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Who is currently the world’s most popular music artist?

He's not been on tour recently, he doesn't have a fan club, but according to some charts he's still wiping the floor with today's top artists. Well, according to the official US chart company Billboard, it's actually 18th century composer Mozart who has outsold closest rivals Adele and Beyoncé to shift over one and a quarter million CDs this year. Peter White finds out whether this is truly accurate.

First broadcast on You & Yours, 23 December 2016.

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