official chart UK's Top 50 Best Selling Singles Artists Of The 21st Century

[Hector]

Aired on MTV Hits in the UK:

 

Best-selling (singles) Artists of the Century
Official Top 50. We use exclusive official sales and streaming figures to bring you the definitive countdown of the best-selling artists of the century so far.

 

50 Justin Timberlake - 11.6m
49 Michael Buble - 11.6m
48 James Arthur - 11.7m
47 Black Eyed Peas - 11.7m
46 Nicki Minaj - 12.0m
45 The Killers - 12.0m
44 Sia - 12.3m
43 Ellie Goulding - 12.6m
42 Elton John - 12.6m
41 Shawn Mendes - 14.0m
40 Dave - 14.2m
39 Avicii - 14.5m
38 Fleetwood Mac - 14.5m
37 Clean Bandit - 14.8m
36 Imagine Dragons - 14.9m
35 Michael Jackson - 14.9m
34 Stormzy - 14.9m
33 The Beatles - 15.1m
32 Lewis Capaldi - 15.8m
31 George Ezra 16.3m
30 Jason Derulo - 16.4m
29 Billie Eilish - 17.5m
28 Chris Brown - 17.5m
27 Bruno Mars - 18.0m
26 Maroon 5 - 18.1m
25 Dua Lipa - 18.8m
24 One Direction - 18.8m
23 Lady Gaga - 19.2m
22 Pink - 19.2m
21 Katy Perry - 19.3m
20 Queen - 19.4m
19 Sam Smith - 20.1m
18 Oasis - 20.6m
17 David Guetta - 22.0m
16 Arctic Monkeys - 23.6m
15 Calvin Harris - 24.5m
14 Little Mix - 25.0m
13 Post Malone - 25.5m
12 The Weeknd - 25.8m
11 Kanye West - 26.3m

10 Beyoncé - 26.3m combined sales since 2000
9 Adele - 26.8m
8 Coldplay - 27.6m
7 Justin Bieber - 29.4m
6 Ariana Grande - 30.1m
5 Taylor Swift - 31.4 m
4 Rihanna - 35.4m
3 Eminem - 42.0m
2 Drake - 55.7m
1 Ed Sheeran - 68.9m

 

Very interesting to see certain girls above the "greatest and most successful artist of all time" according to ATRL.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Hector

[Patient Zero]

Dua Lipa so high with only two albums out

[prézli]

10 minutes ago, Hector said:

10 Beyoncé - 26.3m combined sales since 2000

lol

[Yuanyu]

Eminem 

Greatness 

[Hunter_13]

Taylor 

[Underdogs]

Taylor so close to Rihanna?

[Delirious]

Ellie

[Green]

Ed

[Hot Volcano]

32 minutes ago, Patient Zero said:

Dua Lipa so high with only two albums out

Both of those albums have at least 4 extra singles from different artists tacked on, the nerve to say "only two albums" when her eras cannot be compared to any other female

[UnusualBoy]

Didn’t that Drake was that far ahead of Rihanna. 
 

Ed

[istan4badgalriri]

42 minutes ago, Hector said:

6 Ariana Grande - 30.1m
5 Taylor Swift - 31.4 m
4 Rihanna - 35.4m

 what is thissss

 

UK certified song units:

 

Rihanna - 40m

Ariana - 22m

Taylor - 17m

 

they might wanna revise the list they aired on MTV nn

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

LMFAO! 
 

What is this list, and why is it so different than what the BPI has actually released in terms of certified units?

 

Why are we using MTV Hits U.K. as a source?

 

 

 

[Feanor]

Oh wow @ Taylor being at 31M singles units

 

And with only Drake and Ed Sheeran currently outstreaming her from this list, she should get even higher in the future

[Michael196]

why does this look like a billboard list 

the lack of power in the last decade is apparent...

[Yog]

Adele & Sam 

Edited June 12, 2022 by Yog

[fridayteenage]

yes taylor yes winning

[JorgeM]

The local Taylor smashing 

[Yog]

1 hour ago, Hector said:

41 Shawn Mendes - 14.0m

“prince of pop” according to some 

[byzantium]

1 hour ago, Hector said:

5 Taylor Swift - 31.4 m
4 Rihanna - 35.4m

My girls smashing per usual. 

 

[k4rmabutterfly]

1 hour ago, Hot Volcano said:

Both of those albums have at least 4 extra singles from different artists tacked on, the nerve to say "only two albums" when her eras cannot be compared to any other female

They’d still count for Dua anyways, since she’s the lead artist in all of them.

Edited June 12, 2022 by k4rmabutterfly

[gustavothehuman]

#5. Taylor Swift - 31.4M

#8. Coldplay - 27.6M

It's serving modern day legends 

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by gustavothehuman

[istan4badgalriri]

1 hour ago, Underdogs said:

Taylor so close to Rihanna?

she's 23,000,000 units behind Rih in certified song units and UK certifications are updated automatically sooo that MTV UK list is obviously incorrect (or partially incorrect)  

[Delirious]

1 hour ago, Hot Volcano said:

Both of those albums have at least 4 extra singles from different artists tacked on, the nerve to say "only two albums" when her eras cannot be compared to any other female

It doesnt matter, waht dua has achieved is extremely impressive either way. Shell be top 5 soon enough

[Delirious]

1 minute ago, istan4badgalriri said:

she's 23,000,000 units behind Rih in certified song units and UK certifications are updated automatically sooo that MTV UK list is obviously incorrect (or partially incorrect)  

Ya same for ellie. She has 14.3m certififed units in the uk

[The Music Industry]

Kinda surprised to see Taylor in the top 5 considering she's more of an albums artist than a singles artist