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Originally posted by Eternium
Shania was considerably bigger. Her hold on the U.S. and Canada outweighed Adele's global pull.
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Get real.
United States ONLY.
Best-Selling Albums of the Decade 1990s
Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,542,393
Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 12,110,660
Metallica / Metallica ~ 11,715,533
The Bodyguard / Soundtrack (Whitney Houston) ~ 11,605,690
Falling into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,224,282
Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish ~ 9,817,666
Titanic / Soundtrack (Celine Dion) ~ 9,806,175
Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,445,732
Ropin' the Wind / Garth Brooks ~ 9,370,863
Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,258,265
Best-Selling Albums of the Decade 2010s
21 / Adele ~ 11,058,000
1989 / Taylor Swift ~ 5,100,000
Recovery / Eminem ~ 4,644,000
Speak Now / Taylor Swift ~ 4,460,000
Red / Taylor Swift ~ 4,129,000
Need You Now / Lady Antebellum ~ 4,077,000
Frozen / Various Artists - 3,864,000
Christmas / Michael Buble ~ 3,731,000
My World 2.0 / Justin Bieber ~ 3,341,000
Sign No More / Mumford & Sons ~ 3,173,000
21
24 weeks at #1
81 weeks in Top 10 (still charting)
244 weeks in Top 200 (still charting)
7 Grammys, including AOTY
#2 Selling Digital Single of All Time in the U.S. (soon to be #1)
Rolling In The Deep named 31st biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard
Top 3 singles peaked at #1, #1, #1, all for multiple weeks
Come On Over
0 weeks at #1
54 weeks in Top 10
151 weeks in Top 200
5 Grammys, no AOTY
You're Still The One named 77th biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard.
No notable single sales achievements
Top 3 singles peaked at #2, #4, #7
