"Britney competed against other celebrities such as Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez, P. Diddy, Paris Hilton, and Hilary Duff and succeeded in becoming the number 1 celebrity perfume endorser of all time with global sales of 1 billion and gross revenue of US$2 billion."
What kind of MESS. inb4 JLo stans say she's the best selling artist of all time.
She was at some point. JLo has released many fragnances since then. and Wiki?
Let's see:
#1 albums
9-Barbra
7-Madonna
6-Britney, Mariah and Janet
5-Mary J. Blige
4-Whitney, Alicia and Beyonce
#1 Hot 100 Singles
18-Mariah
12-Madonna
11-Rihanna and Whitney
10-Janet
6-Katy, Diana Ross, and Paula Abdul
5-Britney, Barbra, Christina, Beyonce and Olivia Newton John
4-Cher, Alicia, Jennifer lopez and Celine
#1 pop hits:
15- Madonna
14- Mariah Carey
11- Whitney
9- Janet Jackson
9- Rihanna
7- Katy perry, Gaga and Pink
6- Britney and Paula Abdul
5- Barbra, Christina and Beyonce
4- Avril, JLO, and Kelly Clarkson
BOMT-
youngest artist to sell over 6 million albums in the us. youngest artist to go diamond, best selling album by a teenage artist, best selling debut from a female artist, youngest female artist to occupy the #1 album/single spot simultaneously. #41 all time top selling albums WW. Baby one more time and Crazy #2 and #17 song of the year WW.
OIDIA-
highest first week sales 1.347 million (2.4M WW #7 all time), youngest artist to have back to back diamond albums. #5 top selling album of the decade WW. #66 all time top selling albums WW. OIDIA, Lucky and Born to make u happy #3, #14 and #21 song of the year WW
Britney-
first female artist to have 3 of their first albums debut at 1. #6 highest first week sales for a female artist. At 19, selling 37 million records WW becoming the best selling teenage artist of all time. 1st musician to cover and score the #1 rank on Forbes in 2002. #34 top selling albums of the decade WW. Stronger and Slave #21 and #33 top selling song of the year WW.
In the zone-
first female artist to have 4 of their first albums debut at 1. #12 highest first week sales for a female artist. #83 top selling album of the decade WW. Toxic, Everytime, and Me against the music #5, #12 and #27 top selling song WW.
Blackout-
first album to get hijacked for their #1 album billboard b!tches... j/k first female artist to have all 5 of her albums debut at either #1 or #2...Gimme more and Piece of me #30 and #37 top selling song WW.
Circus-
first artist to have 4 studio albums debut with over 500k, highest digital sales for a female at the time. Highest jump to #1 at the time, most mainstream top 40 pop hits of 2000s. #19 highest first week sales for a female artist. Best SELLING female artist of 2000s. Circus and Womanizer #26 and #28 top selling song of the year WW. Tour grossed $132M #27 highest grossing sale of all time. 16th highest grossing artist on tour.
Femme Fatale era-
-first female artist to have all 7 of her albums debut at either #1 of 2
-youngest artist to have 6 #1 albums (under 30)
-only female artist to have 6 albums debut at #1
- the second artist to have multiple #1 debuts on the hot 100 (1st Mariah Carey).
- the first female artist (2nd artist overall after Usher) to have at least a #1 hit single and album in 90s, 00s, 10s, 3rd female overall.*
-#1 albums in 3 decades (Britney, Whitney, Janet, Madonna, MJ, Rolling stones, Elvis [4], Barbra [5], Beatles [4], Bryan Adams)
-#1 singles in 3 decades (Britney, Michael, Janet, Madonna, Usher, Elvis, technically christina)...
-With her 29th entry (Criminal) on Pop Songs, Britney Spears passes Madonna and ties Mariah Carey (29) for most chart visits of all-time.
-ranked 4th in having the most top 10 worldwide hits (24 and counting...)*
-ranked 5th in having the most #1 hits ww (9) (32 weeks)
-ranked 4th with most digital number one songs (6) only behind Eminem, Rihanna, and Katy (who each have 7)
-#14 top artist of 2011
-#31 billboard album and #20 digital album of 2011
-#32 billboard 2011 artist of 2011
-#11 radio artist of 2011 and 13 digital songs artist of 2011
Hold it against me-#66 radio song, #60 hot 100 song, #66 digital song of 2011.
Till the world ends-#25 radio song, #27 hot 100 song, #26 digital song, #13 mainstream top 40 song, #17 dance song, #26 dance airplay #50 rhythmic song of 2011
I wanna go-#37 radio song, #46 hot 100 song, #31 dance airplay, #39 dance song #62 digital song of 2011. #13 mainstream top 40 song
Overall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8hvsv4Lnw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ljiIwvKLw*
-youngest solo artist under 30 to sell 100 million records.
-Sold 180 million albums and singles (+ FF era 7M+ albums/singles)
-400M+tour ticket sales*
-200M+ in merchandising on tours (top female)
-over 1 billion bottles of perfumes (makes up 35% profit out of all celebrity fragrances)
-Youngest artist to get star on hollywood walk of fame