question: Which American author has sold over 600 million copies one of which had a television special of it in 1971?
answer: Theodor Seuss Geisel
context: Title: Usher discography
  Passage: American singer Usher has released eight studio albums, nine compilation albums, eight extended plays, and fifty-three singles (including eleven as a featured artist).  His music has been released on the LaFace, Arista, Jive, and RCA record labels.  23 million of his albums were shipped in the United States, and sold over 43 million albums worldwide, leading to a combined 75 million records and making him one of the best selling music artists.  He also has 9 Hot 100 number-one singles (all as a lead) and 18 Hot 100 top-ten singles.  In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album in North America, producing three singles that had moderate chart success, and the album sold more than 500,000 copies.  His follow-up 1997 album "My Way" sold 8 million copies, becoming his breakthrough album.  It was certified six-times platinum in the US, and spawned three successful singles, including his first US "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one hit "Nice & Slow".  Usher's success continued in 2001 with his third studio album "8701".  It debuted at number four on the "Billboard" 200.  The album produced two number-one singles—"U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad".  It has sold more than 4.7 million copies and has been certified four-times platinum in the US.  Its worldwide sales stand at over 8 million.
  Title: List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2002
  Passage: The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the "Billboard" 200, published by "Billboard" magazine.  The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.  25 acts achieved number one albums during this year with artist such as Nelly and Shania Twain who had their albums debut at number one on the chart.  Rapper Eminem's "The Eminem Show" is the best selling album of 2002 selling over approximately 7.6 million copies by the end of the year.  It is also the longest running album of 2002 spending six non-consecutive weeks the chart and was known for its first full week of sales debut of 1.322 million copies which Nielsen SoundScan scanned as the sixth largest sales of all time in its first week.  Its debut of 1.322 million copies has still not been matched by any album today since except for Taylor Swift's album "1989", which opened with first week sales of 1.279 million copies.  The band Creed continued its eight week long run on the chart but is credited as the longest running album 2001.  Jennifer Lopez earned her second number one album on the charts with "", which became the highest first week sales of a remix album at the time.  R&B artist Ashanti earned her first number one album with her self-titled debut album "Ashanti", which opened up with first week sales of 503,000 copies in its first week alone.  Puff Daddy earned his first number one album since "No Way Out" back in 1997.  Rapper Jay-Z earned his fifth chart topper with "", which opened up with first week sales of 545,000 copies alone.  Heavy metal band Disturbed earned its first number one album on the chart with "Believe", which opened up with first week sales of 284,000 copies alone.  Country music singer Shania Twain's album "Up! " opened up with a huge first week sales of 857,000 copies in its first week alone, giving her the recognition of the highest first week sales of her career and second highest of the year, only behind Eminem's "The Eminem Show" and at the time the fastest selling solo female album ever.  Nelly's album "Nellyville" opened up with his highest first week sales of his career which logged on with huge sales of 714,000 copies in its first week alone, which beat his sales of his debut album "Country Grammar", which opened up with first week sales of 235,000 copies.  Country singer Alan Jackson album "Drive" gave him his first number one album on the chart and opened up with first week sales of 211,000 copies alone.
  Title: Dr. Seuss
  Passage: Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss ( ).  His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
  Title: Celine Dion albums discography
  Passage: Canadian singer Celine Dion has released twenty-six studio albums, seven live albums, seventeen compilation albums, and twenty-one box sets.  Her debut album, "La voix du bon Dieu" was issued in 1981.  In the '80s, Dion released her French-language albums in Canada, with several compilation albums issued also in France.  Her first English-language album, entitled "Unison" was released in 1990 and has sold over three million copies worldwide.  It was followed by "Dion chante Plamondon" in 1991 and "Celine Dion" in 1992.  The latter became one of six of her albums to be certified Diamond in Canada for shipments of at least one million units.  Dion's popularity became well-established with her 1993 album, "The Colour of My Love", which topped the charts in various countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, and has sold twenty million copies around the world.  In the United States, it was certified six-times platinum.  Released in 1995, "D'eux" became the best-selling French-language album in history, with sales of ten million copies worldwide.  In France alone, "D'eux" spent forty-four weeks at the top of the chart and has sold 4.5 million units, becoming the best-selling album of all time.  It also became Dion's first out of six Diamond-certified albums in France.
  Title: Kid Rock discography
  Passage: Kid Rock has released 10 studio albums, one compilation album, two extended plays and one live album.  His debut album, "Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast", was released by Jive Records in 1990.  Following its release, Kid Rock was dropped by Jive and became an independent artist.  In 1992, he signed to a small Brooklyn based imprint called Continuum.  He was released from Continuum after two years and started his own Top Dog record label.  In 1997, he was signed to Atlantic Records.  He released his mainstream debut album, "Devil Without a Cause", on August 18, 1998.  The album would be certified diamond by the RIAA and go on to sell 11 million copies in the United States.  In 2000, he released "The History of Rock", a compilation of tracks from 1993's "The Polyfuze Method" and 1996's "Early Mornin Stoned Pimp".  "Cocky" was released in 2001 as the official follow up to "Devil Without a Cause" and sold five million copies.  That was followed by 2003's "Kid Rock" and 2006's "Live Trucker".  "Live Trucker" was Kid Rock's first live release selling over 600,000 copies, making it a gold album.  In 2007, Kid Rock made his comeback with "Rock n Roll Jesus", which was certified triple platinum.  "Born Free" was released in 2010 and went platinum.  Rebel Soul went gold in April 2013.  He has sold 25 million albums in the US as of December 2013, and over 35 million worldwide.  He released "First Kiss" in 2015, has of January 2016 it has sold 356,000 copies.  "Devil" still proved a strong catalog seller in 2015 selling over 100,000 copies.
  Title: Encore (Eminem album)
  Passage: Encore (stylized as ƎNCORE) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem.  It was released by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records.  Its release was set for November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12 (coincidentally, exactly eight years to the day since his debut album, "Infinite", was released) after the album was leaked to the Internet.  "Encore" sold 710,000 copies in its first three days, and went on to sell over 1.5 million copies in its first two weeks of release in the United States, certified quadruple-platinum that mid-December.  Nine months after its release, worldwide sales of the album stood at 11 million copies.  By December 2016, the album had sold over 5 million copies in the United States and more than 23 million copies worldwide.
  Title: The Cat in the Hat (TV special)
  Passage: The Cat in the Hat is an American animated musical television special first aired on CBS on March 10, 1971, based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss children's book of the same name, and produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.  With voices by Allan Sherman and prolific vocal performer Daws Butler, this half-hour special is a loose adaptation with added musical sequences.
  Title: Christina Aguilar
  Passage: Christina Aguilar is a Thai singer of French and Filipino heritage, dubbed Thai "Queen of Dance". Her debut album "Ninja" was certified platinum for 1 million copies sold - a first for a Thai female singer.  She's also the first and only Thai artist to have the first four studios albums selling over 1 million copies; with her third album "Red Beat" as the best selling female artist album of all time in Thai music industry, reaching 3 million copies.  Her Solo Albums (8 albums) selling over 10.5 million copies.  (not including Special Albums)
  Title: Growing Wild
  Passage: The first EP "Wild" (野 yě) of Growing Wild was sold more than 3 million copies in the 16 days following its release in May 2016.  For comparison: the current No. 1 on the US Billboard chart, Drake's "One Dance," has sold only 1,442,000 copies in twice as long; Beyoncé's Lemonade sold just 974,000 copies in the two weeks after its surprise debut in April 2016.  The selling volume of the "Growing Wild" have exceeded over six million and sold over 30 million yuan on Nov, 27.  Total sales of "Growing Wild" were more than 6.5 million copies, grossing over 32.8 million yuan ($4.73 million) in 2016.  According to Andy Wai Lam Ng, the vice-president of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Growing Wild achieved China's highest digital music sales since the company released the first Chinese digital album in December 2014.
  Title: Enid Blyton
  Passage: Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.  Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, "Child Whispers", a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922.  She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, and Secret Seven series.
citations: Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat (TV special)