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As far as record sales worldwide are concerned, Elton John is the bigger artist. However, Billy Joel has more sales in the US, placing as sixth top-selling artist in the US according to the RIAA with 79.5 million estimated sales. Elton John places as tenth top-selling artist in the US with 70 million estimated sales. In the worldwide scheme of record sales, Elton John is the sixth top-selling artist in the world with 250 million estimated sales, where Billy Joel places far below with only 100 million estimated sales.

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