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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best-selling_music_artist
销量最大的音乐艺人(目前在著名的维基百科全书上只有三个)
Best-selling music artist
Disclaimers
The artists below are listed in alphabetical order. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the article: "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name. (以下列出的三个艺人是以姓名的字母排序来排列的)
All sources of information that are mentioned below obtain information about worldwide record sales from record companies. There is no other official tracking system for worldwide sales. (世界销量的信息都来自于唱片公司。世界上没有其他任何一个官方的唱片销售追踪系统)
The World Music Awards is the only music awards organisation who based their awards on worldwide record sales. According to their official website, "The world's best-selling recording artists are determined by a thorough enquiry conducted by the organization, which include sales figures and record certifications." However, their databases don't hold a lot of information from the 1950s or 1960s, or sales of uncertified releases. (世界音乐奖是世界上唯一一个根据世界销量来颁发奖项的大奖。但它的数据库里没有太多50年代和60年代的信息)
Some record companies claim that their artists are the "best-selling of all time", but this could be just a promotional statement. The same principle applies in the marketing of films and television shows; those statements serve only to attract the public. (某些唱片公司常常宣称他们旗下的艺人是“史上销量最高”,但是这也可能只是一个宣传语罢了。这种宣传语只是为了吸引公众的注意。)
Figures given for artists should include both albums and singles sales, inclusive of paid digital downloads.
The holder of the title may change in the future, depending upon the fate of each artist's new releases, changes in the sales rates of their back catalogues, and various other factors. (艺人的销售数据包括专集、单曲及网络下载等各个格式的综合统计,而不只是专集。由于艺人还会发新品,所以未来可能还有变动。)
Artists claimed as the best-selling of all-time 自称是有史以来销量最大的三个巨星
The Beatles乐队
The Beatles, by Richard AvedonThe Beatles were a British group active from 1960 to 1970, who recorded various musical styles, most commonly known for their pop and rock numbers. Many of their records were best sellers at the time and many still remain on the all-time lists. At times they had multiple albums and singles on charts around the globe. For example, on April 4 of 1964 they held all the top 5 places in the Hot 100 and had 9 of the top 10 singles in the pop charts in Canada. The Beatles have sold 24 multi-platinum albums.
Guinness World Records have claimed The Beatles have the biggest all-times sales for a band. (吉尼斯世界记录曾宣布他们是历史上销量最高的乐队)Neither EMI nor the Guinness World Records have specified if the 1 billion sales figure is accumulative of each Beatles' solo careers on top of their group sales, or just their group sales.(但是EMI唱片公司和吉尼斯都没有详细说明他们10亿张的销量究竟是Beatles乐队的销量加上乐队四个人在乐队解散后分别出的唱片的销量总和,还是就是他们的乐队销量) Although The Beatles disbanded in 1970, since that time singles and albums have continued to chart well, especially for a band that has disbanded. Between 1990 and 2005 alone they charted five different Number 1 albums on the UK and US charts.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is an American R&B, New jack swing, Soul, pop, Disco and rock artist whose recording career has spanned from 1969 to the present. In November 2006 The Guinness Book of Records presented Jackson with eight certificates for musical achievements. Among them "The Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" , "Highest paid Entertainer of all time" (he received $125 million in album and tour sales in 1989) and "First Entertainer to sell more than 100 million albums outside the US." In 1982, Jackson recorded the best-selling album of all-time, Thriller, with reported worldwide sales of over 104 million from Guinness World Records. He is the first artist to debut a single at #1 in the U.S. with "You Are Not Alone" (1995) , .(MJ在2006年获得吉尼斯给予的8个认证,包括THRILLER卖出1.04亿张,是世界上最大销量的专集)
Jackson also issued Bad (1987) which sold 32 million units and is the only album to have 5 #1 singles in the U.S , Dangerous (1991), which became one of the best-selling New jack swing album of all time selling 30 million units. HIStory (1995) which became the best selling double disk album ever at 36 million units and Blood on the Dance Floor (1997) which became the best selling remix album ever. [4] . He has released seven solo studio albums between 1979-2001, four of which have each sold a minimum of 30 million units worldwide.
Michael Jackson has been awarded numerous honors, including the World Music Awards' Best-selling pop male artist of the Millennium. Jackson is often referred to as the 'King of Pop' by fans and media alike. Michael Jackson's record company Sony BMG has never given an accumulative sales figure for Jackson, but has stated the singer as being "the single most successful entertainer of the 20th century" and claims that he "has sold more recordings than any other single artist." (SONY公司从来没有给出JACKSON的累积销量数据,但是却始终把这位歌手称为“20世纪最成功的个体艺人”,并声称他“卖出了比任何个体艺人都多的唱片”)At the World Music Awards in 2006 it was announced that Jackson had sold over 750 million albums and singles worldwide . (在2006年世界音乐奖上宣布MJ已经在全世界卖出了7.5亿张专集和单曲)
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley's debut RCA album. Photo taken on January 31, 1955Elvis Presley was an American rock, pop, gospel and country singer whose professional career spanned from 1954 until his death in 1977. Posthumously, he has continued to sell records in large numbers, reaching number 1 on both singles and album charts around the world. Presley is reported to have sold over one billion singles and albums (猫王据说在世界上卖出了10亿张专集和单曲), which would make him the biggest-selling solo artist of all time. As of 2006, over a quarter century after his death, Presley still holds the top spot for best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, according to the RIAA.
Presley has had 149 top 100 singles in the US, and he has also had 150 RIAA-certified gold awards for his albums, EPs and singles, many of which have been certified platinum and multi-platinum.
According to the RIAA, 97 of Presley's albums account for his 118.5 million album tally in the US alone(美国唱片协会证明猫王在美国的总销量只有1.18亿张). In addition, Presley is due certification for 120 additional albums. While it is roughly estimated that 60% of Presley's worldwide sales, for singles and albums alike, have been in the United States(而粗略估计猫王世界销量的60%的都在美国,但美国只有1.18亿张,所以他卖出10亿的说法相当成疑问,更别说某小报纸说的15亿了), this is sometimes disputed as Presley has been reported to sell well over 19 million singles in the United Kingdom, a figure that is more than a third of the US tally. |
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