Did anyone else (in the UK)see that guy last night on mastermind have Queen as his specialist subject? The questions seemed pretty tame compared with those I remember from the conventions. I've not been to a convention since 1994 due to work. Do they still have the mastermind competition? Anyway, my husband thought it was pretty sad that I knew all the answers. John Humphries needs putting right on one fact, saying that they didn't sell that many records like the Beatles indeed! Didn't I read recently that they have now overtaken the Beatles in terms of record sales or am I getting mixed up?
i think you're getting mixed up.
from a simple google search:- link
Volume (Total albums and singles)
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# Name Albums Worldwide Sales Nationality Years Active Genre Estimate based on
1 The Beatles 40+ 1 Billion + UK 60s, 70s, 90s Rock/Pop Guinness/EMI estimate
Elvis Presley 500+ 1 Billion + US 50s-70s Rock/Country/Pop Elvis researchers estimate
RCA 1992
ABBA ~260,000,000 Sweden 70s-80s Disco/Pop source 1997]
Cliff Richard 60+ ~260,000,000 British 50s-00s Country/Rock/Pop BBC
Madonna 16 ~250,000,000 US/UK 80s-00s Pop WBR 2004 src.2 [1]
Michael Jackson 14 ~250,000,000 US 70's-00's Soul/R&B/Rock/Pop source
Nana Mouskouri 450 ~250,000,000 Greece 60s-00s Pop [2] [3]
Mariah Carey 14 ~220,000,000 US 90s-00s R&B
Celine Dion 21 ~220,500,000 US 80s-00s Pop Music/Pop Discography
Elton John 43 ~220,000,000 UK 70s-00s Pop [4]
11 The Rolling Stones ~210,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock
Garth Brooks ~210,000,000 US 80s-00s Country 105m.US
Led Zeppelin 9/12 ~200,000,000 UK 60s-70s Hard rock 106m.US [link
Julio Iglesias 80 ~200,000,000 Spain 70s-00s Latino Pop [5] [6]
Tom Jones ~200,000,000 UK 60's-00's Pop
Whitney Houston 10 ~188,000,000 US 80s-00s R&B/Pop source
AC/DC ~184,000,000 Australia/UK 70s-00s Hard Rock source1 [7] David Icke
Johnny Mathis ~180,000,000 US 50s-00s Pop/Standards src. source 2
Paul McCartney 175,000,000+ UK 60s-00s Rock
Genesis ~160,000,000 UK 70s-00s Rock/Pop src.
21 Phil Collins ~155,000,000 UK Rock/Pop src.
U2 11 *~150,000,000 Ireland 80s-00s Rock/Pop 50m.US
Status Quo 135,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock [8]
[9] [10]
E. Humperdinck ~130,000,000 UK/US 50s-00s Pop/Standards [11] [12]
src.2
Chicago 122,000,000 US 60s-00s Pop/Rock 37m.US,[13] [14]
The Eagles ~120,000,000 US 70s-00s Country/Rock
Wei Wei (??) ~120,000,000 China 80s-00s Pop [15] [16]
Neil Diamond ~120,000,000 US 60s-00s Pop/Standards/Rock [17]
Modern Talking 13 ~120,000,000 DE 80s-00s Disco/Dance BMG 2003
Prince 24 ~*120,000,000 US 80s-00s Pop/Funk/Rock 40m.US, [18]
31 The Bee Gees 110,000,000 UK/AU 60s-00s Pop/Disco src.1 [19]
Bon Jovi ~110,000,000 US 80s-00s Rock/Hard Rock (100m.alb.)
R.E.M. ~110,000,000 US 80s-00s Rock (106m.alb.)
Pink Floyd ~105,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock
Janet Jackson 9 ~105,000,000 US 80s-00s R&B/pop/soul 78m.alb.
Kenny Rogers 105,000,000+ US 60s-00s Country/Pop/Rock [20]
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Barbra Streisand 100,000,000+ US 60s-00s Standards/Pop 71m.US
Mireille Mathieu 37 ~100,000,000 FR 60s-00s Pop src.
Alla Pugacheva 15 ~100,000,000 Russia 70s-00s Rock/Pop *(10m.US) [22]
David Bowie ~100,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock src.
Black Sabbath ~100,000,000 UK 70s-00s Hard Rock 15m.US
Ricky Nelson ~100,000,000 US 50s-80s Pop/Country/Rock
Luciano Pavarotti ~100,000,000 IT 60s-00s Opera [23] [24]
Brenda Lee ~100,000,000 US 50s-60s Pop/Country
A. R. Rahman ~100,000,000 India 90s-00s [25]
OmPrakash ~100,000,000 India 90s-00s [26]
Illayaraja ~100,000,000 India 70s-00s [27]
Barry White ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Pop/R&B/Disco [28]
Deep Purple ~100,000,000 UK 60s-00s Hard Rock [29]
Lionel Richie ~100,000,000 US 80s-00s Pop/R&B [30]
Dolly Parton ~100,000,000 US 60s-00s Country [31]
Donna Summer ~100,000,000 US 70s-90s Disco src.
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# Name Albums Worldwide Sales Nationality Years Active Genre Estimation on
Rod Stewart ~100,000,000 UK 60s-00s Rock/Standards [32]
Aerosmith ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Hard Rock [33] [34]
Billy Joel ~100,000,000 US 70s-00s Pop / Rock 78 mil.US, [35] [36]
Marianne James ~100,000,000 France Jazz
Fleetwood Mac ~100,000,000 UK/US 60s-00s Pop/Rock 2
Johnny Hallyday ~100,000,000 FR 50s-00s Pop src.1 [37]
Charles Aznavour ~100,000,000 FR 50s-00s Pop [38]
Oscar Peterson ~100,000,000 Canad