Top artists - Digital singles sales

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

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. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.

#	Artist	Units sold
1	Rihanna	257,560,000
2	Eminem	204,920,000
3	Drake	169,530,000
4	Kanye West	165,825,000
5	Beyoncé	164,000,000
6	Taylor Swift	160,450,000
7	Bruno Mars	149,580,000
8	Maroon 5	149,190,000
9	Katy Perry	135,427,000
10	Lady Gaga	128,860,000
11	Justin Bieber	113,570,000
12	Black Eyed Peas	103,960,000
13	Justin Timberlake	102,093,000
14	Adele	100,380,000
15	Coldplay	95,110,000
16	Usher	93,607,000
17	P!nk	85,620,000
18	Ed Sheeran	84,500,000
19	Britney Spears	83,027,000
20	Michael Jackson	79,933,000
21	Linkin Park	73,707,000
22	Miley Cyrus	70,530,000
23	Christina Aguilera	69,953,000
24	Kelly Clarkson	62,013,000
25	Queen	59,650,000
26	Alicia Keys	57,753,000
27	Nickelback	57,280,000
28	One Direction	57,000,000
29	Shakira	56,347,000
30	Ariana Grande	55,135,000
31	Carrie Underwood	54,407,000
32	Will.i.am	53,300,000
33	Mariah Carey	50,127,000
34	Enrique Iglesias	50,113,000
35	The Weeknd	48,710,000
36	Ayumi Hamasaki	46,480,000
37	The Rolling Stones	46,200,000
38	Avril Lavigne	46,160,000
39	Imagine Dragons	45,413,000
40	Green Day	44,600,000
41	Red Hot Chili Peppers	44,400,000
42	Sam Smith	42,685,000
43	Madonna	42,100,000
44	Kendrick Lamar	42,020,000
45	Selena Gomez	41,610,000
46	Metallica	40,767,000
47	U2	40,500,000
48	Macklemore	39,273,000
49	BTS	38,875,000
50	Bon Jovi	38,453,000
51	2pac	38,060,000
52	Elvis Presley	37,467,000
53	Guns N' Roses	37,213,000
54	Fergie	36,900,000
55	Jennifer Lopez	36,807,000
56	Avicii	36,700,000
57	Demi Lovato	35,887,000
58	Michael Bublé	35,400,000
59	The Beatles	35,233,000
60	Stevie Wonder	34,490,000
61	Whitney Houston	34,253,000
62	Bob Marley	33,693,000
63	AC/DC	33,447,000
64	Fleetwood Mac	32,033,000
65	Led Zeppelin	32,027,000
66	Eric Clapton	31,975,000
67	Carly Rae Jepsen	31,940,000
68	Bob Dylan	30,413,000
69	Meghan Trainor	29,855,000
70	Journey	29,767,000
71	Prince	29,587,000
72	Gwen Stefani	29,040,000
73	Charlie Puth	27,140,000
74	Celine Dion	26,660,000
75	Foo Fighters	26,607,000
76	Elton John	26,253,000
77	Frank Sinatra	26,210,000
78	Aerosmith	25,547,000
79	Bruce Springsteen	25,420,000
80	Lana Del Rey	24,455,000
81	Destiny's Child	24,080,000
82	Pink Floyd	23,360,000
83	Nirvana	23,253,000
84	James Blunt	23,093,000
85	Phil Collins	22,693,000
86	Backstreet Boys	22,553,000
87	Amy Winehouse	21,660,000
88	Shawn Mendes	21,585,000
89	Billy Joel	21,000,000
90	Eagles	20,440,000
91	David Bowie	19,833,000
92	Gorillaz	19,370,000
93	Lorde	19,250,000
94	Oasis	18,800,000
95	Norah Jones	18,600,000
96	Evanescence	18,387,000
97	ABBA	17,867,000
98	Aretha Franklin	17,490,000
99	Rod Stewart	17,420,000
100	Bryan Adams	17,247,000
101	Bee Gees	17,233,000
102	Van Halen	16,810,000
103	George Michael	16,767,000
104	Santana	16,560,000
105	Post Malone	16,220,000
106	Jimi Hendrix	15,270,000
107	Ozzy Osbourne	15,180,000
108	Creedence Clearwater Revival	14,600,000
109	Simon & Garfunkel	14,347,000
110	Sting	14,160,000
111	Robbie Williams	13,860,000
112	Jackson 5 & The Jacksons	13,720,000
113	Janet Jackson	13,347,000
114	Arctic Monkeys	13,265,000
115	Blackpink	12,875,000
116	Tracy Chapman	12,493,000
117	John Lennon	12,160,000
118	Kylie Minogue	12,153,000
119	Cardi B	12,140,000
120	Little Mix	12,020,000
121	R.E.M.	11,920,000
122	Neil Young	11,870,000
123	The Police	11,300,000
124	Black Sabbath	11,280,000
125	Paul McCartney	11,247,000
126	Sade	11,140,000
127	The Doors	11,100,000
128	Dire Straits	10,900,000
129	Shania Twain	10,700,000
130	Dua Lipa	10,370,000
131	Take That	10,240,000
132	Genesis	10,010,000

Top artists – Digital singles sales

Top artists – Digital singles sales

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