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Chart Listings: Diva Digital Sales
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Top-selling downloads for the following acts since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital data: Madonna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. Madonna (two) and Carey (four) are the only artists of the quintet with songs that have each shifted more than a million downloads:
Madonna
2,814,000, "4 Minutes"
1,224,000, "Hung Up"
493,000, "Like a Prayer"
366,000, "Sorry"
347,000, "Material Girl"
Whitney Houston
739,000, "I Will Always Love You"
447,000, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
267,000, "Greatest Love of All"
215,000, "How Will I Know"
206,000, "I Have Nothing"
Janet Jackson
242,000, "That's the Way Love Goes"
235,000, "All for You"
212,000, "If"
179,000, "Call on Me"
155,000, "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
Mariah Carey
1,591,000, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
1,563,000, "Obsessed"
1,467,000, "Touch My Body"
1,362,000, "We Belong Together"
718,000, "Shake It Off"
Celine Dion
871,000, "My Heart Will Go On"
508,000, "Because You Loved Me"
462,000, "Taking Chances"
307,000, "A New Day Has Come"
300,000, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
I don't know why they omitted Feedback for Janet...
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You're missing a few Divas there
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1,362,000, "We Belong Together"
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I think he meant Divas over 40.
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Originally posted by chemist
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Released in 2005.
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Released in 2005.
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Yeah, very true. But "Lose Yourself" and "Yeah!" were released in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and sold over 2 million downloads. Meems is just not a very strong digital seller, like most middle-aged divas.
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I'd say "Lose Yourself" & "Yeah!" are a bit more solidified than "We Belong Together". Most people don't even like that song. + yes, Mariah sucks digitally.
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
I'd say "Lose Yourself" & "Yeah!" are a bit more solidified than "We Belong Together". Most people don't even like that song. + yes, Mariah sucks digitally.
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Really? "We Belong Together" was the biggest song of last decade and broke radio records. I'm not sure if those songs are more "solidified" per se.
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We Belong Together would've been a minimum triple platinum seller had it been released today. Though, to my knowledge, it may have never gone #1 digitally (correct me if I'm wrong). So the sales are good.
But Rico, you're right, Mariah is a rather poor digital seller.
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So, if "Yeah!" and "Lose Yourself" were released today, where would those songs be in sales? They were released before "We Belong Together" and have been slaying WBT digitally. It's kinda hard to say where WBT would be in sales since ballads aren't really big today. But if we're comparing the 2005 climate to the 2010 climate, then I tend to agree with you, MusicTalker.
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My divas :heart:
Mariah <3
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
Really? "We Belong Together" was the biggest song of last decade and broke radio records. I'm not sure if those songs were more "solidified" per se.
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I use solidified more based on the longevity of the songs. I personally love "WBT" to death, one of my favorite singles by her, but I feel "Yeah!" & "Lose Yourself" have better longevity, while "WBT" is kind of stuck in the time that it was hugely successful. Both Em & Usher still sell today with those songs.
As far as success, "Yeah!" is right on "WBT" tail on the Decade (#1; #2) and All-Time songs (#9; #11) chart from Billboard. It was equally as huge on radio in 2004, before "WBT" came, and as you mentioned big on sales.
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
So, if "Yeah!" and "Lose Yourself" were released today, where would those songs be in sales? They were released before "We Belong Together" and have been slaying WBT digitally. It's kinda hard to say where WBT would be in sales since ballads aren't really big today. But if we're comparing the 2005 climate to the 2010 climate, then I tend to agree with you, MusicTalker.
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A song like WBT wouldn't really be a hit today except for on AC & maybe urban formats, with little to no pop support (which is were sales mainly come from).
Yeah! would have amazing sales. Plus it could've still been a hit today.
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Maybe the fact that those songs were released before We Belong Together might be why they sold more...
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
A song like WBT wouldn't really be a hit today except for on AC & maybe urban formats, with little to no pop support (which is were sales mainly come from).
Yeah! would have amazing sales. Plus it could've still been a hit today.
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Disagree with the last statement. "Yeah!" was a crunk staple, and crunk is dead right now. It maybe could have achieved similar success to something like "Hot Tottie" or "Lil Freak." But those digital sales are telling, so IDK.
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I don't think any of the songs could have been a smash today.
Both Yeah and Lose Yourself sound very dated and WBT is a ballad so it would most like do bad.
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Maybe the fact that those songs were released before We Belong Together might be why they sold more...
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No, because digital sales were even lower and irrelevant in 2002 & 2004, plus they've sold more than it by millions. It's because they've continued to carry on success in these recent years. "Lose Yourself" recently acknowledged for passing 3,000,000 at the beginning of October.
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I just noticed 4 Minutes has sold twice as much as Touch My Body I remember those two songs sort of competing with each other.
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