the beatles sold more albums than elvis.
who sold more albums elvis or the beatles?
the beatles
over the years, his company, jat publishing, has expanded to produce several compact disc and dvd titles. he has also written and published two projects on the beatles. these projects included a book titled "beatles '65" which featured the only four known candid color paparazzi photographs taken of elvis presley and the members of the beatles on august 27, 1965. ken sharp wrote a column piece titled "rock report" in "friday morning quarterback" of tunzi's "beatles '65" that "the 96-page book draws together exciting and dramatic photographs of the beatles in concert and at press conferences. photographs of fans at shows, experiencing the complete electrical shock of "beatlemania" is also included." included with this project was "elvis sings beatles songs", the very first officially sanctioned compact disc release to feature all of elvis presley's cover recordings of songs written and originally recorded by the beatles. derek page wrote a review of tunzi's "beatles '65" in beatlefan magazine in which he ended his review by saying that "beatles '65" was "all in all, a marvelous look at the beatles in their touring prime."
joseph a. tunzi
elvis presley enterprises has disputed the riaa's claim, pointing out several omissions in the riaa's figures. the riaa bases its claim on album sales only, and does not include single sales in determining the highest selling solo artist, despite the fact that the riaa also certifies single sales. while elvis' album sales are significant, as can be seen in the tables below, his single sales were also significant. during much of elvis' career in the 1950s and 1960s, single sales were considered the primary market for the industry, while albums were a secondary market. it was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s that albums became the primary market for the industry.
list of elvis presley hit albums