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Stats: BB: Beyoncé Has Sold 17.2 M Solo Albums in the United States
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Great numbers!
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Originally posted by Eternium
Outdated but:
Britney Spears - 33,200,000
Taylor Swift - 27,900,000
Adele - 23,000,000 (?)
Norah Jones - 19,100,000
Alicia Keys - 18,400,000
Christina Aguilera - 17,900,000
Beyonce - 17,200,000
P!nk - 16,200,000
Miley Cyrus - 15,900,000
Carrie Underwood - 14,700,000
Kelly Clarkson - 13,500,000
Jennifer Lopez - 12,400,000
Avril Lavigne - 12,305,000
Using this thread: http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=469843
Those are her only peers on the Nielsen Soundscan top 25 list. She'll end up at least above Norah Jones considering only Taylor Swift/Adele are selling more new albums/catalog units. With SPS, she'd be #4.
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This is unfair. She started her career with DC ( sang 90% of songs, wrote songs, produced songs and being a leader) and most of her albums were from these days.
OT: So it's 150k catalogue sales in 6 months. Good.
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Originally posted by pieuxvu
This is unfair. She started her career with DC ( sang 90% of songs, wrote songs, produced songs and being a leader) and most of her albums were from these days.
OT: So it's 150k catalogue sales in 6 months. Good.
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I this is great because she only has 5 other studio albums.
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17M in the US and 34M WW, both of these x2 if you include DC and she's not stopping anytime soon. Global legend
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Legend
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Queen
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Originally posted by BeamMeUp
B'Day & IASF did not sell 5 million outside the US lol stop
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B'Day definitely didn't but IASF did 4,5M outside of the US. 1,7M in the UK alone
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Originally posted by JustActinUP
Chart News uses mediatraffic figures which doesn't account for all sales. That album has sold more than 3.9M. I believe it's somewhere between 4M-5M.
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From countries where the economy is sh"t? It didnt sell 1 million more, have you even looked at country certifications. 250k more maximum.
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Thought I wouldn't sell without you, sold 17.2 Million
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Originally posted by CarterTax
Thought I wouldn't sell without you, sold 17.2 Million
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What was that?
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i cant with her basically (not totally) decreasing in sales but increasing with quality with every album
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Originally posted by Summertime Love
What was that?
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Survivor
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Originally posted by black-star1
Survivor
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I am such a flop stan I guess.
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Member Since: 12/22/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by Eternium
Outdated but:
Britney Spears - 33,200,000
Taylor Swift - 27,900,000
Adele - 23,000,000 (?)
Norah Jones - 19,100,000
Alicia Keys - 18,400,000
Christina Aguilera - 17,900,000
Beyonce - 17,200,000
P!nk - 16,200,000
Miley Cyrus - 15,900,000
Carrie Underwood - 14,700,000
Kelly Clarkson - 13,500,000
Jennifer Lopez - 12,400,000
Avril Lavigne - 12,305,000
Using this thread: http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=469843
Those are her only peers on the Nielsen Soundscan top 25 list. She'll end up at least above Norah Jones considering only Taylor Swift/Adele are selling more new albums/catalog units. With SPS, she'd be #4.
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I think by the end of the Lemonade era she'll be at #3
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She's basically sold the exact same solo as she did with DC, both US and globally.
She's easily the most successful and impactful artist since her debut in 1997. Living legend.
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Originally posted by BeamMeUp
VEVO doesn't count towards album SPS, only for the Hot 100.
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That's strange. Don't they include Youtube.
Either way, I bet with SPS Beyonce could get close to 20x platinum if they certified her.
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Originally posted by Jennifer
She's basically sold the exact same solo as she did with DC, both US and globally.
She's easily the most successful and impactful artist since her debut in 1997. Living legend.
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I wouldn't go that far statistically that still doesn't play even if you combined/merged sales but you also can't deny 20 years strong as a seller.
For sure, legendary status but let's not oversell it.
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WTG! Surprised this thread is still open since it's about pure sales and such.
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Impressive
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