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)

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#	Pic	Artist	EAS	EDS	ASR	Gender
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		Tina Turner	74,588,000	78,424,339	413	Female
29		Taylor Swift	161,538,000	35,860,942	411	Female
30		Guns N' Roses	125,736,000	45,110,771	406	Band
31		The Police	99,892,000	56,238,454	404	Band
32		Bruce Springsteen	161,401,000	33,482,746	397	Male
33		Garth Brooks	144,494,000	36,116,769	390	Male
34		The Doors	117,324,000	42,607,586	381	Band
35		Metallica	169,970,000	29,292,139	381	Band
36		Adele	104,854,000	45,097,772	371	Female
37		Dire Straits	112,036,000	42,246,484	371	Band
38		Ed Sheeran	97,357,000	48,224,961	370	Male
39		Aerosmith	134,001,000	33,436,546	361	Band
40		Santana	146,383,000	30,448,599	360	Band
41		Nirvana	97,440,000	44,426,836	355	Band
42		Barbra Streisand	153,502,000	25,938,236	340	Female
43		Backstreet Boys	99,240,000	38,260,729	332	Band
44		Bryan Adams	89,858,000	41,208,660	328	Male
45		Jimi Hendrix	105,789,000	34,542,740	326	Male
46		George Michael	110,122,000	32,306,760	322	Male
47		Britney Spears	113,249,000	30,149,443	315	Female
48		Prince	134,160,000	25,025,092	313	Male
49		Journey	82,698,000	40,449,014	312	Band
50		Aretha Franklin	81,391,000	39,956,584	308	Female
51		Shania Twain	83,111,000	38,958,281	307	Female
52		David Bowie	131,336,000	24,199,222	304	Male
53		Stevie Wonder	124,378,000	25,412,873	303	Male
54		Bob Dylan	145,084,000	20,187,932	292	Male
55		John Lennon	74,738,000	34,277,136	273	Male
56		Deep Purple	93,132,000	27,017,267	271	Band
57		Coldplay	113,577,000	22,005,871	270	Band
58		Van Halen	102,523,000	22,464,330	259	Band
59		Genesis	113,956,000	19,121,142	252	Band
60		BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	240	Band
61		Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	240	Male
62		Sade	76,072,000	25,961,768	240	Band
63		Alanis Morissette	58,249,000	33,826,492	239	Female
64		Linkin Park	93,526,000	20,759,873	238	Band
65		Paul McCartney	112,665,000	17,280,404	238	Male
66		Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	236	Female
67		Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	236	Male
68		Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	234	Female
69		Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	232	Band
70		Post Malone	54,889,000	33,670,413	232	Male
71		R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	231	Band
72		Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	231	Female
73		Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	231	Band
74		Lady Gaga	79,508,000	22,564,882	229	Female
75		Green Day	90,387,000	19,614,912	227	Band
76		Ace of Base	36,089,000	47,732,658	224	Band
77		Beyoncé	94,073,000	18,036,805	222	Female
78		Kanye West	92,922,000	18,017,226	221	Male
79		Iron Maiden	89,126,000	18,742,982	221	Band
80		Spice Girls	50,153,000	33,485,470	221	Band
81		Sting	81,632,000	20,226,867	219	Male
82		Cream	42,262,000	38,921,651	219	Band
83		Janet Jackson	78,418,000	19,977,418	214	Female
84		Maroon 5	82,773,000	18,520,900	211	Band
85		Robbie Williams	77,556,000	19,411,411	209	Male
86		Bruno Mars	77,113,000	19,197,672	208	Male
87		P!nk	80,645,000	17,992,234	206	Female
88		Crosby, Stills & Nash	61,015,000	23,255,287	203	Band
89		Neil Young	99,113,000	13,955,846	201	Male
90		Oasis	63,766,000	20,866,829	197	Band
91		Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	196	Band
92		2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	196	Male
93		Sam Smith	38,851,000	32,054,438	190	Non-binary
94		Tracy Chapman	52,402,000	22,938,699	187	Female
95		Destiny's Child	50,453,000	23,180,688	185	Band
96		Paul Simon	52,690,000	21,667,004	182	Male
97		Black Eyed Peas	60,729,000	18,499,537	181	Band
98		Shakira	74,669,000	14,696,524	179	Female
99		Ike & Tina Turner	34,811,000	31,508,398	179	Band
100		Norah Jones	53,152,000	19,246,482	173	Female
101		The Weeknd	70,464,000	14,401,858	172	Male
102		Katy Perry	62,778,000	16,038,625	171	Female
103		Usher	69,312,000	14,303,725	170	Male
104		Drake	111,714,000	8,788,258	169	Male
105		Roberto Carlos	98,160,000	9,776,148	167	Male
106		Cranberries	47,146,000	19,990,989	166	Band
107		No Doubt	35,898,000	26,076,829	165	Band
108		TLC	41,644,000	21,910,561	163	Band
109		Christina Aguilera	57,107,000	15,737,571	162	Female
110		Travis Scott	43,586,000	20,179,583	160	Male
111		Alicia Keys	53,738,000	16,379,872	160	Female
112		Nickelback	57,745,000	14,672,634	157	Band
113		Michael Bublé	69,175,000	11,630,919	153	Male
114		NSYNC	45,642,000	16,540,588	148	Band
115		Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	145	Male
116		Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	145	Female
117		Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	145	Band
118		Ayumi Hamasaki	61,863,000	11,313,478	143	Female
119		Justin Timberlake	55,981,000	12,245,296	141	Male
120		Fugees	23,106,000	27,602,211	136	Band
121		Ariana Grande	64,489,000	9,692,435	135	Female
122		Amy Winehouse	35,066,000	17,507,072	134	Female
123		Gorillaz	32,616,000	18,303,809	132	Band
124		Take That	39,485,000	15,039,081	131	Band
125		Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	131	Male
126		One Direction	61,670,000	9,618,386	131	Band
127		Jennifer Lopez	47,296,000	12,530,579	131	Female
128		Johnny Hallyday	76,299,000	7,596,313	130	Male
129		Billie Eilish	37,918,000	14,777,938	128	Female
130		James Blunt	29,877,000	17,613,289	124	Male
131		Imagine Dragons	45,899,000	11,392,835	123	Band
132		Dido	32,028,000	16,015,911	122	Female
133		Dua Lipa	32,962,000	15,164,957	121	Female
134		Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	120	Female
135		Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	120	Male
136		Olivia Rodrigo	17,445,000	27,345,087	118	Female
137		Kylie Minogue	37,683,000	12,519,302	117	Female
138		Foo Fighters	44,775,000	9,782,915	113	Band
139		Miley Cyrus	55,716,000	7,749,452	112	Female
140		Bad Bunny	62,862,000	6,335,576	108	Male
141		Lewis Capaldi	12,526,000	30,863,311	106	Male
142		Ms. Lauryn Hill	22,738,000	17,068,596	106	Female
143		Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	100	Male
144		Kendrick Lamar	39,375,000	8,674,777	100	Male
145		Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	99	Female
146		Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	95	Female
147		Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	91	Band
148		Carrie Underwood	30,828,000	8,805,331	89	Female
149		Harry Styles	22,997,000	11,571,151	88	Male
150		Macklemore	19,478,000	12,964,232	86	Male
151		Gwen Stefani	21,496,000	11,820,072	86	Female
152		Lil Nas X	12,721,000	19,948,910	86	Male
153		Blackpink	27,186,000	8,856,168	84	Band
154		Carly Rae Jepsen	11,609,000	19,609,200	81	Female
155		Meghan Trainor	16,847,000	12,666,267	79	Female
156		Cardi B	23,365,000	8,668,978	77	Female
157		Fergie	14,946,000	12,382,342	73	Female
158		Avicii	26,147,000	6,809,293	72	Male
159		Juice WRLD	35,777,000	4,748,646	70	Male
160		Buffalo Springfield	11,320,000	14,208,538	68	Band
161		Björk	26,305,000	5,860,629	67	Female
162		Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	64	Female
163		Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	64	Female
164		Blind Faith	10,097,000	13,447,685	63	Band
165		Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	63	Female
166		Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	63	Female
167		The Yardbirds	16,792,000	8,006,528	63	Band
168		Morgan Wallen	14,968,000	8,489,460	61	Male
169		Lin-Manuel Miranda	19,951,000	6,101,427	60	Male
170		SZA	16,511,000	6,983,142	58	Female
171		Will.i.am	14,160,000	6,300,320	51	Male
172		Demi Lovato	26,716,000	3,225,769	50	Non-binary
173		Renaud	22,558,000	3,496,635	48	Male
174		Little Mix	16,640,000	3,163,154	39	Band
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