other stats Chartmasters: Biggest Artists of the 21st Century

[GreatestLoveofAll]

I know a large portion of ATRL doesnt really trust Chartmasters as a source, but in reality they seem to be the closest to what we have imo plus the accuracy of the ranking cant really be denied if we take into context the ever shifting music scene this century has seen in just 21/22 years.

 

Only artists or groups/duos who have released their debut album after 2000 will be included. That means Britney, Christina and Destiny's Child- out but Justin, Beyonce and Coldplay are in. Without further ado.

 

1. Taylor Swift- 112,260,000 EAS

2. Drake- 110,940,000

3. Rihanna- 106,146,000

4. Coldplay- 104,879,000

5. Adele- 94,853,000

6. Justin Bieber- 93,957,000

7. Linkin Park- 88,652,000

8. BTS- 86,429,000

9. Beyonce- 85,619,000

10. Ed Sheeran- 80,617,000

 

11. Maroon 5- 75,685,000

12. Lady Gaga- 72,818,000

13. P!nk- 69,983,000

14. Bruno Mars- 66,433,000

15. One Direction- 55,738,000

16. Katy Perry- 54,443,000

17. Ariana Grande- 53,193,000

18. Justin Timberlake- 52,592,000

19. Norah Jones- 52,290,000

20. Alicia Keys- 51,690,000

21. The Weeknd- 50,705,000

[Gerardo]

Ariana top 15 soon considering the current #15 and #16 aren’t selling much 

[Hunter_13]

The Lord 

[gustavothehuman]

#1. Taylor Swift (#1 among female artists)

#4. Coldplay (#1 among groups)

 

My faves remain unmatched 

[Orsay]

Gaga top 10 for solo acts, #5 for women

[LosingHimWasBlue]

The Music Industry #1 

[C-Amber]

Why anyone will ever trust them lmao their methods are so questionable, they don't even calculate all artists around the world.

[Rev8]

So Beyonce IS a 00s artist

 

 

They rly need to tone down their streaming impact on the formula

anyways feels like a lot of them should be in a different position

[JC96]

4 minutes ago, C-Amber said:

Why anyone will ever trust them lmao their methods are so questionable, they don't even calculate all artists around the world.

Lol ATRL doesn't trust IFPI, ChartMasters, Mediatraffic... Don't Trust nobody.

[Cloröx]

Taylor will jump to 117-118M once CM updates his formula regarding China sales and adding 2-2.5M pure sales since the last update (May 2021) 

 

She will pass Babra and Whitney for sure and coming for Mariah too 

[gustavothehuman]

5 minutes ago, C-Amber said:

Why anyone will ever trust them lmao their methods are so questionable, they don't even calculate all artists around the world.

Artists get added to the list as soon as they get analyzed. If you remove the Others column from each album and take off the Orphans section altogether I think the numbers are pretty accurate.

[zoldyck]

seems fairly accurate. Except for BTS who at least don't feel as big as their stats indicate, at least to me. Also Ed, who I believe should be much higher but he will get there. 

[gustavothehuman]

6 minutes ago, JC96 said:

Lol ATRL doesn't trust IFPI, ChartMasters, Mediatraffic... Don't Trust nobody.

Mediatraffic really is kinda trash though, they only count what? 25, 30 countries? Very few from Asia. It doesn't give us a full picture.

[Bey_Rihstan]

Chris Brown should be here, no? 
 

EDIT: oh wait… is this albums? Nvm

Edited April 23, 2022 by Bey_Rihstan

[Cloröx]

1 minute ago, Bey_Rihstan said:

Chris Brown should be here, no? 

There's no analysis for him yet, people can directly ask admin to do it later.

[Rei]

5 hours ago, Rev8 said:

So Beyonce IS a 00s artist

The fact that they change the narrative depending of what’s better for the specific situation.

 

K bye for now, Sunshine. <3

Edited April 23, 2022 by Rei

[Into The Void]

These seem higher than expected

[ddddynamite]

1 hour ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

Only artists or groups/duos who have released their debut album after 2000 will be included. That means Britney, Christina and Destiny's Child- out but Justin, Beyonce and Coldplay are in. Without further ado.

This is very weird. Black & Blue, No Strings Attached, Celebrity, Oops! I Did It Again, Survivor were released in this century. Most of them broke record in sales...

[simmnfierzig]

52 minutes ago, JC96 said:

Lol ATRL doesn't trust IFPI, ChartMasters, Mediatraffic... Don't Trust nobody.

Nothing is great for global numbers, yeah. 

But Chartmasters > IFPI >>>> Mediatraffic

[gustavothehuman]

59 minutes ago, Rei said:

The fact that they change the narrative depending of what’s more better for the specific situation.

 

K bye for now, Sunshine. <3

Beyoncé as a solo artist debuted this century, but if y'all want to count The Carters among her releases just because it bombed, why can't the Beyhive include Destiny's Child due to their success? It was a group she was in as well. It's not that deep.

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by gustavothehuman

[Protocol]

1 hour ago, C-Amber said:

Why anyone will ever trust them lmao their methods are so questionable, they don't even calculate all artists around the world.

Travis Scott’s label shared info with them so the music industry seems to appreciate their work 

[Protocol]

1 hour ago, zoldyck said:

seems fairly accurate. Except for BTS who at least don't feel as big as their stats indicate, at least to me. Also Ed, who I believe should be much higher but he will get there. 

Most of BTS’s #s come from their insane album and single sales in Korea

[Blue Honeymoon]

2 hours ago, zoldyck said:

seems fairly accurate. Except for BTS who at least don't feel as big as their stats indicate, at least to me. Also Ed, who I believe should be much higher but he will get there. 

BTS is literally the most successful  Korean act EVER, globally speaking.
 

They are the biggest act from the past 5 years in all East-Southeast Asia by very faaaaaar.  They are in The Beatles/MJ tier in those countries.

[Yuanyu]

3 hours ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

I know a large portion of ATRL doesnt really trust Chartmasters as a source, but in reality they seem to be the closest to what we have imo plus the accuracy of the ranking cant really be denied if we take into context the ever shifting music scene this century has seen in just 21/22 years.

 

Only artists or groups/duos who have released their debut album after 2000 will be included. That means Britney, Christina and Destiny's Child- out but Justin, Beyonce and Coldplay are in. Without further ado.

 

1. Taylor Swift- 112,260,000 EAS

2. Drake- 110,940,000

3. Rihanna- 106,146,000

4. Coldplay- 104,879,000

5. Adele- 94,853,000

6. Justin Bieber- 93,957,000

7. Linkin Park- 88,652,000

8. BTS- 86,429,000

9. Beyonce- 85,619,000

10. Ed Sheeran- 80,617,000

 

11. Maroon 5- 75,685,000

12. Lady Gaga- 72,818,000

13. P!nk- 69,983,000

14. Bruno Mars- 66,433,000

15. One Direction- 55,738,000

16. Katy Perry- 54,443,000

17. Ariana Grande- 53,193,000

18. Justin Timberlake- 52,592,000

19. Norah Jones- 52,290,000

20. Alicia Keys- 51,690,000

21. The Weeknd- 50,705,000

You should change the title to biggest artists DEBUTED this century, according to chartmaster Eminem is the biggest artists of the 21st century.

[dussel_06]

So we trust Chartmasters now since Taylor is now no. 1. I-