Easily Britney from this poll. One 3 million seller and only two over 2 million. She's CLEARLY the weakest seller especially considering she's had the most frontloaded sales of anyone.
However if you take out Bey and Britney(seeing as they debuted a half decade before the first digital sales chart and even more time before digital sales were factored into the Hot 100) then Rihanna falls behind all her contemporaries(GaGa, Katy, Ke$ha) who all have 5 or even 6 million sellers. While she has more overall sales she has MILES more material than anyone on the pop landscape, so its not saying THAT much.
Clearly it's Brtiney, but u know how the ATRL gurls hate on Beyonce.
Easily Britney from this poll. One 3 million seller and only two over 2 million. She's CLEARLY the weakest seller especially considering she's had the most frontloaded sales of anyone.
"Hold It Against Me" is the ONLY single that was front-loaded from Britney. She also has three over 2 million.
Britney peaked before the digital era. And even then Britney was not a huge single seller because her label refused to release physical singles so her albums could sell to its full potential. However, she does have some major sellers like BOMT, Crazy, and Broken Heart. if the digital era was around during her start, then yes she would have higher sales. Britney is consistent with her sales post-digital era though. Which is a pretty good accomplishment for her.
I also want to point out, that including both Britney and Beyonce is not a fair comparrison. They both were around before the digital era, which went into full swing around 2008. Had they both came out after 2008, their sales would be way higher. I would say a few of their songs would be over the 5 million mark.
So I would say Rihanna right now, because her sales are not as high as you would expect them to be. They're not consistent like the others including Britney and Beyonce.
I think britney is much more disappointing. Beyonce '4' singles totally flopped but before 4 sasha fierce has lots of singles that went plat. seriously, may i ask why xtina's not on the poll? would have love xtina stans pulling out 'mlj' receipts.
I think britney is much more disappointing. Beyonce '4' singles totally flopped but before 4 sasha fierce has lots of singles that went plat. seriously, may i ask why xtina's not on the poll? would have love xtina stans pulling out 'mlj' receipts.
so? Circus singles were huge too!
Womanizer 3,2M
Circus 2,9M
IUSA 1,25M
Radar 500k
And of course FF has some big sellers, 4 hasn't