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!
Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. Here is the complete list of covered artists.
Top artists – Artist Success Rating (ASR)
# | Pic | Artist | EAS | EDS | ASR | Gender |
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1 | Michael Jackson | 336,792,000 | 102,007,256 | 1,000 | Male | |
2 | The Beatles | 422,001,000 | 70,953,823 | 934 | Band | |
3 | Queen | 277,668,000 | 84,091,841 | 824 | Band | |
4 | Elvis Presley | 320,372,000 | 51,966,768 | 696 | Male | |
5 | Eagles | 175,625,000 | 77,476,219 | 629 | Band | |
6 | ABBA | 163,071,000 | 71,508,419 | 583 | Band | |
7 | Led Zeppelin | 206,524,000 | 54,099,835 | 570 | Band | |
8 | Elton John | 222,249,000 | 49,836,975 | 568 | Male | |
9 | The Rolling Stones | 243,517,000 | 44,143,593 | 559 | Band | |
10 | Madonna | 246,892,000 | 43,535,455 | 559 | Female | |
11 | Simon & Garfunkel | 126,365,000 | 79,716,664 | 541 | Band | |
12 | Pink Floyd | 237,154,000 | 41,960,654 | 538 | Band | |
13 | Bee Gees | 161,950,000 | 57,490,781 | 521 | Band | |
14 | Celine Dion | 198,699,000 | 44,239,016 | 506 | Female | |
15 | AC/DC | 200,651,000 | 42,180,357 | 496 | Band | |
16 | U2 | 200,655,000 | 41,887,801 | 495 | Band | |
17 | Whitney Houston | 158,051,000 | 52,074,776 | 489 | Female | |
18 | Eric Clapton | 175,204,000 | 43,897,845 | 473 | Male | |
19 | Frank Sinatra | 228,913,000 | 32,536,030 | 466 | Male | |
20 | Phil Collins | 151,881,000 | 47,209,173 | 457 | Male | |
21 | Bon Jovi | 151,202,000 | 46,830,188 | 454 | Band | |
22 | Fleetwood Mac | 151,752,000 | 46,583,974 | 454 | Band | |
23 | Rod Stewart | 190,822,000 | 34,838,159 | 440 | Male | |
24 | Mariah Carey | 176,377,000 | 36,490,800 | 433 | Female | |
25 | Bob Marley | 142,719,000 | 45,066,302 | 433 | Male | |
26 | Eminem | 202,839,000 | 29,561,016 | 418 | Male | |
27 | Billy Joel | 150,967,000 | 39,002,664 | 414 | Male | |
28 | Guns N' Roses | 125,736,000 | 45,110,771 | 406 | Band | |
29 | The Police | 99,892,000 | 56,238,454 | 404 | Band | |
30 | Bruce Springsteen | 161,401,000 | 33,482,746 | 397 | Male | |
31 | Garth Brooks | 144,494,000 | 36,116,769 | 390 | Male | |
32 | The Doors | 117,324,000 | 42,607,586 | 381 | Band | |
33 | Metallica | 169,970,000 | 29,292,139 | 381 | Band | |
34 | Dire Straits | 112,036,000 | 42,246,484 | 371 | Band | |
35 | Adele | 104,854,000 | 45,097,772 | 371 | Female | |
36 | Aerosmith | 134,001,000 | 33,436,546 | 361 | Band | |
37 | Santana | 146,383,000 | 30,448,599 | 360 | Band | |
38 | Nirvana | 97,440,000 | 44,426,836 | 355 | Band | |
39 | Barbra Streisand | 153,502,000 | 25,938,236 | 340 | Female | |
40 | Backstreet Boys | 99,240,000 | 38,260,729 | 332 | Band | |
41 | Bryan Adams | 89,858,000 | 41,208,660 | 328 | Male | |
42 | Jimi Hendrix | 105,789,000 | 34,542,740 | 326 | Male | |
43 | George Michael | 110,122,000 | 32,306,760 | 322 | Male | |
44 | Britney Spears | 113,249,000 | 30,149,443 | 315 | Female | |
45 | Prince | 134,160,000 | 25,025,092 | 313 | Male | |
46 | Journey | 82,698,000 | 40,449,014 | 312 | Band | |
47 | Aretha Franklin | 81,391,000 | 39,956,584 | 308 | Female | |
48 | Shania Twain | 83,111,000 | 38,958,281 | 307 | Female | |
49 | David Bowie | 131,336,000 | 24,199,222 | 304 | Male | |
50 | Stevie Wonder | 124,378,000 | 25,412,873 | 303 | Male | |
51 | Bob Dylan | 145,084,000 | 20,187,932 | 292 | Male | |
52 | John Lennon | 74,738,000 | 34,277,136 | 273 | Male | |
53 | Deep Purple | 93,132,000 | 27,017,267 | 271 | Band | |
54 | Coldplay | 113,577,000 | 22,005,871 | 270 | Band | |
55 | Taylor Swift | 143,769,000 | 16,798,175 | 265 | Female | |
56 | Van Halen | 102,523,000 | 22,464,330 | 259 | Band | |
57 | Ed Sheeran | 93,988,000 | 24,483,329 | 259 | Male | |
58 | Genesis | 113,956,000 | 19,121,142 | 252 | Band | |
59 | Sade | 76,072,000 | 25,961,768 | 240 | Band | |
60 | BTS | 116,051,000 | 17,100,233 | 240 | Band | |
61 | Justin Bieber | 99,511,000 | 19,834,038 | 240 | Male | |
62 | Alanis Morissette | 58,249,000 | 33,826,492 | 239 | Female | |
63 | Linkin Park | 93,526,000 | 20,759,873 | 238 | Band | |
64 | Paul McCartney | 112,665,000 | 17,280,404 | 238 | Male | |
65 | Enya | 88,870,000 | 21,582,135 | 236 | Female | |
66 | Meat Loaf | 62,696,000 | 30,503,804 | 236 | Male | |
67 | Cher | 74,095,000 | 25,287,705 | 234 | Female | |
68 | Supertramp | 72,474,000 | 25,602,074 | 232 | Band | |
69 | Rihanna | 106,631,000 | 17,208,132 | 231 | Female | |
70 | Black Sabbath | 79,878,000 | 22,885,797 | 231 | Band | |
71 | R.E.M. | 90,868,000 | 20,197,027 | 231 | Band | |
72 | Lady Gaga | 79,508,000 | 22,564,882 | 229 | Female | |
73 | Green Day | 90,387,000 | 19,614,912 | 227 | Band | |
74 | Ace of Base | 36,089,000 | 47,732,658 | 224 | Band | |
75 | Beyoncé | 94,073,000 | 18,036,805 | 222 | Female | |
76 | Spice Girls | 50,153,000 | 33,485,470 | 221 | Band | |
77 | Kanye West | 92,922,000 | 18,017,226 | 221 | Male | |
78 | Iron Maiden | 89,126,000 | 18,742,982 | 221 | Band | |
79 | Cream | 42,262,000 | 38,921,651 | 219 | Band | |
80 | Sting | 81,632,000 | 20,226,867 | 219 | Male | |
81 | Janet Jackson | 78,418,000 | 19,977,418 | 214 | Female | |
82 | Maroon 5 | 82,773,000 | 18,520,900 | 211 | Band | |
83 | Robbie Williams | 77,556,000 | 19,411,411 | 209 | Male | |
84 | Bruno Mars | 77,113,000 | 19,197,672 | 208 | Male | |
85 | P!nk | 80,645,000 | 17,992,234 | 206 | Female | |
86 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 61,015,000 | 23,255,287 | 203 | Band | |
87 | Neil Young | 99,113,000 | 13,955,846 | 201 | Male | |
88 | Oasis | 63,766,000 | 20,866,829 | 197 | Band | |
89 | Boston | 50,701,000 | 26,073,392 | 196 | Band | |
90 | 2pac | 82,720,000 | 16,011,615 | 196 | Male | |
91 | Sam Smith | 38,851,000 | 32,054,438 | 190 | Male | |
92 | Tracy Chapman | 52,402,000 | 22,938,699 | 187 | Female | |
93 | Destiny's Child | 50,453,000 | 23,180,688 | 185 | Band | |
94 | Paul Simon | 52,690,000 | 21,667,004 | 182 | Male | |
95 | Black Eyed Peas | 60,729,000 | 18,499,537 | 181 | Band | |
96 | Shakira | 74,669,000 | 14,696,524 | 179 | Female | |
97 | Norah Jones | 53,152,000 | 19,246,482 | 173 | Female | |
98 | The Weeknd | 70,464,000 | 14,401,858 | 172 | Male | |
99 | Katy Perry | 62,778,000 | 16,038,625 | 171 | Female | |
100 | Usher | 69,312,000 | 14,303,725 | 170 | Male | |
101 | Drake | 111,714,000 | 8,788,258 | 169 | Male | |
102 | Cranberries | 47,146,000 | 19,990,989 | 166 | Band | |
103 | No Doubt | 35,898,000 | 26,076,829 | 165 | Band | |
104 | TLC | 41,644,000 | 21,910,561 | 163 | Band | |
105 | Christina Aguilera | 57,107,000 | 15,737,571 | 162 | Female | |
106 | Alicia Keys | 53,738,000 | 16,379,872 | 160 | Female | |
107 | Nickelback | 57,745,000 | 14,672,634 | 157 | Band | |
108 | Michael Bublé | 69,175,000 | 11,630,919 | 153 | Male | |
109 | NSYNC | 45,642,000 | 16,540,588 | 148 | Band | |
110 | Evanescence | 32,430,000 | 22,284,106 | 145 | Band | |
111 | Ozzy Osbourne | 53,294,000 | 13,498,163 | 145 | Male | |
112 | Avril Lavigne | 47,942,000 | 14,985,010 | 145 | Female | |
113 | Ayumi Hamasaki | 61,863,000 | 11,313,478 | 143 | Female | |
114 | Justin Timberlake | 55,981,000 | 12,245,296 | 141 | Male | |
115 | Fugees | 23,106,000 | 27,602,211 | 136 | Band | |
116 | Ariana Grande | 64,489,000 | 9,692,435 | 135 | Female | |
117 | Amy Winehouse | 35,066,000 | 17,507,072 | 134 | Female | |
118 | Gorillaz | 32,616,000 | 18,303,809 | 132 | Band | |
119 | One Direction | 61,670,000 | 9,618,386 | 131 | Band | |
120 | Jennifer Lopez | 47,296,000 | 12,530,579 | 131 | Female | |
121 | Take That | 39,485,000 | 15,039,081 | 131 | Band | |
122 | Enrique Iglesias | 61,387,000 | 9,546,917 | 131 | Male | |
123 | Johnny Hallyday | 76,299,000 | 7,596,313 | 130 | Male | |
124 | Billie Eilish | 37,918,000 | 14,777,938 | 128 | Female | |
125 | James Blunt | 29,877,000 | 17,613,289 | 124 | Male | |
126 | Imagine Dragons | 45,899,000 | 11,392,835 | 123 | Band | |
127 | Dido | 32,028,000 | 16,015,911 | 122 | Female | |
128 | Dua Lipa | 32,962,000 | 15,164,957 | 121 | Female | |
129 | Kelly Clarkson | 39,105,000 | 12,707,409 | 120 | Female | |
130 | Shawn Mendes | 31,498,000 | 15,727,434 | 120 | Male | |
131 | Kylie Minogue | 37,683,000 | 12,519,302 | 117 | Female | |
132 | Foo Fighters | 44,775,000 | 9,782,915 | 113 | Band | |
133 | Miley Cyrus | 55,716,000 | 7,749,452 | 112 | Female | |
134 | Bad Bunny | 62,862,000 | 6,335,576 | 108 | Male | |
135 | Post Malone | 43,205,000 | 9,092,014 | 107 | Male | |
136 | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 22,738,000 | 17,068,596 | 106 | Female | |
137 | Charlie Puth | 20,439,000 | 16,877,379 | 100 | Male | |
138 | Kendrick Lamar | 39,375,000 | 8,674,777 | 100 | Male | |
139 | Selena Gomez | 38,387,000 | 8,813,410 | 99 | Female | |
140 | Lana Del Rey | 33,728,000 | 9,226,786 | 95 | Female | |
141 | Arctic Monkeys | 30,948,000 | 9,108,433 | 91 | Band | |
142 | Carrie Underwood | 30,828,000 | 8,805,331 | 89 | Female | |
143 | Harry Styles | 22,997,000 | 11,571,151 | 88 | Male | |
144 | Macklemore | 19,478,000 | 12,964,232 | 86 | Male | |
145 | Gwen Stefani | 21,496,000 | 11,820,072 | 86 | Female | |
146 | Lil Nas X | 12,721,000 | 19,948,910 | 86 | Male | |
147 | Blackpink | 27,186,000 | 8,856,168 | 84 | Band | |
148 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 11,609,000 | 19,609,200 | 81 | Female | |
149 | Meghan Trainor | 16,847,000 | 12,666,267 | 79 | Female | |
150 | Travis Scott | 41,416,000 | 5,209,112 | 79 | Male | |
151 | Cardi B | 23,365,000 | 8,668,978 | 77 | Female | |
152 | Fergie | 14,946,000 | 12,382,342 | 73 | Female | |
153 | Avicii | 26,147,000 | 6,809,293 | 72 | Male | |
154 | Juice WRLD | 35,777,000 | 4,748,646 | 70 | Male | |
155 | Olivia Rodrigo | 13,305,000 | 12,118,064 | 69 | Female | |
156 | Buffalo Springfield | 11,320,000 | 14,208,538 | 68 | Band | |
157 | Björk | 26,305,000 | 5,860,629 | 67 | Female | |
158 | Xuxa | 36,061,000 | 3,845,193 | 64 | Female | |
159 | Lorde | 14,341,000 | 9,720,259 | 64 | Female | |
160 | Aaliyah | 18,679,000 | 7,221,436 | 63 | Female | |
161 | Blind Faith | 10,097,000 | 13,447,685 | 63 | Band | |
162 | Doja Cat | 19,381,000 | 7,037,213 | 63 | Female | |
163 | The Yardbirds | 16,792,000 | 8,006,528 | 63 | Band | |
164 | Morgan Wallen | 14,968,000 | 8,489,460 | 61 | Male | |
165 | Lewis Capaldi | 10,569,000 | 11,837,037 | 60 | Male | |
166 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | 19,951,000 | 6,101,427 | 60 | Male | |
167 | SZA | 16,511,000 | 6,983,142 | 58 | Female | |
168 | Will.i.am | 14,160,000 | 6,300,320 | 51 | Male | |
169 | Demi Lovato | 26,716,000 | 3,225,769 | 50 | Female | |
170 | Renaud | 22,558,000 | 3,496,635 | 48 | Male | |
171 | Little Mix | 16,640,000 | 3,163,154 | 39 | Band | |
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