He has also enjoyed a successful career as an entertainer ( his records have sold in the millions ) and is a sharp businessman.

Buddy Holly continued to be promoted and sold as an " active " artist, and his records had a loyal following, especially in Europe.

He has sold over 100 million records worldwide.

In 1940 " New San Antonio Rose " sold a million records and became the signature song of The Texas Playboys.

The same year saw the release of " Kung Fu Fighting ", performed by Carl Douglas and produced by Biddu, which reached # 1 in both the U. K. and U. S., and became the best-selling single of the year and one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold worldwide, helping to popularize disco music to a great extent.

ELO collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA and 38 BPI awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group's active period of recording and touring.

The band have sold over 200 million albums worldwide according to some sources, while other sources state that they have sold in excess of 300 million records, including 111. 5 million certified units in the United States.

" Too High To Die earned the ' Pups a gold record ( 500, 000 sold ), outselling their previous records combined.

By 1901, ten-inch ( 25 cm ) records were marketed by Johnson and Berliner's Victor Talking Machine Company, and Berliner had sold his interests.

In 2008, LP sales grew by 90 % over 2007, with 1. 9 million records sold.

Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones " Keep On Loving You " and " Can't Fight This Feeling ".

Released on 45 rpm and 78 rpm records, with the flip-side song " Dancin ' Wild ", the recording sold 100, 000 copies, hitting No. 49 on the Billboard charts.

They have sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, and also making them the most successful British band since the Beatles, and compared with the Beatlemania.

The band has had five chart-topping singles and sold over 15 million records worldwide.

However, without the guiding hand of Rankine, recordings were sporadic and subsequent Associates records failed to reach the charts in the UK and sold far fewer than their early albums.

As from 2004, the Seekers have sold over 50 million records.

The band has sold over 4 million records.

The first 12-page issue was produced as a fanzine for a local record label ' Anti-Pop records ' run by Arthur 2 Stroke and Andy ' Pop ' Inman, and went on sale for 20p ( 30p to students ) in The Gosforth Hotel Salters road, which hosted ' Anti-Pop ' punk gigs, and the run of 150 copies had sold out within hours.

She sold more than three million records in total.

Williams has sold over 70 million records worldwide, which ranks him among the best-selling music artists worldwide.

He even began collecting property taxes for the lots he sold and kept detailed tax records.

Apparently, Oliver's records for Brunswick, Vocalion and Victor sold about the same as the other prominent Black bands, based on the fact that copies of his records turn up fairly frequently.

With few clear records matching the Shang oracle bones or the Zhou bronze vessel writings, the Xia era remains poorly understood.

Its migration routes and wintering grounds are poorly known, the only recent information being from occasional records on both the eastern and western coasts of Japan and along the Chinese coast.

Brown performed poorly the following two seasons, and the Giants struggled to 5 – 11 and 6 – 10 records.

The Romans fared very poorly during the initial revolt facing a completely unified Jewish force ( unlike during the First Jewish-Roman War, where Flavius Josephus records three separate Jewish armies fighting each other for control of the Temple Mount during the three weeks time after the Romans had breached Jerusalem's walls and were fighting their way to the center ).

The existence of the early Kingdom of Shu was poorly recorded in the main historical records of China, it was however referred to in the Han Dynasty text Shiji by Sima Qian as an ally of the Zhou who defeated the Shang.

There were likely other languages of the family that have left no records ; these include the languages of Lycaonia and Isauria, as well as languages such as Lutescan and Pamphylian, which are too poorly attested to construe a relationship with Anatolian.

The records were, at first, received poorly by critics ( perhaps because of their sincerity ).

The album was poorly promoted, and sales were worse than ever, but High Time was the best-reviewed of the band's original records upon its initial release.

Fitzsimmons's exact record remains unknown, as the boxing world often kept records poorly during his era, but Fitzsimmons said he had had more than 350 fights ( which could have involved exaggeration on his part ).

The records continued to sell poorly.

Radiex Records were standard lateral-cut double sided 78 rpm disc records pressed in various colours of shellac which generally stood up to wear poorly.

These unusual records sold poorly ( at a rather high price for the time of one dollar each ).

Like Grey Gull, Madison records were often poorly recorded and made from the same cheap material.

Cœnred's reign is poorly documented, but a contemporary source records that he faced attacks from the Welsh.

It is commonly believed that the number of fatalities is higher than the estimates given, due to poorly kept residency records in rural towns, and the fact that some smaller remains were never identified or claimed.

After the initial Epic single " Carrie-Anne " reached No. 9, the band's records tended to sell poorly in the US, with the exception of ' On A Carousel ' ( No. 11 in 1967 ), " He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother " ( No. 7, 1969 ), " Long Cool Woman " ( No. 2, 1972 ) and " The Air That I Breathe " ( No. 6, 1974 ).

The church's organization and beliefs are poorly understood, because few if any records were left by church members, and the church is mostly known from the writings of outside sources, primarily Roman Catholic ones.

In 1858 Hino was separated into two districts, but records from the period indicate the borders of the area were, in general, poorly defined.

Some methods of combining the records, in particular least squares, perform poorly.

At the time, official state records and important papers were poorly kept, and often retained privately, neglected or destroyed by public officers.

The southeastern Iberian script is poorly attested, and there are some gaps in the records: There are no positively identified symbols for / gu /, / do /, and / m /, for example.

While government, legal, and healthcare entities have a strong historical records management discipline, general record-keeping of corporate records has been poorly standardized and implemented.

According to a government inquiry on the topic, at least 30, 000 children were removed from their parents and the figure may be substantially higher ( the report notes that formal records of removals were very poorly kept ).