Most Successful Music Act for Every Letter of the Alphabet [PHOTOS]
The website Uproxx.com has compiled a list of the most successful music acts for every letter of the alphabet. The act's success was determined by total album sales and/or digital units. I'm thrilled to tell you that 14 out of 26 of those acts were Rock N' Roll artists! Here they are A to Z. The first number are 'album sales' and the second is the overall rank.
- 1
A - AC/DC (72 Million - 11th All Time)
- 2
B - The Beatles (178 Million - 1st All Time)
- 3
C - Mariah Carey (64 Million - 17th All Time)
- 4
D - Celine Dion (50 Million - 17th All Time)
- 5
E - The Eagles (101 Million - 5th All Time)
- 6
F - Fleetwood Mac (49.5 Million - 24th All Time)
- 7
G - Guns N' Roses - 44.5 Million - 30th All Time)
- 8
H - Whitney Houston (57 Million - 19th All Time)
- 9
I - Isley Brothers (15.5 Million - 156th All Time)
- 10
J - Billy Joel (81.5 Million - 6th All Time)
- 11
K - Toby Keith (23.5 Million - 82nd All Time)
- 12
L- Led Zeppelin (111.5 Million - 4th All Time)
- 13
M - Madonna (64.5 Million - 16th All Time)
- 14
N - Willie Nelson (35 Million - 44th All Time)
- 15
O - Ozzy Osbourne (28.75 Million - 63rd All Time)
- 16
P - Elvis Presley (135.5 Million - 3rd All Time)
- 17
Q - Queen (34.5 Million - 47th All Time)
- 18
R - Rolling Stones (66.5 Million - 13th All Time)
- 19
S - Barbra Streisand (72.5 Million - 10th All Time)
- 20
T- Shania Twain (48 Million - 27th All Time)
- 21
U- U2 (52 Million - 21st All Time)
- 22
V - Van Halen (56.5 Million - 20th All Time)
- 23
W - Kanye West (15.5 Million - 116th All Time)
- 24
X - Xzibit (2.1 Million - Not Enough to Be Ranked)
- 25
Y - Neil Young (17.5 Million - 140th All Time)
- 26
Z - ZZ Top (25 Million - 86th All Time)