Top 10 Best Selling Music Artists of All-Time Worldwide.
Timeline history of the most popular music artists from 1969 to 2021 ranked by yearly certified record sales. Numbers are worldwide and adjusted to twelve months trailing average.
Recent years data includes digital singles sales, as reported by online music retailers and streaming services. This data aggregates multiple sources and can serve as a popularity indicator across different media such as album sales, radio broadcasting, digital copy sales and online streaming frequency.
