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South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history. [1] The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of August 2024, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time, with over 100 billion streams. [2] American singer Taylor Swift is the most-streamed ...
Consisting entirely of manipulated recordings of audio feedback, Metal Machine Music was ranked at number two in The Worst Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time. [16] In 2005, Q magazine included the album in a list of "Ten Terrible Records by Great Artists" and ranked it #4 in its list of the 50 worst albums of all time.
American rapper Jay-Z is the wealthiest music artist in the world, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $2.5 billion in 2024.. The following is a list of music artists with the highest recorded net worth (also known as wealthiest musicians or richest musicians), based on calculations by reputable publications such as Forbes and The Sunday Times Rich List.
Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.6 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The band is followed by U2 and Elton John, who both also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The concert industry is very male-dominated, [1] and only four women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of ...
In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist ...
The RIAA began its certifications in 1958, therefore, popular artists from earlier eras are generally not represented on this list. As of February 10, 2024, The Beatles have the highest total certified albums and Drake has the highest total certified digital singles. Eminem is the only act in the top 20 of both lists.
List of best-selling music artists. The following list of best-selling music artists includes those music acts from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales.