Albums Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales

This list is about the most successful albums of all time (understand “which have generated the most sales”). The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales).

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. Sales figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles while streams are updated daily. Albums from unstudied artists which gained significant streams are listed but miss the sales component.

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In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

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#	Cover	Album	Sales*				Streams		Total CSPC
			Studio Albums	Other LPs	Physical Singles	Digital Singles	EAS	Daily Increase
1		Michael Jackson Bad	33,600,000 (09/27/17)	22,287,000	3,948,000 (13,160,000)	2,402,000 (16,010,000)	2,614,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,130 LD: 1,630	64,851,000
2		Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction	30,770,000 (03/01/18)	10,822,000	840,000 (2,800,000)	3,102,000 (20,680,000)	4,024,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,840 LD: 2,560	49,558,000
3		U2 The Joshua Tree	26,800,000 (09/18/21)	17,389,000	1,315,000 (4,050,000)	1,845,000 (12,300,000)	1,803,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 970 LD: 1,070	49,152,000
4		Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing	29,970,000 (01/13/18)	2,907,000	1,275,000 (4,250,000)	563,000 (3,750,000)	1,161,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 540 LD: 750	35,876,000
5		Whitney Houston Whitney	19,800,000 (05/04/17)	3,551,000	2,274,000 (7,580,000)	765,000 (5,100,000)	1,239,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 570 LD: 810	27,629,000
6		George Michael Faith	18,850,000 (05/06/17)	4,578,000	2,718,000 (9,060,000)	480,000 (3,200,000)	744,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 320 LD: 470	27,370,000
7		Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night	11,300,000 (10/21/21)	7,290,000	1,455,000 (4,850,000)	810,000 (5,400,000)	1,073,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 610 LD: 700	21,928,000
8		Sting ?Nothing Like the Sun	9,540,000 (06/14/20)	7,010,000	759,000 (2,080,000)	369,000 (2,460,000)	489,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 270 LD: 280	18,167,000
9		Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason	10,200,000 (06/18/17)	1,822,000	84,000 (280,000)	165,000 (1,100,000)	263,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 110 LD: 170	12,534,000
10		Aerosmith Permanent Vacation	7,590,000 (06/01/18)	3,401,000	528,000 (1,760,000)	483,000 (3,220,000)	411,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 210 LD: 270	12,413,000
11		Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love	8,350,000 (07/07/17)	617,000	828,000 (2,760,000)	120,000 (800,000)	164,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 70 LD: 100	10,079,000
12		R.E.M. Document	4,025,000 (09/24/21)	5,002,000	251,000 (838,000)	255,000 (1,700,000)	276,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 160 LD: 180	9,809,000
13		Enya Enya (The Celts)	6,190,000 (02/25/18)	1,804,000	12,000 (40,000)	69,000 (460,000)	140,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 60 LD: 60	8,215,000
14		Prince Sign 'o' the Times	5,250,000 (10/04/18)	1,262,000	1,206,000 (4,020,000)	357,000 (2,380,000)	120,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 50 LD: 70	8,195,000
15		Madonna Who's That Girl	5,400,000 (08/20/17)	53,000	1,182,000 (3,940,000)	77,000 (510,000)	34,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 20	6,746,000
16		Bee Gees E.S.P.	2,700,000 (04/09/17)	739,000	741,000 (2,470,000)	120,000 (800,000)	84,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 40 LD: 60	4,384,000
17		Bryan Adams Into the Fire	3,340,000 (03/22/19)	106,000	405,000 (1,350,000)	8,000 (50,000)	16,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	3,875,000
18		Cher Cher	2,050,000 (08/30/17)	531,000	492,000 (1,640,000)	65,000 (430,000)	28,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	3,166,000
19		Stevie Wonder Characters	2,355,000 (03/20/21)	4,000	281,000 (933,000)	62,000 (410,000)	18,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,719,000
20		David Bowie Never Let Me Down	2,300,000 (03/11/22)	12,000	315,000 (1,050,000)	5,000 (30,000)	12,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,644,000
21		Deep Purple The House of Blue Light	2,115,000 (08/18/21)	21,000	37,000 (120,000)	11,000 (70,000)	14,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,197,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.