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Jackson Highest Selling Artist Ever

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has just published its updated list of the 150 highest selling artists ever. The full top 10 goes as follow: 01. The Beatles 40 400,000,000 UK 60s (1962-1970) Rock/Pop Guinness/EMI 02. Michael Jackson 14 350,000,000 US 70s-00s (1979-) Pop/R&B MJ Stats 03. Elvis Presley 150 300,000,000 US 50s-70s (1956-1977) Country/Rock 04. Madonna 16 275,000,000 US 80s-00s (1984-) Pop WBR [1] 05. Nana Mouskouri 450 250,000,000 Greece 60s-00s (1959-) Pop [2][3] 06. Cliff Richard 60 250,000,000 UK 50s-00s (1959-1969,1977-1979,1986-1999) Rock/Pop [4] 07.The Rolling Stones 54 ~250,000,000 UK 60s-00s (1964-1981) Rock 60.5 million in the US [5] 08. Mariah Carey 14 230,000,000 US 90s-00s (1990-) Pop/R&B 09. Elton John 43 ~220,000,000 UK 70s-00s (1972-1976,1989-1991,1997-) Pop [6] 10.Celine Dion 21 220,000,000 Canada 80s-00s (1990-) Pop Music/Pop Discography Source: IFPI