Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time

Anthony Blanchard October 19, 2017 776 Comments

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Artists Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales

Here is the sum of all the value released by each artist. The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales)..

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. Figures may differ from the ones listed inside each link as the streaming data is updated (read more about it) in this table. Pure sales data reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.

#	PIC	Artist	Total CSPC	Sales					Streams EAS (Update)
#	PIC	Artist	Total CSPC	Studio Albums	Other LPs	Physical Singles	Digital Singles	Update	Streams EAS (Update)
1		The Beatles	413,520,000	160,650,000	203,392,000	116,080,000	35,230,000	03/01/17	9,370,000* (09/21/20)
2		Michael Jackson	328,798,000	182,600,000	101,997,000	79,350,000	79,930,000	09/27/17	8,406,000* (09/21/20)
3		Elvis Presley	315,607,000	53,150,000	212,309,000	135,210,000	37,470,000	09/01/18	3,966,000* (08/24/20)
4		Queen	266,506,000	90,230,000	139,348,000	49,960,000	59,650,000	01/25/20	12,989,000* (09/21/20)
5		Madonna	243,182,000	146,450,000	64,420,000	75,210,000	42,100,000	08/13/17	3,434,000* (09/21/20)
6		The Rolling Stones	239,697,000	113,800,000	92,495,000	72,770,000	46,200,000	12/03/16	4,640,000* (09/20/20)
7		Pink Floyd	232,794,000	169,600,000	52,025,000	8,800,000	23,360,000	06/18/17	5,025,000* (09/21/20)
8		Led Zeppelin	203,302,000	141,500,000	51,200,000	6,350,000	32,030,000	08/08/16	3,893,000* (09/21/20)
9		Elton John	199,258,000	88,630,000	82,400,000	65,340,000	26,250,000	02/05/18	4,688,000* (08/30/20)
10		U2	197,287,000	127,100,000	53,051,000	22,550,000	40,500,000	08/31/16	4,296,000* (09/20/20)
11		Céline Dion	195,430,000	136,200,000	40,424,000	39,290,000	26,660,000	09/23/16	3,020,000* (09/21/20)
12		AC/DC	194,458,000	132,470,000	49,349,000	7,200,000	33,450,000	02/20/18	5,461,000* (09/21/20)
13		Rod Stewart & Faces	188,485,000	100,150,000	66,819,000	55,220,000	17,420,000	11/23/19	2,328,000* (09/17/20)
14		Eminem	183,634,000	97,920,000	25,487,000	14,380,000	197,610,000	07/31/19	26,273,000* (09/21/20)
15		Eagles	172,864,000	65,425,000	96,732,000	16,630,000	20,440,000	12/20/17	2,653,000* (09/21/20)
16		Mariah Carey	170,805,000	116,100,000	31,228,000	36,890,000	50,130,000	04/28/17	4,891,000* (09/21/20)
17		Bruce Springsteen	158,755,000	103,400,000	42,176,000	21,010,000	25,420,000	07/07/17	3,064,000* (09/20/20)
18		Metallica	158,724,000	121,260,000	20,164,000	15,480,000	40,770,000	02/13/19	6,540,000* (09/21/20)
19		ABBA	158,718,000	45,300,000	91,491,000	54,400,000	17,870,000	11/02/16	2,927,000* (09/20/20)
20		Bee Gees	158,590,000	75,525,000	56,477,000	72,790,000	17,230,000	04/09/17	2,166,000* (09/20/20)
21		Whitney Houston	154,241,000	113,600,000	17,175,000	49,520,000	34,250,000	05/04/17	3,471,000* (09/21/20)
22		Barbra Streisand	152,871,000	91,370,000	49,714,000	35,250,000	3,680,000	03/16/18	659,000* (09/21/20)
23		Phil Collins	148,910,000	93,780,000	39,905,000	29,910,000	22,690,000	04/11/18	2,849,000* (09/20/20)
24		Billy Joel	148,343,000	91,400,000	40,235,000	36,900,000	21,000,000	10/19/16	2,488,000* (09/15/20)
25		Fleetwood Mac	147,500,000	84,550,000	46,392,000	26,060,000	32,030,000	10/08/16	3,936,000* (09/20/20)
26		Bon Jovi	146,788,000	89,450,000	39,176,000	27,980,000	38,450,000	11/16/16	4,000,000* (09/21/20)
27		Garth Brooks	144,423,000	81,605,000	62,341,000	950,000	90,000	01/05/19	177,000* (06/19/20)
28		Santana	144,378,000	89,465,000	46,265,000	15,380,000	16,560,000	08/04/20	1,628,000 (08/04/20)
29		Bob Dylan	143,560,000	83,350,000	47,870,000	17,680,000	30,410,000	10/23/16	2,475,000* (09/17/20)
30		Bob Marley	138,348,000	43,075,000	81,593,000	9,980,000	33,690,000	11/21/17	5,632,000* (09/20/20)
31		Prince	132,682,000	86,580,000	27,141,000	42,910,000	29,590,000	10/04/18	1,650,000 (09/21/20)
32		Aerosmith	131,337,000	71,710,000	48,158,000	15,500,000	25,550,000	06/01/18	2,986,000* (09/21/20)
33		David Bowie	128,037,000	71,500,000	36,023,000	44,200,000	19,830,000	01/11/17	4,278,000* (09/21/20)
34		Simon & Garfunkel	124,851,000	37,820,000	75,732,000	23,830,000	14,350,000	05/11/18	1,998,000 (09/20/20)
35		Guns N' Roses	120,579,000	86,360,000	20,134,000	11,900,000	37,210,000	03/01/18	4,933,000* (09/21/20)
36		The Doors	115,434,000	51,980,000	55,480,000	13,860,000	11,100,000	03/03/19	2,151,000* (09/21/20)
37		Paul McCartney	110,626,000	61,670,000	27,441,000	57,970,000	11,250,000	12/13/18	2,436,000* (09/21/20)
38		Dire Straits	109,750,000	71,730,000	31,635,000	8,380,000	10,900,000	03/23/18	2,236,000* (09/20/20)
39		George Michael & Wham!	106,882,000	60,200,000	26,150,000	49,880,000	16,770,000	05/07/17	3,053,000* (09/21/20)
40		Britney Spears	103,354,000	68,595,000	11,460,000	18,600,000	83,030,000	04/28/19	5,265,000* (09/21/20)
41		Coldplay	97,612,000	59,560,000	5,979,000	2,050,000	93,680,000	11/30/19	17,401,000* (09/21/20)
42		The Police	97,514,000	46,370,000	40,183,000	23,810,000	11,300,000	06/06/20	2,111,000 (09/20/20)
43		Rihanna	96,794,000	33,100,000	500,000	3,560,000	251,150,000	07/03/19	24,455,000* (09/21/20)
44		Backstreet Boys	96,197,000	58,900,000	25,685,000	18,010,000	22,550,000	02/09/17	2,826,000 (09/21/20)
45		Red Hot Chili Peppers	94,797,000	61,870,000	16,881,000	4,800,000	44,400,000	03/29/18	7,947,000* (09/21/20)
46		Nirvana	91,995,000	45,000,000	37,650,000	4,190,000	23,250,000	07/09/17	4,600,000 (09/21/20)
47		Taylor Swift	91,265,000	46,420,000	2,847,000	230,000	156,810,000	09/18/19	18,407,000* (09/21/20)
48		Creedence Clearwater Revival	90,766,000	33,135,000	45,489,000	22,570,000	14,600,000	01/31/19	3,182,000* (09/20/20)
49		Adele	88,959,000	59,110,000	3,855,000	530,000	100,240,000	06/02/19	10,799,000* (09/21/20)
50		Enya	87,178,000	65,480,000	17,069,000	5,250,000	9,610,000	02/25/18	1,611,000 (09/20/20)
51		Bryan Adams	87,159,000	42,260,000	30,518,000	32,090,000	17,250,000	03/23/19	2,167,000 (09/16/20)
52		Green Day	85,294,000	58,250,000	13,567,000	3,050,000	44,600,000	03/11/17	5,873,000* (09/20/20)
53		Drake	85,091,000	14,775,000	0	0	137,310,000	08/28/17	49,720,000* (09/21/20)
54		Linkin Park	84,835,000	48,350,000	14,500,000	3,210,000	73,710,000	06/04/17	9,966,000* (09/21/20)
55		Shania Twain	81,200,000	63,200,000	11,259,000	13,130,000	10,700,000	12/05/16	1,197,000 (09/21/20)
56		Beyonce	80,834,000	33,430,000	4,431,000	4,070,000	166,890,000	05/02/18	16,719,000* (09/21/20)
57		Journey	80,791,000	40,250,000	31,623,000	8,090,000	29,770,000	09/13/19	2,027,000 (09/19/20)
58		Sting	79,374,000	52,360,000	17,720,000	16,010,000	14,160,000	06/14/20	2,105,000* (09/16/20)
59		Black Sabbath	78,126,000	46,280,000	27,467,000	3,300,000	11,280,000	03/08/20	1,657,000* (09/21/20)
60		Janet Jackson	77,648,000	50,500,000	12,175,000	40,640,000	13,350,000	04/17/17	780,000 (09/21/20)
61		Robbie Williams	75,855,000	46,500,000	21,770,000	11,960,000	13,860,000	12/15/19	1,901,000 (09/21/20)
62		Johnny Hallyday	75,723,000	26,740,000	35,156,000	43,740,000	1,430,000	01/01/18	492,000* (08/28/20)
63		Sade	74,896,000	51,560,000	18,565,000	6,270,000	11,140,000	07/01/20	1,218,000* (09/20/20)
64		Justin Bieber	73,570,000	19,810,000	7,120,000	540,000	110,890,000	08/04/19	29,844,000* (09/21/20)
65		John Lennon	73,185,000	31,420,000	30,759,000	26,780,000	12,160,000	10/16/18	1,148,000 (08/18/20)
66		Cher	72,990,000	34,825,000	21,889,000	46,220,000	9,630,000	08/30/17	966,000 (09/21/20)
67		Supertramp	71,516,000	48,540,000	17,999,000	10,070,000	6,830,000	08/13/19	931,000 (09/09/20)
68		Maroon 5	68,992,000	26,050,000	2,138,000	1,600,000	149,190,000	12/02/19	17,906,000* (09/21/20)
69		Ed Sheeran	67,286,000	21,970,000	466,000	130,000	79,640,000	10/27/19	32,861,000* (09/21/20)
70		P!nk	67,047,000	37,025,000	8,906,000	7,270,000	81,150,000	10/15/17	6,762,000* (09/21/20)
71		Lady Gaga	66,026,000	30,170,000	4,794,000	1,550,000	127,540,000	08/20/19	11,466,000* (09/21/20)
72		Michael Buble	64,735,000	47,800,000	6,344,000	770,000	35,400,000	12/11/16	5,050,000* (09/21/20)
73		Usher	63,384,000	36,160,000	2,201,000	12,040,000	93,610,000	09/04/17	7,369,000* (09/21/20)
74		Shakira	62,184,000	34,780,000	6,620,000	8,460,000	56,350,000	06/21/18	9,795,000* (09/21/20)
75		Meat Loaf	62,171,000	48,300,000	9,565,000	10,850,000	3,900,000	06/16/18	467,000 (09/15/20)
76		Ayumi Hamasaki	61,153,000	21,810,000	19,339,000	25,980,000	46,480,000	09/27/19	483,000 (08/07/20)
77		Oasis	60,926,000	41,050,000	10,046,000	11,420,000	18,800,000	12/06/17	3,585,000 (09/21/20)
78		Jackson 5 & The Jacksons	58,528,000	26,400,000	19,027,000	31,160,000	13,720,000	09/26/17	1,695,000* (09/20/20)
79		Bruno Mars	58,020,000	17,375,000	40,000	250,000	149,580,000	06/27/19	18,094,000* (09/21/20)
80		BTS	57,730,000	21,850,000	7,960,000	3,220,000	30,880,000	09/04/20	22,319,000* (09/21/20)
81		Alanis Morissette	57,392,000	47,065,000	6,951,000	3,340,000	9,080,000	06/05/18	1,012,000 (09/07/20)
82		Black Eyed Peas	55,491,000	33,350,000	251,000	6,590,000	103,960,000	08/03/17	4,319,000 (09/21/20)
83		Enrique Iglesias	55,464,000	33,900,000	5,300,000	8,900,000	50,110,000	09/27/16	6,077,000* (09/19/20)
84		Nickelback	55,173,000	40,500,000	1,824,000	3,020,000	57,280,000	06/28/17	3,351,000 (09/21/20)
85		Christina Aguilera	53,732,000	30,400,000	4,375,000	12,740,000	69,950,000	03/18/17	4,642,000* (09/05/20)
86		Ozzy Osbourne	51,747,000	39,370,000	7,483,000	3,760,000	15,180,000	03/12/20	1,464,000 (09/20/20)
87		Paul Simon	51,681,000	34,390,000	11,598,000	12,820,000	3,740,000	05/10/18	1,287,000 (09/17/20)
88		Tracy Chapman	51,325,000	43,760,000	3,519,000	3,480,000	12,490,000	06/25/19	1,127,000 (09/21/20)
89		Norah Jones	51,243,000	43,550,000	2,825,000	300,000	18,600,000	11/04/16	2,088,000 (09/21/20)
90		Justin Timberlake	50,244,000	23,490,000	1,480,000	5,330,000	102,090,000	02/09/18	8,361,000* (09/21/20)
91		One Direction	50,182,000	23,900,000	6,350,000	120,000	57,000,000	05/14/17	11,345,000* (09/21/20)
92		Boston	50,035,000	41,330,000	4,803,000	5,640,000	9,540,000	06/01/19	780,000 (09/19/20)
93		Alicia Keys	49,537,000	32,960,000	2,524,000	3,690,000	57,750,000	11/19/16	4,283,000* (09/21/20)
94		Spice Girls	49,257,000	37,050,000	4,349,000	20,020,000	5,200,000	03/23/17	1,072,000 (09/21/20)
95		Katy Perry	49,176,000	15,880,000	300,000	870,000	135,430,000	06/16/19	12,421,000* (09/21/20)
96		Destiny's Child	47,503,000	33,010,000	5,800,000	11,120,000	22,320,000	05/02/18	2,010,000 (09/21/20)
97		Cranberries	45,509,000	37,650,000	3,710,000	4,120,000	8,210,000	01/25/18	1,682,000* (09/21/20)
98		Avril Lavigne	44,737,000	32,290,000	1,206,000	3,510,000	46,160,000	02/10/18	2,896,000 (09/21/20)
99		NSYNC	44,694,000	37,930,000	2,669,000	6,980,000	5,110,000	02/09/18	1,235,000 (09/21/20)
100		Jennifer Lopez	43,665,000	26,120,000	4,811,000	10,760,000	36,810,000	06/24/18	3,985,000* (09/21/20)
101		Miley Cyrus	43,072,000	23,155,000	2,197,000	170,000	70,300,000	05/02/17	7,126,000* (09/21/20)
102		Foo Fighters	41,616,000	26,750,000	6,207,000	1,430,000	26,610,000	10/10/17	4,239,000* (09/21/20)
103		TLC	40,652,000	32,195,000	1,920,000	13,120,000	8,350,000	04/07/19	1,348,000* (09/21/20)
104		Ariana Grande	39,316,000	5,225,000	499,000	50,000	50,360,000	10/16/19	26,020,000* (09/21/20)
105		Take That	38,965,000	19,930,000	14,016,000	9,210,000	10,240,000	12/15/19	685,000 (09/15/20)
106		The Weeknd	38,085,000	4,620,000	3,035,000	50,000	42,430,000	03/20/20	24,049,000* (09/21/20)
107		Kylie Minogue	36,231,000	20,320,000	7,103,000	19,720,000	12,150,000	04/16/18	1,068,000 (09/16/20)
108		Kelly Clarkson	36,190,000	21,600,000	1,460,000	2,200,000	62,010,000	05/23/18	3,167,000* (09/21/20)
109		No Doubt	35,134,000	25,730,000	6,058,000	4,910,000	6,080,000	03/29/20	962,000 (09/21/20)
110		Amy Winehouse	32,191,000	23,180,000	2,411,000	580,000	21,660,000	07/19/19	3,177,000 (09/19/20)
111		Imagine Dragons	31,505,000	7,960,000	371,000	30,000	45,410,000	09/19/18	16,352,000* (09/21/20)
112		Dido	30,698,000	26,630,000	420,000	5,320,000	6,210,000	02/18/19	1,120,000 (09/20/20)
113		Evanescence	30,467,000	22,440,000	2,755,000	2,170,000	18,390,000	06/30/19	1,863,000 (09/21/20)
114		Kendrick Lamar	30,168,000	5,725,000	50,000	0	32,650,000	04/12/19	19,495,000* (09/21/20)
115		Carrie Underwood	29,035,000	18,050,000	839,000	500,000	54,410,000	09/09/18	1,835,000 (09/21/20)
116		James Blunt	28,252,000	20,440,000	1,020,000	2,130,000	23,090,000	02/05/19	2,688,000* (09/19/20)
117		Post Malone	26,968,000	1,005,000	0	30,000	12,250,000	09/01/19	24,117,000* (09/21/20)
118		Sam Smith	26,615,000	6,525,000	25,000	100,000	32,700,000	10/11/17	15,130,000* (09/21/20)
119		Björk	25,890,000	19,730,000	4,372,000	2,620,000	3,460,000	12/23/18	483,000 (09/20/20)
120		Selena Gomez	25,526,000	5,490,000	215,000	40,000	35,710,000	11/28/17	14,452,000* (09/21/20)
121		Gorillaz	23,639,000	14,830,000	1,240,000	2,110,000	19,000,000	05/08/17	4,086,000 (09/21/20)
122		Renaud	22,129,000	13,230,000	7,667,000	2,660,000	690,000	11/01/17	330,000* (07/10/20)
123		Shawn Mendes	20,596,000	2,630,000	120,000	40,000	20,330,000	10/08/19	14,785,000* (09/21/20)
124		Lana Del Rey	20,553,000	7,950,000	565,000	210,000	20,200,000	08/24/17	8,945,000* (09/21/20)
125		Arctic Monkeys	19,621,000	10,340,000	302,000	560,000	12,870,000	05/14/18	6,881,000* (09/21/20)
126		Demi Lovato	19,529,000	4,480,000	35,000	50,000	35,890,000	10/09/18	9,615,000* (09/21/20)
127		Avicii	19,444,000	2,200,000	170,000	250,000	36,700,000	04/25/18	11,494,000* (09/21/20)
128		Gwen Stefani	19,349,000	12,060,000	154,000	3,130,000	29,040,000	04/12/20	1,840,000 (04/12/20)
129		Macklemore	18,917,000	3,225,000	45,000	80,000	39,270,000	11/07/17	9,733,000* (09/20/20)
130		Billie Eilish	18,109,000	2,270,000	2,000	10,000	5,920,000	07/04/20	14,927,000* (09/21/20)
131		Aaliyah	18,095,000	12,200,000	3,174,000	6,350,000	3,050,000	02/14/17	357,000* (09/21/20)
132		Fergie	13,492,000	6,450,000	25,000	750,000	36,900,000	07/12/17	1,257,000 (09/21/20)
133		Will.i.am	12,022,000	950,000	0	750,000	53,300,000	07/20/17	2,853,000* (09/17/20)
134		Little Mix	11,176,000	3,670,000	0	130,000	12,020,000	02/02/20	5,664,000* (08/25/20)
135		Lorde	10,904,000	3,300,000	100,000	0	19,250,000	06/22/17	4,616,000* (09/21/20)

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Carter

2 days ago

Can you do a post of artists who are local and not?

Walter

3 days ago

Why didn’t you look at greatest hits or collection on page 17 like The Eagles, Bob Marley (Legend), Abba (Gold) o The Beatles 1 ?

Walter

3 days ago

Reply to Walter

Page 8 not 17.

Prudence

3 days ago

I’m curious why Bring me the horizon’s album- That’s The Spirit isn’t included on their discography?

Regis Rodriguez

3 days ago

it would be amazing if you could add Luis Miguel on your “Artists Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales” chart. For being a non english singer he’s streaming numbers are great and he’s a legend in Latin America.

César

3 days ago

Reply to Regis Rodriguez

I support this request 😼

Felix_Grüber

5 days ago

Hey!
So here in Austria (and i guess for sure in other parts of the world) there are CD‘s to purchase like „Hits of the Summer 2019“ (includes the biggest smash hits by various artists of the summer 2019) or „Best of 2019“ (includes the biggest tracks by various artists of 2019)

Are these sales counted on this website towards a song?
Some big artists never appear with their music on these CD‘s even if they should, why?

Martin

5 days ago

Reply to Felix_Grüber

1. As far as I am aware, no.

2. Most of these hits albums are created by certain labels etc and as such only include artists they have on their roster. The main reason though, is that acts like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc have far more stringent control over the usage of their music and inevitably refuse to allow their music to be released on Best Of the 60s/70s etc type releases. The same applies to today’s bigger stars, who have greater or full control of their sound recordings and can veto their inclusion on such albums.

Federico

9 days ago

Laura Pausini? Andrea Bocelli? Mina?

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Jen

11 days ago

Hi, loving this Overall Artist chart which sums up career sales beautifully. I mean it will take a while for new acts to reach higher positions as Michael, Madonna and Mariah have 30+ years career in their belts, but then again, even in the “sales” years, nobody became a 150 million album seller in 2 years so… Great job and thanks!

HARSHIT KUMAR PATNAIK

2 days ago

Reply to Jen

Dont forget Michael jackson had only 6 adult solo studio albums under his name,,,still he sold massive 180million+ physical sales and continues to be a popular artist now

Freek

13 days ago

Hello Chartmasters, do you know why streams of Oasis (and maybe other artists too) aren’t updated for a week now, while others see their numbers added every day?

Freek

13 days ago

Reply to Freek

Wow! That was fast! Thanks!

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14 days ago

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Man

15 days ago

Hola! Me encanta esta paginá, pero no entendí sobre el Asr? Es una nueva formula? Lo que entendí fue lo siguiente. Es sobre el exito de los artistas a lo largo de su carrera? Que tan exitosos han sido?

Lo que no entiendo es como Michael Jackson puede tener mil puntos? Invencible no fue un fracaso? No creo que deba tener mil puntos. Tambien y veo y conozco las carreras de otros artistas. Por qué recibieron tan bajos puntos? Parece que el que ha creado esta página es fan de Michael Jackson. Que pena. Debería ser imparcial.

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César

14 days ago

Reply to Man

Si es fan de Michael, pero yo creo que si hizo bien al ponerle mil; crear 5 monstruos de ventas (sobre todo Thriller) es meritorio según yo. Aparte, no le puso mil porque si, el ASR tiene su formula.

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MakeOutHill

12 days ago

Reply to Man

Invincible mas de 10 millones de copias, si claro un fracaso. Michael lo tiene mas que merecido, su música y videos son únicos, gracias a el artistas de ahora son lo que son, vete a dormir, no sabes nada de música.

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AndrewMark

12 days ago

Reply to MakeOutHill

Invincible sold around 6 million, it’s far away from the inflated 10 million created by the same fans who claim Thriller sold 100 million or 120 million copies worldwide.

Gen

19 days ago

Hello guys,
I have a question.. among madonna, mariah, whitney, celine who sold more records between 2009 till 2019 ( albums +single/s+streaming/ digital sales included ?

Noor

1 month ago

Why did Taylor and Mariah have those jumps in stream EAS?

Kris

28 days ago

Reply to Noor

I think Mariah’s page sometimes counts AIWFCIY twice, which makes the total vary by about 700 k EAS.
Taylor Swift has new music out and gets big streaming numbers.

Martin

27 days ago

Reply to Kris

No, it’s not that. Mariah who seems to average around 1.8m/1.9m streams a day, added around 325m between 12th and 14th Aug, jumping from around 3,601B to 3,925B. Although, saying that, if you run the Spotify tool, it shows her current overall total as 3,582,572,412, which was approximately the total she supposedly had between 2nd and 3rd Aug!

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Sana

25 days ago

Reply to Martin

Can you fix it though, because her streaming equivalent sales havent been updated since 14/08

Michael

20 days ago

Reply to Sana

She was also previously missing two entire albums and a bunch of EPs which were never counted via the tool but MJD corrected it now

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GaryHuston

1 month ago

……Great

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Jules

1 month ago

This list needs Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, Van Halen, George Michael, and Eric Clapton in it and then we can get a more accurate idea of what the list should look like. There are other less well known artists such as Boys II men, Ace of Base, Hootie and the blowfish, Dixie chicks, Jewel, Kenny G, Matchbox 20, as well as Kid Rock, Outcast, Notorious BIG, MC Hammer, Lionel Ritchie, Frank Sinatra, Dave Matthews Band, REO Speedwagon, Rush, ZZ Top, many of these artists have albums that will go into the top 200 CSPC.

obro

1 month ago

Reply to Jules

George Michael has already been done 🙂. Although I do have to say as a brit I am slightly disappointed with his result as he’s such a MASSIVE legend here, but i guess he’s mainly just known for two album’s in America (Wham!’s Make It Big & Faith)

ojd

1 month ago

Hi, what is your estimate for marvin gaye’s cspc total? I’m intrigued because he has quite a few iconic songs (let’s get it on, sexual healing, through the grapevine), however he is never mentioned anywhere among top sellers or selling anything major at all. Plus, his arguably most iconic album “what’s going on” is only certified gold in the US

Freek

1 month ago

Hi Chartmasters!
After again spending way too much time on your nice site, I was wondering if it would be possible to keep the list of pre-2000 albums in streaming updated in the same way as the total CSPC or most streamed artists. I don’t know how much work that would take and I wouldn’t want you to go through too much trouble, but with numbers changing so quickly, the list doesn’t make much sense now I’m afraid.

PeppaPig

1 month ago

When will Dua Lipa be analyzed? She’s on fire right now.

Michelle

1 month ago

What do you mean EAS (Equivalent album sales) could you please explain what is about? Thank you in advance.

César

1 month ago

Reply to Michelle

https://chartmasters.org/2016/03/the-commensurate-sales-to-popularity-concept-cspc-introduction/
Go see it yourself 😉

Jeana

1 month ago

How isnt madonna at least top 3 in the asr, she is the second artist with most #1’s worldwide, is the most successful female artist in tours and is one of the most iconic singers of all time

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Tony

1 month ago

Reply to Jeana

Because there are other artists more successful than her.

Kris

1 month ago

Reply to Jeana

The ASR has nothing to do with chart #1s, touring, or how iconic someone is perceived. So you answered your own question.

Michael

1 month ago

Reply to Jeana

Shes the most successful female artist in touring, meanong she still isnt the top 3 when it comes to male singers. And the most #1s is debatable. Certain genre’s such as Rock their fans dont go for singles, they go for albums & compilations. Some big artists especially in the late 90s, early 00s doesnt even released a CD single for sale. As far as being Iconic. Whats the purpose of being iconic if ur streams are nowhere near other artists such as Beatles, Queen, MJ, etc. She may hv more iconic moments but her music is kinda forgotten these… Read more »

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Jeana

1 month ago

Reply to Michael

But then how Abba and eagles are above her since eagles barely outstreamed and madonna actually outstreamed abba, also streams arent even that important since Eminem outstreamed and outsold Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston but they are higher in the asr

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Michael

1 month ago

Reply to Jeana

It all depends on how many albums u produced, the market size back then vs now, etc. There is an explaination over the ASR formula article. U can just read it.

Nick

1 month ago

Reply to Michael

She’s not forgotten–but she is nowhere near the level of the Beatles, Queen or MJ these days. On youtube, her average daily views are currently higher than Mariah’s or Whitney’s. And on spotity, she has three songs that get 1 millon streams per week (that might become 4 eventually with La Isla Bonita).

Michael

1 month ago

Reply to Nick

Well her stream among female artist with over 20 years of career are pretty solid. But compared to other male or band acts she is kind of forgotten. All female singers seems to suffer the same fate after being around a long time in the industry anyway.

Nick

1 month ago

Reply to Michael

Michael, I actually agree with you, at least if we are talking about spotify. On youtube, she does pretty well now that her account is fixed. But on spotify, she is only one of two female artists on the top legacy artists. Don’t know why it’s so much tougher for women.

Gio

1 month ago

Reply to Nick

Its because of ageism and how men and women are not treated the same way in the industy, the only female artist who didnt age badly in spotify is Mariah and mostly because of her christmas stuff

Nick

1 month ago

Reply to Gio

Yeah, during the rest of the year, mariah and Madonna have the same exact streams. And Madonna now does better than Mariah on youtube.

Michael

1 month ago

Reply to Gio

Sorry to say, but I hate it when people say men and women are treated differently in Music. Female singers tends to cater towards women and male singers towards men. Unfortunately for female singers, women tends to be more open towards new genres. Think about it, teenage girls seems to be really into bubblegum pop, then as they turned into their 20s urban music, then once they reached mid 30s more into adult contemporary. Wherelse men never changed their music preferences. Its always either rock or rap most of thde time and they also seems to be more loyal towards… Read more »

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Jules

1 month ago

Reply to Jeana

Madonna streams about 2 million a day on Spotify and about 2.2 million Youtube. Queen do about 7.5 million daily on Spotify and about 6.6 million on YouTube. The Beatles do about 7 million on Spotify and just over 3 million daily on YouTube. MJ does about 4 million daily in spotify and about 6 million on YouTube.

Nicco

1 month ago

Can you update “The Temptations”, “Boyz II Men”, “Lil Wayne”, “Nicki Minaj”, “Chicago” , “Bobby Brown”. “Chris Brown”, “New Edition”, “Cardi B”, “Dua Lipa”, “Pussicat Dolls”, “Sam Cooke”, “Ray Charles” “Marvin Gaye” thank you.