Here is a list of artists who have not been surpassed by anyone who debuted after them:

 

I used their first single, album, or EP as a non-featured artist to determine their debut date). 

 

Acts:

1. The Beatles - 414m (1962)

2. Michael Jackson - 329m (1971)

3. Queen - 268m (1973)

4. Madonna - 244m (1982)

5. Eminem - 185m (1996)

6. Britney Spears - 104m (1998)

7. Coldplay - 99m (1999)

8. Rihanna - 98m (2005)

9. Taylor Swift - 96m (2006)

10. Adele - 90m (2007)

11. Drake - 87m (2009)

12. Justin Bieber - 77m (2009)

13. Ed Sheeran - 69m (2011)

14. BTS - 64m (2013)

15. Post Malone - 30m (2015)

16. Billie Eilish - 20m (2016)

 

 

Artists

1. Paul McCartney - 525m (1962)

2. Michael Jackson - 388m (1968)

3. Freddie Mercury - 278m (1973)

4. Madonna - 244m (1982)

5. Eminem - 185m (1996)

6. Beyonce - 131m (1997)

7. Britney Spears - 104m (1998)

8. Chris Martin - 99m (1999)

9. Rihanna - 98m (2005)

10. Taylor Swift - 96m (2006)

11. Adele - 90m (2007)

12. Drake - 87m (2009)

13. Justin Bieber - 77m (2009)

14. Ed Sheeran - 69m (2011)

15. RM - 65m (2013)

16. Post Malone - 30m (2015)

17. Billie Eilish - 20m (2016)

 

 

Biggest date differences (most impressive are the artists after who block all of the people before them from charting)

-MJ: 9 yrs

-Madonna: 9 yrs

-Eminem: 14 yrs

-Rihanna: 6 yrs

 

Due to Taylor's trajectory, she will soon bulldoze through the acts list and make a 10 yr gap between Eminem and herself on the "Acts list

8 minutes ago, Timber said:

Biggest date differences (most impressive are the artists after who block all of the people before them from charting)

-MJ: 9 yrs

-Madonna: 9 yrs

-Eminem: 14 yrs

-Rihanna: 6 yrs

 

Due to Taylor's trajectory, she will soon bulldoze through the acts list and make a 10 yr gap between Eminem and herself on the "Acts list

Wasn't the 96M update for Taylor before folklore?

Will anyone who debuted in the 2010’s reach 100M or is that an impossible feat? 

1 minute ago, Toxicity. said:

Wasn't the 96M update for Taylor before folklore?

Last update was Oct 25. She's gonna pass Rihanna this year unless Rih releases her next album...

1 minute ago, Enzolorenzo said:

Will anyone who debuted in the 2010’s reach 100M or is that an impossible feat? 

Ed and BTS are already very close. 

1 minute ago, Timber said:

Ed and BTS are already very close. 

I can see BTS doing it maybe if they don’t disband. I don’t know about Ed tbh, he still has 30M to go and he has slowed down a lot since Divide. I don’t see him doing more than 7M with his next album tbh...

2 minutes ago, Enzolorenzo said:

I can see BTS doing it maybe if they don’t disband. I don’t know about Ed tbh, he still has 30M to go and he has slowed down a lot since Divide. I don’t see him doing more than 7M with his next album tbh...

Yeah, his latest single was a bust, but I won't count him out yet, he has a ton of hunger for success and Divide was the #34 most successful album WW of 2020.

 

We'll see tho.

30 minutes ago, Timber said:

10. Adele - 90m (2007)

Selling 100m under five albums  

 

Her power scares me 

35 minutes ago, Timber said:

Here is a list of artists who have not been surpassed by anyone who debuted after them:

 

I used their first single, album, or EP as a non-featured artist to determine their debut date). 

 

Acts:

1. The Beatles - 414m (1962)

2. Michael Jackson - 329m (1971)

3. Queen - 268m (1973)

4. Madonna - 244m (1982)

5. Eminem - 185m (1996)

6. Britney Spears - 104m (1998)

7. Coldplay - 99m (1999)

8. Rihanna - 98m (2005)

9. Taylor Swift - 96m (2006)

10. Adele - 90m (2007)

11. Drake - 87m (2009)

12. Justin Bieber - 77m (2009)

13. Ed Sheeran - 69m (2011)

14. BTS - 64m (2013)

15. Post Malone - 30m (2015)

16. Billie Eilish - 20m (2016)

 

 

Artists

1. Paul McCartney - 525m (1962)

2. Michael Jackson - 388m (1968)

3. Freddie Mercury - 278m (1973)

4. Madonna - 244m (1982)

5. Eminem - 185m (1996)

6. Beyonce - 131m (1997)

7. Britney Spears - 104m (1998)

8. Chris Martin - 99m (1999)

9. Rihanna - 98m (2005)

10. Taylor Swift - 96m (2006)

11. Adele - 90m (2007)

12. Drake - 87m (2009)

13. Justin Bieber - 77m (2009)

14. Ed Sheeran - 69m (2011)

15. RM - 65m (2013)

16. Post Malone - 30m (2015)

17. Billie Eilish - 20m (2016)

 

 

Eminem should be 1998 though realistically. His 1996 album wasn’t really an album, more like some demos he sold locally out of his car in hopes of getting a real record deal. Obviously it didn’t chart anywhere and very few copies were even made 

Edited January 10, 20215 yr by brainmaniac

Billie 

 

Rihanna can definitely surpass 100M if she ever decides to release something.

I see why all the fanbases dislike MJ my father really did what he had to do since the 1960s.

41 minutes ago, bad guy said:

Billie 

 

Rihanna can definitely surpass 100M if she ever decides to release something.

Will Rihanna though?

I have lost hope.

Wow Billie

Excellent list, althoughm Eminem first album was released in 1999 and his first single in 1998.

Infinite can't be considered his first album, he was selling tapes out the trunk of his car

Britney and BTS are legends  I would shade one particular artist but I gotta protect my prestige

Em 

Maybe Madonna Wil surpass The Queen. The difference is not big at all and she's still alive and active. 

Nothing new here, Taylor could potentially surpass Britney and Beyoncé in 10 years from now.

 

Also, are DC’s sales added to Bey’s total numbers? I always thought Britney had sold more records than Bey overall.

Legends and icons