Top 100 Best Selling Music Artists of All Time
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- This list is based upon a system called Equivalent Album Sales (EAS). This takes into account multiple facets of an artist’s success beyond simple album sales, and helps to show a more complete look at the best performing music acts of all time.
Conversion ratio between formats:
Studio album: sales of the original album (ratio 1/1)
Other LPs: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album (ratio 1/1)
Physical singles: sales of physical singles from the album (added to CSPC total with a ratio 3/10 for 2-tracks, 5/10 for EPs and Maxis)
Digital singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1.5/10 for CSPC total)
Streaming: EAS of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)
Source: chartmasters.org/
0:00 100-76
2:43 75-51
5:27 50-26
8:10 25-1 - Hudba
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Can’t wait for people to say that these stats are wrong in the comments when they don’t read the description
Everywhere I go, I see his face
No wonder Justin Bieber came in ahead of The Police. If they existed at the same time, the little _______ wouldn't come anywhere close.
Boomers when their funny band who made a song about stalking a girl isnt played by zoomers: 😮@austindarrenor
sales
100. One Direction- 0:01
99. Katy Perry- 0:06
98. Michael Buble- 0:14
97. Usher- 0:19
96. Supertramp- 0:26
95. Ariana Grande- 0:32
94. Cher- 0:38
93. Def Leppard- 0:44
92. Tina Turner- 0:51
91. John Lennon- 0:57
90. Johnny Hallyday- 1:05
89. Sade- 1:12
88. The Supremes- 1:17
87. Robbie Williams- 1:23
86. Janet Jackson- 1:31
85. Aretha Franklin- 1:37
84. Shakira- 1:43
83. Sting- 1:50
82. P!nk- 1:57
81. Journey- 2:03
80. Bad Bunny- 2:09
79. Shania Twain- 2:16
78. Lady Gaga- 2:23
77. 2Pac- 2:31
76. Bruno Mars- 2:36
75. Black Sabbath- 2:42
74. The Weeknd- 2:49
73. Maroon 5- 2:55
72. Iron Maiden- 3:02
71. Enya- 3:09
70. Bryan Adams- 3:16
69. R.E.M- 3:21
68. Green Day- 3:28
67. Deep Purple- 3:34
66. Creedence Clearwater Revival- 3:42
65. Linkin Park- 3:49
64. Roberto Carlos- 3:56
63. Depeche Mode- 4:02
62. Neil Young- 4:08
61. Beyoncé- 4:15
60. Nirvana- 4:21
59. Backstreet Boys- 4:28
58. The Police- 4:33
57. Ed Sheeran- 4:39
56. Van Halen- 4:46
55. Red Hot Chili Peppers- 4:53
54. Kanye West- 5:00
53. Jimi Hendrix- 5:06
52. Justin Bieber- 5:12
51. Adele- 5:19
50. George Michael/Wham- 5:25
49. Dire Straits- 5:32
48. Paul McCartney/Wings- 5:40
47. Genesis- 5:46
46. Britney Spears- 5:52
45. Rihanna- 5:58
44. The Doors- 6:04
43. Coldplay- 6:12
42. Stevie Wonder- 6:18
41. BTS- 6:24
40. Simon & Garfunkel- 6:30
39. Guns N' Roses- 6:36
38. David Bowie- 6:44
37. Prince- 6:50
36. Aerosmith- 6:57
35. Garth Brooks- 7:04
34. Bob Marley- 7:10
33. Bob Dylan- 7:16
32. Santana- 7:23
31. The Beach Boys- 7:31
30. Drake- 7:37
29. Billy Joel- 7:44
28. Phil Collins- 7:50
27. Barbra Streisand- 7:56
26. Bon Jovi- 8:03
25. Fleetwood Mac- 8:09
24. Whitney Houston- 8:15
23. Bruce Springsteen- 8:21
22. Bee Gees- 8:28
21. ABBA- 8:35
20. Metallica- 8:41
19. Eric Clapton- 8:48
18. Eagles- 8:54
17. Rod Stewart/Faces- 9:01
16. Mariah Carey- 9:08
15. Taylor Swift- 9:15
14. Celine Dion- 9:21
13. U2- 9:27
12. AC/DC- 9:34
11. Led Zeppelin- 9:40
10. Elton John- 9:47
9. Eminem- 9:54
8. Frank Sinatra- 10:00
7. Pink Floyd- 10:06
6. The Rolling Stones- 10:12
5. Madonna- 10:18
4. Queen- 10:26
3. Elvis Presley- 10:32
2. Michael Jackson- 10:39
1. The Beatles- 10:45
Much appreciated
@@smallwog1415 No worries.
@@thomasfish744It's fake. Presley is in top spot with over 1 billion sales
@@Noel-ji8nm Good to know.
70s-80s peak music 🙌🏼 Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Sade, The Police, Queen, Aerosmith, Journey, Billy Joel, Santana, Wham, MJ, some of my favorites.
You forgot Yes and ELP. Moody Blues.
Also forgot led zeppelin and Elton John
And David Bowie!!
Queen is my favorite so I was thrilled to seem them at #4! Today also marks 50 YEARS to the day since the release of Queen II!!!
Long live Queen!
A rather superficial and banal group.
@@JesusVazquez-jz2qm How?
This is by far my favourite album of all time and I think that's pretty impressive because im quite young
queen is sucks poppy ass corny mediocre band
Beatles (425 milion) + Paul McCartney (113 milion) + John Lennon (75 milion). No one can compete with them.
This is crap!
@@JOHN-bz7lejust like your family😂
@@JOHN-bz7lego listen to some Taylor Swift crap
And remember that also we need to add Harrison and Starr solo's selling
👍😃
Queen and Michael Jackson 🔝🔝🔝👑👑
Basic af
And you're proud of that?
@@atomicblonde966 🤓
Michael Jackson the pedo is very overrated
Two most basic picks of all time
I love your Chanel so much for having both types of lists, subjective and objective ones.
Subjective the ones with the words best, objective the ones which start with most.
#64 not only a great Brazilian left back, but a singer on the side...
yes hes been doing side quests
Also are great: Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Gaetano Geloso, Maria Bethania, Touqinho, Vinicius De Morales, Chico Braque De Hollanda, Elis Regina, Eu Tribalistas, Joao Gilberto, Adriana Calcagnotto.
Escuse me: Caetano Veloso!
Chico Barque...
You're going to love who #93 is.
Michael Jackson 👑👑👑
I have to admit how Madonna is so powerful among a lot of men and that girl DO IT. We have to recognize her.
💯👍
I love her she is the QUEEN
She's also an evil narcissist who uses people then throws them away
She kinda used too much autotune
I don't think Madonna has ever been a great singer, but it's true that so many female popstars are influenced by her
The holy Trinity: The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley
Wrong, Beatles, Dylan and Elvis. I can name you 100 great songs from all three of those. I cannot name no 100 great Michael Jackson songs.
Beatles, Queen and Floyd!
@@waynejohanson1083 Quality over Quantity
@@waynejohanson1083 Dylan is arguably the best songwriter but his songs sound better when somebody else sings it
Always believed it to be The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones...
The Beatles and their legendary distance...
People who new that Michael Jackson and the Beatles were going to be #1 raise their hand 🖐️
Wrong!! Elvis is number 1. He sold more than 1 billion records. Look it up!!
@@mariacamarena2645 sure
@@leishaallen95 Don't believe me. Look it up. Google it.
Pink Floyd have popularity and philosophy at the same time
Philosophy?
They also have long songs that goes nowhere. Puff!!!
Pink Floy is one of the favourite bands...for posers
for fuck's sake pretentious prog rock fans, read a book
@@JesusVazquez-jz2qmDid David Gilmour steal your girlfriend?
What a great video!!!
Queen ❤
Madonna 👑Still the best-selling female musical recording artist in history.👏
Santana at 32 surprised me
More than a bit sus
Supernatural is one best selling albums of all time
i'm a big Santana fan, but only the first three albums are masterpieces, the rest are bad/average/too commercial
@@damirhlobik6488If you only like the first three then you are not a big Santana fan.
No surprise. From generations to generations. Even they disbanded for more than 50 yrs but they still selling . They're the best.
I enjoyed it a lot.
Queen ❤🤘🤟
REM being at 69 is comedic gold if you’re in the fanbase
The Beatles are the greatest band of all time.
They're not even in my top 10 favorites and I have to agree with you on that. The Beatles and Nirvana made rock music and alternative rock music respectively massively popular, and that alone deserves some praise
Shut up
overrated af
@@maverick6466when they've sold 83 million albums last year yet are still the best selling band of all time, how tf are they over rated?
@@maverick6466nah they're perfectly rated
Roberto Carlos, Legend, God.
The Beatles being the greatest since ever
overrated af
@@maverick6466beatles não têm pra ninguém
@@maverick6466 You're absolutely right buddy. A band that has sold that amount of albums, whose compositional duo is considered the best of the 20th century, whose members had successful careers even alone (two of them appear in this same video) and that objectively revolutionized music they definitely have to be overrated
@@mariomf1644 it ain't a Beatles fan if they don't bring in their sales and popularity to justify their quality 😂😂, sales don't mean nun 💯
@@maverick6466illiterate boy who have no knowledge of music
3:55 se não fosse por esse video, eu nunca saberia que o Roberto Carlos tbm canta em espanhol, Interessante
Kakakakkakakaka é vdd mano kakakakkaka
en el mundo hispano es conocido, demasiado. Aquí también lo consideramos el rey de las baladas
@@dhanimcca411Essa eu não sabia, interessante mano
"Don't need to fight to prove i'm right" must be in top ten !! Ok computer great choice!!
0:59 I love John Lennon
I'd say the Top 3 will not be replaced anytime soon.
Wwoow i happy really good
Beatles é foda ,,, menos de 8 anos e fizeram isso
Wow, you are very, very productive recently
Big one here.. where is Pearl Jam? Their worldwide total is between 85-100 million. In the US they have 31+ million alone (more than RHCP or Nirvana) but they’re not on the EAS site at all 🤔🤔
Ahhh!!
Albums!!!
Zeppelin selling more than 200 million without releasing singles is something that needs to be talked about more. Incredible achievement
Agreed
They had some singles.
@@jamesbrice6619Yeah, like, 11 (not counting those released only to radio.)
Good Times Bad Times
Whole Lotta Love
Immigrant Song
Black Dog
Rock & Roll
Over The Hills & Far Away
D'yer Ma'ker
The Ocean
Trampled Under Foot
Candy Store Rock
Fool In The Rain
For reference, the Beatles released 63 commercial singles. Almost 6x the amount of singles, yet only about 2x the amount of album sales compared to Zeppelin.
There's no 2 ways about it, Zeppelin sold a frankly amazing amount of records with how few singles they released.
@@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi that's amazing! Especially considering that Zeppelin isn't nearly as good as the Beatles!
That’s the reason they sold so many albums because people couldn’t bye singles, it’s not rocket science.
Supertramp WOOOW
The best top 5
This list is missing a TON of bands like Pearl jam, Donna summer, the who and more
because they haven't sold enough units
Thank you, Freddie, for Bo Rhap, peaking at no. 4!
I love how some dude in the comment section keeps saying The Beatles is overrated yet no one even remembers some of their songs.
I'm here for my favourite band Bon Jovi ❤
Great musicians, genius songwriters and performers … well, most of them
Who reads the comments as the video roles?
Right here.
This video gave me hope that good music, the music of yesteryear, is far from being surpassed by today's reggaeton.
No band comes close to the Beatles, simply the greatest of all time
The Beatles very OVERRATED!!!!!!
@@JOHN-bz7lebullcrap comment from you the beatles are the greatest most influential band by far 🤡 ✌️
They are not overrated but some bands come close and frankly can be considered greater or equal
@@JOHN-bz7le Nope. In the sixties, they were what everyone wanted to be.
@@buzzwithdrip6347 They may be better, that's very subjective, but not greater. Their influence is unmatched, and few dominated as much as they did in a period as stacked as theirs.
According to several sources, Kylie Minogue has sold over 80m records but was absent from your list. Is this their error or yours?
And christina aguilera and spice girls 100m+
This is album sales excluding single sales
Just because something is reported doesn’t mean it is accurate, this is worldwide sales of everything from pure album/ singles , digital and streaming sales.
@@helenelston9930 if you can tell me why you believe a CZcams video but not official sources, I'm all ears.
@@TheDidymusBrush because the music industry is corrupt, so called official sites stated the Beatles and Elvis both sold over a billion records each🤣 now these same sites quote a more realistic number although still too high,like 600 m. Check out Chartmastersfor the most accurate sales by artist as can be, these are not overinflated. This you tuber used information from there to get his video results.
Hope this will help you understand record sales and how it works, once you check it out.
Sinatra deberia estar en top 5 al menos, aunque el top 3 siempre debe ser:
1- The Beatles
2- Michael Jackson
3- Elvis Presley
Wow Phil Collins+Genesis would put them number 5, incredible!
MADONNA ❤ QUEEN
Cool
What is the rod stewart song?
Maggie may?
I am shook
No matter how many "artists" meddle in music, the greatest never fall
Dire straits con 6 discos en el puesto 49 ,muchas ventas
ABBA only at #21?
The Beatles are in a league of their own. No.1 artistically and commercially. Only act on this list the people of the future will care about.
It’s 1000 times easier for someone to stream the absolute rubbish that Drake puts out than it ever was for a person to go out and actually purchase an album from an artist back in the day. Can’t be compared
What kind of loser will buy CDs and cassettes in 2024?
@@ilyailya1535that loser would be me
This is just wrong. Album sales are harder to get today because of streaming. Simply listening to an album on a streaming platform will not generate a sale. Back in the day you had to buy the album and that would immediately generate a sale. If anything to modern age streaming hurts sale numbers.
@@ilyailya1535U mean people who buy cds vinyl and cassettes aren’t losers there cool 😎 because they own there music unlike Spotify
Drake's numbers are questionable. His songs goes #1 on Spotify and Billboard within hours or a couple of days. I've barely known anyone listening to Drake like that.
38 LEGEND 7 LEGEND
Honorable mentions
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
The Who
Blink 182
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
Beastie Boys
Run DMC
Montgomery Gentry
The Monkees
And so many more best selling music artists like that
Wow: Stevie Wonder also, great!
What is the Prince song?
I Wanna Be Your Lover
I wanna be your lover
THE BEATLES ARE THE GOAT!
Agreed
And Floyd and Queen
And zeppelin
The beatles is so bigger like 600-700-800 million copies sell total (bcs john lennon and paul mcartney and the other members
Nana Moskouri, Julio Iglesias and Mireille Mathieu sold more than most of the list.
Where is Chicago?
I'm puzzled why George Michael's numbers are combined with Wham, but the same isn't done for other acts such as, say, Phil Collins and Genesis or Sting and the Police.
O John Lennon , George Harrison, Ringo Star ,Paul mc Cartney y los beatles
Michael Jackson and the Jackson's/Jackson 5
Clapton at 19. Great slowhand 👍
Depeche mode ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
For me it is very strange that Gloria Estefan is not included in that list 🤔
5 of the top 10 artists are British,, always been great when it comes to music.
THE BEATLES AND THE REST ALL THEM
Queen по продажам выше Led Zeppelin? Автор Вы где информацию берете? В Росстате?
Queen had singles. Zeppelin didn’t do singles. Hence, the difference in sales
Elvis is nr. 1 including single sales which was popular back in the day.
Beatles em menos anos tem números maiores do que elvis ,,, fizeram muito mas sucesso
@@user-zs7hk5re3lsó pq estavam juntos, Elvis tmb têm muito mérito pq conseguiu tudo isso sozinho.
@@NeoDecade-xy2id meu amigo elvis sim gde inteprete mais não era músico genial não era muito instrumentista não genial em estúdio não compositor. E elvis tinha sua banda Tb ninguém fica só sem ninguém pra auxiliar ...portanto os beatles de fato tinham mas recursos
Olha quantos singles elvis produziu quanto anos em atividade e é pouca diferença entre um e outro nos EUA , já na Europa, Oceania, Ásia e Inglaterra beatles fica na frente
Elvis the most #1 singles in England more than everyone
Donna Summer sold over 100M but isn't here?!
The lots of artists are omitted. That’s why these lists are not accurate.
I hope CZcams doesn't delete your video due to copyright :'v
What about Scorpions
Crazy how many Jimi Hendrix Experience got with only 3 albums
Interesting list. Thanks. But I wonder where the hell is The Ventures? It's been told that they have sold over 90 million records world wide.
Yeah yeah
The Very Best:
1)The Beatles
2)Elvis Presley
3)Michael Jackson
4)Whitney Houston
5)Madonna
6)Queen
7)Stevie Wonder
8)Lionel Richie
9)The Supremes
10)Ricky Nelson
11)Mariah Carey
12)Olivia Newton John
13)Barbra Streisand
14)Abba
15)Carpenters
16)Celine Dion
17)Taylor Swift
18)Adele
Remove Swift from there
Can't see Kiss. Where is Kiss?
And where is Pearl Jam ?
@@ugurundunyas7331 I don't know about Pearl Jam in this list, but Kiss must be there (100M+ sellings are official, plus we lost some sellings in the 80's)
On the lips...
Where is Chicago?
Rolling Stones and the Beatles are forever my favourite bands
Roberto Carlos is the only artist in this list where his music is not known much outside of Latin countries.
4:36 ❤
The who?
Yes?
The Temptations?
The Creedence C.R.?
James Brown?
Crosby Stills Nash & Young?
Lynyrd Skynyrd?
B.B. King?
Bonrey M?
Jefferson airplane?
...
Il est ou tout ce beau monde?
Bryan adams 😢 ❤❤
This list lacks Oasis who have 75 million sales worldwide.
Foreigner too is lacking on the list
the beatles are the kings of music
Michael Jackson
@@amaurysmen4676 king of pop
A bit weird to choose a spanish song to represent Roberto Carlos, since 99% of his catalog is in portuguese.
E tbm é muito específico escolher uma especificamente em Espanhol
@@Ato-Twin deve achar que no Brasil fala espanhol kkk
Michael Jackson El Mejor Artista Musical de la Historia de la Música El Rey del Pop 👑❤.
The Beatles La Mejor Banda De la Historia de la Música ♥
Elvis Presley El Rey del Rock and Roll un icono de la Música ♥.
Estos tres Artistas Son los Mejores de la historia.
its sad to see nirvana at top 60 honestly just because they have 3 albums. atleast they have one of the most bestselling albums of all time.
Nirvana is not the best to go on the list
What are that stats based on ?
Description
How can queen be above the likes of zepelin and pink floyd? This is total sales... Digital sales included too..
You sound like you have never heard of queen
@@yaboyegreja7750Everyone into music has heard Queen’s poppy hits
You think Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd sold more than Queen? The band that gave the best concert ever in Live Aid? The band that had a movie a couple of years ago that was a complete success? The band that wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, Can't Stop Me Now, and Under Pressure? I adore Pink Floyd, but Queen was the bigger band.
@@ChrisPBacon2 Yea Floyd and Zeppelin sold more than Queen until the movie came out Queen weren’t put in the same league as them and Zeppelin also performed at Live Aid to 2 billion their performance was a disaster but more people were excited about Zeppelin performing than Queen before the show started
@@ChrisPBacon2Queen has definitely never been bigger than Led Zeppelin. Maybe only in recent years. Led Zeppelin broke countless records in the 70s with sales and concerts, as well as boasting the most played song in radio history Stairway to Heaven. Both Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd have albums in the top 10 best selling of all time, Queen does not.
3:30 ❤
Blackmore, purple and rainbow?
oasis?
Exactly. This list ain’t fully accurate.
There is no way Def Leppard is not on this list.
They were
You’re in luck
Where Linda Ronstadt?
Not that I'm a fan or anything, but surprised Cliff isn't on the list anywhere.
I have a hard time believing Elton John is behind Pink Floyd and Madonna or even Queen or Eminem. He has had more than fifty top forty hits and about thirty top ten hits and about 9 number ones. In six decades. Also, where the heck are The Eagles. Their greatest hits has sold more than forty million copies.
It’s because you don’t want to believe it, this is the most accurate sales info out there.
@@helenelston9930ok sure
Age of the Beatles when they broke up:
Ringo: 29
John: 29
Paul: 27
George: 27
Mind…blown.