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		x (Multiply) Ed Sheeran	9,055,000 (10/29/21)	200,000	428,000 (38,000)	4,631,000 (30,880,000)	11,252,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,770 LD: 3,160	25,566,000
2		1989 Taylor Swift	10,545,000 (11/01/22)	1,021,000	346,000 (30,000)	4,544,000 (30,290,000)	8,703,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 8,240 LD: 12,530	25,158,000
3		In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith	6,525,000 (10/11/17)	24,000	-996,000 (50,000)	4,388,000 (29,250,000)	8,504,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,170 LD: 3,680	18,444,000
4		V Maroon 5	2,400,000 (12/02/19)	199,000	677,000 (13,000)	3,858,000 (25,720,000)	7,678,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,710 LD: 3,960	14,812,000
5		My Everything Ariana Grande	1,960,000 (09/27/21)	83,000	148,000 (20,000)	3,854,000 (25,690,000)	7,187,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,320 LD: 3,330	13,231,000
6		Four One Direction	3,400,000 (05/14/17)	0	618,000 (10,000)	555,000 (3,700,000)	4,458,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,600 LD: 3,580	9,031,000
7		Ghost Stories Coldplay	3,480,000 (06/07/21)	354,000	131,000 (13,000)	1,025,000 (6,830,000)	2,960,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 1,060 LD: 1,530	7,949,000
8		Sex And Love Enrique Iglesias	1,500,000 (10/11/21)	0	0 (0)	525,000 (3,500,000)	2,393,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 660 LD: 910	5,610,000
9		Hozier (Special Edition) Hozier	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	5,438,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	5,438,000
10		2014 Forest Hills Drive J. Cole	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	5,338,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	5,338,000
11		Ultraviolence Lana Del Rey	1,560,000 (08/05/22)	0	205,000 (3,000)	152,000 (1,010,000)	2,466,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 2,780 LD: 3,320	4,382,000
12		Motion Calvin Harris	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,380,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	4,380,000
13		Listen Again David Guetta	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,744,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,744,000
14		Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition) Vance Joy	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,742,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,742,000
15		1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version) Sia	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,477,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,477,000
16		Skool Luv Affair BTS	1,380,000 (06/16/22)	351,000	157,000 (75,000)	142,000 (950,000)	1,448,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 850 LD: 910	3,477,000
17		Rock or Bust AC/DC	3,010,000 (02/20/18)	0	47,000 (5,000)	15,000 (100,000)	279,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 100 LD: 130	3,351,000
18		Xscape Michael Jackson	1,750,000 (09/27/17)	0	0 (0)	435,000 (2,900,000)	955,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 300 LD: 700	3,349,000
19		The Pinkprint (Deluxe Edition) Nicki Minaj	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,342,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,342,000
20		Fórmula, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition) [Clean Version] Romeo Santos	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,227,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,227,000
21		Queen Of The Clouds (Blueprint Edition) Tove Lo	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,194,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,194,000
22		The Endless River Pink Floyd	2,650,000 (06/18/17)	0	0 (0)	90,000 (600,000)	234,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 40	2,974,000
23		Chaos And The Calm (Deluxe Edition) James Bay	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,932,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,932,000
24		Shakira Shakira	860,000 (06/21/18)	0	161,000 (20,000)	395,000 (2,630,000)	1,291,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 360 LD: 810	2,706,000
25		Prayer Robin Schulz	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,648,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,648,000
26		Globalization Pitbull	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,395,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,395,000
27		Dark & Wild BTS	655,000 (06/16/22)	207,000	198,000 (88,000)	51,000 (340,000)	1,163,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 660 LD: 650	2,273,000
28		5 Seconds Of Summer (Deluxe) 5 Seconds of Summer	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,147,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,147,000
29		Sonic Highways Foo Fighters	1,550,000 (10/10/17)	100,000	0 (0)	53,000 (350,000)	292,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 70 LD: 50	2,100,000
30		Wanted on Voyage (Expanded Edition) George Ezra	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,008,000 (03/21/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,008,000
*Pure sales figures updated on date below studio album sales. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.