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!

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	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		Mariah Carey	176,377,000	36,490,800	433	Solo - Female
25		Bob Marley	142,719,000	45,066,302	433	Solo - Male
26		The Beach Boys	146,212,000	42,816,916	427	Group - Male
27		Eminem	202,839,000	29,561,016	418	Solo - Male
28		Billy Joel	150,967,000	39,002,664	414	Solo - Male
29		Guns N' Roses	125,736,000	45,110,771	406	Group - Male
30		The Police	99,892,000	56,238,454	404	Group - Male
31		Bruce Springsteen	161,401,000	33,482,746	397	Solo - Male
32		Garth Brooks	144,494,000	36,116,769	390	Solo - Male
33		The Doors	117,324,000	42,607,586	381	Group - Male
34		Metallica	169,970,000	29,292,139	381	Group - Male
35		Dire Straits	112,036,000	42,246,484	371	Group - Male
36		Adele	104,854,000	45,097,772	371	Solo - Female
37		Aerosmith	134,001,000	33,436,546	361	Group - Male
38		Santana	146,383,000	30,448,599	360	Group - Male
39		Nirvana	97,440,000	44,426,836	355	Group - Male
40		Barbra Streisand	153,502,000	25,938,236	340	Solo - Female
41		Backstreet Boys	99,240,000	38,260,729	332	Group - Male
42		Bryan Adams	89,858,000	41,208,660	328	Solo - Male
43		Jimi Hendrix	105,789,000	34,542,740	326	Solo - Male
44		George Michael	110,122,000	32,306,760	322	Solo - Male
45		Britney Spears	113,249,000	30,149,443	315	Solo - Female
46		Prince	134,160,000	25,025,092	313	Solo - Male
47		Taylor Swift	171,080,000	19,600,057	312	Solo - Female
48		Journey	82,698,000	40,449,014	312	Group - Male
49		Shania Twain	83,111,000	38,958,281	307	Solo - Female
50		Ed Sheeran	99,931,000	31,756,126	304	Solo - Male
51		David Bowie	131,336,000	24,199,222	304	Solo - Male
52		Drake	140,645,000	22,428,479	303	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 - Male
57		Coldplay	113,577,000	22,005,871	270	Group - Male
58		Depeche Mode	98,589,000	23,900,776	262	Group - Male
59		Van Halen	102,523,000	22,464,330	259	Group - Male
60		Genesis	113,956,000	19,121,142	252	Group - Male
61		Justin Bieber	99,511,000	19,834,038	240	Solo - Male
62		BTS	116,051,000	17,100,233	240	Group - Male
63		Sade	76,072,000	25,961,768	240	Group - Mixed
64		Tina Turner	74,502,000	26,526,112	240	Solo - Female
65		Alanis Morissette	58,249,000	33,826,492	239	Solo - Female
66		Paul McCartney	112,665,000	17,280,404	238	Solo - Male
67		Linkin Park	93,526,000	20,759,873	238	Group - Male
68		Meat Loaf	62,696,000	30,503,804	236	Solo - Male
69		Enya	88,870,000	21,582,135	236	Solo - Female
70		Cher	74,095,000	25,287,705	234	Solo - Female
71		Supertramp	72,474,000	25,602,074	232	Group - Male
72		R.E.M.	90,868,000	20,197,027	231	Group - Male
73		Black Sabbath	79,878,000	22,885,797	231	Group - Male
74		Rihanna	106,631,000	17,208,132	231	Solo - Female
75		Lady Gaga	79,508,000	22,564,882	229	Solo - Female
76		Green Day	90,387,000	19,614,912	227	Group - Male
77		Beyoncé	94,073,000	18,036,805	222	Solo - Female
78		Kanye West	92,922,000	18,017,226	221	Solo - Male
79		Iron Maiden	89,126,000	18,742,982	221	Group - Male
80		Spice Girls	50,153,000	33,485,470	221	Group - Female
81		Sting	81,632,000	20,226,867	219	Solo - Male
82		Cream	42,262,000	38,921,651	219	Group - 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 - Male
89		Neil Young	99,113,000	13,955,846	201	Solo - Male
90		Oasis	63,766,000	20,866,829	197	Group - Male
91		Boston	50,701,000	26,073,392	196	Group - Male
92		2pac	82,720,000	16,011,615	196	Solo - Male
93		Tracy Chapman	52,402,000	22,938,699	187	Solo - Female
94		Aretha Franklin	81,566,000	14,795,353	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		Shakira	74,669,000	14,696,524	179	Solo - Female
99		Post Malone	54,918,000	19,826,171	178	Solo - Male
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		Cranberries	47,146,000	19,990,989	166	Group - Mixed
105		No Doubt	35,898,000	26,076,829	165	Group - Mixed
106		TLC	41,644,000	21,910,561	163	Group - Female
107		Christina Aguilera	57,107,000	15,737,571	162	Solo - Female
108		Alicia Keys	53,738,000	16,379,872	160	Solo - Female
109		Travis Scott	43,586,000	20,179,583	160	Solo - Male
110		Sam Smith	40,697,000	21,094,062	158	Solo - Non-Binary
111		Nickelback	57,745,000	14,672,634	157	Group - Male
112		Ace of Base	36,127,000	23,581,536	157	Group - Mixed
113		Michael Bublé	69,175,000	11,630,919	153	Solo - Male
114		NSYNC	45,642,000	16,540,588	148	Group - Male
115		Avril Lavigne	47,942,000	14,985,010	145	Solo - Female
116		Ozzy Osbourne	53,294,000	13,498,163	145	Solo - Male
117		Evanescence	32,430,000	22,284,106	145	Group - Mixed
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		Bad Bunny	76,854,000	8,484,148	138	Solo - Male
121		Fugees	23,106,000	27,602,211	136	Group - Mixed
122		Ariana Grande	64,489,000	9,692,435	135	Solo - Female
123		Amy Winehouse	35,066,000	17,507,072	134	Solo - Female
124		Gorillaz	32,616,000	18,303,809	132	Franchise
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 - Male
128		Enrique Iglesias	61,387,000	9,546,917	131	Solo - Male
129		Johnny Hallyday	76,299,000	7,596,313	130	Solo - Male
130		Billie Eilish	37,918,000	14,777,938	128	Solo - Female
131		James Blunt	29,877,000	17,613,289	124	Solo - Male
132		Imagine Dragons	45,899,000	11,392,835	123	Group - Male
133		Dido	32,028,000	16,015,911	122	Solo - Female
134		Dua Lipa	32,962,000	15,164,957	121	Solo - Female
135		Shawn Mendes	31,498,000	15,727,434	120	Solo - Male
136		Kelly Clarkson	39,105,000	12,707,409	120	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		Ms. Lauryn Hill	22,738,000	17,068,596	106	Solo - Female
141		Kendrick Lamar	39,375,000	8,674,777	100	Solo - Male
142		Charlie Puth	20,439,000	16,877,379	100	Solo - Male
143		Selena Gomez	38,387,000	8,813,410	99	Solo - Female
144		Lana Del Rey	33,728,000	9,226,786	95	Solo - Female
145		Roberto Carlos	98,500,000	3,171,456	95	Solo - Male
146		Olivia Rodrigo	18,453,000	15,907,251	92	Solo - Female
147		Arctic Monkeys	30,948,000	9,108,433	91	Group - Male
148		Lewis Capaldi	12,874,000	21,873,389	91	Solo - Male
149		Ike & Tina Turner	35,081,000	8,064,301	91	Group - Mixed
150		Carrie Underwood	30,828,000	8,805,331	89	Solo - Female
151		Harry Styles	22,997,000	11,571,151	88	Solo - Male
152		Gwen Stefani	21,496,000	11,820,072	86	Solo - Female
153		Lil Nas X	12,721,000	19,948,910	86	Solo - Male
154		Macklemore	19,478,000	12,964,232	86	Solo - Male
155		Blackpink	27,186,000	8,856,168	84	Group - Female
156		Carly Rae Jepsen	11,609,000	19,609,200	81	Solo - Female
157		Meghan Trainor	16,847,000	12,666,267	79	Solo - Female
158		Cardi B	23,365,000	8,668,978	77	Solo - Female
159		Fergie	14,946,000	12,382,342	73	Solo - Female
160		Avicii	26,147,000	6,809,293	72	Solo - Male
161		Juice WRLD	35,777,000	4,748,646	70	Solo - Male
162		Buffalo Springfield	11,320,000	14,208,538	68	Group - Male
163		Björk	26,305,000	5,860,629	67	Solo - Female
164		Lorde	14,341,000	9,720,259	64	Solo - Female
165		Xuxa	36,061,000	3,845,193	64	Solo - Female
166		Doja Cat	19,381,000	7,037,213	63	Solo - Female
167		Blind Faith	10,097,000	13,447,685	63	Group - Male
168		The Yardbirds	16,792,000	8,006,528	63	Group - Male
169		Aaliyah	18,679,000	7,221,436	63	Solo - Female
170		Lin-Manuel Miranda	19,951,000	6,101,427	60	Solo - Male
171		SZA	16,511,000	6,983,142	58	Solo - Female
172		Will.i.am	14,160,000	6,300,320	51	Solo - Male
173		Demi Lovato	26,716,000	3,225,769	50	Solo - Non-Binary
174		Renaud	22,558,000	3,496,635	48	Solo - Male
175		Morgan Wallen	19,433,000	3,438,557	44	Solo - Male
176		Little Mix	16,640,000	3,163,154	39	Group - Female
		Artist				Gender

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