Posted by: Mr. Hyde July 1, 2009
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You still haven't figured out the difference between the words 'famous' and 'popular'. Now you talk about album sales and stuff. The question is not about who is the best-selling artist, it is rather who has more name recognition. Elvis Presley album sales numbers are flawed as mentioned on the comments by the bloggers regarding the sales tally on the same article you pasted figures from. Most comments indicate The Beatles (not an individual person) outsold everyone else with album unit sales of 1.3 Billion. After the "British Invasion" following the Ed Sullivan show, the American media and record companies desperately needed a home-grown answer to the Beatles and they reluctantly settled on blue-eyed white boy called Elvis.
RIAA claims Elvis sold a billion albums but they cannot prove it and a lot of the figure was achieved by selling each record at $2.98 instead of the RIAA standard min price of $3.00. FYI again, there was a correction issued by RIAA in 1999 and lists Elvis fourth after the Beatles, Garth Brooks, and Led Zeppelin in terms of album sales in America. Then the Elvis fans launched "Project Increase" to bump up the sales figures of Elvis record sales; Now how pathetic is that? Read link here on Project Increase. This episode proves Elvis' questionable popularity in America itself let alone the rest of the world.
I am appalled there are still people who listen to Elvis Presley songs in Nepal rather than his contemporaries Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin or Hendrix. It is fair to say that Elvis is not as relevant now in pop culture as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, or Hendrix are because unlike Elvis the latter artists songs are still featured as movie soundtracks or TV commercials which make them known to new audiences of this generation. Some kids in Nepal try to be different from people who listen to U2, Radiohead, Clapton by listening to Elvis.
Now watch MJ kicking Elvis' butt and make sure you read the comments which shall shed some lights on who is more famous:
You still haven't figured out the difference between the words 'famous' and 'popular'. Now you talk about album sales and stuff. The question is not about who is the best-selling artist, it is rather who has more name recognition. Elvis Presley album sales numbers are flawed as mentioned on the comments by the bloggers regarding the sales tally on the same article you pasted figures from. Most comments indicate The Beatles (not an individual person) outsold everyone else with album unit sales of 1.3 Billion. After the "British Invasion" following the Ed Sullivan show, the American media and record companies desperately needed a home-grown answer to the Beatles and they reluctantly settled on blue-eyed white boy called Elvis.
RIAA claims Elvis sold a billion albums but they cannot prove it and a lot of the figure was achieved by selling each record at $2.98 instead of the RIAA standard min price of $3.00. FYI again, there was a correction issued by RIAA in 1999 and lists Elvis fourth after the Beatles, Garth Brooks, and Led Zeppelin in terms of album sales in America. Then the Elvis fans launched "Project Increase" to bump up the sales figures of Elvis record sales; Now how pathetic is that? Read link here on Project Increase. This episode proves Elvis' questionable popularity in America itself let alone the rest of the world.I am appalled there are still people who listen to Elvis Presley songs in Nepal rather than his contemporaries Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin or Hendrix. It is fair to say that Elvis is not as relevant now in pop culture as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, or Hendrix are because unlike Elvis the latter artists songs are still featured as movie soundtracks or TV commercials which make them known to new audiences of this generation. Some kids in Nepal try to be different from people who listen to U2, Radiohead, Clapton by listening to Elvis.
Now watch MJ kicking Elvis' butt and make sure you read the comments which shall shed some lights on who is more famous: