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List of best-charting music artists in the United States [ edit ]
This Billboard Hot 100 best charting artists/list of best-charting music artists in the United States includes acts from anywhere in the world who have charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since its inception (August 4, 1958).
In addition to the U.S. Hot 100 , the table includes (in the U.S. only):
For records outside the U.S., the table includes:
Empty columns mean the artist did not chart hit singles in those charts or genres of music.
This table can be sorted numerically or alphabetically on any category by clicking the icon below the heading.
Best-selling albums by year [ edit ]
Year
Title
Artist
Sales
Reference
2000
Delicious Way
Kuraki Mai
3,451,660 [ 139]
2001
Meteor Rain
F4
500,000
[ 140]
2002
2003
2004
Common Jasmin Orange
Jay Chou
2,600,000
[ 141]
2005
2006
2007
Against the Light
Stefanie Sun
500,000
[ 142]
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Aiyo, Not Bad
Jay Chou
150,000
[ 143]
2015
E
Big Bang
1,303,319
[ 144]
2016
Wild
Li Yuchun
3,000,000
[ 145]
2016
Reloaded I *
Lu Han
2,076,637
[ 146]
2017
Venture
Lu Han
2,500,000+***
[ 147]
Released in 2015, may have been surpassed by the 4-day sales of Luhan's own Xplore, which reached 1 million sales 2 days after release1 , 2.77 million 14 days after release2 , and 2.919 million 17 days after release.3 .
Sales and certifications [ edit ]
Chart (1998)
Peak position
French Albums (SNEP )[ 174]
42
Sales and certifications [ edit ]
† The album has sold 9,167,000 copies since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking album sales in 1991.[ 201] The previous year the album received a 11× Platinum certification from the RIAA. Ignoring the possibility that its shipments exceeded sales in 1991, total American sales likely pass the 20 million mark.
Music certifications [ edit ]
Album sales and certifications compiled or found by me (Estimated worldwide sales)[ edit ]
Best-selling and highest-certified pre-digital era singles (compiled or found by me) [ edit ]
Singles in whose table of contents entry the word "certifications" is in bold owe nearly all their sales to certifications alone.
It is debatable whether this song should be considered part of the digital era or not.
The fact remains, however, that like "Don't Stop Believin'", "Eye of the Tiger", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and the three Thriller singles listed, "Hips Don't Lie" owes a significant part of its sales to digital downloads and mastertones.
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^ Tan, Kevin (2012). Suryadinata, Leo (ed.). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II . Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . p. 1020. ISBN 9789814345217 . Retrieved March 19, 2017 . over 500,000 copies in China in the first week
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Sales as of 2016:
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^ "Gold and Platinum Searchable Database" . Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
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^ "American single certifications – Los Del Rio – Macarena" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 25, 2012 .
^ "Canadian single certifications – Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?" . Music Canada . Retrieved June 28, 2012 .
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^ "American single certifications – Adams, Bryan – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You" . Recording Industry Association of America .
^ "Austrian single certifications – Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise" (in German). IFPI Austria.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Coolio; ' Gangsta's Paradise' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
^ "Dutch single certifications – Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Enter Gangsta's Paradise in the "Artiest of titel" box.
^ "Norwegian single certifications – Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
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^ Grein, Paul (August 26, 1978). "Billboard Vol. 90, No. 34" . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
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^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
^ "American certifications – Stevie Wonder – I Just Called to Say I Love You" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved March 29, 2012 .
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Israel Kamakawiwo' Ole; ' Over the Rainbow' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
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^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pink Floyd; ' Another Brick in the Wall' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
^ "Italian single certifications – Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Select "2013" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Another Brick in the Wall" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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^ "American certifications – Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 17, 2012 .
^ "Canadian single certifications – Cyndi Lauper – Girl's Just Want to Have Fun" . Music Canada . Retrieved April 1, 2012 .
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^ "French single certifications – Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved April 1, 2012 .
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^ "American certifications – Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 1, 2012 .
^ "Les Singles en Or" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved March 29, 2012 .
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^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M; ' Rivers of Babylon' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved March 29, 2012 .
^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
^ "Canadian certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever" . Music Canada . Retrieved March 29, 2012 .
^ "List of best-selling international singles in Japan" . JP&KIYO. 2002.
^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
^ Grein, Paul (August 26, 1978). "Billboard Vol. 90, No. 34" . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
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^ "French single certifications – Irene Cara – Flashdance" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved January 18, 2012 .
^ "List of best-selling international singles in Japan" . JP&KIYO. 2002.
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^ "American single certifications – Irene Cara – Flashdance" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 18, 2012 .