She sells both and dddd at people saying she wouldn't have longevity

She's both an album and singles artist, she can move both

Nobody is doing singles like Katy, so I wouldn't call her an album artist because her singles are so crazy successful. However, this era she's shown that she can shift albums better than most.

Not really, selling albums doesn't amke them album artists, I think they have to sell albums more than their singles.

She clearly is.
someone link the op or lost souls to the prism sales thread

Sorry to bump such an old post, but pop girls could only DREAM of having an era as long as Teenage Dream. The public was not sick of her or the album three years later. In fact, they still aren't, as it's still charting on the Billboard Top 200.

The fact is, it sold well in the long run. A fact is a fact.

Well the album is going to cross 2 million without any re-release or steep discounts. I can only count on one hand the artists that have done that consistently in the last five years so that seems to indicate she's entered the "albums artist" club.

Spill the tea. List them down.

no, she's an albums seller... by today's pop standards anyway.

she'd have to make much better works for me to call her an albums artist.

Yes, she's both a singles and an albums artist.