Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time

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.

Available Lists

#	Year	Cover	Artist	Album	Album Sales	As Of
1	1969		The Beatles	Abbey Road	26,700,000	04/17/22
2	1967		The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band	24,800,000	04/17/22
3	1969		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	21,900,000	09/07/21
4	1968		The Beatles	The Beatles (White Album)	19,000,000	04/17/22
5	1969		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin I	15,800,000	09/07/21
6	1965		The Beatles	Rubber Soul	14,400,000	04/17/22
7	1967		The Doors	The Doors	13,810,000	03/03/19
8	1966		The Beatles	Revolver	12,450,000	04/17/22
9	1967		The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	10,600,000	04/17/22
10	1965		The Beatles	Help!	9,850,000	04/17/22
11	1964		The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	9,350,000	04/17/22
12	1967		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced	9,215,000	12/21/21
13	1968		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	7,710,000	12/21/21
14	1969		The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	7,000,000	02/10/22
15	1967		Cream	Disraeli Gears	6,810,000	09/21/22
16	1969		Santana	Santana	6,755,000	08/05/20
17	1969		Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN]	6,670,000	05/16/21
18	1967		Barbra Streisand	A Christmas Album	6,580,000	03/16/18
19	1968		The Doors	Waiting for the Sun	6,270,000	03/03/19
20	1963		The Beatles	Please Please Me	5,900,000	04/17/22
21	1963		The Beatles	With the Beatles	5,850,000	04/17/22
22	1967		The Doors	Strange Days	5,760,000	03/03/19
23	1964		The Beatles	Beatles for Sale	5,650,000	04/17/22
24	1966		Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	5,550,000	05/11/18
25	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy And The Poor Boys	5,540,000	01/31/19
26	1969		Blind Faith	Blind Faith	5,395,000	09/21/22
27	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	5,360,000	01/31/19
28	1968		Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	5,300,000	05/11/18
29	1966		Simon & Garfunkel	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	5,250,000	05/11/18
30	1966		Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde	5,100,000	12/14/21
31	1969		Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	5,050,000	06/18/17
32	1965		Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	5,000,000	12/14/21
33	1967		Jimi Hendrix Experience	Axis: Bold As Love	4,685,000	12/21/21
34	1961		Elvis Presley	Blue Hawaii	4,650,000	09/01/18
35	1969		The Doors	The Soft Parade	4,590,000	03/03/19
36	1969		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bayou Country	4,450,000	01/31/19
37	1963		Bob Dylan	The Freewheelin? Bob Dylan	4,200,000	12/14/21
38	1969		The Beatles	Yellow Submarine	4,200,000	04/17/22
39	1968		The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet	4,000,000	02/10/22
40	1968		Cream	Wheels of Fire	3,945,000	09/21/22
41	1966		The Rolling Stones	Aftermath	3,900,000	02/10/22
42	1965		Bob Dylan	Bringing It All Back Home	3,800,000	12/14/21
43	1969		Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline	3,800,000	12/14/21
44	1967		Elvis Presley	How Great Thou Art	3,510,000	09/01/18
45	1969		Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	3,265,000	05/16/21
46	1967		Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	3,200,000	12/14/21
47	1968		Barbra Streisand	Funny Girl (Soundtrack)	2,960,000	03/16/18
48	1965		The Rolling Stones	Out of Our Heads	2,850,000	02/10/22
49	1964		Bob Dylan	The Times They Are a-Changin?	2,800,000	12/14/21
50	1960		Elvis Presley	G.I. Blues	2,780,000	09/01/18
51	1966		John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	Blues Breakers	2,705,000	09/21/22
52	1969		Pink Floyd	More	2,700,000	06/18/17
53	1968		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2,695,000	01/31/19
54	1964		The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	2,500,000	02/10/22
55	1967		Pink Floyd	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	2,450,000	06/18/17
56	1967		The Rolling Stones	Their Satanic Majesties Request	2,450,000	02/10/22
57	1966		Cream	Fresh Cream	2,445,000	09/21/22
58	1969		David Bowie	David Bowie (1969)	2,300,000	03/11/22
59	1967		The Rolling Stones	Between the Buttons	2,200,000	02/10/22
60	1964		Simon & Garfunkel	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.	2,140,000	05/11/18
61	1969		Fleetwood Mac	Then Play On	2,000,000	10/21/21
62	1968		Pink Floyd	A Saucerful of Secrets	1,900,000	06/18/17
63	1960		Elvis Presley	His Hand in Mine	1,870,000	09/01/18
64	1964		Bob Dylan	Another Side of Bob Dylan	1,700,000	12/14/21
65	1964		The Rolling Stones	12 X 5	1,700,000	02/10/22
66	1968		Deep Purple	Shades of Deep Purple	1,625,000	08/18/21
67	1968		Fleetwood Mac	Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac	1,600,000	10/21/21
68	1969		Jackson 5	Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5	1,600,000	09/26/17
69	1965		Barbra Streisand	My Name Is Barbra, Two?	1,470,000	03/16/18
70	1967		Bee Gees	Bee Gees' 1st	1,350,000	04/09/17
71	1969		Elvis Presley	From Elvis in Memphis	1,310,000	09/01/18
72	1965		Sonny & Cher	Look At Us	1,300,000	08/30/17
73	1965		The Rolling Stones	December?s Children (And Everybody?s)	1,300,000	02/10/22
74	1965		The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones, Now!	1,300,000	02/10/22
75	1964		Barbra Streisand	People	1,260,000	03/16/18
76	1968		Bee Gees	Idea	1,250,000	04/09/17
77	1969		Bee Gees	Odessa	1,200,000	04/09/17
78	1968		Bee Gees	Horizontal	1,200,000	04/09/17
79	1960		Elvis Presley	Elvis Is Back!	1,160,000	09/01/18
80	1967		Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield Again	1,155,000	05/16/21
81	1962		Elvis Presley	Girls! Girls! Girls!	1,140,000	09/01/18
82	1965		Barbra Streisand	My Name Is Barbra	1,130,000	03/16/18
83	1968		Fleetwood Mac	Mr. Wonderful	1,100,000	10/21/21
84	1969		Rod Stewart	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down	1,080,000	11/23/19
85	1965		The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1,000,000	02/10/22
86	1966		Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield	995,000	05/16/21
87	1962		Elvis Presley	Pot Luck	870,000	09/01/18
88	1969		Stevie Wonder	My Cherie Amour	740,000	03/20/21
89	1964		The Yardbirds	Five Live Yardbirds	645,000	09/21/22
90	1968		Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life	575,000	03/20/21
91	1966		Stevie Wonder	Up-Tight	510,000	03/20/21