✭ Notes ✭
Sales from feat. were counted.
Beginning of sales score (early 70's, 80's-till-now), "--" means that I counted 60's sales too (special occasions)
Some totals are estimations from reliable forums (but you can look certifications here)
Any artist missing? Something wrong? Tell me, but please don't despise the list

-- (1) Elvis Presley

1. Madonna (37,251,714)
2. Michael Jackson (32,446,592)
-- (3) ABBA (28,070,000)
3. U2 (22,934,000)
4. Rihanna (20,000,000)
5. Westlife (19,124,000)
6. Whitney Houston (18,158,030)
7. Kylie Minogue (17,577,974)
8. Celine Dion (15,200,000)
9. Bee Gees (15,100,000)
10. Eminem (14,886,100)

11. Mariah Carey (13,815,000)*
12. Britney Spears (11,924,594)
13. Blondie (11,800,000)
14. Lady GaGa (10,956,866)
15. Black Eyed Peas (10,735,000)
-- (15) Stevie Wonder (10,520,000)*
16. P!nk (10,382,281)
17. Tina Turner (10,100,000)
18. Bon Jovi (9,600,000)
19. Beyoncé (9,590,331)
20. David Guetta (8,771,000)
21. Prince (8,225,000)
22. R.E.M (7,890,000)
-- (22) Cher (7,810,000)
23. Christina Aguilera (7,570,000)
24. Katy Perry (7,404,000)
25. Diana Ross (7,140,000)
26. Janet Jackson (7,055,000)
27. Olivia Newton John (7,045,000)*
28. Norah Jones (6,800,000)
29. Shania Twain (6,470,000)
30. Justin Timberlake (6,318,489)
21. Donna Summer (6,120,000)
32. Red Hot Chili Peppers (6,114,000)
33. The Killers (6,045,000)
34. Alicia Keys (6,016,000)
35. Kanye West (5,931,028)
36. Bruno Mars (5,616,300)
37. Akon (5,410,000)
38. Nirvana (5,300,000)
39. Michael Bublé (5,150,000)
40. Green Day (5,081,000)
41. Jennifer Lopez (5,000,000)
42. Usher (4,972,000)
43. King Of Leon (4,850,000)
44. Destiny's Child (4,600,000)
45. John Travolta (4,500,000)
46. Will Smith (4,330,000)
47. Enrique Iglesias (4,200,000)
48. Maroon 5 (4,196,000)
49. Backstreet Boys (4,190,000)
50. Shakira (4,180,634)



1. Madonna



Albums
(19,946,714)

1. The Imaculate Collection :: 3,565,000
2. True Blue :: 1,980,000
3. Ray Of Light :: 1,710,000
4. Like A Virgin :: 1,640,000
5. Music :: 1.628.000
6. Confessions On a Dance Floor :: 1,345,000
7. Like A Prayer :: 1,270,000
8. Something to Remember :: 1,040,000
9. Madonna :: 815,000
10. GHV2 :: 804,076
11. Evita :: 640,000
12. Erotica :: 600,000
13. Celebration :: 460,000
14. Bedtime Stories :: 400,000
15. Hard Candy :: 335,523
16. American Life :: 335,115
17. I'm Breathless :: 300.000
18. You Can Dance :: 300.000
19. Who's That Girl :: 300.000
20. MDNA :: 88,000
21. The Confessions Tour :: 51,000
22. I'm Going to Tell You a Secret :: 40,000
23. Sticky & Sweet Tour :: 30,000

+ Singles
(17,305,000)

2. Michael Jackson



Albums
(16,214,592)

1. Thriller :: 4,272,000
2. Bad :: 3,909,592
3. Dangerous :: 2,200,000
4. Number Ones :: 1,600,000
5. History :: 1,500,000
6. Invincible :: 300,000
Others :: 2,805,000

+ Singles
(14,495,000)



1. Earth Song :: 1,075,000
2. One Day In Your Life :: 795,000
3. Billie Jean :: 750,000
4. You Are Not Alone :: 585,000
5. Black Or White :: 530,000
6. Heal The World :: 480,000
7. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough :: 470,000
8. Say Say Say :: 435,000
9. Beat It :: 360,000
10. She’s Out Of My Life :: 320,000
11. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You :: 300,000
12. The Way You Make Me Feel :: 275,000
13. Leave Me Alone :: 250,000
14. Bad :: 240,000
15. Remember The Time/Come Together :: 235,000
16. Rockin’ Robin :: 230,000
17. They Don’t Care About Us :: 230,000
18. Smooth Criminal :: 210,000
19. Off The Wall :: 200,000
20. You Rock My World :: 195,000
21. Scream :: 190,000
22. Thriller :: 190,000
23. Rock With You :: 190,000
24. Give In To Me :: 190,000
25. The Girl Is Mine :: 185,000
26. Blood On The Dance Floor :: 185,000
27. Stranger In Moscow :: 175,000
28. Why :: 175,000
29. Farewell My Summer Love :: 175,000
30. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ :: 170,000
31. Dirty Diana :: 170,000
32. History/Ghosts :: 160,000
33. In The Closet :: 150,000
34. Will You Be There :: 145,000
35. Ben :: 135,000
36. Who Is It? :: 125,000
37. Jam :: 115,000
38. Another Part Of Me :: 105,000
39. Liberian Girl :: 100,000
40. Man In The Mirror :: 90,000
41. One More Chance :: 85,000
42. Cry :: 85,000

08/05/12. Look this thread for recently updated sales by Official Chart: http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215031

UK best selling singles artists of all time

1. The Beatles (21,900,000)
2. Elvis Presley (21,600,000)
3. Cliff Richard (21,500,000)
4. Madonna (17,400,000)
5. Michael Jackson (15,300,000)
6. Elton John (14,800,000)
7. Rihanna (14,000,000)
8. Queen (12,600,000)
9. ABBA (11,200,000)
10. David Bowie (10,600,000)
11. Paul McCartney (10,200,000)
12. Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)
13. The Rolling Stones (9,900,000)
14. Rod Stewart (9,900,900)
15. Take That (8,900,000)
16. Stevie Wonder (8,900,000)
17. Oasis (8,900,000)
18. Eminem (8,600,000)
19. Whitney Houston (8,000,000)
20. Spice Girls (7,900,000)
21. George Michael (7,600,000)
22. Robbie Williams (7,500,000)
23. The Bee Gees (7,500,000)
24. U2 (7,300,000)
25. Shakin' Stevens (7,300,000)
26. Britney Spears (7,200,000)
27. Status Quo (7,200,000)
28. Lady GaGa (7,200,000)
29. Boyzone (7,000,000)
30. Blondie (7,000,000)
31. Slade (6,900,000)
32. The Black Eyed Peas (6,800,000)
33. Boney M (6,800,000)
34. Westlife (6,800,000)
35. Celine Dion (6,600,000)
36. Beyonce* (6,600,000)
37. UB40 (6,600,000)
38. Olivia Newton-John (6,600,000)
39. Mariah Carey (6,600,000)
40. Tom Jones (6,300,000)
41. Madness (6,100,000)
42. Police (6,100,000)
43. Wham! (5,900,000)
44. Phil Collins (5,800,000)
45. Diana Ross (5,700,000)
46. Katy Perry (5,700,000)
47. The Jam (5,700,000)
48. Bryan Adams (5,600,000)
49. Pet Shop Boys (5,600,000)
50. David Guetta (5,600,000)
51. Prince (5,600,000)
52. Duran Duran (5,400,000)
53. Frank Sinatra (5,400,000)
54. Adam Ant (5,300,000)
55. Frankie Goes To Hollywood (5,300,000)
56. Wet Wet Wet (5,100,000)
57. Everly Brothers (4,900,000)
58. The Shadows (4,900,000)
59. Pink (4,400,000)
60. Coldplay (4,000,000)

Maybe some values were inflated.

4. Rihanna

Albums
(5,841,800)



1. Good Girl Gone Bad :: 1,838,000
2. Loud :: 1,800,000
3. Talk That Talk :: 772,300
4. Rated R :: 670,500
5. A Girl Like Me :: 590,000
6. Music Of The Sun :: 170,500

+ Singles
(14,000,000)



1. We Found Love (06/12) :: 1.134.300
2. Love The Way You Lie (06/12) :: 1.041.900
3. Only Girl (In The World) (6/12) :: 1.036.500
4. What's My Name? (06/12) :: 797.700
5. Umbrella (06/12) :: 796.900
6. S&M (06/12) :: 683.200
7. Rude Boy (06/12) :: 641.900
8. Who's That Chick? (06/12) :: 557.400
9. Disturbia (06/12) :: 460.500
10. Russian Roulette (06/12) :: 430,000
11. Take A Bow (30/10/11) :: 430,000
12. Don't Stop The Music (30/10/11) :: 430,000
13. Take Care (26/04/12) :: 403.800
14. Live Your Life (30/10/11) :: 400,000
15. Unfaithful (30/10/11) :: 390,000
16. Run This Town (30/10/11) :: 325,000
17. SOS (30/10/11) :: 315,000
18. All Of The Lights (04/2012) :: 279,400
19. California King Bed (01/01/12) :: 268,000
20. Te Amo (30/10/11) :: 245,000
21. Shut Up And Drive (30/10/11) :: 245,000
22. Where Have You Been :: 226,000
23. Pon De Replay :: 210,000
24. Rehab :: 170,000
25. Hate That I Love You :: 165,000
26. You Da One :: 161,600
27. Fly (20/11/11) :: 143,500
28. Cheers (Drink To That) (20/11/11) :: 142,000
29. Princess Of China :: 136.500
30. Talk That Talk :: 104,500
31. If I Never See Your Face Again :: 70,000
32. If It's Lovin' That You Want :: 70,000
33. Hard :: 65,000
34. Man Down :: 65,000
35. We Ride :: 50,000
36. Wait Your Turn :: 25,000
38. Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) :: 15,000

Others: 500,000


Artist Stats: RIHANNA: More than 20.000.000 records sold in the UK
See zzmyth's thread here

6. Whitney Houston



Albums
(10,180,030)

1. Whitney :: 2,245,000
2. The Bodyguard :: 2,138,030
3. Greatest Hits :: 1,680,000
4. Whitney Houston :: 1,255,000
5. Ultimate Collection :: 940,000
6. My Love Is Your Love :: 735,000
7. I'm Your Baby Tonight :: 705,000
8. I Look To You :: 245,000
9. The Preacher's Wife :: 70,000
9. Just Whitney :: 40,000
10. Love, Whitney :: 35,000

+ Singles
(8,000,000)



1. I Will Always Love You :: 1,490,000
2. I Wanna Dance With Somebody :: 780,000
3. Saving All My Love For You :: 740,000
4. My Love Is Your Love :: 530,000
5. It's Not Right But It's Okay :: 510,000
6. One Moment In Time :: 450,000
7. How Will I Know :: 285,000
8. When You Believe :: 260,000
9. Step By Step :: 235,000
10. Million Dollar Bill :: 230,000
11. I Have Nothing :: 225,000
12. So Emotional :: 215,000
13. Greatest Love Of All :: 215,000
14. I'm Every Woman :: 205,000
15. I'm Your Baby Tonight :: 175,000
16. Could I Have This Kiss Forever :: 140,000
17. Didn't We Almost Have It All :: 125,000
18. All The Man That I Need :: 120,000
19. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) :: 120,000
20. Where Do Broken Hearts Go :: 115,000
21. Count On Me :: 95,000
22. I Learned From The Best :: 95,000
23. Love Will Save The Day :: 90,000
24. If I Told You That :: 90,000
25. Queen Of The Night :: 65,000
26. Heartbreak Hotel :: 55,000
27. I Believe In You And Me :: 55,000
28. Run To You :: 55,000
29. Something In Common :: 55,000
30. It Isn't It Wasn't It Ain't Never Gonna Be :: 40,000
31. My Name Is Not Susan :: 35,000
32. Whatchulookinat :: 35,000
33. Hold Me :: 25,000
34. You Give Good Love :: 20,000
35. I Belong To You :: 10,000
36. I Didn't Know My Own Strength :: 10,000

7. Kylie Minogue



Albums

1. Kylie :: 2,105,698
2. Fever :: 1,800,000
3. Enjoy Yourself :: 1,200,000
4. Ultimate Kylie :: 1,100,000
5. X :: 500,000
6. Light Years :: 480,000
7. Body Language :: 400,000
8. Rhythm of Love :: 400,000
9. Aphrodite :: 350,000
10. Let's Get to It :: 200,000
11. Kylie Minogue :: 121,608
12. Impossible Princess :: 60,668
Live & Others :: 100,000

+ Singles
(10,080,000)



1 . Can't Get You Out Of My Head :: 1,155k
2 . Especially For You :: 1,000k
3 . I Should Be So Lucky :: 755k
4 . Hand On Your Heart :: 430k
5 . The Loco-motion :: 365k
6 . Wouldn't Change A Thing :: 335k
7 . All The Lovers :: 325k
8 . Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi :: 315k
9 . Got To Be Certain :: 300k
10 . Spinning Around :: 290k
11 . Tears On My Pillow :: 250k
12 . Confide In Me :: 235k
13 . Kids :: 235k
14 . Better The Devil You Know :: 225k
15 . Wow :: 200k
16 . Love At First Sight :: 195k
17 . Never Too Late :: 185k
18 . In Your Eyes :: 170k
19 . 2 Hearts :: 160k
20 . On A Night Like This :: 155k
21 . Step Back In Time :: 150k
22 . I Believe In You :: 150k
23 . Give Me Just A Little More Time :: 145k
24 . What Do I Have To Do :: 135k
25 . Slow :: 120k
26 . Red Blooded Woman :: 110k
27 . Shocked :: 105k
28 . Put Yourself In My Place :: 100k
29 . If You Were With Me Now :: 95k
30 . Finer Feelings :: 90k
31 . Please Stay :: 85k
32 . Get Outta My Way :: 85k
33 . Where The Wild Roses Grow :: 80k
34 . What Kind Of Fool :: 70k
35 . Come Into My World :: 65k
36 . In My Arms :: 65k
37 . Word Is Out :: 60k
38 . Celebration :: 60k
39 . Did It Again :: 55k
40 . Breathe :: 55k
41 . Chocolate :: 55k
42 . Better Than Today :: 55k
43 . Giving You Up :: 50k
44 . Some Kind Of Bliss :: 45k
45 . Where Is The Feeling :: 35k
46 . Santa Baby / Let It Snow :: 35k
47 . The One :: 20k
48 . Keep On Pumpin' It :: 10k
49 . Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) :: 10k
50 . GBI :: 5k

9. Eminem



Albums
(6,300,000)

1. The Marshall Mathers LP :: 1,500,000
2. The Eminem Show :: 1,200,000
3. Encore :: 1,000,000
4. Recovery :: 600,000
5. Relapse :: 300,000
6. The Slim Shady LP :: 300,000
Others :: 1,100,000

+ Singles
(8,126,100)



1. Love The Way You Lie :: 1,034,000
2. Stan :: 843,000
3. Lose Yourself :: 742,000
4. Without Me :: 570,000
5. The Real Slim Shady :: 510,000
6. My Name Is :: 430,000
7. Not Afraid :: 425,000
8. I Need A Doctor :: 322,000
9. Smack That :: 355,000
10. We Made You :: 310,000
11. Just Lose It :: 245,000
12. Crack A Bottle :: 220,000
13. Like Toy Soldiers :: 220,000
14. Forgot About Dre :: 215,000
15. Guilty Conscience :: 195,000
16. When I'm Gone :: 185,000
17. Cleanin Out My Closet :: 165,000
18. The Way I Am :: 155,000
19. Mockingbird :: 125,000
20. Sing For The Moment :: 110,000
21. Beautiful :: 110,000
22. Ass Like That :: 95,000
23. No Love :: 85,000
24. Spacebound :: 80,000
25. Business :: 75,000
26. You Don't Know :: 60,000
27. Forever :: 40,000
28. Drop The World :: 30,000
29. Till I Collapse :: 25,000
30. 3 a.m :: 15,000
31. Old Times Sake :: 10,000
Others :: 50,000

10. Mariah Carey



Albums
(7,500,000)

1990 - 300,000 - Mariah Carey - platinum :: 400,000
1991 - 300,000 - Emotions - platinum :: 500,000
1992 - 100,000 - MTV Unplugged - Gold :: 200,000
1993 - 1,500,000 - Music Box - 5x platinum :: 1,800,000
1994 - 100,000 - Merry Christmas - Gold :: 250,000
1995 - 600,000 - Daydream - 2x platinum :: 1,000,000
1997 - 100,000 - Butterfly - Gold :: 250,000
1998 - 300,000 - #1's - platinum :: 850,000
1999 - 100,000 - Rainbow - Gold :: 200,000
2001 - N/A - Glitter - N/A :: 75,000
2001 - 300,000 - The Greatest Hits - platinum :: 800,000
2002 - 100,000 - Charmbracelet - Gold :: 150,000
2003 - N/A - The Remixes - N/A :: 50,000
2005 - 600,000 - The Emanc. of Mimi - 2x platinum :: 700,000
2008 - 100,000 - E=MC² - Gold :: 150,000
2008 - N/A - The Ballads - N/A :: 250,000
2009 - 60,000 - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel - Silver :: 100,000
2010 - N/A - Merry Christmas II You - N/A :: 25,000

1990-2010 - 4,560,000 - est.: 7,750,000

+ Singles
(6,315,000)



1. All I Want For Christmas Is You :: 670,000
2. Without You :: 445,000
3. Against All Odds (feat. Westlife) :: 370,000
4. I’ll Be There :: 345,000
5. Fantasy :: 280,000
6. Hero :: 270,000
7. When You Believe :: 260,000
8. One Sweet Day :: 255,000
9. We Belong Together :: 240,000
10. Endless Love :: 230,000
11. Always Be My Baby :: 220,000
12. Heartbreaker :: 190,000
13. I Know What You Want :: 175,000
14. Vision of Love :: 170,000
15. Honey :: 165,000
16. My All :: 160,000
17. Dreamlover :: 150,000
18. Touch My Body :: 120,000
19. Open Arms :: 105,000
20. Anytime You Need A Friend :: 100,000

11. Britney Spears



Albums
(4,724,594)

1. Baby One More Time :: 1,200,368
2. Oops!...I Did It Again :: 902,028
3. My Prerogative :: 856,635
4. In The Zone :: 528,002
5. Britney :: 455,037
6. Circus :: 353,000
7. Blackout :: 251,424
8. Femme Fatale :: 100,000
9. Single Collection :: 77,900

+ Singles
(7,200,000)



1. Baby One More Time :: 1,500,000
2. Oops!...I Did It Again :: 450,000
3. Sometimes :: 440,000
4. Womanizer :: 400,000
5. Toxic :: 360,000
6. Born To Make You Happy :: 325,000
7. You Drive Me Crazy :: 275,000
8. EVerytime :: 270,000
9. Piece Of Me :: 250,000
10. Lucky :: 225,000
11. Gimme More :: 210,000
12. Circus :: 190,000
13. Stronger :: 185,000
14. I'm A Slave 4 U :: 175,000
15. Hold It Agains't Me :: 165,000
16. I'm Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman :: 150,000
17. 3 :: 145,000
18. Overprotected :: 140,000
19. Me Agains't The Music :: 135,000
20. Till The Worlds End :: 144,500
21. My Prerogative :: 115,000
22. If U Seek Amy :: 105,000
23. Break The Ice :: 93,000
24. Do Something :: 90,000
25. Boys :: 78,114
26. I Love Rock N' Roll :: 62,213
27. Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know :: 61,970

-- I Wanna Go - 15,000

12. Lady GaGa



Albums
(3,710,300)

1. The Fame/Monster :: 2,812,000
2. Born This Way :: 898,300



+ Singles
(7,246,566)

1. Poker Face :: 1,101k
2. Bad Romance :: 965k
3. Just Dance :: 906k
4. Telephone :: 660k
5. Born This Way :: 650k
6. Paparazzi :: 575k
7. Edge Of Glory :: 560k
8. Alejandro :: 413k
9. Judas :: 283k
10. Love Game :: 200k
11. Marry The Night :: 165k
12. You And I :: 130k
13. Video Phone :: 80k
14. Chillin' :: 70k
15. Speechless :: 50k
16. Hair:: 45k
17. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich :: 40k
18. Monster :: 30k
19. Dance In The Dark :: 20k
20. So Happy I Could Die :: 20k
21. Teeth :: 20k
22. Starstruck :: 20k

updated (May)

13. Black Eyed Peas



Albums
(4,308,000)

1. Elephunk :: 1,600,000
2. The E.N.D :: 1,400,000
3. Monkey Bussiness :: 1,065,834
4. The Beginning :: 243,000

+ Singles
(6,427,000)



1. I Gotta Feeling :: 1,276,800
2. Where Is The Love? :: 770,000
3. Meet Me Halfway :: 768,000
4. Boom Boom Pow :: 650,000
6. The Time :: 608,000
6. Just Cant Get Enoug - 375,000
6. Shut Up :: 345,000
10. My Humps :: 295,000
11. Pump It :: 245,000
13. Don't Phunk With My Heart :: 225,000
15. Rock That Body :: 190,000
16. Don't Lie :: 180,000
17. Let's Get It Started :: 175,000
18. Hey Mama :: 100,000
19. Mas Que Nada :: 85,000
- Imma Be :: 20,000
- Request Line :: 10,000
- Joints And Jams :: 5,000
- Alive :: 5,000

I'm really glad Avril made it. Well done to MJ. He truly i the most iconic artistist our generation has ever seen

14. P!nk



Albums
(5,982,281)

1. Missundaztood :: 1,815,000
2. I'm Not Dead :: 1,350,000
3. Funhouse :: 1,215,000
4. Greatest Hits… So Far! :: 589,900
5. Try This :: 526,560
6. Can't Take Me Home :: 486, 721

+ Singles
(4, 300,000)

1. So What :: 505,000
2. Lady Marmalade :: 505,000
3. Get The Party Started :: 340,000
4. Fu' Perfect :: 305,000
5. Just Like A Pill :: 270,000
6. Who Knew :: 240,000
7. Please Don't Leave Me :: 200,000
8. Sober :: 175,000
9. Raise Your Glass :: 166,100
10. U + Ur Hand :: 160,000
11. Don't Let Me Get Me :: 155,000
12. There You Go :: 150,000
13. Most Girls :: 130,000
14. Stupid Girls :: 125,000
15. Family Portrait :: 115,000
16. Trouble :: 85,000
17. Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) :: 85,000
18. Feel Good Time :: 75,000
19. Funhouse :: 70,000
20. You Make Me Sick :: 65,000
21. God Is A DJ :: 50,000
22. Nobody Knows :: 30,000

16. Beyoncé



Albums
(3,738,600)

1. I Am... Sasha Fierce :: 1,487,000
2. Dangerously in Love :: 1,150,000
3. B'Day :: 560,000
4. 4 :: 541,600

Singles (5,851,731)



1. If I Were a Boy :: 683,083
2. Telephone :: 640,000
3. Single Ladies :: 545,000
4. Halo :: 500,000
5. Best Thing I Never Had :: 428,000
6. Crazy in Love :: 400,000
7. Sweet Dreams :: 375,000
8. Beautiful Liar :: 370,000
9. Irreplaceable :: 300,000
10. Run The World (Girls) :: 245,000
11. Listen :: 195,000
12. Deja Vu :: 165,000
13. Check On It :: 150,000
14. 03 Bonnie & Clide :: 145,000
15. Love On Top :: 120,648
16. Broken-hearted Girl :: 100,000
16. Work It Out :: 100,000
16. Baby Boy :: 100,000
19.Countdown :: 70,000
20. Video Phone: :: 55,000
21. Green Light :: 50,000
21. Naughty Girl :: 50,000
23. Me, Myself and I :: 40,000
24. Diva :: 25,000
24. Ego :: 25,000
24. Why Don't You Love Me :: 25,000

plus:
Independent Women - 450,000
Lose My Breath - 300,000
Survivor - 290,000
Say My Name - 215,000
Bootylicious - 200,000
Bills, Bills, Bills - 175,000
Jumpin, Jumpin - 170,000
No, No, No - 160,000
Check On It - 150,000
Emotion - 145,000