Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time
Artists Ranking – Physical Singles Sales
The figures given here are units sold.
Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.
| Rank | Pic | Artist | Sales | Valid as of | 1 |  | Elvis Presley | 135,207,000 | 09/01/18 | 2 |  | The Beatles | 116,077,000 | 03/01/17 | 3 |  | Michael Jackson | 79,350,000 | 09/27/17 | 4 |  | Madonna | 75,210,000 | 08/13/17 | 5 |  | Bee Gees | 72,790,000 | 04/09/17 | 6 |  | The Rolling Stones | 72,773,000 | 12/03/16 | 7 |  | Elton John | 65,340,000 | 02/05/18 | 8 |  | Stevie Wonder | 65,317,500 | 03/17/21 | 9 |  | Paul McCartney | 57,973,000 | 12/13/18 | 10 |  | Rod Stewart & Faces | 55,217,000 | 11/23/19 | 11 |  | ABBA | 54,400,000 | 11/02/16 | 12 |  | Queen | 49,960,000 | 01/25/20 | 13 |  | George Michael & Wham! | 49,880,000 | 05/07/17 | 14 |  | Whitney Houston | 49,523,000 | 05/04/17 | 15 |  | Cher | 46,220,000 | 08/30/17 | 16 |  | David Bowie | 44,203,000 | 01/11/17 | 17 |  | Johnny Hallyday | 43,737,000 | 01/01/18 | 18 |  | Prince | 42,910,000 | 10/04/18 | 19 |  | Janet Jackson | 40,637,000 | 04/17/17 | 20 |  | Céline Dion | 39,290,000 | 09/28/21 | 21 |  | Billy Joel | 36,900,000 | 11/03/21 | 22 |  | Mariah Carey | 36,890,000 | 04/28/17 | 23 |  | Barbra Streisand | 35,253,000 | 03/16/18 | 24 |  | Bryan Adams | 32,090,000 | 03/23/19 | 25 |  | Jackson 5 & The Jacksons | 31,160,000 | 09/26/17 | 26 |  | Eric Clapton | 29,940,000 | 09/21/22 | 27 |  | Phil Collins | 29,907,000 | 04/11/18 | 28 |  | Bon Jovi | 27,980,000 | 11/16/16 | 29 |  | John Lennon | 26,780,000 | 10/16/18 | 30 |  | Fleetwood Mac | 26,057,000 | 10/21/21 | 31 |  | Ayumi Hamasaki | 25,984,000 | 09/27/19 | 32 |  | Simon & Garfunkel | 23,830,000 | 05/11/18 | 33 |  | The Police | 23,807,000 | 06/06/20 | 34 |  | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 22,567,000 | 01/31/19 | 35 |  | U2 | 22,550,000 | 08/31/16 | 36 |  | Bruce Springsteen | 21,007,000 | 07/07/17 | 37 |  | Spice Girls | 20,020,000 | 03/23/17 | 38 |  | Kylie Minogue | 19,723,000 | 04/16/18 | 39 |  | Britney Spears | 18,600,000 | 04/28/19 | 40 |  | Backstreet Boys | 18,010,000 | 02/09/17 | 41 |  | Bob Dylan | 17,677,000 | 10/23/16 | 42 |  | Eagles | 16,627,000 | 12/20/17 | 43 |  | Sting | 16,013,000 | 06/14/20 | 44 |  | Aerosmith | 15,503,000 | 06/01/18 | 45 |  | Metallica | 15,483,000 | 02/13/19 | 46 |  | Santana | 15,383,000 | 08/04/20 | 47 |  | Eminem | 14,319,000 | 06/22/21 | 48 |  | Genesis | 13,906,000 | 05/25/22 | 49 |  | The Doors | 13,860,000 | 03/03/19 | 50 |  | Shania Twain | 13,130,000 | 12/05/16 | 51 |  | TLC | 13,120,000 | 04/07/19 | 52 |  | Paul Simon | 12,817,000 | 05/10/18 | 53 |  | Christina Aguilera | 12,740,000 | 03/18/17 | 54 |  | Deep Purple | 12,176,000 | 08/18/21 | 55 |  | Usher | 12,043,000 | 09/04/17 | 56 |  | Robbie Williams | 11,957,000 | 12/15/19 | 57 |  | 2Pac | 11,923,000 | 01/22/22 | 58 |  | Guns N' Roses | 11,900,000 | 03/01/18 | 59 |  | Oasis | 11,417,000 | 12/06/17 | 60 |  | Destiny's Child | 11,315,000 | 07/16/22 | 61 |  | Meat Loaf | 10,847,000 | 06/16/18 | 62 |  | Jennifer Lopez | 10,760,000 | 06/24/18 | 63 |  | Van Halen | 10,446,000 | 12/14/20 | 64 |  | Supertramp | 10,070,000 | 08/13/19 | 65 |  | Bob Marley | 9,980,000 | 11/21/17 | 66 |  | Take That | 9,209,000 | 12/15/19 | 67 |  | Enrique Iglesias | 8,900,000 | 09/27/16 | 68 |  | Pink Floyd | 8,800,000 | 06/18/17 | 69 |  | Shakira | 8,457,000 | 06/21/18 | 70 |  | Dire Straits | 8,380,000 | 03/23/18 | 71 |  | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 8,375,000 | 05/15/21 | 72 |  | R.E.M. | 8,275,000 | 09/24/21 | 73 |  | Journey | 8,087,000 | 09/13/19 | 74 |  | P!nk | 7,703,000 | 06/23/22 | 75 |  | BTS | 7,291,000 | 06/16/22 | 76 |  | AC/DC | 7,203,000 | 02/20/18 | 77 |  | Fugees | 7,160,000 | 02/18/21 | 78 |  | Neil Young | 7,104,000 | 05/15/21 | 79 |  | NSYNC | 6,980,000 | 02/09/18 | 80 |  | Black Eyed Peas | 6,590,000 | 08/03/17 | 81 |  | Aaliyah | 6,353,000 | 02/14/17 | 82 |  | Led Zeppelin | 6,350,000 | 08/08/16 | 83 |  | Sade | 6,265,000 | 07/01/20 | 84 |  | Jimi Hendrix | 6,212,000 | 12/21/21 | 85 |  | Boston | 5,637,000 | 06/01/19 | 86 |  | The Yardbirds | 5,336,000 | 09/21/22 | 87 |  | Justin Timberlake | 5,330,000 | 02/09/18 | 88 |  | Dido | 5,320,000 | 02/18/19 | 89 |  | Enya | 5,253,000 | 02/25/18 | 90 |  | No Doubt | 4,905,000 | 03/29/20 | 91 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4,797,000 | 03/29/18 | 92 |  | Iron Maiden | 4,638,000 | 11/12/21 | 93 |  | Cream | 4,257,000 | 09/21/22 | 94 |  | Nirvana | 4,190,000 | 07/09/17 | 95 |  | Cranberries | 4,120,000 | 01/25/18 | 96 |  | Beyonce | 3,973,000 | 07/16/22 | 97 |  | Ozzy Osbourne | 3,764,000 | 03/12/20 | 98 |  | Alicia Keys | 3,690,000 | 11/19/16 | 99 |  | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 3,657,000 | 02/18/21 | 100 |  | Rihanna | 3,595,000 | 06/02/21 | 101 |  | Avril Lavigne | 3,507,000 | 02/10/18 | 102 |  | Tracy Chapman | 3,483,000 | 06/25/19 | 103 |  | Alanis Morissette | 3,340,000 | 06/05/18 | 104 |  | Black Sabbath | 3,303,000 | 03/08/20 | 105 |  | Linkin Park | 3,210,000 | 06/04/17 | 106 |  | Gwen Stefani | 3,130,000 | 04/12/20 | 107 |  | Green Day | 3,047,000 | 03/11/17 | 108 |  | Nickelback | 3,020,000 | 06/28/17 | 109 |  | Renaud | 2,660,000 | 11/01/17 | 110 |  | Björk | 2,620,000 | 12/23/18 | 111 |  | Kelly Clarkson | 2,203,000 | 05/23/18 | 112 |  | Evanescence | 2,170,000 | 06/30/19 | 113 |  | James Blunt | 2,133,000 | 02/05/19 | 114 |  | Gorillaz | 2,110,000 | 05/08/17 | 115 |  | Coldplay | 2,062,000 | 06/07/21 | 116 |  | Buffalo Springfield | 1,980,000 | 05/15/21 | 117 |  | Maroon 5 | 1,603,000 | 12/02/19 | 118 |  | Lady Gaga | 1,570,000 | 12/18/20 | 119 |  | Foo Fighters | 1,430,000 | 10/10/17 | 120 |  | Garth Brooks | 953,000 | 01/05/19 | 121 |  | Katy Perry | 870,000 | 06/16/19 | 122 |  | Michael Buble | 770,000 | 12/11/16 | 123 |  | Arctic Monkeys | 765,000 | 10/24/22 | 124 |  | Fergie | 750,000 | 07/12/17 | 125 |  | Will.i.am | 747,000 | 07/20/17 | 126 |  | Justin Bieber | 729,000 | 04/27/22 | 127 |  | Amy Winehouse | 580,000 | 07/19/19 | 128 |  | Adele | 572,500 | 06/21/22 | 129 |  | Carrie Underwood | 500,000 | 09/09/18 |
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In Page 5, in Digital Singles Sales
The likes of Maroon 5 and Eminem numbers are increasing while Lady Gaga and Adele are still the same. Taking note that they which are supposed to be top 2 in the first place. The update supposed to be all of such lists.
Can the admins answer this question?
Adele and Lady Gaga are both increasing. A few years back Adele was at 80 million, Gaga was at 60 million. Now Adele at 102 and Gaga 77. Eminem and Maroon 5 just have better streaming figures.
Why is Adele’s 30 not among the albums with the most pure sales? if they have even given it a Guinness World Record for selling 5M of pure units in 2021
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