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		Abbey Road The Beatles	26,700,000 (04/17/22)	14,315,000	1,185,000 (4,050,000)	731,000 (4,880,000)	2,676,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,280 LD: 1,450	45,607,000
2		Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	21,900,000 (09/07/21)	9,937,000	753,000 (2,500,000)	971,000 (6,470,000)	1,198,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 520 LD: 600	34,759,000
3		Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin	15,800,000 (09/07/21)	7,069,000	75,000 (250,000)	773,000 (5,150,000)	746,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 280 LD: 380	24,463,000
4		Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	7,000,000 (02/10/22)	12,987,000	195,000 (4,198,000)	825,000 (5,500,000)	993,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 440 LD: 570	22,000,000
5		Willy And The Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival	5,540,000 (01/31/19)	13,069,000	766,000 (2,493,000)	536,000 (3,570,000)	1,829,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 810 LD: 1,160	21,739,000
6		Santana Santana	6,755,000 (08/05/20)	9,417,000	482,000 (1,562,000)	97,000 (650,000)	157,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 80 LD: 90	16,908,000
7		Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival	5,360,000 (01/31/19)	8,465,000	1,320,000 (4,235,000)	441,000 (2,940,000)	1,103,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 510 LD: 900	16,689,000
8		Crosby, Stills & Nash [CSN] Crosby, Stills & Nash	6,670,000 (05/16/21)	7,719,000	474,000 (1,589,000)	357,000 (2,380,000)	318,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 120 LD: 150	15,538,000
9		My Way Frank Sinatra	2,135,000 (01/31/23)	11,216,000	759,000 (2,536,000)	504,000 (3,360,000)	539,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 550 LD: 460	15,153,000
10		Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 Jackson 5	1,600,000 (09/26/17)	9,958,000	876,000 (2,920,000)	620,000 (4,130,000)	1,011,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 390 LD: 440	14,065,000
11		Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	4,450,000 (01/31/19)	4,756,000	806,000 (2,649,000)	191,000 (1,270,000)	575,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 260 LD: 410	10,777,000
12		Blind Faith Blind Faith	5,395,000 (09/21/22)	4,363,000	39,000 (40,000)	182,000 (1,210,000)	118,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 70 LD: 60	10,097,000
13		From Elvis in Memphis Elvis Presley	1,310,000 (09/01/18)	5,722,000	916,000 (3,030,000)	116,000 (770,000)	288,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 120 LD: 190	8,351,000
14		Nashville Skyline Bob Dylan	3,800,000 (12/14/21)	3,367,000	661,000 (1,600,000)	143,000 (950,000)	145,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 70 LD: 80	8,115,000
15		David Bowie (1969) David Bowie	2,300,000 (03/11/22)	4,247,000	698,000 (2,200,000)	285,000 (1,900,000)	396,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 160 LD: 160	7,926,000
16		The Soft Parade The Doors	4,590,000 (03/03/19)	1,832,000	822,000 (2,090,000)	72,000 (480,000)	204,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 100 LD: 110	7,520,000
17		Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young with Crazy Horse	3,265,000 (05/16/21)	2,222,000	78,000 (321,000)	191,000 (1,270,000)	112,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 0	5,867,000
18		Ummagumma Pink Floyd	5,050,000 (06/18/17)	187,000	0 (0)	2,000 (20,000)	22,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	5,267,000
19		Yellow Submarine The Beatles	4,200,000 (04/17/22)	567,000	49,000 (100,000)	49,000 (330,000)	78,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	4,943,000
20		My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder	740,000 (03/20/21)	1,277,000	959,000 (3,061,000)	131,000 (870,000)	134,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 80	3,240,000
21		More Pink Floyd	2,700,000 (06/18/17)	378,000	25,000 (50,000)	5,000 (40,000)	57,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 30	3,165,000
22		An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down Rod Stewart	1,080,000 (11/23/19)	983,000	86,000 (270,000)	12,000 (80,000)	17,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 0	2,178,000
23		Odessa Bee Gees	1,200,000 (04/09/17)	426,000	499,000 (1,050,000)	11,000 (80,000)	32,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 20	2,168,000
24		Then Play On Fleetwood Mac	2,000,000 (10/21/21)	77,000	0 (0)	4,000 (30,000)	14,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,106,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.