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	1973		Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	43,300,000	06/18/17
2	1978		Various Artists	Grease	38,100,000	09/14/21
3	1971		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	36,800,000	09/07/21
4	1977		Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	35,500,000	10/21/21
5	1977		Bee Gees & Various Artists	Saturday Night Fever	34,800,000	04/09/17
6	1979		Pink Floyd	The Wall	31,300,000	06/18/17
7	1976		Eagles	Hotel California	30,050,000	12/20/17
8	1977		Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	27,410,000	06/16/18
9	1976		Boston	Boston	22,430,000	06/01/19
10	1975		Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	22,300,000	06/18/17
11	1970		Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge over Troubled Water	19,580,000	05/11/18
12	1979		Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	19,425,000	09/27/17
13	1973		Led Zeppelin	Houses Of The Holy	17,700,000	09/07/21
14	1979		Supertramp	Breakfast in America	16,760,000	08/13/19
15	1978		Van Halen	Van Halen	15,575,000	08/14/20
16	1972		Neil Young	Harvest	15,325,000	05/16/21
17	1977		Billy Joel	The Stranger	15,300,000	11/03/21
18	1979		AC/DC	Highway to Hell	15,150,000	02/20/18
19	1970		Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Déjà Vu [CSNY]	14,600,000	05/16/21
20	1970		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	13,700,000	09/07/21
21	1975		Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	13,400,000	09/07/21
22	1978		Billy Joel	52nd Street	13,300,000	11/03/21
23	1973		Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	12,510,000	02/05/18
24	1977		Pink Floyd	Animals	12,150,000	06/18/17
25	1970		The Beatles	Let It Be	11,900,000	04/17/22
26	1970		Santana	Abraxas	11,870,000	08/05/20
27	1979		Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	11,700,000	04/09/17
28	1976		Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	11,600,000	03/20/21
29	1979		Led Zeppelin	In Through The Out Door	11,500,000	09/07/21
30	1975		Queen	A Night at the Opera	11,400,000	01/25/20
31	1978		The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	11,300,000	02/10/22
32	1979		Eagles	The Long Run	11,150,000	12/20/17
33	1976		AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	10,970,000	02/20/18
34	1976		ABBA	Arrival	10,800,000	11/02/16
35	1975		Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	10,700,000	07/07/17
36	1978		Boston	Don't Look Back	10,470,000	06/01/19
37	1978		Dire Straits	Dire Straits	10,320,000	03/23/18
38	1975		Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic	10,180,000	06/01/18
39	1971		The Doors	L.A. Woman	10,130,000	03/03/19
40	1970		Black Sabbath	Paranoid	9,920,000	03/08/20
41	1977		Queen	News of the World	9,540,000	01/25/20
42	1975		Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	9,400,000	10/21/21
43	1971		The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	9,350,000	02/10/22
44	1972		Deep Purple	Machine Head	9,045,000	08/18/21
45	1970		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	9,030,000	01/31/19
46	1974		Supertramp	Crime of the Century	8,720,000	08/13/19
47	1973		Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	8,630,000	12/13/18
48	1971		John Lennon	Imagine	8,220,000	10/16/18
49	1976		Barbra Streisand	A Star Is Born	8,190,000	03/16/18
50	1979		The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	8,120,000	06/06/20
51	1972		The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St	8,100,000	02/10/22
52	1977		Bob Marley	Exodus	8,025,000	11/21/17
53	1971		Pink Floyd	Meddle	7,950,000	06/18/17
54	1977		Eric Clapton	Slowhand	7,800,000	09/21/22
55	1976		Bob Dylan	Desire	7,700,000	12/14/21
56	1976		AC/DC	High Voltage	7,550,000	02/20/18
57	1978		Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	7,540,000	11/23/19
58	1971		Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	7,430,000	11/23/19
59	1976		Led Zeppelin	Presence	7,300,000	09/07/21
60	1979		Van Halen	Van Halen II	7,225,000	08/14/20
61	1977		ABBA	The Album	7,200,000	11/02/16
62	1975		Eagles	One Of These Nights	7,175,000	12/20/17
63	1970		The Doors	Morrison Hotel	7,130,000	03/03/19
64	1973		Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	7,110,000	03/20/21
65	1979		ABBA	Voulez-Vous	7,000,000	11/02/16
66	1979		Dire Straits	Communiqué	6,870,000	03/23/18
67	1975		Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	6,800,000	12/14/21
68	1973		Billy Joel	Piano Man	6,700,000	11/03/21
69	1970		Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	6,670,000	05/16/21
70	1979		Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	6,600,000	10/21/21
71	1972		Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	6,505,000	03/20/21
72	1977		Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	6,480,000	11/23/19
73	1977		Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments?	6,370,000	08/13/19
74	1973		The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	6,350,000	02/10/22
75	1977		Crosby, Stills & Nash	CSN [CSN]	6,350,000	05/16/21
76	1978		The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	6,250,000	06/06/20
77	1977		AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	6,200,000	02/20/18
78	1970		Derek and the Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	6,040,000	09/21/22
79	1978		Bob Marley	Kaya	5,925,000	11/21/17
80	1975		Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5,910,000	02/05/18
81	1978		Queen	Jazz	5,840,000	01/25/20
82	1970		Deep Purple	Deep Purple in Rock	5,775,000	08/18/21
83	1978		Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town	5,700,000	07/07/17
84	1970		Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	5,700,000	06/18/17
85	1974		Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	5,670,000	09/21/22
86	1976		Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town	5,560,000	11/23/19
87	1973		Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	5,460,000	02/05/18
88	1971		Santana	Santana III	5,440,000	08/05/20
89	1976		Queen	A Day at the Races	5,390,000	01/25/20
90	1976		Aerosmith	Rocks	5,350,000	06/01/18
91	1978		AC/DC	Powerage	5,220,000	02/20/18
92	1975		Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	5,070,000	11/23/19
93	1970		Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	4,910,000	03/08/20
94	1973		David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	4,900,000	03/11/22
95	1971		Black Sabbath	Master of Reality	4,810,000	03/08/20
96	1970		Jimi Hendrix	Band of Gypsys	4,700,000	12/21/21
97	1971		David Bowie	Hunky Dory	4,700,000	03/11/22
98	1973		Genesis	Selling England by the Pound	4,665,000	05/25/22
99	1978		Genesis	...And Then There Were Three...	4,640,000	05/25/22
100	1979		Bob Marley	Survival	4,600,000	11/21/17
101	1976		Bob Marley	Rastaman Vibration	4,525,000	11/21/17
102	1970		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	4,490,000	01/31/19
103	1978		Journey	Infinity	4,420,000	09/13/19
104	1970		Paul McCartney	McCartney	4,310,000	12/13/18
105	1974		Eagles	On The Border	4,275,000	12/20/17
106	1974		Queen	Sheer Heart Attack	4,240,000	01/25/20
107	1972		Santana	Caravanserai	4,200,000	08/05/20
108	1977		Santana	Moonflower	4,145,000	08/05/20
109	1972		Black Sabbath	Vol. 4	4,120,000	03/08/20
110	1976		The Rolling Stones	Black and Blue	4,100,000	02/10/22
111	1974		Deep Purple	Burn	4,060,000	08/18/21
112	1973		Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	4,030,000	03/08/20
113	1976		Genesis	A Trick of the Tail	4,010,000	05/25/22
114	1971		Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney	Ram	3,960,000	12/13/18
115	1973		Bruce Springsteen	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.	3,950,000	07/07/17
116	1971		Elvis Presley	Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas	3,900,000	09/01/18
117	1976		Wings	Wings at the Speed of Sound	3,890,000	12/13/18
118	1974		Aerosmith	Get Your Wings	3,880,000	06/01/18
119	1972		Rod Stewart	Never A Dull Moment	3,870,000	11/23/19
120	1975		Supertramp	Crisis? What Crisis?	3,870,000	08/13/19
121	1978		Wings	London Town	3,860,000	12/13/18
122	1977		Elvis Presley	Moody Blue	3,820,000	09/01/18
123	1973		Eagles	Desperado	3,800,000	12/20/17
124	1979		Journey	Evolution	3,770,000	09/13/19
125	1974		Elton John	Caribou	3,760,000	02/05/18
126	1974		Genesis	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	3,760,000	05/25/22
127	1974		Stevie Wonder	Fulfillingness' First Finale	3,720,000	03/20/21
128	1974		The Rolling Stones	It?s Only Rock ?n Roll	3,700,000	02/10/22
129	1974		David Bowie	Diamond Dogs	3,650,000	03/11/22
130	1974		Bob Marley	Natty Dread	3,650,000	11/21/17
131	1972		Pink Floyd	Obscured by Clouds	3,600,000	06/18/17
132	1979		Bob Dylan	Slow Train Coming	3,600,000	12/14/21
133	1975		ABBA	ABBA	3,600,000	11/02/16
134	1971		Deep Purple	Fireball	3,565,000	08/18/21
135	1973		Bruce Springsteen	The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle	3,550,000	07/07/17
136	1973		Aerosmith	Aerosmith	3,540,000	06/01/18
137	1975		Wings	Venus and Mars	3,470,000	12/13/18
138	1976		Genesis	Wind & Wuthering	3,470,000	05/25/22
139	1979		Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants	3,295,000	03/20/21
140	1972		Elton John	Honky Château	3,280,000	02/05/18
141	1971		Elton John	Madman Across the Water	3,270,000	02/05/18
142	1975		Paul Simon	Still Crazy After All These Years	3,270,000	05/10/18
143	1974		Barbra Streisand	The Way We Were	3,260,000	03/16/18
144	1979		Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps	3,220,000	05/16/21
145	1972		Genesis	Foxtrot	3,215,000	05/25/22
146	1978		Bob Dylan	Street Legal	3,200,000	12/14/21
147	1973		Bob Marley	Burnin'	3,200,000	11/21/17
148	1973		Bob Marley	Catch a Fire	3,175,000	11/21/17
149	1978		The Jacksons	Destiny	3,150,000	09/26/17
150	1972		Paul Simon	Paul Simon	3,150,000	05/10/18
151	1973		Deep Purple	Who Do We Think We Are	3,135,000	08/18/21
152	1973		Queen	Queen	3,120,000	01/25/20
153	1978		Neil Young	Comes a Time	3,100,000	05/16/21
154	1970		Jackson 5	Jackson 5 Christmas Album	3,075,000	09/26/17
155	1974		Queen	Queen II	3,060,000	01/25/20
156	1976		Bee Gees	Children of the World	3,000,000	04/09/17
157	1970		John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	2,990,000	10/16/18
158	1974		Deep Purple	Stormbringer	2,985,000	08/18/21
159	1978		Eric Clapton	Backless	2,960,000	09/21/22
160	1972		Eagles	Eagles	2,950,000	12/20/17
161	1971		Genesis	Nursery Cryme	2,930,000	05/25/22
162	1978		The Doors	An American Prayer	2,930,000	03/03/19
163	1977		David Bowie	Heroes	2,900,000	03/11/22
164	1976		Billy Joel	Turnstiles	2,900,000	11/03/21
165	1975		John Lennon	Rock 'n' Roll	2,820,000	10/16/18
166	1975		Bee Gees	Main Course	2,800,000	04/09/17
167	1979		Barbra Streisand	Wet	2,770,000	03/16/18
168	1973		Paul Simon	There Goes Rhymin' Simon	2,770,000	05/10/18
169	1973		David Bowie	Pin Ups	2,750,000	03/11/22
170	1977		Aerosmith	Draw the Line	2,740,000	06/01/18
171	1977		Barbra Streisand	Superman	2,720,000	03/16/18
172	1974		ABBA	Waterloo	2,700,000	11/02/16
173	1976		Santana	Amigos	2,700,000	08/05/20
174	1975		David Bowie	Young Americans	2,650,000	03/11/22
175	1970		Elton John	Elton John	2,650,000	02/05/18
176	1976		David Bowie	Station to Station	2,600,000	03/11/22
177	1977		David Bowie	Low	2,600,000	03/11/22
178	1975		Black Sabbath	Sabotage	2,560,000	03/08/20
179	1970		Elvis Presley	That's the Way It Is	2,420,000	09/01/18
180	1978		Elton John	A Single Man	2,410,000	02/05/18
181	1976		Elton John	Blue Moves	2,410,000	02/05/18
182	1974		Bob Dylan	Planet Waves	2,400,000	12/14/21
183	1971		Faces	A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse	2,380,000	11/23/19
184	1974		John Lennon	Walls and Bridges	2,310,000	10/16/18
185	1975		Elton John	Rock of the Westies	2,290,000	02/05/18
186	1978		Santana	Inner Secrets	2,205,000	08/05/20
187	1970		Bob Dylan	New Morning	2,200,000	12/14/21
188	1974		Santana	Borboletta	2,130,000	08/05/20
189	1973		Paul McCartney & Wings	Red Rose Speedway	2,130,000	12/13/18
190	1972		Michael Jackson	Ben	2,125,000	09/27/17
191	1970		Elton John	Tumbleweed Connection	2,090,000	02/05/18
192	1979		Prince	Prince	2,080,000	10/04/18
193	1970		Jackson 5	ABC	2,075,000	09/26/17
194	1972		Stevie Wonder	Music of My Mind	2,060,000	03/20/21
195	1970		Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton	2,060,000	09/21/22
196	1975		Deep Purple	Come Taste the Band	2,010,000	08/18/21
197	1970		Genesis	Trespass	2,010,000	05/25/22
198	1973		John Lennon	Mind Games	2,010,000	10/16/18
199	1979		Wings	Back to the Egg	2,000,000	12/13/18
200	1973		Bob Dylan	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	2,000,000	12/14/21
201	1974		Neil Young	On the Beach	1,960,000	05/16/21
202	1970		David Bowie	The Man Who Sold the World	1,900,000	03/11/22
203	1970		Jackson 5	Third Album	1,900,000	09/26/17
204	1975		Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Zuma	1,805,000	05/16/21
205	1976		The Jacksons	The Jacksons	1,800,000	09/26/17
206	1970		Bob Dylan	Self Portrait	1,800,000	12/14/21
207	1975		Bob Dylan	The Basement Tapes	1,800,000	12/14/21
208	1978		Barbra Streisand	Songbird	1,790,000	03/16/18
209	1974		Billy Joel	Streetlife Serenade	1,700,000	11/03/21
210	1977		Neil Young with Crazy Horse	American Stars 'n Bars	1,655,000	05/16/21
211	1979		David Bowie	Lodger	1,650,000	03/11/22
212	1972		Michael Jackson	Got to Be There	1,600,000	09/27/17
213	1972		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Mardi Gras	1,570,000	01/31/19
214	1970		Rod Stewart	Gasoline Alley	1,530,000	11/23/19
215	1972		Elvis Presley	He Touched Me	1,400,000	09/01/18
216	1971		Barbra Streisand	Stoney End	1,380,000	03/16/18
217	1973		Faces	Ooh La La	1,380,000	11/23/19
218	1971		Billy Joel	Cold Spring Harbor	1,100,000	11/03/21
219	1973		ABBA	Ring Ring	1,000,000	11/02/16
220	1971		Cher	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	1,000,000	08/30/17
221	1971		Jackson 5	Maybe Tomorrow	975,000	09/26/17
222	1970		Stevie Wonder	Signed Sealed & Delivered	685,000	03/20/21
223	1976		Johnny Hallyday	Derrière L'Amour	680,000	01/01/18
224	1971		Bee Gees	Trafalgar	600,000	04/09/17