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3 minutes ago, The Holographic Universe said:

I forgot about Eminem. He probably sold more than the Eaglez

I think Eagles sold 10-20 mil more. They sold records through that cd era. Eminem was 90s but then 00s cd sales drop off. Guns probably suffer a little here too. 

Eagles are Top 3 behind Elvis and the Beatles. 

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1 minute ago, wasted said:

I think Eagles sold 10-20 mil more. They sold records through that cd era. Eminem was 90s but then 00s cd sales drop off. Guns probably suffer a little here too. 

Eagles are Top 3 behind Elvis and the Beatles. 

Eminem sold more albums in the 00's than The Beatles. That is impressive. 

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5 minutes ago, The Holographic Universe said:

Eminem sold more albums in the 00's than The Beatles. That is impressive. 

Half of them were dead but maybe I underestimated rap sales in the 00s. Most charts I remember seeing has Eminem at 110-20 mil and Eagles at 130-40 mil. Sometimes I doubt the 100 mil for GNR. They are all 100 mil which is impressive. Beatles is more like 300 mil? 

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36 minutes ago, Len Cnut said:

Dunno about highest selling but between The Doors, The Ramones and The Stooges you have the best of em.  England are better at bands, because of our socialist leanings :lol:

Three great bands but I would put the Duane Allman era  Allman Brothers against any American Band...............

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13 minutes ago, classicrawker said:

Three great bands but I would put the Duane Allman era  Allman Brothers against any American Band...............

Only heard the one album by them, At the Filmore East, by reccomendation of a forum member actually, i think it might've been moreblack.  I gotta say it was pretty fuckin good.

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The Eagles as a band are the highest selling American BAND of all time. There are a number of American  solo artists ahead of them though. Eminem, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Rihanna, Madonna. 

Guns N Roses aren't even close. Aerosmith, Metallica, Bon Jovi,  Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen etc all have sold more than GnR.  Having said that given GnR's tiny catalogue compared to these others it's pretty impressive. 

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On 1/9/2017 at 9:48 AM, IndiannaRose said:

Top-selling American bands (worldwide):

The Eagles (150+ million)

Aerosmith (150+ million)

Bon Jovi (130+ million)

Metallica (110+ million)

Guns N' Roses (100+ million)

...in that order. 

This is exactly correct if we're only counting bands

Once you add worldwide bands and artists, the Eagles are #18 on the list. 

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