Chris Brown is the 3rd top selling male artist in RIAA history

Coming in after Elvis (189.5 million) and Luke Combs (163.5 million), Breezy has solidified his space as one of the best to ever do it edging out the King of Pop. With the help of streaming the 36-year-old icon is officially the best-selling Black male vocalist in RIAA history and the 3rd best-selling male artist (163 million).

On a global scale, however, the MJ is still the king as he has sold over 1 billion records worldwide, making him the overall best-selling artist in music history—still.