List of best-selling music artists (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of best-selling music artists" in English language version.

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311web.archive.org

1^st place

122allmusic.com

25^th place

22^nd place

25hitlisten.nu

5,971^st place

3,625^th place

24riaj.or.jp

1,909^th place

1,657^th place

19aria.com.au

948^th place

599^th place

17mediafire.com

4,910^th place

3,722^nd place

16archive.today

14^th place

16books.google.com

3^rd place

15bbc.com

20^th place

30^th place

13ifpi.dk

2,432^nd place

1,597^th place

8ariacharts.com.au

3,620^th place

2,214^th place

7riaa.com

162^nd place

128^th place

7billboard.com

19^th place

18^th place

7capif.org.ar

7,155^th place

5,957^th place

7nla.gov.au

275^th place

181^st place

7reuters.com

49^th place

47^th place

7chicagotribune.com

95^th place

70^th place

6ifpi.no

7,380^th place

4,895^th place

6worldradiohistory.com

316^th place

190^th place

6sky.com

431^st place

274^th place

6cbsnews.com

108^th place

80^th place

5aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz

low place

5latimes.com

22^nd place

19^th place

4musikindustrie.de

1,018^th place

999^th place

4infodisc.fr

1,968^th place

1,778^th place

4snepmusique.com

1,094^th place

926^th place

4independent.ie

315^th place

209^th place

3pro-musicabr.org.br

5,416^th place

4,873^rd place

3promusicae.es

5,257^th place

5,294^th place

3ultratop.be

257^th place

219^th place

3amprofon.com.mx

3,862^nd place

3,375^th place

3independent.co.uk

36^th place

33^rd place

3smh.com.au

132^nd place

96^th place

3americanradiohistory.com

841^st place

481^st place

3ifpi.org

4,645^th place

3,389^th place

2bpi.co.uk

292^nd place

226^th place

2musiccanada.com

767^th place

503^rd place

2ifpi.se

5,743^rd place

3,617^th place

2zpav.pl

1,439^th place

1,812^th place

2ifpi.fi

1,413^th place

1,091^st place

2artistas-espectaculos.com

low place

2bbc.co.uk

8^th place

10^th place

2afp.org.pt

low place

2abc.net.au

139^th place

108^th place

2audiogest.pt

5,282^nd place

4,165^th place

2dw.com

204^th place

353^rd place

2upi.com

290^th place

202^nd place

2seattletimes.com

519^th place

316^th place

2nzherald.co.nz

435^th place

276^th place

2cnn.com

28^th place

26^th place

21news.co.nz

low place

5,837^th place

2euronews.com

612^th place

921^st place

2ghostarchive.org

32^nd place

21^st place

2clix.pt

low place

2cnbc.com

220^th place

155^th place

2heraldscotland.com

873^rd place

516^th place

2bloomberg.com

99^th place

77^th place

2postandcourier.com

2,326^th place

1,246^th place

2scotsman.com

413^th place

261^st place

2oricon.co.jp

58^th place

344^th place

2mercurynews.com

701^st place

439^th place

2archive.org

6^th place

1nmc.ca

low place

1musicbusinessworldwide.com

3,879^th place

2,231^st place

1npr.org

92^nd place

72^nd place

1essence.com

1,700^th place

934^th place

1nvpi.nl

4,026^th place

2,733^rd place

1fimi.it

848^th place

1,037^th place

1hitparade.ch

307^th place

874^th place

1ifpi.at

2,792^nd place

2,532^nd place

1radioscope.net.nz

low place

8,987^th place

1newyorker.com

146^th place

110^th place

1wikiwix.com

194^th place

643^rd place

1telegraph.co.uk

30^th place

24^th place

1sverigetopplistan.se

1,733^rd place

1,067^th place

1radio-canada.ca

1,470^th place

2,697^th place

1go.com

48^th place

39^th place

1cbc.ca

115^th place

82^nd place

1chron.com

599^th place

369^th place

1elpais.com

84^th place

370^th place

1buffalonews.com

1,545^th place

809^th place

1indiewire.com

93^rd place

73^rd place

1theage.com.au

412^th place

266^th place

1seattlepi.com

1,215^th place

726^th place

1irishcharts.ie

1,454^th place

841^st place

1theguardian.com

12^th place

11^th place

1facebook.com

77^th place

111^th place

1timesofmalta.com

2,301^st place

1,523^rd place

1nbclosangeles.com

3,414^th place

1,977^th place

1nbcphiladelphia.com

7,051^st place

4,002^nd place

1abc7.com

2,722^nd place

1,697^th place

1vogue.com

419^th place

275^th place

1forbes.com

54^th place

48^th place

1theaggie.org

low place

1officialcharts.com

76^th place

69^th place

1omaha.com

3,077^th place

1,648^th place

1dispatch.com

1,969^th place

1,098^th place

1pari.com.ph

low place

1standard.co.uk

238^th place

159^th place

1france24.com

481^st place

508^th place

1janusonline.pt

low place

1irishnews.com

3,284^th place

1,815^th place

1libertaddigital.com

3,124^th place

9,416^th place

1providencejournal.com

3,861^st place

2,080^th place

1albanyherald.com

low place

1stuff.co.nz

457^th place

272^nd place

1adelaidenow.com.au

3,037^th place

1,711^th place

1masslive.com

2,719^th place

1,489^th place

1straitstimes.com

543^rd place

346^th place

1ft.com

210^th place

157^th place

1foxnews.com

152^nd place

120^th place

1gaonchart.co.kr

573^rd place

466^th place

1instagram.com

86^th place

85^th place

1warnermusic.com.mx

low place

1cantonrep.com

8,427^th place

4,628^th place

1beaumontenterprise.com

low place

9,824^th place

1apnews.com

129^th place

89^th place

1newsweek.com

269^th place

201^st place

1nine.com.au

3,039^th place

1,715^th place

1rafu.com

low place

1pennlive.com

2,939^th place

1,584^th place

1reviewjournal.com

1,030^th place

584^th place

1usatoday.com

41^st place

34^th place

1jacksonville.com

2,279^th place

1,245^th place

1thecourier.co.uk

5,896^th place

3,256^th place

1readingeagle.com

7,322^nd place

4,413^th place

1irishtimes.com

266^th place

182^nd place

1abqjournal.com

2,906^th place

1,720^th place

1patriotledger.com

8,831^st place

5,061^st place

1kiss951.com

low place

1time.com

61^st place

54^th place

1ky3.com

low place

1khou.com

7,606^th place

4,258^th place

1timesleader.com

9,859^th place

5,389^th place

1sundayworld.com

low place

8,268^th place

1mcall.com

1,550^th place

832^nd place

1theoaklandpress.com

8,672^nd place

4,740^th place

1elportaldemusica.es

3,213^th place

2,699^th place

1nme.com

128^th place

91^st place

1variety.com

13^th place

12^th place

1walesonline.co.uk

807^th place

496^th place

1tampabay.com

829^th place

485^th place

1indiatoday.in

94^th place

66^th place

1arkansasonline.com

4,038^th place

2,198^th place

1b.dk

6,151^st place

8,028^th place

1swisscharts.com

630^th place

421^st place

1wsj.com

79^th place

65^th place

1abpd.org.br

9,013^th place

low place

1gaffa.dk

6,707^th place

7,333^rd place

1rianz.org.nz

low place

1scoop.co.nz

3,973^rd place

2,363^rd place

1arquivo.pt

1,668^th place

1,164^th place

1sapo.pt

759^th place

1,382^nd place

1news.co.nz

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Erlewine, Stephen. "Allmusic: Metallica (Biography)". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
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Jeffries, David. "Allmusic: Lil Wayne (Biography)". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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