I made a little research today after we got Christina's record sales and shipment receipts from an insider from RCA not so long time ago. Surprisingly, those receipts turned out to be correct, especially when you look at single sales, at least according to Mediatraffic they were absolutely identical. But well, here we go.
SINGLES
Genie In A Bottle - 7.508.000
What a Girl Wants - 4.267.000
Come On Over (All I Wants Is You) - 3.171.000
I Turn To You - 1.490.000
Lady Marmalade - 5.428.000
Nobody Wants To Be Lonely - 3.857.000
Beautiful - 4.626.000
Fighter - 2.640.000
Can't Hold Us Down - 2.523.000
Dirrty - 2.375.000
The Voice Within - 1.300.000
Car Wash - 1.167.000
Ain't No Other Man - 4.242.000
Hurt - 3.484.000
Slow Down Baby - 120.000
Candyman - 1.623.000
Keeps Gettin' Better - 1.803.000
Not Myself Tonight - 834.000
WooHoo - 130.000
You Lost Me - 250.000
http://www.mediatraffic.de/countdown1999.htm
http://www.mediatraffic.de/countdown2000.htm
http://www.mediatraffic.de/countdown2001.htm
http://www.mediatraffic.de/singles-2003.htm
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2006.htm
http://www.billboard.com/news/exclus...05056462.story
ALBUMS
Christina Aguilera - 17.200.000
Mi Reflejo - 5.000.000
My Kind Of Christmas - 6.000.020 *
Stripped - 13.300.201
Back To Basics - 5.000.003
Keeps Gettin' Better - 1.003.000
Bionic - 1.000.000 *
Burlesque - 775.000 *
* Shipments
Album Sales: 50 Million
Single Sales: 52 Million
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Record Sales: 102 Million
Confirms 16 million for debut album | 12 million for Stripped
http://www.coca-coladome.co.za/press...stina-aguilera
Confirms that Mi Reflejo has sold 5 million copies worldwide
http://paratodos.com/pt/?p=3001
Confirms that My Kind Of Christmas has sold 6 million copies worldwide
http://twitter.com/#!/RCAPromo/status/18401261879562240
Confirms 46 million
albums sold worldwide by her label via press release. Some sources vary between 42-43 million
http://www.rcamusicgroup.com/news/ch...n-music-awards
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...-on-abc/69065/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...he-market.html
http://music.msn.com/music/features/...era/?GT1=28129
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035166
http://collegecandy.com/2010/06/09/f...acklash-begin/
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...46&newsLang=en
However, RCA sent out a press release with the release of Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits, that states she has sold 25 million albums. This has been proven wrong by themselves 2 years later with the release of Bionic, when they stated in another press release that she has sold 30 million albums.
http://www.myspace.com/christinaaguilera
http://www.rcamusicgrouppress.com/in...stina_Aguilera
There is no way she sold 5 million albums in that short amount of time, when A Decade Of Hits barely sold a million until now. Those press releases were probably made by amateurs and are therefore invalid. Whatever people want to think about how many records she has sold, if it's 60 million records or if it's 100 million records, those are the best receipts I could find
for now and they all confirm that she has sold about 50 million albums worldwide. When you count in the single sales which are coming from mediatraffic and they seem very reliable, she has very well sold a bit more or less than 100 million albums and singles worldwide.