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Has Garth Brooks sold the most albums in the US according to RIAA?
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Who has sold more records Michael Jackson or Garth brooks?
Garth Brooks is considered by many who cite the RIAA to be the most successful solo artist, however this is not entirely true due to the criteria of the RIAA. The RIAA does not certify albums that have shipped less than 500,000. 500,000 is the requirement for an album to be tracked by the RIAA. The problem here is due to the vast number of Elvis Presley records available, not all of them reach 500,000 sales for various reasons, however, invariably they sell a large amount for SONY/BMG to continue to release more albums. This however is not tracked by RIAA until an album reaches sales of 500,000. Garth Brooks is a recording artist that releases studio albums regularly, however the market is not flooded with Garth Brooks albums and therefore any album released relating to him is guranteed excellent sales. Whereas Elvis' success will be split across several albums and therefore it maybe many years until various albums reach 500,000 sales to actually be counted, until then they don't count, and often some albums will not be released or will never sell and therefore the album sales will never count. This problem hampers anyone with a large catalog, and Elvis seems to have fallen into the hands of bad marketing and questionable sales tracking. That however is the issue in relation to USA only. Garth Brooks popularity worldwide is neglible compared to Elvis, and therefore the biggest solo artist in history remains Elvis Presley. Sony/BMG also has numerous Elvis albums that don't qualify for technical reasons such as Alohah from Hawaii. Aloha from Hawaii is a 2 disc special released in the earth 70s and is one of Elvis' best sellers. Garth Brooks best selling album is Double Live because of the length of the album RIAA counts Garths album as 2 while Elvis' only counts as one do to Elvis's being shorter. There's a lot of Elvis albums out there that don't meat the specs for RIAA to count them, as well as the fact that people of Elvis era focused more on singles than albums.
Has Whitney Houston sold the most albums in the US according to RIAA?
No
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No
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No
What is Garth Brook's greatest achievement?
The Recording Industry Association of America announced that Garth Brooks was the best-selling solo artist of the 20th century in America. The RIAA has since reexamined their methods for counting certifications. Under their revised methods, Elvis Presley became the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, making Brooks the number two solo artist, ranking third overall, as The Beatles have sold more albums than either he or Presley.
How many master of puppet albums have been sold?
according to the RIAA, it has sold over six million copies in the U.S. alone
Did Soulja Boy Tell Em' go platinum?
YES!!not according to the RIAA. He's never had a album of any kind... EVER.... certified as platinum by the RIAA. He's had singles go platinum, never albums.
Is there a different source in America to the sales of an album other than the RIAA certified Albums. As I have seen different sales for albums which are different to the RIAA?
There really isn't that much of a difference. Just the whole structure system.
Who is the highest selling male artist?
It is Michael Jackson he has sold over 750 million albums WORLD WIDE. He also has the most sold album of all time with "Thriller" which sold over 250 million copies. He was all sang in and wrote the song "We Are the World" which included the most top musicians in a single song ever, and sold over 3 million copies.According to Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) GARTH BROOKS is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time (overall is second only to the Beatles) with 128 million units sold.[3] Brooks has released six albums that achieved diamond status in the United States, those being: Garth Brooks (10× platinum), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Hits(10× platinum), Sevens (10× platinum) and Double Live(21× platinum).[4] Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles. NOW I THINK GARTH'S STATUS WITH THE RIAA IS BASED ON TOTAL ALBUM SALES NOT INCLUDING CONCERT AND ROYALTY INCOME.
Who is the top selling music artist in history?
In the United States, The Beatles are the top-selling artist, with 170 million albums sold.The 10 selling artist according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are:Certified Units in Millions1. The Beatles, 1702. Garth Brooks, 1283. Elvis Presley, 1204. Led Zeppelin, 111.55. Eagles, 1006. Billy Joel, 79.57. Pink Floyd, 74.58. Barbra Streisand, 719. AC/DC, 7110. Elton John, 70
How many albums david guetta sold?
According to the RIAA David Guetta has gone Platinum in the United States and back in England he is a 2X Platinum ( There numbers are much lower.)
