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Chart Listings: Billboard: Best-selling albums of all time (worldwide)
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12. Come On Over-Shania Twain-39 million
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I don't doubt Thriller sold that much. In fact I would say it sold probably more.
Every ****ing human being in the 80s bought that album, and it came at a time when album sales were at their peak in various formats, vinyl just about dying, cassette tapes peaking and cds just arriving to dominate much of that decade and the next. Some have multiple copies of that album!
This not even considering sales after his death.
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But where do those sales come from? Show me certifications. It just doesn't seem plausible in the slightest. It's like people who say MJ is the best selling act of all time, over-hyped nonsense.
That said, Thriller is very likely to be the best selling album ever 
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Celine showing every female her ass. 
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She is the real legend
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I have never seen a female who matched Whitney, Mariah, and Celine's peak. 
Madonna has the staying power and has longer success but she never reached the peak these 3 divas reached.
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Originally posted by harwee
I don't doubt Thriller sold that much. In fact I would say it sold probably more.
Every ****ing human being in the 80s bought that album, and it came at a time when album sales were at their peak in various formats, vinyl just about dying, cassette tapes peaking and cds just arriving to dominate much of that decade and the next. Some have multiple copies of that album!
This not even considering sales after his death.
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Thriller - 55,244,000
Minimum estimate - Worldwide: 65,000,000
USA - 29,400,000 (08/2009)
Canada - 2,400,000 (Dec 1986) + 55,000 (T25)
Mexico - 1,600,000 (2009) + 120,000 (T25)
Brasil - 1,200,000 (2001) + 250,500 (codes)
Argentina - 577,000 (1999) + 20,000 (T25 Classic) + 20,000 (T25 Zombie) = 617,000
Chile - 400,000 (2008)
Europe - 14,960,000
UK - 3,300,000 (1992) + 654,000 (shop sales 92-08) + 57,000 (club sales post93) + 300,000 (T25) + 248,000 (2009) = 4,559,000
France - 2,700,000 (2001) + 108,000 (2003-2008) + 220,000 (T25) + 365,000 (2009) + 20,000 (2010) = 3,413,000
Germany - 1,500,000 (1995) + 55,000 (T25)
Italy - 1,190,000 (2001) + 35,000 (T25) + 94,000 (2009) + 5,000 (T25 2009) = 1,326,000
Spain - 600,000 (1984) + 60,000 (T25) = 660,000
Finland - 119,000 (2009)
Sweden - 400,000 (2008) + 20,000 (T25) = 420,000
Austria - 400,000 (2008)
Switzerland - 300,000 (1995) + 15,000 (T25) + 15,000 (2009) = 330,000
Netherland - 800,000 (1996) + 30,000 (T25) = 830,000
Portugal - 80,000 (2008) + 20,000 (T25) = 100,000
Belgium - 550,000 + 15,000 (T25) = 565,000
Denmark - 180,000 (2008)
Greece - 100,000 (1983)
Poland - 20,000 (T25)
Ireland - 7,500 (T25)
Norway - 150,000 (2009)
Czechoslovakia - 100,000 (imports, April 1985)
Yugoslavia - 112,000 (june 1984)
Hungary - 3,000 (T25)
Russia - 10,000 (T25)
Oceania - 1,230,000
Minimum estimate - Oceania: 1,300,000
Australia - 1,050,000 (2009)
New-Zealand - 180,000 (2009)
Asia - 2,911,000
Minimum estimate - Asia: 5,000,000
Japan - 2,500,000 + 122,000 (T25) + 51,000 (2009)
Singapore - 40,000
Hong Kong - 80,000
South Korea - 3,000 (T25)
India - 100,000 (2009) + 15,000 (T25) = 115,000
South Africa - 100,000
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You tell me where the additional 45-55 million albums came from. 
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Originally posted by satellites™
50% of the vocals means it's Whitneys and is credited that way.
1 I Will Always Love You
(with Whitney Houston)
2 I Have Nothing
(with Whitney Houston)
3 I'm Every Woman
(with Whitney Houston)
4 Run To You
(with Whitney Houston)
5 Queen of the Night
(with Whitney Houston)
6 Jesus Loves Me
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It's now 40 million.
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Originally posted by satellites™
Rolling In The Deep hasnt seen HALF the success I Will Always Love You Did.
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Thriller - 55,244,000
Minimum estimate - Worldwide: 65,000,000
USA - 29,400,000 (08/2009)
Canada - 2,400,000 (Dec 1986) + 55,000 (T25)
Mexico - 1,600,000 (2009) + 120,000 (T25)
Brasil - 1,200,000 (2001) + 250,500 (codes)
Argentina - 577,000 (1999) + 20,000 (T25 Classic) + 20,000 (T25 Zombie) = 617,000
Chile - 400,000 (2008)
Europe - 14,960,000
UK - 3,300,000 (1992) + 654,000 (shop sales 92-08) + 57,000 (club sales post93) + 300,000 (T25) + 248,000 (2009) = 4,559,000
France - 2,700,000 (2001) + 108,000 (2003-2008) + 220,000 (T25) + 365,000 (2009) + 20,000 (2010) = 3,413,000
Germany - 1,500,000 (1995) + 55,000 (T25)
Italy - 1,190,000 (2001) + 35,000 (T25) + 94,000 (2009) + 5,000 (T25 2009) = 1,326,000
Spain - 600,000 (1984) + 60,000 (T25) = 660,000
Finland - 119,000 (2009)
Sweden - 400,000 (2008) + 20,000 (T25) = 420,000
Austria - 400,000 (2008)
Switzerland - 300,000 (1995) + 15,000 (T25) + 15,000 (2009) = 330,000
Netherland - 800,000 (1996) + 30,000 (T25) = 830,000
Portugal - 80,000 (2008) + 20,000 (T25) = 100,000
Belgium - 550,000 + 15,000 (T25) = 565,000
Denmark - 180,000 (2008)
Greece - 100,000 (1983)
Poland - 20,000 (T25)
Ireland - 7,500 (T25)
Norway - 150,000 (2009)
Czechoslovakia - 100,000 (imports, April 1985)
Yugoslavia - 112,000 (june 1984)
Hungary - 3,000 (T25)
Russia - 10,000 (T25)
Oceania - 1,230,000
Minimum estimate - Oceania: 1,300,000
Australia - 1,050,000 (2009)
New-Zealand - 180,000 (2009)
Asia - 2,911,000
Minimum estimate - Asia: 5,000,000
Japan - 2,500,000 + 122,000 (T25) + 51,000 (2009)
Singapore - 40,000
Hong Kong - 80,000
South Korea - 3,000 (T25)
India - 100,000 (2009) + 15,000 (T25) = 115,000
South Africa - 100,000
this is so fake . where links?
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Yes. I'll never fully grasp why people always feel the need to discredit early noughties-era artists, particularly teen pop performers. Millennium had twelve million pegged by the year's end, and that was only in the U.S.. No one (no one!) matched the success of the Backstreet Boys during that period; U2, The Beatles---no, not even Britney (though she was still reeling from the success of her debut, and was still relatively new).
That said, I also find the ' Bodyguard soundtrack vs. Come On Over debacle boring, repetitive, and inconsequential. Regardless of how you try to worm around it, logic states Come On Over is, indeed, the most successful record for a solo female artist. Call it 'Whitney Houston & Friends', 'Whitney and a few good men', or 'Primarily Whitney Houston'; she won't ever be solely credited for the work. On the other hand, Come On Over was prolonged for a span of nearly three years, and more than half of the album saw a physical release; it really could've only work in its favor, especially in the eve of the new decade, where pop sales saw a massive boom.
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