MT did report it at 6.5 million but Haribo did an estimate and 6.2 million (or maybe around 6.3 million) seems more accurate.
B'Day –6,200,000
Breakdown
Asia - 750,000
Australia & New Zealand - 115,000
Canada - 125,000
Central & South America - 200,000
Europe - 1,300,000
South Africa - 150,000
United States - 3,420,000
Errors margin - 140,000
And many say that she's very undercertified so she actually could be at like 180M records WW, she's definitely going to reach 200M record sales as a solo artist, while also having contributed to like 50M record sales with DC
And many say that she's very undercertified so she actually could be at like 180M records WW, she's definitely going to reach 200M record sales as a solo artist, while also having contributed to like 50M record sales with DC
A legendary career
Based on known and estimated sales, yes.
And DC sold around ~60 million records based on known/estimated figures also. I'll add that section to the first page after I'm done with Bey.
But she's definitely undercertified and lacks figures in many countries.
With the current box scores Bey also surpasses Taylor again to become the third highest grossing female artist of all time. Only behind Madonna and Céline Dion.