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Such amazing work. Let's all huddle in fear while Taylor gets ready to make some major gains 
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Such amazing work. Let's all huddle in fear while Taylor gets ready to make some major gains |
she's gonna get really close to #9 or maybe even pass it and leave #11-rest far, far behind 
edit: omg 7-9 are all really close she's coming for #7 y'all
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Janet+Whitney+Mary have outdated receipts.
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Yes.
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Bey's overall sales : ~33 million
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she's gonna get really close to #9 or maybe even pass it and leave #11-rest far, far behind
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I'm guessing 3.2M total for this album
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Janet+Whitney+Mary have outdated receipts.
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They all do. This is the best we can do with confirmed sales.
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Bey's overall sales : ~33 million
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That would be Nielsen Soundscan sales.
She's also got Sony BMG and Columbia House sales, which aren't counted by SS:
79. DESTINY'S CHILD - THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL (COLUMBIA) (703,000 units)
94. DESTINY'S CHILD - SURVIVOR (SONY) (439,000 units)
She probably has around another ~2M in U.S. sales, though we can only confirm 1,142,000 of that for a total of ~34.1M.
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BMG Music Club Top 100 Best Selling Albums Of All Time
1. SHANIA TWAIN - COME ON OVER (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (1.99 million units)
2. BACKSTREET BOYS - BACKSTREET BOYS (JIVE) (1.72 million units)
3. BRITNEY SPEARS - ...BABY ONE MORE TIME (JIVE) (1.60 million units)
4. BACKSTREET BOYS - MILLENNIUM (JIVE) (1.59 million units)
5. EMINEM - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP (INTERSCOPE) (1.54 million units)
6. 'N SYNC - NO STRINGS ATTACHED (JIVE) (1.52 million units)
7. EAGLES - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 (ELEKTRA) (1.52 million units)
8. 'N SYNC - 'N SYNC (JIVE) (1.50 million units)
9. JANET JACKSON - DESIGN OF A DECADE - 1986/1996 (A&M) (1.48 million units)
10. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (WARNER BROS) (1.46 million units)
11. JEWEL - PIECES OF YOU (ATLANTIC) (1.40 million units)
12. AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK (ATCO) (1.33 million units)
13. NO DOUBT - TRAGIC KINGDOM (TRAUMA) (1.32 million units)
14. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS (WARNER BROS) (1.31 million units)
15. KID ROCK - DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE (LAVA) (1.31 millon units)
16. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) (ARISTA) (1.31 million units)
17. HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - CRACKED REAR VIEW (ATLANTIC) (1.30 million units)
18. BOYZ II MEN - II (MOTOWN) (1.29 million units)
19. KENNY G - BREATHLESS (ARISTA) (1.29 million units)
20. WILL SMITH - BIG WILLIE STYLE (COLUMBIA) (1.29 million units)
21. DIXIE CHICKS - WIDE OPEN SPACES (MONUMENT) (1.28 million units)
22. TLC - CRAZYSEXYCOOL (LAFACE) (1.27 million units)
23. GREEN DAY - DOOKIE (REPRISE) (1.26 million units)
24. SANTANA - SUPERNATURAL (ARISTA) (1.26 million units)
25. SHANIA TWAIN - THE WOMAN IN ME (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (1.24 million units)
26. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (GEFFEN) (1.24 million units)
27. BRITNEY SPEARS - OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN (JIVE) (1.21 million units)
28. MATCHBOX TWENTY - YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATLANTIC) (1.18 million units)
29. EMINEM - THE SLIM SHADY LP (INTERSCOPE) (1.16 million units)
30. BEASTIE BOYS - LICENSED TO ILL (DEF JAM) (1.13 million units)
31. BOYZ II MEN - COOLEYHIGHHARMONY (MOTOWN) (1.13 million units)
32. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - LIFE AFTER DEATH (BAD BOY) (1.12 million units)
33. CELINE DION - LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE (550 MUSIC) (1.11 million units)
34. CELINE DION - ALL THE WAY... A DECADE OF SONG (550 MUSIC) (1.10 million units)
35. JANET JACKSON - JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814 (A&M) (1.10 million units)
36. ACE OF BASE - THE SIGN (ARISTA) (1.08 million units)
37. BILLY RAY CYRUS - SOME GAVE ALL (MERCURY) (1.08 million units)
38. NATALIE COLE - UNFORGETTABLE (ELEKTRA) (1.03 million units)
39. MARIAH CAREY - #1's (SONY) (1.00 million units)
40. ALICIA KEYS - SONGS IN A MINOR (J) (995,000 units)
41. BACKSTREET BOYS - BLACK & BLUE (JIVE) (992,000 units)
42. RICKY MARTIN - RICKY MARTIN (SONY) (987,000 units)
43. CELINE DION - FALLING INTO YOU (550 MUSIC) (987,000 units)
44. SARAH MCLACHLAN - SURFACING (ARISTA) (985,000 units)
45. PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY - NO WAY OUT (BAD BOY) (978,000 units)
46. TONI BRAXTON - TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE) (972,000 units)
47. SOUNDTRACK - TITANIC (SONY) (971,000 units)
48. CHRISTINA AGUILERA - CHRISTINA AGUILERA (RCA) (935,000 units)
49. TONI BRAXTON - SECRETS (LAFACE) (927,000 units)
50. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER (EPIC) (923,000 units)
51. EN VOGUE - FUNKY DIVAS (EASTWEST) (916,000 units)
52. MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL II - BACK INTO HELL (MCA) (909,000 units)
53. SOUNDTRACK - DIRTY DANCING (RCA) (904,000 units)
54. SOUNDTRACK - GREASE (POLYDOR) (899,000 units)
55. GUNS & ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION (GEFFEN) (890,000 units)
56. SOUNDTRACK - WAITING TO EXHALE (ARISTA) (886,000 units)
57. ABBA - GOLD GREATEST HITS (POLYDOR) (884,000 units)
58. JANET JACKSON - CONTROL (A&M) (883,000 units)
59. MADONNA - LIKE A VIRGIN (WARNER BROS) (882,000 units)
60. LAURYN HILL - THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL (SONY) (880,000 units)
61. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD (SONY) (879,000 units)
62. TLC - FANMAIL (LAFACE) (877,000 units)
63. JANET JACKSON - JANET. (VIRGIN) (860,000 units) *
64. DMX - IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT (DEF JAM) (857,000 units)
65. MARIAH CAREY - DAYDREAM (SONY) (848,000 units)
66. THIRD EYE BLIND - THIRD EYE BLIND (ELEKTRA) (842,000 units)
67. SHERYL CROW - TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB (A&M) (833,000 units)
68. 'N SYNC - CELEBRITY (JIVE) (826,000 units)
69. LINKIN' PARK - HYBRID THEORY (WARNER BROS) (826,000 units)
70. FUGEES - THE SCORE (SONY) (822,000 units)
71. WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHITNEY (ARISTA) (806,000 units)
72. USHER - MY WAY (LAFACE) (796,000 units)
73. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE (ISLAND) (779,000 units)
74. AALIYAH - ONE IN A MILLION (ATLANTIC) (756,000 units) *
75. SELENA - DREAMING OF YOU (EMI) (745,000 units)
76. MARIAH CAREY - MUSIC BOX (SONY) (735,000 units)
77. BLACKSTREET - ANOTHER LEVEL (INTERSCOPE) (733,000 units)
78. MICHAEL JACKSON - HISTORY (EPIC) (730,000 units)
79. DESTINY'S CHILD - THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL (COLUMBIA) (703,000 units)
80. NICKELBACK - SILVER SIDE UP (ROADRUNNER) (692,000 units)
81. BRANDY - NEVER SAY NEVER (ATLANTIC) (665,000 units)
82. SOUNDTRACK - NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS (DEF JAM) (642,000 units)
83. CELINE DION - CELINE DION (550 MUSIC) (624,000 units)
84. BRITNEY SPEARS - BRITNEY (JIVE) (588,000 units)
85. MARY J. BLIGE - SHARE MY WORLD (MCA) (559,000 units)
86. JEWEL - SPIRIT (ATLANTIC) (521,000 units)
87. KENNY G - FAITH/A HOLIDAY ALBUM (ARISTA) (503,000 units)
88. PRINCE - THE HITS 1 (WARNER BROS) (501,000 units)
89. SHERYL CROW - SHERYL CROW (A&M) (500,000 units)
90. SHANIA TWAIN - UP! (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (477,000 units) *
91. MADONNA - RAY OF LIGHT (WARNER BROS.) (459,000 units)
92. LFO - LFO (ARISTA) (456,000 units)
93. MARIAH CAREY - RAINBOW (SONY) (443,000 units)
94. DESTINY'S CHILD - SURVIVOR (SONY) (439,000 units)
95. JANET JACKSON - THE VELVET ROPE (VIRGIN) (420,000 units) *
96. SHANIA TWAIN - SHANIA TWAIN (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (390,000 units)
97. AALIYAH - AALIYAH (VIRGIN) (350,000 units) *
98. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL (MAVERICK) (350,000 units) *
99. MADONNA - TRUE CLUE (WARNER BROS). (301,000 units)
100. MICHAEL JACKSON - DANGEROUS (SONY) (298,000 units)
Nielsen doesn't count them, but they were sold none the less.
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Also remember to add four million to Shania Twain's totals as well, as that is her total from BMG.
While we are at it, this here is also where determining the biggest selling CD of the Soundscan Era becomes troublesome. Metallica's "Black Album" from 1991 leads Twain on Soundscan by around 500,000 copies, but Twain's "Come On Over" leads Metallica by about 1.8 million copies on BMG. When combining the totals, Shania Twain's "Come On Over" is the winner with 17.8 million copies, while Metallica's combined total for the "Black Album" is around 16.5 million, or in the runner up spot.
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Why Sony BMG and Columbia House sales aren't counted by SoundScan?
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Why Sony BMG and Columbia House sales aren't counted by SoundScan?
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Columbia House had negative billing options. They could send you a CD if you were a member and unless you opted out of receiving it, it would count as a sale. Mariah is notorious for using this to inflate her RIAA certifications (RIAA counts the club sales whereas Nielsen Soundscan does not).
A Billboard statement on club sales:
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"It's not a true consumer decision to purchase each one of those items," Mr. Muratore says.
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Originally posted by Eternium
I'm guessing 3.2M total for this album
They all do. This is the best we can do with confirmed sales.
That would be Nielsen Soundscan sales.
She's also got Sony BMG and Columbia House sales, which aren't counted by SS:
79. DESTINY'S CHILD - THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL (COLUMBIA) (703,000 units)
94. DESTINY'S CHILD - SURVIVOR (SONY) (439,000 units)
She probably has around another ~2M in U.S. sales, though we can only confirm 1,142,000 of that for a total of ~34.1M. |
~34 million is amazing, wow 
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1) Mariah Carey (57,235,000) + 3,026,000
2) Celine Dion (54,963,000) + 2,834,000
3) Shania Twain (37,957,000) + 3,707,000
4) Britney Spears (36,144,000) + 3,398,000
5) Madonna (32,101,000) + 2,801,000
6) Reba McEntire (30,118,000)
7) Whitney Houston (28,832,000) + 2,116,000
8) Dixie Chicks (28,480,000) + 1,280,000
9) Enya (26,623,000)
10) Janet Jackson (24,835,931) + 4,743,000
11) Taylor Swift (22,814,000)
12) Cher (22,411,000)
13) LeAnn Rimes (21,650,000)
14) Alanis Morssiette (21,008,000) + 350,000
15) Faith Hill (20,105,000)
16) Alicia Keys (19,366,000) + 995,000
17) Norah Jones (19,013,000)
18) Christina Aguilera (18,585,000) + 935,000
19) Destiny's Child (18,525,000) + 1,142,000
20) TLC (17,747,000) [Outdated Receipt] + 2,147,000
21) Pink (16,062,000)
22) Miley Cyrus (15,900,000) *
23) Beyonce (15,392,000)
24) Carrie Underwood (14,667,000)
25) Adele (13,720,000)
26) Kelly Clarkson (13,429,000)
27) Jennifer Lopez (12,400,000)
28) Avril Lavigne (12,305,000)
This is what the list looks like with known Sony BMG sales added in
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Such amazing work. Let's all huddle in fear while Taylor gets ready to make some major gains
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Thanks 
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Whew, when Enya relis again.
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Updated Christina's total from the BB article published today.
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iggy will be on this list soon
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Shania 
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22) Miley Cyrus (15,900,000)
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iggy will be on this list soon
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