This is amazing considering the fact that the genius has just started as a kindergarden kid in the music high schools of the west. Had number of records been the criteria, the list would not have been appeared at all on resource as useful as the 'Wikipedia'. Your's, Abhimanyu.
----- Original Message ---- From: Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:53:56 AM Subject: Re: [arr] A R Rahman is world #1 best selling Artist !!!! End of the day the Beatles have sold more than 500 million records.Period. And does this really matter? ;) On 8/12/08, Arun Bangalore <arunblore69@ yahoo.com> wrote: Hi All, Hope this is a news for u..... Cheers Arun http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ List_of_best- selling_music_ artists take (Number of tracks / Number of years in industry) and we seet that , A R Rahman is world #1 best selling Artist !!!! well, if u need the Proof, see http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ List_of_best- selling_music_ artists OR see the table below Its based on statistics ...and nothing else This success is sweeter and greater when we realize that, 99% of the other artists are from west, where piracy of tracks are very less unlike india !!! Language matters. We listen english music a lot, but an english guy rarely listens hindi/tamil !!! Rahman is on the less priviledged side as other's produce mostly english music. A R R is a one man army unlike Beatles and AC/DC His music only speaks for him. The variety (number of genres, ambience, period musicals, etc) that ARR handled is far more than any other artist in the world Courage for experimentation, like delivering chinese, karnatic classical, hindustaani, Qawwaali, and western music at the same time.. Year 2004 is the best example And above all, he is an INDIAN !!!
