list of best - selling music artists 

Statements about this table:
the genre of led zeppelin 's music be either hard rock or heavy metal
led zeppelin 's genre be hard rock / heavy metal and have be claim to have sale in excess of 600 million
artist
country of origin
period active
release - year of first charted record
genre
claimed sales
the beatles
united kingdom
1960 - 1970
1962
rock / pop
600 million
elvis presley
united states
1954 - 1977
1954
rock and roll / pop / country
600 million 500 million
michael jackson
united states
1964 - 2009
1971
pop / rock / dance / r&b
400 million 350 million 300 million
madonna
united states
1979 - present
1982
pop / rock / dance
300 million 275 million
artist
country of origin
period active
release - year of first charted record
genre
claimed sales
elton john
united kingdom
1964 - present
1969
pop / rock
300 million 250 million
led zeppelin
united kingdom
1968 - 1980
1969
hard rock / heavy metal
300 million 200 million
pink floyd
united kingdom
1965 - 1996
1967
progressive rock
250 million 200 million