3 new charts - Music

Which song is stuck in your head this morning?

Making music is a universal human trait that goes back to the dawn of humanity. Did you know the oldest musical instruments are over 40 thousand years old? Let’s take a look at some of the best-selling artists and albums of all time and which genre of music is most popular!

Chart #1 - Michael Jackson’s Thriller blows the competition out of the water as the number 1 best-selling album of all time, with over 50 million certified copies sold. How many of these do you own?

Chart #2 - Which genre is your favourite? R&B/Hip-Hop, Rock, and Pop are the three most popular. Interestingly, Rock has a large proportion of physical albums compared to other genres - a bigger share than all of Jazz and Classical combined!

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HumanForest: This e-bike company is carbon-negative and gives riders their first 10 minutes free every day!

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Chart #3 - Somewhat surprisingly, Rihanna is the best-selling artist of all time, beating music legends like the Beatles and Elvis by a considerable amount. This is mainly because the Recording Industry Association of America counts streaming figures in overall sales - for example, Rihanna’s “We Found Love” went 9x Platinum despite only selling 5.4 million copies (a song goes Platinum at 1 million sales). Are we going to see more modern artists make their way into the list based on their streaming numbers?

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See you on Friday with more charts on food!

Created by Miguel

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