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Authors note: proposal

  • 400 or more
  • 300 to 399
  • 250 to 299
  • 200 million to 249. Only to 200 millions.

Since certifications are a more solid reference than some journalist guessing a number, put certification as the main number unless we have a "total" that includes certifications too. Because these certify the sales.

Streaming is here to stay. And if the companies that certify exact figures accept streaming, we would also have to accept it on this list since we collect official figures instead of making evaluations about those numbers.

With "claimed sales" we have a dichotomy.

  1. "total claimed sales" this should include all kinds of sales. Digital and streaming too.
  2. or we convert it to something that says "physical units".


start of draft / proposal.

Artists by reputed sales

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400 million or more units

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Artist Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[a] 		Total claimed sales
Drake 2001–present[1] 2009[1] Hip-hop / R&B / pop[1]

530.8 million
 170 million[20]


300 million to 399 million units

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Artist Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[a] 		Total claimed sales
Rihanna 2003–present[21] 2005[21] R&B / pop / dance / hip-hop[21]

372.4 million
 250 million[35][36]
Eminem 1996–present[37] 1999[37] Hip-hop[37]

336.45 million
 220 million[44]

250 million to 299 million units

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Artist Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[a] 		Claimed sales
The Beatles 1960–1970[45] 1962[45] Rock / pop[45]

294.6 million
 600 million[54][55]
500 million[56][57]
Michael Jackson 1964–2009[58] 1971[58] Pop / rock / dance / soul / R&B[58]

289.5 million
 500 million[56]
400 million[69]
Elvis Presley 1953–1977[70] 1956[70] Rock and roll / pop / country[70]

234.7 million
 500 million[76]
Elton John 1962–present[77] 1970[77] Pop / rock[77]

214.3 million
 300 million[80][81]
250 million[82][83]
Madonna 1979–present[84] 1983[84] Pop / dance / electronica[84]

185.9 million
 300 million[90][91]
250 million[92]
Taylor Swift 2006–present[93] 2006[93] Pop / country / rock / folk / alternative[94]

294.3 million
 200 million[95]
Kanye West 1996–present[96] 2003[96] Hip-hop / electronic / pop[96]

290.5 million
 160 million[98]

200 million to 249 million units

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Artist Period active Release-year of first charted record Genre Total certified units
(from available markets)[a] 		Claimed sales
Queen 1971–present[99] 1973[99] Rock[99]

188 million
 300 million[101][102]
250 million[103]
Led Zeppelin 1968–1980[104] 1969[104] Hard rock / blues rock / folk rock[104]

143.1 million
 300 million[107][108]
200 million[109][110]
Pink Floyd 1965–1996, 2005, 2012–2014[111][112] 1967[111] Progressive rock / psychedelic rock[111]

124.6 million
 250 million[115][116]
Mariah Carey 1988–present[117] 1990[117] R&B / pop / soul / hip-hop[117]

223.05 million
 220 million[121]
Whitney Houston 1977–2012[122] 1984[122] R&B / soul / pop / gospel[122]

164.7 million
 220 million[126]
Beyoncé 1997–present[127] 2002[127][128] R&B / pop / hip-hop[127]

247.2 million
 200 million[132]
Eagles 1971–1980, 1994–present[133] 1972[133] Rock[133]

153.7 million
 200 million[135]
Celine Dion 1981–present[136] 1981[136] Pop / rock[136]

144.28 million
 200 million[141]
AC/DC 1973–present[142] 1975[142] Hard rock / blues rock / rock and roll[142]

131.7 million
 200 million[144]
The Rolling Stones 1962–present[145] 1963[145] Rock / blues rock[145]

104 million
 200 million[147][148]
Garth Brooks 1989–present[149] 1989[149] Country[149]

170.3 million
 170 million[151]
Ed Sheeran 2004–present[152] 2011[152] Pop / folk pop[152]

273.7 million
  • US: 116.5 million[2]
  • JPN: 350,000[22][23]
  • GER: 13.350 million[3]
  • UK: 90.320 million[4]
  • FRA: 4.156 million[5]
  • CAN: 12.640 million[6]
  • AUS: 13.865 million[7]
  • BRA: 720,000[8]
  • NLD: 370,000[39]
  • ITA: 4.855 million[9]
  • SPA: 1.340 million[10]
  • SWE: 1.680 million[12]
  • NOR: 395,000[42]
  • DEN: 6.145 million[13]
  • SWI: 675,000[31]
  • MEX: 270,000[14]
  • BEL: 860,000[15]
  • AUT: 865,000[16]
  • POL: 2.320 million[17]
  • NZ: 1.785 million[18]
  • POR: 330,000[19]
 150 million[153]
Bruno Mars 2004–present[154] 2010[154] Pop rock / R&B[154]

206.3 million
 150 million[157]
Post Malone 2013–present[158] 2015[158] Pop / R&B / hip-hop[158]

227.9 million
  • US: 172.5 million[2]
  • GER: 2.4 million[3]
  • UK: 24.02 million[4]
  • FRA: 1.533 million[5]
  • CAN: 13.440 million[6]
  • AUS: 6.545 million[7]
  • BRA: 1.2 million[8]
  • ITA: 810,000[9]
  • SWE: 900,000[11]
  • NOR: 420,000[42]
  • DEN: 2.290 million[24][13]
  • MEX: 330,000[14]
  • BEL: 235,000[15]
  • POL: 290,000[17]
  • NZ: 840,000[18]
  • POR: 295,000[19]
 80 million[159]
The Weeknd 2010–present[160] 2013[160] Pop / R&B[160]

234.7 million
 75 million[161]


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