Adele

Where's Alicia Keys?

15 Million+ as of 2009: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-w...the-2000s.html

She's sold:
6.2+ Million with Songs In A Minor
4.6+ Million with Diary of Alicia Keys
930K+ with Unplugged
3.7+ Million with As I Am

Receipts (2009): http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P...page&q&f=false

1.5+ Million with Element Of Freedom
630K+ with Girl On Fire (as of March 2013)

That puts her at, what, 17+ Million albums?

Also - Mary J Blige's RIAA certifications stand at 19+ Million albums.

Y'all forgetting these R&B girls...

Bey number 5 with her overall sales

She is 18 million away

Lol, i was just about to say MJB, Toni Braxton, Alicia Keys all need to be up there

So powerful! Her longevity is unmatched!

I always forget how HUGE Enya was. Her sales would be much higher had Enya and Watermark been released during the Soundscan era.

I can't wait to watch Beyonce and Rihanna climb up this list.

Britney also has like 3.2 million more from Sony BMG and her catalogue sales figures haven't been updated since 2009. Beyonce (+ DC) will not be passing her for a while in the U.S.

Congrats to Bey!! The Rih shade tho.

That's not true... Her album sales have been consistent which is impressive within itself!

Bey sold 79k for Billboard last week and Britney sold 8k for HDD (the Billboard number may be higher).
Queen of Pop My fave could never.

Updated Bey's number with last week's 79k. We really need new updates for Taylor and Pink.

+ Alicia Keys and MJB

Yes, we need Billboard to update their numbers before I can include them. Their receipts are just too outdated so I don't know at which spot on the list to rank them tbh.

Updated Bey's number.

I think it's safe to say Taylor is top ten and P!nk has passed TLC.

Welcome to the top, Ms. Swift