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I would like to see:
• Elvis Presley
• Julio Iglesias
• Elton John
• Queen
• Ayumi Hamasaki
And, if at all possible:
• BIGBANG (over 70 millon DL)
• IU (over 90 million DL)
• Roberto Carlos
• Hikaru Utada
I just want to see the best selling artists.
The hell does contemporary have to do with music sales? Queen is more popular than Lopez on streaming & on the current UK & US album charts!
Hello! I would like to see the big ones like Elvis, Elton, etc, but also some newer rock/alternative acts:
Chili Peppers
Depeche Mode
Offspring
System of a Down
Imagine Dragons
Thanks
Hi Martin,
Some views:
- you just want to see the best selling artists, that's fine and everyone respect that. I'm sure you can respect then that other people want to see their favorite artist instead, especially when the best selling artists include a whole bunch of acts they know nothing about. You have to consider that there is people voting who are fairly young, and it isn't a flaw as far as I know.
- try to remember to which acts you would have voted in a similar blog when you were 14, I'm sure you would have voted for acts that went on to become icons, but also for acts forgotten for very long.
- it seems you are deflating the popularity of the said acts. Obviously a new act like Ariana Grande won't compete with the Beatles, but she already got at least one #1 album in the US, Canada, Australia, UK, Italy, Norway, New-Zealand, etc. She is massive in Asia, in Japan, in South America, in latin countries of Europe, in North America, etc. From the 10s, she is on the upper side of the artist's leagues.
- you speak as if each study replaces an other one, e.g. for example if I do Ariana Grande, I won't do Queen. It isn't how it works. I would complete Ariana and Kelly Clarkson and Selena Gomez and JLo in less time than Queen or Elton John alone. If I work only on legends, weeks and weeks will pass between each article.
- last but not least, think at it that way: you want the top 20 best selling artists. Thus, you got your wishes a dozen of times, your satisfaction level should be in the 50/75% range. The fan who wants only JLo has his satisfaction level at 0. In some months, all the biggest artists will be covered while in the other side there would still be plenty of fans from specific acts who got nothing interesting for them.
A bit for everyone is nice too!
To be honest G, my faves at 14 are still my faves now! You know me, I like sales, I like the figures the stats etc I've no real problem with Lopez, Grande etc.
I would love to see more faves like Deep Purple, White Stripes, Whitesnake, AC/DC but what I really want is the big boys, I want that Top 10 completed.
Sorry everybody if I've been a bit of a dick but I just get frustrated at the way female artists seem to take over every music sales site. IMO their online popularity does seem to outweigh their actual popularity. Sorry again guys. I'm not homophobic just a bit of a prick sometimes.
Aye they will be for sure. I don't think there will be much in the albums sales but with streaming, singles, videos/dvds etc they will be far above Led Zeppelin. I know some folk think Babs is a better seller than them but I don't think she is even close, I think Queen will push for a place in the Top 5, they really have sold a fantastic amount of product & their streaming figures are amazing for a catalogue band, possibly the best (maybe Jackson is better)
