[greeneyedsoul]

Originally posted by iHype.

It's based off certifications.

Avril's first three albums are certified Million and Girlfriend also, that alone is 4M in certified sales....

[Black Umbrella]

Lies. Avril must be 2# on the list. She is the biggest western female artist in Japan since her debut & the second overall.

Let Go: 1,200,000 (Million)
Under My Skin: 1,100,000 (Million)
The Best Damn Thing: 1,000,000 (Million)
Goodbye Lullaby: 420,000 (Platinum)
Avril Lavigne: 185,000 (Gold)

My World: 150,000 (Gold)
Live At Budokan: 150,000 (Gold)
The Best Damn Tour: 50,000
Essential Mixes: 12,000

Complicated: 100,000 (Gold)
Sk8er Boi: 80,000
Japan: 50,000
Losing Grip: 10,000
Don't Tell Me: 90,000
My Happy Ending: 70,000
Nobody's Home: 50,000
He Wasn't: 40,000
Girlfriend: 2,000,000 (Diamond)
When You're Gone: 100,000 (Gold)
Hot: 50,000
The Best Damn Thing: 50,000
Alice: 300,000 (Platinum)
What The Hell: 700,000 (2x Platinum)
Smile: 100,000 (Gold)
Push: 4,000
Wish You Were Here: 50,000
Bad Reputation: 100,000 (Gold)
How You Remind Me: 50,000
Here's to Never Growing Up: 80,000
Rock N Roll: 100,000 (Gold)
Hello Kitty: 2,000

[emmanuel_punk]

FAIL.

Avril is the queen of Japan she should be #2 or #3 at least and they dont even include her?

Who made this? Someone def not from Japan lolll

[Bang Up]

Gaga being the only contemporary popstar. She will pass Madonna soon too!

Japan's taste is so random when it comes to foreigners, though. Celine Dion? Gaga? Janet?

Edit: Despite it being said ten times, at Avril fans not getting the "based on certifications" part. Avril needs to get her sales certified and she'll be added. Sorry about it!

[Black Umbrella]

Originally posted by emmanuel_punk

FAIL.

Avril is the newest queen of Japan she should be #3 and they dont even include her

Who made this?

2#

[Black Umbrella]

Originally posted by Bang Up

Gaga being the only contemporary popstar. She will pass Madonna soon too!

Japan's taste is so random when it comes to foreigners, though. Celine Dion? Gaga? Janet?

Edit: Despite it being said ten times, at Avril fans not getting the "based on certifications" part. Avril needs to get her sales certified and she'll be added. Sorry about it!

Bitch even with her certified albums/singles she's still sold 6 millions. Overall she's at 9.5 millions.

[Rusty]

Japan are FLOPS for certifications.

MJ rant

Flops for not certifying Thriller and Bad past 100K, Dangerous past 400K and likely terrible numbers for all his other major releases. According to MJDangerous at UKMix:

Thriller is 2.7M+ pre-2009
Bad is 1.2M pre-2009
Dangerous is ~1M pre-2009
HIStory is 800K pre-2009
King of Pop is ~600K
Off The Wall is ~600K
This Is It is ~500K
Number Ones is ~350K pre-2009
BOTDF is ~200K pre-2009
Essential Michael Jackson is ~150K pre-2009
Total for these albums alone: 8.1M. His total album sales there are likely over 9M without updated numbers for his major release since his death which would add another 1M+ easily. The fact that he did these numbers mostly from 1982-1991 releases before the market expanded massively

[Squall]

Originally posted by Black Umbrella

Bitch even with her certified albums/singles she's still sold 6 millions. Overall she's at 9.5 millions.

Tell him

[idkher]

Mariah being further confirmed as the most successful female artist of all time Her sales throughout the rest of Asia are massive as well