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List of bands from Canada

Bands from Canada: notable Canadian rock, indie, and pop groups from the Guess Who and Rush to Arcade Fire and The Beaches, shaped by CanCon radio quotas and the MAPL system since 1971.

List of Baroque composers

List of Baroque composers: major European art-music composers c. 1600–1750, from Monteverdi, Schütz, and Frescobaldi through Lully, Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau, Bach, and Handel, grouped by national style and period phase.

List of best-selling albums

List of best-selling albums: rankings of top-selling records worldwide, by country, and by year. Michael Jackson's Thriller leads all-time lists (about 67-70 million copies); Eagles' Their Greatest Hits leads the US; Queen's Greatest Hits leads the UK.

List of best-selling albums by year in the United States

The list of best-selling albums by year in the United States names each year's top album, published by Billboard since 1956 as year-end sales rankings.

List of best-selling albums in South Korea

The best-selling albums in South Korea are ranked by the Circle Chart, the country's official music chart, known until July 2022 as the Gaon Chart, led by Seventeen's FML.

List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

Best-selling albums in the United Kingdom: Queen's Greatest Hits (7.8m), ABBA Gold (7.1m), Oasis's (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (6.2m, biggest studio album), Adele's 21 (5.7m), ranked by Official Charts Company units.

List of best-selling albums in the United States

US best-selling albums ranked by RIAA certification, also called the RIAA Gold & Platinum list. Eagles' Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 leads with 40 million units, ahead of Thriller (34x) and Hotel California (28x).

List of best-selling albums of the 21st century

Ranking of studio albums released since 2000 by worldwide sales, led by Adele's 21 (31 million), based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan tracking; also known as the 21st-century best-selling albums list.

List of best-selling girl groups

Best-selling girl groups ranked by claimed worldwide sales and certified units: Spice Girls (85 million claimed), Destiny's Child (50 million, 2005 World Music Awards), TLC (65 million), plus Spotify streaming leader BLACKPINK and Circle Chart Korean album leaders TWICE, IVE, and aespa.

List of best-selling music artists

List of best-selling music artists: rankings of acts by claimed sales (Beatles 500–600M, Elvis, Michael Jackson), certified units (Drake 298.5M), equivalent album sales, and IFPI annual charts, with streaming-conversion methodology.

List of best-selling music artists in Japan

A list of best-selling music artists in Japan ranks recording artists by cumulative sales in Japan, the world's second-largest recorded-music market, with B'z the most cited all-time leader.

List of best-selling singles

List of best-selling singles: rankings of top-selling songs via claimed sales, RIAA/BPI certifications, and IFPI Global Single Chart. Leaders include White Christmas (50M physical), Candle in the Wind 1997 (33M), and Spotlight (54.31M digital).

List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom

Ranking of the UK's best-selling singles since the 1952 chart began, compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical and download sales; topped by Elton John's Candle in the Wind '97 at over 4.94 million, with 180 million-sellers listed.

List of best-selling singles in the United States

List of best-selling singles in the United States: rankings built from RIAA certifications (Gold 500,000 units, Diamond 10 million, 150 streams per sale since 2013). White Christmas leads US physical sales at ~25 million; Candle in the Wind 1997 is the only physical Diamond single; Rihanna leads women with 200 million certified units.

List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2025

Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2025: 23 albums topped the US chart, including Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem (12 weeks), Drake's ICEMAN, and Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl (4.002 million units).

List of Billboard Boxscore number-one concert series of the 2020s

Billboard Boxscore number-one concert series of the 2020s: tours and residencies topping Billboard's monthly Top Tours chart launched in 2019, led by Bad Bunny (10 months), Beyoncé, Coldplay, Elton John, BTS, and The Weeknd.

List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2026

Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2026: songs topping Billboard's worldwide weekly song chart (Luminate data, 200+ territories), including Taylor Swift's "The Fate Of Ophelia," Ariana Grande's "Hate That I Made You Love Me," and Shakira's "Dai Dai."

List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones: career-entry, No. 1, debut, simultaneous-charting, and longevity records, led by Drake's 402 entries, the Beatles' 20 No. 1s, and Teddy Swims' 112-week run.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020

The list of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020 covers the top 20 songs that reached number one on the US singles chart that year.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2021

Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2021: the songs topping the US weekly Hot 100 chart, with fast turnover (10 different No. 1s by June), Columbia Records' record 33 weeks at No. 1, BTS's "Butter", Adele's "Easy On Me", and year-end winner "Levitating".

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2022

2022 Billboard Hot 100 number ones: fourteen songs topped the US singles chart, led by Harry Styles' "As It Was" (15 weeks at #1, a soloist record) and Glass Animals' "Heat Waves" (year-end #1 after a record 59-week climb).

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2024

Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2024: the year's chart-toppers led by Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)", 19 weeks at No. 1 tying "Old Town Road"; also "Fortnight", "Too Sweet", "Lose Control", and "I Had Some Help".

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2025

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2025: the songs that topped the US singles chart that year, led by Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" (13 weeks) and Alex Warren's "Ordinary" (10 weeks).

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2026

Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2026: songs topping the US Hot 100 in 2026, led by Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" at a record 23 weeks, plus chart-toppers by Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Drake, BTS, Harry Styles, and Ariana Grande.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

The list of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s covers the 232 distinct songs that topped the US chart between 1980 and 1989, led by Michael Jackson with 9.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s: songs topping the US chart in 1990-1999, reshaped by the 1991 SoundScan/BDS switch and the 1998 retail-single rule change; 'One Sweet Day' held 16 weeks.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2000s

Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2000s: the songs topping the weekly U.S. chart from 2000 to 2009, compiled from Nielsen SoundScan sales and BDS airplay; "We Belong Together" was the decade-end No. 1.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s

Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s: the songs topping the US Hot 100 from January 2010 (Kesha, "Tik Tok") through December 2019 (Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), a decade reshaped by streaming entering the chart formula.

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s

Chronological list of every Billboard Hot 100 number-one single from January 2020 onward, from Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia," with weeks at number one, records, and streaming-era chart dynamics.

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2025

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2025: songs charting in the Hot 100 top ten during 2025. "Die With A Smile" led the year-end list; 64 songs reached the top ten, 9 hit No. 1, and pop reclaimed the leading genre share.