Green Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Here are the best selling digital Artists by year in the US since 2004 * For 2006-2011 I used the Soundscan reports numbers but for the rest of the years I had to use the Billboard year-end charts lists because Soundscan didn't post the Top 10 selling Digital Artists for those years (2004-2005; 2012-2020). 2004 1. MAROON 5 2. OUTKAST 3. BLACK EYED PEAS 4. USHER 5. HOOBASTANK 6. BRITNEY SPEARS 7. AVRIL LAVIGNE 8. ASHLEE SIMPSON 9. EMINEM 10. JET 2005 1. BLACK EYED PEAS 2. GREEN DAY 3. KELLY CLARKSON 4. GWEN STEFANI 5. 50 CENT 6. THE KILLERS 7. MARIAH CAREY 8. CIARA 9. KANYE WEST 10. WEEZER 2006 1. Rascal Flatts 3,792,277 2. Nickelback 3,715,579 3. Fray 3,625,140 4. All-American Rejects 3,362,528 5. Justin Timberlake 3,290,523 6. Pussycat Dolls 3,277,709 7. Red Hot Chili Peppers 3,254,306 8. Nelly Furtado 3,052,457 9. Eminem 2,950,113 10. Sean Paul 2,764,505 2007 1. Fergie 7,537,000 2. Timbaland 5,933,000 3. Rihanna 5,547,000 4. Justin Timberlake 5,412,000 5. Akon 5,275,000 6. Avril Lavigne 5,044,000 7. Nickelback 4,835,000 8. Kanye West 4,674,000 9. Fall Out Boy 4,423,000 10. Linkin Park 4,317,000 2008 1. Rihanna 9,941,000 2. Taylor Swift 8,793,000 3. Kanye West 6,876,000 4. Chris Brown 6,811,000 5. Britney Spears 6,284,000 6. Jonas Brothers 6,058,000 7. Coldplay 5,933,000 8. Katy Perry 5,840,000 9. Leona Lewis 5,027,000 10. Jordin Sparks 4,918,000 2009 1. Lady Gaga - 15,297,000 2. Black Eyed Peas - 12,988,000 3. Michael Jackson - 12,355,000 4. Taylor Swift - 12,302,000 5. Beyoncé - 9,261,000 6. Flo Rida - 8,402,000 7. Miley Cyrus - 8,327,000 8. Britney Spears - 7,424,000 9. Eminem - 6,283,000 10. T.I. - 6,277,000 Bonus: Top 10 Digital Artists of the 00's (2004-2009) 1. Taylor Swift - 24,329,000 2. Rihanna - 23,577,000 3. Black Eyed Peas - 22,493,000 4. Kanye West - 21,842,000 5. Beyoncé - 21,637,000 6. Nickelback - 20,366,000 7. Michael Jackson - 19,225,000 8. Britney Spears - 18,961,000 9. T.I. - 18,153,000 10. Eminem - 17,941,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 1. Eminem 15,673,000 2. Ke$ha 13,497,000 3. Lady Gaga 11,891,000 4. Katy Perry 11,837,000 5. Black Eyed Peas 11,337,000 6. Usher 10,717,000 7. Glee Cast 10,654,000 8. Rihanna 10,099,000 9. Taylor Swift 9,912,000 10. B.o.B. 9,118,000 2011 1. Katy Perry 15,187,000 2. Adele 14,247,000 3. Rihanna 13,918,000 4. Glee Cast 13,580,000 5. Lady Gaga 12,768,000 6. Lil Wayne 12,335,000 7. LMFAO 10,507,000 8. Bruno Mars 10,443,000 9. Eminem 9,264,000 10. Chris Brown 8,770,000 2012 1. Adele 2. Taylor Swift 3. Flo Rida 4. Nicki Minaj 5. Maroon 5 6. Rihanna 7. Carly Rae Jepsen 8. Katy Perry 9. fun. 10. LMFAO 2013 1. Bruno Mars 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 3. Imagine Dragons 4. Taylor Swift 5. Justin Timberlake 6. Rihanna 7. Florida Georgia Line 8. Miley Cyrus 9. Katy Perry 10. P!nk 2014 1. Pharrell Williams 2. Katy Perry 3. Jason Derulo 4. Iggy Azalea 5. John Legend 6. Sam Smith 7. OneRepublic 8. Taylor Swift 9. Lorde 10. Ariana Grande 2015 1. Taylor Swift 2. The Weeknd 3. Ed Sheeran 4. Meghan Trainor 5. Maroon 5 6. Mark Ronson 7. Fetty Wap 8. Hozier 9. Sam Smith 10. Drake 2016 1. Justin Bieber 2. Drake 3. twenty one pilots 4. Adele 5. The Chainsmokers 6. Prince 7. Meghan Trainor 8. Rihanna 9. Beyonce 10. Flo Rida 2017 1. Ed Sheeran 2. Bruno Mars 3. Imagine Dragons 4. Taylor Swift 5. The Chainsmokers 6. Sam Hunt 7. Shawn Mendes 8. Niall Horan 9. Kendrick Lamar 10. Lady Gaga 2018 1. Imagine Dragons 2. Drake 3. Ed Sheeran 4. Post Malone 5. Camila Cabello 6. Cardi B 7. Maroon 5 8. Florida Georgia Line 9. Halsey 10. Bebe Rexha 2019 1. Post Malone 2. Lil Nas X 3. Ariana Grande 4. Halsey 5. Lizzo 6. Lady Gaga 7. Luke Combs 8. Taylor Swift 9. Jonas Brothers 10. Billie Eilish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus: Top 10 Digital Artists of the 10's (2010-2019) 2020 1. BTS 2. The Weeknd 3. Justin Bieber 4. Billie Eilish 5. Post Malone 6. Megan Thee Stallion 7. Tones And I 8. Maroon 5 9. Lewis Capaldi 10. Harry Styles
naval23 Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Katy and Gaga selling 15M in 1 year - the fact that Teenage Dream still crossed 3M pure and The Fame 5M pure is soo impressive considering all the singles they sold
istan4badgalriri Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Rihanna the #2 female in both decades and that's not even including her features.
KillingYourCareer Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 So happy Katy dominated a year 2011 for sales and 2014 for streams!
Michael196 Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Tay & Rih haven’t let anyone breathe since they came out I love most of these artists and that every year it got someone different! songs about jane GGGB the fame recovery teenage dream 21 unorthodox jukebox happy/girl 1989 purpose divide Evolve beerbongs/hollywood They really defined this century so far!! but the fact that the person who never ruled any year is the billboard artist of the decade is a mess!! And even though I love Taylor so much and she deserves it too BUT Drake really deserves it since he smashed non stop throughout the decade and the way he blew up even more after hotline bling/ work/one dance/views was INSANE!! Edited January 3, 2021 by Michael196
rihannabiggestfan Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Rihanna queen of quality, that's what I stan and the success is only a bonus
Rev8 Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Britney having the oldest career out of the females of the 2000s list
Beyonnaise Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Taylor not letting her foot off necks since her debut Rih will surely return to this list if she drops this year
bad guy Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Rihanna's digital sale dominance Billie being #4 in 2020 with no album out
Zs2236 Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 Tricon and Taylor slaying where's the queen (nicki)?
slw84 Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 13 hours ago, Rev8 said: Britney having the oldest career out of the females of the 2000s list Also not showcasing her prime years. This is literally post prime It's the longevity for me...
Icarus Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 Most years top 10 Taylor-9 Rihanna-7 Katy Perry-6 Eminem-5 Lady Gaga-5 Maroon 5-5 Black Eyed Peas-4 Adele-3 Ed Sheeran-3 Imagine Dragons-3 Drake-3 Flo Rida-3 Britney-3 Kanye-3 Justin Timberlake-3 Post Malone-3
TrieLz Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 BTS saving the digital sales from collapse this year Taylor Queen of sales Britney consistency untill 2010s
Twilish Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 and people try and say Katy Perry had no impact glad the receipts say otherwise.
slw84 Posted April 10, 2022 Posted April 10, 2022 @Green I hope you are considering saving and remaking this thread after the reset. I know Itunes is kind of irrelevant now but it still is in use. Thanks.
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