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		25 Adele	20,935,000 (06/21/22)	41,000	0 (0)	2,850,000 (19,000,000)	6,902,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 2,900 LD: 3,330	30,729,000
2		Purpose Justin Bieber	4,740,000 (04/27/22)	15,000	25,000 (80,000)	3,539,000 (23,590,000)	12,894,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 3,040 LD: 2,910	21,212,000
3		Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd	2,315,000 (07/03/22)	80,000	8,000 (25,000)	2,779,000 (18,530,000)	9,527,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 4,580 LD: 5,310	14,709,000
4		Hamilton Broadway cast of Hamilton	2,488,000 (12/30/21)	446,000	0 (0)	282,000 (1,880,000)	6,927,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 2,600 LD: 2,180	10,143,000
5		Title Meghan Trainor	2,165,000 (10/23/22)	129,000	5,000 (18,000)	3,005,000 (20,040,000)	4,523,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 2,190 LD: 2,390	9,827,000
6		A Head Full Of Dreams Coldplay	3,660,000 (06/07/21)	86,000	0 (0)	1,097,000 (7,310,000)	4,675,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,820 LD: 1,890	9,518,000
7		Made in the A.M. One Direction	2,700,000 (05/14/17)	0	0 (0)	1,095,000 (7,300,000)	4,752,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,540 LD: 1,760	8,547,000
8		Handwritten Shawn Mendes	900,000 (10/08/19)	71,000	0 (0)	1,428,000 (9,520,000)	4,865,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,370 LD: 1,390	7,264,000
9		Blurryface Twenty One Pilots	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	6,877,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	6,877,000
10		Smoke + Mirrors Imagine Dragons	1,390,000 (09/19/18)	23,000	1,000 (3,000)	702,000 (4,680,000)	3,485,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,110 LD: 1,050	5,601,000
11		If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake	1,705,000 (07/02/21)	0	0 (0)	636,000 (4,240,000)	3,177,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 800 LD: 790	5,518,000
12		Revival Selena Gomez	815,000 (03/22/21)	0	0 (0)	1,041,000 (6,940,000)	3,366,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 690 LD: 650	5,222,000
13		Stories Avicii	230,000 (04/25/18)	0	4,000 (10,000)	584,000 (3,890,000)	4,134,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,440 LD: 1,930	4,951,000
14		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 BTS	865,000 (06/16/22)	1,545,000	65,000 (165,000)	415,000 (2,770,000)	2,014,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 950 LD: 880	4,905,000
15		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2 BTS	1,035,000 (06/16/22)	1,174,000	83,000 (208,000)	381,000 (2,540,000)	1,867,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 990 LD: 950	4,540,000
16		Cry Baby (Deluxe Edition) Melanie Martinez	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,355,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,355,000
17		To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1,780,000 (05/17/22)	0	0 (0)	377,000 (2,520,000)	2,179,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 170 LD: 1,120	4,336,000
18		Peace Is The Mission (Extended) Major Lazer	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,210,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,210,000
19		Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Various Artists	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,025,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,025,000
20		Know-It-All Alessia Cara	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,864,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,864,000
21		Delirium (Deluxe) Ellie Goulding	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,789,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,789,000
22		Get Weird Little Mix	940,000 (02/02/20)	0	3,000 (10,000)	417,000 (2,780,000)	2,363,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 1,010 LD: 910	3,723,000
23		T R A P S O U L (Deluxe) Bryson Tiller	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,414,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,414,000
24		Confident Demi Lovato	510,000 (10/09/18)	0	1,000 (3,000)	497,000 (3,310,000)	2,252,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 830 LD: 870	3,260,000
25		Currents Tame Impala	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,245,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,245,000
26		I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,129,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,129,000
27		What a Time to Be Alive Drake & Future	755,000 (07/02/21)	0	0 (0)	450,000 (3,000,000)	1,850,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 350 LD: 300	3,055,000
28		When It's Dark Out (Deluxe Edition) G-Eazy	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,774,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,774,000
29		BADLANDS (Live From Webster Hall) Halsey	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,733,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,733,000
30		Lukas Graham (Blue Album) Lukas Graham	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,662,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,662,000
31		Fetty Wap Fetty Wap	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,655,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,655,000
32		Rodeo Travis Scott	390,000 (04/09/22)	0	0 (0)	232,000 (1,550,000)	2,019,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 940 LD: 980	2,641,000
33		American Beauty/American Psycho Fall Out Boy	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,514,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,514,000
34		SremmLife Rae Sremmurd	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,466,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,466,000
35		AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP A$AP Rocky	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,398,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,398,000
36		Wiped Out! The Neighbourhood	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,298,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,298,000
37		Late Nights: The Album Jeremih	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,292,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,292,000
38		Sugar Robin Schulz	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,100,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,100,000
39		Uptown Special Mark Ronson	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,045,000 (12/05/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,045,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.