Who is the most popular band ever?

[bad @SS chevy 10+ year member]

Elton John.

 

[bad @SS chevy 10+ year member]

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[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

And how many of the people at a Rammstein concert actually went for the music, vs who went for the stupid shit they do on stage because they were bored that night?

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

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You forgot to add George Michael. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[bad @SS chevy 10+ year member]

george micheal is a f@g

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

but who has the most followers? we could go by record sales...but that would be to easy.
I asked one of our German exchange students, and he was telling me that remmstein sells out european soccer stadiums (that seat like 150,000 + people) including the field itself everytime they play.

Now thats a following

there is no way to measure a "following". The most accurate measure of popularity is album sales. Single song downloads on the net mean nothing either.

On a side note, Metallica also sells out every single venue they play....

but so does Bette Midler, Madonna, and Celine Dion. Julio Iglesies is incredibly popular, and there is a Chinese Artist Wei Wei that i can honestly say will out sell anyone in the world (but thats because there are more chinamen then any other ethnicity in the world)

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

but who has the most followers? we could go by record sales...but that would be to easy.
I asked one of our German exchange students, and he was telling me that remmstein sells out european soccer stadiums (that seat like 150,000 + people) including the field itself everytime they play.

Now thats a following

Sorry, I have talked to a few German people and they all pretty much say that Rammstein is a joke, they aren;t very popular and they aren't even considered that good over there. As for #1 most popular it is the Beatles and its not even close.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

Popular-Beatles

My favorite- Pink Floyd

Not a rock band or rock for that matter but I was reading that Garth Brooks has sold more records in the shortest amount of time of any artist or band. He is not the all time greatest selling but over the next 20 years he is more than likely going to become the all time leader in record sales. I was shocked reading this. His net worth has been estimated around 750 mil to a billion dollars.

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Aerosmith needs an honorable mention....

 

[mepratt1234@cha 10+ year member]

I would guess the Beatles.

Garth Brooks is cool too.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

The Recording Industry Association of America announced that Garth Brooks was the best-selling solo artist of the 20th century in America.[42] This conclusion drew criticism from the press and many music fans who were convinced that Elvis Presley had sold more records, but had been short-changed in the rankings due to faulty RIAA certification methods during his lifetime.[43][44] Brooks, while proud of his sales accomplishments, deferred to "The King" and stated that he too believed that Presley must have sold more.[43]

The RIAA has since reexamined their methods for counting certifications. Under their revised methods, Presley became the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, making Brooks the number two solo artist, ranking third overall, as The Beatles have sold more albums than either he or Presley.[45] The revision brought more criticism of the accuracy of the RIAA's figures, this time from Brooks' followers.

On November 5, 2007, Brooks was again named the best selling solo artist in US history, surpassing Presley (but still #2 after the Beatles) after audited sales of 123 million were announced. It has since been revealed that he had hit the mark a year prior, but at his request the RIAA held off for 12 months to coincide with the release of The Ultimate Hits.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists
bones beat me to it... interesting that only one of those top 5 is a 'group' though....

Interesting...

Linkin park is the most recent band in there with over 50million in alum sales, since 2000...

nG

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

Interesting...
Linkin park is the most recent band in there with over 50million in alum sales, since 2000...

nG

linkin park is the shiz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Cravingbass123]

OP thats the most stupid question ever. you should be ashamed of yourself if you think rammstein is big overseas.

beatles

obviously

you idiot

get a haircut