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Music News: Best Selling Female Artists In United States
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Best Selling Female Artists In United States
Best-Selling Female Artists In United States Of All Time
1-Barbra Streısand 71m
2-Madonna 63.5m
3-Mariah Carey 62.5m
4-Whitney Houstan 54m
5-Celine Dion 50m
6-Fleetwood Mac 48.5m
7-Shania Twain 48m
8-Britney Spears 32m
9-Dixie Chicks 30.5m
10-Linda Ronstadt 30m
Other ''popular female artist'' total sales in USA (Over 10 million )
Janet Jackson - 26m
TLC - 22m
Toni Braxton - 19.25m
Destinys Child - 17.5m
Mary J Blige - 18m
Norah Jones - 16m
Sherly Crow - 16m
Gloria Estefan - 15.5m
No Doubt - 15m
Christina Aguilera - 14.5m
Alicia Keys - 14m
Jennifer Lopez - 11m
Spice Girls - 11m
Avril Lavigne - 10.25m
Edit:If you wonder all list :
11 . Enya
12 . Janet Jackson
13 . Faith Hill
14 . TLC
15 . Alanis Morissette
16 . Toni Braxton
17 . Sarah Mc Lachlan
18 . Jewel
19 . Mary J. Blige
20 . Destiny's Child/ Beyonce Knowles
21 . Amy Grant
22 . Leann Rimes
23 . Sheryl Crow
24 . Norah Jones
25 . Janis Joplin
26 . Gloria Estefan
27 . Patsy Cline
28 . Anne Murray
29 . Christina Aguilera
30 . Carole King
31 . Alicia Keys
32 . Martina Mc Bride
33 . Olivia Newton-john
34 . Natalie Cole
35 . Melissa Etheridge
36 . Tracy Chapman
37 . Trisha Yearwood
38 . Cher
39 . Anita Baker
40 . Bette Midler
41 . Paula Abdul
42 . Spice Girls
43 . Jennifer Lopez
44 . Brandy
45 . Avril Lavigne
Source:RIAA&Billboard
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is no doubt a female artist? as well as Fleetwood Mac? (not mac fleetwood)
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There can't be a "world" best selling female artist in the "US". LOL. You mean best selling female artist.
And this is like the 20th thread like this.
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^^^its impossible that those artists have sold that many in the US alone yo. thats impossible. So i guess its worldwide. And if its worldwide. WHY ISN"T BEYONCE AND RIHANNA ON THIS LIST?
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Originally posted by RnBsupastar09
^^^its impossible that those artists have sold that many in the US alone yo. thats impossible. So i guess its worldwide. And if its worldwide. WHY ISN"T BEYONCE AND RIHANNA ON THIS LIST?
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No it's not impossible. These are US sales, the person just titled it wrong.
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how could mariah sell 60+ million in the US alone?
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Um. Janet Jackson sold (US)...
-1,000,000+ with Janet Jackson
-1,000,000+ with Dream Street
-5,000,000+ with Control
-7,000,000+ with Rhythm Nation 1814
-7,000,000+ with Janet.
-2,000,000+ with Design of a Decade 1986/1996
-3,000,000+ with The Velvet Rope
-3,000,000+ with All for You
-2,000,000+ with Damita Jo
-1,000,000+ with 20 Y.O.
-400,000+ with Discipline
That puts her at about 33,000,000 for those who can't add.
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You're exaggerating. "Damita Jo" sold a little less or a little over 1,000,000 copies, last registered numbers I saw were 990,000. "20 Y.O." copped out around 670k I believe. The others I'm not sure if their legit, but the last few I know are incorrect.
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
You're exaggerating. "Damita Jo" sold a little less or a little over 1,000,000 copies, last registered numbers I saw were 990,000. "20 Y.O." copped out around 670k I believe. The others I'm not sure if their legit, but the last few I know are incorrect.
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DJ and 20 YO are the only ones I used Wiki for but I think it's true because they're certified by the RIAA (DJ 2X and 20 1X).
And even if what you're saying is true she still sold over 30M.
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
Um. Janet Jackson sold (US)...
-1,000,000+ with Janet Jackson
-1,000,000+ with Dream Street
-5,000,000+ with Control
-7,000,000+ with Rhythm Nation 1814
-7,000,000+ with Janet.
-2,000,000+ with Design of a Decade 1986/1996
-3,000,000+ with The Velvet Rope
-3,000,000+ with All for You
-2,000,000+ with Damita Jo
-1,000,000+ with 20 Y.O.
-400,000+ with Discipline
That puts her at about 33,000,000 for those who can't add.
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"Janet Jackson" -- Peak: #63 | Spent 8 weeks on the chart
"Dream Street" -- Peak: #147 | Spent 6 weeks on the chart
^^Both of those sold under 500k worldwide, so those numbers are DEFINITELY wrong.
So in reality, Janet has sold a little over 25,000,000. Not 33 million.
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I looked them both up! Google! They have both sold 1,000,000 in the US to date! I was surprised too, but it's true. They have become collector's items to Janet fans.
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
-2,000,000+ with Damita Jo
-1,000,000+ with 20 Y.O.
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Yeah, right.
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Aw, ****, you're right about DJ. It sold 2.4 WW but only 1 in the US.
FINE, I will concede she's not in the top ten, but she's bubbling under. And she put out far less high-selling albums than Mariah and Madonna so it's pretty impressive.
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I just knew her total sales because I know Britney has sold about 8 million more than her in the United States.
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We're talking US. The starter was just slow while typing.
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Quote:
Originally posted by RnBsupastar09
^^^its impossible that those artists have sold that many in the US alone yo. thats impossible. So i guess its worldwide. And if its worldwide. WHY ISN"T BEYONCE AND RIHANNA ON THIS LIST?
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HA.HA.HA.
and no, itīs US sales
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