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At over 16k words of readable prose, this article is too long to read comfortably. It would be beneficial to condense and/or migrate content to subarticles to make this one more readable. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:31, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

I would also like to mention the sheer amount of references on this article. You know you’ve gone a bit overboard if an article about a person has the same amount of citations as the United States (609). Eticangaaa (talk) 18:07, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Lowercase or uppercase?

A few days ago I had written the titles of all the paragraphs with a lowercase initial, a little while ago someone entered capital letters but did not respect the consistency. Obviously I will not intervene, but since the paragraph "Music career" is uppercase, while the paragraph "Film career" is lowercase, I would like us to agree on which one to insert for the whole article, whether lower or uppercase. JackkBrown (talk) 17:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

@JackkBrown, there was a recent RfC on the question of capitalization after a colon in a section heading. It found consensus for the use of either lowercase or uppercase; generally, an article should use one or the other consistently. After your edit, @Dima110: changed one heading to capital letters, and @Carlinal: changed several others. Perhaps they can explain the basis for their change and why they didn't make all of the headings consistent. Schazjmd (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

*Eating Christmas candy while on the phone listening to someone's body of work* Hm?

Oh, you mean this. Well, I hoped I was consistent there, even if Consistency isn't my middle name. I focused only on the headings but not the sub-headings, which I now noticed and should've done. I also capitalized "Reprise years" because, uh, it was clearly referring to his music label? My apologies. I aimed to do what was standard, overall. Carlinal (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

@Carlinal: given the inconsistency, I would propose writing the initial letters of all paragraph titles in lowercase. JackkBrown (talk) 19:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I just made this edit to rectify the aforementioned mistake, but I wouldn't mind your proposal either way. :) Carlinal (talk) 19:52, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

"Death and funeral" section minor error

This edit is specific, uncontroversial, and sensible. The beginning of this section starts with "at During the final years of his life,".

The at should be removed. Hidude21 (talk) 23:29, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. It has been removed. --Onorem (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

How could he remaster a song in 1998 if he was in active in 1995

Source : come fly with me 1998 digital remaster 92.1.76.106 (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Please link "All or Nothing at All" at its first appearance in the 1935–1939 section. 2001:BB6:47ED:FA58:2901:1587:56A7:1C3 (talk) 10:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Done. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 12:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) published a list of the 150 best-selling artists (albums and singles worldwide) in early 2006.

Top ten:

Elvis Presley - 1,485,000,000

The Beatles - 1,350,000,000

Bing Crosby - 900,000,000

Frank Sinatra - 650,000,000

Michael Jackson - 400,000,000

ABBA - 370,000,000

Elton John - 360,000,000

Madonna - 350,000,000

Cliff Richard - 250,000,000

The Rolling Stones - 240,000,000

Singers Male:

Elvis Presley - 1,485,000,000

Bing Crosby - 900,000,000

Frank Sinatra - 650,000,000

Michael Jackson - 400,000,000

Elton John - 250,000,000

Cliff Richard - 250,000,000

For female singers:

Madonna - 389,000,000 (singles+albums+live DVD)

Nana Mouskouri - 250,000,000

Céline Dion - 250,000,000

Mariah Carey - 210,000,000

Cher - 190,000,000

Whitney Houston - 189,000,000

Tina Turner - 180,000,000

As for music groups:

The Beatles - 1,350,000,000

Abba - 370,000,000

The Rolling Stones - 240,000,000

Conclusion: Among male artists, the leader by far is Elvis Presley, with almost 1.5 billion records sold. As for women, Madonna is clearly in the lead, with more than 350 million records sold worldwide. Nana Mouskouri is in second place, with sales mainly in Europe. Zeus Argon (talk) 04:34, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

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