There's pretty much no reliable source for WW sales (especially when piracy runs rampant in huge population centers like China and West Africa), but Mediatraffic is the closest thing to the most accurate information. Labels generally report shipments, and the media has a habit of exaggerating (see: the claims that Elvis and the Beatles have sold 1bn+/Michael Jackson has sold 750M+ records, for example ).
IFPI is the closest thing to an official source but even they report shipments for albums, not sales.
KELLY CLARKSON
TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
STRONGER
ON OCTOBER 25TH
KELLY TO HOST LIVE WEBCAST AUGUST 30TH AT HYPERLINK "http://WWW.KELLYCLARKSON.COM" WWW.KELLYCLARKSON.COM TO DEBUT FIRST SINGLE
“MR. KNOW IT ALL”
LAUNCHING AT RADIO DIRECTLY AFTER WEBCAST
SINGLE ON SALE AT ALL DIGITAL MUSIC STORES ON SEPTEMBER 5TH
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Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has released 4 studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted), sold over 20 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had 7 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.* She is the recipient of 2 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Awards and 11 Billboard Awards.* Clarkson’s last effort, 2009’s All I Ever Wanted debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and produced the smash singles*“My Life Would Suck Without You”*and “Already Gone.”
Madonna - 10 Million
Like a Virgin - 21 Million
True Blue - 25 Million
Like a Prayer - 15 Million
Erotica - 5 Million
Bedtime Stories - 6 Million
Ray of Light - 16 Million
Music - 11 Million
American Life - 4 Million
Confessions on a Dance Floor - 10 Million
Hard Candy - 4 Million
Who's that Girl - 5 Million
I'm Breathless - 7 Million
Evita - 11 Million
You Can Dance - 5 Million
The Immaculate Collection - 30 Million
Something to Remember - 9 Million
GHV2 - 7 Million
Remixed & Revisited - 115,000
Celebration - 1.2 Million
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret - 150,000
The Confessions Tour - 1.2 Million
Sticky and Sweet Tour - 100,000
Madonna - 10 Million
Like a Virgin - 21 Million
True Blue - 25 Million
Like a Prayer - 15 Million
Erotica - 5 Million
Bedtime Stories - 6 Million
Ray of Light - 16 Million
Music - 11 Million
American Life - 4 Million
Confessions on a Dance Floor - 10 Million
Hard Candy - 4 Million
Who's that Girl - 5 Million
I'm Breathless - 7 Million
Evita - 11 Million
You Can Dance - 5 Million
The Immaculate Collection - 30 Million
Something to Remember - 9 Million
GHV2 - 7 Million
Remixed & Revisited - 115,000
Celebration - 1.2 Million
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret - 150,000
The Confessions Tour - 1.2 Million
Sticky and Sweet Tour - 100,000
Girls' Generation/Baby Baby - 279,000
Oh!/Run Devil Run - 393,000
Into the New World Live Album - 95,000
Hoot Special Edition (JPN) - 148,000
Girls' Generation (JPN) - 819,000 (JPN), 25,000 (KOR)
The Boys - 402,000 (KOR), 102,000 (JPN), 26,000 (Taiwan)
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