So some other stats. Pearl Jam had the fasting selling album during the Billboard era with Versus. And then again they had the fastest selling vinyl with Vitalogy. Both were defeated. Fastest selling album as I recall was that puppet N'Sync album, and fastest selling vinyl was a Jack White album.
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Billboard: Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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uncelestial
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That's the only thing that makes any sense. And it kinda makes the list bollocks, if you ask me. Michael might actually be #1 if not for whatever they're doing here with the era weighting.
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uncelestial
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What's with this? It's all gonna be pop music; if you ask me Rihanna makes some of the best pop out there. No need to drag her for not being Kurt Cobain or something.
There's more to Rihanna's music than just her singles.
I agree. She has some timeless songs too.
you wouldn't have heard of john lennon without paul mccartney either if the tragic CRASH in writing quality between the beatles and any of lennon's solo efforts is an indicator
I wonder if the non weighted list just didn't have modern artists.
Poor reasoning. Single's are usually the better tracks of any album.
uncelestial
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Now now, the 70s were none too kind to Paul, and that was the only decade John had as a solo artist. During which time I think he did far more dignified and interesting (if not as fast-selling) work.
You wouldn't catch John dead doing shit like this:
Source: John is already did, and you didn't.
Not sure if you've listened to any Rihanna albums, but for her albums that isn't really the case. There's also plenty of other albums where the lead singles/secondary singles aren't as good as album tracks, but that's subjective.
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Nice avatar.
You should have read further in the thread, someone posted the 200 album chart list.
What I love about this is the responses you many of you guys give. Billboard tricks people into thinking this list is about artistry when it's actually just about sales. A pointless metric to judge artists by since you can't make anything new when you're dead.
Still this thing shows how a lot of people will always vehemently argue Michael's superiority over lesser artists, which is both heartwarming and the truth.
Still this thing shows how a lot of people will always vehemently argue Michael's superiority over lesser artists, which is both heartwarming and the truth.
SecretMoblin
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Plenty of artists put up bonkers sales figures after they're dead, including a bunch at the top of this list.
Mariah has been effectively dead for nearly a decade and she's still filling her piggy bank from her past successes.
Insane Metal
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Mariah Carey ahead of Michael Jackson.
Crimsonclaw111
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That top 15 is atrocious, thanks for saving me the click.
Sammo_1987
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I hoped Prince would be a bit higher than 18..
Bruce Springsteen at 92 breaks my heart :-( I'm a big fan of Billy Joel too (25), but that much higher than Bruce? Madness.
Edit: what the hell, Queen aren't even on the list but Andy Gibb is? And Starship?! I need to stop reading this list.
Edit 2: now realised it's about the sales, but still feel pretty miffed about my above points!
Bruce Springsteen at 92 breaks my heart :-( I'm a big fan of Billy Joel too (25), but that much higher than Bruce? Madness.
Edit: what the hell, Queen aren't even on the list but Andy Gibb is? And Starship?! I need to stop reading this list.
Edit 2: now realised it's about the sales, but still feel pretty miffed about my above points!
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