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	10/08/16
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	30,140,000	06/02/19
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	09/23/16
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	09/23/16
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	08/31/16
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	11/04/16
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	1989	Phil Collins	?But Seriously	20,810,000	04/11/18
48	2000	Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	20,800,000	06/04/17
49	2015	Adele	25	20,410,000	06/02/19
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	08/31/16
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	09/23/16
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	1998	Madonna	Ray Of Light	16,000,000	08/20/17
74	1995	Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	16,000,000	12/05/16
75	2006	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	15,940,000	07/19/19
76	1994	TLC	CrazySexyCool	15,900,000	04/07/19
77	1988	Metallica	?And Justice For All	15,840,000	02/13/19
78	1969	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin I	15,800,000	09/07/21
79	2008	Lady Gaga	The Fame / The Fame Monster	15,745,000	12/22/20
80	1981	Phil Collins	Face Value	15,640,000	04/11/18
81	1998	Ms. Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	15,610,000	02/21/21
82	1983	Various Artists	Flashdance	15,590,000	12/05/18
83	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	15,575,000	08/14/20
84	2004	Usher	Confessions	15,500,000	09/04/17
85	1984	Van Halen	1984	15,440,000	08/14/20
86	1972	Neil Young	Harvest	15,325,000	05/16/21
87	1977	Billy Joel	The Stranger	15,300,000	10/19/16
88	2000	NSYNC	No Strings Attached	15,300,000	02/09/18
89	2004	Green Day	American Idiot	15,250,000	03/11/17
90	1979	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	15,150,000	02/20/18
91	1983	The Police	Synchronicity	15,050,000	06/06/20
92	1970	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu [CSNY]	14,600,000	05/16/21
93	1986	Paul Simon	Graceland	14,570,000	05/10/18
94	1999	Dido	No Angel	14,460,000	02/18/19
95	2000	Enya	A Day Without Rain	14,430,000	02/25/18
96	1991	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	14,430,000	03/29/18
97	1965	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	14,400,000	03/01/17
98	1989	Madonna	Like A Prayer	14,275,000	08/20/17
99	1990	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	14,050,000	04/28/17
100	1984	Wham!	Make It Big	14,000,000	05/06/17
101	1986	Metallica	Master Of Puppets	13,980,000	02/13/19
102	1997	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	13,950,000	03/23/17
103	1988	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	13,900,000	11/16/16
104	2002	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	13,865,000	06/07/21
105	1967	The Doors	The Doors	13,810,000	03/03/19
106	1988	U2	Rattle And Hum	13,800,000	08/31/16
107	1970	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	13,700,000	09/07/21
108	1991	Garth Brooks	Ropin' The Wind	13,680,000	01/05/19
109	1984	Sade	Diamond Life	13,590,000	07/02/20
110	1975	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	13,400,000	09/07/21
111	1994	Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	13,400,000	04/28/17
112	1993	Aerosmith	Get a Grip	13,360,000	06/01/18
113	2004	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	13,320,000	02/05/19
114	2003	Linkin Park	Meteora	13,300,000	06/04/17
115	1978	Billy Joel	52nd Street	13,300,000	10/19/16
116	1991	Enya	Shepherd Moons	13,270,000	02/25/18
117	1980	Barbra Streisand	Guilty	13,140,000	03/16/18
118	1988	Enya	Watermark	13,130,000	02/25/18
119	1999	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall	13,070,000	05/02/18
120	1983	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	13,000,000	10/19/16
121	1999	Christina Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	12,800,000	03/18/17
122	1993	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell	12,730,000	06/16/18
123	2001	Shakira	Laundry Service	12,630,000	06/21/18
124	2001	Alicia Keys	Songs In A Minor	12,600,000	11/19/16
125	1993	Janet Jackson	Janet.	12,600,000	04/17/17
126	1973	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	12,510,000	02/05/18
127	1997	NSYNC	NSYNC	12,490,000	02/09/18
128	1966	The Beatles	Revolver	12,450,000	03/01/17
129	2002	Maroon 5	Songs About Jane	12,410,000	12/02/19
130	2000	U2	All That You Can't Leave Behind	12,300,000	08/31/16
131	1984	Bryan Adams	Reckless	12,300,000	03/22/19
132	1977	Pink Floyd	Animals	12,150,000	06/18/17
133	1993	Nirvana	In Utero	12,050,000	07/09/17
134	2005	Coldplay	X&Y	11,915,000	06/07/21
135	1998	Céline Dion	These Are Special Times	11,900,000	09/23/16
136	1970	The Beatles	Let It Be	11,900,000	03/01/17
137	1970	Santana	Abraxas	11,870,000	08/05/20
138	1981	Journey	Escape	11,850,000	09/13/19
139	2005	Nickelback	All the Right Reasons	11,850,000	06/28/17
140	1998	Cher	Believe	11,800,000	08/30/17
141	1984	Metallica	Ride The Lightning	11,740,000	02/13/19
142	1979	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	11,700,000	04/09/17
143	1991	Bryan Adams	Waking Up the Neighbours	11,630,000	03/22/19
144	2011	Michael Bublé	Christmas	11,600,000	12/11/16
145	1976	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	11,600,000	03/20/21
146	2001	P!nk	Missundaztood	11,575,000	10/15/17
147	1994	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell	11,550,000	06/18/17
148	2004	Norah Jones	Feels Like Home	11,500,000	11/04/16
149	2000	Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	11,500,000	02/09/17
150	1979	Led Zeppelin	In Through The Out Door	11,500,000	09/07/21
151	1996	Metallica	Load	11,490,000	02/13/19
152	2002	Shania Twain	Up!	11,400,000	12/05/16
153	1975	Queen	A Night at the Opera	11,400,000	01/25/20
154	1987	Fleetwood Mac	Tango In The Night	11,300,000	10/08/16
155	1978	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	11,300,000	12/03/16
156	1979	Eagles	The Long Run	11,150,000	12/20/17
157	2001	Nickelback	Silver Side Up	11,100,000	06/28/17
158	2004	Eminem	Encore	11,030,000	06/22/21
159	1980	Billy Joel	Glass Houses	11,000,000	10/19/16
160	2004	Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	10,980,000	05/23/18
161	1976	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	10,970,000	02/20/18
162	1989	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814	10,900,000	04/17/17
163	1983	U2	War	10,900,000	08/31/16
164	2013	Various Artists	Frozen	10,900,000	11/26/16
165	1997	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	10,800,000	02/09/17
166	1976	ABBA	Arrival	10,800,000	11/02/16
167	1975	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	10,700,000	07/07/17
168	2000	Madonna	Music	10,700,000	08/20/17
169	1990	AC/DC	The Razors Edge	10,670,000	02/20/18
170	1967	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	10,600,000	03/01/17
171	1985	Sade	Promise	10,540,000	07/02/20
172	2003	Dido	Life for Rent	10,540,000	02/18/19
173	1989	Aerosmith	Pump	10,520,000	06/01/18
174	1978	Boston	Don't Look Back	10,470,000	06/01/19
175	1998	Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love	10,400,000	05/04/17
176	2014	Taylor Swift	1989	10,400,000	05/25/21
177	1999	Eminem	The Slim Shady LP	10,390,000	06/22/21
178	2002	Eminem	8 Mile	10,330,000	06/22/21
179	1978	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	10,320,000	03/23/18
180	2005	Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	10,300,000	08/03/17
181	2001	Britney Spears	Britney	10,240,000	04/28/19
182	2004	U2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb	10,200,000	08/31/16
183	2000	Coldplay	Parachutes	10,200,000	06/07/21
184	1987	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	10,200,000	06/18/17
185	1975	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	10,180,000	06/01/18
186	1999	TLC	FanMail	10,150,000	04/07/19
187	1971	The Doors	L.A. Woman	10,130,000	03/03/19
188	2001	Destiny's Child	Survivor	10,070,000	05/02/18
189	1980	Bruce Springsteen	The River	10,050,000	07/07/17
190	1981	AC/DC	For Those About to Rock We Salute You	10,040,000	02/20/18
191	1995	Enya	The Memory of Trees	10,030,000	02/25/18
192	1982	Phil Collins	Hello, I Must Be Going!	9,990,000	04/11/18
193	2008	Coldplay	Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends	9,985,000	06/07/21
194	2008	Taylor Swift	Fearless	9,955,000	05/25/21
195	1988	Guns N' Roses	Gnr Lies	9,940,000	03/01/18
196	1970	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	9,920,000	03/08/20
197	1980	John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy	9,920,000	10/16/18
198	2003	Beyoncé	Dangerously In Love	9,920,000	05/02/18
199	1990	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight	9,900,000	05/04/17
200	1965	The Beatles	Help!	9,850,000	03/01/17
201	1985	Sting	The Dream of the Blue Turtles	9,750,000	06/14/20
202	1995	Queen	Made in Heaven	9,660,000	01/25/20
203	1997	Mariah Carey	ButterFly	9,650,000	04/28/17
204	1983	Madonna	Madonna	9,625,000	08/20/17
205	2002	Christina Aguilera	Stripped	9,550,000	03/18/17
206	1987	Sting	?Nothing Like the Sun	9,540,000	06/14/20
207	1977	Queen	News of the World	9,540,000	01/25/20
208	2003	Black Eyed Peas	Elephunk	9,500,000	08/03/17
209	2002	Céline Dion	A New Day Has Come	9,400,000	09/23/16
210	1975	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	9,400,000	10/08/16
211	2002	Red Hot Chili Peppers	By the Way	9,390,000	03/29/18
212	1964	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	9,350,000	03/01/17
213	1971	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	9,350,000	12/03/16
214	2006	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	9,340,000	02/09/18
215	2009	Justin Bieber	My World / My World 2.0	9,330,000	11/01/20
216	1980	Queen	The Game	9,330,000	01/25/20
217	2005	Madonna	Confessions Of A Dancefloor	9,325,000	08/20/17
218	1997	Garth Brooks	Sevens	9,210,000	01/05/19
219	1986	Janet Jackson	Control	9,200,000	04/17/17
220	1991	Dire Straits	On Every Street	9,140,000	03/23/18
221	2007	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	9,115,000	06/02/21
222	2001	Enrique Iglesias	Escape	9,100,000	09/27/16
223	2009	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	9,050,000	08/03/17
224	1972	Deep Purple	Machine Head	9,045,000	08/18/21
225	1970	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	9,030,000	01/31/19
226	2006	High School Musical	High School Musical	9,000,000	09/06/17
227	1993	Billy Joel	River Of Dreams	9,000,000	10/19/16
228	1997	Metallica	Reload	8,940,000	02/13/19
229	2005	Michael Bublé	It's Time	8,850,000	12/11/16
230	2014	Ed Sheeran	x (Multiply)	8,840,000	10/27/19
231	1980	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	8,820,000	06/06/20
232	1988	Dirty Dancing	More Dirty Dancing	8,780,000	01/13/18
233	1989	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	8,780,000	01/05/19
234	1986	Van Halen	5150	8,765,000	08/14/20
235	1992	Sade	Love Deluxe	8,740,000	07/02/20
236	1974	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	8,720,000	08/13/19
237	1983	David Bowie	Let's Dance	8,700,000	01/11/17
238	1996	George Michael	Older	8,650,000	05/06/17
239	2009	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	8,650,000	12/11/16
240	1973	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	8,630,000	12/13/18
241	2005	Carrie Underwood	Some Hearts	8,610,000	09/09/18
242	2005	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi	8,600,000	04/28/17
243	1992	Bon Jovi	Keep the Faith	8,600,000	11/16/16
244	2008	Adele	19	8,560,000	06/02/19
245	2002	Justin Timberlake	Justified	8,550,000	02/09/18
246	1972	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	8,550,000	01/11/17
247	1993	Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	8,520,000	01/25/18
248	1983	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	8,510,000	02/13/19
249	1981	The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You	8,500,000	12/03/16
250	1987	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	8,350,000	07/07/17
251	2010	Eminem	Recovery	8,340,000	06/22/21
252	2001	Jennifer Lopez	J.Lo	8,320,000	06/24/18
253	1988	Sade	Stronger than Pride	8,280,000	07/02/20
254	1971	John Lennon	Imagine	8,220,000	10/16/18
255	1980	ABBA	Super Trouper	8,200,000	11/02/16
256	1976	Barbra Streisand	A Star Is Born	8,190,000	03/16/18
257	1993	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales	8,150,000	06/14/20
258	1981	The Police	Ghost in the Machine	8,130,000	06/06/20
259	1979	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	8,120,000	06/06/20
260	1972	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	8,100,000	12/03/16
261	1984	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	8,100,000	08/31/16
262	2000	Bon Jovi	Crush	8,100,000	11/16/16
263	1991	Mariah Carey	Emotions	8,100,000	04/28/17
264	1977	Bob Marley	Exodus	8,025,000	11/21/17
265	2004	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	8,020,000	02/10/18
266	2010	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	8,000,000	06/27/19
267	2003	Alicia Keys	The Diary Of Alicia Keys	8,000,000	11/19/16
268	1993	U2	Zooropa	8,000,000	08/31/16
269	1992	Garth Brooks	The Chase	7,970,000	01/05/19
270	1971	Pink Floyd	Meddle	7,950,000	06/18/17
271	2002	Robbie Williams	Escapology	7,940,000	12/15/19
272	1996	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	7,900,000	02/09/17
273	2004	Gwen Stefani	Love. Angel. Music. Baby.	7,900,000	04/12/20
274	1989	Billy Joel	Storm Front	7,900,000	10/19/16
275	1993	Garth Brooks	In Pieces	7,840,000	01/05/19
276	1999	Sting	Brand New Day	7,830,000	06/14/20
277	1990	George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1	7,800,000	05/06/17
278	2007	Linkin Park	Minutes To Midnight	7,800,000	06/04/17
279	1993	Phil Collins	Both Sides	7,710,000	04/11/18
280	1976	Bob Dylan	Desire	7,700,000	10/23/16
281	1983	Journey	Frontiers	7,680,000	09/13/19
282	2000	Sade	Lovers Rock	7,650,000	07/02/20
283	1995	Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	7,630,000	06/25/19
284	1995	Bon Jovi	These Days	7,600,000	11/16/16
285	1987	Aerosmith	Permanent Vacation	7,590,000	06/01/18
286	2008	Beyoncé	I Am? Sasha Fierce	7,570,000	05/02/18
287	1976	AC/DC	High Voltage	7,550,000	02/20/18
288	1978	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	7,540,000	11/23/19
289	2001	Robbie Williams	Swing When You're Winning	7,520,000	12/15/19
290	1982	Dire Straits	Love over Gold	7,510,000	03/23/18
291	1994	Madonna	Bedtime Stories	7,500,000	08/20/17
292	1997	Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	7,450,000	04/17/17
293	1997	Usher	My Way	7,450,000	09/04/17
294	1980	Stevie Wonder	Hotter than July	7,435,000	03/20/21
295	1971	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	7,430,000	11/23/19
296	1998	Alanis Morissette	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	7,430,000	06/05/18
297	1997	Oasis	Be Here Now	7,410,000	12/06/17
298	2001	Usher	8701	7,400,000	09/04/17
299	1980	Ozzy Osbourne	Blizzard of Ozz	7,370,000	03/12/20
300	1976	Led Zeppelin	Presence	7,300,000	09/07/21
301	1999	Jennifer Lopez	On the 6	7,290,000	06/24/18
302	2017	Ed Sheeran	÷ (Divide)	7,260,000	10/27/19
303	2003	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	7,250,000	12/11/16
304	1999	Mariah Carey	Rainbow	7,250,000	04/28/17
305	1989	Tracy Chapman	Crossroads	7,230,000	06/25/19
306	1979	Van Halen	Van Halen II	7,225,000	08/14/20
307	1977	ABBA	The Album	7,200,000	11/02/16
308	1995	Céline Dion	D'Eux	7,200,000	09/23/16
309	2007	Michael Bublé	Call Me Irresponsible	7,200,000	12/11/16
310	2012	Taylor Swift	Red	7,180,000	05/25/21
311	1975	Eagles	One Of These Nights	7,175,000	12/20/17
312	1970	The Doors	Morrison Hotel	7,130,000	03/03/19
313	2006	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium	7,130,000	03/29/18
314	1973	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	7,110,000	03/20/21
315	1991	Prince and the New Power Generation	Diamonds and Pearls	7,100,000	10/04/18
316	1980	Dire Straits	Making Movies	7,040,000	03/23/18
317	1980	Bob Marley	Uprising	7,025,000	11/21/17
318	1982	Prince and the Revolutions	1999	7,010,000	10/04/18
319	1979	ABBA	Voulez-Vous	7,000,000	11/02/16
320	1969	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	7,000,000	12/03/16
321	2008	AC/DC	Black Ice	7,000,000	02/20/18
322	2003	Britney Spears	In The Zone	7,000,000	04/28/19
323	2010	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	6,910,000	06/16/19
324	1979	Dire Straits	Communiqué	6,870,000	03/23/18
325	2001	NSYNC	Celebrity	6,840,000	02/09/18
326	2012	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	6,825,000	06/27/19
327	1992	Madonna	Erotica	6,825,000	08/20/17
328	2005	Gorillaz	Demon Days	6,800,000	05/08/17
329	1975	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	6,800,000	10/23/16
330	1983	Pink Floyd	The Final Cut	6,800,000	06/18/17
331	2008	P!nk	Funhouse	6,775,000	10/15/17
332	1969	Santana	Santana	6,755,000	08/05/20
333	2011	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	6,725,000	12/22/20
334	1999	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique	6,700,000	09/27/16
335	1997	U2	Pop	6,700,000	08/31/16
336	1990	Madonna	I'm Breathless	6,700,000	08/20/17
337	1973	Billy Joel	Piano Man	6,700,000	10/19/16
338	1994	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	6,680,000	12/06/17
339	1989	Prince	Batman	6,680,000	10/04/18
340	1970	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	6,670,000	05/16/21
341	1969	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN]	6,670,000	05/16/21
342	1988	Mannheim Steamroller	A Fresh Aire Christmas	6,645,000	12/28/20
343	2010	Rihanna	Loud	6,630,000	06/02/21
344	1984	Stevie Wonder	The Woman In Red	6,620,000	03/20/21
345	1979	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	6,600,000	10/08/16
346	2006	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	6,600,000	05/25/21
347	2007	High School Musical	High School Musical 2	6,600,000	09/06/17
348	1986	Boston	Third Stage	6,590,000	06/01/19
349	1967	Barbra Streisand	A Christmas Album	6,580,000	03/16/18
350	1986	Queen	A Kind of Magic	6,550,000	01/25/20
351	2014	Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	6,525,000	10/11/17
352	1996	Madonna	Evita	6,525,000	08/20/17
353	2005	Robbie Williams	Intensive Care	6,510,000	12/15/19
354	1972	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	6,505,000	03/20/21
355	1977	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	6,480,000	11/23/19
356	2001	Michael Jackson	Invincible	6,475,000	09/27/17
357	1998	Metallica	Garage Inc.	6,450,000	02/13/19
358	2006	Fergie	The Dutchess	6,450,000	07/12/17
359	1984	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas	6,450,000	12/28/20
360	1994	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge	6,400,000	12/03/16
361	2007	Alicia Keys	As I Am	6,400,000	11/19/16
362	1977	Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments?	6,370,000	08/13/19
363	1977	Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN [CSN]	6,350,000	05/16/21
364	1973	The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	6,350,000	12/03/16
365	2001	Kylie Minogue	Fever	6,330,000	04/16/18
366	2011	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto	6,315,000	06/07/21
367	2010	Taylor Swift	Speak Now	6,315,000	05/25/21
368	2004	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	6,300,000	05/02/18
369	2012	One Direction	Take Me Home	6,300,000	05/14/17
370	1968	The Doors	Waiting for the Sun	6,270,000	03/03/19
371	1978	The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	6,250,000	06/06/20
372	2011	One Direction	Up All Night	6,250,000	05/14/17
373	1996	Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	6,230,000	01/25/18
374	1991	Ozzy Osbourne	No More Tears	6,200,000	03/12/20
375	1977	AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	6,200,000	02/20/18
376	1987	Enya	Enya (The Celts)	6,190,000	02/25/18
377	2006	P!nk	I'm Not Dead	6,175,000	10/15/17
378	1997	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	6,110,000	06/01/18
379	2003	Nickelback	The Long Road	6,100,000	06/28/17
380	1993	Guns N' Roses	The Spaghetti Incident?	6,100,000	03/01/18
381	2000	Robbie Williams	Sing When You're Winning	6,090,000	12/15/19
382	1995	Garth Brooks	Fresh Horses	6,090,000	01/05/19
383	2006	Beyoncé	B'Day	6,060,000	05/02/18
384	2002	Rod Stewart	It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook	6,050,000	11/23/19
385	2007	Eagles	Long Road Out Of Eden	6,025,000	12/20/17
386	2002	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me? Then	6,000,000	06/24/18
387	2001	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	6,000,000	05/08/17
388	1989	Cher	Heart of Stone	6,000,000	08/30/17
389	1985	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	5,980,000	03/20/21
390	1991	Rod Stewart	Vagabond Heart	5,950,000	11/23/19
391	1978	Bob Marley	Kaya	5,925,000	11/21/17
392	1975	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5,910,000	02/05/18
393	1963	The Beatles	Please Please Me	5,900,000	03/01/17
394	2001	Janet Jackson	All for You	5,900,000	04/17/17
395	1991	Queen	Innuendo	5,870,000	01/25/20
396	1995	Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	5,850,000	03/29/18
397	1963	The Beatles	With the Beatles	5,850,000	03/01/17
398	1978	Queen	Jazz	5,840,000	01/25/20
399	1995	Green Day	Insomniac	5,800,000	03/11/17
400	1988	Van Halen	OU812	5,795,000	08/14/20
401	1970	Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	5,775,000	08/18/21
402	1991	Sting	The Soul Cages	5,770,000	06/14/20
403	1967	The Doors	Strange Days	5,760,000	03/03/19
404	1993	Björk	Debut	5,730,000	12/23/18
405	1982	Van Halen	Diver Down	5,705,000	08/14/20
406	1978	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	5,700,000	07/07/17
407	1970	Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	5,700,000	06/18/17
408	1980	The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue	5,700,000	12/03/16
409	1992	Céline Dion	Celine Dion	5,700,000	09/23/16
410	2008	Nickelback	Dark Horse	5,700,000	06/28/17
411	1992	Elton John	The One	5,680,000	02/05/18
412	2007	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn Thing	5,660,000	02/10/18
413	1981	Ozzy Osbourne	Diary of a Madman	5,650,000	03/12/20
414	1964	The Beatles	Beatles for Sale	5,650,000	03/01/17
415	1989	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels	5,600,000	12/03/16
416	1976	Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town	5,560,000	11/23/19
417	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	5,550,000	05/11/18
418	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy And The Poor Boys	5,540,000	01/31/19
419	1989	Elton John	Sleeping with the Past	5,540,000	02/05/18
420	1982	Fleetwood Mac	Mirage	5,500,000	10/08/16
421	1982	Supertramp	?Famous Last Words?	5,480,000	08/13/19
422	1973	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	5,460,000	02/05/18
423	2012	Lana Del Rey	Born to Die	5,450,000	08/24/17
424	2012	P!nk	The Truth About Love	5,450,000	10/15/17
425	1971	Santana	Santana III	5,440,000	08/05/20
426	1995	AC/DC	Ballbreaker	5,420,000	02/20/18
427	1987	Madonna	Who's That Girl	5,400,000	08/20/17
428	1976	Queen	A Day at the Races	5,390,000	01/25/20
429	1980	Van Halen	Women and Children First	5,385,000	08/14/20
430	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	5,360,000	01/31/19
431	1985	Barbra Streisand	The Broadway Album	5,350,000	03/16/18
432	1976	Aerosmith	Rocks	5,350,000	06/01/18
433	2008	Metallica	Death Magnetic	5,330,000	02/13/19
434	1996	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	5,300,000	05/04/17
435	1968	Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	5,300,000	05/11/18
436	2002	Santana	Shaman	5,275,000	08/05/20
437	2013	One Direction	Midnight Memories	5,250,000	05/14/17
438	1987	Prince	Sign 'o' the Times	5,250,000	10/04/18
439	1966	Simon & Garfunkel	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	5,250,000	05/11/18
440	1978	AC/DC	Powerage	5,220,000	02/20/18
441	2011	Ed Sheeran	+ (Plus)	5,220,000	10/27/19
442	1989	Nirvana	Bleach	5,200,000	07/09/17
443	1997	Green Day	Nimrod	5,200,000	03/11/17
444	1990	Paul Simon	The Rhythm of the Saints	5,170,000	05/10/18
445	2003	Rod Stewart	As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II	5,170,000	11/23/19
446	2012	Imagine Dragons	Night Visions	5,170,000	09/19/18
447	1984	Queen	The Works	5,140,000	01/25/20
448	1966	Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde	5,100,000	10/23/16
449	2001	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	5,100,000	02/14/17
450	1997	Barbra Streisand	Higher Ground	5,090,000	03/16/18
451	1975	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	5,070,000	11/23/19
452	1969	Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	5,050,000	06/18/17
453	2003	Metallica	St. Anger	5,050,000	02/13/19
454	1988	Kylie Minogue	Kylie	5,040,000	04/16/18
455	1998	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	5,010,000	12/15/19
456	2002	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	5,000,000	07/07/17
457	2005	Shakira	Oral Fixation, Vol. 2	5,000,000	06/21/18
458	1965	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	5,000,000	10/23/16
459	1985	Prince and the Revolutions	Around the World in a Day	5,000,000	10/04/18
460	1991	Van Halen	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	4,925,000	08/14/20
461	1995	Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas in the Aire	4,920,000	12/28/20
462	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	4,910,000	03/08/20
463	1973	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	4,900,000	01/11/17
464	1982	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain	4,900,000	10/19/16
465	1990	Jon Bon Jovi	Blaze of Glory	4,900,000	11/16/16
466	1995	Van Halen	Balance	4,870,000	08/14/20
467	1997	Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	4,825,000	10/10/17
468	1971	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality	4,810,000	03/08/20
469	1981	ABBA	The Visitors	4,800,000	11/02/16
470	1983	Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	4,780,000	03/12/20
471	1989	Queen	The Miracle	4,780,000	01/25/20
472	2013	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	4,770,000	06/22/21
473	2005	Enya	Amarantine	4,760,000	02/25/18
474	1992	TLC	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	4,720,000	04/07/19
475	2006	Miley Cyrus	Hannah Montana	4,705,000	12/07/20
476	1997	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon	4,700,000	12/03/16
477	1971	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	4,700,000	01/11/17
478	2007	Maroon 5	It Won't Be Soon Before Long	4,690,000	12/02/19
479	1996	Bryan Adams	18 til I Die	4,650,000	03/22/19
480	1961	Elvis Presley	Blue Hawaii	4,650,000	09/01/18
481	2015	Justin Bieber	Purpose	4,625,000	11/01/20
482	1992	Bruce Springsteen	Human Touch	4,600,000	07/07/17
483	1979	Bob Marley	Survival	4,600,000	11/21/17
484	1988	Rod Stewart	Out Of Order	4,600,000	11/23/19
485	1969	The Doors	The Soft Parade	4,590,000	03/03/19
486	2020	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	4,575,000	05/21/21
487	1995	Björk	Post	4,570,000	12/23/18
488	2006	Evanescence	The Open Door	4,560,000	06/30/19
489	1986	Prince and the Revolutions	Parade	4,560,000	10/04/18
490	1999	Phil Collins	Tarzan	4,550,000	04/11/18
491	1976	Bob Marley	Rastaman Vibration	4,525,000	11/21/17
492	1970	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	4,490,000	01/31/19
493	2009	Eminem	Relapse	4,480,000	06/22/21
494	1984	The Jacksons	Victory	4,475,000	09/26/17
495	1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bayou Country	4,450,000	01/31/19
496	1978	Journey	Infinity	4,420,000	09/13/19
497	1986	Billy Joel	The Bridge	4,400,000	10/19/16
498	2009	U2	No Line On The Horizon	4,400,000	08/31/16
499	2007	Norah Jones	Not Too Late	4,400,000	11/04/16
500	2003	Céline Dion	One Heart	4,400,000	09/23/16

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lover boy

10 days ago

Drake is at 103m+ eas

L145

14 days ago

hey MJD, i heard that China has banned Bulk buying and fan funds on all its Music platforms snd that daily sales figures went down because of it, does that mean Chinese DLs won’t be downweighted anymore?

matt

Reply to L145

13 days ago

China sales are downweighted because albums are being sold for less than four dollars, not because of bulk buying

Padilla

Reply to matt

12 days ago

the minimum price to Chart in Billboard 200 is 3.49 dollars and a LOT of Elvis albums were sold very cheaply, MJD himself said that bulk buying is the issue not the price

Jaz

3 days ago

Isn’t music sold in China a lot cheaper because their pay, housing and everything else is also a lot cheaper so its actually fair to be sold at that price?

Fanofpop

9 days ago

Chinese sales aren’t really down weighted.
It’s just most albums are sold for different lower price points, depending on if it’s an EP, a four song bundle; or a full album or compilation so CSPC uses 50 yuan as the baseline for an album unit over there because it’s similar to the streaming revenue of 1500 paid streams and albums elsewhere.

Minhyun

15 days ago

When will “Tracks Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales” and other all-time categories be updated? It seems, at least as far as the all-time single sales (EAS) section doesn’t include any songs after 2015, despite some songs having more than enough EAS to make the list.

-1

16 days ago

Drake is at 102.6m eas

19 days ago

why does Rihanna’s total keep fluctuating ?

Speed of Life

Hi Guys – will you do a manual update on David Bowie’s streaming figures please.It seems to be missing a load of songs.

Alex

I was wondering when the most successful rappers after Eminem and Drake – Jay-Z, Kanye, and Lil Wayne – are going to be included in these stats?

Analord

Reply to Alex

Hopefully after 2Pac.

https://chartmasters.org/cspc-requests-leaderboard/

obro

18 days ago

If I had to guess I would say 2pac followed by the artist you mentioned but I think potentially Kanye over Jay, I also think Nicki won’t be that far behind Lil Wayne tbh

Reply to obro

I vaguely remember MJD saying that one of the reasons why there hasn’t been many studies of rappers is the fact that, for example, Lil Wayne has 7.5 billion spotify streams as a solo artist and 12 billion as a featured artist… How much of that should he be credited for ?

By the way, the Beastie Boys sold around 40 million albums while Lil Wayne would be more like 20m, and I can think of a few rappers who sold around 30m.

Mar

Jay is more successful than Kanye, his US pure sales are 29.5M (2013) and kanye total US sps units are 24M (2021)

MJD

Admin

Reply to Mar

Hi Mar! Not sure where your numbers come from, but that’s not accurate. Your Jay-Z pure number is comprehensive, from Nielsen Soundscan. For Kanye though, it seems to be total RIAA units from 2020 of his solo albums. He also released Watch The Throne, Kids See Ghosts and Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer, which push his total to 30.5 million. These are split over 12 albums, they are not all at “just” the number certified, if they are mid-way to the next criteria, that’s 5.25 million more sales, 36 million total. Add in the year since these updates,… Read more »

Martin

Editor

I wish people didn’t see music sales, chart positions etc like some football table or cup!

Like football, not just one team!

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