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"This unique recap of the chart begins with the Aug. 17, 1963-dated chart, when Billboard combined our two leading pop album charts for stereo and mono releases into one all-encompassing weekly chart. The new chart, then-called Top LP's, would later become known as the Billboard 200.

On this all-time list, albums are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at the lower reaches of the chart earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology through the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on the combined point totals of their albums, as outlined above."


GREATEST HOT 100 ARTISTS ALL-TIME

1 THE BEATLES
2 MADONNA
3 ELTON JOHN
4 ELVIS PRESLEY
5 MARIAH CAREY
6 STEVIE WONDER
7 JANET JACKSON
8 MICHAEL JACKSON
9 WHITNEY HOUSTON
10 THE ROLLING STONES

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GREATEST BILLBOARD 200 ARTISTS

1 THE BEATLES
2 THE ROLLING STONES
3 BARBRA STREISAND
4 GARTH BROOKS
5 ELTON JOHN
6 MARIAH CAREY
7 HERB ALPERT
8 TAYLOR SWIFT
9 CHICAGO
10 MICHAEL JACKSON

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS

36 The Rolling Stones
33 Barbra Streisand
31 The Beatles
22 Kidz Bop Kids
21 Bob Dylan
21 Madonna
20 George Strait
18 Neil Diamond
18 Elton John
18 Bruce Springsteen

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wow. the stones do surprisingly well. i'm shocked that they are #2 for albums.

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wow. the stones do surprisingly well. i'm shocked that they are #2 for albums.

Aren't they no.1 for albums?

The fact that they've brought out so many - think of all the compilations and live albums - must help as far as that particular statistic is concerned.

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wow. the stones do surprisingly well. i'm shocked that they are #2 for albums.

Aren't they no.1 for albums?

The fact that they've brought out so many - think of all the compilations and live albums - must help as far as that particular statistic is concerned.

They had the most albums in the top10......Beatles are still number one with most albums on number one....

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wow. the stones do surprisingly well. i'm shocked that they are #2 for albums.

Aren't they no.1 for albums?

The fact that they've brought out so many - think of all the compilations and live albums - must help as far as that particular statistic is concerned.

They had the most albums in the top10......Beatles are still number one with most albums on number one....

Oh yes, I didn't study the original post properly did I?

Thanks, NICOS.

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wow. the stones do surprisingly well. i'm shocked that they are #2 for albums.

Aren't they no.1 for albums?

The fact that they've brought out so many - think of all the compilations and live albums - must help as far as that particular statistic is concerned.

They didn't sell many copies. Considering even the comps, only HOT ROCKS has sold over 6 million copies. SOME GIRLS, at last count, was up to 6 million, their biggest selling studio album. With HOT ROCKS keep in mind - a majority of those sales are actually half that since it was 2 copies per album so it's counted as 2 records sold... for one purchase... so for 12 million copies only 6 million were purchased.

Not that much compared to some other hits compilations by other bands, huh.

so for 12 million copies only 6 million were purchased.
I didn't knew that

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so for 12 million copies only 6 million were purchased.
I didn't knew that

It changed at some point, either in 1991 with... whatever it is, SoundScan, the way things are counted. Double albums now only count as one actual copy sold instead of the false two. But a majority of HOT ROCKS' purchases were done pre-1991 so... yeah, about 6 million people bought it.

More than 6 million for Hot Rocks, it has sold over 1.2 million copies since the latest certification (2002), it has sold over 110k this year alone.
It should be 14 or 15x Platinum (about 7,5 million sold)

So, according to the lists Bob Dylan sells a lot of product ...but isnt a 'great artist".
Interesting.

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So, according to the lists Bob Dylan sells a lot of product ...but isnt a 'great artist".
Interesting.

I was just thinking about that... the phrasing of the title is a little... weird...