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Stats: Britney Spears: The Receipts
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So 80M based on outdated certifications alone. 
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Yeah, that would be the other thing that I didn't bring up - the fact that her certifications aren't all up to date. Alas, their saying that official sales for her physical singles and albums doesn't exceed 80M is wrong, since they didn't take into account the lack of certifications for many of her singles and albums. But still a great way of being able to approximate it better.
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Found an accurate source confirming 80M units for Britney based on certifications. I believe it includes singles (physical). It explicitly mentions the exclusion of all digital sales for both her albums and singles. It's also very recent, posted a week or two ago.
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We can definitely conclude that Britney is the sixth best-selling female of all time (Madonna, Mariah, Celine, Whitney and Barbra are ahead of her, in that order) and the only artist on that list (along with Eminem) that debuted after 1990.
It does exclude some prominent artists in the list, but they stated that it was a result of poor tracking or certification of sales, making any sales claims for those artists unreliable. So this list is totally based on reliable sources and NOT label claims. |
If we look at physical certifications for Britney's single sales, they should be around 8 or 9M WW.
On the flipside, Barbra Streisand has about 12 or 13M in certified physical single sales, I believe. Britney has sold more albums than her, just barely, but she is still one of the greatest.
On a side note, did you know that "Woman In Love" was a heavy influence on "Oops!...I Did It Again?"
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Found an accurate source confirming 80M units for Britney based on certifications. I believe it includes singles (physical). It explicitly mentions the exclusion of all digital sales for both her albums and singles. It's also very recent, posted a week or two ago.
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We can definitely conclude that Britney is the sixth best-selling female of all time (Madonna, Mariah, Celine, Whitney and Barbra are ahead of her, in that order) and the only artist on that list (along with Eminem) that debuted after 1990.
It does exclude some prominent artists in the list, but they stated that it was a result of poor tracking or certification of sales, making any sales claims for those artists unreliable. So this list is totally based on reliable sources and NOT label claims. |
Well yes but she's heavily undercertified.
She is undercertified by 4M alone in the US for albums
30m+ for singles in the US.
I'm aware of Madonna, Celine and Mariah's sales but what are Whitney and barbras for it to constantly be flip flopping with Britney.
How far apart are these three legends
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So 80M based on outdated certifications alone. |
True. I don't know why fans are trying to discount the fact that she's sold over 100M albums and 90M+ singles 
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Yeah, that would be the other thing that I didn't bring up - the fact that her certifications aren't all up to date. Alas, their saying that official sales for her physical singles and albums doesn't exceed 80M is wrong, since they didn't take into account the lack of certifications for many of her singles and albums. But still a great way of being able to approximate it better. |
So that means they are still estimates.
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True. I don't know why fans are trying to discount the fact that she's sold over 100M albums and 90M+ singles . |
She's sold 85M+ albums, 80M is just a number based on outdated certifications and 100M is label inflation.
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Yeah, that would be the other thing that I didn't bring up - the fact that her certifications aren't all up to date. Alas, their saying that official sales for her physical singles and albums doesn't exceed 80M is wrong, since they didn't take into account the lack of certifications for many of her singles and albums. But still a great way of being able to approximate it better. |
Completely irrelevant but how shania isnt on the list? She has 3 diaminds certification s in usa alone..
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Originally posted by Work Bitch
She's sold 85M+ albums, 80M is just a number based on outdated certifications and 100M is label inflation.
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Nope. Even her press releases during FF era said her album sales were approaching 90M.
Sales are 85M+ most likely 88M or so.
Shipments are 100M+ so for marketing purposes they go with the ones that have been sent to stores.
It's what they all do.
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Originally posted by Eternium
If we look at physical certifications for Britney's single sales, they should be around 8 or 9M WW.
On the flipside, Barbra Streisand has about 12 or 13M in certified physical single sales, I believe. Britney has sold more albums than her, just barely, but she is still one of the greatest.
On a side note, did you know that "Woman In Love" was a heavy influence on "Oops!...I Did It Again?"
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Barbra has sold upwards of 70m units in the US, according to RIAA. It's not hard to believe that if you factor in WW sales, she's above Britney in album sales. I know you place Britney as 5th most successful female w/ Madonna, Mariah, Whitney and Celine ahead of her, but I definitely would place Barbra ahead of Britney, especially with over 40 years of sales vs. 16.
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Barbra has sold upwards of 70m units in the US, according to RIAA. It's not hard to believe that if you factor in WW sales, she's above Britney in album sales. I know you place Britney as 5th most successful female w/ Madonna, Mariah, Whitney and Celine ahead of her, but I definitely would place Barbra ahead of Britney, especially with over 40 years of sales vs. 16.
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But Britney is the 5th most successful based on albums and singles and dvds and ringtones.
If you look at Barbras discography she hasn't had a 30M album shipper.
She has a few 5x platinum shipped albums but many of her albums are platinum or 2x platinum it's just she has alot of albums.
None showing massive WW sales and out of all the singles she released barely 1/4 are platinum and gold so...
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I bought the Essential Britney Spears yesterday. 
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Originally posted by Kyle-x
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I bought the Essential Britney Spears yesterday. |
+1 I bought BITM2 for the first time. Getting her to 100M albums sold by any means necessary.
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The true Queen of Pop and a living legend 
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Originally posted by Eternium
On a side note, did you know that "Woman In Love" was a heavy influence on "Oops!...I Did It Again?"
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I can kind of hear the similarities, both are flawless pop songs.
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
Barbra has sold upwards of 70m units in the US, according to RIAA. It's not hard to believe that if you factor in WW sales, she's above Britney in album sales. I know you place Britney as 5th most successful female w/ Madonna, Mariah, Whitney and Celine ahead of her, but I definitely would place Barbra ahead of Britney, especially with over 40 years of sales vs. 16.
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Barbra's global sales were less than stellar. "Woman in Love" was one of the biggest global hits ever (it only missed #1 in one country, where it was #2) and after that she became a huge worldwide act (i.e. anglosphere) but before that she was really only charting in the U.S., where she was only a moderate hit until "The Way We Were" came out in 1964.
I'd put her album sales in the same area as Britney's but Britney's TEAs are considerably greater. I generally rank Barbra Streisand as the sixth best-selling female artist of all-time, right below Britney. I may make a receipts thread for her just so we can have the info.
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Originally posted by coddiecollins
Completely irrelevant but how shania isnt on the list? She has 3 diaminds certification s in usa alone..
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Her Diamond certification (actually 11x Platinum, Diamond is 10x Platinum) for Up! only signifies sales of 5 million copies (well, 5.5 million copies for 11x Platinum). Up! was a double disc album and RIAA doubles certifications for double disc albums. It's Nielsen Soundscan numbers are 5,413,335 as of March 23rd, 2013.
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Originally posted by slw84
+1 I bought BITM2 for the first time. Getting her to 100M albums sold by any means necessary.
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I love when we play this game. I need to go buy BITM2 for the first time  I never could find a physical.
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Originally posted by bsdoacao3
just making an extra post with sales and certifications we have, everybody can help
 SINGLES
...BABY ONE MORE TIME ERA
...Baby One More Time
US: 2,011,000 (600,000 Digital + 1,411,000 Physical)
UK: 1,532,000
Germany: 780,000
France: 600,000
Canada: 55,000
Australia: 250,000
Netherlands: 120,000
Belgium: 150,000
Switzerland: 50,000
Austria: 50,000
Sweden: 70,000
New Zealand: 25,000
Norway: 50,000
5,782,000
...Sometimes
US: 103,000 (100,000 Digital + 3,000 Physical)
UK: 455,000
Germany: 220,000
France: 150,000
Canada: 14,000
Australia: 90,000
Netherlands: 60,000
Belgium: 50,000
New Zealand: 7,500
Sweden: 30,000
1,179,500
(You Drive Me) Crazy
US: 150,000
Japan: 5,330 (Physical)
UK: 290,000
Germany: 300,000
France: 410,000
Canada: 22,000
Australia: 90,000
Sweden: 50,000
New Zealand: 7,500
Belgium: 50,000
Netherlands: 45,000
1,419,830
Born To Make You Happy
US: 50,000
UK: 335,000
Germany: 360,000
France: 140,000
Canada: 6,000
Belgium: 50,000
Sweden: 60,000
Netherlands: 35,000
1,036,000
From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart
US: 844,000 (33,000 Digital + 811,000 Physical)
Australia: 15,000
869,000
OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN ERA
Oops...! I Did It Again
US: 610,000 (550,000 Digital + 57,000 Physical)
Japan: 3,350 (Physical)
UK: 470,000
Germany: 350,000
France: 180,000
Canada: 45,000
Australia: 90,000
Austria: 25,000
Netherlands: 65,000
Sweden: 80,000
Switzerland: 15,000
New Zealand: 20,000
Belgium: 50,000
2,003,350
Lucky
US: 241,000 (235,000 Digital + 6,000 Physical)
UK: 240,000
Germany: 410,000
France: 80,000
Canada: 30,000
Australia: 70,000
Sweden: 80,000
Austria: 25,000
New Zealand: 20,000
Netherlands: 30,000
South Korea: 14,825 (since 2010)
1,240,825
Stronger
US: 685,000 (270,000 Digital + 415,000 Physical)
UK: 205,000
Germany: 290,000
France: 100,000
Canada: 19,000
Australia: 35,000
Denmark: 10,000
New Zealand: 15,000
Netherlands: 15,000
Sweden: 60,000
1,434,000
Dont Let Me Be The Last To Know
US: 50,000
Japan: 25,120 (EP)
UK: 65,000
Germany: 75,000
France: 30,000
Denmark: 10,000
Netherlands: 10,000
Sweden: 15,000
280,120
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Gurl, I missed you. I get so jealous when I see you updating the Ariana Grande/Taylor Swift threads 
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Thanks Eternium hahah, hopefully soon we'll update Godney stats 
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Did britney have any deals for black friday?
I hope at least during christmas they reduce the price over her albums and singles..
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Originally posted by Jacob.
I can kind of hear the similarities, both are flawless pop songs.
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The only similarities I find are
I am a woman in love and I'd give anything being similar to Oops I did it again I played with your heart. I'm not really hearing any other similarities
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Brazilian digital sales
will.i.am - Scream & Shout (feat. Britney Spears) [14.633]
Britney Spears - Work B**ch [3.705]
Britney Spears - Perfume [2.319]
Britney Spears - Ooh La La [480]
Gold - 5k
Platinum - 10k
Diamond - 50k
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Originally posted by bsdoacao3
Brazilian digital sales
Britney Spears - Work B**ch [3.705]
Britney Spears - Perfume [2.319]
Britney Spears - Ooh La La [480]
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What is her best selling single there?
And there r no any similarities between woman in love and oops...
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Itunes in Brazil is really recent, I'll try to find more sources.
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