Below ranking lists the votes of our users to know artists to be treated next on our CSPC series.
The weight of artists is based on expected sales. Weight 4 represents the biggest omissions up to date, 1 the weakest ones.
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CSPC votes: the leaderboard
| # | Artist | Weight | Votes | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikaru Utada | 2 | 266 | 532 |
| 2 | R.E.M. | 4 | 116 | 464 |
| 3 | Xuxa | 3 | 125 | 375 |
| 4 | Luis Miguel | 3 | 122 | 366 |
| 5 | Iron Maiden | 3 | 91 | 273 |
| 6 | Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 82 | 246 |
| 7 | Frank Sinatra | 4 | 43 | 172 |
| 8 | Julio Iglesias | 4 | 39 | 156 |
| 9 | Genesis | 4 | 37 | 148 |
| 10 | Vladimir Vysotsky | 3 | 45 | 135 |
| 11 | Johnny Cash | 3 | 41 | 123 |
| 12 | Aretha Franklin | 3 | 35 | 105 |
| 13 | 2Pac | 3 | 35 | 105 |
| 14 | BigBang | 2 | 52 | 104 |
| 15 | Tina Turner | 3 | 31 | 93 |
| 16 | Pearl Jam | 3 | 30 | 90 |
| 17 | Bing Crosby | 4 | 22 | 88 |
| 18 | EXO | 2 | 43 | 86 |
| 19 | Marvin Gaye | 3 | 27 | 81 |
| 20 | A.R. Rahman | 2 | 37 | 74 |
| 21 | Kanye West | 2 | 35 | 70 |
| 22 | Scorpions | 3 | 23 | 69 |
| 23 | Jay-Z | 2 | 33 | 66 |
| 24 | Eric Clapton | 4 | 16 | 64 |
| 25 | Blondie | 2 | 29 | 58 |
| 26 | Boyz II Men | 2 | 27 | 54 |
| 27 | Namie Amuro | 2 | 26 | 52 |
| 28 | Ricky Martin | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| 29 | Def Leppard | 3 | 15 | 45 |
| 30 | Diana Ross | 3 | 15 | 45 |
| 31 | Ace Of Base | 2 | 22 | 44 |
| 32 | Kiss | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| 33 | B'z | 3 | 13 | 39 |
| 34 | Dr Dre | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 35 | Adriano Celentano | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 36 | Foreigner | 3 | 11 | 33 |
| 37 | Lionel Richie | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 38 | Ray Charles | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 39 | Mina | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 40 | Roberto Carlos | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 41 | Carpenters | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 42 | Gloria Estefan | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 43 | Eros Ramazzotti | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 44 | Lenny Kravitz | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 45 | Cyndi Lauper | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| 46 | James Brown | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 47 | Dolly Parton | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 48 | Depeche Mode | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 49 | Toni Braxton | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 50 | The Beach Boys | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 51 | 50 Cent | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 52 | Jay Chou | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 53 | Cliff Richard | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 54 | Alan Jackson | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 55 | Simply Red | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 56 | ZZ Top | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 57 | A-ha | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 58 | Alejandro Sanz | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 59 | James Last | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 60 | Motley Crue | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 61 | Miles Davis | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 62 | Kenny G | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 63 | Andrea Bocelli | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 64 | Reba McEntire | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 65 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 66 | Rush | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 67 | Lil Wayne | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 68 | Will Smith | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 69 | Whitesnake | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 70 | Paula Abdul | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 71 | The Who | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 72 | Alla Pugacheva | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 73 | Arashi | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 74 | Duran Duran | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 75 | Jewel | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 76 | Linda Ronstadt | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 77 | MC Hammer | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 78 | Aqua | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 79 | Janis Joplin | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 80 | Neil Diamond | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 81 | Billy Ray Cyrus | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 82 | Chicago | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 83 | Offspring | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 84 | Willie Nelson | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 85 | Beastie Boys | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 86 | Carole King | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 87 | Kenny Rogers | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 88 | Tom Petty | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 89 | Nana Mouskouri | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 90 | Alabama | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 91 | Barry White | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 92 | Bob Seger | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 93 | Boney M | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | Herbert Grönemeyer | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 95 | Jethro Tull | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 96 | Jimmy Buffett | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 97 | Luther Vandross | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 98 | Creed | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 99 | Juan Gabriel | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 100 | Matchbox 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 101 | Demis Roussos | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 102 | Luciano Pavarotti | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 103 | John Cougar Mellencamp | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 104 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 | Limp Bizkit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Grateful Dead | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | Mr. Children | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Does savage garden count for the one album over 15m requirement?
Just out of interest, do Radiohead not meet any of the requirements or have I missed them!?!
I would think they’re in the 50m range (40m albums, significant streaming numbers), so yeah it’s surprising to not see them…
I think MJD mentioned them in the category ‘almost 50 million’ a little while ago
Hey there, Theres a Tool for updates? I Would love an update for Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, janet jackson and P!nk.
thanks in advance!
The updates would help because the new articles has a way better format
Hi comuna65!
For now we are valuing at our end the most interesting artists to update based on how much they went up since the last article and the work it requires. Someone like Barbra for example is a lot of work for numbers which wouldn’t change much, so she is quite low in our list of priorities to be fully transparent.
What about Pink? could she grown around 7 to 10 million CSPC since the last article?
Hello!
What about nelly furtado, are u going to ad her to the pool to may be studied?
Ive notice its missing great sellers as stevie nicks, nancy sinatra and brenda lee.
Ive also took notice that its missing brazilian super sellers as Padre Marcelo Rossi, Alcione, Rita Lee and Caetano Veloso. Do u have their data? They ate huge as Xuxa maybe
Thanks in advance.
Hello Lucas!
None of these artists meet the criteria of 50 million equivalent album sales for international acts and 30 million for local ones. For Brazilians, this article may be of interest for you!
Hi! I have two questions. First, I would like to know if there will ever be a limit on the number of artists studied, since the number of all-time best selling artists are limited. Currently, there are 144 artists analyzed, will it reach more than 300 for example? Or is there already a pre-determined list of all the artists that will be studied? Another question: I remember that there was Donna Summer on the list of required artists at least 6 months ago, but she recently disappeared from the vote poll. Do you intend to do her CSPC? Thanks in… Read more »
Yes, Donna summer is also missing from the requests list.
im also curious why? Is it a glitch?
Hello Henrygb!
I would say there are from 400 to 500 artists worth a study. There are 144 done, 1 ongoing, 135 in the voting list, that’s 280 in total. But then plenty more are interesting. You mention Donna Summer, she is along of a few more artists like Radiohead among those very close to be at 50 million, or even possibly slightly over the mark. I want the voting list to be down to 100 artists, once we move below this number, I’ll add one by one ‘bubbling under’ artists.
What’s the estimated target for new CSPC’s and updates? Is it like one new CSPC every 1-2 months? (Of course it will not always be possible to achieve the target because of life circumstances and business)
Hi Fanofpop! I’m definitely hoping the pace will be faster. Without getting into too many personal details, at the moment I’m in the front line driving a very large project for my client, and when the working day is over I need to take care of my kid who still doesn’t sleep too well, to do many appointments as the second is on his way, I’m just ending the search/purchase process of a house as I’m moving this summer, and every time I can save some minutes I work on ChartMasters, so these are very long days. I’m planning everything… Read more »
Thank you so much for the reply also congratulations on both the kid and the house and the project 😃 im guessing part of the industrialisation is the receipts database and you’ve already made super impressive streaming tools. plus even at this rate in the next two years you will easily have probably studied over 150 artists and a comprehensive list of all 100m sellers which is crazy impressive. An update every two weeks by the end of next year would be so cool, especially as we’ll start seeing a few newer generation artists like Chris brown, Nicki, bad bunny… Read more »
I need to say that your work is stunning, amazing. Cngratulations
When I saw Neil Young as the #1 artist to be profiled, my first thought was why ? He has maybe a handful of hits, and none of them were that big. It looks like it took a lot of hard work so ty for all the time you invested. This profile has to be the lowest scoring I’ve seen for an artist with such a long history of unsuccessful albums. The voting system is ridiculous because it favors older subscribers who probably can afford to pay for a premium subscription. When you added this membership pay system, i immediately… Read more »
Hi Rc! You sound very frustrated, your feelings are up to you so I’ll focus on the concrete points. Firstly, Neil Young was picked before the voting system, so the two are unrelated. Secondly, Neil Young has been amazingly successful. The success of a project is relative to the investment you make and the expectations, not all artists are making teen pop hoping to get a huge smash hit. The fact that he does what he does for 55 years and is very healthy shows his career is successful. He is one of the 50 best selling singers of all-time,… Read more »
Hi everyone!
As Deep Purple were the leaders when Neil Young was published, I’ve now removed their votes among everyone’s votes. I also capped votes from one person to one artist to 25 so that it prevents a single member to make several artists win as he moves his points from one to another.
Feel free to complete / update your votes as much as you want!