MJ has passed Elvis as top selling solo artist of all time (including streaming)

[Booker T Garvey]

This is interesting in that they've pretty much stopped counting physical copy sales altogether, so these numbers could be off, but not by much

https://chartmasters.org/2020/05/cspc-mass-update-streaming/


PIC ARTIST TOTAL CSPC SALES STREAMS EAS (UPDATE)
STUDIO ALBUMS OTHER LPS PHYSICAL SINGLES DIGITAL SINGLES UPDATE
1

The Beatles 412,880,000
2

Michael Jackson 328,366,000
3

Elvis Presley 315,428,000
4

Queen 265,743,000
5

Madonna 242,982,000
6

The Rolling Stones 239,398,000
7

Pink Floyd 232,477,000
8

Led Zeppelin 203,066,000
9

Elton John 198,996,000
10

U2 197,037,000

 

[Umoja]

Michael's music is timeless. Elvis' music is reserved for novelty nights.

 

[Stacks]

The GOAT

FUKK Elvis and FUKK the Beatles. Overrated trash

 

[At30wecashout]

Still majorly fukked up how he died. Him, Kobe, Bernie Mac and some orhers come to mind in “what the hell is going on” when black icons die. Prince as well.

 

[humminbird]

YES
i'm so excited because I've never listened to Elvis

 

[Counter Racist Male]

Wow only one black artist in the top ten.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

I thought he did this decades ago

 

[Tallac]

I don't think I know a single Elvis song

 

[Booker T Garvey]

I thought he did this decades ago

No, he's been behind elvis and the beatles forever...his popularity is soaring among newer generations, he'll surpass the beatles in about a decade

 

[semicko82]

Wow only one black artist in the top ten.

This, and we practically invented every genre of music

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

It’s amazing how much Elvis Presley’s daughter fukked up the bag by selling her part of her father’s estate all because she’s terrible at money management.

 

[semicko82]

No artist from the 90s and beyond interesting

 

[Booker T Garvey]

The GOAT

FUKK Elvis and FUKK the Beatles. Overrated trash

MJ has fans younger than anybody on this forum, nobody on the top 20 of this list can say that

Also i find it extremely suspect that in the era of spotify, apple play, TIDAL that the beatles haven't seen a resurgence in sales, yet they're mysteriously somehow still #1?

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Mj done lapped elvis 10x over from a relevancy standpoint & as a cultural phenom.

 

[MikelArteta]

Wow only one black artist in the top ten.

going by studio albums mj is number 1