As of March 2014, two different albums and artists have sold 26 million copies.Britney Spears' album "...Baby One More Time" sold 26 million copies in 1999.Nirvana's album "Nevermind" sold 26 million copies in 1991.
Come on over by artist Shania Twain is the best selling country album of all time and also holds the record for the best selling album by a female artist.
The game Diablo lll broke the record for being the fastest selling PC game when it sold 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release. It was the highest selling game of 2012 and sold more than 12 million copies.
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Released in the summer of 1972, School's Out was Alice Cooper's breakthrough record, peaking at number two and selling over a million copies.
As far as record sales worldwide are concerned, Elton John is the bigger artist. However, Billy Joel has more sales in the US, placing as sixth top-selling artist in the US according to the RIAA with 79.5 million estimated sales. Elton John places as tenth top-selling artist in the US with 70 million estimated sales. In the worldwide scheme of record sales, Elton John is the sixth top-selling artist in the world with 250 million estimated sales, where Billy Joel places far below with only 100 million estimated sales.
The 1924 song by Guy and Robert Massey called "The Prisoner's Song" was recorded by Vernon Dalhart and was a top country hit in 1925 and 1926, eventually selling over 7 million copies.
A typical recording contract pays the artist per record sold. I am not sure what the rate is today, but in the 1990s .25 or twenty-five cents per record sold, was pretty standard. So a Platinum record meaning 1 million copies sold, might gross $15 million dollars. But the Artist take would only be $250,000. The artist might make additional, if he were also the songwriter, composer, producer etc., That's why they so often end up in financial straights. The Press says they made $15 million and like everyone else they believe it until time comes to pay bills!
The best selling rapper of 2010 is eminem. His album "Recovery" sold over 5,7 million albums in 2010
The song entitled Wreck of the Old 97 was on the country's first million-selling record. It was a 1924 recording by Dalhart.
One million copies.
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