Best-selling female artists of Soundscan era
Updated: Taylor's number.
I gathered receipts of Soundscan numbers from UK Mix, Pulse Music Board and the Billboard articles I found. Here are the top 29:
1) Mariah Carey (54,209,000)
2) Celine Dion (52,129,000)
3) Shania Twain (34,250,000)
4) Britney Spears (33,300,000)
5) Reba McEntire (30,118,000)
6) Madonna (28,200,000)
7) Taylor Swift (27,740,000)
8) Dixie Chicks (27,200,000)
9) Whitney Houston (26,716,000)
10) Enya (26,623,000)
11) Mary J Blige (24,500,000)
12) Cher (22,411,000)
13) LeAnn Rimes (21,650,000)
14) Alanis Morssiette (20,658,000)
15) Faith Hill (20,105,000)
16) Janet Jackson (20,092,931)
17) Norah Jones (19,100,000)
18) Alicia Keys (18,400,000)
19) Christina Aguilera (17,900,000)
20) Destiny's Child (17,383,000)
21) Pink (16,200,000)
22) TLC (15,600,000) [Outdated Receipt]
23) Miley Cyrus (15,900,000) *
24) Beyonce (15,800,000)
25) Carrie Underwood (14,700,000)
26) Adele (13,720,000)
27) Kelly Clarkson (13,500,000)
28) Jennifer Lopez (12,400,000)
29) Avril Lavigne (12,305,000)
*Includes sales from the Hannah Montana albums, which are considered by Billboard to be part of her total sales.
There are so many artists under 12 million, it would be hard to remember all of them and find their sales. All I know is Rihanna is at 10 million (finally). Thanks
