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	Michael Jackson	336,792,000	102,007,256	1,000	Solo - Male
2	The Beatles	422,001,000	70,953,823	934	Group - 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	David Bowie	131,336,000	24,199,222	304	Solo - Male
52	Ed Sheeran	99,931,000	31,756,126	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	John Lennon	74,738,000	34,277,136	273	Solo - Male
57	Deep Purple	93,132,000	27,017,267	271	Group - Male
58	Coldplay	113,577,000	22,005,871	270	Group - Male
59	The Supremes	76,228,000	32,306,443	268	Group - Female
60	Def Leppard	74,661,000	31,738,821	263	Group - Male
61	Depeche Mode	98,589,000	23,900,776	262	Group - Male
62	Van Halen	102,523,000	22,464,330	259	Group - Male
63	Genesis	113,956,000	19,121,142	252	Group - Male
64	Sade	76,072,000	25,961,768	240	Group - Mixed
65	Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	240	Solo - Male
66	BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	240	Group - Male
67	Tina Turner	74,502,000	26,526,112	240	Solo - Female
68	Alanis Morissette	58,249,000	33,826,492	239	Solo - Female
69	Paul McCartney	112,665,000	17,280,404	238	Solo - Male
70	Linkin Park	93,526,000	20,759,873	238	Group - Mixed
71	Ariana Grande	78,521,000	24,573,638	237	Solo - Female
72	Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	236	Solo - Male
73	Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	236	Solo - Female
74	Jay-Z	97,889,000	19,173,713	234	Solo - Male
75	Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	234	Solo - Female
76	Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	232	Group - Male
77	R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	231	Group - Male
78	Shakira	82,644,000	22,226,619	231	Solo - Female
79	Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	231	Group - Male
80	Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	231	Solo - Female
81	Lady Gaga	79,508,000	22,564,882	229	Solo - Female
82	Green Day	90,387,000	19,614,912	227	Group - Male
83	Beyoncé	94,073,000	18,036,805	222	Solo - Female
84	Kanye West	92,922,000	18,017,226	221	Solo - Male
85	Iron Maiden	89,126,000	18,742,982	221	Group - Male
86	Spice Girls	50,153,000	33,485,470	221	Group - Female
87	Sting	81,632,000	20,226,867	219	Solo - Male
88	Cream	42,262,000	38,921,651	219	Group - Male
89	Janet Jackson	78,418,000	19,977,418	214	Solo - Female
90	Maroon 5	82,773,000	18,520,900	211	Group - Male
91	Robbie Williams	77,556,000	19,411,411	209	Solo - Male
92	Bruno Mars	77,113,000	19,197,672	208	Solo - Male
93	P!nk	80,645,000	17,992,234	206	Solo - Female
94	Crosby, Stills & Nash	61,015,000	23,255,287	203	Group - Male
95	Neil Young	99,113,000	13,955,846	201	Solo - Male
96	Oasis	63,766,000	20,866,829	197	Group - Male
97	2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	196	Solo - Male
98	Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	196	Group - Male
99	Tracy Chapman	52,402,000	22,938,699	187	Solo - Female
100	Aretha Franklin	81,566,000	14,795,353	187	Solo - Female
101	Destiny's Child	50,453,000	23,180,688	185	Group - Female
102	Paul Simon	52,690,000	21,667,004	182	Solo - Male
103	Black Eyed Peas	60,729,000	18,499,537	181	Group - Mixed
104	Post Malone	54,918,000	19,826,171	178	Solo - Male
105	Norah Jones	53,152,000	19,246,482	173	Solo - Female
106	The Weeknd	70,464,000	14,401,858	172	Solo - Male
107	Katy Perry	62,778,000	16,038,625	171	Solo - Female
108	Usher	69,312,000	14,303,725	170	Solo - Male
109	Diana Ross	64,251,000	14,798,208	166	Solo - Female
110	Cranberries	47,146,000	19,990,989	166	Group - Mixed
111	No Doubt	35,898,000	26,076,829	165	Group - Mixed
112	TLC	41,644,000	21,910,561	163	Group - Female
113	Christina Aguilera	57,107,000	15,737,571	162	Solo - Female
114	Travis Scott	43,586,000	20,179,583	160	Solo - Male
115	Alicia Keys	53,738,000	16,379,872	160	Solo - Female
116	Sam Smith	40,697,000	21,094,062	158	Solo - Non-Binary
117	Nickelback	57,745,000	14,672,634	157	Group - Male
118	Ace of Base	36,127,000	23,581,536	157	Group - Mixed
119	Michael Bublé	69,175,000	11,630,919	153	Solo - Male
120	NSYNC	45,642,000	16,540,588	148	Group - Male
121	Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	145	Solo - Male
122	Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	145	Solo - Female
123	Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	145	Group - Mixed
124	Ayumi Hamasaki	61,863,000	11,313,478	143	Solo - Female
125	Nicki Minaj	53,832,000	12,791,279	142	Solo - Female
126	Justin Timberlake	55,981,000	12,245,296	141	Solo - Male
127	Bad Bunny	76,854,000	8,484,148	138	Solo - Male
128	Fugees	23,106,000	27,602,211	136	Group - Mixed
129	Amy Winehouse	35,066,000	17,507,072	134	Solo - Female
130	Gorillaz	32,616,000	18,303,809	132	Group - Male
131	Jennifer Lopez	47,296,000	12,530,579	131	Solo - Female
132	One Direction	61,670,000	9,618,386	131	Group - Male
133	Take That	39,485,000	15,039,081	131	Group - Male
134	Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	131	Solo - Male
135	Johnny Hallyday	76,299,000	7,596,313	130	Solo - Male
136	Billie Eilish	37,918,000	14,777,938	128	Solo - Female
137	James Blunt	29,877,000	17,613,289	124	Solo - Male
138	Imagine Dragons	45,899,000	11,392,835	123	Group - Male
139	Dido	32,028,000	16,015,911	122	Solo - Female
140	Dua Lipa	32,962,000	15,164,957	121	Solo - Female
141	Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	120	Solo - Female
142	Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	120	Solo - 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	Ms. Lauryn Hill	22,738,000	17,068,596	106	Solo - Female
148	Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	100	Solo - Male
149	Kendrick Lamar	39,375,000	8,674,777	100	Solo - Male
150	Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	99	Solo - Female
151	Roberto Carlos	98,500,000	3,171,456	95	Solo - Male
152	Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	95	Solo - Female
153	Olivia Rodrigo	18,453,000	15,907,251	92	Solo - Female
154	Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	91	Group - Male
155	Lewis Capaldi	12,874,000	21,873,389	91	Solo - Male
156	Ike & Tina Turner	35,081,000	8,064,301	91	Group - Mixed
157	Carrie Underwood	30,828,000	8,805,331	89	Solo - Female
158	Harry Styles	22,997,000	11,571,151	88	Solo - Male
159	Gwen Stefani	21,496,000	11,820,072	86	Solo - Female
160	Lil Nas X	12,721,000	19,948,910	86	Solo - Male
161	Macklemore	19,478,000	12,964,232	86	Solo - Male
162	Blackpink	27,186,000	8,856,168	84	Group - Female
163	Carly Rae Jepsen	11,609,000	19,609,200	81	Solo - Female
164	Meghan Trainor	16,847,000	12,666,267	79	Solo - Female
165	Cardi B	23,365,000	8,668,978	77	Solo - Female
166	Fergie	14,946,000	12,382,342	73	Solo - Female
167	Avicii	26,147,000	6,809,293	72	Solo - Male
168	Juice WRLD	35,777,000	4,748,646	70	Solo - Male
169	Traveling Wilburys	16,099,000	10,045,660	69	Group - Male
170	Buffalo Springfield	11,320,000	14,208,538	68	Group - Male
171	Björk	26,305,000	5,860,629	67	Solo - Female
172	Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	64	Solo - Female
173	Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	64	Solo - Female
174	Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	63	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	Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	63	Solo - Female
178	Lin-Manuel Miranda	19,951,000	6,101,427	60	Solo - Male
179	SZA	16,511,000	6,983,142	58	Solo - Female
180	Will.i.am	14,160,000	6,300,320	51	Solo - Male
181	Demi Lovato	26,716,000	3,225,769	50	Solo - Non-Binary
182	Renaud	22,558,000	3,496,635	48	Solo - Male
183	Sabrina Carpenter	11,385,000	6,220,221	45	Solo - Female
184	Morgan Wallen	19,433,000	3,438,557	44	Solo - Male
185	Little Mix	16,640,000	3,163,154	39	Group - Female
	Artist				Gender