According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling band/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the United States alone
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1. Beatles 248.3 mil sold
2. Elvis 201.2 mil sold
3. Garth Brooks 165.4 mil sold
4. Madonna 157.8 mil sold
5. The Molester 155.8 mil sold
6. Elton John 153 mil sold
7. Zep 133.4 mil sold
8. Eagles 127.5 mil sold
9. Mariah Carey 118.2 mil sold
10. Celine Dione 111.4 mil sold
11. Floyd 110.2 mil sold
12. AC/DC 99.3 mil sold
13. U2 99.2 mil sold
14. Billy Joel 97.6 mil sold
15. Whitney Houston 95.5 mil sold
16. Barbra Steisand 93 mil sold
17. Bruce Springsteen 92 mil sold
18. Stones 89.5 mil sold
19. Queen 88.2 mil sold
20. Phil Collins 82.4 mil sold
21. Metallica 81.2 mil sold
22. Aerosmith 79.2 mil sold
23. Shania "I asked out Ek" Twain 71.1 mil sold
24. Fleetwood Mac 70 mil sold
25. Rihanna 69.2 mil sold
26. Rod Stewart 67.4 mil sold
27. Backstreet Boys 65.8 mil sold
28. Eminem 65.1 mil sold
29. Britney Spears 64.9 mil sold
30. Bon Jovi 63.9 mil sold
31. Bee Gees 63.2 mil sold
32. Neil Diamond 63.2 mil sold
33. Van Halen 62.6 mil sold.
Certified world wide record sales. The only numbers that matter.