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 | 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 | ABBA | 163,071,000 | 71,508,419 | 583 | Group - Mixed | |
7 | Led Zeppelin | 206,524,000 | 54,099,835 | 570 | Group - Male | |
8 | Elton John | 222,249,000 | 49,836,975 | 568 | Solo - Male | |
9 | The Rolling Stones | 243,517,000 | 44,143,593 | 559 | Group - Male | |
10 | Madonna | 246,892,000 | 43,535,455 | 559 | Solo - Female | |
11 | Simon & Garfunkel | 126,365,000 | 79,716,664 | 541 | Group - Male | |
12 | Pink Floyd | 237,154,000 | 41,960,654 | 538 | Group - Male | |
13 | Bee Gees | 161,950,000 | 57,490,781 | 521 | Group - Male | |
14 | Celine Dion | 198,699,000 | 44,239,016 | 506 | Solo - Female | |
15 | AC/DC | 200,651,000 | 42,180,357 | 496 | Group - Male | |
16 | U2 | 200,655,000 | 41,887,801 | 495 | Group - Male | |
17 | Whitney Houston | 158,051,000 | 52,074,776 | 489 | Solo - Female | |
18 | Eric Clapton | 175,204,000 | 43,897,845 | 473 | Solo - Male | |
19 | Frank Sinatra | 228,913,000 | 32,536,030 | 466 | Solo - Male | |
20 | Phil Collins | 151,881,000 | 47,209,173 | 457 | Solo - Male | |
21 | Fleetwood Mac | 151,752,000 | 46,583,974 | 454 | Group - Mixed | |
22 | Bon Jovi | 151,202,000 | 46,830,188 | 454 | Group - Male | |
23 | Rod Stewart | 190,822,000 | 34,838,159 | 440 | Solo - Male | |
24 | Bob Marley | 142,719,000 | 45,066,302 | 433 | Solo - Male | |
25 | Mariah Carey | 176,377,000 | 36,490,800 | 433 | Solo - Female | |
26 | Eminem | 202,839,000 | 29,561,016 | 418 | Solo - Male | |
27 | Billy Joel | 150,967,000 | 39,002,664 | 414 | Solo - Male | |
28 | Tina Turner | 74,588,000 | 78,424,339 | 413 | Solo - Female | |
29 | Taylor Swift | 161,538,000 | 35,860,942 | 411 | Solo - Female | |
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 | Ed Sheeran | 97,357,000 | 48,224,961 | 370 | Solo - Male | |
39 | Aerosmith | 134,001,000 | 33,436,546 | 361 | Group - Male | |
40 | Santana | 146,383,000 | 30,448,599 | 360 | Group - Male | |
41 | Nirvana | 97,440,000 | 44,426,836 | 355 | Group - Male | |
42 | Barbra Streisand | 153,502,000 | 25,938,236 | 340 | Solo - Female | |
43 | Backstreet Boys | 99,240,000 | 38,260,729 | 332 | Group - Male | |
44 | Bryan Adams | 89,858,000 | 41,208,660 | 328 | Solo - Male | |
45 | Jimi Hendrix | 105,789,000 | 34,542,740 | 326 | Solo - Male | |
46 | George Michael | 110,122,000 | 32,306,760 | 322 | Solo - Male | |
47 | Britney Spears | 113,249,000 | 30,149,443 | 315 | Solo - Female | |
48 | Prince | 134,160,000 | 25,025,092 | 313 | Solo - Male | |
49 | Journey | 82,698,000 | 40,449,014 | 312 | Group - Male | |
50 | Aretha Franklin | 81,391,000 | 39,956,584 | 308 | Solo - Female | |
51 | Shania Twain | 83,111,000 | 38,958,281 | 307 | Solo - Female | |
52 | David Bowie | 131,336,000 | 24,199,222 | 304 | Solo - Male | |
53 | Stevie Wonder | 124,378,000 | 25,412,873 | 303 | Solo - Male | |
54 | Bob Dylan | 145,084,000 | 20,187,932 | 292 | Solo - Male | |
55 | John Lennon | 74,738,000 | 34,277,136 | 273 | Solo - Male | |
56 | Deep Purple | 93,132,000 | 27,017,267 | 271 | Group | |
57 | Coldplay | 113,577,000 | 22,005,871 | 270 | Group - Male | |
58 | Van Halen | 102,523,000 | 22,464,330 | 259 | Group - Male | |
59 | Genesis | 113,956,000 | 19,121,142 | 252 | Group | |
60 | BTS | 116,051,000 | 17,100,233 | 240 | Group - Male | |
61 | Justin Bieber | 99,511,000 | 19,834,038 | 240 | Solo - Male | |
62 | Sade | 76,072,000 | 25,961,768 | 240 | Group - Mixed | |
63 | Alanis Morissette | 58,249,000 | 33,826,492 | 239 | Solo - Female | |
64 | Paul McCartney | 112,665,000 | 17,280,404 | 238 | Solo - Male | |
65 | Linkin Park | 93,526,000 | 20,759,873 | 238 | Group - Male | |
66 | Meat Loaf | 62,696,000 | 30,503,804 | 236 | Solo - Male | |
67 | Enya | 88,870,000 | 21,582,135 | 236 | Solo - Female | |
68 | Cher | 74,095,000 | 25,287,705 | 234 | Solo - Female | |
69 | Supertramp | 72,474,000 | 25,602,074 | 232 | Group - Male | |
70 | Post Malone | 54,889,000 | 33,670,413 | 232 | Solo - Male | |
71 | Black Sabbath | 79,878,000 | 22,885,797 | 231 | Group - Male | |
72 | Rihanna | 106,631,000 | 17,208,132 | 231 | Solo - Female | |
73 | R.E.M. | 90,868,000 | 20,197,027 | 231 | Group - Male | |
74 | Lady Gaga | 79,508,000 | 22,564,882 | 229 | Solo - Female | |
75 | Green Day | 90,387,000 | 19,614,912 | 227 | Group - Male | |
76 | Ace of Base | 36,089,000 | 47,732,658 | 224 | Group | |
77 | Beyoncé | 94,073,000 | 18,036,805 | 222 | Solo - Female | |
78 | Kanye West | 92,922,000 | 18,017,226 | 221 | Solo - Male | |
79 | Spice Girls | 50,153,000 | 33,485,470 | 221 | Group - Female | |
80 | Iron Maiden | 89,126,000 | 18,742,982 | 221 | Group - Male | |
81 | Cream | 42,262,000 | 38,921,651 | 219 | Group | |
82 | Sting | 81,632,000 | 20,226,867 | 219 | Solo - Male | |
83 | Janet Jackson | 78,418,000 | 19,977,418 | 214 | Solo - Female | |
84 | Maroon 5 | 82,773,000 | 18,520,900 | 211 | Group - Male | |
85 | Robbie Williams | 77,556,000 | 19,411,411 | 209 | Solo - Male | |
86 | Bruno Mars | 77,113,000 | 19,197,672 | 208 | Solo - Male | |
87 | P!nk | 80,645,000 | 17,992,234 | 206 | Solo - Female | |
88 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 61,015,000 | 23,255,287 | 203 | Group | |
89 | Neil Young | 99,113,000 | 13,955,846 | 201 | Solo - Male | |
90 | Oasis | 63,766,000 | 20,866,829 | 197 | Group - Male | |
91 | 2pac | 82,720,000 | 16,011,615 | 196 | Solo - Male | |
92 | Boston | 50,701,000 | 26,073,392 | 196 | Group | |
93 | Sam Smith | 38,851,000 | 32,054,438 | 190 | Solo - Non-Binary | |
94 | Tracy Chapman | 52,402,000 | 22,938,699 | 187 | Solo - Female | |
95 | Destiny's Child | 50,453,000 | 23,180,688 | 185 | Group - Female | |
96 | Paul Simon | 52,690,000 | 21,667,004 | 182 | Solo - Male | |
97 | Black Eyed Peas | 60,729,000 | 18,499,537 | 181 | Group - Mixed | |
98 | Ike & Tina Turner | 34,811,000 | 31,508,398 | 179 | Group | |
99 | Shakira | 74,669,000 | 14,696,524 | 179 | Solo - Female | |
100 | Norah Jones | 53,152,000 | 19,246,482 | 173 | Solo - Female | |
101 | The Weeknd | 70,464,000 | 14,401,858 | 172 | Solo - Male | |
102 | Katy Perry | 62,778,000 | 16,038,625 | 171 | Solo - Female | |
103 | Usher | 69,312,000 | 14,303,725 | 170 | Solo - Male | |
104 | Drake | 111,714,000 | 8,788,258 | 169 | Solo - Male | |
105 | Roberto Carlos | 98,160,000 | 9,776,148 | 167 | Solo - Male | |
106 | Cranberries | 47,146,000 | 19,990,989 | 166 | Group - Mixed | |
107 | No Doubt | 35,898,000 | 26,076,829 | 165 | Group | |
108 | TLC | 41,644,000 | 21,910,561 | 163 | Group - Female | |
109 | Christina Aguilera | 57,107,000 | 15,737,571 | 162 | Solo - Female | |
110 | Alicia Keys | 53,738,000 | 16,379,872 | 160 | Solo - Female | |
111 | Travis Scott | 43,586,000 | 20,179,583 | 160 | Solo - Male | |
112 | Nickelback | 57,745,000 | 14,672,634 | 157 | Group - Male | |
113 | Michael Bublé | 69,175,000 | 11,630,919 | 153 | Solo - Male | |
114 | NSYNC | 45,642,000 | 16,540,588 | 148 | Group - Male | |
115 | Evanescence | 32,430,000 | 22,284,106 | 145 | Group - Mixed | |
116 | Avril Lavigne | 47,942,000 | 14,985,010 | 145 | Solo - Female | |
117 | Ozzy Osbourne | 53,294,000 | 13,498,163 | 145 | Solo - Male | |
118 | Ayumi Hamasaki | 61,863,000 | 11,313,478 | 143 | Solo - Female | |
119 | Justin Timberlake | 55,981,000 | 12,245,296 | 141 | Solo - Male | |
120 | Fugees | 23,106,000 | 27,602,211 | 136 | Group | |
121 | Ariana Grande | 64,489,000 | 9,692,435 | 135 | Solo - Female | |
122 | Amy Winehouse | 35,066,000 | 17,507,072 | 134 | Solo - Female | |
123 | Gorillaz | 32,616,000 | 18,303,809 | 132 | Franchise | |
124 | Enrique Iglesias | 61,387,000 | 9,546,917 | 131 | Solo - Male | |
125 | Jennifer Lopez | 47,296,000 | 12,530,579 | 131 | Solo - Female | |
126 | One Direction | 61,670,000 | 9,618,386 | 131 | Group - Male | |
127 | Take That | 39,485,000 | 15,039,081 | 131 | Group | |
128 | Johnny Hallyday | 76,299,000 | 7,596,313 | 130 | Solo - Male | |
129 | Billie Eilish | 37,918,000 | 14,777,938 | 128 | Solo - Female | |
130 | James Blunt | 29,877,000 | 17,613,289 | 124 | Solo - Male | |
131 | Imagine Dragons | 45,899,000 | 11,392,835 | 123 | Group - Male | |
132 | Dido | 32,028,000 | 16,015,911 | 122 | Solo - Female | |
133 | Dua Lipa | 32,962,000 | 15,164,957 | 121 | Solo - Female | |
134 | Kelly Clarkson | 39,105,000 | 12,707,409 | 120 | Solo - Female | |
135 | Shawn Mendes | 31,498,000 | 15,727,434 | 120 | Solo - Male | |
136 | Olivia Rodrigo | 17,445,000 | 27,345,087 | 118 | Solo - Female | |
137 | Kylie Minogue | 37,683,000 | 12,519,302 | 117 | Solo - Female | |
138 | Foo Fighters | 44,775,000 | 9,782,915 | 113 | Group - Male | |
139 | Miley Cyrus | 55,716,000 | 7,749,452 | 112 | Solo - Female | |
140 | Bad Bunny | 62,862,000 | 6,335,576 | 108 | Solo - Male | |
141 | Ms. Lauryn Hill | 22,738,000 | 17,068,596 | 106 | Solo - Female | |
142 | Lewis Capaldi | 12,526,000 | 30,863,311 | 106 | Solo - Male | |
143 | Charlie Puth | 20,439,000 | 16,877,379 | 100 | Solo - Male | |
144 | Kendrick Lamar | 39,375,000 | 8,674,777 | 100 | Solo - Male | |
145 | Selena Gomez | 38,387,000 | 8,813,410 | 99 | Solo - Female | |
146 | Lana Del Rey | 33,728,000 | 9,226,786 | 95 | Solo - Female | |
147 | Arctic Monkeys | 30,948,000 | 9,108,433 | 91 | Group - Male | |
148 | Carrie Underwood | 30,828,000 | 8,805,331 | 89 | Solo - Female | |
149 | Harry Styles | 22,997,000 | 11,571,151 | 88 | Solo - Male | |
150 | Macklemore | 19,478,000 | 12,964,232 | 86 | Solo - Male | |
151 | Lil Nas X | 12,721,000 | 19,948,910 | 86 | Solo - Male | |
152 | Gwen Stefani | 21,496,000 | 11,820,072 | 86 | Solo - Female | |
153 | Blackpink | 27,186,000 | 8,856,168 | 84 | Group - Female | |
154 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 11,609,000 | 19,609,200 | 81 | Solo - Female | |
155 | Meghan Trainor | 16,847,000 | 12,666,267 | 79 | Solo - Female | |
156 | Cardi B | 23,365,000 | 8,668,978 | 77 | Solo - Female | |
157 | Fergie | 14,946,000 | 12,382,342 | 73 | Solo - Female | |
158 | Avicii | 26,147,000 | 6,809,293 | 72 | Solo - Male | |
159 | Juice WRLD | 35,777,000 | 4,748,646 | 70 | Solo - Male | |
160 | Buffalo Springfield | 11,320,000 | 14,208,538 | 68 | Group | |
161 | Björk | 26,305,000 | 5,860,629 | 67 | Solo - Female | |
162 | Xuxa | 36,061,000 | 3,845,193 | 64 | Solo - Female | |
163 | Lorde | 14,341,000 | 9,720,259 | 64 | Solo - Female | |
164 | Doja Cat | 19,381,000 | 7,037,213 | 63 | Solo - Female | |
165 | The Yardbirds | 16,792,000 | 8,006,528 | 63 | Group | |
166 | Aaliyah | 18,679,000 | 7,221,436 | 63 | Solo - Female | |
167 | Blind Faith | 10,097,000 | 13,447,685 | 63 | Group | |
168 | Morgan Wallen | 14,968,000 | 8,489,460 | 61 | Solo - Male | |
169 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | 19,951,000 | 6,101,427 | 60 | Solo - Male | |
170 | SZA | 16,511,000 | 6,983,142 | 58 | Solo - Female | |
171 | Will.i.am | 14,160,000 | 6,300,320 | 51 | Solo - Male | |
172 | Demi Lovato | 26,716,000 | 3,225,769 | 50 | Solo - Non-Binary | |
173 | Renaud | 22,558,000 | 3,496,635 | 48 | Solo - Male | |
174 | Little Mix | 16,640,000 | 3,163,154 | 39 | Group - Female | |
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