artist stats UK: Highest Certified Female Artists (All-Time)

[StartOver]

@istan4badgalriri i don't know if you're aware but before 1989 gold certifications used to be at 500k , platinum 1m and silver at 250k so these songs were actually certified as:

 

Diana Ross:

 

You Are Everything — Silver (250,000)

Upside Down — Silver (250,000)

My Old Piano — Silver (250,000)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love — Silver (250,000)

Chain Reaction — Gold (500,000)

 

Madonna:

 

Holiday — Gold (500,000)

Borderline — Gold (500,000) tho it seems it was overcertified at the time*

Like A Virgin — Gold (500,000)

Material Girl — Silver (250,000)

Crazy For You — Gold (500,000)

Into The Groove — Gold (500,000)

Dress You Up — Silver (250,000)

Gambler — Silver (250,000)

Live To Tell — Silver (250,000)

Papa Don't Preach  — Gold (500,000)

True Blue   — Silver (250,000)

Open Your Heart   — Silver (250,000)

La Isla Bonita  — Silver (250,000)

Who's That Girl  — Silver (250,000)

 

Whitney Houston:

 

Saving All My Love For You — Gold (500,000)

How Will I Know  — Silver (250,000)

One Moment In Time  — Silver (250,000)

IWDWS was certified platinum with the actual criteria*

 

Kylie Minogue:

 

I Should Be So Lucky — Gold (500,000)

Got To Be Certain — Silver (250,000)

Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi — Silver (250,000)

 

Tina Turner :

 

Lets Stay Together — Silver (250,000)

Whats Love Got To Do With It — Silver (250,000)

We Don't Need Another Hero — Silver (250,000)

 

 

Edited May 28, 2020 by StartOver

[Cockney Cupcake]

+600k for Adele 

 

[Lovett]

 

[Cockney Cupcake]

Adele will snatch Madonna on her next era

[Cain]

Dua

 

Album sales: 700k

Single sales: 10.6M

 

= 11.3M

 

[Jimmy.]

 

 

 

[Jimmy.]

 

 

 

[Lovett]

 

[StartOver]

I Wanna Dance With Somebody is now 2xplatinum in the UK (1,200,000)

[Lovett]

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by MrLovett

[Arcadius]

Blackout being less than 10k away from being certifies Platinum. 

[GlamSlam]

On 11/13/2018 at 2:39 PM, istan4badgalriri said:

@Blade It’s not just “some search engine”, it’s literally their official site/database, the UK equivalent of the RIAA.  

If I wanted to be petty I would’ve excluded Shallow as well, but I didn’t. They have Shallow listed as a Gaga/Bradley song, but the soundtrack is listed as Motion Picture Cast Recording and doesn’t come up under her name on their official database. I didn’t make the rules.

 

Another example, they didn’t credit Rihanna for “Famous” even though she sings every chorus in the song, and I still didn’t include it in her numbers because their database doesn’t.

 

On 11/13/2018 at 9:53 PM, istan4badgalriri said:

Here you go comparing regular singles/albums (not affiliated to movies), to soundtrack albums. Soundtrack albums do not necessarily have to count towards one specific artist like regular studio albums do, and BPI seems to agree.

Using your logic, "The Greatest Showman" OST certification (which is also credited as Motion Picture Cast Recording on BPI) should "go somewhere" and count towards an individual artist's total ? Which one ? Hugh Jackman ? Keala Settle ? Zac Efron ? Zendaya ? All of them ?

 

I used BPI's official website/database to make this thread. I just search each artist's name and whatever comes up under their name will be counted towards their total. If I have to start doing further research for songs/albums where the artist wasn't credited, it's gonna be a mess. I didn't count Bodyguard OST for Whitney either, since it's credited as "Original Soundtrack" on BPI site.

 

You sound a lil angry now   You're free to start your own thread with your own personal rules if this one doesn't make you happy. If I was biased, I would've counted Famous for Rihanna, Hymn For The Weekend for Beyoncé, Bodyguard OST for Whitney, etc. I'm literally applying the same rule for everyone (which is what I would call being unbiased): no artist credit in BPI database = doesn't count in the artist's total. It's really not that hard to comprehend.

I've only just read these posts and you're 100% correct.  Her fans should take it up with the official site/database if they disagree.

 

OT. Well done Rihanna and Madonna.

Edited June 14, 2020 by GlamSlam

[istan4badgalriri]

OP updated

[DoubleRainbow!]

Katy clinging to that #6 spot 

I bet she has so many certs coming 

[BlazingLovatic]

5 hours ago, istan4badgalriri said:

OP updated

Hi you forgot demi

 

https://atrl.net/forums/topic/137202-uk-highest-certified-female-artists-all-time/?do=findComment&comment=16168724

[istan4badgalriri]

18 minutes ago, BlazingLovatic said:

Hi you forgot demi

 

https://atrl.net/forums/topic/137202-uk-highest-certified-female-artists-all-time/?do=findComment&comment=16168724

I counted 6,060,000 for Demi. Guess I'll have to re-count

[BlazingLovatic]

10 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

I counted 6,060,000 for Demi. Guess I'll have to re-count

 

[Lovett]

1 hour ago, BlazingLovatic said:

 

Camp Rock isn't credited to Demi though, it's listed as Various Artists. Which is why @istan4badgalriri won't have included them in the totals. It's the same situation with A Star is Born and The Bodyguard.

[BlazingLovatic]

7 minutes ago, MrLovett said:

Camp Rock isn't credited to Demi though, it's listed as Various Artists. Which is why @istan4badgalriri won't have included them in the totals. It's the same situation with A Star is Born and The Bodyguard.

That's why I specifically mentioned the album figures without Camp Rock in my post

 

 

[Lovett]

 

[Lovett]

 

[Cockney Cupcake]

Plus 600k for Adele

When We Were Young a low-key classic 

[Selenasworld]

10 hours ago, Cockney Cupcake said:

Plus 600k for Adele

When We Were Young a low-key classic 

Yes it is 

[vindajoykkkk]

Adele has now surpassed 25 million units sold in the United Kingdom based on certifications.

Thanks for your update!!!!

[Zac]

Demi has 6,660,000  (without Camp Rock), would make her the #38