Top 10 Best-Selling Albums by a Female Artist Ever
Note! These are estimated retail sales not shipments (that are often used in Wikipedia, the Guinness Book of World Records and press releases by the record labels)!
[1. Whitney Houston - (Soundtrack) The Bodyguard -- 38-39 million copies sold (-> Whitney was 29 at the time of the album release in 1992)]
2. Shania Twain - Come On Over -- 37 million copies sold (-> Shania was 32 at the time of the album release in 1997)
3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill -- 32-33 million copies sold (-> Alanis was 21 at the time of the album release in 1995)
4. Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love -- 30 million copies sold (-> Celine was 29 at the time of the album release in 1997)
5. Celine Dion - Falling Into You -- 28-29 million copies sold (-> Celine was 27 at the time of the album release in 1996)
6. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection -- 25-26 million copies sold (-> Madonna was 32 at the time of the album release in 1990)
7. Mariah Carey - Music Box -- 25-26 million copies sold (-> Mariah was 23 at the time of the album release in 1993)
8. Adele - 21 -- 24-25 million copies sold (-> Adele was 22 at the time of the album release, last year, in 2011)
9. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time -- 24-25 million copies sold (-> Britney was 17 at the time of the album release in 1999)
10. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston -- 22-23 million copies sold (-> Whitney was 21 at the time of the album release in 1985)
@ the legends on this list minus one
flop receipts 
