Officially up until 2008 over 250 000 000
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I think that number now as of 2010 might me closer to 300 million.
These are Worldwide album sales. I will post "claimed sales with a C and actual verified sales with a V. This will include legal MP3 downloads.
#1 Best selling artist of all time......The Beatles C. 1 Billion V. 246 Million
#2 Best selling artist of all time......Elvis C. 600 Million to 1 Billion V. 189 Million
#3 Best selling artist of all time......Michael Jackson C. 700 Million V. 151 Million
#4 Best selling artist of all time......ABBA C. 300 Million V. I believe this number to be between 55 and 60 million
#5 Best selling artist of all time......Madonna C. 250-300 Million V. 160 Million
Somrtimes record companies will add extra album sales to artists to boost more sales or to charge more for concert tickets. The method to this madness (before the internet was so popular) was because people would be more willing to pay $20 to see a good band that they think sold 10 million records, then $8 to see a great band that sold 2 million.
Because of technology it will be easier to track and verify album sales as well as singles, MP3 singles, MP3 albums, and things like that. Most bands or artists that started around 1987 should be alot easier to track.
Madonna has sold over 305,600,000 million albums. Madonna released her first album in 1983 and she went on to release Like A Virgin in 1984.
Not as many as MJ
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Trivium has sold 4 million total album sales worldwide
Madonna's first album is called "Madonna"
32
about 500
1350000
Madonnas first album was called - Madonna
Trivium has sold 4 million total album sales worldwide
Madonna's first album is called "Madonna"
32
about 500
1350000
What are the total world wide album sales of The Games LAX CD?
In 2011, their album sales were reportedly around 80 million.
1.1 mill
140 million total
80 million
68MILLION