Who is the most famous artist in the world?

Answer 1

Britney Spears,she is most famous in the world because she started her career since 1999.Britney is the most biggest achievement artist until now.Most Searched Person on the Internet (2003-2009).

the achievement:

• Britney Jean Spears has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, winning one in the Best Dance Recording category for her hit singleToxic.
• Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 32 million sold albums certified by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to the IFPI, Britney has now sold over 100 million albums making her the 55th biggest selling artist ever.
• Her debut album ...Baby One More Time is the best-selling album by a teenager and best-selling female debut act in the United States. In addition, it is the 4th best-selling album by a female and 27th best-selling overall album in American music history. As of August 2009, the album has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
• Spears' single ...Baby One More Time is the 2nd best-selling single of all-time in British chart history and the 2nd one by a female artist.

Spears also holds the title to multiple Guinness World Records

• Best Selling Album by a Teenage Solo Artist - ...Baby One More Time
• Fastest Most No. 1 Singles on UK chart by a Teenage Female Solo Artist
• Best Selling Teenage Artist with over 37 million albums sold worldwide before she turned 20
• Most Searched Person on the Internet (2003-2009)
• Youngest Female Artist To Have Five Of Her Albums Reach #1 On The Music Charts.

• She has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the youngest singer to do so. Spears' wax figure is kept at Madame Tussaudswax museum in Amsterdam, Berlin, Las Vegas, London and New York
• Her career success was highlighted by Forbes magazine in 2002 when Spears was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity, the first and only musician to reach number 1.
• Spears is the first female in the Nielsen SoundScan era to have her first four studio albums to debut at number one.
• Spears is in fact the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 copies or more.
• Spears is the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have all her studio albums debut at the top two slots.
• The youngest female artist to occupy the #1 spot on the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 album chart at the same time.
• Britney is the artist with the most Mainstream Top 40 chart hits since 2000, with 21 tracks.
• 'Britney Spears' has been Yahoo!'s and Google's most popular search term for the last four consecutive years (2005-2009), seven times in total.
• According to Soundscan (which does not include club sales) Spears is the biggest-selling female, and 5th overall, musician of this decade in the USA selling over 32 million albums, in the past 10 years.
• Spears has won the most Teen Choice Awards ever, which is 16 as of 2010. Spears also won the most Kids Choice Awards and the MTV European Music Awards for a female. She has over an amazing 26 MTV Video Music Award nominations, with 4 wins as of 2009.
• Spears is the biggest selling musician worldwide this decade (2000-2010) with global album and single sales of over 172 million as of 2009.
• Spears is the youngest female musician in world history to have the most US number 1 albums. Spears has 5 number 1 US albums thus far.

more information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_received_by_Britney_Spears

Answer 2

It is difficult to accurately pinpoint the most famous artist in the world as fame can be subjective. However, artists like Leonardo da vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Michelangelo are among some of the most recognized and influential artists in history.