As you can see below, every year since 2003 Beyonce has charted above Britney on UWC's Year End Album Sales. Neither sold enough to chart in 2012 but it's safe to say 4 sold more than FF.

Both are gearing up to release new albums in 2013. Will Beyonce make it a full decade of outselling Britney (2003-2013, though technically 11 years)? Or will Britney's personal album help her move more units?

Vote, share your thoughts, and keep it a civil discussion.


Female Year End Album Sales (2003-2011)

2003
1) Norah Jones - Come Away With Me [12.206.000 copies]
2) Avril Lavigne - Let Go [7.021.000 copies]
3) Dido - Life For Rent [5.112.000 copies]
4) Shania Twain - Up [4.786.000 copies]
5) Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love [4.737.000 copies]
6) Christina Aguilera - Stripped [4.031.000 copies]
7) Celine Dion - One Heart [3.324.000 copies]
8) T.A.T.U. - 200 Km/h In The Wrong Lane [3.322.000 copies]
9) Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis [2.741.000 copies]
10) Dixie Chicks - Home [2.642.000 copies]
11) Madonna - American Life [2.605.000 copies]
12) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.596.000 copies]
13) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Then [2.478.000 copies]
14) Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys [1.978.000 copies]
15) Sheryl Crow - The Very Best Of [1.857.000 copies]
16) Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor [1.817.000 copies]

2004
1) Norah Jones - Feels Like Home [9.020.000 copies]
2) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin [6.390.000 copies]
3) Dido - Life For Rent [3.528.000 copies
4) Shania Twain - Greatest Hits [3.525.000 copies]
5) Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys [3.362.000 copies]
6) Beyoncé - Destiny Fulfilled [3.299.000 copies]
7) Britney Spears - Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [2.994.000 copies]
8) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.754.000 copies]
9)Norah Jones - Come Away With Me [2.623.000 copies]
10)Hikaru Utada - Single Collection Vol.1 [2.313.000 copies]
11)Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography [ 2.298.000 copies]

2005
1) Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi [6.972.000 copies]
2) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [5.493.000 copies]
3) Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby [4.685.000 copies]
4) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [4.031.000 copies]
5) Shakira - Fijación Oral Volume 1 [2.293.000 copies]
6) Enya - Amarantine [2.123.000 copies]
7) Jennifer Lopez - Rebirth [1.639.000 copies]
8) Nicole Scherzinger - PCD [1.632.000]
9) Beyoncé- Number Ones [1.615.000 copies]
10) Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [1.538.000]

2006
1) Nicole Scherzinger - PCD [3.629.000 copies]
2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [3.469.000 copies]
3) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [3.351.000 copies]
4) Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 [ 3.349.000 copies]
5) Pink - I'm Not Dead [3.230.000 copies]
6) Beyoncé - B'Day [3.113.000 copies]
7) Nelly Furtado - Loose [3.069.000 copies]
8) Mary J.Blige - The Breakthrough [2.444.000 copies]
9) Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics [2.431.000 copies]
10) Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way [2.408.000 copies]
11) Rihanna - A Girl Like Me [2.406.000 copies]
12) Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [2.220.000 copies]
13) Fergie - The Dutchess [1.977.000 copies]
14) Miley Cyrus- Hannah Montana [1.910.000 copies]
15) Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae [1.669.000 copies]

2007
1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [5.510.000 copies]
2) Nelly Furtado - Loose [4.308.000 copies]
3) Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing [4.122.000 copies]
4) Alicia Keys - As I Am [3.222.000 copies]
5) Norah Jones - Not Too Late [3.220.000 copies]
6) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.218.000 copies]
7) Fergie - The Dutchess [3.004.000 copies]
8) Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus [2.768.000 copies]
9) Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape [1.984.000 copies]
10) Pink - I'm Not Dead [1.937.000 copies]
11) Celine Dion - Taking Chances [1.833.000 copies]
12) Beyoncé - B'Day [1.815.000 copies]
13) Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride [1.695.000 copies]
14) Leona Lewis - Spirit [1.471.000 copies]

2008
1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [5.1 million copies]
2) Duffy - Rockferry [4.5 millon copies]
3) Leona Lewis - Spirit [4.3 million copies]
4) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.7 million copies]
5) Madonna - Hard Candy [3.2 million copies]
6) Pink - Funhouse [2.5 million copies]
7) Alicia Keys - As I Am [2.4 million copies]
8) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [2.3 million copies]
9) Taylor Swift - Fearless [2.2 million copies]
10) Britney Spears - Circus [2.1 million copies]
11) Miley Cyrus - Breakout [2.1 million copies]
12) Mariah Carey - E=MC2 [1.9 million copies]
13) Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift [1.8 million copies]
14) Enya - And Winter Came... [1.7 million copies]
15) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.5 million copies]

2009
1) Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream [6.0 million copies]
2) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [5.9 millon copies]
3) Taylor Swift - Fearless [4.2 million copies]
4) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [3.2 million copies]
5) Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie [2.9 million copies]
6) Pink - Funhouse [2.6 million copies]
7) Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You [1.7 million copies]
8) Whitney Houston - I Look To You [1.6 million copies]
9) Miley Cyrus - The Time Of Our Lives [1.5 million copies]
10) Madonna - Celebration [1.4 million copies]
11) Britney Spears - Circus [1.3 million copies]
12) Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted [1.3 million copies]
13) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.3 million copies]

2010
1) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [5.9 million copies]
2) Taylor Swift - Speak Now [3.5 millon copies]
3) Susan Boyle - The Gift [3.0 million copies]
4) Sadé - Soldier Of Love [2.3 million copies]
5) Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom [2.3 million copies]
6) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.2 million copies]
7) Rihanna - Loud [2.2 million copies]
8) Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream [2.1 million copies]
9) Ke$ha - Animal [2.1 million copies]
10) Rihanna - Rated R [1.6 million copies]
11) Florence & The Machine - Lungs [1.6 million copies]
12) Taylor Swift - Fearless [1.3 million copies]
13) Pink - Greatest Hits So Far [1.2 million copies]

2011
1) Adele - 21 [15.3 million copies]
2) Lady GaGa - Born This Way [5.4 millon copies]
3) Rihanna - Loud [3.4 million copies]
4) Adele - 19 [2.8 million copies]
5) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.1 million copies]
6) Beyoncé - 4 [2.1 million copies]
7) Pink - Greatest Hits So Far [1.8 million copies]
8) Rihanna - Talk That Talk [1.7 million copies]
9) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [1.5 million copies]
10) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [1.5 million copies]
11) Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures [1.5 million copies]
12) Britney Spears - Femme Fatale [1.5 million copies]
13) Jessie J - Who You Are [1.3 million copies]
14) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday [1.3 million copies]
15) Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby [1.3 million copies]
16) Taylor Swift - Speak Now [1.2 million copies]
17) Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials [1.1 million copies]
18) Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me [1.1 million copies]

Yes

With the Superbowl and all the promo she's gearing up to do, plus her promise of uptempos and a JT collab, I think Beyonce has it in the bag.

Yes

DUH

Absolutely.

Likely so.

First of all, ITZ could have sold more than DIL if it wasn't cut short, especially after the momentum of Toxic... that's when she stopped. Second, comparing Blackout to Bday is not fair. Third, she most likely will. However, there is more demand for Britney especially on a WW basic so if she actually puts in effort and delivers musically and performance wise, anything could happen.

Norah, Avril and Dido were snatching everybody in 03/04 I never realized

To answer the question, the OP is full of lies because in most of those years Britney either didn't release something, or she released with only a few weeks left in the calendar year which doesn't make it comparable to Beyonce's releases.

In conclusion, Britney still has the potential to outsell Bey.

Probably. Britney's selling power isn't what it used to be, and Beyonce always has her R&B fans in the USA to fall back on.

Exactly ITZ was released in fall time. The only reason why DIL outsold ITZ is because it was cut short. Literally like a 7 month era.

It's numbers. Where are the lies?

ITZ & DIL probably ended up around the same number, but B'Day outsold Blackout, I Am... Sasha Fierce outsold Circus, and 4 outsold Femme Fatale in the U.S. and WW.

To answer the OP, I'd say probably.

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I mean...

Nicole wants that hit thread and is misrepresenting the numbers. Sales in a calendar year don't mean anything because they arbitrarily break up and album's sales, and her source, UWC, doesn't even report on albums lower than Top 40 so we can't even get an accurate picture of overall sales (which is what matters).