Which art/entertainment industry is the biggest?
Bear in mind...
The 21st century's biggest selling album, Adele's
21 sold
30 million copies worldwide.
The 21st century's biggest book series, J.K. Rowling's
Harry Potter, sold
450 million copies worldwide.
Here are some more figures for book sales this century...
Individual novels...- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's / Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 109 million copies sold*
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - 80 million copies sold
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown - 39 million copies sold
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 30 million copies sold
Book series...- The Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown - 200 million copies sold
- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - 125 million copies sold
- The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer - 120 million copies sold
- The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson - 80 million copies sold
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 65 million copies sold in the US
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett - 65 million copies sold
- A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin - 60 million copies sold
- The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare - 35 million copies sold
- The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth - 20 million copies sold
*the same as Michael Jackson's
Thriller - and
all Harry Potter books have sold over 50 million copies... however
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has sold over 140 million copies.
So which industry is bigger / more powerful?