Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time

Artists Ranking – Digital 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	Artist	Sales	Valid as of
1	Rihanna	257,560,000	06/02/21
2	Eminem	204,920,000	06/22/21
3	Drake	169,530,000	07/02/21
4	Beyonce	164,000,000	07/16/22
5	Taylor Swift	160,450,000	11/01/22
6	Bruno Mars	149,580,000	06/27/19
7	Maroon 5	149,190,000	12/02/19
8	Katy Perry	135,427,000	06/16/19
9	Lady Gaga	128,860,000	12/18/20
10	Justin Bieber	113,570,000	04/27/22
11	Black Eyed Peas	103,960,000	08/03/17
12	Justin Timberlake	102,093,000	02/09/18
13	Adele	100,380,000	06/21/22
14	Coldplay	95,110,000	06/07/21
15	Usher	93,607,000	09/04/17
16	P!nk	85,620,000	06/23/22
17	Ed Sheeran	84,500,000	10/30/21
18	Britney Spears	83,027,000	04/28/19
19	Michael Jackson	79,933,000	09/27/17
20	Linkin Park	73,707,000	06/04/17
21	Miley Cyrus	70,530,000	12/06/20
22	Christina Aguilera	69,953,000	03/18/17
23	Kelly Clarkson	62,013,000	05/23/18
24	Queen	59,650,000	01/25/20
25	Alicia Keys	57,753,000	11/19/16
26	Nickelback	57,280,000	06/28/17
27	One Direction	57,000,000	05/14/17
28	Shakira	56,347,000	06/21/18
29	Ariana Grande	55,135,000	09/27/21
30	Carrie Underwood	54,407,000	09/09/18
31	Will.i.am	53,300,000	07/20/17
32	Mariah Carey	50,127,000	04/28/17
33	Enrique Iglesias	50,113,000	09/27/16
34	The Weeknd	48,710,000	07/03/22
35	Ayumi Hamasaki	46,480,000	09/27/19
36	The Rolling Stones	46,200,000	12/03/16
37	Avril Lavigne	46,160,000	02/10/18
38	Imagine Dragons	45,413,000	09/19/18
39	Green Day	44,600,000	03/11/17
40	Red Hot Chili Peppers	44,400,000	03/29/18
41	Madonna	42,100,000	08/13/17
42	Kendrick Lamar	42,020,000	05/17/22
43	Selena Gomez	41,610,000	03/21/21
44	Metallica	40,767,000	02/13/19
45	U2	40,500,000	08/31/16
46	Macklemore	39,273,000	11/07/17
47	BTS	38,875,000	06/16/22
48	Bon Jovi	38,453,000	11/16/16
49	2Pac	38,060,000	01/22/22
50	Elvis Presley	37,467,000	09/01/18
51	Guns N' Roses	37,213,000	03/01/18
52	Fergie	36,900,000	07/12/17
53	Jennifer Lopez	36,807,000	06/24/18
54	Avicii	36,700,000	04/25/18
55	Demi Lovato	35,887,000	10/09/18
56	Michael Buble	35,400,000	12/11/16
57	The Beatles	35,233,000	03/01/17
58	Stevie Wonder	34,490,000	03/17/21
59	Whitney Houston	34,253,000	05/04/17
60	Bob Marley	33,693,000	11/21/17
61	AC/DC	33,447,000	02/20/18
62	Sam Smith	32,700,000	10/11/17
63	Fleetwood Mac	32,033,000	10/21/21
64	Led Zeppelin	32,027,000	08/08/16
65	Eric Clapton	31,975,000	09/21/22
66	Bob Dylan	30,413,000	10/23/16
67	Meghan Trainor	29,855,000	10/23/22
68	Journey	29,767,000	09/13/19
69	Prince	29,587,000	10/04/18
70	Gwen Stefani	29,040,000	04/12/20
71	Céline Dion	26,660,000	09/28/21
72	Foo Fighters	26,607,000	10/10/17
73	Elton John	26,253,000	02/05/18
74	Aerosmith	25,547,000	06/01/18
75	Bruce Springsteen	25,420,000	07/07/17
76	Lana Del Rey	24,455,000	08/05/22
77	Destiny's Child	24,080,000	07/16/22
78	Pink Floyd	23,360,000	06/18/17
79	Nirvana	23,253,000	07/09/17
80	James Blunt	23,093,000	02/05/19
81	Phil Collins	22,693,000	04/11/18
82	Backstreet Boys	22,553,000	02/09/17
83	Amy Winehouse	21,660,000	07/19/19
84	Billy Joel	21,000,000	11/03/21
85	Eagles	20,440,000	12/20/17
86	Shawn Mendes	20,330,000	10/08/19
87	David Bowie	19,833,000	01/11/17
88	Lorde	19,250,000	06/22/17
89	Gorillaz	19,000,000	05/08/17
90	Oasis	18,800,000	12/06/17
91	Norah Jones	18,600,000	11/04/16
92	Evanescence	18,387,000	06/30/19
93	ABBA	17,867,000	11/02/16
94	Rod Stewart & Faces	17,420,000	11/23/19
95	Bryan Adams	17,247,000	03/23/19
96	Bee Gees	17,233,000	04/09/17
97	Van Halen	16,810,000	12/14/20
98	George Michael & Wham!	16,767,000	05/07/17
99	Santana	16,560,000	08/04/20
100	Post Malone	16,220,000	05/31/22
101	Jimi Hendrix	15,270,000	12/21/21
102	Ozzy Osbourne	15,180,000	03/12/20
103	Creedence Clearwater Revival	14,600,000	01/31/19
104	Simon & Garfunkel	14,347,000	05/11/18
105	Sting	14,160,000	06/14/20
106	Robbie Williams	13,860,000	12/15/19
107	Jackson 5 & The Jacksons	13,720,000	09/26/17
108	Janet Jackson	13,347,000	04/17/17
109	Arctic Monkeys	13,265,000	10/24/22
110	Blackpink	12,875,000	08/28/21
111	Tracy Chapman	12,493,000	06/25/19
112	John Lennon	12,160,000	10/16/18
113	Kylie Minogue	12,153,000	04/16/18
114	Cardi B	12,140,000	09/07/21
115	Little Mix	12,020,000	02/02/20
116	R.E.M.	11,920,000	09/24/21
117	Neil Young	11,870,000	05/15/21
118	The Police	11,300,000	06/06/20
119	Black Sabbath	11,280,000	03/08/20
120	Paul McCartney	11,247,000	12/13/18
121	Sade	11,140,000	07/01/20
122	The Doors	11,100,000	03/03/19
123	Dire Straits	10,900,000	03/23/18
124	Shania Twain	10,700,000	12/05/16
125	Dua Lipa	10,370,000	05/21/22
126	Take That	10,240,000	12/15/19
127	Genesis	10,010,000	05/25/22

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Ultimate

12 hours ago

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?

Jazz

Reply to Ultimate

10 hours ago

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.

Paviurso

18 hours ago

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

Yefersonc_28

20 hours ago

Actualicen a billie

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