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 |  | Phil Collins | 29,907,000 | 04/11/18 | 27 |  | Bon Jovi | 27,980,000 | 11/16/16 | 28 |  | John Lennon | 26,780,000 | 10/16/18 | 29 |  | Fleetwood Mac | 26,057,000 | 10/21/21 | 30 |  | Ayumi Hamasaki | 25,984,000 | 09/27/19 | 31 |  | Simon & Garfunkel | 23,830,000 | 05/11/18 | 32 |  | The Police | 23,807,000 | 06/06/20 | 33 |  | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 22,567,000 | 01/31/19 | 34 |  | U2 | 22,550,000 | 08/31/16 | 35 |  | Bruce Springsteen | 21,007,000 | 07/07/17 | 36 |  | Spice Girls | 20,020,000 | 03/23/17 | 37 |  | Kylie Minogue | 19,723,000 | 04/16/18 | 38 |  | Britney Spears | 18,600,000 | 04/28/19 | 39 |  | Backstreet Boys | 18,010,000 | 02/09/17 | 40 |  | Bob Dylan | 17,677,000 | 10/23/16 | 41 |  | Eagles | 16,627,000 | 12/20/17 | 42 |  | Sting | 16,013,000 | 06/14/20 | 43 |  | Aerosmith | 15,503,000 | 06/01/18 | 44 |  | Metallica | 15,483,000 | 02/13/19 | 45 |  | Santana | 15,383,000 | 08/04/20 | 46 |  | Eminem | 14,319,000 | 06/22/21 | 47 |  | The Doors | 13,860,000 | 03/03/19 | 48 |  | Shania Twain | 13,130,000 | 12/05/16 | 49 |  | TLC | 13,120,000 | 04/07/19 | 50 |  | Paul Simon | 12,817,000 | 05/10/18 | 51 |  | Christina Aguilera | 12,740,000 | 03/18/17 | 52 |  | Deep Purple | 12,176,000 | 08/18/21 | 53 |  | Usher | 12,043,000 | 09/04/17 | 54 |  | Robbie Williams | 11,957,000 | 12/15/19 | 55 |  | 2Pac | 11,923,000 | 01/22/22 | 56 |  | Guns N' Roses | 11,900,000 | 03/01/18 | 57 |  | Oasis | 11,417,000 | 12/06/17 | 58 |  | Destiny's Child | 11,117,000 | 05/02/18 | 59 |  | Meat Loaf | 10,847,000 | 06/16/18 | 60 |  | Jennifer Lopez | 10,760,000 | 06/24/18 | 61 |  | Van Halen | 10,446,000 | 12/14/20 | 62 |  | Supertramp | 10,070,000 | 08/13/19 | 63 |  | Bob Marley | 9,980,000 | 11/21/17 | 64 |  | Take That | 9,209,000 | 12/15/19 | 65 |  | Enrique Iglesias | 8,900,000 | 09/27/16 | 66 |  | Pink Floyd | 8,800,000 | 06/18/17 | 67 |  | Shakira | 8,457,000 | 06/21/18 | 68 |  | Dire Straits | 8,380,000 | 03/23/18 | 69 |  | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 8,375,000 | 05/15/21 | 70 |  | R.E.M. | 8,275,000 | 09/24/21 | 71 |  | Journey | 8,087,000 | 09/13/19 | 72 |  | P!nk | 7,270,000 | 10/15/17 | 73 |  | AC/DC | 7,203,000 | 02/20/18 | 74 |  | Fugees | 7,160,000 | 02/18/21 | 75 |  | Neil Young | 7,104,000 | 05/15/21 | 76 |  | NSYNC | 6,980,000 | 02/09/18 | 77 |  | Black Eyed Peas | 6,590,000 | 08/03/17 | 78 |  | Aaliyah | 6,353,000 | 02/14/17 | 79 |  | Led Zeppelin | 6,350,000 | 08/08/16 | 80 |  | Sade | 6,265,000 | 07/01/20 | 81 |  | Jimi Hendrix | 6,212,000 | 12/21/21 | 82 |  | Boston | 5,637,000 | 06/01/19 | 83 |  | Justin Timberlake | 5,330,000 | 02/09/18 | 84 |  | Dido | 5,320,000 | 02/18/19 | 85 |  | Enya | 5,253,000 | 02/25/18 | 86 |  | No Doubt | 4,905,000 | 03/29/20 | 87 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4,797,000 | 03/29/18 | 88 |  | Iron Maiden | 4,638,000 | 11/12/21 | 89 |  | Nirvana | 4,190,000 | 07/09/17 | 90 |  | Cranberries | 4,120,000 | 01/25/18 | 91 |  | Beyonce | 4,070,000 | 05/02/18 | 92 |  | Ozzy Osbourne | 3,764,000 | 03/12/20 | 93 |  | Alicia Keys | 3,690,000 | 11/19/16 | 94 |  | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 3,657,000 | 02/18/21 | 95 |  | BTS | 3,625,000 | 05/20/21 | 96 |  | Rihanna | 3,595,000 | 06/02/21 | 97 |  | Avril Lavigne | 3,507,000 | 02/10/18 | 98 |  | Tracy Chapman | 3,483,000 | 06/25/19 | 99 |  | Alanis Morissette | 3,340,000 | 06/05/18 | 100 |  | Black Sabbath | 3,303,000 | 03/08/20 | 101 |  | Linkin Park | 3,210,000 | 06/04/17 | 102 |  | Gwen Stefani | 3,130,000 | 04/12/20 | 103 |  | Green Day | 3,047,000 | 03/11/17 | 104 |  | Nickelback | 3,020,000 | 06/28/17 | 105 |  | Renaud | 2,660,000 | 11/01/17 | 106 |  | Björk | 2,620,000 | 12/23/18 | 107 |  | Kelly Clarkson | 2,203,000 | 05/23/18 | 108 |  | Evanescence | 2,170,000 | 06/30/19 | 109 |  | James Blunt | 2,133,000 | 02/05/19 | 110 |  | Gorillaz | 2,110,000 | 05/08/17 | 111 |  | Coldplay | 2,062,000 | 06/07/21 | 112 |  | Buffalo Springfield | 1,980,000 | 05/15/21 | 113 |  | Maroon 5 | 1,603,000 | 12/02/19 | 114 |  | Lady Gaga | 1,570,000 | 12/18/20 | 115 |  | Foo Fighters | 1,430,000 | 10/10/17 | 116 |  | Garth Brooks | 953,000 | 01/05/19 | 117 |  | Katy Perry | 870,000 | 06/16/19 | 118 |  | Michael Buble | 770,000 | 12/11/16 | 119 |  | Fergie | 750,000 | 07/12/17 | 120 |  | Will.i.am | 747,000 | 07/20/17 | 121 |  | Amy Winehouse | 580,000 | 07/19/19 | 122 |  | Arctic Monkeys | 560,000 | 05/14/18 | 123 |  | Adele | 550,000 | 10/15/21 | 124 |  | Justin Bieber | 540,000 | 08/04/19 | 125 |  | Carrie Underwood | 500,000 | 09/09/18 |
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What is going on with Justin Bieber’s numbers on the “Top CSPC – the best
selling artists of all-time” page ? From 88 mil to 94 mil within a few days .
his total is always glitching I don’t get it
thats why I think they should update his streaming master page bcz his Spotify streams are not clear
I’m not sure on how these numbers compare to this site but according to chartsinfrance, these are the top selling female albums artists in USA. (Special thanks to Choley from UKMix) • Barbra Streisand – 95 million • Mariah Carey – 72.65 million • Madonna – 72.3 million • Celine Dion – 62.3 million • Whitney Houston – 60.3 million • Reba Mcentire – 55.2 million • Linda Ronstadt – 45.5 million • Shania Twain – 45.5 million • Janet Jackson – 43.5 million • Britney Spears – 40.7 million • Taylor Swift – 38 million • Dixie Chicks –… Read more »
Hi! U can update Madonna´s figure? Thank u!
Where’s cheek to cheek on the bestseller list in pure sales of 2014? Sold +1.3 million copies worldwide!
the cutoff is 2m
This is the best time to update Mariah Carey’s figures. Hoping you give her time and thank you in advance!! I can’t waitttt!!! Happy New Year <3
Earlier on the week David Bowie sold catalogue rights to Warner company. He did not own his master recordings . Surpise. Bowie got 250$ million +. Artist has three types rights for sale. The publishing rights and master recordings + artists rights. Maybe by the end of week the Sting will complete its own business. Startin price, 250 $ million. Sting own his publishing rights and the master recordings. He sales not all. Annually he get 12-13 $ dollars. I quess that Sting worth is lot more. 300-400 dollar i believe. Usually artist want to keep the master tapes. Prince… Read more »