Thanks for listening to our Gold & Platinum Weekend Countdown. Here are the classic artists that we featured, ranked by album sales in the United States (as certified by RIAA)
| Rank | Artist | Millions of Albums |
| 60 | Monkees | 18.0 |
| 59 | Jackson Browne | 18.5 |
| 58 | Stevie Wonder | 19.5 |
| 57 | R.E.M. | 20.0 |
| 56 | Who | 21.0 |
| 55 | Genesis | 21.5 |
| 54 | Doobie Brothers | 22.0 |
| 53 | Police | 22.0 |
| 52 | Lionel Richie | 22.5 |
| 51 | Heart | 22.5 |
| 50 | Beach Boys | 22.5 |
| 49 | Jimmy Buffett | 23.0 |
| 48 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 23.5 |
| 47 | REO Speedwagon | 23.5 |
| 46 | Cars | 23.5 |
| 45 | Carpenters | 24.5 |
| 44 | ZZ Top | 25.0 |
| 43 | Paul McCartney (plus Wings) | 25.5 |
| 42 | Steve Miller Band | 25.5 |
| 41 | Janet Jackson | 26.0 |
| 40 | Bee Gees | 27.0 |
| 39 | John Mellencamp | 27.5 |
| 38 | Barry Manilow | 27.5 |
| 37 | CSNY (plus Crosby, Stills & Nash) | 28.0 |
| 36 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 28.0 |
| 35 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 28.5 |
| 34 | Linda Ronstadt | 30.0 |
| 33 | Boston | 31.0 |
| 32 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 31.5 |
| 31 | James Taylor | 33.0 |
| 30 | Doors | 33.0 |
| 29 | Phil Collins | 33.5 |
| 28 | Queen | 34.5 |
| 27 | Bon Jovi | 34.5 |
| 26 | Def Leppard | 35.0 |
| 25 | Bob Dylan | 36.0 |
| 24 | Prince / Prince & Revolution | 36.5 |
| 23 | Foreigner | 37.5 |
| 22 | Rod Stewart | 38.0 |
| 21 | Chicago | 38.5 |
| 20 | Simon & Garfunkel | 38.5 |
| 19 | Eric Clapton | 40.0 |
| 18 | Santana | 43.5 |
| 17 | Bob Seger | 43.5 |
| 16 | Journey | 48.0 |
| 15 | Neil Diamond | 49.5 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Mac | 49.5 |
| 13 | U2 | 52.0 |
| 12 | Van Halen | 56.5 |
| 11 | Whitney Houston | 57.0 |
| 10 | Madonna | 64.5 |
| 9 | Bruce Springsteen | 65.5 |
| 8 | Rolling Stones | 66.5 |
| 7 | Aerosmith | 66.5 |
| 6 | Elton John | 77.0 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | 81.0 |
| 4 | Billy Joel | 82.5 |
| 3 | Eagles | 101.0 |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | 136.0 |
| 1 | Beatles | 178.0 |
