Late Thursday, early Friday, December 11-12, outside the Dot Dot Lounge in Hollywood
Trivia:
In the world of digital singles, Rihanna is the best-selling female artist of all time. I would have guessed Beyonce or Taylor Swift, who are #2 and #3.
Those lists are fascinating. Which solo artist has the most diamond albums of all time (selling ten million or more copies)? I would not have guessed this correctly. It’s not Michael Jackson. Garth Brooks also has more diamond albums than the Beatles, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin or any other person or group!
The female champion for diamond albums is not Taylor Swift or Madonna. It’s a tie between Whitney Houston and Shania Twain. Taylor Swift does have the most multi-platinum albums among female artists. For gold and platinum albums, no woman has surpassed Barbra Streisand.
For all artists and/or groups, Elvis is easily the champ for gold and platinum. (101 gold albums! That’s more than the second and third place finishers added together!) Elvis easily tops all other solo artists in that the multi-platinum category as well, but falls just below the Beatles when groups are included.