Both artists had their big break in 1998 and have since become the two biggest female artists of their time. But who owned each year since their debut?

imo it goes
1998 - Britney
1999- Britney
2000- Britney
2001- Beyonce
2002- Tie
2003 - Beyonce
2004 - Britney
2005 - Beyonce
2006 - Beyonce
2007 - Beyonce
2008 - Beyonce
2009 - Beyonce
2010 - Tie
2011 - Britney
2012 - Britney
2013 - Beyonce
2014 - Beyonce

2003 and 2004 definitely belong to Britney

And before someone comes with the tired receipt that DIL sold more than ITZ, ITZ era only lasted like 5-6 months because of the injury.

Britney was way Bigger than Bey until the IASF era honestly.

Then she was more successful again in 2011-2012

So are we going to find excuses for everytime Britney bested Beyoncé?
Stats are stats.

1998 - Britney
1999 - Britney
2000 - Britney
2001 - Britney
2002 - Britney
2003 - Britney
2004 - Britney
2005 - Beyonce
2006 - Beyonce
2007 - Beyonce
2008 - Tie
2009 - Tie
2010 - Britney
2011 - Britney
2012 - Britney
2013 - Beyonce
2014 - Beyonce

Britney - 10
Beyonce - 5
Tie - 2

Britney wins.

From 2002 to now, Beyonce's been bigger. Britney was only huge in 1999.

1998 - Britney
1999- Britney
2000- Britney
2001- Britney
2002- Britney
2003 - Britney
2004 - Britney
2005 - Beyonce
2006 - Beyonce
2007 - Beyonce
2008 - Beyonce
2009 - Beyonce
2010 - Beyonce
2011 - Britney
2012 - Britney
2013 - Beyonce
2014 - Beyonce

lol? Is this a joke?

This is only going by chart stats

Britney was a monster compared to Beyoncé the entire last decade until the IASF were Bey clearly won.

You have to be deluded to think otherwise, I mean yeah DIL sold a bit more than ITZ and Bday sold more than Blackout, but one era lasted very few months and the other was during a mental breakdown. It's too obvious

Don't know where you see this joke you speak of. Neither did much in 2010 so it can go to either. In 2011 Britney had 3 huge hits, a successful album and world tour. Beyonce had a successful album. In 2012 Britney had Scream & Shout. Beyonce did nothing.

Beyonce was not that big in 2011 or 2012 while Britney had multiple hits in 2011 and Scream and Shout in 2012.

2010 definitely belongs to Beyonce since she had Telephone in that year and Britney didn't release anything for that entire year.

Anyway, I really don't see Britney ever doing better than Beyonce again especially after their latest eras.

this thread is so old not again

Beyoncé sold more albums than Britney in all three of those years.

And chart stats aren't everything. Beyoncé has been a bigger star than Britney since 2008.

4 doubled Femme Fatales' sales. And Beyoncé released nothing in 2012 and was still a more prevalent star than Britney (I believe she did the X Factor in 2012, which did nothing for her).

4 only really sold more albums in the US than FF, outside the US they sold about the same.

FF had 3 hits and 4 couldn't score one top ten hit.

FF was clearly bigger than 4, Beyonce was a flop during the 4 era WW tbh.

It's been Beyonce since 2003 honestly.

im sorry but this is all kinds of wrong. If you want to go by star power in 2003 than Bey wouldve been bigger in 2011 and 2012. And Britney didnt do anything in 05 and 06 and Bday was waaaaay more successful than blackout in 07

1998 -Britney
1999- Britney
2000- Britney
2001- Britney
2002- Britney
2003 - Beyonce
2004 - Beyonce
2005 - Beyonce
2006 - Beyonce
2007 - Tie
2008 - Beyonce
2009 - Beyonce
2010 - Britney
2011 - Britney
2012 - Britney
2013 - Beyonce
2014 - Beyonce

So it's a tie

That's why Oops sold 20m and Britney 11m? If that's not huge then Idk what it is

This essentially.