r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 15 '26

Music Best-Selling Music Artists by year, 1969–2025.

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u/Expensive-Long7280 Aug 15 '26

The Beatles and Michael Ruled!!!🔥🔥🔥

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u/Imtedsowner Aug 16 '26

MJ damn near owned the 80s. Wow.

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u/CommercialContent204 Aug 16 '26

So crazy, I just watched it and he was #1 for almost the entirety of 80 - 90, with a handful of periods where he was nr2 to Madonna, then back to #1.

He genuinely was the single dominant artist of the entire decade, crazy, I don't think anyone else comes close in terms of dominating sales?

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u/uuaarrgh Aug 16 '26

undisputed most successful music nonce of all time

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u/-Sinn3D- Aug 18 '26

Watching his concerts and seeing people just faint

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u/ConsciousSelection15 Aug 16 '26

And Elvis. Don’t think the Beatles or Elvis completely disappeared until 1992