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I think you're forgetting Mariah Carey. She's got 19 #1 Singles and 11 of those are in the last 30 years. Only Rihanna and Taylor have more than 11 in that same timespan. That Christmas Song that gets played on loop every year of her's is going to outlive us all.
I did forget Mariah. She was big in the late 80's/early 90's but luckily for her in the mid to late 90's hip-hop was popular which helped her, but don't even bring up that Christmas song. It's one of the worst things that come around during Christmas.
Whitney has some of the best selling albums off all time though.
And fuck all the other shit.
Its pure album sales that matter.
Michael Jackson wins.
Streams? Fuck outta here, with those made up numbers.
What I meant is that I am under the opinion that Whitney should be higher on the list. She is one of the best voices of all time and in today's era there is no one that can sing as good as her. As far as Michael Jackson goes though even though I don't like their music I will give The Beatles their due. However, I have said this before and I will say it again. In my lifetime there has never been anyone more famous than Michael Jackson. Younger generations will not understand but Michael Jackson was the ultimate definition of famous. Before it was easy to get on a computer and look up anything there were small towns and villages you never heard of around the world that knew who Michael Jackson was.
Cool resource, but even at 1:1500+ streams are weighted way, way, way too heavily. Shit is free. If you're going to do that, get an estimate for total radio plays, and afford the older stars a similar addition to their totals.
Also, streaming is fairly global at this point. The market reach of albums to be sold 70 years ago even for the biggest stars with the widest export net would have been a prospective for about 1 out of 8 people on the planet. You didn't even have a chance to sell to the other 7. Streams are probably reaching over 90% of the population, now, and the population has nearly tripled.
So it would be interesting to see a list like this adjusted for population growth, too.
Question. I get what you are saying and I agree but doesn't streaming actually make it harder to get noticed? Back in the day you were limited to what store had what music but now there are so many options there's no way to see them all. Add in the fact that traditional tv and radio don't hold the same value they used to and wouldn't this make streaming more valuable?