What is the most successful rock band of all time?

What is the most successful rock band of all time? No surprise: topping the list are the Beatles, who’ve sold 178 million units, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Click through the gallery for more bands and their sales figures. One of history’s first heavy metal rock bands, guitarist Jimmy Page, right, formed Led Zeppelin in England in 1968.

No surprise: topping the list are the Beatles, who’ve sold 178 million units, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Click through the gallery for more bands and their sales figures. One of history’s first heavy metal rock bands, guitarist Jimmy Page, right, formed Led Zeppelin in England in 1968.