- Half of 'TFM' era: 2M albums sold + 13M singles (Telephone+Alejandro)
- 'BTW' era: 6M albums sold + 15M singles
- #1s = 1 in the US (BTW) + 1 in the UK (Telephone) + 3 WW (BR+Telephone+BTW)
TOTAL: 8M albums sold + 28M singles sold + 5 #1s
ADELE:
Since 2010:
- Half of '19' era's sales: 3M albums sold + 3M singles (MYFML+catalog sales)
- '21' era: 25M albums sold + 31M singles
- #1s = 3 in the US (RITD+SLY+SFTTR) + 1 in the UK (SLY) + 1WW (RITD)
TOTAL: 28M albums sold + 34M singles sold + 5 #1s
RIHANNA:
Since 2010:
- Half of 'RR' era: 1.5M albums sold + 9M singles (H+RB+RS101+TA)
- 'LOUD' era: 6.5M albums sold + 25M singles
- 'TTT' era: 3M albums sold + 17M singles
- #1s = 6 in the US (RB+LTWYL+OG+WMN+S&M+WFL) + 3 in the UK (OG+WMN+WFL) + 5 WW (RB+LTWYL+OG+S&M+WFL)
TOTAL: 11M albums sold + 51M singles sold + 14 #1s
KATY PERRY:
Since 2010:
- 'TD'+'TD:TCC' era: 5.8M albums sold + 45M singles
- #1s = 6 in the US (CG+TD+FW+ET+LFN+PoM) + 2 in the UK (CG+PoM) + 3 WW (CG+FW+ET)
TOTAL: 5.8M albums sold + 45M singles sold + 11 #1s
JESSIE J! Why did you forget her?! WYA sold 2.5M, she had 2 #1s and sold out The O2 Arena twice with only one album out. Also she's met Katy Perry. And also people wear Jessie J t-shirts...
JESSIE J! Why did you forget her?! WYA sold 2.5M, she had 2 #1 and sold out The O2 Arena twice with only one album out. Also she's met Katy Perry.
I didnt forget her.
I just put the biggest 4 this last 3 years. Jessie was big but cannot match those numbers. Also Beyonce and Nicki and Kesha cant... that's why they arent included
Adele CLEARLY on the basis of music sales.Now don't do singles sales vs album sales,just calculate her total gross from those sales.I mean,how can anyone even vote for another option.
I think that if one of these ladies reigns supreme over the others, it's only by the shade of a fraction. They all seem pretty equally massive to me.
I know Adele has the others beat in the sales department, so that might make her seem like the obvious winner to some. But high sales alone do not a queen make. You have to consider everything. At the crux of it all, I don't think she's anywhere near the others in terms of media attention or cultural relevance, so I'd say that kind of evens things out.
I'm thinking GaGa will end up becoming something of a barometer for this time period, so she gets my vote. I think she'll be the most memorable. And I'm not being biased... I don't even care for her that much, but she's the only one who I think of as a real phenomenon.