Originally posted by T.C Sales and Quality - Oops!

Originally posted by Giliap lmao what does "quality" have to do with being bigger? Besides, there's nothing quality about Breakaway. Such an awful, awful album. Oops is brilliant and obviously the bigger album.

Mess.

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer Counting the OIDIA total with certified sales only, as you did with Breakaway, the total will be 16.2M. Providing inflated receipts?

Originally posted by Homebrand Since you been gone - x 2.7 mil Behind these hazel eyes - x 1.5 mil Because of you - x 1.8 mil Walk away - x 1.2 mil Breakaway - x 1.85 mil Plus the 6.3 Million albums sold .. it sold over 15million records in the US alone. Oops did not shift any singles in the US (Yes i know there was no phyisical release, to get people to buy the album) Overall Breakaway was still bigger imo..

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer I stan for both but Breakaway objectively produced two classics, an iconic VMA performance, and lasted two years

Originally posted by Maneater The Army's obsession with Britney's first two albums is creepy.

Originally posted by vinKC OIDIA AU 3xP CA 5xP UK 3xP US Diamond BREAKAWAY AU 7xP CA 5xP UK 5xP US 6xP I just hate that people have the audacity to say Breakaway can't compare to Oops. DUH. album sales are far better when Oops was released. y'all are stupid and delusional to TELL ME THAT BREAKAWAY IS UNWORTHY. Y'ALL ARE UNWORTHY FLOPS.

Originally posted by Homebrand SCREAMING AT THE ARMYS DEFLATIONS Breakaway sold well over 11million and yall know it.. Breakaway also won 2 Grammys Since you been gone - #2 and #47 on the decade end chart (and #6 on pop decade end) Behind these hazel eyes - #6 Because of you - #7 Breakaway - #6 ( and #24 on decade end AC) Walk away - #12 All these singles have ATLEAST been certified platinum. The Era was so much bigger than oops. Britney was just the bigger star.

Originally posted by idkher Um iTunes was nothing in 2005 compared to now, Since U Been Gone was the second biggest digital song of the year and it only sold 2.8 million like........ TEA's are irrelevant when comparing albums from the peak of album sales to albums released after illegal downloading was already huge Does Oops have a single that made the all time chart? Did Oops have more than one top 10 single? Was Oops released when millions of people were already using sites like Limewire? Does Oops have singles that are still heard by millions every day on the radio? They are certified in practically the same amount of countries, if that doesn't tell you that the difference in sales is more because of the change in sales climates rather than how big each album was then I don't know what will! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakaw...Certifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oops!.....Certifications Not Breakaway selling more in Australia and the UK though!

Why are you using Mediatraffic?

Originally posted by idkher Lmao Breakaway obviously, it had four classic top 10 hits and sold 12+ million worldwide in 2005/2006. Oops was literally released in the exact few months that album sales were at their peak and only had one real hit.

What most Kelly followers don't know is that Jive did not release "Oops!...I Did It Again" as a physical single because they wanted people to expect the album to come out and go and get it, hence why it didn't sell that much and peaked in the lower regions of the top 10. It still did great and became a classic, while Clarkson does not have a classic song, as much as I love her, she doesn't.

"Oops!...I Did It Again" holds the record for best first week sales by a female artists, it doesn't matter if it was released in the peak of albums sales or not, it is still an accomplishment. How can you say Lucky is the only known single besides "Oops"? I mean, there is Stronger... Does it ring a bell?

And even if you want to say iTunes wasn't as big as it is now, Kelly had that advantage, digital singles, while Britney did not. Britney had a iconic performances, a bigger tour and so much more during that time, she managed to be everywhere, while Kelly was big, she wasn't big enough to be compared during Britney Spears in her Oops! era.

Originally posted by dirrtydiana Breakaway is more mature But did u ever think Britney, along with Nsync, BSB and Eminem FUELED the peak of album sales?

Originally posted by abrahamjmr while Clarkson does not have a classic song,

Originally posted by Eternium The late 90s were fueled by idol culture (which South Korea followed to a tee and is now facing their biggest boom ever) and the invention of the CD. The overall album sales were so much higher thanks to catalog sales; people rushed out in record numbers to replace their cassettes with CDs. That's why 70s/80s albums have sold so much; the catalog rush of the late 80s (cassettes came out in '87) - 90s. They always try to use the excuse that record sales were higher then, but literally no other female was selling like Britney at that point. Diamond was not nearly as abundant as these children like to think.

Originally posted by Eternium They always try to use the excuse that record sales were higher then, but literally no other female was selling like Britney at that point. Diamond was not nearly as abundant as these children like to think.

Originally posted by Haribo Anyway, now, in 2014, Breakaway is by far more remembered.

Originally posted by Maneater The Army's obsession with Britney's first two albums is creepy.

Originally posted by Haribo Oops!, but by a small margin as it was released in 2000 and Breakaway has the lead in several countries. Anyway, now, in 2014, Breakaway is by far more remembered.