Slimebeast on 28 March 2009
| Khuutra said: Metallica has a total album sales count of about 100 million, generously speaking. AC/DC's are over 200 million. Celine Dion's are also over 200 million. U2's are 150 million. Aerosmith is 150 million. Metallica is not even close to the biggest, not even in the last twenty years. |
ACDC loses because over half of those sales are from pre-Metallica era (Back in Black, Highway to hell etc).
Celine Dion has a lot of casual people buying discount albums from Wal-Mart but she has not many hardcore fans, not very many go to concerts and stuff.
From Aerosmith's 150 mill a big proportion is from the 70s and early 80's albums. Metallica bigger sales in the last two decades, plus A LOT bigger in concert ticket sales.
U2 is 145 mill, but much of that is from Joshua Tree and WAR. Metallica has higher sales in the last two decades.
But Ill give you U2. U2 is slightly bigger than Metallica over all.
