Britney Spears
7 studio albums under her belt. According to stats, she has sold over 100 million albums world-wide, dominated the scene since 1998. It doesn't matter if Britney promotes her music anymore or isn't able to dance like she used to, the girl still sells records with no problems!
On her side: America, Australia, and The UK
Relevant: 1998- Present
Beyonce
She has 3 solo studio albums. As a solo artist, she sold over 75 million albums world-wide. Became a household name even before she found solo success as the leader of Destiny's Child. Beyonce overall is very powerful: Successful tours, amazing album sales, strong single seller, and she's always on Forbes magazine.
Relevant: 1999- Present
Christina Aguilera
She has 6 studio albums. According to stats, she has sold over 46 million albums world-wide. Christina as of late may have received negative press and terrible albums sales with her recent album Bionic, lets not forget all of her incredible success in the beginning of her career. Christina currently has 4 #1 singles to date.
Relevant: 1999- Present
Pink
She has 5 studio albums. According to stats, she has sold over 30 million albums world-wide and she's currently the undisputed Queen of Australia. Pink is a household name and has incredible success on a world-wide scale, mega successful tour artist, and unfortunately doesn't get enough credit on ATRL as an amazing artist all around.
Relevant: 2000-Present
Shakira
She has 7 studio albums. According to stats, she has sold over 60 million albums world-wide and she's the undisputed International Latin Queen. While, she may not be as relevant as she once was in: America, UK, and Australia as of 2011, she still had a lot of success and popularity in those countries earlier in her career. Don't get it twisted, Shakira can still sell out concerts in America and have a successful concert in The UK. It doesn't matter if she releases an English album or a Spanish album, she sells PERIOD on a world-wide scale with or without promotion. Oral Fixation tour grossed 110 million dollars in 2008 and made Forbes Magazine that year. Her biggest English song to date: Hips Don't Lie, her biggest Spanish song to date: La Tortura, and on a world-wide scale her biggest song to date is: Waka, Waka.
On her side: Latin America/South America, Europe, and the Middle East
Relevant: 1995- Present
* Please do not based this on ATRL popularity* *ATRL relevancy does NOT translate into the real world relevancy and world-wide success*