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 | Pic | Artist | Sales | Valid as of | 1 |  | Rihanna | 257,560,000 | 06/02/21 | 2 |  | Eminem | 205,785,000 | 06/22/21 | 3 |  | Drake | 169,530,000 | 07/02/21 | 4 |  | Beyonce | 166,887,000 | 05/02/18 | 5 |  | Taylor Swift | 159,420,000 | 05/25/21 | 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 | 110,893,000 | 08/04/19 | 11 |  | Black Eyed Peas | 103,960,000 | 08/03/17 | 12 |  | Justin Timberlake | 102,093,000 | 02/09/18 | 13 |  | Adele | 99,250,000 | 10/15/21 | 14 |  | Coldplay | 95,110,000 | 06/07/21 | 15 |  | Usher | 93,607,000 | 09/04/17 | 16 |  | Ed Sheeran | 84,500,000 | 10/30/21 | 17 |  | Britney Spears | 83,027,000 | 04/28/19 | 18 |  | P!nk | 81,153,000 | 10/15/17 | 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 |  | Ayumi Hamasaki | 46,480,000 | 09/27/19 | 35 |  | The Rolling Stones | 46,200,000 | 12/03/16 | 36 |  | Avril Lavigne | 46,160,000 | 02/10/18 | 37 |  | Imagine Dragons | 45,413,000 | 09/19/18 | 38 |  | Green Day | 44,600,000 | 03/11/17 | 39 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 44,400,000 | 03/29/18 | 40 |  | The Weeknd | 44,270,000 | 09/10/20 | 41 |  | Madonna | 42,100,000 | 08/13/17 | 42 |  | Selena Gomez | 41,610,000 | 03/21/21 | 43 |  | Metallica | 40,767,000 | 02/13/19 | 44 |  | U2 | 40,500,000 | 08/31/16 | 45 |  | Macklemore | 39,273,000 | 11/07/17 | 46 |  | Bon Jovi | 38,453,000 | 11/16/16 | 47 |  | 2Pac | 38,060,000 | 01/22/22 | 48 |  | Elvis Presley | 37,467,000 | 09/01/18 | 49 |  | Guns N' Roses | 37,213,000 | 03/01/18 | 50 |  | Fergie | 36,900,000 | 07/12/17 | 51 |  | Jennifer Lopez | 36,807,000 | 06/24/18 | 52 |  | Avicii | 36,700,000 | 04/25/18 | 53 |  | BTS | 36,110,000 | 05/20/21 | 54 |  | Demi Lovato | 35,887,000 | 10/09/18 | 55 |  | Michael Buble | 35,400,000 | 12/11/16 | 56 |  | The Beatles | 35,233,000 | 03/01/17 | 57 |  | Stevie Wonder | 34,490,000 | 03/17/21 | 58 |  | Whitney Houston | 34,253,000 | 05/04/17 | 59 |  | Bob Marley | 33,693,000 | 11/21/17 | 60 |  | AC/DC | 33,447,000 | 02/20/18 | 61 |  | Sam Smith | 32,700,000 | 10/11/17 | 62 |  | Kendrick Lamar | 32,653,000 | 04/12/19 | 63 |  | Fleetwood Mac | 32,033,000 | 10/21/21 | 64 |  | Led Zeppelin | 32,027,000 | 08/08/16 | 65 |  | Bob Dylan | 30,413,000 | 10/23/16 | 66 |  | Journey | 29,767,000 | 09/13/19 | 67 |  | Prince | 29,587,000 | 10/04/18 | 68 |  | Gwen Stefani | 29,040,000 | 04/12/20 | 69 |  | Céline Dion | 26,660,000 | 09/28/21 | 70 |  | Foo Fighters | 26,607,000 | 10/10/17 | 71 |  | Elton John | 26,253,000 | 02/05/18 | 72 |  | Aerosmith | 25,547,000 | 06/01/18 | 73 |  | Bruce Springsteen | 25,420,000 | 07/07/17 | 74 |  | Pink Floyd | 23,360,000 | 06/18/17 | 75 |  | Nirvana | 23,253,000 | 07/09/17 | 76 |  | James Blunt | 23,093,000 | 02/05/19 | 77 |  | Phil Collins | 22,693,000 | 04/11/18 | 78 |  | Backstreet Boys | 22,553,000 | 02/09/17 | 79 |  | Destiny's Child | 22,320,000 | 05/02/18 | 80 |  | Amy Winehouse | 21,660,000 | 07/19/19 | 81 |  | Billy Joel | 21,000,000 | 11/03/21 | 82 |  | Eagles | 20,440,000 | 12/20/17 | 83 |  | Shawn Mendes | 20,330,000 | 10/08/19 | 84 |  | Lana Del Rey | 20,200,000 | 08/24/17 | 85 |  | David Bowie | 19,833,000 | 01/11/17 | 86 |  | Lorde | 19,250,000 | 06/22/17 | 87 |  | Gorillaz | 19,000,000 | 05/08/17 | 88 |  | Oasis | 18,800,000 | 12/06/17 | 89 |  | Norah Jones | 18,600,000 | 11/04/16 | 90 |  | Evanescence | 18,387,000 | 06/30/19 | 91 |  | ABBA | 17,867,000 | 11/02/16 | 92 |  | Rod Stewart & Faces | 17,420,000 | 11/23/19 | 93 |  | Bryan Adams | 17,247,000 | 03/23/19 | 94 |  | Bee Gees | 17,233,000 | 04/09/17 | 95 |  | Van Halen | 16,810,000 | 12/14/20 | 96 |  | George Michael & Wham! | 16,767,000 | 05/07/17 | 97 |  | Santana | 16,560,000 | 08/04/20 | 98 |  | Jimi Hendrix | 15,270,000 | 12/21/21 | 99 |  | Ozzy Osbourne | 15,180,000 | 03/12/20 | 100 |  | Post Malone | 14,640,000 | 11/26/20 | 101 |  | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 14,600,000 | 01/31/19 | 102 |  | Simon & Garfunkel | 14,347,000 | 05/11/18 | 103 |  | Sting | 14,160,000 | 06/14/20 | 104 |  | Robbie Williams | 13,860,000 | 12/15/19 | 105 |  | Jackson 5 & The Jacksons | 13,720,000 | 09/26/17 | 106 |  | Janet Jackson | 13,347,000 | 04/17/17 | 107 |  | Blackpink | 12,875,000 | 08/28/21 | 108 |  | Arctic Monkeys | 12,867,000 | 05/14/18 | 109 |  | Tracy Chapman | 12,493,000 | 06/25/19 | 110 |  | John Lennon | 12,160,000 | 10/16/18 | 111 |  | Kylie Minogue | 12,153,000 | 04/16/18 | 112 |  | Cardi B | 12,140,000 | 09/07/21 | 113 |  | Little Mix | 12,020,000 | 02/02/20 | 114 |  | R.E.M. | 11,920,000 | 09/24/21 | 115 |  | Neil Young | 11,870,000 | 05/15/21 | 116 |  | The Police | 11,300,000 | 06/06/20 | 117 |  | Black Sabbath | 11,280,000 | 03/08/20 | 118 |  | Paul McCartney | 11,247,000 | 12/13/18 | 119 |  | Sade | 11,140,000 | 07/01/20 | 120 |  | The Doors | 11,100,000 | 03/03/19 | 121 |  | Dire Straits | 10,900,000 | 03/23/18 | 122 |  | Shania Twain | 10,700,000 | 12/05/16 | 123 |  | Take That | 10,240,000 | 12/15/19 |
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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 »