Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time

Albums Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales

This list is about the most successful albums of all time (understand “which have generated the most sales”). The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales).

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. Sales figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles while streams are updated daily. Albums from unstudied artists which gained significant streams are listed but miss the sales component.

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In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

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#	Cover	Album	Sales*				Streams		Total CSPC
			Studio Albums	Other LPs	Physical Singles	Digital Singles	EAS	Daily Increase
1		Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel	5,550,000 (05/11/18)	18,523,000	1,227,000 (4,130,000)	498,000 (3,320,000)	717,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 270 LD: 440	26,515,000
2		Revolver The Beatles	12,450,000 (04/17/22)	9,494,000	1,334,000 (4,400,000)	290,000 (1,940,000)	952,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 400 LD: 420	24,520,000
3		Aftermath The Rolling Stones	3,900,000 (02/10/22)	13,333,000	1,341,000 (4,550,000)	819,000 (5,460,000)	1,133,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 580 LD: 730	20,526,000
4		Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5,250,000 (05/11/18)	8,764,000	909,000 (2,620,000)	162,000 (1,080,000)	440,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 180 LD: 530	15,525,000
5		Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra	2,825,000 (01/31/23)	6,231,000	1,633,000 (5,443,000)	185,000 (1,230,000)	257,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 170 LD: 160	11,130,000
6		Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan	5,100,000 (12/14/21)	3,132,000	1,030,000 (2,900,000)	194,000 (1,290,000)	172,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 60	9,627,000
7		That's Life Frank Sinatra	1,230,000 (01/31/23)	5,826,000	288,000 (963,000)	139,000 (930,000)	311,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 210 LD: 190	7,794,000
8		Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield	995,000 (05/16/21)	4,959,000	373,000 (1,128,000)	402,000 (2,680,000)	478,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 240 LD: 280	7,207,000
9		Fresh Cream Cream	2,445,000 (09/21/22)	3,130,000	127,000 (235,000)	56,000 (370,000)	101,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 40 LD: 50	5,858,000
10		Blues Breakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	2,705,000 (09/21/22)	2,189,000	26,000 (4,000)	35,000 (230,000)	83,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 40 LD: 40	5,037,000
11		Up-Tight Stevie Wonder	510,000 (03/20/21)	2,215,000	758,000 (1,261,000)	89,000 (590,000)	140,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 40 LD: 50	3,711,000
12		La Génération Perdue Johnny Hallyday	330,000 (01/01/18)	2,059,000	389,000 (570,000)	2,000 (20,000)	18,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,798,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.