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Originally posted by fabbriche
Even after their prime, they still managed to outsell most of the younger and top female artists of 2000s.
I'm surprised she didn't make the top 50 considering she's the Billboard top female artist of that decade.
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Well, that title include radio airplay. Pop was more dominant from 1997-2001 so two years count whereas urban music was dominant longer. Also most people that had urban and pop spins ranked higher.
So of course sales alone wouldn't put her in that category.
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Originally posted by Tena
Destiny's child 14.9 million
Beyonce 11.3 million
Total career sales of 26.2 million albums, so she's technically #3 on the list
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I knew Beyonce stans would start with all of that. It's like adding Gwen stefani and No doubt sales, Fergie and BEP sales. Really? LOL.
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Originally posted by Eternium
Absolute death @ Beyonce not making this list and winning "Female Artist of the Decade" thanks to radio play. Britney deserves that spot.
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As usual, it's never about Beyonce being the best but average out better which is a good thing.
Fortunate that Alicia hadn't put out another album because I think that would have made a difference considering all of Alicias albums outsold Beyonces and alicia had strong airplay and incredible recurrent play.
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Originally posted by Drais.
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the good thing is that it shows that her older albums were still selling but as of 2009 those numbers are not correct which is what this is about.
But it's kind of funny to imply that Michelle Williams, Letoya, that other girl and Kelly Rowland sold over 10M records that decade one way or another.
YASS at Kelly Rowland selling 17M + her solo album sales that decade and making both acts. Love it.