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	1,330	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	Madonna	246,892,000	43,535,455	559	Solo - Female
12	The Rolling Stones	243,517,000	44,143,593	559	Group - Male
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	Bon Jovi	151,202,000	46,830,188	454	Group - Male
24	Fleetwood Mac	151,752,000	46,583,974	454	Group - Mixed
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	Metallica	169,970,000	29,292,139	381	Group - Male
35	The Doors	117,324,000	42,607,586	381	Group - Male
36	Adele	104,854,000	45,097,772	371	Solo - Female
37	Dire Straits	112,036,000	42,246,484	371	Group - Male
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	Taylor Swift	171,080,000	19,600,057	312	Solo - Female
49	Journey	82,698,000	40,449,014	312	Group - Male
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	Drake	140,645,000	22,428,479	303	Solo - Male
54	Stevie Wonder	124,378,000	25,412,873	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	BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	240	Group - Male
65	Tina Turner	74,502,000	26,526,112	240	Solo - Female
66	Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	240	Solo - Male
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	Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	236	Solo - Male
71	Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	236	Solo - Female
72	Jay-Z	97,889,000	19,173,713	234	Solo - Male
73	Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	234	Solo - Female
74	Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	232	Group - Male
75	Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	231	Solo - Female
76	R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	231	Group - Male
77	Shakira	82,644,000	22,226,619	231	Solo - Female
78	Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	231	Group - Male
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	Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	196	Group - Male
96	2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	196	Solo - 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	Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	145	Solo - Male
120	Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	145	Solo - Female
121	Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	145	Group - Mixed
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	Take That	39,485,000	15,039,081	131	Group - Male
130	Jennifer Lopez	47,296,000	12,530,579	131	Solo - Female
131	Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	131	Solo - Male
132	One Direction	61,670,000	9,618,386	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	John Lennon	82,893,000	5,922,705	120	Solo - Male
140	Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	120	Solo - Male
141	Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	120	Solo - Female
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	Kendrick Lamar	39,375,000	8,674,777	100	Solo - Male
150	Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	100	Solo - Male
151	Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	99	Solo - Female
152	Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	95	Solo - Female
153	Roberto Carlos	98,500,000	3,171,456	95	Solo - Male
154	Olivia Rodrigo	18,453,000	15,907,251	92	Solo - Female
155	Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	91	Group - Male
156	Lewis Capaldi	12,874,000	21,873,389	91	Solo - Male
157	Ike & Tina Turner	35,081,000	8,064,301	91	Group - Mixed
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	Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	64	Solo - Female
174	Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	64	Solo - Female
175	The Yardbirds	16,792,000	8,006,528	63	Group - Male
176	Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	63	Solo - Female
177	Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	63	Solo - Female
178	Blind Faith	10,097,000	13,447,685	63	Group - Male
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