Top artists - ASR - ChartMasters

This top is ranking the most successful artists rather than the highest-selling ones.

Why the distinction? Because an artist’s success is not only dependant on how well their productions turn into hits, but also on how their discography is structured and repackaged over time.

For example, if an artist issues only studio albums, you will need to buy about all of them to own their biggest hits. On the contrary, if a greatest hits album is available, only one purchase will give you the same satisfaction.

To take this kind of effects into account, we have developed the ASR (Artist Success Rating) as a base 1000 indicator factoring in both EAS and EDS, where:

EAS (Equivalent Album Sales) establishes a catalog’s total sales;
EDS (Equivalent Discography Sales) tells us how many times this catalog has been consumed.

Here is the top artists ranking according to the ASR concept!

Top artists – Artist Success Rating (ASR)

Artist:

Gender:

#	Artist	EAS	EDS	ASR	Gender
1	The Beatles	518,303,000	117,248,831	1,000	Group - Male
2	Michael Jackson	336,792,000	102,007,256	752	Solo - Male
3	Queen	277,668,000	84,091,841	620	Group - Male
4	Elvis Presley	320,372,000	51,966,768	523	Solo - Male
5	Eagles	175,625,000	77,476,219	473	Group - Male
6	Neil Diamond	157,925,000	78,602,452	452	Solo - Male
7	ABBA	163,071,000	71,508,419	438	Group - Mixed
8	Mariah Carey	193,860,000	58,286,842	431	Solo - Female
9	Led Zeppelin	206,524,000	54,099,835	429	Group - Male
10	Elton John	222,249,000	49,836,975	427	Solo - Male
11	The Rolling Stones	243,517,000	44,143,593	421	Group - Male
12	Madonna	246,892,000	43,535,455	421	Solo - Female
13	Simon & Garfunkel	126,365,000	79,716,664	407	Group - Male
14	Pink Floyd	237,154,000	41,960,654	405	Group - Male
15	Bee Gees	161,950,000	57,490,781	391	Group - Male
16	Celine Dion	198,699,000	44,239,016	380	Solo - Female
17	AC/DC	200,651,000	42,180,357	373	Group - Male
18	U2	200,655,000	41,887,801	372	Group - Male
19	Whitney Houston	158,051,000	52,074,776	368	Solo - Female
20	Eric Clapton	175,204,000	43,897,845	356	Solo - Male
21	Frank Sinatra	228,913,000	32,536,030	350	Solo - Male
22	Phil Collins	151,881,000	47,209,173	343	Solo - Male
23	Fleetwood Mac	151,752,000	46,583,974	341	Group - Mixed
24	Bon Jovi	151,202,000	46,830,188	341	Group - Male
25	Rod Stewart	190,822,000	34,838,159	331	Solo - Male
26	Bob Marley	142,719,000	45,066,302	325	Solo - Male
27	The Beach Boys	146,212,000	42,816,916	321	Group - Male
28	Eminem	202,839,000	29,561,016	314	Solo - Male
29	Billy Joel	150,967,000	39,002,664	311	Solo - Male
30	Guns N' Roses	125,736,000	45,110,771	306	Group - Male
31	The Police	99,892,000	56,238,454	304	Group - Male
32	Bruce Springsteen	161,401,000	33,482,746	298	Solo - Male
33	Garth Brooks	144,494,000	36,116,769	293	Solo - Male
34	The Doors	117,324,000	42,607,586	287	Group - Male
35	Metallica	169,970,000	29,292,139	286	Group - Male
36	Adele	104,854,000	45,097,772	279	Solo - Female
37	Dire Straits	112,036,000	42,246,484	279	Group - Male
38	Aerosmith	134,001,000	33,436,546	272	Group - Male
39	Santana	146,383,000	30,448,599	271	Group - Male
40	Nirvana	97,440,000	44,426,836	267	Group - Male
41	Barbra Streisand	153,502,000	25,938,236	256	Solo - Female
42	Backstreet Boys	99,240,000	38,260,729	250	Group - Male
43	Bryan Adams	89,858,000	41,208,660	247	Solo - Male
44	Jimi Hendrix	105,789,000	34,542,740	245	Solo - Male
45	George Michael	110,122,000	32,306,760	242	Solo - Male
46	Britney Spears	113,249,000	30,149,443	237	Solo - Female
47	Journey	82,698,000	40,449,014	235	Group - Male
48	Taylor Swift	171,080,000	19,600,057	235	Solo - Female
49	Prince	134,160,000	25,025,092	235	Solo - Male
50	Shania Twain	83,111,000	38,958,281	231	Solo - Female
51	David Bowie	131,336,000	24,199,222	229	Solo - Male
52	Ed Sheeran	99,931,000	31,756,126	229	Solo - Male
53	Drake	140,645,000	22,428,479	228	Solo - Male
54	Stevie Wonder	124,378,000	25,412,873	228	Solo - Male
55	Bob Dylan	145,084,000	20,187,932	220	Solo - Male
56	Pearl Jam	84,539,000	30,483,907	206	Group - Male
57	Deep Purple	93,132,000	27,017,267	203	Group - Male
58	Coldplay	113,577,000	22,005,871	203	Group - Male
59	The Supremes	76,228,000	32,306,443	201	Group - Female
60	Def Leppard	74,661,000	31,738,821	197	Group - Male
61	Depeche Mode	98,589,000	23,900,776	197	Group - Male
62	Van Halen	102,523,000	22,464,330	195	Group - Male
63	Genesis	113,956,000	19,121,142	189	Group - Male
64	BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	181	Group - Male
65	Sade	76,072,000	25,961,768	180	Group - Mixed
66	Tina Turner	74,502,000	26,526,112	180	Solo - Female
67	Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	180	Solo - Male
68	Alanis Morissette	58,249,000	33,826,492	180	Solo - Female
69	Linkin Park	93,526,000	20,759,873	179	Group - Mixed
70	Ariana Grande	78,521,000	24,573,638	178	Solo - Female
71	Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	178	Solo - Female
72	Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	177	Solo - Male
73	Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	176	Solo - Female
74	Jay-Z	97,889,000	19,173,713	176	Solo - Male
75	Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	175	Group - Male
76	Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	174	Solo - Female
77	Shakira	82,644,000	22,226,619	174	Solo - Female
78	R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	174	Group - Male
79	Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	173	Group - Male
80	Kendrick Lamar	73,199,000	24,655,995	172	Solo - Male
81	Lady Gaga	79,508,000	22,564,882	172	Solo - Female
82	Green Day	90,387,000	19,614,912	171	Group - Male
83	Beyoncé	94,073,000	18,036,805	167	Solo - Female
84	Kanye West	92,922,000	18,017,226	166	Solo - Male
85	Spice Girls	50,153,000	33,485,470	166	Group - Female
86	Iron Maiden	89,126,000	18,742,982	166	Group - Male
87	Cream	42,262,000	38,921,651	165	Group - Male
88	Sting	81,632,000	20,226,867	165	Solo - Male
89	Janet Jackson	78,418,000	19,977,418	161	Solo - Female
90	Maroon 5	82,773,000	18,520,900	159	Group - Male
91	Robbie Williams	77,556,000	19,411,411	157	Solo - Male
92	Bruno Mars	77,113,000	19,197,672	156	Solo - Male
93	P!nk	80,645,000	17,992,234	155	Solo - Female
94	Crosby, Stills & Nash	61,015,000	23,255,287	153	Group - Male
95	Neil Young	99,113,000	13,955,846	151	Solo - Male
96	2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	148	Solo - Male
97	Oasis	63,766,000	20,866,829	148	Group - Male
98	Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	147	Group - Male
99	Aretha Franklin	81,566,000	14,795,353	141	Solo - Female
100	Tracy Chapman	52,402,000	22,938,699	141	Solo - Female
101	Destiny's Child	50,453,000	23,180,688	139	Group - Female
102	Paul Simon	52,690,000	21,667,004	137	Solo - Male
103	Black Eyed Peas	60,729,000	18,499,537	136	Group - Male
104	Post Malone	54,918,000	19,826,171	134	Solo - Male
105	Norah Jones	53,152,000	19,246,482	130	Solo - Female
106	Katy Perry	62,778,000	16,038,625	129	Solo - Female
107	The Weeknd	70,464,000	14,401,858	129	Solo - Male
108	Usher	69,312,000	14,303,725	128	Solo - Male
109	Diana Ross	64,251,000	14,798,208	125	Solo - Female
110	Cranberries	47,146,000	19,990,989	125	Group - Mixed
111	No Doubt	35,898,000	26,076,829	124	Group - Mixed
112	TLC	41,644,000	21,910,561	123	Group - Female
113	Christina Aguilera	57,107,000	15,737,571	122	Solo - Female
114	Alicia Keys	53,738,000	16,379,872	120	Solo - Female
115	Travis Scott	43,586,000	20,179,583	120	Solo - Male
116	Sam Smith	40,697,000	21,094,062	119	Solo - Non-Binary
117	Nickelback	57,745,000	14,672,634	118	Group - Male
118	Ace of Base	36,127,000	23,581,536	118	Group - Mixed
119	Michael Bublé	69,175,000	11,630,919	115	Solo - Male
120	NSYNC	45,642,000	16,540,588	111	Group - Male
121	Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	109	Solo - Female
122	Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	109	Group - Mixed
123	Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	109	Solo - Male
124	Ayumi Hamasaki	61,863,000	11,313,478	107	Solo - Female
125	Nicki Minaj	53,832,000	12,791,279	106	Solo - Female
126	Justin Timberlake	55,981,000	12,245,296	106	Solo - Male
127	Bad Bunny	76,854,000	8,484,148	104	Solo - Male
128	Fugees	23,106,000	27,602,211	102	Group - Mixed
129	Amy Winehouse	35,066,000	17,507,072	101	Solo - Female
130	Jennifer Lopez	47,296,000	12,530,579	99	Solo - Female
131	One Direction	61,670,000	9,618,386	99	Group - Male
132	Take That	39,485,000	15,039,081	99	Group - Male
133	Gorillaz	32,616,000	18,303,809	99	Group - Male
134	Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	98	Solo - Male
135	Johnny Hallyday	76,299,000	7,596,313	98	Solo - Male
136	Billie Eilish	37,918,000	14,777,938	96	Solo - Female
137	Imagine Dragons	45,899,000	11,392,835	93	Group - Male
138	James Blunt	29,877,000	17,613,289	93	Solo - Male
139	Dido	32,028,000	16,015,911	92	Solo - Female
140	Dua Lipa	32,962,000	15,164,957	91	Solo - Female
141	Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	90	Solo - Male
142	John Lennon	82,893,000	5,922,705	90	Solo - Male
143	Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	90	Solo - Female
144	SEVENTEEN	60,170,000	8,031,968	89	Group - Male
145	Kylie Minogue	37,683,000	12,519,302	88	Solo - Female
146	System Of A Down	35,703,000	12,929,569	87	Group - Male
147	Foo Fighters	44,775,000	9,782,915	85	Group - Male
148	Paul McCartney	114,847,000	3,706,069	84	Solo - Male
149	Miley Cyrus	55,716,000	7,749,452	84	Solo - Female
150	Ms. Lauryn Hill	22,738,000	17,068,596	80	Solo - Female
151	Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	75	Solo - Male
152	Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	75	Solo - Female
153	Roberto Carlos	98,500,000	3,171,456	72	Solo - Male
154	Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	72	Solo - Female
155	Olivia Rodrigo	18,453,000	15,907,251	70	Solo - Female
156	Ike & Tina Turner	35,081,000	8,064,301	68	Group - Mixed
157	Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	68	Group - Male
158	Lewis Capaldi	12,874,000	21,873,389	68	Solo - Male
159	Carrie Underwood	30,828,000	8,805,331	67	Solo - Female
160	Harry Styles	22,997,000	11,571,151	66	Solo - Male
161	Lil Nas X	12,721,000	19,948,910	65	Solo - Male
162	Gwen Stefani	21,496,000	11,820,072	65	Solo - Female
163	Macklemore	19,478,000	12,964,232	64	Solo - Male
164	Blackpink	27,186,000	8,856,168	63	Group - Female
165	Carly Rae Jepsen	11,609,000	19,609,200	61	Solo - Female
166	Meghan Trainor	16,847,000	12,666,267	59	Solo - Female
167	Cardi B	23,365,000	8,668,978	58	Solo - Female
168	Fergie	14,946,000	12,382,342	55	Solo - Female
169	Avicii	26,147,000	6,809,293	54	Solo - Male
170	Juice WRLD	35,777,000	4,748,646	53	Solo - Male
171	Traveling Wilburys	16,099,000	10,045,660	52	Group - Male
172	Buffalo Springfield	11,320,000	14,208,538	51	Group - Male
173	Björk	26,305,000	5,860,629	50	Solo - Female
174	Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	48	Solo - Female
175	Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	48	Solo - Female
176	Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	47	Solo - Female
177	The Yardbirds	16,792,000	8,006,528	47	Group - Male
178	Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	47	Solo - Female
179	Blind Faith	10,097,000	13,447,685	47	Group - Male
180	Lin-Manuel Miranda	19,951,000	6,101,427	45	Solo - Male
181	SZA	16,511,000	6,983,142	44	Solo - Female
182	Will.i.am	14,160,000	6,300,320	38	Solo - Male
183	Demi Lovato	26,716,000	3,225,769	38	Solo - Non-Binary
184	Renaud	22,558,000	3,496,635	36	Solo - Male
185	EXO	35,007,000	2,245,991	36	Group - Male
186	Sabrina Carpenter	11,385,000	6,220,221	34	Solo - Female
187	Morgan Wallen	19,433,000	3,438,557	33	Solo - Male
188	Little Mix	16,640,000	3,163,154	29	Group - Female
189	George Harrison	33,907,000	901,535	22	Solo - Male
190	Ringo Starr	15,767,000	168,525	7	Solo - Male
	Artist				Gender