Highest Earning Musicians of the World

People may not always have much interest in playing music, but mostly do love listening to some good piece. For an average American family with not background in music and no such intended interest, the only use of having musical interest at home is for the sake of decorative art in their living room. A lot of people are seen moving their pianos and piano dollies around the room for a better location, but they do not seem to understand how influential these instruments have been through the history. Learning music can be really beneficial. Music has made billionaires in today's world. Most of the super rich celebrities are musicians and singers. Let us look at some of the best selling musicians of all time. Look at the figure of the amount they make and you will just fell in love with even the piano dolly in your house.

Elvis Presley: Who else can take over the king? It is quite long after Elvis left the building, but his record breaking records are still at the top position. He is a cultural icon, who has sold up to 1.1billion copies worldwide. He is considered to be the pioneer of rock music as he added the tempo and beat to the country and jazz music.

The Beatles: They are probably the most influential English rock/pop band. These Liverpool boys started off from Liverpool and eventually took over the whole global music scene with their Beatle mania. The band consisted of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. They sold about 1 billion albums.

Bing Crosby: Deemed as most influential, most admired singer of his time, Crosby ruled the music industry for more than forty years. This long and successful career bagged him a record sales of 900 million albums.

Michael Jackson: The king of pop was undoubtedly the legend of R&B and Pop. Michael has to his credit, few of the most world famous albums and world famous singles. The pop star sold about 750 million albums. His 'Thriller' album is the highest grossing album of all times.

Frank Sinatra: A legend, John Lennon called 'simply the best' was a great singer as well as actor. The man has a record of 600 million albums sold up till now.

ABBA: One of the most popular and influential band of 1970's, ABBA captured a worldwide audience with their catchy tunes and lyrics. They have sold around 350 million records worldwide.

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin is singer known as the father of modern rock music. The popularity of hard rock music is still the same as it used to be in the seventies. Some people also referred to them as the 'Beatles of the decade'. They sold almost 300 million records worldwide.

The Queen: Another 1970's commercially popular act makes its entry in this list. The queen sold about 300 million copies almost equal to the Led Zeppelin.

Elton John: Sir Elton John has one of the most longest and successful artist of all times. Within his forty years of music career he holds the record of most best selling single of all times. His 250 million albums have been sold worldwide.

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