document_title: List of best-selling music artists

question_text: who is the biggest selling female singer of all time

text: List of best-selling music artists

text: Definitions

text: All artists included on this list, which have begun charting on official albums or singles charts have their available claimed figures supported by at least 20% in certified units. That is why Cliff Richard, Diana Ross, Scorpions, Bing Crosby, Gloria Estefan, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Tom Jones, The Jackson 5, Dionne Warwick, the Spice Girls, Dolly Parton, Ozzy Osbourne, Andrea Bocelli and others have not been included on this list. The more recent the artist, the higher the required percentage of certified units, so artists such as Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Flo Rida, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj and Ed Sheeran are expected to have their claimed figures supported by over 75% in certified units. The certified units are sourced from available online databases of local music industry associations. All certified units are converted from Gold/Platinum/Diamond certification awards based on criteria provided by certifying bodies. The certified units percentage varies according to the first year that an artist appeared in the charts.[a]

text: The requirements of certified units are designed to avoid inflated sales figures, which are frequently practiced by record companies for promotional purposes.[1][2] The claimed figures are referenced from online articles created by highly reliable sources. For clarity, the sources used, say the term "records" (singles, albums, videos) and not "albums". However, if all available sources for an artist or band say "albums", such sources are only used if the certified album units of the said artist meet the required percentage amount. This list uses claimed figures that are closest to artists' available certified units: inflated claimed figures that meet the required certified units amount but are unrealistically high, are not used.

text: The claimed figures are upgraded only when there is a significant progress in artists' certified units. In other words, the available certified units for each artist should get relatively closer to already listed claimed figure in order for higher figures to replace the listed ones.

text: The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. This is because Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and almost all other certifying bodies count streaming towards Gold and Platinum thresholds required for Digital Single Award certification.[3][4][5] For this reason, some singles and even albums get over certified by hundreds of thousands of units. The over certified figures, however, are often in millions of units for RIAA certifications, one such example is Rihanna's single "We Found Love", which is certified at nine times Platinum by the RIAA, yet during the time of the certification, it had sold 5.4 million downloads.[6][7]

text: The certified units for some artists/bands who have multi-disc albums can be higher than their listed claimed figures due to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) counting each unit within set as one unit toward certification.

text: Issued certifications for songs which have been recorded by multiple artists including featured artists are added to each artist's total amount of certified units, as all the artists would have played a significant part in a song. For example "This Is What You Came For" and "Where Them Girls At" include Rihanna and Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj as featured artists respectively, so the certifications issued for these songs are added to the total amount of certified units for all involved artists. However, the certifications issued for songs that have been recorded by four or more artists are not included as the artists involved would have played minor roles, examples of such songs are Kanye West's "Monster" and/or "All Day".[b]

text: Artists by reputed sales

text: 250 million or more records

text:
The Beatles

Elvis Presley

Michael Jackson

Elton John

Madonna

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

text:
To ensure the highest level of fact checking and editorial control, this list sources sales figures to news organizations and highly regarded music industry related organizations such as MTV, VH1, Billboard and Rolling Stone.
The figures of total certified units within the tables below are based on certified units of albums, singles (including digital downloads) and videos.
Markets' order within the tables is based on Retail Value: each market generates respectively, the largest market at the top and smallest at the bottom.[8][9]

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

The Beatles

United Kingdom

1960–1970[10]

1962[10]

Rock / Pop[10]

showTotal available certified units: 271.6 million
US: 212.250 million[11]
JPN: 4.950 million[c][12]
GER: 8 million[c][13]
UK: 18.445 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.890 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 14.455 million[c][17]
AUS: 3.060 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 550,000[c][20]
ITA: 380,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.250 million[c][22][23]
SWE 485,000[c][24]
DEN: 270,000[c][25][26][27]
SWI: 350,000[c][28]
ARG: 1.606 million[c][29][30]
BEL: 390,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 500,000[c][33]
POL: 175,000[c][34]
NZ: 660,000[c][35][36]

600 million[37][38]500 million[39]

Elvis Presley

United States

1954–1977[40]

1954[40]

Rock and roll / Pop / Country[40]

showTotal available certified units: 223.1 million
US: 199.150 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12]
GER: 1.2 million[c][13]
UK: 13.145 million[c][14]
FRA: 2.590 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 2.925 million[c][17]
AUS: 1.797 million[c][18][41]
BRA: 125,000[c][20]
ITA: 105,000[c][21]
SPA: 300,000[c][22][42][43]
SWE 380,000[c][24]
DEN: 120,000[c][44][45][46]
SWI: 185,000[c][28]
MEX: 105,000[c][47]
ARG: 110,000[c][29]
BEL: 115,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 205,000[c][33]
FIN: 213,945[c][48]
NZ: 117,500[c][35][36]

600 million[49][50]500 million[51]

Michael Jackson

United States

1964–2009[52]

1971[52]

Pop / Rock / Dance / Soul / R&B[52]

showTotal available certified units: 185.8 million
US: 104.5 million[11]
JPN: 4.650 million[c][12][53]
GER: 11.275 million[13]
UK: 28.245 million[14]
FRA: 11.375 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 4.670 million[17]
AUS: 6.740 million[c][18][19][55][56][57]
BRA: 280,000[c][20]
ITA: 1.195 million[c][21]
SPA: 1.995 million[c][22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 1.230 million[c][24][59]
DEN: 1.289 million[c][60][61][27]
SWI: 910,000[c][28]
MEX: 3.670 million[c][47]
ARG: 124,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 665,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 1.197 million[c][33]
POL: 530,000[c][34]
FIN: 384,127[48]
NZ: 902,500[35][36]

350 million[62][63]300 million[64][65]

Madonna

United States

1979–present[66]

1982[66]

Pop / Dance / Electronica[66]

showTotal available certified units: 171 million
US: 85.675 million[11]
JPN: 6.450 million [c][12][53]
GER: 12.4 million[13]
UK: 29.045 million[14]
FRA: 12.81 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 6.030 million[17]
AUS: 4.787 million[c][18][67][68]
BRA: 3.440 million[c][20]
ITA: 465,000[c][21]
SPA: 2.815 million[22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 1.070 million[c][24][59]
DEN: 407,000[c][60][61][69][27][70][71]
SWI: 1.080 million[c][28]
MEX: 510,000[c][47]
ARG: 1.098[29][30]
BEL: 740,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 602,500[c][33]
POL: 530,000[c][34]
FIN: 652,686[48]
NZ: 417,500[35][36]

300 million[72][73]275 million[74]

Elton John

United Kingdom

1964–present[75]

1969[75]

Pop / Rock[75]

showTotal available certified units: 181.1 million
US: 129.350 million[11]
JPN: 1.1 million [c][12]
GER: 7.9 million[c][13]
UK: 22.595 million[c][14]
FRA: 4.825 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 5.975 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.947 million[c][18][76]
BRA: 835,000[c][20]
SPA: 1.2 million[c][22][23][43][58]
SWE: 740,000[c][24]
DEN: 195,000[c][45][61][77][27]
SWI: 1.313 million[c][28]
MEX: 100,000[c][47]
ARG: 128,000[29][30]
BEL: 565,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 765,000[c][33]
POL: 150,000[c][34]
FIN: 163,481[48]
NZ: 255,000[c][35][36]

300 million[78][79]250 million[80][81]

Led Zeppelin

United Kingdom

1968–1980[82]

1969[82]

Hard rock / Blues rock / Folk rock[82]

showTotal available certified units: 140 million
US: 114.1 million[11]
JPN: 400,000 [c][12]
GER: 3.775 million[c][13]
UK: 9.530 million[c][14]
FRA: 2.310 million[c][15][16][83]
CAN: 4.710 million[17]
AUS: 2.8 million[c][18][84][85]
BRA: 820,000[c][20]
ITA: 420,000[c][21]
SPA: 450,000[c][23][43][58]
SWI: 211,000[c][28]
ARG: 360,000[c][29]
POL: 120,000[c][34]

300 million[86][87]200 million[88][89]

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom

1965–1996, 2014[90][91]

1967[90]

Progressive rock / Psychedelic rock[90]

showTotal available certified units: 119.6 million
US: 78 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][92]
GER: 7.5 million[c][13]
UK: 11.520 million[c][14]
FRA: 6.360 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 6.790 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.932 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 540,000[c][20]
ITA: 1.910 million[c][21]
SPA: 625,000[c][22][23][42][58]
SWE: 220,000[c][24][59]
SWI: 390,000[c][28]
ARG: 582,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 115,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 460,000[c][33]
POL: 590,000[c][34]
NZ: 787,500[c][35][36]

250 million[93][94]200 million[95]

text: The column for certified sales includes markets, the databases of which contain certifications representing figures of 100,000 and more.

text: 200 million to 249 million records

text:
Rihanna

Eminem

Mariah Carey

Queen

Celine Dion

Whitney Houston

AC/DC

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release-year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

Rihanna

BarbadosUnited States

2005–present[96]

2005[96]

R&B / Pop / Dance / Hip-hop[96]

showTotal available certified units: 261.6 million
US: 192.55 million[11]
JPN: 1.4 million[12][53]
GER: 10.075 million[13]
UK: 32.9 million[14]
FRA: 1.465 million[16]
CAN: 3.120 million[17]
AUS: 9.325 million[18]
BRA: 705,000[20]
ITA: 1.550 million[c][21]
SPA: 1.470 million[22]
SWE: 2.480 million[24][59]
DEN: 1.127[60][61][27][69][77][97][98][99]
SWI: 860,000[28]
MEX: 410,000[47][100]
BEL: 660,000[32]
AUT: 135,000[33]
POL: 520,000[34]
IRE: 240,000[101]
NZ: 682,500[35][36]

230 million[102][103]

Eminem

United States

1996–present[104]

1999[104]

Hip-hop[104]

showTotal available certified units: 216.9 million
US: 163.2 million[11]
JPN: 2.9 million [12][53]
GER: 6.7 million[13]
UK: 24.825 million[14]
FRA: 3.288 million[16][83]
CAN: 4.010 million[17]
AUS: 5.947 million[18]
BRA: 220,000[20]
ITA: 700,000[c][21]
SPA: 290,000[22][58]
SWE: 910,000[24][59]
DEN: 656,000[c][60][27]
SWI: 805,000[28]
MEX: 365,000[47]
BEL: 505,000[31][32]
AUT: 362,500[33]
POL: 250,000[34]
FIN: 124,547[48]
IRE: 285,000[c][101]
NZ: 600,000[35][36]

220 million[105]200 million[106]

Mariah Carey

United States

1988–present[107]

1990[107]

R&B / Pop / Soul / Hip-hop[107]

showTotal available certified units: 137.3 million
US: 92.6 million[11]
JPN: 14.5 million [c][12][53][108]
GER: 3.750 million[13]
UK: 10.220 million[14]
FRA: 4.690 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 4.1 million[17]
AUS: 3.515 million[c][18][109]
BRA: 835,000[20]
ITA: 200,000[c][21]
SPA: 1 million[22][23][43][58]
SWE: 425,000[24]
DEN: 280,000[27][110]
SWI: 515,000[28]
BEL: 175,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 200,000[33]
POL: 100,000[c][34]
NZ: 240,000[c][35]

200 million[111][112]175 million[113][114]

Queen

United Kingdom

1971–present[115]

1973[115]

Rock[115]

showTotal available certified units: 126.3 million
US: 65 million[11]
JPN: 2.850 million[c][12][53][116]
GER: 12.375 million[c][13]
UK: 29.075 million[c][14]
FRA: 4.495 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 1.870 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.167 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 970,000[c][20]
ITA: 545,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.720 million[c][22][23][42][43]
SWE: 190,000[c][24]
DEN: 205,000[27]
SWI: 1.256 million[c][28]
ARG: 1.080 million[c][29][30]
BEL: 175,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 900,000[c][33]
POL: 810,000[c][34]
FIN: 366,152[48]
NZ: 275,000[c][35][36]

200 million[117]170 million[118]

Celine Dion

Canada

1981–present[119]

1981[119]

Pop[119]

showTotal available certified units: 125.7 million
US: 56.550 million[11]
JPN: 7.150 million[c][12][120][121]
GER: 8 million[13]
UK: 13.915 million[14]
FRA: 15.768 million[15][16][54][83]
CAN: 12.245 million[17]
AUS: 3.302 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 505,000[c][20]
SPA: 1 million[43][58]
SWE: 1.105 million[c][24]
DEN: 370,000[c][45][122][123][27]
SWI: 1.685 million[c][28]
ARG: 340,000[29]
BEL: 2.160 million[c][31][32]
AUT: 440,000[c][33]
POL: 680,000[c][34]
FIN: 356,183[48]
NZ: 192,500[35][36]

200 million[124][125]175 million[126][127]

Whitney Houston

United States

1977–2012[128]

1984[128]

R&B / Soul / Pop[128]

showTotal available certified units: 114.9 million
US: 76.775 million[11]
JPN: 4.3 million[c][12][129]
GER: 5.6 million[c][13]
UK: 15.205 million[14]
FRA: 2.275 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 3.430 million[17]
AUS: 1.755 million[c][18][19][130]
BRA: 1.025[c][20]
ITA: 140,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.260 million[22][23][42][43]
SWE: 1.035 million[c][24]
DEN: 140,000[61][27]
SWI: 845,000[c][28]
BEL: 215,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 535,000[c][33]
POL: 180,000[c][34]
FIN: 247,222[48]

200 million[131][132]170 million[133][134]

AC/DC

Australia

1973–present[135]

1975[135]

Hard rock / Blues rock / Rock and roll[135]

showTotal available certified units: 114.9 million
US: 79.7 million[11]
GER: 10.3 million[c][13]
UK: 5.5 million[14]
FRA: 4.180 million[15][16]
CAN: 2.490 million[c][17]
AUS: 7.740 million[c][18]
ITA: 775,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.355 million[c][22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 350,000[c][24][59]
DEN: 175,000[61][27][136]
SWI: 894,000[c][28]
ARG: 594,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 100,000[c][32]
AUT: 380,000[c][33]
FIN: 321,169[48]
NZ: 140,000[c][35][36]

200 million[137][138]150 million[139][140]

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom

1962–present[141]

1963[141]

Rock / Blues rock [141]

showTotal available certified units: 98.5 million
US: 74.750 million[11]
JPN: 950,000[c][12]
GER: 3.8 million[c][13]
UK: 9.170 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.377 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 3.025 million[c][17]
AUS: 417,500[c][18]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
ITA: 205,000[c][21]
SPA: 690,000[c][22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 310,000[c][24]
SWI: 238,000[c][28]
ARG: 718,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 120,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 300,000[c][33]
POL: 140,000[c][34]
NZ: 190,000[c][35][36]

200 million[142][143]

ABBA

Sweden

1972–1982[144]

1972[144]

Pop / Disco[144]

showTotal available certified units: 61 million
US: 12.7 million[11]
JPN: 1.5 million[c][53][145][146]
GER: 10.450 million[c][13]
UK: 19.170 million[c][14]
FRA: 2.750 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 2.785 million[c][17]
AUS: 6.127 million[c][18][147]
BRA: 275,000[c][20][59]
ITA: 120,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.005 million[c][22][42]
SWE: 800,000[c][24]
DEN: 600,000[c][148][149][150]
SWI: 600,000[c][28]
MEX: 260,000[c][47]
ARG: 238,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 380,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 175,000[c][33]
POL: 150,000[c][34]
FIN: 656,319[48]
NZ: 297,500[c][36][151][152]

200 million[153][154]100 million[155]

text: 120 million to 199 million records

text:
Taylor Swift

Garth Brooks

Justin Bieber

Eagles

Bruno Mars

Ed Sheeran

Kanye West

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release-year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

Taylor Swift

United States

2006–present[156]

2006[156]

Country / Country pop / Pop / Pop-rock[156]

showTotal available certified units: 186.7 million
US: 160 million[11]
JPN: 2.950 million[12][53]
GER: 1.750[13]
UK: 9.3 million[14]
FRA: 300,000[16]
CAN: 4.820 million[17]
AUS: 5.530 million[18]
BRA: 440,000[20]
ITA: 285,000[c][21]
SWE: 280,000[59]
DEN: 140,000>[27]
MEX: 510,000[47][100][157]
AUT: 100,000[33]
NZ: 382,500[35][36]

175 million[158]

Garth Brooks

United States

1989–present[159]

1989[159]

Country[159]

showTotal available certified units: 156.1 million
US: 149.4 million[11]
UK: 520,000[14]
CAN: 5.730 million[17]
AUS: 350,000[c][18][160]
IRE: 120,000[c][101]

160 million[161]

Eagles

United States

1971–1980, 1994–present[162]

1972[162]

Rock[162]

showTotal available certified units: 129.6 million
US: 108.9 million[11]
JPN: 600,000[c][12]
GER: 925,000[c][13]
UK:  8.035 million[c][14]
FRA: 2.040 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 4.2 million[c][17]
AUS: 3.395 million[c][18][163]
SPA: 500,000[c][22][23]
SWE: 140,000[c][24]
DEN: 185,000[c][61][27]
SWI: 290,000[c][28]
FIN: 124,749[48]
NZ: 352,500[c][35][36]

150 million[164]

U2

Ireland

1976–present[165]

1980[165]

Rock[165]

showTotal available certified units: 107.5 million
US: 53.1 million[11]
JPN: 1.450 million[c][12]
GER: 5.525 million[13]
UK: 18.720 million[14]
FRA: 5.125 million[15][16]
CAN: 7.155 million[17]
AUS: 4.412 million[c][18][19][166]
BRA: 2.675 million[c][20]
ITA: 855,000[c][21]
SPA: 2.295 million[22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 515,000[c][24]
DEN: 473,000[c][60][61][27][77][167]
SWI: 696,000[c][28]
MEX: 835,000[c][47]
ARG: 806,000[29][30]
BEL: 750,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 522,500[c][33]
POL: 370,000[c][34]
FIN: 235,460[48]
IRE: 316,000[c][101]
NZ: 765,000[35][36]

150 million[168]

Billy Joel

United States

1964–present[169]

1971[169]

Pop / Rock[169]

showTotal available certified units: 102.6 million
US: 87.950 million[11]
JPN: 2 million[c][12][170]
GER: 1.250 million[c][13]
UK: 5.715 million[c][14]
FRA: 925,000[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 3.275 million[c][17]
AUS: 1.267[c][18][19]
AUT: 125,000[c][33]
NZ: 162,500[c][35]

150 million[171]

Phil Collins

United Kingdom

1980–2011, 2015–present[172]

1981[172]

Rock / Progressive rock / Adult contemporary[172]

showTotal available certified units: 88.4 million
US: 39.850 million[11]
JPN: 800,000[c][12]
GER: 13.8 million[13]
UK: 15.850 million[14]
FRA: 6.410 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 3.375 million[17]
AUS: 1.522[c][18][19]
BRA: 1.370 million[c][20]
SPA: 2.150 million[22][23][43][58]
SWE: 245,000[c][24]
SWI: 973,000[c][28]
ARG: 1.044 million[29][30]
BEL: 330,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 440,000[c][33]
FIN: 182,581[48]
NZ: 122,500[35][36]

150 million[173]

Aerosmith

United States

1970–present[174]

1973[174]

Hard rock[174]

showTotal available certified units: 84.7 million
US: 70.250 million[11]
JPN: 2.7 million[c][12][53]
GER: 2 million[c][13]
UK: 3.230 million[14]
FRA: 225,000[15][16][54]
CAN: 3.950 million[c][17]
AUS: 225,000[c][18][175]
BRA: 600,000[c][20]
ITA: 100,000[c][21]
SPA: 200,000[c][22][43]
SWE: 260,000[c][24]
SWI: 145,000[c][28]
MEX: 230,000[c][47]
ARG: 338,000[c][29][30]
AUT: 125,000[c][33]
POL: 100,000[c][34]
FIN: 101,722[48]

150 million[176]

Frank Sinatra

United States

1935–1995[177]

1939[177]

Pop / Swing[177]

showTotal available certified units: 37.5 million
US: 28.2 million[c][11]
GER: 1 million[c][13]
UK: 5.645 million[c][14]
FRA: 600,000[c][15]
CAN: 650,000[c][17]
AUS: 315,000[c][18][178]
BRA: 350,000[c][20]
SPA: 500,000[c][23][43][58]
SWE: 130,000[c][24]
ARG: 188,000[c][29][30]

150 million[179]

Barbra Streisand

United States

1960–present[180]

1963[180]

Pop / Adult contemporary[180]

showTotal available certified units: 97.5 million
US: 82.450 million[11]
GER: 750,000[c][13]
UK: 5.765 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.150 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 2.650 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.152 million[c][18]
SPA: 150,000[c][58]
SWE: 120,000[24][59]
FIN: 186,501[c][48]
NZ: 137,500[c][35]

145 million[181]

Justin Bieber

CanadaUnited States

2008–present[182]

2009[182]

Pop / Teen pop, Dance pop[182]

showTotal available certified units: 148.7 million
US: 101.5 million[11]
JPN: 850,000 [12][53]
GER: 4 million[13]
UK:  18.285 million[14]
FRA: 1.098[16]
CAN: 5.780 million[17]
AUS: 4.795 million[18]
BRA: 810,000[20]
ITA: 1.895 million[21]
SPA: 880,000[22]
SWE: 2.020 million[24][59]
DEN: 2.250 million[27]
MEX: 2.970 million[47][100]
BEL: 450,000[32]
POL: 370,000[34]
AUT: 140,000[33]
NZ: 615,000[35]

140 million[183]

Bruno Mars

United States

2004–present[184]

2010[184]

Pop rock / R&B[184]

showTotal available certified units: 126.8 million
US: 89.5 million[11]
JPN: 1.2 million[12][53]
GER: 3.4 million[13]
UK: 14.8 million[14]
FRA: 1.950 million[16]
CAN: 5.240 million[17]
AUS: 5.925 million[18]
ITA: 735,000[c][21]
SPA: 490,000[22]
SWE: 440,000[24][59]
DEN: 480,000[c][27][185]
SWI: 405,000[28]
MEX: 810,000[47][157]
BEL: 360,000[32]
AUT: 180,000[33]
NZ: 577,500[35]
PHL: 330,000[186]

130 million[187]

Ed Sheeran

United Kingdom

2004–present[188]

2011[188]

Pop / Folk pop [188]

showTotal available certified units: 124.9 million
US: 54 million[11]
JPN: 350,000[12][53]
GER: 7.6 million[13]
UK: 36.660 million[14]
FRA: 1.691 million[16]
CAN: 6.440 million[17]
AUS: 7.840 million[18]
NLD:160,000[189]
ITA: 2.490 million[21]
SPA: 730,000[22]
SWE: 1.360 million[59]
DEN: 2.315 million[27]
SWI: 635,000[28]
MEX: 180,000[47]
BEL: 645,000[32]
AUT: 355,000[33]
POL: 360,000[34]
NZ: 1.140 million[35]

126 million[190]

Kanye West

United States

1996–present[191]

2004[191]

Hip-hop / Electronic / Pop rock[191]

showTotal available certified units: 118.8 million
US: 101.250 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[192]
GER: 1.350[13]
UK: 12.060 million[14]
CAN: 1.180 million[17]
AUS: 2.135 million[18]
ITA: 160,000[c][21]
SWE: 160,000[59]
DEN: 414,000[61][27][69][193]

121 million[194]

Bruce Springsteen

United States

1972–present[195]

1973[195]

Rock[195]

showTotal available certified units: 101.9 million
US: 76.150 million[11]
JPN: 400,000[c][12]
GER: 4.325 million[c][13]
UK: 7.345 million[14]
FRA: 1.887 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 3.2 million[c][17]
AUS: 3.362 million[c][18]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
ITA: 575,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.730 million[c][22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 810,000[c][24][59]
DEN: 255,000[c][60][27][69][196]
SWI: 400,000[c][28]
BEL: 155,000[32]
AUT: 290,000[c][33]
FIN: 449,800[48]
IRE: 189,500[c][101]
NZ: 375,000[35][36]

120 million[197]

Metallica

United States

1981–present[198]

1983[198]

Heavy metal / Thrash metal[198]

showTotal available certified units: 95.2 million
US: 73.3 million[11]
JPN: 900,000[c][12]
GER: 4.025 million[13]
UK: 3.535 million[14]
FRA: 940,000[15][16]
CAN: 3.885 million[17]
AUS: 2.637 million[c][18][19][199]
BRA: 380,000[c][20]
ITA: 180,000[c][21]
SPA: 420,000[22][43][58]
SWE: 675,000[c][24]
DEN: 180,000[27][61]
SWI: 560,000[c][28]
MEX: 430,000[c][47][100]
ARG: 874,000[29][30]
BEL: 385,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 340,000[c][33]
POL: 735,000[c][34]
FIN: 530,676[48]
NZ: 315,000[35][36]

120 million[200]

Bee Gees

United Kingdom Australia[201][202]

1963–20032009–2012[203]

1963[203]

Pop / Disco[203]

showTotal available certified units: 68.8 million
US: 42.5 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12][204][205]
GER: 6.675 million[c][13]
UK: 9.525 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.4 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 3.215 million[c][17]
AUS: 1.187 million[c][18]
BRA: 350,000[c][20]
SPA: 450,000[c][23][42][58]
SWI: 415,000[c][28]
ARG: 188,000[c][29][30]
AUT: 125,000[c][33]
POL: 100,000[c][34]
NZ: 380,000[c][35][36]

120 million[206]

text: 100 million to 119 million records

text:
Katy Perry

Adele

Lady Gaga

Lil Wayne

Jay-Z

B'z

Bon Jovi

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release-year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

Lady Gaga

United States

2005–present[207]

2008[207]

Pop / Dance / Electronic[207]

showTotal available certified units: 102.1 million
US: 69.5 million[11]
JPN: 5.4 million[12][53]
GER: 4.1 million[13]
UK: 11.585 million[14]
FRA: 1.647 million[16]
CAN: 2.4 million[17]
AUS: 2.890 million[18]
BRA: 470,000[20]
ITA: 840,000[c][21]
SPA: 410,000[22]
SWE: 680,000[24][59]
DEN: 340,000[61][27][99]
SWI: 445,000[28]
MEX: 420,000[47][100][157]
BEL: 270,000[32]
AUT: 182,500[33]
POL: 130,000[34]
IRE: 165,000[101]
NZ: 277,500[35][36]

114 million[208]

Katy Perry

United States

2001–present[209]

2008[209]

Pop[209]

showTotal available certified units: 137.8 million
US: 104 million[11]
JPN: 400,000[12][53]
GER: 3.8 million[13]
UK: 13.010 million[14]
FRA: 867,000[16]
CAN: 6.160 million[17]
AUS: 5.3 million[18]
BRA: 625,000[20]
ITA: 780,000[c][21]
SPA: 180,000[22]
SWE: 600,000[24][59]
DEN: 235,000[60][27]
SWI: 160,000[28]
MEX: 960,000[47][100][157]
BEL: 135,000[32]
AUT: 247,500[33]
NZ: 360,000[35][36]

100 million[210]

Adele

United Kingdom

2006–present[211]

2008[211]

Pop, soul[211]

showTotal available certified units: 105.5 million
US: 61 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[12]
GER: 4.7 million[13]
UK: 21.050 million[14]
CAN: 6.120 million[17]
AUS: 3.955 million[18]
BRA: 1.310 million[20]
ITA: 1.570 million[c][21]
SPA: 800,000[22]
SWE: 240,000[24][59]
DEN: 857,500[60][27]
MEX: 1.490 million[47]
SWI: 510,000[28]
BEL: 795,000[32]
POL: 300,000[c][34]
FIN: 151,639[48]
NZ: 577,500[35]

100 million[212]

Lil Wayne

United States

1996–present[213]

1999[213]

Hip-hop[213]

showTotal available certified units: 101.1 million
US: 94.7 million[11]
GER: 300,000[13]
UK:  2.460 million[14]
CAN: 280,000[17]
AUS: 630,000[18]

100 million[214]

Jay-Z

United States

1996–present[215]

1996[215]

Hip-hop[215]

showTotal available certified units: 100.6 million
US: 84.7 million[11]
JPN: 1.050 million[53]
GER: 2 million[13]
UK:  9.320 million[14]
FRA: 400,000[16]
CAN: 1.6 million[17]
AUS: 1.260[18]
ITA: 205,000[c][21]
SWE: 130,000[24][59]

100 million[216]

B'z

Japan

1988–present[217]

1988[217]

Rock / Pop rock / Hard rock[217]

showTotal available certified units: 85.7 million
JPN: 85.75 million[c][12][53][108]

100 million[218]

Bon Jovi

United States

1983–present[219]

1983[219]

Hard rock / Glam metal[219]

showTotal available certified units: 84.2 million
US: 49.9 million[11]
JPN: 4.4 million[c][12][53]
GER: 5.650 million[13]
UK: 9.490 million[14]
FRA: 825,000[15][16][54]
CAN: 4.735 million[17]
AUS: 3.030 million[c][18][220][221]
BRA: 435,000[c][20]
ITA: 160,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.620 million[22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 365,000[c][24][59]
SWI: 1.275 million[c][28]
MEX: 250,000[c][47]
ARG: 358,000[29][30]
BEL: 290,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 725,000[c][33]
POL: 120,000[c][34]
FIN: 422,500[48]
NZ: 210,000[35][36]

100 million[222]

Beyoncé

United States

1997–present[223]

2002[223][224]

R&B / Pop[223]

showTotal available certified units: 83.9 million
US: 57.150 million[11]
JPN: 1.7 million [12][53]
GER: 1.550 million[13]
UK: 15.545 million[14]
FRA: 560,000[16][83]
CAN: 1.475 million[17]
AUS: 3.115 million[18]
BRA: 390,000[20]
ITA: 285,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.030 million[c][22][225]
SWE: 120,000[24][59]
DEN: 312,500[61][27][69][99][226][227]
SWI: 165,000[28]
MEX: 110,000[47]
BEL: 115,000[32]
POL: 110,000[34]
NZ: 210,000[35][36]

100 million[228]

Linkin Park

United States

1996–present[229]

2000[229]

Alternative rock / Nu metal / Rap rock[229]

showTotal available certified units: 82.8 million
US: 61.6 million[11]
JPN: 1.550 million[12][53]
GER: 5.850 million[13]
UK: 6.605 million[14]
FRA: 1.025[16]
CAN: 1.330 million[17]
AUS: 1.485 million[18]
BRA: 595,000[20]
ITA: 690,000[c][21]
SPA: 175,000[22]
SWE: 165,000[24][59]
DEN: 175,000[60][27]
SWI: 435,000[28]
MEX: 225,000[47]
BEL: 140,000[32]
AUT: 252,500[33]
POL: 220,000[34]
FIN: 120,469[48]
NZ: 252,500[35][36]

100 million[230]

Coldplay

United Kingdom

1996–present[231]

1999[231]

Alternative rock, Pop rock, Pop[231]

showTotal available certified units: 82.3 million
US: 30.6 million[11]
JPN: 750,000[12][53]
GER: 4.550 million[13]
UK: 25.445 million[14]
FRA: 3.013[16]
CAN: 3.585 million[17]
AUS: 3.795 million[18]
BRA: 340,000[20]
ITA: 2.835 million[c][21]
SPA: 1.030 million[22]
SWE: 750,000[24][59]
DEN: 894,000[60][27]
SWI: 550,000[28]
MEX: 1.890 million[47][100]
ARG: 528,000[29][30]
BEL: 765,000[32]
AUT: 197,500[33]
POL: 240,000[c][34]
IRE: 210,000[c][101]
NZ: 345,000[35]

100 million[232]

Britney Spears

United States

1998–present[233]

1998[233]

Pop / Dance / Dance-pop[233]

showTotal available certified units: 81.5 million
US: 46.2 million[11]
JPN: 2.1 million[12][129]
GER: 5.350 million[13]
UK: 10.750 million[14]
FRA: 3.732 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 3.680 million[17]
AUS: 3.165 million[18]
BRA: 380,000[20]
ITA: 200,000[c][21]
SPA: 990,000[22][43][58]
SWE: 1.010 million[24][59]
DEN: 180,000[c][60][61][234][235]
SWI: 485,000[28]
MEX: 1.175 million[c][47]
ARG: 248,000[29][30]
BEL: 935,000[31][32]
AUT: 365,000[33]
POL: 210,000[34]
FIN: 143,627[48]
NZ: 240,000[35][36]

100 million[236]

Rod Stewart

United Kingdom

1964–present[237]

1969[237]

Rock / Pop[237]

showTotal available certified units: 78.1 million
US: 43.650 million[11]
JPN: 450,000[c][12]
GER: 3.8 million[c][13]
UK: 18.630 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.8 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 4.055 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.610 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 980,000[c][20]
SPA: 290,000[c][22][23][42]
SWE: 440,000[c][24]
SWI: 100,000[c][28]
ARG: 524,000[c][29][30]
AUT: 100,000[c][33]
POL: 220,000[c][34]
IRE: 195,000[c][101]
NZ: 280,000[c][35][36]

100 million[238]

Fleetwood Mac

United Kingdom United States

1967–present[239]

1968[239]

Rock / Pop[239]

showTotal available certified units: 77.3 million
US: 51.250 million[11]
UK: 14.785 million[c][14]
GER: 3.5 million[c][13]
FRA: 800,000[c][15][16]
AUS: 2.767 million[c][18][19]
CAN: 2.950 million[c][17]
SPA: 300,000[c][43][58]
SWI: 100,000[c][28]
BEL: 100,000[c][32]
NZ: 572,500[c][36][240][241]

100 million[242]

Guns N' Roses

United States

1985–present[243]

1987[243]

Hard rock / Heavy metal[243]

showTotal available certified units: 74.7 million
US: 48.5 million[11]
JPN: 1.7 million[c][12]
GER: 4.1 million[13]
UK: 6.550 million[14]
FRA: 1 million[16]
CAN: 3.520 million[17]
AUS: 2.410[c][18][19][163]
BRA: 1.9 million[c][20]
ITA: 710,000[c][21]
SPA: 450,000[22][23][42]
SWE: 485,000[24]
SWI: 365,000[c][28]
MEX: 760,000[c][47]
ARG: 1.248 million[c][29][30]
BEL: 165,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 365,000[33]
POL: 160,000[c][34]
IRE: 105,000[c][101]
NZ: 270,000[35][36]

100 million[244]

George Strait

United States

1981–present[245]

1984[245]

Country[245]

showTotal available certified units: 72.8 million
US: 72.150 million[11]
CAN: 705,000[17]

100 million[246]

Backstreet Boys

United States

1993–present[247]

1995[247]

Pop[247]

showTotal available certified units: 72.2 million
US: 41.5 million[11]
JPN: 5.4 million[12][53][248]
GER: 7 million[13]
UK: 4.875 million[14]
FRA: 325,000[15][16]
CAN: 3.430 million[17]
AUS: 1.4 million[c][18]
BRA: 1.625 million[20]
SPA: 1.850 million[43][58]
SWE: 655,000[24]
DEN: 165,000[c][249][250][27]
SWI: 415,000[28]
MEX: 1.475 million[c][47]
ARG: 740,000[29]
BEL: 450,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 325,000[33]
POL: 300,000[34]
FIN: 171,390[48]
NZ: 132,500[35]

100 million[251]

Neil Diamond

United States

1966–present[252]

1966[252]

Pop / Rock[252]

showTotal available certified units: 68.6 million
US: 55.9 million[11]
GER: 1 million[c][13]
UK:  7.330 million[c][14]
FRA: 400,000[c][15]
CAN: 1.725 million[c][17]
AUS: 2.085 million[c][18][253]
SPA: 100,000[c][42]
NZ: 127,500[c][35][36]

100 million[254]

Santana

United States

1966–present[255]

1969[255]

Rock[255]

showTotal available certified units: 64.6 million
US: 50.295 million[11]
JPN: 400,000[c][12]
GER: 2.4 million[c][13]
UK: 2.980 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.510 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 1.660 million[c][17]
AUS: 855,000[c][18]
BRA: 375,000[c][20]
SPA: 450,000[c][43][58]
SWE: 125,000[c][24]
SWI: 375,000[c][28]
MEX: 405,000[c][47]
ARG: 158,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 190,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 145,000[c][33]
POL: 205,000[c][34]
NZ: 135,000[c][35][36]

100 million[256]

Prince

United States

1976–2016[257]

1978[257]

Funk / R&B / Pop / Soul / Rock[257]

showTotal available certified units: 64.4 million
US: 48.950 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12]
GER: 2.4 million[13]
UK: 7.245 million[14]
FRA: 2.110 million[15][16]
CAN: 1 million[17]
AUS: 1.120[c][18][19]
SPA: 700,000[c][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 100,000[24]
SWI: 250,000[c][28]
AUT: 125,000[c][33]
NZ: 177,500[c][35]

100 million[258]

Kenny Rogers

United States

1958–present[259]

1975[259]

Country / Pop[259]

showTotal available certified units: 61.4 million
US: 54.050 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][260]
UK: 2.520 million[14]
CAN: 4.6 million[17]
AUS: 100,000[c][261][262]
SPA: 100,000[c][42]

100 million[263]

Paul McCartney

United Kingdom

1960–present[264]

1970[264]

Rock[264]

showTotal available certified units: 60.6 million
US: 41.450 million[11]
JPN: 500,000[c][12]
GER: 1.525 million[c][13]
UK: 12.425 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.305 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 1.955 million[c][17]
AUS: 465,000[c][18][19]
SPA: 640,000[c][23][42]
SWE: 210,000[c][59][265]
DEN: 210,000[c][61][27]

100 million[266]

Simon & Garfunkel

United States

1956–present[267]

1964[267]

Folk rock[267]

showTotal available certified units: 58.9 million
US: 42.6 million[11]
JPN: 700,000[c][12]
GER: 2.325 million[c][13]
UK: 6.620 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.9 million[c][15]
CAN: 1.425 million[c][17]
AUS: 390,000[c][18][19]
ITA: 100,000[c][21]
SWE: 150,000[c][24]
SWI: 450,000[c][28]
AUT: 100,000[c][33]
FIN: 163,350[c][48]

100 million[268]

Janet Jackson

United States

1982–present[269]

1982[269]

R&B / Pop[269]

showTotal available certified units: 52.1 million
US: 39.750 million[11]
JPN: 1.6 million [c][12]
GER: 1.4 million[13]
UK: 4.760 million[14]
FRA: 1.475 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 1.460 million[17]
AUS: 1.155[c][18][19]
SPA: 150,000[43][58]
SWE: 105,000[c][24]
SWI: 170,000[c][28]
BEL: 125,000[c][31]

100 million[270]

Julio Iglesias

Spain

1968–present[271]

1968[271]

Latin[271]

showTotal available certified units: 51 million
US: 11 million[11]
JPN: 800,000[c][272]
GER: 250,000[c][13]
UK: 1.620 million[c][14][272]
FRA: 6.1 million[15][16][54][272]
CAN: 1.5 million[17]
AUS: 505,000[c][18][272]
BRA: 12.475 million[c][20][272]
NLD:950,000[c][272]
ITA: 400,000[c][21][272]
SPA: 8.7 million[c][22][23][42][43][58][272]
SWE: 290,000[c][24][272]
MEX: 2.975 million[c][47][272]
ARG: 3.220 million[c][29][272]
BEL: 125,000[c][272][32]
FIN: 131,636[c][48]

100 million[273]

Chicago

United States

1967–present[274]

1969[274]

Rock / Pop[274]

showTotal available certified units: 48.3 million
US: 44.150 million[11]
JPN: 400,000[c][12][275]
GER: 250,000[c][13]
UK: 1.490 million[c][14]
FRA: 100,000[c][15]
CAN: 1.865 million[17]
SPA: 100,000[c][23]

100 million[276]

Dire Straits

United Kingdom

1977–1995[277]

1978[277]

Rock [277]

showTotal available certified units: 45.6 million
US: 15.5 million[11]
GER: 3.750 million[13]
UK: 11.8 million[14]
FRA: 5.3 million[15][16]
CAN: 2.575 million[17]
AUS: 2.190 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 175,000[c][20]
ITA: 385,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.380 million[c][22][23][42][43]
SWE: 360,000[c][24]
DEN: 195,000[c][61][60][27]
SWI: 1 million[c][28]
BEL: 100,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 300,000[c][33]
FIN: 471,530[48]
NZ: 155,000[c][36]

100 million[278]

Bob Dylan

United States

1959–present[279]

1963[279]

Folk / Rock[279]

showTotal available certified units: 45.3 million
US: 35.6 million[11]
GER: 625,000[c][13]
UK: 6.025 million[c][14]
FRA: 800,000[c][15][16]
CAN: 1.5 million[c][17]
AUS: 480,000[c][18]
SWI: 175,000[c][28]
NZ: 105,000[c][35]

100 million[280]

Def Leppard

United Kingdom

1977–present[281]

1979[281]

Hard rock / Heavy metal[281]

showTotal available certified units: 41.8 million
US: 35.650 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12]
UK: 1.960 million[14]
FRA: 200,000[15]
CAN: 2.995 million[17]
AUS: 385,000[19][282]
SWE: 150,000[c][24]
SWI: 125,000[c][28]
MEX: 200,000[c][47]

100 million[283]

Cher

United States

1964–present[284]

1965[284]

Pop / Rock / Dance / Folk[284]

showTotal available certified units: 41 million
US: 21.9 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][12]
GER: 4.175 million[c][13]
UK: 6.510 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.525 million[c][16][54]
CAN: 1.340 million[c][17]
AUS: 1.530 million[c][18][285]
BRA: 125,000[c][20]
NLD: 375,000[c][286][287][288]
ITA: 300,000[c][289]
SPA: 600,000[c][43][58][289]
SWE: 850,000[c][24][59]
SWI: 295,000[c][28]
MEX: 200,000[c][47]
DEN: 370,000[c][289][27]
ARG: 106,000[c][29][272]
BEL: 275,000[c][31]
AUT: 250,000[c][33]
POL: 100,000[c][34]
NZ: 150,000[35][290]

100 million[291]

Genesis

United Kingdom

1967–19992006–present[292]

1969[292]

Progressive rock / Pop rock[292]

showTotal available certified units: 39.9 million
US: 21.650 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][12]
GER: 5.875 million[c][13]
UK: 7.325 million[c][14]
FRA: 3.460 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 805,000[c][17]
SPA: 250,000[c][22][23][42]
SWE: 100,000[c][24]
SWI: 400,000[c][28]

100 million[293]

Olivia Newton-John

Australia

1966–present[294]

1966[294]

Pop[294]

showTotal available certified units: 35.7 million
US: 27 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][12]
GER: 250,000[c][13]
UK: 3.950 million[c][14]
FRA: 1 million[54]
CAN: 3.025 million[c][17]
AUS: 450,000[c][18][19][295]

100 million[296]

James Taylor

United States

1968–present[297]

1970[297]

Rock / Pop[297]

showTotal available certified units: 35.5 million
US: 34.650 million[11]
UK: 655,000[c][14]
CAN: 100,000[c][17]
AUS: 100,000[c][18]

100 million[298]

Stevie Wonder

United States

1961–present[299]

1962[299]

Funk / R&B / Soul[299]

showTotal available certified units: 34.8 million
US: 21.650 million[11]
JPN: 1.050 million[c][12]
GER: 500,000[c][13]
UK: 8.485 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.4 million[c][15][54]
CAN: 1.550 million[17]
SPA: 250,000[c][42]

100 million[300]

David Bowie

United Kingdom

1962–2016[301]

1967[301]

Art rock / Glam rock / Pop[301]

showTotal available certified units: 33.9 million
US: 13.7 million[11]
JPN: 200,000[c][12]
GER: 525,000[c][13]
UK: 13.495 million[c][14]
FRA: 2.380 million[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 2.315 million[c][17]
AUS: 635,000[c][18][76]
ITA: 345,000[c][21]
SPA: 170,000[c][22][23][42]
NZ: 142,500[c][35]

100 million[302]

Tina Turner

United States

1955–present[303]

1975[303]

Rock / Pop[303]

showTotal available certified units: 32.8 million
US: 12.7 million[11]
GER: 6.050 million[13]
UK: 8.145 million[14]
FRA: 1.135 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 1.560 million[17]
AUS: 480,000[c][18][19]
SPA: 700,000[c][22][23][42][43]
SWE: 330,000[c][24]
SWI: 565,000[c][28]
BEL: 190,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 630,000[c][33]
POL: 120,000[c][34]
FIN: 241,954[48]

100 million[304]

Linda Ronstadt

United States

1967–present[305]

1968[305]

Rock / Folk / Country[305]

showTotal available certified units: 32.5 million
US: 31.5 million[11]
UK: 435,000[c][14]
FRA: 100,000[c][15]
CAN: 500,000[c][17]

100 million[306]

Donna Summer

United States

1968–2012[307]

1974[307]

Pop / Disco / R&B[307]

showTotal available certified units: 30.8 million
US: 24.5 million[11]
UK: 3.735 million[c][14]
FRA: 900,000[c][15][16]
CAN: 1.550 million[c][17]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
SPA: 100,000[c][43]

100 million[308]

The Beach Boys

United States

1961–present[309]

1962[309]

Rock / Pop / Surf Rock[309]

showTotal available certified units: 30.7 million
US: 25.6 million[11]
GER: 250,000[c][13]
UK: 3.610 million[c][14]
FRA: 400,000[c][15][16][54]
CAN: 100,000[c][17]
AUS: 492,500[c][18][19]
SPA: 250,000[c][42][43]

100 million[310]

The Who

United Kingdom

1964–present[311]

1965[311]

Rock / Hard rock[311]

showTotal available certified units: 27.5 million
US: 22.150 million[11]
UK: 4.505 million[c][14]
FRA: 300,000[c][15]
CAN: 425,000[c][17]
ITA: 125,000[c][21]

100 million[312]

Barry White

United States

1972–2003[313]

1973[313]

R&B / Soul[313]

showTotal available certified units: 21.7 million
US: 16.5 million[11]
UK: 3.665 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.1 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 150,000[c][17]
SPA: 200,000[c][58]
BEL: 175,000[c][32]

100 million[314]

text: 80 million to 99 million records

text:
Chris Brown

Nicki Minaj

Shania Twain

Flo Rida

Pink

Justin Timberlake

Van Halen

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release-year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

Shania Twain

Canada

1993–present[315]

1993[315]

Country pop[315]

showTotal available certified units: 76.5 million
US: 54.5 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[12]
GER: 1.750 million[13]
UK: 7.395 million[14]
FRA: 975,000[16][54]
CAN: 6.880 million[17]
AUS: 2.360 million[c][18]
BRA: 475,000[20]
SPA: 100,000[58]
SWE: 330,000[24]
DEN: 210,000[c][60][27]
SWI: 310,000[28]
MEX: 100,000[c][47]
ARG: 120,000[29]
BEL: 250,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 115,000[33]
NZ: 402,500[35][36]

90 million[316]

Pink

United States

1995–present[317]

2000[317]

Pop, Pop rock, R&B[317]

showTotal available certified units: 70.5 million
US: 32.225 million[11]
JPN: 400,000[12]
GER: 5.725 million[13]
UK: 13.575 million[14]
FRA: 1.198 million[16][54]
CAN: 4.130 million[17]
AUS: 9.870 million[18]
ITA: 425,000[c][21]
SWE: 530,000[24]
SWI: 565,000[28]
DEN: 281,500[60][27]
MEX: 360,000[47]
BEL: 235,000[32]
AUT: 417,500[33]
POL: 100,000[34]
NZ: 465,000[35][36]

90 million[318]

The Carpenters

United States

1969–1983[319]

1969[319]

Pop[319]

showTotal available certified units: 46 million
US: 34.6 million[11]
JPN: 2.9 million[c][12][121][320]
GER: 250,000[c][13]
UK: 7.950 million[c][14]
CAN: 275,000[c][17]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]

90 million[321]

Lionel Richie

United States

1968–present[322]

1981[322]

Pop / R&B[322]

showTotal available certified units: 40.4 million
US: 28.650 million[11]
GER: 1.050 million[c][13]
UK: 6.355 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.4 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 2.380 million[c][17]
AUS: 260,000[c][18][323]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
SPA: 150,000[23][42]
SWI: 145,000[c][28]

90 million[324]

Earth, Wind & Fire

United States

1969–present[325]

1971[325]

Funk / R&B / Soul[325]

showTotal available certified units: 35.8 million
US: 31.8 million[11]
JPN: 500,000[c][12][326][327]
UK: 2.725 million[14]
FRA: 500,000[15][16]
CAN: 360,000[17]

90 million[328]

Johnny Cash

United States

1954–2003[329]

1956[329]

Country / Rock and roll / Gospel[329]

showTotal available certified units: 31.1 million
US: 25.7 million[11]
GER: 550,000[c][13]
UK: 3.910 million[c][14]
CAN: 490,000[c][17]
AUS: 522,500[c][18]

90 million[330]

Justin Timberlake

United States

1992–present[331]

2002[331]

Pop, R&B, Neo soul[331]

showTotal available certified units: 66.4 million
US: 43.2 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[12]
GER: 3.050 million[13]
UK: 12.320 million[14]
FRA: 578,000[16][54]
CAN: 2.480 million[17]
AUS: 2.380 million[18]
ITA: 345,000[c][21]
SPA: 120,000[58]
SWE: 210,000[24]
DEN: 430,000[60][27]
SWI: 230,000[28]
MEX: 330,000[47]
BEL: 300,000[32]
POL: 170,000[34]
NZ: 185,000[35]

88 million[332]

Chris Brown

United States

2005–present[333]

2005[333]

Pop / R&B, Hip-hop [333]

showTotal available certified units: 100 million
US: 84.050 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[53]
GER: 450,000[13]
UK: 10.240 million[14]
CAN: 770,000[17]
AUS: 2.590 million[18]
BRA: 570,000[20]
ITA: 140,000[21]
SWE: 310,000[59]
DEN: 197,500[27]
MEX: 150,000[47]
NZ: 245,000[35]

86 million[334]

Nicki Minaj

United States

2008–present[335]

2010[335]

Hip-hop, Pop[335]

showTotal available certified units: 85 million
US: 68 million[11]
JPN: 450,000[53]
GER: 1.150 million[13]
UK:  8.9 million[14]
FRA: 566,000[16]
CAN: 760,000[17]
AUS: 3.115 million[18]
BRA: 250,000[20]
ITA: 485,000[21]
SPA: 220,000[22]
SWE: 420,000[24][59]
DEN: 220,000[27]
SWI: 120,000[28]
MEX: 150,000[47][100]
NZ: 232,500[35]

85 million[336]

R.E.M.

United States

1980–2011[337]

1983[337]

Alternative rock[337]

showTotal available certified units: 42.7 million
US: 21.150 million[11]
GER: 4.275 million[13]
UK: 8.765 million[14]
FRA: 1.450 million[15][16]
CAN: 2.650 million[17]
AUS: 1.030[c][18][19]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
ITA: 225,000[c][21]
SPA: 1.1 million[22][23][43][58]
SWE: 500,000[c][24]
DEN: 155,000[c][60][61]
SWI: 450,000[c][28]
ARG: 158,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 185,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 350,000[c][33]
IRE: 127,500[c][101]
NZ: 105,000[35]

85 million[338]

Flo Rida

United States

2007–present[339]

2007[339]

Hip-hop, Hip house, EDM[339]

showTotal available certified units: 70.8 million
US: 49 million[11]
JPN: 650,000[c][12][53]
GER: 3.7 million[13]
UK: 7.960 million[14]
FRA: 225,000[16]
CAN: 3.090 million[17]
AUS: 3.605 million[c][18]
ITA: 360,000[c][21]
SPA: 140,000[58]
SWE: 780,000[24]
SWI: 420,000[28]
DEN: 205,000[c][27]
MEX: 330,000[c][47]
AUT: 180,000[33]
NZ: 247,500[35][36]

80 million[340]

Ayumi Hamasaki

Japan

1998–present[341]

1998[341]

J-pop / Pop / dance / electronic[341]

showTotal available certified units: 64.3 million
JPN: 64.3 million[12][53][108]

80 million[342][343]

Van Halen

United States

1978–present[344]

1978[344]

Hard rock / Heavy metal[344]

showTotal available certified units: 64.3 million
US: 57.8 million[11]
JPN: 1.3 million[c][12][129]
GER: 1.5 million[13]
UK: 740,000[14]
FRA: 400,000[15]
CAN: 2.450 million[17]
BRA: 200,000[c][20]

80 million[345]

Red Hot Chili Peppers

United States

1983–present[346]

1987[346]

Funk rock / Alternative rock[346]

showTotal available certified units: 58.8 million
US: 32.250 million[11]
JPN: 2.6 million[c][12][53]
GER: 2.650 million[13]
UK:  10.795 million[14]
FRA: 1.420 million[16]
CAN: 2.020 million[17]
AUS: 2.625 million[c][18][19][347]
BRA: 515,000[c][20]
ITA: 570,000[c][21]
SPA: 640,000[22][43][58]
SWE: 390,000[c][24]
SWI: 405,000[c][28]
MEX: 150,000[c][47]
DEN: 227,000[c][60][61][69][27]
BEL: 195,000[c][32]
ARG: 406,000[29][30]
AUT: 247,500[c][33]
POL: 245,000[c][34]
FIN: 171,951[48]
NZ: 285,000[35][36]

80 million[348]

Foreigner

United StatesUnited Kingdom

1976–present[349]

1977[349]

Rock / Hard Rock[349]

showTotal available certified units: 49.6 million
US: 45.1 million[11]
GER: 1.5 million[13]
UK: 1.300 million[14]
FRA: 400,000[15][16]
CAN: 700,000[17]
AUS: 105,000[c][18]
SWI: 125,000[c][28]

80 million[350]

The Doors

United States

1965–1973[351]

1967[351]

Psychedelic rock[351]

showTotal available certified units: 46.9 million
US: 36.6 million[11]
GER: 1.750 million[c][13]
UK: 2.040 million[c][14]
FRA: 1.9 million[c][15][16]
CAN: 2.780 million[c][17]
AUS: 1.022 million[c][18]
BRA: 100,000[20]
ITA: 130,000[c][21]
SPA: 300,000[c][42][58]
SWI: 125,000[c][28]
ARG: 150,000[c][29]
AUT: 100,000[c][33]

80 million[352]

George Michael

United Kingdom

1981–2016[353]

1984[353]

Pop[353]

showTotal available certified units: 46.9 million
US: 20.8 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12]
GER: 2.4 million[13]
UK: 12.850 million[14]
FRA: 3.217 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 1.870 million[17]
AUS: 2.205 million[c][18][19]
BRA: 350,000[c][20]
SPA: 850,000[22][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 310,000[c][24]
DEN: 400,000[60][27][69][354]
SWI: 335,000[c][28]
ARG: 118,000[29][30]
BEL: 315,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 140,000[c][33]
POL: 340,000[c][34]
NZ: 140,000[35][36]

80 million[355]

Reba McEntire

United States

1975–present[356]

1987[356]

Country / Country Pop[356]

showTotal available certified units: 42.7 million
US: 41.9 million[11]
CAN: 850,000[17]

80 million[357]

Meat Loaf

United States

1968–present[358]

1977[358]

Rock / Hard rock[358]

showTotal available certified units: 41.8 million
US: 23.6 million[11]
GER: 2.350 million[13]
UK: 9.665 million[14]
CAN: 3.380 million[17]
AUS: 2.522 million[c][18][19]
SWE: 100,000[c][24]
SWI: 115,000[c][28]
AUT: 100,000[c][33]

80 million[359]

Tom Petty

United States

1976–2017[360]

1977[360]

Rock[360]

showTotal available certified units: 34.7 million
US: 31.250 million[11]
GER: 500,000[13]
UK: 1.060 million[14]
CAN: 1.7 million[17]
SWE: 200,000[c][24]

80 million[361]

Johnny Hallyday

France

1957–2017[362]

1960[362]

Rock / Pop[362]

showTotal available certified units: 25.4 million
FRA: 24.672 million[c][15][16][54][83][363]
SWI: 268,000[c][28]
BEL: 510,000[c][31][32]

80 million[364]

text: 75 million to 79 million records

text:
Maroon 5

Journey

Tim McGraw

The Black Eyed Peas

R. Kelly

Usher

Kenny G

text:
Artist

Country / Market

Period active

Release-year of first charted record

Genre

Total certified units(from available markets)[c]

Claimed sales

The Black Eyed Peas

United States

1995–present[365]

1998[365]

Hip-hop / R&B / Dance[365]

showTotal available certified units: 58.6 million
US: 31.4 million[11]
JPN: 1.250 million[12][53]
GER: 3.3 million[13]
UK: 10.8 million[14]
FRA: 2.650 million[16]
CAN: 2.7 million[17]
AUS: 3.270 million[18]
BRA: 255,000[20]
ITA: 365,000[c][21]
SPA: 460,000[22]
SWE: 300,000[24][59]
DEN: 161,000[c][27][69][99][60]
SWI: 460,000[28]
MEX: 390,000[c][47]
BEL: 460,000[32]
IRE: 135,000[c][101]
NZ: 340,000[35][36]

76 million[366]

Maroon 5

United States

1994–present[367]

2002[367]

Pop rock / Funk rock / Dance-pop[367]

showTotal available certified units: 66.1 million
US: 37.2 million[11]
JPN: 2 million[12][53]
GER: 2.550[13]
UK: 10.160 million[14]
FRA: 792,000[16]
CAN: 4.085 million[17]
AUS: 3.010 million[18]
BRA: 380,000[20]
ITA: 760,000[c][21]
SPA: 230,000[c][22]
SWE: 770,000[24][59]
DEN: 517,500[c][27][61][60]
MEX: 3.365[47]
NZ: 315,000[35]

75 million[368]

Journey

United States

1973–present[369]

1975[369]

Rock / Soft rock[369]

showTotal available certified units: 62.1 million
US: 59.7 million[11]
JPN: 300,000[c][12][370]
UK: 1.4 million[14]
CAN: 725,000[17]

75 million[371]

Tim McGraw

United States

1990–present[372]

1994[372]

Country[372]

showTotal available certified units: 61.7 million
US: 60.150 million[11]
UK: 200,000[14]
CAN: 1.375 million[17]

75 million[373]

R. Kelly

United States

1989–present[374]

1991[374]

R&B / Soul / Hip-pop[374]

showTotal available certified units: 55.3 million
US: 46.9 million[11]
GER: 1.4 million[13]
UK: 5.420 million[14]
FRA: 825,000[16]
CAN: 300,000[17]
AUS: 105,000[18]
SWI: 100,000[28]
BEL: 275,000[31][32]

75 million[375]

Usher

United States

1991–present[376]

1994[376]

R&B / Pop[376]

showTotal available certified units: 55.4 million
US: 40.435 million[11]
JPN: 750,000 [12][53]
GER: 1.150[13]
UK: 8.925 million[14]
FRA: 210,000[16]
CAN: 1.330 million[17]
AUS: 2.112 million[18]
SWE: 105,000[24][59]
DEN: 137,500[c][27][61]
SWI: 170,000[28]
NZ: 150,000[35]

75 million[377]

Kenny G

United States

1982–present[378]

1984[378]

Smooth jazz[378]

showTotal available certified units: 52.1 million
US: 48.1 million[11]
JPN: 700,000[c][12]
UK: 360,000[14]
CAN: 950,000[17]
AUS: 245,000[c][18][178]
BRA: 1.350 million[c][20]
SPA: 450,000[23][43]

75 million[379]

Robbie Williams

United Kingdom

1990–present[380]

1996[380]

Pop rock[380]

showTotal available certified units: 51.6 million
US: 500,000[11]
GER: 10.275 million[13]
UK: 27.550 million[14]
FRA: 2.695 million[16][54]
CAN: 250,000[17]
AUS: 2.905 million[18]
ITA: 385,000[c][21]
SPA: 440,000[c][22][58]
SWE: 445,000[24][59]
DEN: 676,500[c][60][61][27][69][77]
SWI: 998,000[28]
MEX: 1.595 million[c][47]
ARG: 462,000[29][30]
BEL: 600,000[31][32]
AUT: 917,500[33]
POL: 140,000[34]
FIN: 235,743[48]
IRE: 135,000[c][101]
NZ: 445,000[35]

75 million[381]

Tupac Shakur

United States

1991–1996[382]

1991[382]

Hip-hop[382]

showTotal available certified units: 51.5 million
US: 46.2 million[11]
GER: 650,000[13]
UK: 3.495 million[14]
CAN: 820,000[17]
AUS: 430,000[18][383]

75 million[384]

Enya

Ireland

1982–present[385]

1987[385]

New-age / Celtic[385]

showTotal available certified units: 50.1 million
US: 26.5 million[11]
JPN: 4.6 million[c][12]
GER: 4.2 million[13]
UK: 5.250 million[14]
FRA: 775,000[15][16]
CAN: 1.540 million[17]
AUS: 1.505[c][18][19]
BRA: 1.650 million[c][20]
SPA: 1.760 million[22][43]
SWE: 390,000[24]
DEN: 100,000[c][25][386][387][388]
SWI: 370,000[c][28]
MEX: 125,000[c][47]
ARG: 390,000[29]
BEL: 510,000[c][32]
AUT: 185,000[c][33]
POL: 120,000[c][34]
NZ: 135,000[35]

75 million[389]

Alabama

United States

1972–present[390]

1980[390]

Country / Pop rock[390]

showTotal available certified units: 48 million
US: 46.8 million[11]
CAN: 1.2 million[17]

75 million[391]

Nirvana

United States

1987–1994[392]

1989[392]

Grunge / Alternative rock[392]

showTotal available certified units: 46.7 million
US: 26.5 million[11]
JPN: 1.3 million[c][12]
GER: 1.5 million[13]
UK: 5.970 million[14]
FRA: 2.5 million[15][16]
CAN: 2.970 million[17]
AUS: 1.362[c][18][199][393][253][394]
BRA: 725,000[c][20]
ITA: 600,000[c][21]
SPA: 450,000[22][23][43]
SWE: 380,000[24]
DEN: 160,000[c][27]
SWI: 190,000[28]
MEX: 475,000[c][47]
ARG: 522,000[29][30]
BEL: 375,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 230,000[c][33]
POL: 335,000[c][34]
NZ: 215,000[35][36]

75 million[395]

Bryan Adams

Canada

1979–present[396]

1979[396]

Rock[396]

showTotal available certified units: 45.2 million
US: 21 million[11]
JPN: 600,000[c][12]
GER: 4.1 million[13]
UK: 8.935 million[14]
FRA: 650,000[15][16][54]
CAN: 5.120 million[17]
AUS: 2.010 million[c][18][397]
BRA: 100,000[c][20]
SPA: 450,000 [c][23][43][58]
SWE: 440,000[c][24]
DEN: 105,000[c][61][27]
SWI: 805,000[c][28]
BEL: 375,000[c][31][32]
AUT: 375,000[c][33]
FIN: 183,444[48]

75 million[398]

Bob Marley

Jamaica

1962–1981[399]

1975[399]

Reggae[399]

showTotal available certified units: 40.2 million
US: 21.850 million[11]
JPN: 200,000[c][12]
GER: 1.750 million[13]
UK: 8.5 million[14]
FRA: 4.735 million[16]
CAN: 600,000[17]
AUS: 350,000[400][401]
ITA: 275,000[c][21]
SPA: 450,000[c][23][42][43][58]
SWE: 120,000[c][24]
SWI: 303,000[c][28]
ARG: 376,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 225,000[32]
AUT: 125,000[c][33]
NZ: 427,500[c][35][36]

75 million[402]

The Police

United Kingdom

1977–19862007–2008[403]

1978[403]

Pop / Rock[403]

showTotal available certified units: 39.2 million
US: 23.150 million[11]
JPN: 100,000[c][12]
GER: 1.775 million[13]
UK: 8.560 million[14]
FRA: 3.340 million[15][16][54]
CAN: 875,000[17]
AUS: 407,500[c][18]
BRA: 140,000[c][20]
ITA: 100,000[c][21]
SPA: 300,000[c][23][42]
MEX: 100,000[c][47]
ARG: 228,000[c][29][30]
BEL: 115,000[c][32]

75 million[404]

Barry Manilow

United States

1973–present[405]

1973[405]

Pop / Soft rock[405]

showTotal available certified units: 36.5 million
US: 33.3 million[11]
UK: 2.825 million[14]
CAN: 400,000[c][17]

75 million[406]

Kiss

United States

1972–present[407]

1974[407]

Hard rock / Heavy metal[407]

showTotal available certified units: 27.8 million
US: 26 million[11]
CAN: 1.495 million[c][17]
UK: 100,000[14]
AUS: 130,000[c][18]
ARG: 112,000[c][29]

75 million[408]

Aretha Franklin

United States

1956–present[409]

1961[409]

Soul / Jazz / Blues / R&B[409]

showTotal available certified units: 24.7 million
US: 23.5 million[11]
UK: 840,000[c][14]
FRA: 275,000[c][15][16]
CAN: 150,000[c][17]

75 million[410]


document_title: Impractical Jokers

question_text: who got the most punishments on impractical jokers

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text: Impractical Jokers

text: Development[edit]

text: Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano, four high school friends who attended Monsignor Farrell High School, from Staten Island, New York, formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe, The Tenderloins in 1999. After a long and successful history, including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC's "It’s Your Show" competition, the group went into television. In 2008, they filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV, but the show did not go to series. TruTV announced the series Impractical Jokers, originally slated to be named Mission: Uncomfortable, on April 12, 2011, eight months before the show's debut. Murray explained how the hidden camera format made sense based on the jokesters skills. "We needed to find the right format... thing is, we've been doing this for years, but when it's on camera, the embarrassment is amplified."[5] Q and Sal have said when they gave their pilot episode to TruTV, it was recorded on their iPhones. At the time they pitched the idea to TruTV, Murray was VP of Development for NorthSouth Productions, the company that has produced the series since its inception.

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text: Episodes[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
16
December 15, 2011 (2011-12-15)
May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04)

2
28
September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06)
December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)

3
31
January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02)
October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)

4
26
January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)
October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)

5
26
February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11)
November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03)

6
26[6]
February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09)
November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)

Specials
18
February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)
TBA

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text: Before every challenge, the Jokers explain where they are, what the challenge is, and what will happen if they fail. Often (but not always) there is an ear piece placed on the cast member(s) performing the prank while the others have a mic in a covert location. There are also hidden cameras near the area to capture the action. The location in which the challenge takes place is usually a public area in or around New York City such as a city park, or store. The criteria of each challenge are the same for each of the jokers competing in the round. If the joker cannot complete their task, they get a Thumbs-Down. At the end of the episode, the joker or jokers with the most thumbs down is punished, and the punishments are usually more embarrassing, humiliating, disgusting, painful or scary than any of the challenges. Punishments cannot be refused, or the joker is off the show.

text: Statistics[edit]

text:
Impractical Jokers statistics

Joker
Punishments
Thumbs down
Thumbs up
Challenges

Joe
34 (22.9%)
131 (35.1%)
244 (66.2%)
370 (89.5%)

Murr
47 (32.3%)
161 (48.1%)
220 (59.7%)
373 (90.6%)

Q
36 (25.0%)
130 (35.7%)
240 (65.8%)
368 (89.4%)

Sal
52 (36.1%)
156 (42.2%)
225 (60.3%)
370 (89.5%)

text:
Some statistics have been rounded.
Some challenges involved double-thumbs down; punishment percentage rates based on total episodes that involve punishments (145 out of 148) challenge percentage rates based on total challenges attempted (413 as of September 28, 2017)

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text: In some instances, a joker can bet that another joker can't complete a (usually difficult) task. If the task is complete, the challenge will end (even if not all jokers participated), and the joker who loses the bet loses the entire episode, regardless of the loser board. This has only happened on three occasions in the show's run.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text: Brian "Q" Quinn (born March 14, 1976) is an American improvisational comedian from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He attended Monsignor Farrell High School where he was involved in numerous activities including drama and sports.[7] Following his graduation, he attended Brooklyn College and later went on to join the New York City Fire Department.[8] He is also the third host of the podcast Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! on SModcast.com.

text: James "Murr" Murray (born May 1, 1976) is an American improvisational comedian from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He attended Monsignor Farrell High School there and was also a part of a community theatre.[7] He continued his education at Georgetown University where he received a BA in English.[9] He currently continues to work at NorthSouth Productions where he is the Senior Vice President of Development.[10]

text: Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano (born November 6, 1976) is an American improvisational and stand-up comedian from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He attended Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island where he took part in various sports such as hockey, basketball and football. He received degree in Finance from St. John's University.

text: Joseph "Joe" Gatto Jr. (born June 5, 1976) is an American improvisational comedian from the New York City borough of Staten Island. While in Staten Island, he went to Monsignor Farrell High School.[7] After graduation, he studied at LIU Post where he received a degree in Accounting.[11] He founded the Tenderloins comedy troupe in 2000 and worked at the baby retail store, Giggle, until January 2011.[12]

text: Guest appearances[edit]

text:
Daniel Ribacoff Season 2
Imagine Dragons Season 2
Joey Fatone Season 3, 5,6
Tommy Dreamer Season 3, 6
Soren Thompson Season 4
Danica McKellar Season 4,6
Ulambayaryn Byambajav Season 4
Alex Brightman Season 5
Howie Mandel Season 4
Rosie O'Donnell Season 2
James Buckley Season 5
Travis Pastrana Season 5
Gary Busey Season 6
Bully Ray Season 6
Velvet Sky Season 6
Jesse Bravo Season 6
Matthew Lewis Season 6
Victoria Justice Season 6
Noah Syndergaard Season 6
Kayla Harrison Season 6
Casey Jost Season 5,6

text: Reception[edit]

text: Impractical Jokers has been very well received by some critics with Linda Stasi of the New York Post calling it "possibly the funniest, most ridiculous show I’ve seen in years."[13]

text: While it has been compared to earlier hit prank shows such as Candid Camera and Jackass, critics have offered praise for its unique twist on the genre, wherein the stars' reactions to the pranks are often equally as humorous as those of the innocent bystanders. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times stated that "the gag pays off twice: once in the reaction of the unsuspecting passer-by, once in the discomfort of the fellow doing the asking." He later wrote that the cast-members' occasional integrity [kept] these four clowns a little bit lovable."[14] Dean Robbins of The Daily Page echoed this sentiment, stating that "the friends are jovial rather than Jackass-obnoxious, even rejecting some dares as too offensive."[15]

text: The series has been generally well received, garnering 1.5 million viewers during its December 15, 2011, premiere.[16]

text: The review of the show by Variety's Brian Lowry was less positive, ending with this statement: "Nobody will ever confuse Impractical Jokers with high art, certainly, but as low-brow, micro-cost comedy in the context of TruTV's programming resources, it's actually quite practical—and occasionally funny."[17]

text: Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes[edit]

text: Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes is a spin-off of Impractical Jokers in which episodes that have already aired are shown again with pop-up facts throughout, including behind-the-scenes stories and facts directly from the Jokers. The first episode of Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes aired on July 14, 2016, following the mid season British special"[18][19]

text: Impractical Jokers: After Party[edit]

text: Impractical Jokers: After Party is a spin-off of Impractical Jokers, hosted by Joey Fatone, in which the Jokers and surprise guests go through a deep dive of challenges, special play-by-play punishment analysis from the latest episode, and bonus content from the latest episode or the whole show. The first episode of the series aired on August 3, 2017 after the episode "The Q-Pay" had aired.

text: International versions[edit]

text:
A UK version of Impractical Jokers began airing in winter 2012 on BBC Three. It starred comedians Paul McCaffrey, Joel Dommett, Marek Larwood and Roisin Conaty.[20] The pilot was filmed and placed online as part of "The Comedy Kitchen" in 2012. The first series included six episodes, which aired from November 15 - December 20, 2012. The second series also included six episodes, and aired from February 24 - April 2, 2014. It is produced by Yalli Productions.[21] It was cancelled after Series 2 in April 2014 mainly due to its unpopularity. However, more recently, Comedy Central and Channel 5 picked up the rights to co-produce a third season of Impractical Jokers UK with Yalli Productions, starring Late Night Gimp Fight.[22]
 A Dutch version was broadcast on Veronica in 2013, called "De Fukkers". In 2015 a new version started at RTL 5 with the name "Foute Vrienden", like the Flemish version.[23]
 A Belgian (Flemish) version broadcast on 2BE in fall 2012, with the title "Foute Vrienden". James Murray was spotted in episode 5 of the first season.[24] The second season, which started in March 2014, includes 10 episodes.
 A Brazilian version is currently being broadcast on SBT with the title "Amigos da Onça". The series premiere aired January 7, 2013[25] and ended August 13, 2013. James Murray was spotted in episode 3 of the second season.
 A Lebanese version broadcast on Al Jadeed in autumn / fall 2013.
 A Mexican version broadcast on TBS Latin America started in May 20, 2015 with the title "Impractical Jokers".
 A Greek version broadcast on Ant1 in February 2014 with the title "Wanted".
 A French-Canadian version broadcast on V in February 24, 2014 with the title "Les Jokers".
 A Swedish version broadcast on TV6 in April 2014 with the title "Radiostyrd".
 A Spanish version broadcast on Neox in 2014 with the title "Sinvergüenzas".
 An Egyptian version was released in 2015 with the title "Al Mohayesoun".[26]

text: International broadcasts[edit]

text:
On April 18, 2014, during the first ever live recording of their "What Say You?" Podcast at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, Q and Sal stated that, when the BBC bought the rights to create a UK version of the show, they also bought the rights to air the US version of the show in the UK. This was meant to be aired after the 1st season of the UK show, but the BBC never aired it. However it finally came to air on August 22, 2014. The US version now airs on Comedy Central UK and Channel 5.
 It is presently airing on RTÉ2 in Ireland
 The series currently airs on Comedy Central India (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives), WB Channel (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives) and WB Channel Pakistan (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan)
 The series currently airs in Canada on ACTION, CMT and OLN.[27]
 It is currently being shown in Australia on the Nine Network.
 It is currently being shown in New Zealand on Comedy Central New Zealand.
 The series currently airs in France and Belgium on MTV France with the title "Les Jokers".
 The series currently airs in Italy on DMAX with the title "Cattivissimi amici".
 The series currently airs in Spain on Neox and Comedy Central Spain with the title "Agárralos como Puedas".
 The series currently airs in Brazil on TBS with the title "Tirando a Maior Onda".
 The series currently airs in Bulgaria on BTV with the title "Шегаджии".[28]
 The series currently airs in Germany on ProSieben Maxx.[29]
 The original series currently airs in Poland on TTV.
 The original series currently airs in Russia on MTV Russia with the title "Нереальные подставы" (Unreal Trolling).[30]
 The show aired on +TVI with the original title.
 In Malaysia, Impractical Jokers is shown in Warner TV.
 The original series currently airs in the Netherlands on RTL 5.
 The series currently airs in Vietnam on Warner TV.


document_title: Just Add Magic (TV series)

question_text: who plays the traveler in just add magic

text: Just Add Magic (TV series)

text: Season 1[edit]

text: In the lively town of Saffron Falls, teenage girls Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah are best friends who love cooking. While making some brownies for Kelly’s grandma's (who has a mysterious illness and cannot talk) birthday, they find an ancient cookbook in the attic. The recipes they find inside have strange names like "Shut'em Up Shortcake" and "Healing Hazelnut Tart" and require unusual ingredients, such as "Cedronian vanilla" and "Taurian thyme". The girls go to Mama P.’s shop to get the ingredients for the “Shut ‘em Up Shortcake” and when no one has any idea what they need, Mama P. reveals that she knows what the ingredients are, and she gives them the Cedronian Vanilla. They bake the cake, but when Kelly's brother Buddy and Hannah eat a bite of the shortcake and find themselves unable to talk, the three friends realize they are dealing with magic spells. At the same time as Hannah and Buddy’s silence, Darbie cannot stop talking. Because of this, they also realize the spells come with a consequence.[6]

text: Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah investigate the magical recipes and face the temptations of using magic to help overcome the everyday challenges of being middle school girls. They conclude that Mama P. knows about the magic because of appears to have extensive knowledge of magical ingredients. Furthermore, they discover that the creepy neighbor Ms. Silvers also has a connection to magic after she warns them to stay away from it, telling them that it is dangerous. The girls realize that they are the protectors of the magical cookbook and that there were many others before them, three of whom were Mama P., Ms. Silvers and Kelly’s grandmother Becky. Among all this, Kelly has one overriding goal: to find the magical recipe that will fix her grandmother's mysterious illness, even if it means crossing creepy Mama P. or scary Ms. Silvers. As the girls work together they find out that Kelly’s grandma Becky is under a curse, and so are Mama P. (whose curse does not let her leave Saffron Falls) and Ms. Silvers (whose curse does not let her play the piano in public). The girls, while trying to free Grandma Quinn of her curse, uncover various mysteries of the past.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: After Kelly, Hannah, and Darbie free the town of Mama P’s curse with their “Last-Ditch Layer Cake”, they also break Grandma Quinn, and Ms. Silvers’s curse, enabling them to talk again and play in public. But they also realize that they broke every curse, which means they brought back Chuck Hankins, a teenage boy from the 60’s who had suddenly gone missing because of Becky (Grandma Quinn), Gina (Ms.Silvers and Ida (Mama P). Now he wants revenge and The Oc’s (Original Cooks) Grandma Quinn, Ms. Silvers, and Mama P. know he is dangerous even though he pretends to lose his memory. They also realize that Chuck knows about magic and wants to steal the cookbook.

text: When searching through old city records at the library, the girls find a picture of a high school class from 1865, when the town was founded with Chuck in it, with his name as Charles Peisser. The girls realize that Chuck is way older than the Oc’s and has disappeared once before but has stayed the same age. At the same time, Chuck meets The Traveler who sacrifices her body to put a protective spell on the girls to save them from Chuck. The Oc’s research more into Chuck’s picture and find out that the Peissers were the richest family during that time and the West Peisser Park in Saffron Falls was a part of their estate.

text: At the same time, a strange symbol appears in the cookbook, and while trying to fix Jake’s bike with a Fixture Spell, Kelly “fixes” the symbol and completes it to make a number – 8529. She is shocked to know that the number changes as she takes a number of steps in a certain direction. She follows the book and reaches West Peisser Park. Chuck has an invisible trailer right in front of Kelly’s eyes, but Kelly is unable to see it. The girls try meeting The Traveler for help but she appears in all three of their dreams and says “Rose” and tells them the book is in danger and that they have to protect it, while showing the book on fire in the dream. Through an invisibility spell and a super strength spell, the girls are able to see and enter the trailer. There they discover that Chuck has another cookbook that is stealing recipes from their cookbook. They are able to steal it, and discover that Mama P’s Morbium Seed was stolen by Chuck. Mama P, who is also there, steals the seed back. The girls discover that Rose is actually Charles’s (Chuck’s) Little sister who is trapped in the book because of a mistake in an Immortality Spell by Chuck in the past. Chuck puts a spell on Hannah and tries to swap her for Rose, but Kelly and Darbie save her, also bringing Rose back. Chuck and Rose go back in time and live their lives, with Rose living to be 82. West Peisser Park is mysteriously changed to Rose Peisser Park.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Olivia Sanabia as Kelly Quinn
Abby Donnelly as Darbie O'Brien
Aubrey Miller as Hannah Parker-Kent
Judah Bellamy as Jake Williams
Catia Ojeda as Terri Quinn, Kelly’s mom
Andrew Burlinson as Scott Quinn, Kelly’s dad
Dee Wallace as Rebecca “Becky” Quinn, Kelly’s grandma
Amy Hill as Ida "Mama P" Perez
Ellen Karsten as Ms. Gina Silvers

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Mira Furlan as The Traveler
Zach Callison as Chuck
Jeremy Guskin as RJ
Aiden Lovekamp as Buddy Quinn

text: Series overview[edit]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015–16)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date11"Just Add Magic"Joe NussbaumNancy Cohen, Joanna Lewis & Kristine SongcoJanuary 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
Three friends, Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah discover a cookbook in the attic, whose recipes have magical effects. Kelly's grandmother is seemingly confused; she rarely speaks or does anything active, but no one seems to know why.
22"Just Add Brains"Joe MenendezAndrew OrensteinJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
The girls make Brain Boosting Bolognese to help with school and to understand the cookbook. But being know-it-alls has an unfortunate downside. The girls learn that the cookbook is seemingly infinite: trying to read through it they never seem to get any nearer to the last page. Also, three pages are torn out and missing, and the cookbook sometimes flips to a page on its own when the girls express their wish to accomplish a specific purpose. The girls learn that Kelly's grandmother, Mama P, and Ms. Silvers were once young friends just like Kelly, Hannah, and Darbie, and that a strange woman named The Traveler gave them the cookbook.
33"Just Add Dogs"Joe NussbaumTBAJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
To find a lost dog, the three friends cook up Lost and Found-ue, but end up attracting everything that has been lost in the neighborhood. The three missing pages from the cookbook float into Kelly's bedroom. One of the items they return is a silver charm bracelet to Ms. Silvers, who says that it has been missing for many years. Later, she opens one of the charms and plants a seed from within it.
44"Just Add Mom"TBAJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Wanting more information from Mama P, the girls make Bitter Truth Truffle. However, Kelly's mom eats one first. Kelly goes out with her mom to keep her from causing problems with her truth-telling. Hannah and Darbie both eat a truffle and find that telling the truth to each other isn't so bad, although they agree that without Kelly, they probably wouldn't be friends. Jake comes over, and unable to lie, they tell him all about the book and magic. They make him promise not to tell anyone. They get Mama P to eat a truffle, but before they can ask her anything, she eats a second one, which ends the spell's effect on her. Mama P cooks a spell and tries to leave town, but a mysterious wind prevents her from crossing the town border.
55"Just Add Jake"Joe MenendezLauren ThompsonJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Not believing in magic, Jake mentions the cookbook to Mama P, and she steals it. But when she tries to look through it, all the pages go blank. The girls try to convince Jake that magic is real by trying out three random magical recipes on him, so that he'll help them get the cookbook back.
66"Just Add Birthdays"Elodie KeeneSarah Carbiener & Erica RosbeJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Kelly and Hannah make a cake for Darbie when they forget her birthday. They also make cookies with carob chips Mama P gave them several episodes earlier. Those who eat the cookies start acting much younger than normal.
77"Just Add Mama P"Elodie KeeneAndrew OrensteinJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Convinced Mama P knows more than she's letting on, the girls whip up some Mind Peering Peppermints. They hear nothing suspicious in her thoughts, which leads them to trust her. They try to read Ms. Silvers's mind, and she immediately turns to them and tells them not to try it.
88"Just Add Besties"Joe NussbaumLuisa LeschinJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Mama P mentors Kelly's magic cooking skills, while Darbie and Hannah try to get a reclusive author's autograph by cooking a spell that makes her their BFF. Mama P makes Kelly organize all the ingredients in her secret room, and then curses her and challenges her to overcome it without resorting to the cookbook. After a false start in which she invents a new spell, she does overcome the curse. The BFF spell works too well, and Darbie and Hannah's attempt to end the spell fails. When they describe what they did, Kelly intuitively knows how to end the spell, and does. Mama P tells Ms. Silvers that Kelly has "the gift" just like her grandmother did, and Ms. Silvers warns Mama P not to make her curse Kelly the way she cursed Mama P.
99"Just Add Do-Overs"Keith SamplesJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
The girls learn that long ago The Traveler gave Mama P, Ms. Silvers, and grandma each a morbium root seed; morbium makes any recipe a thousand times more powerful. Mama P says hers is long gone, but the girls realize that Ms. Silvers's was in the charm bracelet they returned to her. Hannah takes a piano lesson from Ms. Silvers to try to recover the seed, but things go wrong: Kelly's brother breaks a lamp while under Kelly's care, Darbie's school project goes wrong, and Ms. Silvers catches Hannah and kicks her out.

So the three girls cook up a "do-over" spell that resets time so they can try again. On the third try Darbie's school project is a great success, Kelly realizes that her brother is acting out because he wants to spend time with her, and Hannah finds that Ms. Silvers's charm bracelet is empty, but also finds a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings about bad things that have happened around town. Mama P tells the girls that it is a listing of the curses Ms. Silvers has enacted.
1010"Just Add Memories"Vanessa PariseLauren ThompsonJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Grandma, Mama P, and Ms. Silvers all have photos of Chuck Hankins, a boy from when they were young. The girls find that he went missing a long time ago. Kelly cooks a Pho-get Me Not spell to examine her memories of the day her grandmother got sick, hoping to find some clue as to what caused it, but eating the Pho-get Me Not makes her lose time and memories. She sees that her grandmother wanted to talk to her that day, but that she was too busy to talk to her grandmother. She sees that when her grandmother was driving her to a basketball tryout, Ms. Silvers walked up holding a box of ingredients that the girls later found in the attic. Willie Thompson, a man the girls helped previously, tells Hannah that Chuck disappeared from a Ferris Wheel, and that Chuck was dating Ms. Silvers, but that he went out with Grandma. The girls trade notes, and learn that on her last good day, Kelly's grandmother went to the Cedros Forest.
1111"Just Add Camping"Keith SamplesSarah Carbiener & Erica RosbeJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
Suspecting a clue to Kelly's grandmother's malady hides deep in the forest, the girls set up a Father/Daughter camping trip. While there they face their fears, and then meet The Traveler, who tells them that magic can heal Kelly's grandmother if they are willing to pay the price. Later, the book flips open to a recipe that can break any curse, but the negative consequences will make things much worse.
1212"Just Add Pluots Part 1"Joe NussbaumLuisa LeschinJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
The girls consult with Mama P about the recipe that will break the curse. At first she says it's too dangerous, but then she suggests that making more and having many people eat the results will dilute the negative consequences over all of them. Hannah gets Kelly grounded by her parents, worried that the magical price will be too high. Kelly escapes grounding by cooking a spell to make Darbie look like her. Hannah and Kelly argue at Mama P's, and Hannah realizes that all the things in the scrapbook would benefit Mama P, not Ms. Silvers. She meets Ms. Silvers and they discuss Mama P's plans. Ms. Silvers reveals that she too is cursed: outside her house, no one can hear her play music.

Darbie tries to stop Mama P, but Mama P locks Darbie in her secret ingredient room and eats the first bite of the magic recipe, so her curse will be broken, rather than Kelly's grandmother's. Kelly goes home and gets yelled at by her mother, but manages to give her grandmother what she thinks is the first bite.
1313"Just Add Pluots Part 2"Joe NussbaumAndrew OrensteinJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
In 1965, Rebecca Quinn (Kelly's grandmother) is on the Ferris Wheel with Chuck. He takes a bite of a candy apple and disappears. The three girls argue. Gina Silvers says the spell was just supposed to keep Chuck away from magic. Ida Perez (Mama P) asks if Rebecca got the Morbium seed back, saying that Chuck stole it.  Rebecca promises Gina that they'll get Chuck back.
In the present, Kelly's dad lets Kelly go to the Pluot Festival because they are sending his mother away to New York for treatment and he wants the family to be together. Ms. Silvers shows up at the Pluot festival, but won't get involved and advises Hannah to abandon her friends and run away to avoid the consequences.
Jake and Hannah free Darbie, and mix a magic protection protein shake. At the Pluot Festival, Kelly refuses to drink the shake and pours it out. She gives her grandmother what she thinks is the last bite of the recipe, but it does nothing. Mama P goes on stage and tells off the town. Jake gives Kelly his shake, so she can be protected. Mama P eats the actual last bite, and the entire town freezes in place except for the girls and Mama P – and Ms. Silvers.
The two old women bicker about who is to blame. Mama P and Ms. Silvers tell the girls that Kelly's grandmother isn't innocent either – that after they cursed each other, she threw the book over a waterfall to get rid of it, in effect making their curses permanent. Mama P steals Jake's bike to ride out of town, and Ms. Silvers leaves. The girls consult the book, which opens itself to a blank page, which the girls take to mean they need to create their own spell to break the curse. They go to Mama P's ingredient room and realize that they need the properties of three different ingredient families, but mixing them would modify those properties, so they make a layer cake, with each layer producing its own effect. As they bake, the recipe magically appears in the book, in their handwriting. They name it Last Ditch Layer Cake.
As the girls are about to serve the cake, Ms. Silvers shows up with ground Morbium root and tells the girls she was going to use it to break her own curse, but they need it to strengthen the spell. They express confidence in their work and say they don't need it. They eat the cake, and the town starts up. In addition, Grandma is back to normal and Ms. Silvers plays piano on stage and everyone can hear her.
Grandma tells them that she didn't want Kelly and the girls to be endangered by the book, but The Traveler said that the cookbook was no longer hers to give back, because it belonged to the girls. She tried to get rid of the book, tearing out the three pages, but the spell she cast backfired, and in effect she cursed herself.

Grandma and Ms. Silvers realize that if their curses are broken, Chuck's might be as well, and if he's back, no one is safe. The Ferris Wheel stops, and a young man in a leather jacket with rolled up jeans steps off and walks away through the crowd, unnoticed.

text: Season 2 (2016–18)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date141"Just Add Halloween"Joe NussbaumAndrew OrensteinOctober 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
152"Just Add Summer"Joe NussbaumLuisa LeschinJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
The Miso Soup spell has no effect, so instead Kelly cooks a "Settle The Beef" spell in an effort to get Chuck to get to them so he can settle his beef with Grandma. However, the spell warns that if the beef is not settled, a bigger problem will arise. Kelly gives the spell to Grandma but after she asks Kelly not to do magic, Kelly does not tell her that the sandwich containing the Settle the Beef was magical. Immediately after eating the sandwich, their neighbor Willie comes over and expresses his anger at Grandma for not inviting her to her wedding. They settle their disagreement. At home, Kelly's mom expresses her anger about Grandma getting the "first ice cream" with Kelly, Darbie asks Grandma not to cheer so much at her basketball games, and Buddy is angry Grandma washed his lucky jersey and claims that is why they lost their most recent game. Later, Grandma is visited by Ms. Silvers who claims she will never forgive Grandma for how she used her Morbium, the magical seed the traveler gave each of them. Then Mama P comes all the way back from her job in Paris and expresses her anger at Grandma as well. She says the only one she regrets her behavior towards is Jake. Kelly realizes the bigger problem in question is the three of them, who just can't seem to be happy. There is a knock on the door, and it opens to reveal Chuck.
163"Just Add Chuck"Joe NussbaumJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
Chuck seems not to remember anything, although the OC's (Original Cooks) refuse to believe anything he says. While they confer, Chuck runs away. Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah cook a trust spell to get Chuck to trust them, but the riddle warns to be sure their "friend needs it more." They help Chuck adjust to modern life, but Kelly loses all of her trust and is suspicious of everything, including Darbie's father's new friend Amy, and Hannah herself. Without her trust she confronts Grandma about how Ms. Silvers claimed she misused her Morbium. The girls manage to restore Kelly's trust, but in doing so bring back some of Chuck's memories. They explain to Grandma that Kelly was under a spell. Grandma claims Chuck stole her Morbium, but the girls realized she was lying.
174"Just Add 1965"Keith SamplesLauren ThompsonJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
Darbie suspects her parents may be getting back together. The girls use an “If These Walls Could Taco” spell to watch what happened the day the OC's prepared the Can't Recall Caramel and try to figure out why Chuck disappeared. However, everything appears to be normal. The OCs make plans to meet up at a restaurant after the Pluot festival. The girls go there and see them confer about Chuck disappearing. They begin to argue, but bring up nothing suspicious. Later, Darbie uses the spell to see if her parents are truly getting back together but she discovers that they think she's "getting the wrong idea" and that her father is dating Amy, the woman at the park. Darbie is furious and upset. Meanwhile, Chuck saves Buddy from a car, earning Kelly's parents gratitude.
185"Just Add Saphrön"Keith SamplesAminta GoyelJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
After Kelly warns him to stay away from her family and the magic cookbook, Chuck manages to create another cookbook using a picture of the girls he obtained from the Quinn attic and begins to alter the original cookbook and steal pages from it to add to his. A new place opens up called The Saphrön, where Darbie, her father and Amy dine for lunch, but Darbie continues to be unhappy about her father and Amy being together. Chuck and Mr. Quinn are also at The Saphrön, prompting Darbie to get Kelly and Hannah over there. Needing something to break her father's trusting Chuck, Kelly looks to a magic spell to spot when someone is lying and asks Hannah to cook. With Ms. Silvers' help, Hannah makes Lemon Lie-m Mints, and though a mint was intended only for Mr. Quinn, Jake and Darbie's father also consume one. Mr. Quinn sees through Chuck's lying, while Darbie's father realizes Amy is untruthful about camping, and Jake, who is looking to work at The Saphrön after deciding to quit Mama P's, is unimpressed with the false objectives laid out by its manager, Noelle. Jake ends up returning to Mama P's but has some working demands.
196"Just Add Fixings"Joe NussbaumMarque Franklin-WilliamsJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
207"Just Add 8529"Gregory GuzikZachary PanozzoJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
218"Just Add Muscles"Aprill WinneyTaylor Cox & Jacquie WaltersJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
229"Just Add Fire"Aprill WinneyMatt GoldmanJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
2310"Just Add Meddling"Lily MariyeJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
2411"Just Add Secrets"Joe NussbaumLuisa LeschinJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
2512"Just Add History"Joe NussbaumLauren ThompsonJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
2613"Just Add Rose"Joe NussbaumAndrew OrensteinJanuary 12, 2017 (2017-01-12)
2714"Just Add Fluffy"Keith SamplesAndrew OrensteinJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
2815"Just Add RJ"Keith SamplesAminta GoyelJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
2916"Just Add Gumdrops"Adam WeissmanTaylor Cox & Jacquie WaltersJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3017"Just Add Time"Aprill WinneyMatt GoldmanJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3118"Just Add Telepathy"Aprill WinneyJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3219"Just Add Attention"Joe NussbaumLuisa LeschinJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3320"Just Add Contagion"Joe NussbaumLauren ThompsonJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3421"Just Add Beginnings"Vanessa PariseAminta GoyelJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3522"Just Add Silvers"Vanessa PariseTaylor Cox & Jacquie WaltersJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3623"Just Add Barriers"Keith SamplesJohn-Paul NickelJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3724"Just Add Betrayal"Keith SamplesLuisa LeschinJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3825"Just Add Caroline"Joe NussbaumLauren ThompsonJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]
3926"Just Add Spices"Joe NussbaumAndrew OrensteinJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)[5]


document_title: Interstate 65 in Kentucky

question_text: what exit is cave city ky on i 65

question_tokens: what exit is cave city ky on i 65

text: Interstate 65 in Kentucky

text: Route description[edit]

text: Along its 137.32-mile (221.00 km) length in the Bluegrass State,[1] I-65 passes Mammoth Cave National Park, Bernheim Forest, the National Corvette Museum and the Fort Knox Military Reservation before entering the state's largest metropolitan area, Louisville.

text: It has interchanges with four of the state's parkways. The first of these is with the William H. Natcher Parkway at Bowling Green, followed by the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway north of that city between Smiths Grove and Park City. At Elizabethtown, it has two more parkway interchanges with the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and the Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway.

text: I-65 also has interchanges with I-265, I-264, and a complex junction with I-64 and I-71 along the south bank of the Ohio River in central Louisville. From there, northbound motorists on I-65 cross into Indiana on the Abraham Lincoln Bridge, while southbound I-65 traffic enters Kentucky from Jeffersonville, Indiana via the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge.

text: The route is reportedly one of the heaviest traveled corridors in the United States, with average daily traffic volumes of 50,000 to 70,000 vehicles. Most of the route has been widened to six lanes throughout the state. The widest stretch of I-65 in its entirety is in Louisville, at Kentucky Route 1065 (Outer Loop) where the mainline is 14 lanes wide.

text: The highway crosses between the Central and Eastern time zones on the border of Hart and LaRue counties, respectively and then re-enters the Central Time Zone on the border of Jasper and White counties in the state of Indiana.

text: For most of 2016, the Ohio River Bridges Project routed all I-65 traffic onto the Abraham Lincoln Bridge (a six-lane cable-stayed bridge now carrying only northbound traffic) while rebuilding the deck of the 1963 John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge to accommodate six lanes of all-southbound traffic. The project is also completing the rebuild of the Kennedy Interchange just south of both bridges in downtown Louisville.[2] On December 30, 2016, both I-65 bridges began using electronic toll collection (ETC) to charge motorists for their use of this previously toll-free Interstate crossing.[3]

text: History[edit]

text: Kentucky Turnpike[edit]

text: From July 25, 1954 until June 30, 1975, the portion of I-65 from I-264 in Louisville to the WK Parkway in Elizabethtown was a toll road bearing the Kentucky Turnpike name. It was signed with a distinctive sign featuring a cardinal, the state bird of Kentucky. Unlike most states, Kentucky law requires that tolls be removed when the original construction bonds are paid off.  The road was thus the first of the state's extensive system of toll roads to be made free.[4]  Unlike the other roads, which maintain their separate names when becoming toll-free, the Kentucky Turnpike signs were removed.  It is today almost impossible to find any traces of its former toll status.

text: Original toll plazas and charges[edit]

text: The table below shows the original locations of the toll plazas, and toll charges for consumer-sized, or class 1 vehicles.

text:
Exit

Location [5]

Through cars charge

Enter or Exit

94

Elizabethtown (at U.S. 62)

10 cents

N/A

117

Shepherdsville (at KY 44)

50 cents

25 cents

127

Louisville (Outer Loop)

Free

10 cents

128

Louisville (Fern Valley Road)

Full-length trip

$0.60

text: Service areas[edit]

text: In addition to toll plazas, the Kentucky Turnpike also provided two service areas just south of Lebanon Junction and just north of Shepherdsville. They each provided a gas station and at least one fast food restaurant. They both closed when the turnpike was absorbed into the Interstate 65 corridor in June 1975, thus making the service area on the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway (a.k.a. the “WK Parkway”) the last remaining service areas on the toll road system, and still remained open even after the WK Parkway became toll-free in 1987, which is 27 years after the Kentucky Turnpike did so.

text: 21st century[edit]

text: On November 15, 2006, the stretch of I-65 from Bowling Green to Louisville was renamed the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Highway.[6]

text: On February 12, 2007, a bill passed the Kentucky Senate to rename I-65 in Jefferson County the "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway".[7] Signage was posted July 25, 2007.[8]

text: On July 15, 2007, Kentucky officially raised its speed limits on Interstate and State Parkway Highways to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).  Until that date, Kentucky was the only state along I-65's path that had a speed limit of 65 mph (105 km/h).[9]

text: In 2008, Governor Steve Beshear ordered the entire route to be widened to a minimum of six lanes through the entire state. As of 2017, the majority of this project is complete.[citation needed]

text: In July 2017, the KYTC opened a new interchange of I-65 at mile marker 30 to provide access to the Kentucky Transpark near Bowling Green. The $66.8 million project, which began in 2016, would improve traffic conditions along I-65 and U.S. 31W in northeastern Warren County. The first phase of the project include the new interchange, Exit 30, plus a four-lane connector road going from the interstate to U.S. 68 just east of Bowling Green. [10] The second phase is building a two-lane connector road running from U.S. 68 to U.S. 31W between Bowling Green and Oakland, thus relieving congestion problems on both U.S. routes. This was the first new exit on I-65 since 2002, when the interchange with KY 234 was built to connect downtown Bowling Green from the freeway.

text: Exit list[edit]

text:
CountyLocationmi[11]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Simpson0.000.00 I-65 south – NashvilleContinuation into Tennessee
1.9803.1872 US 31W (Main Street) – Franklin
5.9799.6226 KY 100 (Scottsville Road) – Scottsville, Franklin
Warren20.56833.10120 Natcher Parkway – Owensboro, Bowling GreenNatcher Parkway exits 2A-B; signed 20A (south) & 20B (north).
Bowling Green22.38836.03022 US 231 (Scottsville Road) – Scottsville, Bowling Green
25.73241.41226 KY 234 (Cemetery Road) – Bowling Green
Bowling Green28.06645.16828 KY 446 to US 31W – Bowling GreenServes National Corvette Museum
30 KY 3145 to US 68 – Bowling GreenServes Kentucky Transpark; exit opened July 6, 2017[12][13]
Oakland35.63157.34336 US 68 (Glasgow Road) / KY 80 – OaklandNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Smiths Grove37.57860.47638 KY 101 (Main Street) to US 68 – Smiths Grove, ScottsvilleAlso serves Nolin River Reservoir
Barren43.13569.41943 Cumberland Parkway – Somerset, GlasgowCumberland Parkway exit 0
Park City47.37176.23648 KY 255 (Mammoth Cave Parkway) to US 31W – Park City, BrownsvilleServes Mammoth Cave National Park
Cave City52.42384.36753 KY 70 (Mammoth Cave Road) / KY 90 – Cave City, GlasgowServes Mammoth Cave National Park
Hart57.62792.74258 KY 218 (Flint Ridge Road) to KY 335 – Horse Cave
Munfordville64.200103.32065 US 31W (Main Street) – Munfordville
70.407113.30971 KY 728 (Bacon Creek Road) – Bonnieville
LaRueUpton75.896122.14376 KY 224 (Upton Talley Road) – Upton
HardinSonora80.457129.48381 KY 84 (Western Avenue) to US 31W – Sonora
85.686137.89886 KY 222 (Glendale Hodgenville Road) to US 31W – Glendale
Elizabethtown91.086146.58991 US 31W / KY 61 / Western Kentucky Parkway – Hodgenville, Paducah, ElizabethtownSouthbound exit to Dixie Avenue, Serves Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park; WKP exit 137
93.345150.22493 Bluegrass Parkway – Lexington, Bardstown
94.154151.52694 US 62 (Mulberry Street) / KY 61 – Elizabethtown
102.533165.011102 KY 313 (Joe Prather Highway) – Radcliff, Vine Grove
BullittLebanon Junction104.698168.495105 KY 61 (Preston Highway) – Boston, Lebanon Junction
111.773179.881112 KY 245 (Clermont Road) – Bardstown, Clermont
Shepherdsville115.574185.998116 KY 480 (Cedar Grove Road) to KY 61
116.639187.712117 KY 44 (4th Street) – Mt. Washington, Shepherdsville
121.722195.893121 KY 1526 (John Harper Highway)
Jefferson125.143201.398125 I-265 east (Gene Snyder Freeway) / KY 841I-265 exit 10; signed as exits 125A (east) & 125B (west) northbound.
126.746203.978127 KY 1065 (Outer Loop) – Okolona, FairdaleSouthbound split exit (east) and (west)
Louisville128.328206.524128 KY 1747 (Fern Valley Road)
129.802208.896130 KY 61 (Preston Highway) / Grade Lane
130.710210.357131A I-264 (Watterson Expressway) – Louisville International AirportI-264 exit 12; signed as exits 131A (east) and 131B (west) southbound.
130.792210.489131BKentucky Exposition Center
132.601213.401132 KY 1631 (Crittenden Drive) – Kentucky Exposition CenterNo access back to I-65 Northbound (must use exit 133 from Warnock Street)
132.955213.970133 US 60 Alt. (Eastern Parkway)No access from I-65 Southbound to (Eastern Parkway, must use Arthur Street)or back to I-65 northbound (must use Warnock Street for I-65 North)
133.767215.277134 KY 61 south (Arthur Street)South end of KY 61 overlap; no northbound exit to Preston Street
133.978215.617134A KY 61 north (Preston Street)North end of KY 61 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
134.145215.885134BWoodbine StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
134.675216.738135St. Catherine Street west
135.195–135.384217.575–217.879136AChestnut Street, Broadway (US 150)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
135.649218.306136BBrook StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
135.649–135.919218.306–218.740136CMuhammad Ali Boulevard, Jefferson Street – Downtown LouisvilleSigned northbound as exit 136C
136.421219.548137 I-64 / I-71 north – Lexington, St. Louis, CincinnatiI-64 exit 5; I-71 exit 1
Ohio River137.318220.992John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (southbound)Abraham Lincoln Bridge (northbound)
 I-65 north – IndianapolisContinuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus      Incomplete access      Tolled

text: Auxiliary routes[edit]

text: I-265: Forms three-quarters of a beltway around Metro Louisville. The signage runs from I-65 to I-71 on the northeast side of the Metro. It is cosigned with KY 841 for its entire length and is known as the Gene Snyder Freeway. Construction of the Lewis and Clark Bridge over the Ohio River to connect the Kentucky segment of I-265 with the Indiana segment was completed and opened to traffic on December 18, 2016.