2016's best-selling musical artist on CD? Mozart

Andrea James 8:42 am Thu Dec 15, 2016

He's been dead for 225 years, but Mozart can still top the charts in terms of CD sales.

The Mozart 225 box set was named Billboard's Biggest-selling CD release of 2016. Take that, Kanye and Taylor Swift!

Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition has shifted 1.25 million total CDs in the five weeks since its Oct. 28 release, according to Universal Music Group. The collection is formidable in every sense. It comprises a whopping 200 CDs, presenting every work by the classical great; features the talents of 600 world-class soloists and 60 orchestras, and plays for a total of 240 hours (not to mention the many hours of additional reading materials bundled in). Crunch the numbers and that's upwards of 6,250 sold box sets.

• Giant 'Mozart 225' Box Set is 2016's Biggest-Selling CD Release (via Konbini)

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