Music Industry Old School Artists(Record Sales)

Classic Artists

Here’s a table with the available record sales data for the classic artists mentioned:

Artist
Worldwide Sales
US Sales
Notable Albums/Singles
Michael Jackson
350 million+
89 million
Thriller: 66 million+
Whitney Houston
220 million+
N/A
The Bodyguard: 45 million
Stevie Wonder
100 million+
16,098,000
Songs in the Key of Life: 5.6 million+
Aretha Franklin
75 million+
10.6 million
N/A
Luther Vandross
35 million+
N/A
Give Me The Reason: 2.6 million+
Marvin Gaye
N/A
N/A
What’s Going On: Platinum in UK
The Isley Brothers
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chaka Khan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earth, Wind & Fire
90 million+
N/A
N/A
The Gap Band
N/A
N/A
N/A
Teddy Pendergrass
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rose Royce
N/A
N/A
N/A
Barry White
100 million+
N/A
N/A
James Brown
N/A
N/A
N/A
Note: “N/A” indicates that specific sales figures are not available at the moment. Worldwide sales figures are estimates and may include US sales. The data presented is based on the most recent information available to us, but exact figures can vary depending on the source and date of the reporting.