Some people are forgetting that with the digital era (streams, iTunes etc) we also have piracy which takes out a huge chunk of potential sales. And iirc Rihanna and Bruno Mars were the most pirated artists in 2013.

The only true queen of pop

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Some have done it in one album but that's a horse of a different color.

Most of her sales are local

You don't even believe this lie

Welp slay whether it's 150M or 240M

she surpassed Mariah? how?

So Im still waiting for the receipts that show Queen isnt the 6th best selling artist of all time

I can MAYBE understand 190M singles because album track sales can go into that, but that would put her at 222M with 190M singles and 32M albums. But whatever, Rihanna's slaying anyways.

Rihanna:
France: 4,235,275 (2013)
U.S.: 115M (>100M singles sold, ~11M albums sold
U.K.: ~27.4M (~20M singles sold, 7.4M albums)

I don't have her German stats but she's the best-selling digital artist there. She's not top ten for overall record sales but she is top ten for overall record sales for females (solid at #6).

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This thread is about Rihanna, not anyone else. And what I was trying to say is how Rihanna's current total records sales being mostly singles doesn't make it any less impressive.

How old is Beyonce? 33?

Rihanna has sold more records than her and Destiny's Child combined at 27 years old ... just saying ..

50 mil albums though? Kiii I don't think there's a single act that has debuted in the past 10 years that's sold that many albums. Only one I see reaching that number right now is Swift.

No the industry has been forced to revert to making singles the priority and with that said I have a feeling that when it's all over for Rihanna, she'll be comfortably sitting in the top 3 women and top 10 artists sales.

I wonder what her second decade will bring.

I know Barbra is local. She's still the best selling female artist stateside and has sold over 140 mill overall.

So no official receipts yet? I gave you girls a chance

and yet: "Carey continues to boast one of the most vaunted of all Hot 100 records: her 18 No. 1s are the most among solo acts (and second overall only to the Beatles' 20). With 54 million albums sold, Carey is also the best-selling female album artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. sales in 1991. She trails only overall leader Garth Brooks (68.6 million) and runners-up the Beatles (64.4 million)."

http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...hot-100-legacy

and selling over 250 million records worldwide.

http://www.channelcanada.com/canadia...-p-m-et-on-ctv

Nice try tho.

still waiting

OOP