For years, many of you have been waiting patiently for every new Commensure Sales to Popularity Concept (CSPC) article, pieces of work portraying in detail the success of an artist.
Today, with introduce the biggest revolution since the start of this concept.
In fact, the streaming component of CSPC totals will now be updated automatically as soon as you want it!
The best selling artists ever
If you are not familiar with this concept, it consists in retrieving sales figures from every format and weighting them on par with album sales.
In doing so, we grant that comparisons between artists from different periods make sense, unlike lists based on raw records totals.
The method also secures that the same formula is applied to all artists, avoiding issues related to the varying conversion rate used for streaming in different markets as well as by most labels on their communications.
All figures for sales have been detailed on each artist article, available through the link under their name.
The column ‘Other LPs’ includes long formats made of already released material like greatest hits compilations, box sets, live records, bootlegs, and music videos.
Digital singles include both downloads and ringtones.
The automatic update of streams
Data related to streams uses multiple audio and video platforms to convert into EAS (Equivalent Album Sales). The formula is defined as below.
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * 310/207 + Genie * 3.05*2 + AWA * 100/5.5 ) / 1500 + ( Xiami * 125/6.5 + YouTube ) / 11750
Platforms Genie, AWA, and Xiami reflect artists’ popularity in South Korea, Japan and China, respectively.
Once we apply the formula to the results of an artist, we are able to define a conversion rate between Spotify numbers to comprehensive streaming EAS.
We then apply this rate to last updated streams from Spotify as searched by our users with our tool.
For example, if an artist had 3 billion streams on Spotify and 5 million EAS from streams when last studied while he is up to 6 billion streams now, the process will add him 5 million EAS on top of his previous total.
If something happens to significantly change the ratio, like a local artist getting a big global smash, we will update it inside our database.
Regular users of our streaming search tool know it doesn’t retrieve features that do not appear inside an artist page.
In backend, we do have a version of the tool that does look for what we use to call orphan songs.
The script looks at the former streaming EAS from the article, the calculated EAs based on the last user search (without orphans) and the calculated EAS based on the last backend search (with orphans) and uses the highest figure on below table.
We will make sure to frequently look for the largest artists in terms of orphan songs like Rihanna, Drake and Justin Bieber.
A last specificity are artists with side discographies that are accounted for into their CSPC article because of their huge contribution on them.
Selena Gomez & The Scene, Beyoncé as part of The Carters, Rod Stewart & The Faces, the Jackson 5 with the Jacksons, etc.
We also accounted for these cases by looking at the relative strength of the side discography so that the calculation remains comprehensive.
If you happen a number going down, it would be either because we revised the artist ratio downward or because Spotify made a song unavailable. In this later case, we will fix the situation manually as soon as we notice it.
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Top CSPC – the all-time artists chart
To allow you to see the tremendous impact of this mass update, which adds for over 300 million sales over all artists, we temporarily display head to head the former CSPC total along with the updated one.
The below table presents the best selling artists of all-time using the below ratios.
- Studio Album: sales of the original album
- Other LPs: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
- Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (added to CSPC total with a ratio 3/10 for 2-tracks, 5/10 for EPs and Maxis)
- Digital Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10 for CSPC total)
- Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/11750 for Video stream)
The * mark after streaming numbers means the value contains orphan songs.
Naturally, older artists have very few features, so the absence of them can be irrelevant.
The Beatles for example have simply no orphan song at all on Spotify, meaning that all their songs are available on their artist page as they recording no featuring nor songs for various artists releases.
| # | PIC | Artist | Total CSPC | Studio Albums Sales | Other LPs Sales | Physical Singles Sales | Digital Singles Sales | Sales Update | Streams EAS (Update) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Beatles | 414,816,000 | 160,650,000 | 203,392,000 | 116,080,000 | 35,230,000 | 03/01/17 | 10,666,000* (04/02/21) |
| 2 |  | Michael Jackson | 329,801,000 | 182,600,000 | 101,997,000 | 79,350,000 | 79,930,000 | 09/27/17 | 9,409,000* (04/03/21) |
| 3 |  | Elvis Presley | 316,207,000 | 53,150,000 | 212,309,000 | 135,210,000 | 37,470,000 | 09/01/18 | 4,566,000* (02/28/21) |
| 4 |  | Queen | 268,291,000 | 90,230,000 | 139,348,000 | 49,960,000 | 59,650,000 | 01/25/20 | 14,774,000* (04/02/21) |
| 5 |  | Madonna | 243,696,000 | 146,450,000 | 64,420,000 | 75,210,000 | 42,100,000 | 08/13/17 | 3,948,000* (04/03/21) |
| 6 |  | The Rolling Stones | 240,291,000 | 113,800,000 | 92,495,000 | 72,770,000 | 46,200,000 | 12/03/16 | 5,234,000* (03/31/21) |
| 7 |  | Pink Floyd | 233,492,000 | 169,600,000 | 52,025,000 | 8,800,000 | 23,360,000 | 06/18/17 | 5,723,000* (04/01/21) |
| 8 |  | Led Zeppelin | 203,836,000 | 141,500,000 | 51,200,000 | 6,350,000 | 32,030,000 | 08/08/16 | 4,427,000* (04/01/21) |
| 9 |  | Elton John | 200,118,000 | 88,630,000 | 82,400,000 | 65,340,000 | 26,250,000 | 02/05/18 | 5,548,000* (03/31/21) |
| 10 |  | U2 | 197,772,000 | 127,100,000 | 53,051,000 | 22,550,000 | 40,500,000 | 08/31/16 | 4,781,000* (03/31/21) |
| 11 |  | Céline Dion | 195,878,000 | 136,200,000 | 40,424,000 | 39,290,000 | 26,660,000 | 09/23/16 | 3,468,000* (04/03/21) |
| 12 |  | AC/DC | 195,489,000 | 132,470,000 | 49,349,000 | 7,200,000 | 33,450,000 | 02/20/18 | 6,492,000* (04/03/21) |
| 13 |  | Rod Stewart & Faces | 188,807,000 | 100,150,000 | 66,819,000 | 55,220,000 | 17,420,000 | 11/23/19 | 2,650,000* (04/01/21) |
| 14 |  | Eminem | 186,841,000 | 97,920,000 | 25,487,000 | 14,380,000 | 197,610,000 | 07/31/19 | 29,480,000* (04/03/21) |
| 15 |  | Eagles | 173,297,000 | 65,425,000 | 96,732,000 | 16,630,000 | 20,440,000 | 12/20/17 | 3,086,000* (04/02/21) |
| 16 |  | Mariah Carey | 171,740,000 | 116,100,000 | 31,228,000 | 36,890,000 | 50,130,000 | 04/28/17 | 5,826,000* (04/03/21) |
| 17 |  | Metallica | 159,638,000 | 121,260,000 | 20,164,000 | 15,480,000 | 40,770,000 | 02/13/19 | 7,454,000* (04/02/21) |
| 18 |  | ABBA | 159,262,000 | 45,300,000 | 91,491,000 | 54,400,000 | 17,870,000 | 11/02/16 | 3,471,000* (04/01/21) |
| 19 |  | Bruce Springsteen | 159,197,000 | 103,400,000 | 42,176,000 | 21,010,000 | 25,420,000 | 07/07/17 | 3,506,000* (03/29/21) |
| 20 |  | Bee Gees | 159,041,000 | 75,525,000 | 56,477,000 | 72,790,000 | 17,230,000 | 04/09/17 | 2,617,000* (04/02/21) |
| 21 |  | Whitney Houston | 154,827,000 | 113,600,000 | 17,175,000 | 49,520,000 | 34,250,000 | 05/04/17 | 4,057,000* (04/02/21) |
| 22 |  | Barbra Streisand | 152,966,000 | 91,370,000 | 49,714,000 | 35,250,000 | 3,680,000 | 03/16/18 | 754,000* (03/26/21) |
| 23 |  | Phil Collins | 149,334,000 | 93,780,000 | 39,905,000 | 29,910,000 | 22,690,000 | 04/11/18 | 3,273,000* (03/29/21) |
| 24 |  | Billy Joel | 148,768,000 | 91,400,000 | 40,235,000 | 36,900,000 | 21,000,000 | 10/19/16 | 2,913,000* (04/01/21) |
| 25 |  | Fleetwood Mac | 148,411,000 | 84,550,000 | 46,392,000 | 26,060,000 | 32,030,000 | 10/08/16 | 4,847,000* (03/30/21) |
| 26 |  | Bon Jovi | 147,317,000 | 89,450,000 | 39,176,000 | 27,980,000 | 38,450,000 | 11/16/16 | 4,529,000* (03/31/21) |
| 27 |  | Santana | 144,512,000 | 89,465,000 | 46,265,000 | 15,380,000 | 16,560,000 | 08/04/20 | 1,762,000* (02/12/21) |
| 28 |  | Garth Brooks | 144,340,000 | 81,605,000 | 62,341,000 | 950,000 | 90,000 | 01/05/19 | 94,000* (03/18/21) |
| 29 |  | Bob Dylan | 143,881,000 | 83,350,000 | 47,870,000 | 17,680,000 | 30,410,000 | 10/23/16 | 2,796,000* (04/01/21) |
| 30 |  | Bob Marley | 138,891,000 | 43,075,000 | 81,593,000 | 9,980,000 | 33,690,000 | 11/21/17 | 6,175,000* (04/02/21) |
| 31 |  | Prince | 132,943,000 | 86,580,000 | 27,141,000 | 42,910,000 | 29,590,000 | 10/04/18 | 1,911,000* (03/31/21) |
| 32 |  | Aerosmith | 131,771,000 | 71,710,000 | 48,158,000 | 15,500,000 | 25,550,000 | 06/01/18 | 3,420,000* (03/31/21) |
| 33 |  | David Bowie | 128,599,000 | 71,500,000 | 36,023,000 | 44,200,000 | 19,830,000 | 01/11/17 | 4,840,000* (04/02/21) |
| 34 |  | Simon & Garfunkel | 125,120,000 | 37,820,000 | 75,732,000 | 23,830,000 | 14,350,000 | 05/11/18 | 2,267,000* (03/31/21) |
| 35 |  | Stevie Wonder | 122,065,000 | 65,605,000 | 28,070,000 | 65,320,000 | 34,490,000 | 03/17/21 | 3,541,000 (03/17/21) |
| 36 |  | Guns N' Roses | 121,269,000 | 86,360,000 | 20,134,000 | 11,900,000 | 37,210,000 | 03/01/18 | 5,623,000* (03/31/21) |
| 37 |  | The Doors | 115,724,000 | 51,980,000 | 55,480,000 | 13,860,000 | 11,100,000 | 03/03/19 | 2,441,000* (03/31/21) |
| 38 |  | Paul McCartney | 110,957,000 | 61,670,000 | 27,441,000 | 57,970,000 | 11,250,000 | 12/13/18 | 2,767,000* (03/30/21) |
| 39 |  | Dire Straits | 110,101,000 | 71,730,000 | 31,635,000 | 8,380,000 | 10,900,000 | 03/23/18 | 2,587,000* (04/01/21) |
| 40 |  | George Michael & Wham! | 107,456,000 | 60,200,000 | 26,150,000 | 49,880,000 | 16,770,000 | 05/07/17 | 3,627,000* (04/02/21) |
| 41 |  | Britney Spears | 104,139,000 | 68,595,000 | 11,460,000 | 18,600,000 | 83,030,000 | 04/28/19 | 6,050,000* (04/03/21) |
| 42 |  | Van Halen | 102,494,000 | 79,620,000 | 14,065,000 | 10,450,000 | 16,810,000 | 12/14/20 | 3,148,000* (02/09/21) |
| 43 |  | Coldplay | 99,396,000 | 59,560,000 | 5,979,000 | 2,050,000 | 93,680,000 | 11/30/19 | 19,185,000* (04/03/21) |
| 44 |  | Rihanna | 98,956,000 | 33,100,000 | 500,000 | 3,560,000 | 251,150,000 | 07/03/19 | 26,617,000* (04/03/21) |
| 45 |  | Taylor Swift | 98,012,000 | 48,220,000 | 3,768,000 | 260,000 | 158,560,000 | 10/23/20 | 22,158,000* (04/03/21) |
| 46 |  | The Police | 97,862,000 | 46,370,000 | 40,183,000 | 23,810,000 | 11,300,000 | 06/06/20 | 2,459,000* (04/01/21) |
| 47 |  | Backstreet Boys | 96,825,000 | 58,900,000 | 25,685,000 | 18,010,000 | 22,550,000 | 02/09/17 | 3,454,000* (04/02/21) |
| 48 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 95,727,000 | 61,870,000 | 16,881,000 | 4,800,000 | 44,400,000 | 03/29/18 | 8,877,000* (04/02/21) |
| 49 |  | Nirvana | 92,712,000 | 45,000,000 | 37,650,000 | 4,190,000 | 23,250,000 | 07/09/17 | 5,317,000* (03/31/21) |
| 50 |  | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 91,189,000 | 33,135,000 | 45,489,000 | 22,570,000 | 14,600,000 | 01/31/19 | 3,605,000* (03/31/21) |
| 51 |  | Drake | 90,114,000 | 14,775,000 | 0 | 0 | 137,310,000 | 08/28/17 | 54,743,000* (04/03/21) |
| 52 |  | Adele | 90,039,000 | 59,110,000 | 3,855,000 | 530,000 | 100,240,000 | 06/02/19 | 11,879,000* (04/02/21) |
| 53 |  | Enya | 87,877,000 | 65,480,000 | 17,069,000 | 5,250,000 | 9,610,000 | 02/25/18 | 2,310,000* (04/01/21) |
| 54 |  | Bryan Adams | 87,665,000 | 42,260,000 | 30,518,000 | 32,090,000 | 17,250,000 | 03/23/19 | 2,673,000* (03/23/21) |
| 55 |  | Linkin Park | 86,079,000 | 48,350,000 | 14,500,000 | 3,210,000 | 73,710,000 | 06/04/17 | 11,210,000* (04/03/21) |
| 56 |  | Green Day | 86,003,000 | 58,250,000 | 13,567,000 | 3,050,000 | 44,600,000 | 03/11/17 | 6,582,000* (03/18/21) |
| 57 |  | Beyonce | 82,504,000 | 33,430,000 | 4,431,000 | 4,070,000 | 166,890,000 | 05/02/18 | 18,389,000* (04/03/21) |
| 58 |  | Shania Twain | 81,579,000 | 63,200,000 | 11,259,000 | 13,130,000 | 10,700,000 | 12/05/16 | 1,576,000* (04/01/21) |
| 59 |  | Journey | 81,012,000 | 40,250,000 | 31,623,000 | 8,090,000 | 29,770,000 | 09/13/19 | 2,248,000* (02/25/21) |
| 60 |  | Sting | 79,689,000 | 52,360,000 | 17,720,000 | 16,010,000 | 14,160,000 | 06/14/20 | 2,420,000* (04/01/21) |
| 61 |  | Justin Bieber | 79,225,000 | 19,810,000 | 7,120,000 | 540,000 | 110,890,000 | 08/04/19 | 35,499,000* (04/03/21) |
| 62 |  | Black Sabbath | 78,353,000 | 46,280,000 | 27,467,000 | 3,300,000 | 11,280,000 | 03/08/20 | 1,884,000* (03/23/21) |
| 63 |  | Janet Jackson | 77,830,000 | 50,500,000 | 12,175,000 | 40,640,000 | 13,350,000 | 04/17/17 | 962,000* (04/02/21) |
| 64 |  | Robbie Williams | 76,159,000 | 46,500,000 | 21,770,000 | 11,960,000 | 13,860,000 | 12/15/19 | 2,205,000* (03/31/21) |
| 65 |  | Johnny Hallyday | 75,788,000 | 26,740,000 | 35,156,000 | 43,740,000 | 1,430,000 | 01/01/18 | 557,000* (01/30/21) |
| 66 |  | Sade | 75,062,000 | 51,560,000 | 18,565,000 | 6,270,000 | 11,140,000 | 07/01/20 | 1,384,000* (04/02/21) |
| 67 |  | John Lennon | 73,511,000 | 31,420,000 | 30,759,000 | 26,780,000 | 12,160,000 | 10/16/18 | 1,474,000* (03/30/21) |
| 68 |  | Cher | 73,248,000 | 34,825,000 | 21,889,000 | 46,220,000 | 9,630,000 | 08/30/17 | 1,224,000* (04/03/21) |
| 69 |  | Supertramp | 71,670,000 | 48,540,000 | 17,999,000 | 10,070,000 | 6,830,000 | 08/13/19 | 1,085,000* (03/31/21) |
| 70 |  | Maroon 5 | 70,939,000 | 26,050,000 | 2,138,000 | 1,600,000 | 149,190,000 | 12/02/19 | 19,853,000* (04/01/21) |
| 71 |  | Ed Sheeran | 70,020,000 | 21,970,000 | 466,000 | 130,000 | 79,640,000 | 10/27/19 | 35,595,000* (04/03/21) |
| 72 |  | Lady Gaga | 69,427,000 | 31,215,000 | 4,790,000 | 1,570,000 | 128,860,000 | 12/18/20 | 13,620,000* (04/03/21) |
| 73 |  | P!nk | 67,914,000 | 37,025,000 | 8,906,000 | 7,270,000 | 81,150,000 | 10/15/17 | 7,629,000* (04/03/21) |
| 74 |  | Michael Buble | 65,707,000 | 47,800,000 | 6,344,000 | 770,000 | 35,400,000 | 12/11/16 | 6,022,000* (03/31/21) |
| 75 |  | BTS | 65,577,000 | 21,850,000 | 7,960,000 | 3,220,000 | 30,880,000 | 09/04/20 | 30,166,000* (04/03/21) |
| 76 |  | Usher | 64,299,000 | 36,160,000 | 2,201,000 | 12,040,000 | 93,610,000 | 09/04/17 | 8,284,000* (03/31/21) |
| 77 |  | Shakira | 63,504,000 | 34,780,000 | 6,620,000 | 8,460,000 | 56,350,000 | 06/21/18 | 11,115,000* (04/03/21) |
| 78 |  | Meat Loaf | 62,237,000 | 48,300,000 | 9,565,000 | 10,850,000 | 3,900,000 | 06/16/18 | 533,000* (03/31/21) |
| 79 |  | Oasis | 61,372,000 | 41,050,000 | 10,046,000 | 11,420,000 | 18,800,000 | 12/06/17 | 4,031,000* (04/03/21) |
| 80 |  | Ayumi Hamasaki | 61,307,000 | 21,810,000 | 19,339,000 | 25,980,000 | 46,480,000 | 09/27/19 | 637,000* (03/30/21) |
| 81 |  | Bruno Mars | 60,222,000 | 17,375,000 | 40,000 | 250,000 | 149,580,000 | 06/27/19 | 20,296,000* (04/03/21) |
| 82 |  | Jackson 5 & The Jacksons | 58,794,000 | 26,400,000 | 19,027,000 | 31,160,000 | 13,720,000 | 09/26/17 | 1,961,000* (04/02/21) |
| 83 |  | Alanis Morissette | 57,555,000 | 47,065,000 | 6,951,000 | 3,340,000 | 9,080,000 | 06/05/18 | 1,175,000* (03/25/21) |
| 84 |  | Black Eyed Peas | 56,586,000 | 33,350,000 | 251,000 | 6,590,000 | 103,960,000 | 08/03/17 | 5,414,000* (04/02/21) |
| 85 |  | Enrique Iglesias | 55,674,000 | 33,900,000 | 5,300,000 | 8,900,000 | 50,110,000 | 09/27/16 | 6,287,000* (04/01/21) |
| 86 |  | Nickelback | 55,563,000 | 40,500,000 | 1,824,000 | 3,020,000 | 57,280,000 | 06/28/17 | 3,741,000* (03/31/21) |
| 87 |  | Christina Aguilera | 54,357,000 | 30,400,000 | 4,375,000 | 12,740,000 | 69,950,000 | 03/18/17 | 5,267,000* (03/30/21) |
| 88 |  | One Direction | 52,236,000 | 23,900,000 | 6,350,000 | 120,000 | 57,000,000 | 05/14/17 | 13,399,000* (04/02/21) |
| 89 |  | Ozzy Osbourne | 52,037,000 | 39,370,000 | 7,483,000 | 3,760,000 | 15,180,000 | 03/12/20 | 1,754,000* (03/19/21) |
| 90 |  | Paul Simon | 51,930,000 | 34,390,000 | 11,598,000 | 12,820,000 | 3,740,000 | 05/10/18 | 1,536,000* (03/31/21) |
| 91 |  | Norah Jones | 51,623,000 | 43,550,000 | 2,825,000 | 300,000 | 18,600,000 | 11/04/16 | 2,468,000* (03/31/21) |
| 92 |  | Tracy Chapman | 51,580,000 | 43,760,000 | 3,519,000 | 3,480,000 | 12,490,000 | 06/25/19 | 1,382,000* (03/28/21) |
| 93 |  | Justin Timberlake | 50,958,000 | 23,490,000 | 1,480,000 | 5,330,000 | 102,090,000 | 02/09/18 | 9,075,000* (04/02/21) |
| 94 |  | Katy Perry | 50,651,000 | 15,880,000 | 300,000 | 870,000 | 135,430,000 | 06/16/19 | 13,896,000* (03/26/21) |
| 95 |  | Alicia Keys | 50,232,000 | 32,960,000 | 2,524,000 | 3,690,000 | 57,750,000 | 11/19/16 | 4,978,000* (04/02/21) |
| 96 |  | Boston | 50,157,000 | 41,330,000 | 4,803,000 | 5,640,000 | 9,540,000 | 06/01/19 | 902,000* (03/28/21) |
| 97 |  | Spice Girls | 49,399,000 | 37,050,000 | 4,349,000 | 20,020,000 | 5,200,000 | 03/23/17 | 1,214,000* (03/31/21) |
| 98 |  | Destiny's Child | 47,765,000 | 33,010,000 | 5,800,000 | 11,120,000 | 22,320,000 | 05/02/18 | 2,272,000* (04/02/21) |
| 99 |  | Miley Cyrus | 47,467,000 | 23,050,000 | 2,365,000 | 250,000 | 70,530,000 | 12/06/20 | 11,397,000* (03/21/21) |
| 100 |  | Cranberries | 45,765,000 | 37,650,000 | 3,710,000 | 4,120,000 | 8,210,000 | 01/25/18 | 1,938,000* (03/28/21) |
| 101 |  | Avril Lavigne | 45,188,000 | 32,290,000 | 1,206,000 | 3,510,000 | 46,160,000 | 02/10/18 | 3,347,000* (04/02/21) |
| 102 |  | NSYNC | 44,884,000 | 37,930,000 | 2,669,000 | 6,980,000 | 5,110,000 | 02/09/18 | 1,425,000* (04/02/21) |
| 103 |  | Ariana Grande | 44,785,000 | 5,225,000 | 499,000 | 50,000 | 50,360,000 | 10/16/19 | 31,489,000* (04/03/21) |
| 104 |  | Mannheim Steamroller | 44,145,000 | 33,305,000 | 10,344,000 | 40,000 | 2,410,000 | 12/24/20 | 114,000* (01/30/21) |
| 105 |  | Jennifer Lopez | 44,093,000 | 26,120,000 | 4,811,000 | 10,760,000 | 36,810,000 | 06/24/18 | 4,413,000* (04/02/21) |
| 106 |  | The Weeknd | 42,232,000 | 5,235,000 | 3,035,000 | 80,000 | 44,270,000 | 09/10/20 | 22,724,000* (04/03/21) |
| 107 |  | Foo Fighters | 42,145,000 | 26,750,000 | 6,207,000 | 1,430,000 | 26,610,000 | 10/10/17 | 4,768,000* (03/31/21) |
| 108 |  | TLC | 40,792,000 | 32,195,000 | 1,920,000 | 13,120,000 | 8,350,000 | 04/07/19 | 1,488,000* (03/31/21) |
| 109 |  | Take That | 39,034,000 | 19,930,000 | 14,016,000 | 9,210,000 | 10,240,000 | 12/15/19 | 754,000* (02/17/21) |
| 110 |  | Kelly Clarkson | 36,734,000 | 21,600,000 | 1,460,000 | 2,200,000 | 62,010,000 | 05/23/18 | 3,711,000* (04/03/21) |
| 111 |  | Kylie Minogue | 36,581,000 | 20,320,000 | 7,103,000 | 19,720,000 | 12,150,000 | 04/16/18 | 1,418,000* (02/18/21) |
| 112 |  | No Doubt | 35,257,000 | 25,730,000 | 6,058,000 | 4,910,000 | 6,080,000 | 03/29/20 | 1,085,000* (04/03/21) |
| 113 |  | Imagine Dragons | 33,074,000 | 7,960,000 | 371,000 | 30,000 | 45,410,000 | 09/19/18 | 17,921,000* (03/31/21) |
| 114 |  | Amy Winehouse | 32,683,000 | 23,180,000 | 2,411,000 | 580,000 | 21,660,000 | 07/19/19 | 3,669,000* (04/02/21) |
| 115 |  | Kendrick Lamar | 31,862,000 | 5,725,000 | 50,000 | 0 | 32,650,000 | 04/12/19 | 21,189,000* (04/03/21) |
| 116 |  | Post Malone | 31,111,000 | 1,720,000 | 10,000 | 40,000 | 14,640,000 | 11/26/20 | 27,172,000* (04/03/21) |
| 117 |  | Dido | 30,892,000 | 26,630,000 | 420,000 | 5,320,000 | 6,210,000 | 02/18/19 | 1,314,000* (04/01/21) |
| 118 |  | Evanescence | 30,729,000 | 22,440,000 | 2,755,000 | 2,170,000 | 18,390,000 | 06/30/19 | 2,125,000* (04/01/21) |
| 119 |  | Carrie Underwood | 29,431,000 | 18,050,000 | 839,000 | 500,000 | 54,410,000 | 09/09/18 | 2,231,000* (04/02/21) |
| 120 |  | Selena Gomez | 28,490,000 | 5,780,000 | 270,000 | 80,000 | 41,610,000 | 03/21/21 | 16,170,000 (03/21/21) |
| 121 |  | James Blunt | 28,477,000 | 20,440,000 | 1,020,000 | 2,130,000 | 23,090,000 | 02/05/19 | 2,913,000* (03/31/21) |
| 122 |  | Sam Smith | 27,343,000 | 6,525,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 | 32,700,000 | 10/11/17 | 15,858,000* (04/03/21) |
| 123 |  | Björk | 25,950,000 | 19,730,000 | 4,372,000 | 2,620,000 | 3,460,000 | 12/23/18 | 543,000* (03/31/21) |
| 124 |  | Gorillaz | 24,296,000 | 14,830,000 | 1,240,000 | 2,110,000 | 19,000,000 | 05/08/17 | 4,743,000* (04/03/21) |
| 125 |  | Shawn Mendes | 22,736,000 | 2,630,000 | 120,000 | 40,000 | 20,330,000 | 10/08/19 | 16,925,000* (04/03/21) |
| 126 |  | Fugees | 22,503,000 | 17,310,000 | 1,348,000 | 7,160,000 | 5,240,000 | 02/18/21 | 910,000* (03/28/21) |
| 127 |  | Renaud | 22,184,000 | 13,230,000 | 7,667,000 | 2,660,000 | 690,000 | 11/01/17 | 385,000* (01/30/21) |
| 128 |  | Lana Del Rey | 21,788,000 | 7,950,000 | 565,000 | 210,000 | 20,200,000 | 08/24/17 | 10,180,000* (04/03/21) |
| 129 |  | Macklemore | 21,737,000 | 3,225,000 | 45,000 | 80,000 | 39,270,000 | 11/07/17 | 12,553,000* (03/21/21) |
| 130 |  | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 21,506,000 | 15,610,000 | 1,734,000 | 3,660,000 | 7,670,000 | 02/18/21 | 1,914,000* (04/01/21) |
| 131 |  | Billie Eilish | 20,898,000 | 2,270,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 | 5,920,000 | 07/04/20 | 17,716,000* (04/01/21) |
| 132 |  | Arctic Monkeys | 20,831,000 | 10,340,000 | 302,000 | 560,000 | 12,870,000 | 05/14/18 | 8,091,000* (04/02/21) |
| 133 |  | Demi Lovato | 20,726,000 | 4,480,000 | 35,000 | 50,000 | 35,890,000 | 10/09/18 | 10,812,000* (03/29/21) |
| 134 |  | Avicii | 20,315,000 | 2,200,000 | 170,000 | 250,000 | 36,700,000 | 04/25/18 | 12,365,000* (03/29/21) |
| 135 |  | Gwen Stefani | 19,874,000 | 12,060,000 | 154,000 | 3,130,000 | 29,040,000 | 04/12/20 | 2,365,000* (04/02/21) |
| 136 |  | Aaliyah | 18,122,000 | 12,200,000 | 3,174,000 | 6,350,000 | 3,050,000 | 02/14/17 | 384,000* (04/03/21) |
| 137 |  | Dua Lipa | 17,668,000 | 945,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 | 7,020,000 | 01/05/21 | 15,658,000* (04/03/21) |
| 138 |  | Fergie | 13,895,000 | 6,450,000 | 25,000 | 750,000 | 36,900,000 | 07/12/17 | 1,660,000* (04/02/21) |
| 139 |  | Little Mix | 12,414,000 | 3,670,000 | 0 | 130,000 | 12,020,000 | 02/02/20 | 6,902,000* (03/31/21) |
| 140 |  | Will.i.am | 12,335,000 | 950,000 | 0 | 750,000 | 53,300,000 | 07/20/17 | 3,166,000* (03/29/21) |
| 141 |  | Lorde | 11,386,000 | 3,300,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 19,250,000 | 06/22/17 | 5,098,000* (04/02/21) |
Nicki Minaj ??? > Lorde !!!
Nicki ha vendido 7 millones de albums a lo mucho.
Desde el artículo de Santana ya no creo en las predicciones 😔.
Cliff Richard has sold more than 250,000,000 records but always forgotten in lists but people need to remember that there would be no Beatles if there was no cliff Richard and the shadows
I never knew Cliff, Hank, Bruce etc fathered John, Paul, George, Stu, Pete, Ringo etc and on top of that, there is no way Cliff sold anywhere near that amount of records.
Hey there! Britney Spears record sales (estimated) are 208 million records! Thus making her the 8th best selling artist of all time. However, her updated record sales are 180-190 million record sales, thus placing her in a 15-13th rank.
She is no way 8th best selling artist ever, read CSPC page about how it all works. This ia accurate not the rubbish people post on the internet.
Where’s Chris Brown???? How can you leave out the biggest R&B artist in the World????
Is it really too hard to understand that if a artist isn’t present in the list, it’s because it hasn’t been studied?
He’s not the biggest R&B artist in the World.
Hi guys, great job as usual. One question about YouTube. Sometimes on YouTube I find videos of full albums, how are those videos counted on CSPC? Do you still use the ratio you use for videos of single songs or, considering those videos are of full albums you use a different ratio? Thanks in advance for the answer
Are Apple Music streams included?
Why did Michael Buble lose 3m CSPC?
Hi Calvin! Which figure do you refer to?
Pure album sales for him haven’t been updated in quite some time. As for streams, when we first rolled up the automatic updated it inflated him since his streams were saved while Spotify while sending duplicated songs. This was quickly fixed but it’s possible you saw his numbers at this moment!
Where is AKB48, a girl group from Japan? They have 60m physical records sold as of April of last year (2019)… Also where is B’z, a duo from Japan, I’m pretty sure they’ve sold 100m or somewhere around there IIRC
This is CSPC so they likely fall more in the 30-40m range. The main issue with them though is that they’re not really just a group. They’re more of a franchise than anything which makes them uncomparable to regular acts.
A study of them would be interesting regardless though.
Did you add some sales to Janet? Her total album sales looks to be more than it was before.
I have a question regarding albums from certifications from the 80s and 90s. Music Clubs were a way of cheating to the next certification. With a membership, you could buy multiple albums for less than $10. Are those cheating sales included in the estimates?
BMG, Columbia House and what else? I think those are kinds of marketing systems. Like a Streaming system app service in these days.
I appreciate all of the work he has done, but if we use Music Club sales for artists of the 80s and 90s, than he should have no problem with adding Chinese sales for Taylor.
Artists of the 80s/90s were “cheating” just as much as artists these days are.
Hi Iris! What you mention about music clubs is a misconception. Indeed, they often had very agressive subscription offers (like “12 albums for $1!”) but these offers were linked with obligations, usually to buy at least 2 albums per month during at least 1 year, albums actually more expensive than on standard retailers. At the end of the day, rather than buying 12 albums for $1, you bought 12 + 2*12 = 36 albums, for 1 + 24 * 15 = $361. This was the minimum you were going to pay, if you wanted 3 or 4 albums in… Read more »
Thank you for clearing it up! I appreciate your work.