It is estimated that the figure for record sales by Elvis Presely is just more than one billion records sold worldwide. This makes him the best-selling solo artist of all time. People all over the world have been and are still stuck on Elvis and his legacy. He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and was inducted into several music halls of fame.

Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. Besides the estimated more than one billion Elvis records sold worldwide, more than anyone else in record industry history, Elvis starred in 31 feature films as an actor and two theatrically released concert documentary films, all of which enjoyed total financial success. For a number of years, Elvis was one of Hollywood’s top box office draws and one of its highest-paid actors. In addition to his music and film career, he performed three network television specials – "Elvis" (1968), "Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, via Satellite" (1973), and "Elvis in Concert" (1977). These specials on TV were among the most highly rated specials of their time.

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