Records most sold book in the world of all time

The most popular novel on this list was spanish novel don quixote which came in at fourth place with 500m copies sold, followed by j. As you can see from the graphic below created by designer jared fanning, the bible leads the countdown by a large margin. The bible tops the list of the most read books in the world. Of course, the bible stills remains the worlds most purchased tome, at 6 billion copies sold, according to guinness world records. Zondervan is both the worlds leading bible publisher and the publisher of the purpose driven life. According to guinness world records as of 1995, the bible is the bestselling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed.

For the record, the excluded books have sold an estimated hundreds of millions of copies each several billion, in the bibles case and would have taken most of the top positions on the list. The bible may be the bestselling book of all time current estimates suggest its sold over 5 billion copies worldwide, but its got some serious competition on its hands from the world of fantasy literature. Quotations from chairman mao authored by mao zedong book sales. Still, to a lot of rowlings fans, all seven harry potter novels are like bibles to them. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. Books since the bestselling guinness world records book was first published in 1955, it has sold more than 8 million copies in over 100 countries, and has been translated into at least 20 languages.

Here are 10 of the most insane world records ever completed. In the united states, madonna is the secondbest selling female artist behind barbara streisand. Chapman created the list by examining how many individual copies of the books had been printed and sold over the last 50 years. Marshall mathers, 43, is the top hiphop artist of all time on the billboard 200, ranking at no. This reading list shares the bestselling books of alltime and breaks down the top selling books by.

Because religious texts are often translated into many foreign languages and distributed widely by churches, however, precise figures are hard to come by. The 21 bestselling books of all time howstuffworks. Sitting at the top of the list of alltime fastest hat tricks is a recent hattrick from the sheffield sunday league in. Here, we take a look at the 20 bestselling fantasy books of all time. Caminiti, vice president and publisher of bibles at zondervan, to the christian post. Rowlings harry potter series at fifth place with 450m copies. The alltime most popular books in the world revealed stylist. Christian books still dominate alltime bestsellers lists.

Fifty shades of grey is britains bestselling book ever according to the publishers at. With all those caveats in mind and not including ebook sales, here are. Rowlings harry potter series, which is the most successful movie franchise in the world, ranked third with 400 million copies sold worldwide. While the novel enjoys surges in popularity now and then, especially in spain, the sales number is a guess. The holy quran came out on top with over 3 billion prints, followed by the king james bible with over 2.

The festive favourite was written by irving berlin usa, 18881989 in 1940, recorded in 18 minutes on 29 may 1942 and introduced in berlins musical movie holiday inn usa, 1942, starring crosby and fred astaire usa, 18991987. Guinness world records estimates that over five billion copies of the bible have been sold, making it the bestselling book of all time. The alltime most popular books in the world revealed. The 100 greatest vinyl records of all time by liza lentini. The female that has sold the most records worldwide is madonna. Top 20 selling country artist of all time kix country. First published in 1955, the iconic annual guinness world records books have sold over 8 million copies in over 20 languages and in more than 100 countries. A common theme with a number of these best selling authors of all time is that they write detective fiction. The book guinness world records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond.

At one time mein kampf was the number one produced book in germany. According to guinness world records, the bible is the bestselling book of all time, with over 5 billion copies sold and distributed. The wildest guinness world records set around the world. Harry potter becomes bestselling book series in history. The list was decided on by a crack team of industry experts and some girl called.

K rowling, the deathly hallows is the seventh instalment in the harry potter series the book was released on 21, july 2007 by bloomsbury publishing in the united kingdom and scholastic in the united states. The album was released on february 4, 1977, by warner bro. He found fame performing with his older siblings as part of the jackson 5 before going it alone. A survey by the bible society concluded that around 2. Writer james chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each. Simenons most notable works feature jules maigret, a detective that featured in over 75 of his novels. Celine dion is the only female artist to have two singles to sell more than a million copies in the uk. And then it is only a vague guess, probably inflated by the xtains. It is the oldest book on this list, so its had a long time to accrue sales. All time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide. What does that mean anyway if it was produced in the biggest number.

Outkast has sold over 25 million records and is the most successful hiphop groups of all time. The books phenomenal popularity may be because it was essentially an unofficial requirement for every chinese citizen to own, to read, and to carry it at all times during the latter half of maos rule, especially during. Starting off the list of the 20 bestselling books of all time is harry potter and the deathly hallows. Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the bible is the worlds bestselling and most widely distributed book. Guinness world records has released a list of the top 50 most important and influential videogames of all time. Of course you have, because the idea of being the best at. The shoes went to miles nadal, a canadian collector and businessman. All those awards are due to their seven platinum albums including 5xplatinum feels like today.

If u search up the most sold album of all time its thriller but the mistake in that is it never sold 780 million, to be exact it sold 104 billion, all over the world. The second and third books, fifty shades darker and fifty shades freed, are also selling fast, with uk. Billboard 200 charts, the uk album charts and winning a grammy award for album of the year in 1978. We have been reading different tales from the world of fiction and sometimes nonfiction ever since we were. Million selling records from 1900 to 1980 tell it like. Writer james chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years he found. The 20 bestselling albums of all time updated 2020. These guys are the most awarded country group of the last decade.

The guinness world records official site with ultimate recordbreaking facts. Jamess fifty shades of grey, you might think thats the most popular book in the world. The song recognized as the bestselling single of all time, was released before the poprock singleschart era and was listed as the worlds bestselling single in the firstever guinness book of records published in 1955 andremarkablystill retains the title more than 50 years later. The 100 greatest vinyl records of all time by marhubeng. The fastest selling book in history is harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final novel in jk rowlings uk harry potter.

The quotations from chairman mao tsetung, also known as the little red book, has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures with estimates ranging from 800 million to over 6. For those who are interested in who has multiple albums in the top 100 best selling albums of all time, garth brooks has 7, the beatles have 6, led zeppelin has 5. The book has remained in the top slot in the uk bestseller lists for the 16th week running. Here are the 10 bestselling books of all time information news. Guinness world records gwr is the global authority on recordbreaking achievement. Rumours became fleetwood macs most successful release to date after topping the u. Our purpose, vision, mission and values our history our company careers. What is the second best selling book of all time after. To make the bible the most printed book you have to add up all its flavors. The bible is the worlds bestselling book, having sold more than five. With 40 trophies from the acms, cmas, peoples choice awards and more. There is, of course, no way to tally sales from the 1600s, so although some sources suggest that this has sold 500 million copies, theres no way anyone could.

Hopefully they have themselves a big trophy cabinet. Platinum record for michael jackson s thriller 1982, the bestselling album of all time. Bing crosbys usa, 190377 white christmas has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. Records and has since sold 40 million albums worldwide. Researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 mostread books in the world. Here are some of the coolest and most remarkable music world records broken by.

Hebrew, greek, aramaic many copies of the holy bible have been freely given away during missionary work. See how it compares to the top 100 bestsellers of all time. Below is the list based on riaas data for the bestselling albums in us history measured in certified units sold. Top 10 highest selling music artists of all time featuring. Englands greatest rock band holds the top spot on the alltime ranking of bestselling artists by album sales, and it looks untouchable on a bizarre list filled with a number of surprising. People are surprised when they hear that the bible is not only the bestselling book of alltime, but also the bestselling book every year, said paul j.