[brIt-()nstar]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

That number is inflated. On UKMIX MJD and even a big Christina stan chart tracker has her debut at 12m. Stripped did better outside the US than her debut did.

Doubt that. Someone who sold 8M copies in America shouldn't sell 4M copies overseas.

[satellites.™]

Originally posted by ririgagalover

Wow, Billboard should just track everything or something so we don't have to go through this "Estimation" mess.

Billboard and Nielsen are American though, the IFPI tracks global sales but only yearly.

[Louie]

Originally posted by ririgagalover

Wow, Billboard should just track everything or something so we don't have to go through this "Estimation" mess.

No one outside of ATRL gives a **** about this mess.

[Nicole]

Originally posted by satellites™

There are no cards to play, the only reason The Fame has huge numbers is because she released The Fame Monster with it, separately they sold like what 8 and 6 million or 7 and 7?

If BTW can survive until the holidays, which is looking increasingly difficult, she should be able to do 6M+ w/o a re-release when all is said and done.

Originally posted by Louie

No one outside of ATRL gives a **** about this mess.

The general public doesn't care, but album sales are still important. Album sales and Grammys are the first things mentioned when presenting a singer.

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by satellites™

There are no cards to play, the only reason The Fame has huge numbers is because she released The Fame Monster with it, separately they sold like what 8 and 6 million or 7 and 7?

Pretty much. BTW will not see a sizable drop-off in sales from the previous two albums.

[Chrïs.]

Originally posted by satellites™

There are no cards to play, the only reason The Fame has huge numbers is because she released The Fame Monster with it, separately they sold like what 8 and 6 million or 7 and 7?

I think they would've ended (would end) with something like this;

The Fame: 7 million.

The Fame Monster: 8 million.

[Chemist]

Originally posted by Louie

What?

follow-up to 2005's groundbreaking one-two punch comprised of Fijacion Oral, Volume 1 and Oral Fixation, Volume 2—a pair of albums which combined to sell over 12 million copies worldwide

It's in her official website

[Britneyfan09]

Originally posted by brit_onstar*

Doubt that. Someone who sold 8M copies in America shouldn't sell 4M copies overseas.

Well she sold about 9m+ albums in the US with her debut but her worldwide breakthrough was really with Stripped. CA didn't do all that great outside the US. I'd say 13m for her debut with 14m being the absolute max.

[satellites.™]

Originally posted by Lipton

Plenty is a relative term especially with the other artists being discussed in here like Britney, Christina, and Shakira.

Let's not, because their biggest sales are all before Beyonce went solo in which she was also selling huge with them at the time.

Destiny's Child - 3 Million
The Writings On The Wall - 13.5 Million
Survivor - 10.5 Million
.....
solo time

[brIt-()nstar]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

Pretty much. BTW will not see a sizable drop-off in sales from the previous two albums.

Oh.

[Lasers]

Britney was such a force

WOW

[Louie]

Originally posted by Chris101

Um?

TF and TFM would've sold ~7-8 million each without rerelease. And BTW will end up with ~6.5-7 million so I don't get your point.

Didn't The Fame Monster sell less than 4 million alone?

[Chemist]

Originally posted by satellites™

Billboard and Nielsen are American though, the IFPI tracks global sales but only yearly.

IFPI only publishes like a top 10 tho. Mess

[Drais.]

Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole

What source was used for those early Britney, Xtina & Beyonce albums?

Back then record labels had a tendency to keep the fans updated with all the album sales on their official sites.

UKmix/Pulse, and every now and then whenever Billboard does an article on an artist they might mention how much that their previous albums sold WW.

[Robert]

Avril Lavigne (I know you didn't list her but she's still a major pop star)
Let Go-16 Million
Under My Skin-10 million
The Best Damn Thing-6 Million
Goodbye Lullaby-1-1.5 Million

Beyonce
Dangerously In Love-13 Million
B'day-7 Million
IA... SF-6 Million
4-1.5 million (i think)

Ke$ha
Animal-2.5 million
Cannibal-500k

P!nk
Can't Take Me Home-3 million (I think)
Misundaztood-13 million
Try This-3 million (although this could just be shipments)
Im not Dead-6.5 million
Fun House-6.5 million
GH.. SF-3 million (approximately)

[Britneyfan09]

I wish the IFPI released a list of the Top 50 best selling female acts in history with a section for albums, singles, DVDs, ringtones, etc. It'd be the perfect ultimate receipt for the stans.

[Lipton]

Originally posted by satellites™

Let's not.
.....
solo time

Right.

[Chemist]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

I wish the IFPI released a list of the Top 50 best selling female acts in history with a section for albums, singles, DVDs, ringtones, etc. It'd be the perfect ultimate receipt for the stans.

That would be so amazing!

[Drais.]

Originally posted by Lipton

Plenty is a relative term especially with the other artists being discussed in here like Britney, Christina, and Shakira.

Yet their consistency says otherwise. Oops at you being reported. Now stop trolling, you're getting on my nerves.

Originally posted by satellites™

Let's not, because their biggest sales are all before Beyonce went solo in which she was also selling huge with them at the time.

Destiny's Child - 3 Million
The Writings On The Wall - 13.5 Million
Survivor - 10.5 Million
.....
solo time

[Britneyfan09]

Originally posted by Chemist

That would be so amazing!

All the stanbases need to unite and make it a trending topic or something. We can make it happen.