[MAGICALSELENA]

norah jones miley

[Andre]

Gaga and Beyoncé

[stevyy]

the emancipation of mimi sold 7,7 million copies in 2005 according to the IFPI: http://www.ifpi.org/

only this is an official source for music sales worldwide.

[Ulrihs]

Originally posted by stevyy

the emancipation of mimi sold 7,7 million copies in 2005 according to the IFPI: http://www.ifpi.org/

only this is an official source for music sales worldwide.

IFPI works with record company shipments to retailers not the end user sales.
Shipments always is bigger than sales from retailers.

[stevyy]

and mediatraffic works with estimations and not with hard sales. Back in 2005 they stopped counting sales for an album once it dropped off the their top 40 chart.

[Allthatisholy]

Yeah and back in the big selling days, with more physical stores, the shipments compared to hard sales were biigger than today. With webshops and itunes, you don't need to have a big stock anymore really.
Plus lots of stores can't afford big stock that goes unsold, they must be much more efficient these days.

[Allthatisholy]

Originally posted by BeamMeUp

He would if he had the information.

& that poorly constructed sentence.

Adele at another level

Y'all know she'll top 2012 too, 21 is already at 4 million this year

[GoodMusicLover]

2006

1) Nicole Scherzinger - PCD [3.629.000 copies]
2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [3.469.000 copies]
3) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [3.351.000 copies]
4) Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 [ 3.349.000 copies]
5) Pink - I'm Not Dead [3.230.000 copies]
6) Beyoncé - B'Day [3.113.000 copies]
7) Nelly Furtado - Loose [3.069.000 copies]
8) Mary J.Blige - The Breakthrough [2.444.000 copies]
9) Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics [2.431.000 copies]
10) Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way [2.408.000 copies]
11) Rihanna - A Girl Like Me [2.406.000 copies]
12) Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [2.220.000 copies]
13) Fergie - The Dutchess [1.977.000 copies]
14) Miley Cyrus- Hannah Montana [1.910.000 copies]
15) Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae [1.669.000 copies]

Why are these sales so low compared to other years? Was 2006 a male-dominated year?

[highwind44029]

Originally posted by stereo.love

I see we're avoiding the Shania Twain slayage in the late 90s early 00s.

Intimidated?

[Yooorsh]

Avril always in the top 3! Except with GB!

[Luther]

adele soon to join the ranks of norah and amy with two years in a row at top.

[satellites.™]

I wonder if Adele will become a memory like Norah? Not in a bad way, but look at how HUGE Norah was, and now we barely hear anything from her.

[IAM_MASAHIRO]

2003
12) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.596.000 copies]

2004
7) Britney Spears - Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [2.994.000 copies]
8) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.754.000 copies]

2008
10) Britney Spears - Circus [2.1 million copies]

2009
11) Britney Spears - Circus [1.3 million copies]

2011
12) Britney Spears - Femme Fatale [1.5 million copies]

[bunnie]

Is this completely accurate?

[Honey]

Originally posted by satellites™

2003

• 5) Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love [4.737.000 copies]
• 11) Madonna - American Life [2.605.000 copies]
  

2004

• 6) Beyoncé - Destiny Fulfilled [3.299.000 copies]
  

2005

• 1) Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi [6.972.000 copies]
• 4) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [4.031.000 copies]
• 5) Shakira - Fijación Oral Volume 1 [2.293.000 copies]
• 9) Beyoncé- Number Ones [1.615.000 copies]

2006

• 2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [3.469.000 copies]
• 4) Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 [ 3.349.000 copies]
• 6) Beyoncé - B'Day [3.113.000 copies]
• 11) Rihanna - A Girl Like Me [2.406.000 copies]]

2007

• 6) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.218.000 copies]
• 12) Beyoncé - B'Day [1.815.000 copies]
  

2008

• 4) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.7 million copies]
• 5) Madonna - Hard Candy [3.2 million copies]
• 8) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [2.3 million copies]
• 12) Mariah Carey - E=MC2 [1.9 million copies]
• 15) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.5 million copies]
  

2009

• 4) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [3.2 million copies]
• 10) Madonna - Celebration [1.4 million copies]
• 13) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.3 million copies]
  

2010

• 6) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.2 million copies]
• 7) Rihanna - Loud [2.2 million copies]
• 10) Rihanna - Rated R [1.6 million copies]
  

2011

• 1) Adele - 21 [15.3 million copies]
• 3) Rihanna - Loud [3.4 million copies]
• 4) Adele - 19 [2.8 million copies]
• 5) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.1 million copies]
• 6) Beyoncé - 4 [2.1 million copies]
• 8) Rihanna - Talk That Talk [1.7 million copies]
• 14) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday [1.3 million copies]
  

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Random Facts:
- Adele holds the record for most albums sold in a calendar year with 15.3 million copies.
- Beyoncé appears on the list eight times, more than any other artist.
- Katy Perry is the only person to appear at the bottom of the list two consecutive years or at all.
- Madonna is the oldest artist to appear on the list.
- Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, & Celine Dion all appear on the list, Janet Jackson does not.

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I never really understand that whole 'Norah Jones' fad from 2002 to 2007. To this day, I've still never bought any of her albums or heard any of her songs, even though I lived during her heyday.

[Sahn]

- Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, & Celine Dion all appear on the list, Janet Jackson does not.

[MrDeeds]

Damn, your favs release so many albums. Not a good look

[satellites.™]

Our faves have released the same amount of albums.

[Ramcoro]

Katy Perry is the only person to appear at the bottom of the list two consecutive years or at all.

[Ramcoro]

Originally posted by bunnie

Is this completely accurate?

Probably not, but It's the closest we got.