RIAA's Top-Selling Artists

From their website. This one is nearly as strange as the other list.

Artist / Certified Units (in Millions)

1. THE BEATLES / 168.5 Well, there ya go
2. PRESLEY, ELVIS / 116.5 Again, no shock here
3. LED ZEPPELIN / 107.5
4. BROOKS, GARTH / 105.0 Whew--really?
5. THE EAGLES / 89.0
6. JOEL, BILLY / 78.5
7. PINK FLOYD / 73.5
8. STREISAND, BARBRA / 70.5 I don't like her all that much, but a lot of people do!
9. JOHN, ELTON / 69.0
10. AC/DC / 66.0 I knew they should be on a list somewhere
11. AEROSMITH / 65.5
12. THE ROLLING STONES / 64.5 Yup
13. SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE / 61.5 Go-go Bruce! Time to pass up the Stones!
14. MADONNA / 60.0 Hellooo, BBC!?
15. STRAIT, GEORGE / 60.0 REALLY?
16. JACKSON, MICHAEL / 59.5 Yup
17. CAREY, MARIAH / 57.5 If she's sold so many CDs, why will no one admit to owning any??
18. METALLICA / 57.0
19. VAN HALEN / 56.5 Kind of shocking they're this far up the list
20. HOUSTON, WHITNEY / 54.0 Sad, sad, sad
21. U2 / 50.5
22. ROGERS, KENNY / 50.0 Really?
23. FLEETWOOD MAC / 48.5
24. KENNY G / 48.0 See #17. Who buys this dreck?
25. DIAMOND, NEIL / 47.5
26. DION, CELINE / 47.0 Well, you had to know if Whitney was here, Celine would be too.
27. TWAIN, SHANIA / 47.0
28. ALABAMA / 46.0
29. SANTANA / 42.0 Go, Carlos! Pass up Shania and Celine. Please
30. JOURNEY / 41.0
31. JACKSON, ALAN / 39.5
32. CLAPTON, ERIC / 39.0
33. PRINCE / 39.0
34. SIMON & GARFUNKEL / 38.5
35. BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND / 38.0 Bravo, Bob!
36. CHICAGO / 38.0 Feh
37. MC ENTIRE, REBA / 36.5
38. GUNS 'N ROSES / 36.5
39. 2 PAC / 36.5
40. FOREIGNER / 36.5
41. BACKSTREET BOYS / 36.0 I always liked 'em better than the others anyway...
42. DYLAN, BOB / 35.0 Why am I so amused that BSB have passed Dylan...I shouldn't be, should I?
43. STEWART, ROD / 34.5
44. NELSON, WILLIE / 34.0 Thought he'd be higher. Hee hee hee
45. DEF LEPPARD / 33.0
46. COLLINS, PHIL / 33.0
47. DENVER, JOHN / 32.5
48. TAYLOR, JAMES / 32.0
49. BON JOVI / 32.0 NEVER expected to see these guys at this level!
50. QUEEN / 31.5 Shockingly low numbers
51. SPEARS, BRITNEY / 31.0
52. KELLY, R. / 31.0 Shockingly HIGH numbers!
53. BOSTON / 31.0 Beast is going to die when he realizes his favorite band is tied with R. Kelly
54. RONSTADT, LINDA / 30.0
55. THE DOORS / 30.0
56. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND / 29.5
57. PEARL JAM / 29.0
58. DIXIE CHICKS / 28.5 Go, girls!
59. OSBOURNE, OZZY / 28.3
60. 'N SYNC / 28.0
61. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS / 28.0
62. BOLTON, MICHAEL / 28.0 Oh, dear God in heaven. Get him out of here! Tom and John must be thrilled with their company!!
63. MELLENCAMP, JOHN / 27.5 Thought he'd be higher up on the list
64. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER / 27.0 A personal cheer for them from me
65. BOYZ II MEN / 27.0
66. MC GRAW, TIM / 26.0
67. LYNYRD SKYNYRD / 26.0 Really? Well, that's weird
68. BEE GEES / 26.0
69. SINATRA, FRANK / 25.5 Can't believe the BBC missed Frank...
70. JACKSON, JANET / 25.0
71. EMINEM / 25.0
72. NIRVANA / 25.0
73. ZZ TOP / 25.0
74. RUSH / 24.5
75. MANILOW, BARRY / 24.5
76. THE CARPENTERS / 24.5
77. STEVE MILLER BAND / 24.0
78. CREED / 24.0 This is just totally unbelievable! Though we do own their CDs....
79. BROOKS & DUNN / 24.0
80. VANDROSS, LUTHER / 23.5 By rights, should be much higher on the list
81. THE CARS / 23.5
82. EARTH, WIND & FIRE / 23.5
83. HILL, FAITH / 23.0
84. MOTLEY CRUE / 22.5 Where's the umlaut!
85. GILL, VINCE / 22.5
86. SADE / 22.5
87. ENYA / 22.0
88. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL / 22.0
89. TLC / 22.0
90. DOOBIE BROTHERS / 22.0
91. BEASTIE BOYS / 22.0
92. THE POLICE / 22.0
93. R.E.O. SPEEDWAGON / 21.5
94. BUFFETT, JIMMY / 21.5
95. GENESIS / 21.5
96. JAY-Z / 21.0
97. RICHIE, LIONEL / 21.0
98. THE BEACH BOYS / 20.5
99. MEAT LOAF / 20.5
100. MORISSETTE, ALANIS / 20.5 Whew! She made the cut
     
     This chart was generated on 6/20/2005