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Originally posted by King Azalea
Nicki Minaj would be the biggest selling female rapper of all time if we add album + single sales, right ? Isn't that what they do with Mariah , Whitney , Madonna etc . They count singles too. Is there anyway we can find that list ?
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It's something the OP and I are looking into. When you combine album and single sales, you are referring to "records" so if an artist sold 1 million copies of an album and 5 million singles, they would be said to have sold 6 million records.
But, the issue is that single sales can be really hard to come by for older artists and it is deceiving to go just by certifications considering a lot of female rappers lack certifications despite strong sales (major example: Lil' Kim who may never get certification updates considering she is no longer with her original label).