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Best-Selling Artists (certified)

This list features the best-selling artists of all time based on total certified sales from available markets.

RANK

MUSICIAN

CERTIFIED SALES

YEARS

1

Drake

556.8 million

2001–present

2

Rihanna

411.2 million

2003–present

3

Taylor Swift

348.4 million

2006–present

4

Eminem

345.8 million

1996–present

5

Justin Bieber

313.4 million

2008–present

6

Beyoncé

311.3 million

1997–present

7

Chris Brown

302.8 million

2005–present

8

The Weeknd

300.0 million

2010–present

9

Michael Jackson

298.8 million

1964–2009

10

The Beatles

295.9 million

1960–1970

11

Kanye West

295.3 million

1996–present

12

Ed Sheeran

288.0 million

2004–present

13

Post Malone

268.9 million

2013–present

14

Ariana Grande

267.0 million

2008–present

15

Mariah Carey

240.0 million

1988–present

16

Bruno Mars

236.7 million

2004–present

17

Elvis Presley

235.4 million

1953–1977

18

Katy Perry

231.6 million

2001–present

19

Elton John

216.8 million

1962–present

20

Lil Wayne

205.1 million

1996–present


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References

ChartMasters (2024) Best-selling artists of all time. [online] Available at: https://chartmasters.org/best-selling-artists-of-all-time/ [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Business Insider (2016) Best-selling music artists of all time. [online] Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/best-selling-music-artists-of-all-time-2016-9 [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Wikipedia (2024) List of best-selling music artists. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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