Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time - Page 8 of 20

Albums Ranking – Raw sales – Studio albums

This list is about studio albums only. Compilations, lives and box sets are not considered here. 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.

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#	Year	Artist	Album	Album Sales	As Of
1	1982	Michael Jackson	Thriller	65,800,000	09/27/17
2	1973	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	43,300,000	06/18/17
3	1992	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	41,100,000	05/04/17
4	1978	Various Artists	Grease	38,100,000	09/14/21
5	1971	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	36,800,000	09/07/21
6	1980	AC/DC	Back in Black	35,810,000	02/20/18
7	1977	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	35,500,000	10/21/21
8	1977	Bee Gees & Various Artists	Saturday Night Fever	34,800,000	04/09/17
9	1987	Michael Jackson	Bad	33,600,000	09/27/17
10	1995	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	33,570,000	06/05/18
11	1997	Shania Twain	Come On Over	33,500,000	12/05/16
12	1979	Pink Floyd	The Wall	31,300,000	06/18/17
13	1985	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	30,850,000	03/23/18
14	1991	Metallica	Metallica	30,790,000	02/13/19
15	1987	Guns N' Roses	Appetite For Destruction	30,770,000	03/01/18
16	2011	Adele	21	30,325,000	10/14/21
17	1976	Eagles	Hotel California	30,050,000	12/20/17
18	1987	Dirty Dancing	Dirty Dancing	29,970,000	01/13/18
19	1997	Céline Dion	Let's Talk About Love	29,800,000	09/28/21
20	1991	Michael Jackson	Dangerous	29,550,000	09/27/17
21	1984	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	29,300,000	07/07/17
22	1997	James Horner	Titanic	28,510,000	06/18/18
23	1996	Céline Dion	Falling Into You	28,100,000	09/28/21
24	1991	Nirvana	Nevermind	27,750,000	07/09/17
25	1977	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	27,410,000	06/16/18
26	1987	U2	The Joshua Tree	26,800,000	09/18/21
27	1969	The Beatles	Abbey Road	26,700,000	03/01/17
28	1993	Mariah Carey	Music Box	26,100,000	04/28/17
29	1999	Santana	Supernatural	25,990,000	08/05/20
30	1967	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band	24,800,000	03/01/17
31	1999	Britney Spears	?Baby One More Time	24,195,000	04/28/19
32	2002	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	23,900,000	01/16/22
33	1999	Backstreet Boys	Millennium	23,800,000	02/09/17
34	1986	Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	23,600,000	11/16/16
35	2000	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	23,340,000	06/22/21
36	1985	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	23,310,000	04/11/18
37	1984	Prince and the Revolutions	Purple Rain	23,030,000	10/04/18
38	2002	Eminem	The Eminem Show	23,020,000	06/22/21
39	1986	Madonna	True Blue	22,550,000	08/20/17
40	1988	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	22,470,000	06/25/19
41	1976	Boston	Boston	22,430,000	06/01/19
42	1975	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	22,300,000	06/18/17
43	1985	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	21,900,000	05/04/17
44	1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	21,900,000	09/07/21
45	1996	Spice Girls	Spice	21,900,000	03/23/17
46	1984	Madonna	Like A Virgin	21,250,000	08/20/17
47	2015	Adele	25	20,875,000	10/14/21
48	1989	Phil Collins	?But Seriously	20,810,000	04/11/18
49	2000	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	20,800,000	06/04/17
50	1995	Mariah Carey	Daydream	19,900,000	04/28/17
51	1987	Whitney Houston	Whitney	19,800,000	05/04/17
52	1994	Green Day	Dookie	19,750,000	03/11/17
53	1970	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	19,580,000	05/11/18
54	1979	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	19,425,000	09/27/17
55	2000	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	19,305,000	04/28/19
56	1968	The Beatles	The Beatles (White Album)	19,000,000	03/01/17
57	1987	George Michael	Faith	18,850,000	05/06/17
58	1991	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	18,800,000	03/01/18
59	1995	Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future	18,625,000	09/27/17
60	1991	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I	18,010,000	03/01/18
61	1995	No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	18,000,000	03/29/20
62	1994	Cranberries	No Need to Argue	17,840,000	01/25/18
63	1973	Led Zeppelin	Houses Of The Holy	17,700,000	09/07/21
64	1995	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	17,660,000	12/06/17
65	1991	U2	Achtung Baby	17,500,000	09/18/21
66	1979	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	16,760,000	08/13/19
67	2003	Evanescence	Fallen	16,730,000	06/30/19
68	1990	Garth Brooks	No Fences	16,640,000	01/05/19
69	1993	Céline Dion	The Colour Of My Love	16,600,000	09/28/21
70	1996	Fugees	The Score	16,525,000	02/18/21
71	1999	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	16,270,000	03/29/18
72	2002	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	16,220,000	02/10/18
73	1991	R.E.M.	Out of Time	16,005,000	09/24/21
74	1998	Madonna	Ray Of Light	16,000,000	08/20/17
75	1995	Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	16,000,000	12/05/16
76	2006	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	15,940,000	07/19/19
77	1994	TLC	CrazySexyCool	15,900,000	04/07/19
78	1988	Metallica	?And Justice For All	15,840,000	02/13/19
79	1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin I	15,800,000	09/07/21
80	2008	Lady Gaga	The Fame / The Fame Monster	15,745,000	12/22/20
81	1981	Phil Collins	Face Value	15,640,000	04/11/18
82	1998	Ms. Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	15,610,000	02/21/21
83	1983	Various Artists	Flashdance	15,590,000	12/05/18
84	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	15,575,000	08/14/20
85	2004	Usher	Confessions	15,500,000	09/04/17
86	1984	Van Halen	1984	15,440,000	08/14/20
87	1972	Neil Young	Harvest	15,325,000	05/16/21
88	1977	Billy Joel	The Stranger	15,300,000	11/03/21
89	2000	NSYNC	No Strings Attached	15,300,000	02/09/18
90	2004	Green Day	American Idiot	15,250,000	03/11/17
91	1979	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	15,150,000	02/20/18
92	1983	The Police	Synchronicity	15,050,000	06/06/20
93	1970	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu [CSNY]	14,600,000	05/16/21
94	1986	Paul Simon	Graceland	14,570,000	05/10/18
95	1999	Dido	No Angel	14,460,000	02/18/19
96	2000	Enya	A Day Without Rain	14,430,000	02/25/18
97	1991	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	14,430,000	03/29/18
98	1965	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	14,400,000	03/01/17
99	1989	Madonna	Like A Prayer	14,275,000	08/20/17
100	1990	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	14,050,000	04/28/17
101	1984	Wham!	Make It Big	14,000,000	05/06/17
102	1986	Metallica	Master Of Puppets	13,980,000	02/13/19
103	1997	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	13,950,000	03/23/17
104	1988	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	13,900,000	11/16/16
105	2002	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	13,865,000	06/07/21
106	1967	The Doors	The Doors	13,810,000	03/03/19
107	1988	U2	Rattle And Hum	13,800,000	09/18/21
108	1992	R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	13,720,000	09/24/21
109	1970	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	13,700,000	09/07/21
110	1991	Garth Brooks	Ropin' The Wind	13,680,000	01/05/19
111	1984	Sade	Diamond Life	13,590,000	07/02/20
112	1975	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	13,400,000	09/07/21
113	1994	Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	13,400,000	04/28/17
114	1993	Aerosmith	Get a Grip	13,360,000	06/01/18
115	2004	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	13,320,000	02/05/19
116	2003	Linkin Park	Meteora	13,300,000	06/04/17
117	1978	Billy Joel	52nd Street	13,300,000	11/03/21
118	1991	Enya	Shepherd Moons	13,270,000	02/25/18
119	1980	Barbra Streisand	Guilty	13,140,000	03/16/18
120	1988	Enya	Watermark	13,130,000	02/25/18
121	1999	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall	13,070,000	05/02/18
122	1983	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	13,000,000	11/03/21
123	1999	Christina Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	12,800,000	03/18/17
124	1993	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell	12,730,000	06/16/18
125	2001	Shakira	Laundry Service	12,630,000	06/21/18
126	1993	Janet Jackson	Janet.	12,600,000	04/17/17
127	2001	Alicia Keys	Songs In A Minor	12,600,000	11/19/16
128	1973	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	12,510,000	02/05/18
129	1997	NSYNC	NSYNC	12,490,000	02/09/18
130	1966	The Beatles	Revolver	12,450,000	03/01/17
131	2002	Maroon 5	Songs About Jane	12,410,000	12/02/19
132	2000	U2	All That You Can't Leave Behind	12,300,000	09/18/21
133	1984	Bryan Adams	Reckless	12,300,000	03/22/19
134	1977	Pink Floyd	Animals	12,150,000	06/18/17
135	1993	Nirvana	In Utero	12,050,000	07/09/17
136	2005	Coldplay	X&Y	11,915,000	06/07/21
137	1998	Céline Dion	These Are Special Times	11,900,000	09/28/21
138	1970	The Beatles	Let It Be	11,900,000	03/01/17
139	1970	Santana	Abraxas	11,870,000	08/05/20
140	1981	Journey	Escape	11,850,000	09/13/19
141	2005	Nickelback	All the Right Reasons	11,850,000	06/28/17
142	1998	Cher	Believe	11,800,000	08/30/17
143	1984	Metallica	Ride The Lightning	11,740,000	02/13/19
144	1979	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	11,700,000	04/09/17
145	1991	Bryan Adams	Waking Up the Neighbours	11,630,000	03/22/19
146	2011	Michael Bublé	Christmas	11,600,000	12/11/16
147	1976	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	11,600,000	03/20/21
148	2001	P!nk	Missundaztood	11,575,000	10/15/17
149	1994	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell	11,550,000	06/18/17
150	2004	Norah Jones	Feels Like Home	11,500,000	01/16/22
151	2000	Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	11,500,000	02/09/17
152	1979	Led Zeppelin	In Through The Out Door	11,500,000	09/07/21
153	1996	Metallica	Load	11,490,000	02/13/19
154	2002	Shania Twain	Up!	11,400,000	12/05/16
155	1975	Queen	A Night at the Opera	11,400,000	01/25/20
156	1987	Fleetwood Mac	Tango In The Night	11,300,000	10/21/21
157	1978	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	11,300,000	12/03/16
158	1979	Eagles	The Long Run	11,150,000	12/20/17
159	2001	Nickelback	Silver Side Up	11,100,000	06/28/17
160	2004	Eminem	Encore	11,030,000	06/22/21
161	1980	Billy Joel	Glass Houses	11,000,000	11/03/21
162	2004	Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	10,980,000	05/23/18
163	1976	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	10,970,000	02/20/18
164	1983	U2	War	10,900,000	09/18/21
165	2013	Various Artists	Frozen	10,900,000	10/08/21
166	1989	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814	10,900,000	04/17/17
167	1997	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	10,800,000	02/09/17
168	1976	ABBA	Arrival	10,800,000	11/02/16
169	1975	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	10,700,000	07/07/17
170	2000	Madonna	Music	10,700,000	08/20/17
171	1990	AC/DC	The Razors Edge	10,670,000	02/20/18
172	1996	2Pac	All Eyez on Me	10,615,000	01/22/22
173	1967	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	10,600,000	03/01/17
174	1985	Sade	Promise	10,540,000	07/02/20
175	2003	Dido	Life for Rent	10,540,000	02/18/19
176	1989	Aerosmith	Pump	10,520,000	06/01/18
177	1978	Boston	Don't Look Back	10,470,000	06/01/19
178	1998	Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love	10,400,000	05/04/17
179	2014	Taylor Swift	1989	10,400,000	05/25/21
180	1999	Eminem	The Slim Shady LP	10,390,000	06/22/21
181	2002	Eminem	8 Mile	10,330,000	06/22/21
182	1978	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	10,320,000	03/23/18
183	2005	Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	10,300,000	08/03/17
184	2001	Britney Spears	Britney	10,240,000	04/28/19
185	2000	Coldplay	Parachutes	10,200,000	06/07/21
186	2004	U2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb	10,200,000	09/18/21
187	1987	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	10,200,000	06/18/17
188	1975	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	10,180,000	06/01/18
189	1999	TLC	FanMail	10,150,000	04/07/19
190	1971	The Doors	L.A. Woman	10,130,000	03/03/19
191	2001	Destiny's Child	Survivor	10,070,000	05/02/18
192	1980	Bruce Springsteen	The River	10,050,000	07/07/17
193	1981	AC/DC	For Those About to Rock We Salute You	10,040,000	02/20/18
194	1995	Enya	The Memory of Trees	10,030,000	02/25/18
195	1982	Phil Collins	Hello, I Must Be Going!	9,990,000	04/11/18
196	2008	Coldplay	Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends	9,985,000	06/07/21
197	2008	Taylor Swift	Fearless	9,955,000	05/25/21
198	1988	Guns N' Roses	Gnr Lies	9,940,000	03/01/18
199	1980	John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy	9,920,000	10/16/18
200	1970	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	9,920,000	03/08/20
201	2003	Beyoncé	Dangerously In Love	9,920,000	05/02/18
202	1990	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight	9,900,000	05/04/17
203	1965	The Beatles	Help!	9,850,000	03/01/17
204	1985	Sting	The Dream of the Blue Turtles	9,750,000	06/14/20
205	1995	Queen	Made in Heaven	9,660,000	01/25/20
206	1997	Mariah Carey	ButterFly	9,650,000	04/28/17
207	1983	Madonna	Madonna	9,625,000	08/20/17
208	2002	Christina Aguilera	Stripped	9,550,000	03/18/17
209	1977	Queen	News of the World	9,540,000	01/25/20
210	1987	Sting	?Nothing Like the Sun	9,540,000	06/14/20
211	2003	Black Eyed Peas	Elephunk	9,500,000	08/03/17
212	2002	Céline Dion	A New Day Has Come	9,400,000	09/28/21
213	1975	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	9,400,000	10/21/21
214	2002	Red Hot Chili Peppers	By the Way	9,390,000	03/29/18
215	1971	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	9,350,000	12/03/16
216	1964	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	9,350,000	03/01/17
217	2006	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	9,340,000	02/09/18
218	2009	Justin Bieber	My World / My World 2.0	9,330,000	11/01/20
219	1980	Queen	The Game	9,330,000	01/25/20
220	2005	Madonna	Confessions Of A Dancefloor	9,325,000	08/20/17
221	1967	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced	9,215,000	12/21/21
222	1997	Garth Brooks	Sevens	9,210,000	01/05/19
223	1986	Janet Jackson	Control	9,200,000	04/17/17
224	1991	Dire Straits	On Every Street	9,140,000	03/23/18
225	2007	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	9,115,000	06/02/21
226	2001	Enrique Iglesias	Escape	9,100,000	10/11/21
227	2014	Ed Sheeran	x (Multiply)	9,055,000	10/29/21
228	2009	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	9,050,000	08/03/17
229	1972	Deep Purple	Machine Head	9,045,000	08/18/21
230	1970	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	9,030,000	01/31/19
231	1994	R.E.M.	Monster	9,010,000	09/24/21
232	1993	Billy Joel	River Of Dreams	9,000,000	11/03/21
233	2006	High School Musical	High School Musical	9,000,000	09/06/17
234	1997	Metallica	Reload	8,940,000	02/13/19
235	2005	Michael Bublé	It's Time	8,850,000	12/11/16
236	1980	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	8,820,000	06/06/20
237	1988	Dirty Dancing	More Dirty Dancing	8,780,000	01/13/18
238	1989	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	8,780,000	01/05/19
239	1986	Van Halen	5150	8,765,000	08/14/20
240	1992	Sade	Love Deluxe	8,740,000	07/02/20
241	1974	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	8,720,000	08/13/19
242	1983	David Bowie	Let's Dance	8,700,000	01/11/17
243	2008	Adele	19	8,660,000	10/14/21
244	2009	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	8,650,000	12/11/16
245	1996	George Michael	Older	8,650,000	05/06/17
246	1973	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	8,630,000	12/13/18
247	2005	Carrie Underwood	Some Hearts	8,610,000	09/09/18
248	1992	Bon Jovi	Keep the Faith	8,600,000	11/16/16
249	2005	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi	8,600,000	04/28/17
250	2002	Justin Timberlake	Justified	8,550,000	02/09/18
251	1972	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	8,550,000	01/11/17
252	1993	Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	8,520,000	01/25/18
253	1983	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	8,510,000	02/13/19
254	1981	The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You	8,500,000	12/03/16
255	1987	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	8,350,000	07/07/17
256	2010	Eminem	Recovery	8,340,000	06/22/21
257	1982	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	8,330,000	11/12/21
258	2001	Jennifer Lopez	J.Lo	8,320,000	06/24/18
259	1988	Sade	Stronger than Pride	8,280,000	07/02/20
260	1971	John Lennon	Imagine	8,220,000	10/16/18
261	1980	ABBA	Super Trouper	8,200,000	11/02/16
262	1976	Barbra Streisand	A Star Is Born	8,190,000	03/16/18
263	1993	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales	8,150,000	06/14/20
264	1981	The Police	Ghost in the Machine	8,130,000	06/06/20
265	1979	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	8,120,000	06/06/20
266	1984	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	8,100,000	09/18/21
267	1972	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	8,100,000	12/03/16
268	1991	Mariah Carey	Emotions	8,100,000	04/28/17
269	2000	Bon Jovi	Crush	8,100,000	11/16/16
270	1977	Bob Marley	Exodus	8,025,000	11/21/17
271	2004	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	8,020,000	02/10/18
272	2003	Alicia Keys	The Diary Of Alicia Keys	8,000,000	11/19/16
273	2010	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	8,000,000	06/27/19
274	1993	U2	Zooropa	8,000,000	09/18/21
275	1992	Garth Brooks	The Chase	7,970,000	01/05/19
276	1971	Pink Floyd	Meddle	7,950,000	06/18/17
277	2002	Robbie Williams	Escapology	7,940,000	12/15/19
278	1996	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	7,900,000	02/09/17
279	1989	Billy Joel	Storm Front	7,900,000	11/03/21
280	2004	Gwen Stefani	Love. Angel. Music. Baby.	7,900,000	04/12/20
281	1993	Garth Brooks	In Pieces	7,840,000	01/05/19
282	1999	Sting	Brand New Day	7,830,000	06/14/20
283	1990	George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1	7,800,000	05/06/17
284	2007	Linkin Park	Minutes To Midnight	7,800,000	06/04/17
285	1993	Phil Collins	Both Sides	7,710,000	04/11/18
286	1968	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	7,710,000	12/21/21
287	1976	Bob Dylan	Desire	7,700,000	12/14/21
288	1983	Journey	Frontiers	7,680,000	09/13/19
289	2017	Ed Sheeran	÷ (Divide)	7,655,000	10/29/21
290	2000	Sade	Lovers Rock	7,650,000	07/02/20
291	1995	Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	7,630,000	06/25/19
292	1995	Bon Jovi	These Days	7,600,000	11/16/16
293	1987	Aerosmith	Permanent Vacation	7,590,000	06/01/18
294	2008	Beyoncé	I Am? Sasha Fierce	7,570,000	05/02/18
295	1976	AC/DC	High Voltage	7,550,000	02/20/18
296	1978	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	7,540,000	11/23/19
297	2001	Robbie Williams	Swing When You're Winning	7,520,000	12/15/19
298	1982	Dire Straits	Love over Gold	7,510,000	03/23/18
299	1994	Madonna	Bedtime Stories	7,500,000	08/20/17
300	1997	Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	7,450,000	04/17/17
301	1997	Usher	My Way	7,450,000	09/04/17
302	1980	Stevie Wonder	Hotter than July	7,435,000	03/20/21
303	1971	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	7,430,000	11/23/19
304	1998	Alanis Morissette	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	7,430,000	06/05/18
305	1997	Oasis	Be Here Now	7,410,000	12/06/17
306	2001	Usher	8701	7,400,000	09/04/17
307	1980	Ozzy Osbourne	Blizzard of Ozz	7,370,000	03/12/20
308	1976	Led Zeppelin	Presence	7,300,000	09/07/21
309	1999	Jennifer Lopez	On the 6	7,290,000	06/24/18
310	2003	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	7,250,000	12/11/16
311	1999	Mariah Carey	Rainbow	7,250,000	04/28/17
312	1989	Tracy Chapman	Crossroads	7,230,000	06/25/19
313	1979	Van Halen	Van Halen II	7,225,000	08/14/20
314	1977	ABBA	The Album	7,200,000	11/02/16
315	1995	Céline Dion	D'Eux	7,200,000	09/28/21
316	2007	Michael Bublé	Call Me Irresponsible	7,200,000	12/11/16
317	2012	Taylor Swift	Red	7,180,000	05/25/21
318	1975	Eagles	One Of These Nights	7,175,000	12/20/17
319	1970	The Doors	Morrison Hotel	7,130,000	03/03/19
320	2006	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium	7,130,000	03/29/18
321	1973	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	7,110,000	03/20/21
322	1991	Prince and the New Power Generation	Diamonds and Pearls	7,100,000	10/04/18
323	1980	Dire Straits	Making Movies	7,040,000	03/23/18
324	1980	Bob Marley	Uprising	7,025,000	11/21/17
325	1982	Prince and the Revolutions	1999	7,010,000	10/04/18
326	1979	ABBA	Voulez-Vous	7,000,000	11/02/16
327	1969	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	7,000,000	12/03/16
328	2003	Britney Spears	In The Zone	7,000,000	04/28/19
329	2008	AC/DC	Black Ice	7,000,000	02/20/18
330	2010	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	6,910,000	06/16/19
331	1979	Dire Straits	Communiqué	6,870,000	03/23/18
332	2001	NSYNC	Celebrity	6,840,000	02/09/18
333	1992	Madonna	Erotica	6,825,000	08/20/17
334	2012	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	6,825,000	06/27/19
335	1983	Pink Floyd	The Final Cut	6,800,000	06/18/17
336	1975	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	6,800,000	12/14/21
337	2005	Gorillaz	Demon Days	6,800,000	05/08/17
338	2008	P!nk	Funhouse	6,775,000	10/15/17
339	1969	Santana	Santana	6,755,000	08/05/20
340	2011	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	6,725,000	12/22/20
341	1999	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique	6,700,000	10/11/21
342	1990	Madonna	I'm Breathless	6,700,000	08/20/17
343	1997	U2	Pop	6,700,000	09/18/21
344	1973	Billy Joel	Piano Man	6,700,000	11/03/21
345	1994	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	6,680,000	12/06/17
346	1989	Prince	Batman	6,680,000	10/04/18
347	1969	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN]	6,670,000	05/16/21
348	1970	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	6,670,000	05/16/21
349	1988	Mannheim Steamroller	A Fresh Aire Christmas	6,645,000	12/28/20
350	2010	Rihanna	Loud	6,630,000	06/02/21
351	1984	Stevie Wonder	The Woman In Red	6,620,000	03/20/21
352	1983	Iron Maiden	Piece of Mind	6,615,000	11/12/21
353	1979	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	6,600,000	10/21/21
354	2006	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	6,600,000	05/25/21
355	2007	High School Musical	High School Musical 2	6,600,000	09/06/17
356	1986	Boston	Third Stage	6,590,000	06/01/19
357	1967	Barbra Streisand	A Christmas Album	6,580,000	03/16/18
358	1986	Queen	A Kind of Magic	6,550,000	01/25/20
359	2014	Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	6,525,000	10/11/17
360	1996	Madonna	Evita	6,525,000	08/20/17
361	2005	Robbie Williams	Intensive Care	6,510,000	12/15/19
362	1972	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	6,505,000	03/20/21
363	1977	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	6,480,000	11/23/19
364	2001	Michael Jackson	Invincible	6,475,000	09/27/17
365	2006	Fergie	The Dutchess	6,450,000	07/12/17
366	1998	Metallica	Garage Inc.	6,450,000	02/13/19
367	1984	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas	6,450,000	12/28/20
368	1994	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge	6,400,000	12/03/16
369	2007	Alicia Keys	As I Am	6,400,000	11/19/16
370	1977	Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments?	6,370,000	08/13/19
371	1973	The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	6,350,000	12/03/16
372	1977	Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN [CSN]	6,350,000	05/16/21
373	2001	Kylie Minogue	Fever	6,330,000	04/16/18
374	2010	Taylor Swift	Speak Now	6,315,000	05/25/21
375	2011	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto	6,315,000	06/07/21
376	2004	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	6,300,000	05/02/18
377	2012	One Direction	Take Me Home	6,300,000	05/14/17
378	1968	The Doors	Waiting for the Sun	6,270,000	03/03/19
379	1978	The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	6,250,000	06/06/20
380	2011	One Direction	Up All Night	6,250,000	05/14/17
381	1996	Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	6,230,000	01/25/18
382	1991	Ozzy Osbourne	No More Tears	6,200,000	03/12/20
383	1977	AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	6,200,000	02/20/18
384	1996	Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	6,195,000	01/22/22
385	1987	Enya	Enya (The Celts)	6,190,000	02/25/18
386	2006	P!nk	I'm Not Dead	6,175,000	10/15/17
387	1997	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	6,110,000	06/01/18
388	1993	Guns N' Roses	The Spaghetti Incident?	6,100,000	03/01/18
389	2003	Nickelback	The Long Road	6,100,000	06/28/17
390	2000	Robbie Williams	Sing When You're Winning	6,090,000	12/15/19
391	1995	Garth Brooks	Fresh Horses	6,090,000	01/05/19
392	2006	Beyoncé	B'Day	6,060,000	05/02/18
393	2002	Rod Stewart	It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook	6,050,000	11/23/19
394	2007	Eagles	Long Road Out Of Eden	6,025,000	12/20/17
395	1989	Cher	Heart of Stone	6,000,000	08/30/17
396	2001	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	6,000,000	05/08/17
397	2002	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me? Then	6,000,000	06/24/18
398	1985	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	5,980,000	03/20/21
399	1991	Rod Stewart	Vagabond Heart	5,950,000	11/23/19
400	1978	Bob Marley	Kaya	5,925,000	11/21/17
401	1975	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5,910,000	02/05/18
402	1963	The Beatles	Please Please Me	5,900,000	03/01/17
403	2001	Janet Jackson	All for You	5,900,000	04/17/17
404	1991	Queen	Innuendo	5,870,000	01/25/20
405	1995	Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	5,850,000	03/29/18
406	1963	The Beatles	With the Beatles	5,850,000	03/01/17
407	1978	Queen	Jazz	5,840,000	01/25/20
408	1995	Green Day	Insomniac	5,800,000	03/11/17
409	1988	Van Halen	OU812	5,795,000	08/14/20
410	1970	Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	5,775,000	08/18/21
411	1991	Sting	The Soul Cages	5,770,000	06/14/20
412	1967	The Doors	Strange Days	5,760,000	03/03/19
413	1993	Björk	Debut	5,730,000	12/23/18
414	1982	Van Halen	Diver Down	5,705,000	08/14/20
415	1980	The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue	5,700,000	12/03/16
416	1970	Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	5,700,000	06/18/17
417	1978	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	5,700,000	07/07/17
418	1992	Céline Dion	Celine Dion	5,700,000	09/28/21
419	2008	Nickelback	Dark Horse	5,700,000	06/28/17
420	1992	Elton John	The One	5,680,000	02/05/18
421	1995	2Pac	Me Against the World	5,675,000	01/22/22
422	2007	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn Thing	5,660,000	02/10/18
423	1964	The Beatles	Beatles for Sale	5,650,000	03/01/17
424	1981	Ozzy Osbourne	Diary of a Madman	5,650,000	03/12/20
425	1984	Iron Maiden	Powerslave	5,610,000	11/12/21
426	1989	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels	5,600,000	12/03/16
427	1976	Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town	5,560,000	11/23/19
428	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	5,550,000	05/11/18
429	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy And The Poor Boys	5,540,000	01/31/19
430	1989	Elton John	Sleeping with the Past	5,540,000	02/05/18
431	1982	Fleetwood Mac	Mirage	5,500,000	10/21/21
432	1982	Supertramp	?Famous Last Words?	5,480,000	08/13/19
433	1973	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	5,460,000	02/05/18
434	2011	Ed Sheeran	+ (Plus)	5,455,000	10/29/21
435	2012	Lana Del Rey	Born to Die	5,450,000	08/24/17
436	2012	P!nk	The Truth About Love	5,450,000	10/15/17
437	1971	Santana	Santana III	5,440,000	08/05/20
438	1995	AC/DC	Ballbreaker	5,420,000	02/20/18
439	1987	Madonna	Who's That Girl	5,400,000	08/20/17
440	1976	Queen	A Day at the Races	5,390,000	01/25/20
441	1980	Van Halen	Women and Children First	5,385,000	08/14/20
442	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	5,360,000	01/31/19
443	1985	Barbra Streisand	The Broadway Album	5,350,000	03/16/18
444	1976	Aerosmith	Rocks	5,350,000	06/01/18
445	2008	Metallica	Death Magnetic	5,330,000	02/13/19
446	1996	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	5,300,000	05/04/17
447	1968	Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	5,300,000	05/11/18
448	1986	Iron Maiden	Somewhere in Time	5,290,000	11/12/21
449	2002	Santana	Shaman	5,275,000	08/05/20
450	1987	Prince	Sign 'o' the Times	5,250,000	10/04/18
451	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	5,250,000	05/11/18
452	2013	One Direction	Midnight Memories	5,250,000	05/14/17
453	1978	AC/DC	Powerage	5,220,000	02/20/18
454	1989	Nirvana	Bleach	5,200,000	07/09/17
455	1997	Green Day	Nimrod	5,200,000	03/11/17
456	2003	Rod Stewart	As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II	5,170,000	11/23/19
457	1990	Paul Simon	The Rhythm of the Saints	5,170,000	05/10/18
458	2012	Imagine Dragons	Night Visions	5,170,000	09/19/18
459	1984	Queen	The Works	5,140,000	01/25/20
460	1966	Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde	5,100,000	12/14/21
461	2001	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	5,100,000	02/14/17
462	1997	Barbra Streisand	Higher Ground	5,090,000	03/16/18
463	1975	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	5,070,000	11/23/19
464	1969	Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	5,050,000	06/18/17
465	2003	Metallica	St. Anger	5,050,000	02/13/19
466	1988	Kylie Minogue	Kylie	5,040,000	04/16/18
467	1998	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	5,010,000	12/15/19
468	2005	Shakira	Oral Fixation, Vol. 2	5,000,000	06/21/18
469	2002	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	5,000,000	07/07/17
470	1985	Prince and the Revolutions	Around the World in a Day	5,000,000	10/04/18
471	1965	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	5,000,000	12/14/21
472	1991	Van Halen	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	4,925,000	08/14/20
473	1995	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas in the Aire	4,920,000	12/28/20
474	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	4,910,000	03/08/20
475	1982	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain	4,900,000	11/03/21
476	1973	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	4,900,000	01/11/17
477	1990	Jon Bon Jovi	Blaze of Glory	4,900,000	11/16/16
478	1995	Van Halen	Balance	4,870,000	08/14/20
479	1981	Iron Maiden	Killers	4,855,000	11/12/21
480	1997	Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	4,825,000	10/10/17
481	1988	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	4,815,000	11/12/21
482	1971	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality	4,810,000	03/08/20
483	1981	ABBA	The Visitors	4,800,000	11/02/16
484	1983	Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	4,780,000	03/12/20
485	1989	Queen	The Miracle	4,780,000	01/25/20
486	2013	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	4,770,000	06/22/21
487	1988	R.E.M.	Green	4,765,000	09/24/21
488	2005	Enya	Amarantine	4,760,000	02/25/18
489	1992	TLC	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	4,720,000	04/07/19
490	2006	Miley Cyrus	Hannah Montana	4,705,000	12/07/20
491	1997	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon	4,700,000	12/03/16
492	1971	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	4,700,000	01/11/17
493	1970	Jimi Hendrix	Band of Gypsys	4,700,000	12/21/21
494	2007	Maroon 5	It Won't Be Soon Before Long	4,690,000	12/02/19
495	1967	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Axis: Bold As Love	4,685,000	12/21/21
496	1961	Elvis Presley	Blue Hawaii	4,650,000	09/01/18
497	1996	Bryan Adams	18 til I Die	4,650,000	03/22/19
498	2015	Justin Bieber	Purpose	4,625,000	11/01/20
499	1992	Bruce Springsteen	Human Touch	4,600,000	07/07/17
500	1979	Bob Marley	Survival	4,600,000	11/21/17

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DenysAnatol(@denysanatol)

11 hours ago

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 .

L145(@zenwh0re)

Reply to DenysAnatol

9 hours ago

his total is always glitching I don’t get it

john

Reply to L145

6 hours ago

thats why I think they should update his streaming master page bcz his Spotify streams are not clear

Iris

3 days ago

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 »

Nicknock

14 days ago

Hi! U can update Madonna´s figure? Thank u!

hug

20 days ago

Where’s cheek to cheek on the bestseller list in pure sales of 2014? Sold +1.3 million copies worldwide!

Reply to hug

the cutoff is 2m

deekennj(@deekennj)

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

Mikko(@mikko)

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 »

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