Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time

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		Frozen Various Artists	10,900,000 (10/08/21)	1,100,000	0 (0)	4,341,000 (28,940,000)	4,728,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,810 LD: 1,770	21,069,000
2		Prism Katy Perry	4,230,000 (06/16/19)	76,000	12,000 (40,000)	4,116,000 (27,440,000)	4,507,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,540 LD: 2,370	12,941,000
3		The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem	4,770,000 (06/22/21)	10,000	8,000 (25,000)	3,060,000 (20,400,000)	4,245,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,240 LD: 1,300	12,093,000
4		Midnight Memories One Direction	5,250,000 (05/14/17)	604,000	8,000 (27,000)	1,875,000 (12,500,000)	4,272,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,560 LD: 2,630	12,009,000
5		AM Arctic Monkeys	3,705,000 (10/24/22)	116,000	12,000 (42,000)	706,000 (4,710,000)	6,794,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 7,530 LD: 7,420	11,333,000
6		Pure Heroine Lorde	3,100,000 (06/22/17)	100,000	0 (0)	2,640,000 (17,600,000)	3,864,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,180 LD: 1,510	9,704,000
7		True Avicii	1,970,000 (04/25/18)	117,000	30,000 (100,000)	2,904,000 (19,360,000)	4,637,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,580 LD: 1,750	9,658,000
8		Beyoncé Beyoncé	3,930,000 (07/16/22)	115,000	0 (0)	1,629,000 (10,860,000)	3,668,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 930 LD: 820	9,342,000
9		Nothing Was the Same Drake	2,510,000 (07/02/21)	7,000	0 (0)	2,024,000 (13,490,000)	3,870,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 1,220 LD: 1,280	8,411,000
10		The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake	3,800,000 (02/09/18)	285,000	3,000 (10,000)	1,829,000 (12,190,000)	1,541,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 460 LD: 440	7,458,000
11		Bangerz Miley Cyrus	2,095,000 (12/07/20)	84,000	9,000 (28,000)	2,339,000 (15,590,000)	2,721,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 910 LD: 840	7,247,000
12		Artpop Lady Gaga	2,135,000 (12/22/20)	20,000	21,000 (70,000)	1,236,000 (8,240,000)	1,209,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 470 LD: 500	4,621,000
13		#willpower Will.i.am	600,000 (07/20/17)	0	6,000 (20,000)	2,415,000 (16,100,000)	1,600,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 450 LD: 520	4,621,000
14		Demi Demi Lovato	1,160,000 (10/09/18)	0	1,000 (3,000)	1,169,000 (7,790,000)	2,144,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 770 LD: 780	4,474,000
15		To Be Loved Michael Bublé	3,300,000 (03/02/22)	20,000	0 (0)	330,000 (2,200,000)	551,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 170 LD: 170	4,201,000
16		Yours Truly Ariana Grande	1,115,000 (09/27/21)	11,000	4,000 (10,000)	1,034,000 (6,890,000)	1,770,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 680 LD: 990	3,933,000
17		Native (Deluxe) OneRepublic	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,166,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,166,000
18		I Love You. The Neighbourhood	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,088,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,088,000
19		The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 Justin Timberlake	1,400,000 (02/09/18)	285,000	1,000 (3,000)	668,000 (4,450,000)	622,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 130 LD: 80	2,976,000
20		Love In The Future (Expanded Edition) John Legend	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,641,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,641,000
21		Stars Dance Selena Gomez	805,000 (03/22/21)	56,000	3,000 (5,000)	825,000 (5,500,000)	936,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 300 LD: 260	2,625,000
22		Moon Landing James Blunt	1,410,000 (02/05/19)	40,000	15,000 (50,000)	500,000 (3,330,000)	608,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 170 LD: 160	2,573,000
23		Tattoos (Deluxe Edition) Jason Derulo	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,559,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,559,000
24		Vessel (with Bonus Tracks) Twenty One Pilots	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,556,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,556,000
25		Bad Blood (The Extended Cut) Bastille	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,453,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,453,000
26		LONG.LIVE.A$AP (Deluxe Version) A$AP Rocky	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,333,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,333,000
27		Settle (Special Edition) Disclosure	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,308,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,308,000
28		Born Sinner (Deluxe Version) J. Cole	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,275,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,275,000
29		Swings Both Ways Robbie Williams	1,920,000 (12/15/19)	85,000	4,000 (12,000)	96,000 (640,000)	164,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 40 LD: 30	2,269,000
30		The 1975 (Deluxe) The 1975	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,267,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,267,000
31		Random Access Memories Daft Punk	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,116,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,116,000
32		Long Way Down (Deluxe) Tom Odell	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,109,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,109,000
33		Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne	740,000 (02/10/18)	0	6,000 (20,000)	593,000 (3,950,000)	740,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 260 LD: 230	2,079,000
34		Sadnecessary Milky Chance	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,025,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,025,000
35		Because the Internet Childish Gambino	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,021,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,021,000
36		Yeezus Kanye West	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,005,000 (11/28/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,005,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.