Sorry Martin, I made a mistake, my fault. Just a curiosity, you are more informed than me about it. In your opinion, at least one band among those mentioned (Kiss, The Who, Pearl Jam) has reached at least 100 million albums sold? Or in the total including singles? I ask because it will take a long time for them to be analysed, so I'm happy with an estimate. Thanks again, you do an excellent job.

Hi Filippo!

If we talk about album sales, only 1 missing act is over 100m, that one is Neil Diamond. Then some artists are in the 75-90m range, like Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias, Kenny Rogers, Kenny G, George Strait, Andrea Bocelli, the Carpenters, and Chicago. Several of these will hit 100m CSPC units with physical singles, downloads and streaming added.

Bands like The who, Pearl Jam, Foreigner, Scorpions, are expected to perform similarly to Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, with CSPC numbers exceeding 70m, some even 80m, but without getting into the 100m league.

I don't see Kenny G in the requests leaderboard btw?

It's because he got 0 votes as of now(!), but you can vote for him.

If we count B'z as a hard rock band should they be above 100m record sales. Although it's due to a huge amount of single sales, I don't think they're pushing above 90m in terms of CPSC.

Cash, Johnny Cash?

Deep Purple is still among the best-selling artists in Japan. It comes up from CDjapan's best selling ranking list, physical products. From to month to month is close to top ten or in top ten. The entire catalogue sells well. In fact Led Zeppelin rarely appears on the list. Queen, Beatles, Stones, Santana, Springsteen, Billy Joel, Clapton and Taylor Swift of course in top five are most popular. Oricon uses cdjapan's sales in its report. In Japan almost 70 % of recordings are physical, beside there is Superfans who buy no matter how expencive publications are. For example Bob Dylan live Budokan 1978 complete was third best selling article last year and the price is 40000 yens or 280 dollars. One box is 15 albums and 10000 boxs is 150 000 albums.

Taylor Swift? Lol she not big in Japang gurls!

Hi MJD for the quick and exaustive answer. In the meantime, thanks again for the careful work done. I am grateful to you.

Therefore the only rock bands to reach or exceed the threshold of 100 million albums sold have, in all likelihood, already been analysed. I believe for example that Aerosmith, with the current growth trend, will exceed 140 million albums within 5 years. Do you think this is an accurate prediction? Clearly based on a trend that doesn't vary excessively over the years? Thanks again for the scrupulous work you do. I conclude by reiterating that we would like more people like you. Details are the key to success.