 This did not stop him from becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records.The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the United Kingdom, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single, appeared in the 1997 film "Spice World", and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts, He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".Sometimes credited as "Meat Loaf Aday", he has also appeared in over 50 movies and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona.