The singers with the greatest sales of any group were The Beatles. The greatest advance sale was 2,100,000 for Can't Buy Me Love released in the U.S. on March 16, 1964. The all-time Beatles sales by the end of 1977 have been estimated at 100 million singles and 100 million albums - a total unmatched by any other recording act. The Beatles have had the most No. 1 records (20) and Elvis Presley had the most hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 - 97 from 1956 to May, 1978.
The greatest seller of any record to date is White Christmas by Irving Berlin with 25,000,000 for the Bing Crosby version and more than 100,000,000 in other versions. On June 9, 1960, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce presented Harry Lillis (alias Bing) Crosby, Jr. with a platinum disc to commemorate his 200,000,000th record sold from 2,600 singles and 125 albums he had recorded. On September 15, 1970, he received a second platinum disc when 300,650,00 records had been sold by Decca. His first commercial recording was I've Got the Girl recorded on October 18, 1926, and his first million-seller was Sweet Leilani in 1937.
Elvis Aaron Presley had 150 major hits on singles and 70 best-selling albums from 1956 and continuing after his death. It may be assumed that he succeeded Crosby as the top-selling solo artist.
And in a small cinematic related tidbit, the film with the highest world gross earnings is Star Wars directed by George Lucas, which from May 25, 1977, to April 1, 1978, grossed $350 million worldwide! Yowza!!!
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