Artist Country / Market Period active Release year of first charted record Genre Total certified units (from available markets) Claimed sales The Beatles United Kingdom 1960 -- 1970 1962 Rock / Pop Total available certified units: 271.6 million US: 212.250 million JPN: 4.950 million GER: 8 million UK: 18.445 million FRA: 3.890 million CAN: 14.455 million AUS: 3.060 million BRA: 550,000 ITA: 380,000 SPA: 1.250 million SWE 485,000 DEN: 270,000 SWI: 350,000 ARG: 1.606 million BEL: 390,000 AUT: 500,000 POL: 175,000 NZ: 660,000 600 million 500 million Elvis Presley United States 1954 -- 1977 1954 Rock and roll / Pop / Country Total available certified units: 223.1 million US: 199.150 million JPN: 300,000 GER: 1.2 million UK: 13.145 million FRA: 2.590 million CAN: 2.925 million AUS: 1.797 million BRA: 125,000 ITA: 105,000 SPA: 300,000 SWE 380,000 DEN: 120,000 SWI: 185,000 MEX: 105,000 ARG: 110,000 BEL: 115,000 AUT: 205,000 FIN: 213,945 NZ: 117,500 600 million 500 million Michael Jackson United States 1964 -- 2009 1971 Pop / Rock / Dance / Soul / R&B Total available certified units: 185.8 million US: 104.5 million JPN: 4.650 million GER: 11.275 million UK: 28.245 million FRA: 11.375 million CAN: 4.670 million AUS: 6.740 million BRA: 280,000 ITA: 1.195 million SPA: 1.995 million SWE: 1.230 million DEN: 1.289 million SWI: 910,000 MEX: 3.670 million ARG: 124,000 BEL: 665,000 AUT: 1.197 million POL: 530,000 FIN: 384,127 NZ: 902,500 350 million 300 million Madonna United States 1979 -- present 1982 Pop / Dance / Electronica Total available certified units: 171 million US: 85.675 million JPN: 6.450 million GER: 12.4 million UK: 29.045 million FRA: 12.81 million CAN: 6.030 million AUS: 4.787 million BRA: 3.440 million ITA: 465,000 SPA: 2.815 million SWE: 1.070 million DEN: 407,000 SWI: 1.080 million MEX: 510,000 ARG: 1.098 BEL: 740,000 AUT: 602,500 POL: 530,000 FIN: 652,686 NZ: 417,500 300 million 275 million Elton John United Kingdom 1964 -- present 1969 Pop / Rock Total available certified units: 181.1 million US: 129.350 million JPN: 1.1 million GER: 7.9 million UK: 22.595 million FRA: 4.825 million CAN: 5.975 million AUS: 2.947 million BRA: 835,000 SPA: 1.2 million SWE: 740,000 DEN: 195,000 SWI: 1.313 million MEX: 100,000 ARG: 128,000 BEL: 565,000 AUT: 765,000 POL: 150,000 FIN: 163,481 NZ: 255,000 300 million 250 million Led Zeppelin United Kingdom 1968 -- 1980 1969 Hard rock / Blues rock / Folk rock Total available certified units: 140 million US: 114.1 million JPN: 400,000 GER: 3.775 million UK: 9.530 million FRA: 2.310 million CAN: 4.710 million AUS: 2.8 million BRA: 820,000 ITA: 420,000 SPA: 450,000 SWI: 211,000 ARG: 360,000 POL: 120,000 300 million 200 million Pink Floyd United Kingdom 1965 -- 1996, 2014 1967 Progressive rock / Psychedelic rock Total available certified units: 119.6 million US: 78 million JPN: 100,000 GER: 7.5 million UK: 11.520 million FRA: 6.360 million CAN: 6.790 million AUS: 2.932 million BRA: 540,000 ITA: 1.910 million SPA: 625,000 SWE: 220,000 SWI: 390,000 ARG: 582,000 BEL: 115,000 AUT: 460,000 POL: 590,000 NZ: 787,500 250 million 200 million
who is the highest selling female musician of all time
Madonna