Best Selling Musical Acts in the U.S.

I think this is the first time that I scored both below the average but above 50th percentile.

Please accept "Reba." In the world of country music she is as much a one-name celebrity as Madonna

I'm calling BS on these sales figures. The Beatles have sold at least twice what triple what's listed, likewise with Elvis. Doubtless it's true a bunch of others on the list too.

This needs an update I think

A couple of more minutes would be very helpful.

Alabama is a country band, although they have elements of southern rock, bluegrass, and gospel. Their original name was Young Country and then Wildcountry. They were awarded vocal group of the year by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. They also won Grammies for best country performance by a vocal group, and Billboard named them Country Artist of the '80s. Randy Owen said, "We're country first, and crossover second." Sorry, they just aren't a rock band, no matter how loosely you define the genres.

I had never ever heard of Garth Brooks...

The Backdoor Boys sold 37 million records!?! Somebody kill me now.

this is a very different list to international sales. maybe the quizzes should not just be centred on America a little more, as people from other countries are disadvantaged in the quiz.

What?! No Slim Whitman?!!!

Why is it only U.S. sales? The list is very different on international sales.

Country isn't as big outside the US as at is inside. As a European I almost knew none of the country artists (with exception of Brooks and Twain)

I'm honestly surprised Alan Jackson isn't guessed more often, if only because he's a freebie if you guess Michael Jackson by his last name.

Would have done better, but I spent way too much time trying to figure out if I was just spelling Prince wrong.

One of the top five is the Bee Gees who are just behind the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Not sure how they aren't on this list.

IDK how only 40 got Rolling Stones.

Surprised Green Day isn't on here

Who is Garth Brooks? I've never heard of him! (but still managed to get 21/53)

"No-one buys albums any more"

Bit of a generalisation/exaggeration, no? People should still buy a physical copy of whatever they're listening to, or burn it on a CD. You never know when Amazon, Spotify, iTunes etc. is going to fold after all. That's just me, though. 🤷‍♀️

I would hardly call John Denver pop

I love these quizzes because they really help me, as an Italian, get a glimpse of what America is. A couple of "duels" caught my eye: Mariah over Madonna?! Def Leppard over Bon Jovi? And Foreigner over both of them?! And Alabama over the three of them?!! And then, of course, I know John Denver, Garth Books, Shanya Twain and Kenny Rogers, but I don't have the slightest idea of who George Strait is. Or Reba McIntire. Or Tim McGraw.

Bob Marley, ABBA, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Kinks, Nirvana, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Oasis, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, CCR, Rush, Chuck Berry, The Who, Marvin Gaye, Green Day, Ray Charles, the Bee Gees, Foo Fighters, and so on...

Can't believe ALL of these are missing, this quiz is so hard haha. Honestly there's 5 answers I've never heard of.

Thought I did bad at 25 but realized that's quite a bit above average, some of these are hard to think of

I would call John Denver a country singer