Green Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Top 10 Best Selling Album Artists of the Decade in the US (Pure Sales) (2010-2017) 01 - Adele - 23.7m 02 - Taylor Swift - 21.1m 03 - Eminem - 12.1m 04 - Justin Bieber - 12.0m 05 - Drake - 10.8m 06 - Lady Antebellum - 9.1m 07 - Luke Bryan - 9.0m 08 - The Beatles - 8.6m 09 - Lady Gaga - 8.5m 10 - Jason Aldean - 8.1m Source: oldbloke (UKmix) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's compare with the 00's list: Eminem & The Beatles are the only artists that appeared in both lists: 2000's Top 10 Selling Album Artists in the US 1) Eminem - 32,241,000 2) The Beatles - 30,182,000 3) Tim McGraw - 24,769,000 4) Toby Keith - 24,469,000 5) Britney Spears - 22,969,000 6) Kenny Chesney - 22,034,000 7) Linkin Park - 21,421,000 8) Nelly - 21,232,000 9) Creed - 20,594,000 10) Jay-Z - 20,424,000 Also Females did better this decade compared to the 00's. Britney was the only female in the top 10 of the 00's while Adele, Taylor Swift & Lady Gaga are the only females in the top 10 of the 10's. For the current decade Adele & Taylor are the only artists that have sold over 20 million albums in the US, while the whole top 10 of the 00's are over 20 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) The Beatles are still in the top 10, even after 50 years Also, Justin can pass Eminem by the end of the decade Edited March 17, 2018 by JoJo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev8 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Beatles Shouldn't MJ be there too tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rap God Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Eminem Adele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) I don't care about pure sales anymore. Congrats to them, tho. Edited March 17, 2018 by Timber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellysclarkson Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Country artists slaying sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kool_Aid_King Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 This is kinda pitiful Considering there's people in the 00s and 90s who have sold that much with one album Glad sales are over and we've moved on to streaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue G Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 beatles?!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue G Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Kool_Aid_King said: This is kinda pitiful Considering there's people in the 00s and 90s who have sold that much with one album Glad sales are over and we've moved on to streaming its not like streaming is pulling in those numbers either so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kool_Aid_King Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Just now, Blue G said: its not like streaming is pulling in those numbers either so... I'd say it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleDriver Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Blue G said: its not like streaming is pulling in those numbers either so... right... anyhow, Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry123 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Gaga coming to the 6 place with A Star Is Born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue G Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Just now, Kool_Aid_King said: I'd say it is! how so? nobody is doing 8mil units with streaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 34 minutes ago, JoJo said: The Beatles are still in the top 10, even after 50 years Also, Justin can pass Eminem by the end of the decade pull through Bieber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Blue G said: how so? nobody is doing 8mil units with streaming... WW Ed is at like 17m album equivalents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KareBear Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Where's Rihanna? I thought she was an album seller . The difference between Taylor and Adele and the others . Sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetos Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 If Gaga goes too 5 omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREE Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, Timber said: WW Ed is at like 17m album equivalents. honey this is US only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temporal Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Jason Aldean PUNCHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yog Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Only The Queen Of U.S.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLover Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 No black artist in top ten lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViviLittleM Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 We love the album seller Lady Gaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, FREE said: honey this is US only My point is that streaming can still pull big numbers these days. Edited March 17, 2018 by Timber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armani? Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 minute ago, MJLover said: No black artist in top ten lol Um.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue G Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, Timber said: WW Ed is at like 17m album equivalents. looking at the title and your comment and i dont get the correlation... usa not ww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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