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	1,000	Group - Male
2	Michael Jackson	336,792,000	102,007,256	752	Solo - Male
3	Queen	277,668,000	84,091,841	620	Group - Male
4	Elvis Presley	320,372,000	51,966,768	523	Solo - Male
5	Eagles	175,625,000	77,476,219	473	Group - Male
6	Neil Diamond	157,925,000	78,602,452	452	Solo - Male
7	ABBA	163,071,000	71,508,419	438	Group - Mixed
8	Mariah Carey	193,860,000	58,286,842	431	Solo - Female
9	Led Zeppelin	206,524,000	54,099,835	429	Group - Male
10	Elton John	222,249,000	49,836,975	427	Solo - Male
11	Madonna	246,892,000	43,535,455	420	Solo - Female
12	The Rolling Stones	243,517,000	44,143,593	420	Group - Male
13	Simon & Garfunkel	126,365,000	79,716,664	407	Group - Male
14	Pink Floyd	237,154,000	41,960,654	405	Group - Male
15	Bee Gees	161,950,000	57,490,781	392	Group - Male
16	Celine Dion	198,699,000	44,239,016	380	Solo - Female
17	AC/DC	200,651,000	42,180,357	373	Group - Male
18	U2	200,655,000	41,887,801	372	Group - Male
19	Whitney Houston	158,051,000	52,074,776	368	Solo - Female
20	Eric Clapton	175,204,000	43,897,845	356	Solo - Male
21	Frank Sinatra	228,913,000	32,536,030	350	Solo - Male
22	Phil Collins	151,881,000	47,209,173	344	Solo - Male
23	Bon Jovi	151,202,000	46,830,188	341	Group - Male
24	Fleetwood Mac	151,752,000	46,583,974	341	Group - Mixed
25	Rod Stewart	190,822,000	34,838,159	331	Solo - Male
26	Bob Marley	142,719,000	45,066,302	326	Solo - Male
27	The Beach Boys	146,212,000	42,816,916	321	Group - Male
28	Eminem	202,839,000	29,561,016	314	Solo - Male
29	Billy Joel	150,967,000	39,002,664	311	Solo - Male
30	Guns N' Roses	125,736,000	45,110,771	305	Group - Male
31	The Police	99,892,000	56,238,454	304	Group - Male
32	Bruce Springsteen	161,401,000	33,482,746	298	Solo - Male
33	Garth Brooks	144,494,000	36,116,769	293	Solo - Male
34	Metallica	169,970,000	29,292,139	286	Group - Male
35	The Doors	117,324,000	42,607,586	286	Group - Male
36	Adele	104,854,000	45,097,772	279	Solo - Female
37	Dire Straits	112,036,000	42,246,484	279	Group - Male
38	Aerosmith	134,001,000	33,436,546	271	Group - Male
39	Santana	146,383,000	30,448,599	271	Group - Male
40	Nirvana	97,440,000	44,426,836	267	Group - Male
41	Barbra Streisand	153,502,000	25,938,236	256	Solo - Female
42	Backstreet Boys	99,240,000	38,260,729	250	Group - Male
43	Bryan Adams	89,858,000	41,208,660	247	Solo - Male
44	Jimi Hendrix	105,789,000	34,542,740	245	Solo - Male
45	George Michael	110,122,000	32,306,760	242	Solo - Male
46	Britney Spears	113,249,000	30,149,443	237	Solo - Female
47	Taylor Swift	171,080,000	19,600,057	235	Solo - Female
48	Prince	134,160,000	25,025,092	235	Solo - Male
49	Journey	82,698,000	40,449,014	235	Group - Male
50	Shania Twain	83,111,000	38,958,281	231	Solo - Female
51	Ed Sheeran	99,931,000	31,756,126	229	Solo - Male
52	David Bowie	131,336,000	24,199,222	229	Solo - Male
53	Drake	140,645,000	22,428,479	228	Solo - Male
54	Stevie Wonder	124,378,000	25,412,873	228	Solo - Male
55	Bob Dylan	145,084,000	20,187,932	220	Solo - Male
56	Deep Purple	93,132,000	27,017,267	204	Group - Male
57	Coldplay	113,577,000	22,005,871	203	Group - Male
58	The Supremes	76,228,000	32,306,443	202	Group - Female
59	Def Leppard	74,661,000	31,738,821	198	Group - Male
60	Depeche Mode	98,589,000	23,900,776	197	Group - Male
61	Van Halen	102,523,000	22,464,330	195	Group - Male
62	Genesis	113,956,000	19,121,142	189	Group - Male
63	Alanis Morissette	58,249,000	33,826,492	180	Solo - Female
64	Sade	76,072,000	25,961,768	180	Group - Mixed
65	BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	180	Group - Male
66	Tina Turner	74,502,000	26,526,112	180	Solo - Female
67	Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	180	Solo - Male
68	Linkin Park	93,526,000	20,759,873	179	Group - Mixed
69	Ariana Grande	78,521,000	24,573,638	178	Solo - Female
70	Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	177	Solo - Male
71	Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	177	Solo - Female
72	Jay-Z	97,889,000	19,173,713	176	Solo - Male
73	Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	176	Solo - Female
74	Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	174	Solo - Female
75	R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	174	Group - Male
76	Shakira	82,644,000	22,226,619	174	Solo - Female
77	Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	174	Group - Male
78	Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	174	Group - Male
79	Lady Gaga	79,508,000	22,564,882	172	Solo - Female
80	Green Day	90,387,000	19,614,912	171	Group - Male
81	Beyoncé	94,073,000	18,036,805	167	Solo - Female
82	Kanye West	92,922,000	18,017,226	166	Solo - Male
83	Spice Girls	50,153,000	33,485,470	166	Group - Female
84	Iron Maiden	89,126,000	18,742,982	166	Group - Male
85	Sting	81,632,000	20,226,867	165	Solo - Male
86	Cream	42,262,000	38,921,651	165	Group - Male
87	Janet Jackson	78,418,000	19,977,418	161	Solo - Female
88	Maroon 5	82,773,000	18,520,900	159	Group - Male
89	Robbie Williams	77,556,000	19,411,411	157	Solo - Male
90	Bruno Mars	77,113,000	19,197,672	156	Solo - Male
91	P!nk	80,645,000	17,992,234	155	Solo - Female
92	Crosby, Stills & Nash	61,015,000	23,255,287	153	Group - Male
93	Neil Young	99,113,000	13,955,846	151	Solo - Male
94	Oasis	63,766,000	20,866,829	148	Group - Male
95	Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	147	Group - Male
96	2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	147	Solo - Male
97	Tracy Chapman	52,402,000	22,938,699	141	Solo - Female
98	Aretha Franklin	81,566,000	14,795,353	141	Solo - Female
99	Destiny's Child	50,453,000	23,180,688	139	Group - Female
100	Paul Simon	52,690,000	21,667,004	137	Solo - Male
101	Black Eyed Peas	60,729,000	18,499,537	136	Group - Mixed
102	Post Malone	54,918,000	19,826,171	134	Solo - Male
103	Norah Jones	53,152,000	19,246,482	130	Solo - Female
104	The Weeknd	70,464,000	14,401,858	129	Solo - Male
105	Katy Perry	62,778,000	16,038,625	129	Solo - Female
106	Usher	69,312,000	14,303,725	128	Solo - Male
107	Diana Ross	64,251,000	14,798,208	125	Solo - Female
108	Cranberries	47,146,000	19,990,989	125	Group - Mixed
109	No Doubt	35,898,000	26,076,829	124	Group - Mixed
110	TLC	41,644,000	21,910,561	123	Group - Female
111	Christina Aguilera	57,107,000	15,737,571	122	Solo - Female
112	Travis Scott	43,586,000	20,179,583	120	Solo - Male
113	Alicia Keys	53,738,000	16,379,872	120	Solo - Female
114	Sam Smith	40,697,000	21,094,062	119	Solo - Non-Binary
115	Nickelback	57,745,000	14,672,634	118	Group - Male
116	Ace of Base	36,127,000	23,581,536	118	Group - Mixed
117	Michael Bublé	69,175,000	11,630,919	115	Solo - Male
118	NSYNC	45,642,000	16,540,588	111	Group - Male
119	Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	109	Solo - Male
120	Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	109	Solo - Female
121	Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	109	Group - Mixed
122	Ayumi Hamasaki	61,863,000	11,313,478	108	Solo - Female
123	Nicki Minaj	53,832,000	12,791,279	107	Solo - Female
124	Justin Timberlake	55,981,000	12,245,296	106	Solo - Male
125	Bad Bunny	76,854,000	8,484,148	104	Solo - Male
126	Fugees	23,106,000	27,602,211	102	Group - Mixed
127	Amy Winehouse	35,066,000	17,507,072	101	Solo - Female
128	Gorillaz	32,616,000	18,303,809	99	Group - Male
129	Take That	39,485,000	15,039,081	98	Group - Male
130	Jennifer Lopez	47,296,000	12,530,579	98	Solo - Female
131	Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	98	Solo - Male
132	Johnny Hallyday	76,299,000	7,596,313	98	Solo - Male
133	One Direction	61,670,000	9,618,386	98	Group - Male
134	Billie Eilish	37,918,000	14,777,938	96	Solo - Female
135	James Blunt	29,877,000	17,613,289	93	Solo - Male
136	Dido	32,028,000	16,015,911	92	Solo - Female
137	Imagine Dragons	45,899,000	11,392,835	92	Group - Male
138	Dua Lipa	32,962,000	15,164,957	91	Solo - Female
139	John Lennon	82,893,000	5,922,705	90	Solo - Male
140	Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	90	Solo - Male
141	Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	90	Solo - Female
142	Kylie Minogue	37,683,000	12,519,302	88	Solo - Female
143	System Of A Down	35,703,000	12,929,569	87	Group - Male
144	Foo Fighters	44,775,000	9,782,915	85	Group - Male
145	Miley Cyrus	55,716,000	7,749,452	84	Solo - Female
146	Paul McCartney	114,847,000	3,706,069	83	Solo - Male
147	Ms. Lauryn Hill	22,738,000	17,068,596	80	Solo - Female
148	Kendrick Lamar	39,375,000	8,674,777	75	Solo - Male
149	Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	75	Solo - Male
150	Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	74	Solo - Female
151	Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	71	Solo - Female
152	Roberto Carlos	98,500,000	3,171,456	71	Solo - Male
153	Olivia Rodrigo	18,453,000	15,907,251	69	Solo - Female
154	Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	68	Group - Male
155	Lewis Capaldi	12,874,000	21,873,389	68	Solo - Male
156	Ike & Tina Turner	35,081,000	8,064,301	68	Group - Mixed
157	Carrie Underwood	30,828,000	8,805,331	67	Solo - Female
158	Harry Styles	22,997,000	11,571,151	66	Solo - Male
159	Macklemore	19,478,000	12,964,232	65	Solo - Male
160	Gwen Stefani	21,496,000	11,820,072	65	Solo - Female
161	Lil Nas X	12,721,000	19,948,910	65	Solo - Male
162	Blackpink	27,186,000	8,856,168	63	Group - Female
163	Carly Rae Jepsen	11,609,000	19,609,200	61	Solo - Female
164	Meghan Trainor	16,847,000	12,666,267	59	Solo - Female
165	Cardi B	23,365,000	8,668,978	58	Solo - Female
166	Fergie	14,946,000	12,382,342	55	Solo - Female
167	Avicii	26,147,000	6,809,293	54	Solo - Male
168	Juice WRLD	35,777,000	4,748,646	53	Solo - Male
169	Traveling Wilburys	16,099,000	10,045,660	52	Group - Male
170	Buffalo Springfield	11,320,000	14,208,538	51	Group - Male
171	Björk	26,305,000	5,860,629	50	Solo - Female
172	Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	48	Solo - Female
173	Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	48	Solo - Female
174	The Yardbirds	16,792,000	8,006,528	47	Group - Male
175	Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	47	Solo - Female
176	Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	47	Solo - Female
177	Blind Faith	10,097,000	13,447,685	47	Group - Male
178	Lin-Manuel Miranda	19,951,000	6,101,427	45	Solo - Male
179	SZA	16,511,000	6,983,142	44	Solo - Female
180	Demi Lovato	26,716,000	3,225,769	38	Solo - Non-Binary
181	Will.i.am	14,160,000	6,300,320	38	Solo - Male
182	Renaud	22,558,000	3,496,635	36	Solo - Male
183	Sabrina Carpenter	11,385,000	6,220,221	34	Solo - Female
184	Morgan Wallen	19,433,000	3,438,557	33	Solo - Male
185	Little Mix	16,640,000	3,163,154	29	Group - Female
186	George Harrison	33,907,000	901,535	23	Solo - Male
187	Ringo Starr	15,767,000	168,525	7	Solo - Male
	Artist				Gender