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* NZ: 912,500<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>
* POR: 125,000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Portuguese certifications 2004-2010"/><ref name="Music & Media (26-12-1987)"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2009|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304085452/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|title=AFP: Discos Ouro e Platina 2010|publisher=AFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126030847/http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Music & Media (14-01-1989)">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-14.pdf|title=Music & Media (14-01-1989)(page-11)|work=[[Music & Media]]|date=January 11, 1989|access-date=November 13, 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821193805/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|500 million<ref name="thriller"/><br/>400 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/happy-55th-birthday-michael-jackson-top-10-moments/story?id=20100037|title=Happy 55th Birthday Michael Jackson - His Top 10 Moments|last=Rothman|first=Michael|date=August 29, 2013|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830111510/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/happy-55th-birthday-michael-jackson-top-10-moments/story?id=20100037|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Elvis Presley]]
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File:Whitney Houston (cropped3).JPEG|[[Whitney Houston]]
File:191125 Taylor Swift at the 2019 American Music Awards (cropped).png|[[Taylor Swift]]
File:Beyoncé -at TottenhamThe HotspurLion StadiumKing -European 1stPremiere June 2023 (6 of 118) (52945304172) (high cropped)2019.jpgpng|[[Beyoncé]]
File:Eagles.jpg|[[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
File:Céline Dion 2012.jpg|[[Celine Dion]]
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| United States
| 1997–present<ref name="Allmusic: Beyonce (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beyonc%C3%A9-mn0000761179/biography|title=Allmusic: Beyonce (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=Andrew|last=Leahey|access-date=August 31, 2013|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729163216/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beyonc%C3%A9-mn0000761179/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2002<ref name="Allmusic: Beyonce (Biography)" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/beyonce/|title=Official Charts Company: Beyoncé|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022203652/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/beyonce/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| R&B / pop / hip-hop / dance<ref name="Allmusic: Beyonce (Biography)" />
| {{ntsh|247.28}}
{{hidden|<br />264247.78 million|
* US: 145176.330 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* JPN: 31.27 million<ref name="RIAJ certifications"/><ref name="RIAJ Digital certifications"/>
* GER: 54.40015 million<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
* UK: 4433.51083 million<ref name="BPI certifications"/>
* FRA: 21.402734 million<ref name="SNEP Certifications"/><ref name="Certifications Albums – Année 2013"/>
* CAN: 8.375135 million<ref name="Music Canada Certifications"/>
* AUS: 119.5844 million<ref name="Australian Certifications"/>
* BRA: 76.665305 million<ref name="PMB Certifications"/>
* NLD: 350135,000<ref name="NVPI: Goud/Platina"/>
* ITA: 1745,365 million000{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="FIMI Certifications"/>
* SPA: 21.140840 million{{efn|name=cert}}<ref name="Spanish Certifications"/><ref name="PROMUSICAE: Conciones Top 20 Anual 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/imagenes/file/TOP20ANO2007DESCARGASCANCIONESYTONOS.PDF|title=PROMUSICAE: Conciones Top 20 Anual 2007|language=es|publisher=[[PROMUSICAE]]|access-date=2014-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621054947/http://www.promusicae.es/files/imagenes/file/TOP20ANO2007DESCARGASCANCIONESYTONOS.PDF|archive-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref>
* SWE: 450435,000<ref name="Swedish Certifications"/><ref name="Sverige Toplistan: Sök"/>
* NOR: 280235,000<ref name="IFPI Norway certifications 1993-2011"/><ref name="IFPI Norge: Troféoversikt"/>
* DEN: 1.667120 million <ref name="Guld og platin i august"/><ref name="IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer"/><ref name="Guld og platin november/december/januar"/><ref name="Certificeringer marts – maj 2010"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=5&y=2009&list=t40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 05-2009)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210621/http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=5&y=2009&list=t40|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=4&y=2010&list=t40|title=Hitlisten.nu: Album Top-40 (Uge 04-2010)|work=[[Tracklisten]]|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=June 6, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161257/http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=4&y=2010&list=t40|url-status=live}}</ref>
* SWI: 325220,000<ref name="Swiss Certifications"/>
* MEX: 280,000<ref name="AMPROFON Certifications"/>
* BEL: 415240,000<ref name="Belgian Certifications 1995–present"/>
* POL: 520370,000<ref name="Polish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 350367,000<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |200 million<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angerhausen |first=Anna |date=2024-04-03 |title=Beyoncé's "COWBOY CARTER" breaks Spotify recordcite news|url=https://wwwnews.sonymusicsky.eucom/beyoncestory/taylor-breaksswift-spotifyand-recordbeyonce-withreporters-cowboywanted-carter/ |urlby-status=live |archivebiggest-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426163739/https://www.sonymusic.eu/beyoncenewspaper-breakschain-spotifyin-recordus-with-cowboy-carter/ 12960828|archive-datetitle=AprilTaylor 26,Swift 2024and |access-date=2024-06-30Beyoncé |website=Sonyreporters Musicwanted Entertainmentby Europebiggest newspaper chain in US|languagework=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web[[Sky News]]|titledate=BeyoncéSeptember Knowles (Artist)14, 2023|urlaccess-date=https://variety.com/t/beyonce/November 8, 2023|urlarchive-statusdate=liveNovember 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024062103004920231109015600/https://varietynews.sky.com/tstory/taylor-swift-and-beyonce/ |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |accessreporters-date=2024wanted-06by-30 biggest-newspaper-chain-in-us-12960828|websiteurl-status=Variety |language=en-USlive}}</ref><br />160 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/how-beyonce-conquered-sportswear-34625172.html|title=How Beyonce conquered sportswear|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=August 15, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2022|archive-date=August 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810063604/https://www.independent.ie/life/how-beyonce-conquered-sportswear-34625172.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
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* FIN: 356,183<ref name="Finnish Certifications"/>
* NZ: 192,500<ref name="New Zealand's Certifications"/><ref name="Radioscope New Zealand's certifications"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|200 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/celine-dion-and-james-corden-recreate-famous-titanic-scene-for-carpool-karaoke-38132381.html|title=Celine Dion and James Corden recreate famous Titanic scene for Carpool Karaoke|last=Southern|first=Keiran|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103022503/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/celine-dion-and-james-corden-recreate-famous-titanic-scene-for-carpool-karaoke-38132381.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 January 2023|title=Céline Dion doesn't make Rolling Stone's list of top singers; Quebec is outraged|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2023/01/04/when-rolling-stone-omits-celine-dion-from-its-list-of-top-artists-quebec-is-outraged_6010226_30.html|website=Le Monde|access-date=26 December 2023|archive-date=23 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823093737/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2023/01/04/when-rolling-stone-omits-celine-dion-from-its-list-of-top-artists-quebec-is-outraged_6010226_30.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[AC/DC]]
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! scope="row" | [[Fleetwood Mac]]
| United Kingdom<br /> United States
| 1967–present<ref name="Allmusic: Fleetwood Mac (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fleetwood-mac-mn0000182900/biography|title=Allmusic: Fleetwood Mac (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 26, 2013|archive-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905200734/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fleetwood-mac-mn0000182900/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1968<ref name="Allmusic: Fleetwood Mac (Biography)"/>
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! scope="row" | [[Olivia Newton-John]]
| United Kingdom<br />Australia
| 1966–2022<ref name="Allmusic: Olivia Newton-John (Biography)">{{Cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/olivia-newton-john-mn0000473554/biography|title=Allmusic: Olivia Newton-John (Biography)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref>
| 1966<ref name="Allmusic: Olivia Newton-John (Biography)"/>
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| Latin pop / pop / pop rock<ref name="Allmusic: Shakira (Biography)" />
| {{ntsh|96}}
{{hidden|<br />96.1 million|
* US: 38.640 million<ref name="RIAA Certifications"/>
* GER: 6.400 million<ref name="BVMI Certifications"/>
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