Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,542,393
Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 12,110,660
Metallica / Metallica ~ 11,715,533
The Bodyguard / Soundtrack (Whitney Houston) ~ 11,605,690
Falling into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,224,282
Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish ~ 9,817,666
Titanic / Soundtrack (Celine Dion) ~ 9,806,175
Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,445,732
Ropin' the Wind / Garth Brooks ~ 9,370,863
Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,258,265
Best-Selling Albums of the Decade 2010s
21 / Adele ~ 11,058,000
1989 / Taylor Swift ~ 5,100,000
Recovery / Eminem ~ 4,644,000
Speak Now / Taylor Swift ~ 4,460,000
Red / Taylor Swift ~ 4,129,000
Need You Now / Lady Antebellum ~ 4,077,000
Frozen / Various Artists - 3,864,000
Christmas / Michael Buble ~ 3,731,000
My World 2.0 / Justin Bieber ~ 3,341,000
Sign No More / Mumford & Sons ~ 3,173,000
21
24 weeks at #1
81 weeks in Top 10 (still charting)
244 weeks in Top 200 (still charting)
7 Grammys, including AOTY
#2 Selling Digital Single of All Time in the U.S. (soon to be #1)
Rolling In The Deep named 31st biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard
Top 3 singles peaked at #1, #1, #1, all for multiple weeks
Come On Over
0 weeks at #1
54 weeks in Top 10
151 weeks in Top 200
5 Grammys, no AOTY
You're Still The One named 77th biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard.
No notable single sales achievements
Top 3 singles peaked at #2, #4, #7
you can tell who the kids r who didnt live through the 3 year era of come on over
Shania released 12 singles. Adele released 3/4, promoted 2 and then vanished. Yet she still managed to get best selling album WW two years in a row. Use common sense please
Shania released 12 singles. Adele released 3/4, promoted 2 and then vanished. Yet she still managed to get best selling album WW two years in a row. Use common sense please
More than half of these singles were only sent to country radio or released on one or two countries Clearly 21 but Come On Over's impact is a lot bigger than 21.
Adjusted for inflation 21 might aswell be the best selling album since Thriller itself.
You guys are just missing the point, she freaking sold 30M albums this decade.
Not to mention COO doesn't have any memorable singles other than YSTO.
Adjusted for inflation 21 might aswell be the best selling album since Thriller itself.
You guys are just missing the point, she freaking sold 30M albums this decade.
Not to mention COO doesn't have any memorable singles other than YSTO.
Come On Over
0 weeks at #1
54 weeks in Top 10
151 weeks in Top 200
5 Grammys, no AOTY
You're Still The One named 77th biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard.
No notable single sales achievements
Top 3 singles peaked at #2, #4, #7
Well were do I start: Billboard back them didn't allowed "old" albums chart on the BB200, in other words, there was a lot of weeks were was able to chart but it wasn't able simply because of that stupid rule. Second - Despite Soundscan being already like 6-7 years old at time "Come On Over" was released people forget that they it had considerably less market coverage than it enjoys these days, especially with Country Music stores, if you take a look it's certified 20x Platinum yet it only scanned 15 million through Soundscan (Also they do not count BMG sales either so their sales for the album are underestimated.) And please @ No notable single sales achievements.
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You're Still The One named 77th biggest hit of all time in the U.S. by Billboard
How is this not an achievement? It's was not even the albums biggest hit globally. Also it and Man! I Feel Like A Woman! have better catalog sales than almost every other song released by a female artist that decade. "Come On Over" outsold the two albums that blocked it on the BB200 so it doesn't really matter that it peaked at #2 at all.
Considering country genre not as popular as pop, Come On Over wins by far
Not when Shania had Pop Mixes.
I love Shania, and loved the COO era. But lets face it. COO sold only 10 million more than 21, and yet the sales climate back then was so good, that an album that sold 6 million was considered a "flop" and an album that sold 15 million WW was considered "decent".
When 21 was released, an album selling roughly 2 million was a success, and anywhere past was a "hit".
Adele also cracked the global market. Something Shania didn't. Which is why Shania was better off staying in Vegas than attempting a world tour.
I mean her peak at touring:
7 in Australia
4 in Europe
153 in North America
165 Total
Something Shania didn't. Which is why Shania was better off staying in Vegas than attempting a world tour.
Can you can elobarate how Shania did not crack the global market? Half of CMO's sales are from outside of the United States if that's what you saying. It's also one of the best selling albums of all time in Europe, it sold at least 7 million copies here so idk what are you saying The Come On Over tour was not her peak at touring plz it was her first time touring plus it's not even her most succesful tour.
Clearly 21 but Come On Over's impact is a lot bigger than 21.
Absolutely not.
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Well were do I start: Billboard back them didn't allowed "old" albums chart on the BB200, in other words, there was a lot of weeks were was able to chart but it wasn't able simply because of that stupid rule. Second - Despite Soundscan being already like 6-7 years old at time "Come On Over" was released people forget that they it had considerably less market coverage than it enjoys these days, especially with Country Music stores, if you take a look it's certified 20x Platinum yet it only scanned 15 million through Soundscan (Also they do not count BMG sales either so their sales for the album are underestimated.) And please @ No notable single sales achievements.
These things were true of many albums in the 1990s. The point I was making with those lists is that there are many points of comparison for Come On Over's success in the United States at that time. Many albums were selling those colossal numbers. There is no point of comparison in the United States for 21. Even Fearless, which also looks very similar on paper to Come On Over in the U.S., is just nowhere near 21.
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How is this not an achievement? It's was not even the albums biggest hit globally. Also it and Man! I Feel Like A Woman! have better catalog sales than almost every other song released by a female artist that decade. "Come On Over" outsold the two albums that blocked it on the BB200 so it doesn't really matter that it peaked at #2 at all.
It is an achievement. That's why I listed it. Yet, Rolling In The Deep was bigger. And I know it's not the biggest hit globally. It's the biggest hit in the U.S. The claim someone was making is that Come On Over was so much bigger in the U.S. that it was even more impressive globally, which is just wrong. 21 was bigger in the U.S. It was bigger in Canada. It was bigger in every major country in the world.