subject: Who Are The Top Ten Music Artists In The Uk For 2010? [print this page] We thought we would take a little look around the internet to find the top ten artists from the music industry of all time. This proved quite difficult as there are so many different sources and opinions. As a result we decided to set our sights a little lower and narrowed our search to the UK only. Below you will find our results. There are some surprises in there so enjoy what you see.
The Beatles
I don't suppose the Beatles will surprise anybody but yes our Liverpool friends top the chart with a whopping 28,000,000 certified sales. You may think that that sounds great but we also believe that they are the top in the world with worldwide sales topping 346,000,000 sales. These figures are just unbelievable but not UN just as they continue to sell music even today.
Queen
The late great Freddy Mercury and his band jump in at number two with 17,200,000 UK sales. Queen bucked the trend in their music history providing us with hit after hit. They also produced the longest ever track in the UK with bohemian Rhapsody which incidentally made it to number one as well.
Robbie Williams
This is the shocker as this man hasn't been around that long and yet has notched up 16,400,000 certified sales. This is a massive achievement in such a short space of time and we fully expect that he will rise quite rapidly in 2011.
Madonna
Madonna is probably the most respected female in the music industry. Stories of how she rose to fame are legendary. She was knocked and rejected at every turn but she didn't let that put her off and with 15,900,000 certified sales we are extremely happy that she didn't
Michael Jackson
The king of pop Michael Jackson only features fifth on our chart. Along with Robbie Williams this is another shocking result. We would have expected him to be much higher up the table but with only 14,820,000 he has only reached fifth.
Simply Red
2010 saw the end of Simply Red which is a shame as their songs have been excellent over the years.
Oasis
The Manchester boys Liam and Noel are a well deserved entry. Although they are now split their records inspired a lot of the new Indie bands that are out today. Their early stuff was their best and the later stuff really showed the rift between the two brothers. With 12,600,000 sales there is nothing to be ashamed about.
Phil Collins
Who would have thought a drummer would have sold so many records, not to mention have a film career. Phil Collins is one of the masters of the industry his music even being adopted for modern day adverts and by that we mean the Chocolate advert with the drum playing Gorilla which was voted one of the best viral videos of its time.
Abba
Abba only just creep into the chart at position nine and although you can't go anywhere in the world without people knowing Abba they only sold 9,600,000 records in the UK
Elton John
Elton John comes in last on the list with 8,940,000 sales. Still a huge amount and our very own Elton John can also say that he broke America and the rest of the world so although appearing 10th in the UK he actually features 8th in the world wide artists with record sales of 177,000,000
