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Chart Listings: Madonna's best sellers in US
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Madonna's best sellers in US
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As for Madonna's career U.S. album sales since Nielsen Music began tracking retail in 1991 (through the week ending Dec. 8, 2016), here are her 10 best sellers:
5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (1990); 3,891,000, Ray of Light (1998); 2,934,000, Music (2000); 2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (1994); 2,102,000, Something to Remember (1995)
2,025,000, Evita (soundtrack) (1996); 1,905,000, Erotica (1992); 1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005); 1,397,000, GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001); 751,000, Hard Candy (2008)
Meanwhile, Madonna's most recent LP, 2015's Rebel Heart, has sold 238,000. Her career album sales in the Nielsen era stand at 28.5 million, making her the 34th-best-selling album artist in that 25-year-plus span. She ranks at No. 7 among women in the stretch; Mariah Carey leads with 55 million, followed by Celine Dion (52.6 million), 2016 Billboard Women in Music Icon award-winner Shania Twain (34.7 million), Britney Spears (33.5 million), Reba McEntire (30.5 million) and Taylor Swift (29.8 million). (Next up after Madonna among female soloists? New age queen Enya, at 27.3 million.)
Among all acts, Carey ranks fourth (and Dion, fifth), below Garth Brooks (71.1 million), The Beatles (68 million) and Metallica (56.8 million).
Looking at Madonna's digital song sales (since Nielsen began tracking downloads in 2003), 2008's "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, leads with 3.1 million sold. She boasts two other million-selling downloads: 2005's "Hung Up" (1.4 million) and her 1989 classic "Like a Prayer" (1.1 million).
Speaking of those years when Madonna released her earlier material, The Immaculate Collection sports the highest certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) among her catalog: Diamond, representing 10 million shipped. 1984's Like a Virgin is also certified Diamond for 10 million. Following are 1986's True Blue (7-times Platinum); Evita (5-times Platinum); and Ray of Light and Like a Prayer (each 4-times Platinum).
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...er-album-sales
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Her post-Immaculate sales are a bit disappointing I'd say, considering that only Ray of Light sold over 3M
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I did not know LAP had sold that much in digital sales.
Truly her biggest classic
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She's always been huge worldwide.
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YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I was waiting for this info lemme look and see how much Hard Grammy has sold thanks to my promo
Edit: Hmmmmm Hard Grammy has sold 7,000 units in the US since 2012, oh well one day it will be plat 
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Pfff America truly dumped her as soon as she got political.
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Looking at Madonna's digital song sales (since Nielsen began tracking downloads in 2003), 2008's "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake, leads with 3.1 million sold. She boasts two other million-selling downloads: 2005's "Hung Up" (1.4 million) and her 1989 classic "Like a Prayer" (1.1 million).
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The whole club sale and pre sound scan era is a mess. Some albums are certified 8x plantinum but actually sold 5 million. OT: queen!
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I am surprised Erotica & Confessions haven't even sold 2M, and Something to Remember + Evita have barely. 
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Confessions on a Dance Floor's sales are kinda underwhelming, but she slayed the Europe and other parts of the world with the album and Hung Up, so it's okay I guess.
Queen of pop.
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Originally posted by iHype.
I am surprised Erotica & Confessions haven't even sold 2M, and Something to Remember + Evita have barely. |
Well Erotica was her first flop/huge backlash/lacked any real hit in the US/ it is expected. As for Confessions well, American Life ended her US career so....... I'm surprised it's almost 2x Plat, I mean didn't Hung Up only spend 2 weeks in the top 10? 
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Wait so Hard Grammy has sold more than American Life? Interesting.
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wow.. I had no idea the U.S. Kylie'd her from the industry
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Damn, where can we get her sales pre - Soundscan ?
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This is lower than I would have expected 
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Did Like a Virgin go diamond at least?
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Bedtime Stories being within her top 5 selling albums
I don't wanna see anymore slander towards that album when it's sold more than some of her other albums that y'all hype up 
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Her US sales have been disappointing since Erotica.
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5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (1990);
3,891,000, Ray of Light (1998);
2,934,000, Music (2000);
2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (1994);
2,102,000, Something to Remember (1995)
2,025,000, Evita (soundtrack) (1996);
1,905,000, Erotica (1992);
1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005);
1,397,000, GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001);
751,000, Hard Candy (2008)
Adele will probably snatch her with A4
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Originally posted by Cz!
Did Like a Virgin go diamond at least?
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Yes, Like a Virgin and The Immaculate Collection are both Diamond.
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