Top artists - Digital singles sales

Want to know who are the best-selling artists in terms of digital singles? Here you are!

Figures here include both downloads and ringtones.

Top artists – Digital singles sales

#	Artist	Units sold
1	Rihanna	257,560,000
2	Eminem	204,920,000
3	Drake	172,065,000
4	Jay-Z	170,545,000
5	Kanye West	165,825,000
6	Beyoncé	164,000,000
7	Taylor Swift	162,000,000
8	Bruno Mars	149,580,000
9	Maroon 5	149,190,000
10	Katy Perry	135,427,000
11	Nicki Minaj	133,355,000
12	Lady Gaga	128,860,000
13	Justin Bieber	113,570,000
14	Black Eyed Peas	103,960,000
15	Justin Timberlake	102,093,000
16	Adele	100,380,000
17	Coldplay	95,110,000
18	Usher	93,607,000
19	Ed Sheeran	88,675,000
20	P!nk	85,620,000
21	Britney Spears	83,027,000
22	Mariah Carey	81,490,000
23	Michael Jackson	79,933,000
24	Linkin Park	73,707,000
25	Miley Cyrus	70,530,000
26	Christina Aguilera	69,953,000
27	Shakira	62,360,000
28	Kelly Clarkson	62,013,000
29	Queen	59,650,000
30	Alicia Keys	57,753,000
31	Ariana Grande	57,520,000
32	Nickelback	57,280,000
33	One Direction	57,000,000
34	Carrie Underwood	54,407,000
35	Will.i.am	53,300,000
36	Enrique Iglesias	50,113,000
37	The Weeknd	48,710,000
38	Ayumi Hamasaki	46,480,000
39	The Rolling Stones	46,200,000
40	Avril Lavigne	46,160,000
41	Imagine Dragons	45,413,000
42	Green Day	44,600,000
43	Red Hot Chili Peppers	44,400,000
44	Sam Smith	42,685,000
45	Madonna	42,100,000
46	Kendrick Lamar	42,020,000
47	Selena Gomez	41,610,000
48	Metallica	40,767,000
49	U2	40,500,000
50	Macklemore	39,273,000

Some artists are missing because their analysis has not been done yet. Here is the complete list of covered artists. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.

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