esctoday.com has made a list of best selling Eurovision artists. No surprise ABBA tops the list but there are some surprises, who would have thought Nana Mouskouri at the top? But she has been extremely popular at her day. Some names are not in the top-10 like Lara Fabian who might be the 11th. Bucks Fizz might be 12th and Lulu have also sold a lot, including the single To Sir with love, that was the most sold single in the US in 1967. Then we have the outsiders Ajda Pekkan, Samira Bensaid and Albano. Ajda Pekkan is said to have sold some 50 million records but there's no official proof of that. Samira Bensaid is one of the best sellers in the Arabic world and her record sales are said to be anything between 20 to 200 million. But there's no proof either. Albano claims to have sold something like 160 million records but that most likely includes his solo mefferts and the records sold with Romina Power, so... excluded. But then we have also Ricchi e Poveri with record sales over 20 million.... Umberto Tozzi with 45 million... This is getting tricky! Here's the top-10:
1. ABBA - 350 million records sold
2. Nana Mouskouri - 200-300 million records sold
3. Cliff Richard - 260 million records sold
4. Julio Iglesias - 250 million records sold
5. Alla Pugatcheva - 150-250 million records sold
6. Celine Dion - 180-200 million records sold
7. Vicky Leandros - 150 million records sold
8. Olivia Newton-John - 100 million records sold
9. Udo Jurgens - 90-100 million record sold
10. Patricia Kaas - 16-18 million records sold
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