Good grief, I haven't even heard of some of these people. Flo Rida? Ke$ha? Barbara Streisand I believe, she was enormously popular. And I don't think Bob Marley has ever sold many albums though he is highly respected.
How much of this is due to Soundscan and the way we keep track now as opposed to the more sloppy rip-off-the-artist bookkeeping in the past?
Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Ultra; pretty red Squier Acoustic;
Amps: Vox VT30;
Pedals: Dunlop Fuzz Face; Dunlop Crybaby Wah
My kids have: Squier Affinity Stratocaster MII; Fender G-DEC; Squire Acoustic; Jay Turser Strat-copy, Roland Cube amp
"I am a sworn enemy of the saccharine, and a believer in grace over karma." Bono 2001