at number three on oricon's annual 1999 chart. it resulted as the highest selling ep–single by any artist at the time, and was the highest selling single by a female artist. similarly, it ranked at number six on tbs' annual chart, the third highest selling single by a female artist (behind two entries by japanese recording artist utada hikaru), alongside being the highest selling ep–single. in july 2000, the single was certified million by the recording industry association of japan (riaj) for shipments of one million units; this was her second consecutive single to sell over one million units, the first being the previous single from "loveppears" "boys & girls". as of july 2016, it is hamasaki's highest selling physical single of her entire career on oricon style's data base, and is the 57th best selling single in japan of all time; it is the ninth highest selling single by a female artist.
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