Wait, I never bothered to look, but I just quickly googled:
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As of June 29, 2011, "Run the World (Girls)" had sold 424,000 downloads. On July 29, 2011, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies
That's like, "Just A Fool" / "Not Myself Tonight" numbers
Animal sold 1.75m in the US. Of course it had hits back to back and each and every one outsold all of Beyoncé 6 singles combined but still.
Kesha's debut selling Bey's "flop" album by like 300K is an accomplishment? And actually, 1.4 mil is the last actual receipt I can find, and that's pretty bad for all those "hit" records. 4 will outsell it.