[Green]

As the retooled "X Factor," with Spears and Lovato joining fellow judges Simon Cowell and Antonio "L.A." Reid, is set to return to Fox for the new fall season, let's look at the sales track records, per your requests, of the series' newcomers.

First, here are Spears' U.S. album sales to-date:

10.5 million, "…Baby One More Time," 1999
9.2 million, "Oops!...I Did It Again," 2000
4.4 million, "Britney," 2001
3 million, "In the Zone," 2003
1.7 million, "Circus," 2008
1.4 million, "Greatest Hits: "My Prerogative," 2004
1 million, "Blackout," 2007
755,000, "Femme Fatale," 2011
209,000, "The Singles Collection," 2009
131,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes," 2005
24,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes: Vol. 2," 2011

Spears' career album sales in the U.S. total 32.5 million. That makes her the 16th-best-selling album artist since the advent of SoundScan data in 1991.


http://www.billboard.com/#/column/ch...ce=most_recent

ITZ finally tops the 3 million mark and Blackout is officially at 1 million in the US

[conseeded]

[Lucas32]

Seeing album sales decrease album after album year after year.
The industry nowadays

[evan93]

[Duca]

Originally posted by Lucas32

Seeing album sales decrease album after album year after year.

Huh?

1 million, "Blackout," 2007
1.7 million, "Circus," 2008
209,000, "The Singles Collection," 2009
755,000, "Femme Fatale," 2011

Down 'n up 'n down 'n up 'n down 'n up 'n down.

The Pulse estimations for 'Femme Fatale' were off.

[WiddLe]

[DAP]

[All Guns Blazing]

[VJoker]

Originally posted by Duca

Huh?

1 million, "Blackout," 2007
1.7 million, "Circus," 2008
209,000, "The Singles Collection," 2009
755,000, "Femme Fatale," 2011

Down 'n up 'n down 'n up 'n down 'n up 'n down.

The Pulse estimations for 'Femme Fatale' were off.

You mean:

Down 'n up 'n stupid singles collection no one cares about 'n down

[Dark Phoenix]

Blackout Platinum!

[dman4life]

I swear Femme Fatale didn't deserve its fate, I'm still not tired of most of it

[jomarr]

Originally posted by VJoker

You mean:

Down 'n up 'n stupid singles collection no one cares about 'n down

The Singles Collection>>> I'm one of those 255000

[stronger23]

Its like, every year her album sold 2- 4 million less then the last, & i wonder why the big diffrence from "oops" & "britney" you would think they would both be around the the same numbers seeing how they were released a year or so apart.

[Manchs]

Poor Femme Fatale. Awesome singles.

[ifyouseekLEM]

I only use three tracks from Filler Fatale. Single wise, thank God for "Till the World Ends" and "I Wanna Go."

[Lyzz the Monster]

I thought ITZ sales were much higher

[Duca]

Originally posted by stronger23

Its like, every year her album sold 2- 4 million less then the last, & i wonder why the big diffrence from "oops" & "britney" you would think they would both be around the the same numbers seeing how they were released a year or so apart.

She was blacklisted on radio during the entire era, so the sales of "Britney" are impressive. It sold an additional 588,000 copies through BMG Music Clubs.

Originally posted by dman4life

I swear Femme Fatale didn't deserve its fate, I'm still not tired of most of it

She should've promoted it.

[Cz!]

Her wig ain't safe.

[Alexz]

[Duca]

Originally posted by Cz!

Her wig ain't safe.

It is. She's the fourth bestselling female artist in history and only 1.6 million away from Shania, who is at #3. #5 is Reba, who sold less than 30 million.