Top artists – ASR
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)
# | Pic | Artist | EAS | EDS | ASR | Gender |
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1 | The Beatles | 518,303,000 | 117,248,831 | 1,330 | Group - Male | |
2 | Michael Jackson | 336,792,000 | 102,007,256 | 1,000 | Solo - Male | |
3 | Queen | 277,668,000 | 84,091,841 | 824 | Group - Male | |
4 | Elvis Presley | 320,372,000 | 51,966,768 | 696 | Solo - Male | |
5 | Eagles | 175,625,000 | 77,476,219 | 629 | Group - Male | |
6 | Neil Diamond | 157,925,000 | 78,602,452 | 601 | Solo - Male | |
7 | ABBA | 163,071,000 | 71,508,419 | 583 | Group - Mixed | |
8 | Mariah Carey | 193,860,000 | 58,286,842 | 573 | Solo - Female | |
9 | Led Zeppelin | 206,524,000 | 54,099,835 | 570 | Group - Male | |
10 | Elton John | 222,249,000 | 49,836,975 | 568 | Solo - Male | |
11 | The Rolling Stones | 243,517,000 | 44,143,593 | 559 | Group - Male | |
12 | Madonna | 246,892,000 | 43,535,455 | 559 | Solo - Female | |
13 | Simon & Garfunkel | 126,365,000 | 79,716,664 | 541 | Group - Male | |
14 | Pink Floyd | 237,154,000 | 41,960,654 | 538 | Group - Male | |
15 | Bee Gees | 161,950,000 | 57,490,781 | 521 | Group - Male | |
16 | Celine Dion | 198,699,000 | 44,239,016 | 506 | Solo - Female | |
17 | AC/DC | 200,651,000 | 42,180,357 | 496 | Group - Male | |
18 | U2 | 200,655,000 | 41,887,801 | 495 | Group - Male | |
19 | Whitney Houston | 158,051,000 | 52,074,776 | 489 | Solo - Female | |
20 | Eric Clapton | 175,204,000 | 43,897,845 | 473 | Solo - Male | |
21 | Frank Sinatra | 228,913,000 | 32,536,030 | 466 | Solo - Male | |
22 | Phil Collins | 151,881,000 | 47,209,173 | 457 | Solo - Male | |
23 | Fleetwood Mac | 151,752,000 | 46,583,974 | 454 | Group - Mixed | |
24 | Bon Jovi | 151,202,000 | 46,830,188 | 454 | Group - Male | |
25 | Rod Stewart | 190,822,000 | 34,838,159 | 440 | Solo - Male | |
26 | Bob Marley | 142,719,000 | 45,066,302 | 433 | Solo - Male | |
27 | The Beach Boys | 146,212,000 | 42,816,916 | 427 | Group - Male | |
28 | Eminem | 202,839,000 | 29,561,016 | 418 | Solo - Male | |
29 | Billy Joel | 150,967,000 | 39,002,664 | 414 | Solo - Male | |
30 | Guns N' Roses | 125,736,000 | 45,110,771 | 406 | Group - Male | |
31 | The Police | 99,892,000 | 56,238,454 | 404 | Group - Male | |
32 | Bruce Springsteen | 161,401,000 | 33,482,746 | 397 | Solo - Male | |
33 | Garth Brooks | 144,494,000 | 36,116,769 | 390 | Solo - Male | |
34 | The Doors | 117,324,000 | 42,607,586 | 381 | Group - Male | |
35 | Metallica | 169,970,000 | 29,292,139 | 381 | Group - Male | |
36 | Dire Straits | 112,036,000 | 42,246,484 | 371 | Group - Male | |
37 | Adele | 104,854,000 | 45,097,772 | 371 | Solo - Female | |
38 | Aerosmith | 134,001,000 | 33,436,546 | 361 | Group - Male | |
39 | Santana | 146,383,000 | 30,448,599 | 360 | Group - Male | |
40 | Nirvana | 97,440,000 | 44,426,836 | 355 | Group - Male | |
41 | Barbra Streisand | 153,502,000 | 25,938,236 | 340 | Solo - Female | |
42 | Backstreet Boys | 99,240,000 | 38,260,729 | 332 | Group - Male | |
43 | Bryan Adams | 89,858,000 | 41,208,660 | 328 | Solo - Male | |
44 | Jimi Hendrix | 105,789,000 | 34,542,740 | 326 | Solo - Male | |
45 | George Michael | 110,122,000 | 32,306,760 | 322 | Solo - Male | |
46 | Britney Spears | 113,249,000 | 30,149,443 | 315 | Solo - Female | |
47 | Prince | 134,160,000 | 25,025,092 | 313 | Solo - Male | |
48 | Journey | 82,698,000 | 40,449,014 | 312 | Group - Male | |
49 | Taylor Swift | 171,080,000 | 19,600,057 | 312 | Solo - Female | |
50 | Shania Twain | 83,111,000 | 38,958,281 | 307 | Solo - Female | |
51 | Ed Sheeran | 99,931,000 | 31,756,126 | 304 | Solo - Male | |
52 | David Bowie | 131,336,000 | 24,199,222 | 304 | Solo - Male | |
53 | Stevie Wonder | 124,378,000 | 25,412,873 | 303 | Solo - Male | |
54 | Drake | 140,645,000 | 22,428,479 | 303 | Solo - Male | |
55 | Bob Dylan | 145,084,000 | 20,187,932 | 292 | Solo - Male | |
56 | Deep Purple | 93,132,000 | 27,017,267 | 271 | Group - Male | |
57 | Coldplay | 113,577,000 | 22,005,871 | 270 | Group - Male | |
58 | The Supremes | 76,228,000 | 32,306,443 | 268 | Group - Female | |
59 | Def Leppard | 74,661,000 | 31,738,821 | 263 | Group - Male | |
60 | Depeche Mode | 98,589,000 | 23,900,776 | 262 | Group - Male | |
61 | Van Halen | 102,523,000 | 22,464,330 | 259 | Group - Male | |
62 | Genesis | 113,956,000 | 19,121,142 | 252 | Group - Male | |
63 | Sade | 76,072,000 | 25,961,768 | 240 | Group - Mixed | |
64 | Justin Bieber | 99,511,000 | 19,834,038 | 240 | Solo - Male | |
65 | BTS | 116,051,000 | 17,100,233 | 240 | Group - Male | |
66 | Tina Turner | 74,502,000 | 26,526,112 | 240 | Solo - Female | |
67 | Alanis Morissette | 58,249,000 | 33,826,492 | 239 | Solo - Female | |
68 | Linkin Park | 93,526,000 | 20,759,873 | 238 | Group - Mixed | |
69 | Ariana Grande | 78,521,000 | 24,573,638 | 237 | Solo - Female | |
70 | Enya | 88,870,000 | 21,582,135 | 236 | Solo - Female | |
71 | Meat Loaf | 62,696,000 | 30,503,804 | 236 | Solo - Male | |
72 | Cher | 74,095,000 | 25,287,705 | 234 | Solo - Female | |
73 | Jay-Z | 97,889,000 | 19,173,713 | 234 | Solo - Male | |
74 | Supertramp | 72,474,000 | 25,602,074 | 232 | Group - Male | |
75 | R.E.M. | 90,868,000 | 20,197,027 | 231 | Group - Male | |
76 | Shakira | 82,644,000 | 22,226,619 | 231 | Solo - Female | |
77 | Black Sabbath | 79,878,000 | 22,885,797 | 231 | Group - Male | |
78 | Rihanna | 106,631,000 | 17,208,132 | 231 | Solo - Female | |
79 | Lady Gaga | 79,508,000 | 22,564,882 | 229 | Solo - Female | |
80 | Green Day | 90,387,000 | 19,614,912 | 227 | Group - Male | |
81 | Beyoncé | 94,073,000 | 18,036,805 | 222 | Solo - Female | |
82 | Kanye West | 92,922,000 | 18,017,226 | 221 | Solo - Male | |
83 | Spice Girls | 50,153,000 | 33,485,470 | 221 | Group - Female | |
84 | Iron Maiden | 89,126,000 | 18,742,982 | 221 | Group - Male | |
85 | Cream | 42,262,000 | 38,921,651 | 219 | Group - Male | |
86 | Sting | 81,632,000 | 20,226,867 | 219 | Solo - Male | |
87 | Janet Jackson | 78,418,000 | 19,977,418 | 214 | Solo - Female | |
88 | Maroon 5 | 82,773,000 | 18,520,900 | 211 | Group - Male | |
89 | Robbie Williams | 77,556,000 | 19,411,411 | 209 | Solo - Male | |
90 | Bruno Mars | 77,113,000 | 19,197,672 | 208 | Solo - Male | |
91 | P!nk | 80,645,000 | 17,992,234 | 206 | Solo - Female | |
92 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 61,015,000 | 23,255,287 | 203 | Group - Male | |
93 | Neil Young | 99,113,000 | 13,955,846 | 201 | Solo - Male | |
94 | Oasis | 63,766,000 | 20,866,829 | 197 | Group - Male | |
95 | 2pac | 82,720,000 | 16,011,615 | 196 | Solo - Male | |
96 | Boston | 50,701,000 | 26,073,392 | 196 | Group - Male | |
97 | Tracy Chapman | 52,402,000 | 22,938,699 | 187 | Solo - Female | |
98 | Aretha Franklin | 81,566,000 | 14,795,353 | 187 | Solo - Female | |
99 | Destiny's Child | 50,453,000 | 23,180,688 | 185 | Group - Female | |
100 | Paul Simon | 52,690,000 | 21,667,004 | 182 | Solo - Male | |
101 | Black Eyed Peas | 60,729,000 | 18,499,537 | 181 | Group - Male | |
102 | Post Malone | 54,918,000 | 19,826,171 | 178 | Solo - Male | |
103 | Norah Jones | 53,152,000 | 19,246,482 | 173 | Solo - Female | |
104 | The Weeknd | 70,464,000 | 14,401,858 | 172 | Solo - Male | |
105 | Katy Perry | 62,778,000 | 16,038,625 | 171 | Solo - Female | |
106 | Usher | 69,312,000 | 14,303,725 | 170 | Solo - Male | |
107 | Diana Ross | 64,251,000 | 14,798,208 | 166 | Solo - Female | |
108 | Cranberries | 47,146,000 | 19,990,989 | 166 | Group - Mixed | |
109 | No Doubt | 35,898,000 | 26,076,829 | 165 | Group - Mixed | |
110 | TLC | 41,644,000 | 21,910,561 | 163 | Group - Female | |
111 | Christina Aguilera | 57,107,000 | 15,737,571 | 162 | Solo - Female | |
112 | Travis Scott | 43,586,000 | 20,179,583 | 160 | Solo - Male | |
113 | Alicia Keys | 53,738,000 | 16,379,872 | 160 | Solo - Female | |
114 | Sam Smith | 40,697,000 | 21,094,062 | 158 | Solo - Non-Binary | |
115 | Nickelback | 57,745,000 | 14,672,634 | 157 | Group - Male | |
116 | Ace of Base | 36,127,000 | 23,581,536 | 157 | Group - Mixed | |
117 | Michael Bublé | 69,175,000 | 11,630,919 | 153 | Solo - Male | |
118 | NSYNC | 45,642,000 | 16,540,588 | 148 | Group - Male | |
119 | Avril Lavigne | 47,942,000 | 14,985,010 | 145 | Solo - Female | |
120 | Evanescence | 32,430,000 | 22,284,106 | 145 | Group - Mixed | |
121 | Ozzy Osbourne | 53,294,000 | 13,498,163 | 145 | Solo - Male | |
122 | Ayumi Hamasaki | 61,863,000 | 11,313,478 | 143 | Solo - Female | |
123 | Nicki Minaj | 53,832,000 | 12,791,279 | 142 | Solo - Female | |
124 | Justin Timberlake | 55,981,000 | 12,245,296 | 141 | Solo - Male | |
125 | Bad Bunny | 76,854,000 | 8,484,148 | 138 | Solo - Male | |
126 | Fugees | 23,106,000 | 27,602,211 | 136 | Group - Mixed | |
127 | Amy Winehouse | 35,066,000 | 17,507,072 | 134 | Solo - Female | |
128 | Gorillaz | 32,616,000 | 18,303,809 | 132 | Group - Male | |
129 | Enrique Iglesias | 61,387,000 | 9,546,917 | 131 | Solo - Male | |
130 | Jennifer Lopez | 47,296,000 | 12,530,579 | 131 | Solo - Female | |
131 | One Direction | 61,670,000 | 9,618,386 | 131 | Group - Male | |
132 | Take That | 39,485,000 | 15,039,081 | 131 | Group - Male | |
133 | Johnny Hallyday | 76,299,000 | 7,596,313 | 130 | Solo - Male | |
134 | Billie Eilish | 37,918,000 | 14,777,938 | 128 | Solo - Female | |
135 | James Blunt | 29,877,000 | 17,613,289 | 124 | Solo - Male | |
136 | Imagine Dragons | 45,899,000 | 11,392,835 | 123 | Group - Male | |
137 | Dido | 32,028,000 | 16,015,911 | 122 | Solo - Female | |
138 | Dua Lipa | 32,962,000 | 15,164,957 | 121 | Solo - Female | |
139 | Kelly Clarkson | 39,105,000 | 12,707,409 | 120 | Solo - Female | |
140 | Shawn Mendes | 31,498,000 | 15,727,434 | 120 | Solo - Male | |
141 | John Lennon | 82,893,000 | 5,922,705 | 120 | Solo - Male | |
142 | SEVENTEEN | 60,170,000 | 8,031,968 | 119 | Group - Male | |
143 | Kylie Minogue | 37,683,000 | 12,519,302 | 117 | Solo - Female | |
144 | System Of A Down | 35,703,000 | 12,929,569 | 116 | Group - Male | |
145 | Foo Fighters | 44,775,000 | 9,782,915 | 113 | Group - Male | |
146 | Miley Cyrus | 55,716,000 | 7,749,452 | 112 | Solo - Female | |
147 | Paul McCartney | 114,847,000 | 3,706,069 | 111 | Solo - Male | |
148 | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 22,738,000 | 17,068,596 | 106 | Solo - Female | |
149 | Charlie Puth | 20,439,000 | 16,877,379 | 100 | Solo - Male | |
150 | Kendrick Lamar | 39,375,000 | 8,674,777 | 100 | Solo - Male | |
151 | Selena Gomez | 38,387,000 | 8,813,410 | 99 | Solo - Female | |
152 | Roberto Carlos | 98,500,000 | 3,171,456 | 95 | Solo - Male | |
153 | Lana Del Rey | 33,728,000 | 9,226,786 | 95 | Solo - Female | |
154 | Olivia Rodrigo | 18,453,000 | 15,907,251 | 92 | Solo - Female | |
155 | Ike & Tina Turner | 35,081,000 | 8,064,301 | 91 | Group - Mixed | |
156 | Arctic Monkeys | 30,948,000 | 9,108,433 | 91 | Group - Male | |
157 | Lewis Capaldi | 12,874,000 | 21,873,389 | 91 | Solo - Male | |
158 | Carrie Underwood | 30,828,000 | 8,805,331 | 89 | Solo - Female | |
159 | Harry Styles | 22,997,000 | 11,571,151 | 88 | Solo - Male | |
160 | Macklemore | 19,478,000 | 12,964,232 | 86 | Solo - Male | |
161 | Gwen Stefani | 21,496,000 | 11,820,072 | 86 | Solo - Female | |
162 | Lil Nas X | 12,721,000 | 19,948,910 | 86 | Solo - Male | |
163 | Blackpink | 27,186,000 | 8,856,168 | 84 | Group - Female | |
164 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 11,609,000 | 19,609,200 | 81 | Solo - Female | |
165 | Meghan Trainor | 16,847,000 | 12,666,267 | 79 | Solo - Female | |
166 | Cardi B | 23,365,000 | 8,668,978 | 77 | Solo - Female | |
167 | Fergie | 14,946,000 | 12,382,342 | 73 | Solo - Female | |
168 | Avicii | 26,147,000 | 6,809,293 | 72 | Solo - Male | |
169 | Juice WRLD | 35,777,000 | 4,748,646 | 70 | Solo - Male | |
170 | Traveling Wilburys | 16,099,000 | 10,045,660 | 69 | Group - Male | |
171 | Buffalo Springfield | 11,320,000 | 14,208,538 | 68 | Group - Male | |
172 | Björk | 26,305,000 | 5,860,629 | 67 | Solo - Female | |
173 | Lorde | 14,341,000 | 9,720,259 | 64 | Solo - Female | |
174 | Xuxa | 36,061,000 | 3,845,193 | 64 | Solo - Female | |
175 | Blind Faith | 10,097,000 | 13,447,685 | 63 | Group - Male | |
176 | The Yardbirds | 16,792,000 | 8,006,528 | 63 | Group - Male | |
177 | Doja Cat | 19,381,000 | 7,037,213 | 63 | Solo - Female | |
178 | Aaliyah | 18,679,000 | 7,221,436 | 63 | Solo - Female | |
179 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | 19,951,000 | 6,101,427 | 60 | Solo - Male | |
180 | SZA | 16,511,000 | 6,983,142 | 58 | Solo - Female | |
181 | Will.i.am | 14,160,000 | 6,300,320 | 51 | Solo - Male | |
182 | Demi Lovato | 26,716,000 | 3,225,769 | 50 | Solo - Non-Binary | |
183 | Renaud | 22,558,000 | 3,496,635 | 48 | Solo - Male | |
184 | Sabrina Carpenter | 11,385,000 | 6,220,221 | 45 | Solo - Female | |
185 | Morgan Wallen | 19,433,000 | 3,438,557 | 44 | Solo - Male | |
186 | Little Mix | 16,640,000 | 3,163,154 | 39 | Group - Female | |
187 | George Harrison | 33,907,000 | 901,535 | 30 | Solo - Male | |
188 | Ringo Starr | 15,767,000 | 168,525 | 9 | Solo - Male | |
Artist | Gender |
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