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 |  | Genesis | 13,906,000 | 05/25/22 | 48 |  | The Doors | 13,860,000 | 03/03/19 | 49 |  | Shania Twain | 13,130,000 | 12/05/16 | 50 |  | TLC | 13,120,000 | 04/07/19 | 51 |  | Paul Simon | 12,817,000 | 05/10/18 | 52 |  | Christina Aguilera | 12,740,000 | 03/18/17 | 53 |  | Deep Purple | 12,176,000 | 08/18/21 | 54 |  | Usher | 12,043,000 | 09/04/17 | 55 |  | Robbie Williams | 11,957,000 | 12/15/19 | 56 |  | 2Pac | 11,923,000 | 01/22/22 | 57 |  | Guns N' Roses | 11,900,000 | 03/01/18 | 58 |  | Oasis | 11,417,000 | 12/06/17 | 59 |  | Destiny's Child | 11,117,000 | 05/02/18 | 60 |  | Meat Loaf | 10,847,000 | 06/16/18 | 61 |  | Jennifer Lopez | 10,760,000 | 06/24/18 | 62 |  | Van Halen | 10,446,000 | 12/14/20 | 63 |  | Supertramp | 10,070,000 | 08/13/19 | 64 |  | Bob Marley | 9,980,000 | 11/21/17 | 65 |  | Take That | 9,209,000 | 12/15/19 | 66 |  | Enrique Iglesias | 8,900,000 | 09/27/16 | 67 |  | Pink Floyd | 8,800,000 | 06/18/17 | 68 |  | Shakira | 8,457,000 | 06/21/18 | 69 |  | Dire Straits | 8,380,000 | 03/23/18 | 70 |  | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 8,375,000 | 05/15/21 | 71 |  | R.E.M. | 8,275,000 | 09/24/21 | 72 |  | Journey | 8,087,000 | 09/13/19 | 73 |  | P!nk | 7,703,000 | 06/23/22 | 74 |  | BTS | 7,291,000 | 06/16/22 | 75 |  | AC/DC | 7,203,000 | 02/20/18 | 76 |  | Fugees | 7,160,000 | 02/18/21 | 77 |  | Neil Young | 7,104,000 | 05/15/21 | 78 |  | NSYNC | 6,980,000 | 02/09/18 | 79 |  | Black Eyed Peas | 6,590,000 | 08/03/17 | 80 |  | Aaliyah | 6,353,000 | 02/14/17 | 81 |  | Led Zeppelin | 6,350,000 | 08/08/16 | 82 |  | Sade | 6,265,000 | 07/01/20 | 83 |  | Jimi Hendrix | 6,212,000 | 12/21/21 | 84 |  | Boston | 5,637,000 | 06/01/19 | 85 |  | Justin Timberlake | 5,330,000 | 02/09/18 | 86 |  | Dido | 5,320,000 | 02/18/19 | 87 |  | Enya | 5,253,000 | 02/25/18 | 88 |  | No Doubt | 4,905,000 | 03/29/20 | 89 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4,797,000 | 03/29/18 | 90 |  | Iron Maiden | 4,638,000 | 11/12/21 | 91 |  | Nirvana | 4,190,000 | 07/09/17 | 92 |  | Cranberries | 4,120,000 | 01/25/18 | 93 |  | Beyonce | 4,070,000 | 05/02/18 | 94 |  | Ozzy Osbourne | 3,764,000 | 03/12/20 | 95 |  | Alicia Keys | 3,690,000 | 11/19/16 | 96 |  | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 3,657,000 | 02/18/21 | 97 |  | Rihanna | 3,595,000 | 06/02/21 | 98 |  | Avril Lavigne | 3,507,000 | 02/10/18 | 99 |  | Tracy Chapman | 3,483,000 | 06/25/19 | 100 |  | Alanis Morissette | 3,340,000 | 06/05/18 | 101 |  | Black Sabbath | 3,303,000 | 03/08/20 | 102 |  | Linkin Park | 3,210,000 | 06/04/17 | 103 |  | Gwen Stefani | 3,130,000 | 04/12/20 | 104 |  | Green Day | 3,047,000 | 03/11/17 | 105 |  | Nickelback | 3,020,000 | 06/28/17 | 106 |  | Renaud | 2,660,000 | 11/01/17 | 107 |  | Björk | 2,620,000 | 12/23/18 | 108 |  | Kelly Clarkson | 2,203,000 | 05/23/18 | 109 |  | Evanescence | 2,170,000 | 06/30/19 | 110 |  | James Blunt | 2,133,000 | 02/05/19 | 111 |  | Gorillaz | 2,110,000 | 05/08/17 | 112 |  | Coldplay | 2,062,000 | 06/07/21 | 113 |  | Buffalo Springfield | 1,980,000 | 05/15/21 | 114 |  | Maroon 5 | 1,603,000 | 12/02/19 | 115 |  | Lady Gaga | 1,570,000 | 12/18/20 | 116 |  | Foo Fighters | 1,430,000 | 10/10/17 | 117 |  | Garth Brooks | 953,000 | 01/05/19 | 118 |  | Katy Perry | 870,000 | 06/16/19 | 119 |  | Michael Buble | 770,000 | 12/11/16 | 120 |  | Fergie | 750,000 | 07/12/17 | 121 |  | Will.i.am | 747,000 | 07/20/17 | 122 |  | Justin Bieber | 729,000 | 04/27/22 | 123 |  | Amy Winehouse | 580,000 | 07/19/19 | 124 |  | Adele | 572,500 | 06/21/22 | 125 |  | Arctic Monkeys | 560,000 | 05/14/18 | 126 |  | Carrie Underwood | 500,000 | 09/09/18 |
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where is cry baby on 2015’s top albums? he sold over 500k in pure sales only in usa
Where is BTS ?
Their biggest song, Dynamite is only at 6.87 million eas.
please update melanie martinez and little mix sales