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		Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	22,470,000 (06/25/19)	2,561,000	521,000 (1,737,000)	1,161,000 (7,740,000)	1,129,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 560 LD: 590	27,842,000
2		Enya Watermark	13,130,000 (02/25/18)	6,007,000	465,000 (1,550,000)	225,000 (1,500,000)	353,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 150 LD: 180	20,180,000
3		Bon Jovi New Jersey	13,900,000 (01/28/22)	3,328,000	1,740,000 (5,800,000)	495,000 (3,300,000)	465,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 280 LD: 300	19,928,000
4		Metallica ?And Justice For All	15,840,000 (02/13/19)	1,725,000	435,000 (1,450,000)	659,000 (4,390,000)	1,070,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 530 LD: 680	19,729,000
5		U2 Rattle And Hum	13,800,000 (09/18/21)	1,839,000	870,000 (2,900,000)	255,000 (1,700,000)	220,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 120 LD: 120	16,984,000
6		Guns N' Roses Gnr Lies	9,940,000 (03/01/18)	1,125,000	273,000 (910,000)	293,000 (1,950,000)	475,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 220 LD: 300	12,106,000
7		Dirty Dancing More Dirty Dancing	8,780,000 (01/13/18)	2,310,000	0 (0)	4,000 (30,000)	3,000 (01/13/18)	N/A	11,097,000
8		Sade Stronger than Pride	8,280,000 (07/02/20)	1,977,000	296,000 (985,000)	143,000 (950,000)	168,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 90 LD: 90	10,864,000
9		Mannheim Steamroller A Fresh Aire Christmas	6,645,000 (12/28/20)	1,887,000	0 (0)	116,000 (770,000)	32,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 0	8,680,000
10		Kylie Minogue Kylie	5,040,000 (04/16/18)	1,488,000	1,872,000 (6,240,000)	69,000 (460,000)	124,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 70 LD: 120	8,593,000
11		Rod Stewart Out Of Order	4,600,000 (11/23/19)	1,237,000	753,000 (2,510,000)	243,000 (1,620,000)	73,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 40 LD: 50	6,906,000
12		Van Halen OU812	5,795,000 (08/14/20)	264,000	377,000 (1,255,000)	108,000 (720,000)	57,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	6,601,000
13		Phil Collins & Various Artists Buster	3,090,000 (04/11/18)	1,509,000	1,545,000 (5,150,000)	209,000 (1,390,000)	40,000 (04/11/18)	N/A	6,393,000
14		Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	4,815,000 (11/12/21)	979,000	260,000 (740,000)	50,000 (330,000)	157,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 80 LD: 110	6,260,000
15		R.E.M. Green	4,765,000 (09/24/21)	427,000	246,000 (815,000)	92,000 (610,000)	98,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 60 LD: 70	5,627,000
16		Prince Lovesexy	3,390,000 (10/04/18)	232,000	552,000 (1,840,000)	38,000 (250,000)	18,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 0	4,230,000
17		AC/DC Blow Up Your Video	3,860,000 (02/20/18)	170,000	90,000 (300,000)	15,000 (100,000)	57,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	4,192,000
18		Ozzy Osbourne No Rest for the Wicked	3,690,000 (03/12/20)	99,000	15,000 (50,000)	21,000 (140,000)	30,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	3,855,000
19		Barbra Streisand Till I Loved You	2,550,000 (03/16/18)	78,000	219,000 (730,000)	5,000 (30,000)	13,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,865,000
20		Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young American Dream [CSNY]	2,430,000 (05/16/21)	2,000	86,000 (288,000)	15,000 (100,000)	13,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,546,000
21		Elton John Reg Strikes Back	1,880,000 (02/05/18)	54,000	527,000 (1,757,000)	5,000 (30,000)	23,000 (06/23/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 20	2,489,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.