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Includes compilation albums. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)  (1976, WMG) - 44 million The Beatles - 1  (2000, UMG) - 31 million Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend: The Best of Bob & The Wailers  (1984, UMG) - 30 million ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits  (1992, UMG) - 30 million Madonna - The Immaculate Collection  (1990, WMG) - 30 million Queen - Greatest Hits  (1981, UMG / WMG) - 25 million Journey - Greatest Hits  (1988, SMG) - 25 million Elton John - Greatest Hits  (1974, UMG) - 24 million Michael Jackson - History: Past, Present and Future  (1995, SMG) - 22 million Celine Dion - All the Way... A Decade of Song  (1999, SMG) - 22 million Bon Jovi - Cross Road  (1994, UMG) - 21 million Andrew Bocelli - Romanza  (1997, UMG) - 20 million

Both music scenes defined the Nineties for the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. Pulp (Britpop) - It  (1983) Soundgarden (grunge) - Ultramega OK  (1988) Nirvana (grunge) - Bleach  (1989) Alice in Chains (grunge) - Facelift  (1990) Blur (Britpop) - Leisure  (1991) Suede (Britpop) - Suede  (1993) Pearl Jam (grunge) - Ten (1991) Oasis (Britpop) - Definitely Maybe  (1994)

The major labels being Sony (Columbia, RCA, Epic and Arista), Universal (Capitol, Decca, Def Jam, EMI, Interscope, Geffen, A&M, Island, Mercury, Motown, Polydor, Republic, Verve and Virgin) and Warner (Atlantic, Elektra, Parlophone and Warner). Sony - Thriller  by Michael Jackson (Epic, 1982), 70 million Universal - The Dark Side of the Moon  by Pink Floyd (Capitol, 1973), 45 million Warner - Back in Black  by AC/DC (Atlantic, 1980), 50 million

Includes those from Your Hit Parade (1935-40), Billboard pre-Hot 100 (1940-58) and Billboard Hot 100 (1958-present). 100th (seventh Billboard pre-Hot 100) - "Maria Elena" by Jimmy Dorsey (1941) 100th (pre-Hot 100, 193th overall) - "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley (1950) 200th (107th Billboard pre-Hot 100) - "The Thing" by Phil Harris (1950) 300th (20th Billboard Hot 100) - "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darrin (1958) 100th (Hot 100, 380th overall) - "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo and April Stevens (1963) 400th (120th Billboard Hot 100) - "Baby Love" by The Supremes (1964) 200th (Hot 100, 480th overall) - "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro (1968) 500th (220th Billboard Hot 100) - "I Can't Get Next to You" (1969) 300th (Hot 100, 580th overall) - "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern (1973) 600th (320th Billboard Hot 100) - "Dark Lady" by Cher (1974) 400th (Hot 100, 680th overall) - "K...

  These two major were once part of the big six until 1999. EMI (founded March 31, 1931 as Electric and Musical Industries and folded into Universal Music Group on September 28, 2012) Predecessor companies, 1898-1931 Gramophone Company (founded April 1898) Independent, 1898-1929 Radio Corporation of America, 1929-1931 Columbia Graphophone Company (founded February 13, 1917) Columbia Phonograph Company, 1917-1922 Independent, 1922-1931 Radio Corporation of America, 1931-1935 Independent, 1935-1979 (as Electric and Musical Industries until 1971 and as EMI from 1971 onwards) Thorn EMI, 1979-1996 EMI Group, 1996-2007 Terra Firma Capital Partners, 2007-2011 Citigroup, 2011-2012 Polygram (founded 1962 as Grammophon-Philips Group and folded into Universal Music Group on December 10, 1998) Predecessor companies, 1898-1962 Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (founded 1898) Independent, 1898-1941 Siemens, 1941-1962 Philips Phonografische Industrie (founded 1929 as Hollandsche Decca Distributie)...

These three and one mini-major were once part of the big six until 1999. Sony Music Entertainment (founded September 9, 1929 as American Record Corporation) Predecessor company, 1885-1929 Scranton Button Company (founded 1885) Independent, 1885-1929 Independent, 1929-1938 CBS, 1938-1988 (as Columbia Records, USA until 1966 and as CBS Records from 1966 onwards) Sony Corporation of America, 1988-2004 (as CBS Records until 1991 and as Sony Music Entertainment from 1991 onwards) Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann, 2004-2008 (as Sony BMG Music Entertainment) Sony Corporation of America, 2008-2012 (as Sony Music Entertainment) Sony Entertainment, 2012-2019 Sony Music Group, 2019-present Universal Music Group (founded September 1934 as the American unit of Decca Records) Decca Records, 1934-1939 Independent, 1939-1962 MCA Inc., 1962-1990 (as MCA Records from 1971 until 1989 and as MCA Music Entertainment Group from 1989 onwards) Matsushita Electric, 1990-1995 Seagram, 1995-2000 (as M...

This focuses on the big four - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and BMG Rights Management as well as the defunct EMI and Polygram. Sony Music Entertainment Albums Thriller  by Michael Jackson (1982, Epic) The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album  by Whitney Houston and various artists (1992, Arista) Bat Out of Hell  by Meat Loaf (1977, Epic) Bad  by Michael Jackson (1987, Epic) Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture  by various artists (1987, RCA) Falling into You  by Celine Dion (1996, Columbia and Epic) Dangerous  by Michael Jackson (1991, Epic) 21  by Adele (2011, Columbia) Let's Talk About Love  by Celine Dion (1997, Columbia and Epic) Born in the U.S.A.  by Bruce Springsteen (1984, Columbia) Supernatural  by Santana (1999, Arista) The Wall  by Pink Floyd (1979, Columbia and CBS) Music Box  by Mariah Carey (1993, Columbia) Titanic: Music from the Motion Pic...

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In actuality, the American singles chart from Billboard magazine began in 1940, though the earliest example was in fact the chart for the NBC radio show Your Hit Parade , which began in 1935 before it ended a week before Billboard began their singles chart.

Any form of released entertainment, of course Highest-grossing film by major film studio (past and present) from the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing films 20th Century Studios: James Cameron's Avatar  (2009) - $2.923 billion Walt Disney Studios (represented by Marvel Studios): Avengers: Endgame  (2019) - $2.797 billion Paramount Pictures: Titanic  (1997) - $2.257 billion Columbia Pictures (Sony): Spider-Man: No Way Home  (2021) - $1.921 billion Universal Pictures (Comcast NBC Universal): Jurassic World  (2015) - $1.671 billion Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Discovery): Barbie  (2023) - $1.445 billion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM): Skyfall  (2012) - $1.108 billion Highest-grossing film adjusted for inflation by major film studio (past and present) from the Wikipedia page:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing_films_adjusted_for_inflation M...