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		Red Taylor Swift	7,220,000 (11/01/22)	1,583,000	369,000 (33,000)	4,163,000 (27,750,000)	7,796,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 6,560 LD: 9,500	21,130,000
2		Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars	6,825,000 (06/27/19)	0	404,000 (40,000)	4,869,000 (32,460,000)	5,805,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,290 LD: 3,960	17,903,000
3		Night Visions Imagine Dragons	5,170,000 (09/19/18)	344,000	260,000 (20,000)	4,113,000 (27,420,000)	7,274,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,310 LD: 3,520	17,161,000
4		Born to Die Lana Del Rey	6,240,000 (08/05/22)	751,000	439,000 (201,000)	1,948,000 (12,990,000)	6,925,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 5,100 LD: 6,180	16,303,000
5		Take Me Home One Direction	6,300,000 (05/14/17)	1,915,000	462,000 (20,000)	1,359,000 (9,060,000)	3,787,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,320 LD: 1,700	13,823,000
6		Overexposed Maroon 5	3,320,000 (12/02/19)	95,000	412,000 (25,000)	5,025,000 (33,500,000)	3,996,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,770 LD: 3,920	12,848,000
7		The Heist Macklemore	2,800,000 (11/07/17)	0	21,000 (70,000)	4,938,000 (32,920,000)	4,682,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,440 LD: 2,340	12,441,000
8		Unapologetic Rihanna	3,700,000 (06/02/21)	49,000	482,000 (70,000)	3,191,000 (21,270,000)	4,883,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,360 LD: 4,370	12,304,000
9		The Truth About Love P!nk	5,675,000 (06/23/22)	375,000	199,000 (85,000)	2,952,000 (19,680,000)	2,952,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,270 LD: 2,300	12,153,000
10		Believe Justin Bieber	3,185,000 (04/27/22)	1,095,000	481,000 (88,000)	2,505,000 (16,700,000)	3,532,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,270 LD: 1,670	10,798,000
11		Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar	2,950,000 (05/17/22)	0	0 (0)	1,103,000 (7,360,000)	4,730,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,110 LD: 3,230	8,964,000
12		Kiss Carly Rae Jepsen	1,258,000 (12/14/22)	35,000	423,000 (128,000)	3,631,000 (24,210,000)	2,625,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,510 LD: 1,650	7,972,000
13		Living Things Linkin Park	2,250,000 (06/04/17)	445,000	0 (0)	825,000 (5,500,000)	1,614,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 560 LD: 1,020	5,434,000
14		18 Months Calvin Harris	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,214,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,214,000
15		Blown Away Carrie Underwood	2,110,000 (09/09/18)	229,000	0 (0)	1,212,000 (8,080,000)	454,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 130 LD: 150	4,095,000
16		Girl on Fire Alicia Keys	1,800,000 (02/03/22)	22,000	0 (0)	885,000 (5,900,000)	757,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 140 LD: 380	3,854,000
17		channel ORANGE Frank Ocean	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,598,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,598,000
18		Halcyon Days Ellie Goulding	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,817,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,817,000
19		All the Little Lights (Deluxe Version) Passenger	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,730,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,730,000
20		Merry Christmas, Baby Rod Stewart	2,490,000 (11/23/19)	0	1,000 (3,000)	75,000 (500,000)	139,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 0	2,705,000
21		The Lumineers (Deluxe Edition) The Lumineers	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,625,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,625,000
22		MDNA Madonna	1,850,000 (08/20/17)	65,000	120,000 (41,000)	289,000 (1,930,000)	237,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 70	2,561,000
23		Wild Ones (Deluxe) Flo Rida	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,537,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,537,000
24		Looking 4 Myself Usher	850,000 (09/04/17)	0	0 (0)	840,000 (5,600,000)	511,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 120 LD: 150	2,516,000
25		Global Warming: Meltdown (Deluxe Version) Pitbull	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,323,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,323,000
26		Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up Nicki Minaj	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,261,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,261,000
27		Some Nights (Deluxe) fun.	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,142,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,142,000
28		An Awesome Wave (Deluxe Version) alt-J	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,097,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,097,000
29		Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen	1,750,000 (07/07/17)	130,000	2,000 (7,000)	98,000 (650,000)	95,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 10	2,075,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.