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		Ed Sheeran x (Multiply)	9,055,000 (10/29/21)	200,000	11,000 (38,000)	5,048,000 (33,660,000)	10,506,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 2,780 LD: 2,650	24,820,000
2		Taylor Swift 1989	10,400,000 (05/25/21)	680,000	9,000 (30,000)	4,734,000 (31,560,000)	5,951,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 5,040 LD: 5,780	21,774,000
3		Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour	6,525,000 (10/11/17)	24,000	9,000 (30,000)	3,383,000 (22,550,000)	7,531,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,950 LD: 2,510	17,472,000
4		Maroon 5 V	2,400,000 (12/02/19)	199,000	5,000 (18,000)	4,530,000 (30,200,000)	6,808,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 2,550 LD: 3,110	13,942,000
5		Ariana Grande My Everything	1,960,000 (09/27/21)	83,000	6,000 (20,000)	3,995,000 (26,630,000)	6,489,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 2,050 LD: 2,180	12,533,000
6		One Direction Four	3,400,000 (05/14/17)	0	3,000 (10,000)	1,170,000 (7,800,000)	3,669,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,400 LD: 2,610	8,242,000
7		Coldplay Ghost Stories	3,480,000 (06/07/21)	354,000	6,000 (13,000)	1,149,000 (7,660,000)	2,618,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 910 LD: 980	7,607,000
8		Enrique Iglesias Sex And Love	1,500,000 (10/11/21)	0	0 (0)	1,710,000 (11,400,000)	2,212,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 660 LD: 730	5,429,000
9		Hozier Hozier (Special Edition)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,819,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,819,000
10		J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,527,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,527,000
11		Calvin Harris Motion	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,974,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,974,000
12		David Guetta Listen Again	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,530,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,530,000
13		Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence	1,450,000 (08/24/17)	0	0 (0)	300,000 (2,000,000)	1,727,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 640 LD: 1,670	3,477,000
14		AC/DC Rock or Bust	3,010,000 (02/20/18)	0	3,000 (10,000)	59,000 (390,000)	252,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 100 LD: 90	3,324,000
15		Vance Joy Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,306,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,306,000
16		BTS Skool Luv Affair	1,380,000 (06/16/22)	351,000	30,000 (75,000)	269,000 (1,790,000)	1,221,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,080 LD: 930	3,251,000
17		Sia 1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,180,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,180,000
18		Michael Jackson Xscape	1,750,000 (09/27/17)	0	0 (0)	644,000 (4,290,000)	756,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 230 LD: 290	3,150,000
19		Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint (Deluxe Edition)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,079,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,079,000
20		Pink Floyd The Endless River	2,650,000 (06/18/17)	0	0 (0)	90,000 (600,000)	225,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 60 LD: 30	2,965,000
21		Tove Lo Queen Of The Clouds (Blueprint Edition)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,923,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,923,000
22		Romeo Santos Fórmula, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition) [Clean Version]	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,819,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,819,000
23		James Bay Chaos And The Calm (Deluxe Edition)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,747,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,747,000
24		Shakira Shakira	860,000 (06/21/18)	0	6,000 (20,000)	549,000 (3,660,000)	1,100,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 300 LD: 740	2,515,000
25		Robin Schulz Prayer	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,434,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,434,000
26		Pitbull Globalization	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,139,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,139,000
27		BTS Dark & Wild	655,000 (06/16/22)	207,000	35,000 (88,000)	214,000 (1,430,000)	987,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 1,000 LD: 800	2,098,000
28		Foo Fighters Sonic Highways	1,550,000 (10/10/17)	100,000	0 (0)	158,000 (1,050,000)	279,000 (06/25/22)	Av.: 70 LD: 50	2,087,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.