Who is the biggest selling female artist of all time?

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, Madonna, is the bestselling female artist of all time. She's released 14 studio albums, three soundtracks, five live albums and six compilations, plus 63 UK Top 10 singles. Since 1983, she's sold an estimated 335 million albums and singles worldwide.
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Who are the top selling female artists of all time?

The 12 Best-Selling Female Artists of All Time
  • Katy Perry. katyperry. ...
  • Barbra Streisand. barbrastreisand. ...
  • Celine Dion. celinedion. View profile. ...
  • Whitney Houston. whitneyhouston. View profile. ...
  • Mariah Carey. mariahcarey. View profile. ...
  • Taylor Swift. taylorswift. View profile. ...
  • Rihanna. badgalriri. View profile. ...
  • Madonna. madonna. View profile.
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What is the biggest selling album by a female artist?

The Bodyguard soundtrack by Whitney Houston (with various artists) is the best-selling album credited to a woman; its sales are estimated at between 40 and 45 million copies since its release in November 1992.
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Who is the biggest selling artist of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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Who is the most successful female singer?

Madonna is recognized by Guinness World Records as the "Best-selling female recording artist of all time".
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Which female singer has the most number one hits?

Madonna currently holds the record for the most number-one songs in the 43-year history of the chart, with 50. The only other artists to have achieved more than 20 chart toppers are Rihanna (33) and Beyonce (22).
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What female artist has the most Billboard entries?

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Taylor Swift has broken the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries by a woman in the chart's 62-year history. Now with 113, as of the chart dated Aug. 8, she passes Nicki Minaj's 110.
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Which female singer has most Grammys?

Beyoncé has won 28 Grammys throughout her famed career, making her the most Grammy-awarded female artist of all time. Music producer and songwriter Quincy Jones has also won 28 Grammy awards, tying him for second most awards with Beyoncé.
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Which female singer has the most Top 10 hits?

Leading the way when it comes to the female musicians who have scored the most top 10 hits is Madonna, who held the record for the greatest accumulation of appearances between Nos.
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What song spent longest at number 1?

The songs that spent the longest at Number 1
  • Frankie Laine – I Believe (18 weeks) ...
  • Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (16 weeks) ...
  • Wet Wet Wet – Love Is All Around (15 weeks) ...
  • Drake – One Dance (15 weeks) ...
  • Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (14 weeks) ...
  • Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (14 weeks)
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Who is the most played female artist?

Pink has topped the list of most played female artists in the 21st century, according to a chart compiled by a music licensing company.
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Who is the most certified female artist?

Alicia Keys is Officially the Most Certified Female Artist of the Millennium.
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Who is the most successful singer?

Check out the 50 best-selling music artists of all time in the US by album sales:
  • Mariah Carey — 68.5 million units. ...
  • George Strait — 69 million units. ...
  • Pink Floyd — 75 million units. ...
  • Elton John — 79 million units. ...
  • Michael Jackson — 89 million units. ...
  • Eagles — 120 million units. ...
  • Garth Brooks — 157 million units.
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What's the most sold album of all time?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album.
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Who is the most streamed artist of all time?

First up is Drake, with a whopping 46 billion streams.
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What song has made the most money?

Estimated earnings: $50 million

Fast forward 120 years and "Happy Birthday" is by far the richest and most profitable song of all time. The Ownership of "Happy Birthday" has changed hands a few times in the last 100 years. Music holding company Warner Chappell bought the rights for $15 million in 1990.
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What is considered the greatest song of all time?

Here's the list's top 10:
  • Aretha Franklin — “Respect”
  • Public Enemy — “Fight The Power”
  • Sam Cooke — “A Change is Gonna Come”
  • Bob Dylan — “Like A Rolling Stone”
  • Nirvana — “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
  • Marvin Gaye — “What's Going On”
  • The Beatles — “Strawberry Fields Forever”
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What is the most played song in history?

Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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Who has the most number one albums of all time?

  • As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most number-one albums, with 27. This includes 19 albums from his work with The Beatles, 3 solo albums, and 5 albums as a part of his 1970s group Wings. ...
  • Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have number 1 albums in six different decades.
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Who has the most #1 hits on one album?

Katy Perry ties Michael Jackson's record of FIVE number one's from a single album | Daily Mail Online.
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Who has more #1 hits than the Beatles?

Over the years, many artists have topped the list of the country's most popular songs at the time, but none did so more often than The Beatles. With 20 no. 1 singles on the Hot 100 charts, the iconic British rock band are just one hit ahead of Mariah Carey, who has 19 notches in her belt.
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Who has won 10 Grammys black female?

Chaka Khan – 10 Grammys

Chaka Khan is tied for 11th most awarded woman in Grammys history. She won her first Grammy in 1975 for her song “Tell Me Something Good” as part of the band Rufus.
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