Trav Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Does Celine have this title for her sales in the 1990s? Seems she sold around 120 million albums worldwide 1990-1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Well between 1985 and 1995 Michael probably pushed more, but it depends how strict you wanna be about when we measure a decade Also I could be wrong, he could fall short of Celine. I don’t actually know any of the figures. I’m just spitballing here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I think it's Celine for the 90s Which was impressive af because she didn't have her breakthrough era until 1994 with The Colour of My Love The Colour of My Love - 20M WW D'eux - 10M WW Falling Into You - 32M WW Let's Talk About Love - 31M WW These Are Special Times - 12M WW All The Way...A Decade of Song - 22M WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sexy Savage Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Celine dominated mariah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarysunflower Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I think probably the Beatles back in the 60s only. Someone check Eminem’s and Garth Brook’s collective albums too - they may have tipped the scale. Michael and Celine (and Mariah and Whitney) sold a boat load of albums but I don’t think either sold 100 million in the respective decade…. they’re up there now due to catalog sales eg. Off the Wall (15m), Thriller (50m), Bad (25m) = 90m {I don’t think any pre-Epic or music-video album would’ve pushed him over 10m} eg. Celines FIY/LTAL again probably reached 20-25 million copies each in the 90s, but racked up catalog sales over the 00s and 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Whitney Houston 20.9M Whitney 19.8M I'm Your Baby Tonight 9.9M The Bodyguard 41.1M Preacher's Wife 5.3M Total 118.3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Trav said: Does Celine have this title for her sales in the 1990s? Seems she sold around 120 million albums worldwide 1990-1999. 2 hours ago, WeFoundTrouble said: Well between 1985 and 1995 Michael probably pushed more, but it depends how strict you wanna be about when we measure a decade Also I could be wrong, he could fall short of Celine. I don’t actually know any of the figures. I’m just spitballing here 2 hours ago, naval23 said: I think it's Celine for the 90s Which was impressive af because she didn't have her breakthrough era until 1994 with The Colour of My Love The Colour of My Love - 20M WW D'eux - 10M WW Falling Into You - 32M WW Let's Talk About Love - 31M WW These Are Special Times - 12M WW All The Way...A Decade of Song - 22M WW 1 hour ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said: Celine dominated mariah It may be Celine, but it may also technically be Mariah if you mean albums actually sold within that decade since All the Way...A Decade of Song was released in mid-Nov 1999. It comes out to: Mariah Debut: 14 million MTV Unplugged: 6.5 million Emotions: 8 million Music Box: 26 million Merry Christmas: 13 million Daydream: 20 million Butterfly: 10 million #1s: 16 million (Rainbow: 7 million) = 113.5 million pure sales plus probably ~3 million sold for the more front-loaded Rainbow. It was certified for 3.8 million units in US, Europe, Japan by the end of the decade. We'll shave that to 3 million to account for shipments and for the sake of argument. So 116.5 million Celine Unison: 3.5 million Dion Chante Plamondon: 2 million Celine Dion: 6 million The Colour of My Love: 17 million D'eux: 7 million Falling into You: 28 million Let's Talk About Love: 30 million S'il Suffisait D'Aimer: 4 million These Are Special Times: 12 million (All the Way...A Decade of Song: 22 million) (I've rounded up quite a bit on several of Celine's.) = 109.5 million pure sales. Compilations are slower sellers. For instance, the compilation was not certified 2x platinum until 2002. For the sake or argument, we'll assume that she sold 6 million in 6 weeks (unprecedented for a compilation and not reflected in any sales figures in 1999 for the album). That would put her at 115.5 million. So even with these overly-safe adjustments taking off a bit from Rainbow and adding a bit too much to All the Way, it's pretty safe to say that Mariah outsold Celine within the 1990s decade despite the latter winning overall when you look at figures for all 90s releases. The answer to the OP is going to be contingent on how you define sales for a decade. Edited December 10, 2022 by suburbannature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, lonnie said: Whitney Houston 20.9M Whitney 19.8M I'm Your Baby Tonight 9.9M The Bodyguard 41.1M Preacher's Wife 5.3M Total 118.3M It's: Whitney Houston: 22 million Whitney: 20 million IYBT: 10 million The Bodyguard: 41 million The Preacher's Wife: 5 million = 98 million pure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, suburbannature said: It's: Whitney Houston: 22 million Whitney: 20 million IYBT: 10 million The Bodyguard: 41 million The Preacher's Wife: 5 million = 98 million pure You're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh2256 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) If by decade you mean ten years. I think it's Madonna. 1982-1992 Madonna: 10M Like a virgin: 21M True Blue: 25 Who's that girl: 6M You can dance: 5,6M Like a prayer: 15M I'm breathless: 7M The immaculate collection: 30M Erotica: 6M Total: 125.6M NVM Madonna was released in 1983. So yes it's 1983-1993 Edited December 10, 2022 by Harsh2256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjang Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) Madonna 1983-1993 but I think Celine edges her with all her releases. Edited December 10, 2022 by Jjang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninetiesceline Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) Yup it's Celine: Unison: 3.5 million Dion Chante Plamondon: 2 million Celine Dion: 6 million The Colour of My Love: 20 million D'eux: 10 million Falling into You: 32 million Let's Talk About Love: 31 million S'il Suffisait D'Aimer: 4 million These Are Special Times: 12 million (All the Way...A Decade of Song: 22 million) = 142.5 MILLION Edited December 10, 2022 by ninetiesceline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, suburbannature said: It may be Celine, but it may also technically be Mariah if you mean albums actually sold within that decade since All the Way...A Decade of Song was released in mid-Nov 1999. It comes out to: Mariah Debut: 14 million MTV Unplugged: 6.5 million Emotions: 8 million Music Box: 26 million Merry Christmas: 13 million Daydream: 20 million Butterfly: 10 million #1s: 16 million (Rainbow: 7 million) = 113.5 million pure sales plus probably ~3 million sold for the more front-loaded Rainbow. It was certified for 3.8 million units in US, Europe, Japan by the end of the decade. We'll shave that to 3 million to account for shipments and for the sake of argument. So 116.5 million Celine Unison: 3.5 million Dion Chante Plamondon: 2 million Celine Dion: 6 million The Colour of My Love: 17 million D'eux: 7 million Falling into You: 28 million Let's Talk About Love: 30 million S'il Suffisait D'Aimer: 4 million These Are Special Times: 12 million (All the Way...A Decade of Song: 22 million) (I've rounded up quite a bit on several of Celine's.) = 109.5 million pure sales. Compilations are slower sellers. For instance, the compilation was not certified 2x platinum until 2002. For the sake or argument, we'll assume that she sold 6 million in 6 weeks (unprecedented for a compilation and not reflected in any sales figures in 1999 for the album). That would put her at 115.5 million. So even with these overly-safe adjustments taking off a bit from Rainbow and adding a bit too much to All the Way, it's pretty safe to say that Mariah outsold Celine within the 1990s decade despite the latter winning overall when you look at figures for all 90s releases. The answer to the OP is going to be contingent on how you define sales for a decade. You really never fail to SERVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatestLoveofAll Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Pretty sure its Celine. She had a slower start ofc, but was consistently getting bigger after 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevyy Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said: Celine dominated mariah wel.. 1990 - 14 million - Debut 1991 - 8,5 million - Emotions 1992 - 7 million - Unplugged 1993 - 26 million - Music Box 1994 - 15 million - Merry Christmas 1995 - 20 million - Daydream 1997 -10 million - Butterfly 1998 - 16 million - #1's 1999 - 7,5 million - Rainbow = 124 million with albums released in the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 8 hours ago, suburbannature said: It may be Celine, but it may also technically be Mariah if you mean albums actually sold within that decade since All the Way...A Decade of Song was released in mid-Nov 1999. It comes out to: Mariah Debut: 14 million MTV Unplugged: 6.5 million Emotions: 8 million Music Box: 26 million Merry Christmas: 13 million Daydream: 20 million Butterfly: 10 million #1s: 16 million (Rainbow: 7 million) = 113.5 million pure sales plus probably ~3 million sold for the more front-loaded Rainbow. It was certified for 3.8 million units in US, Europe, Japan by the end of the decade. We'll shave that to 3 million to account for shipments and for the sake of argument. So 116.5 million Celine Unison: 3.5 million Dion Chante Plamondon: 2 million Celine Dion: 6 million The Colour of My Love: 17 million D'eux: 7 million Falling into You: 28 million Let's Talk About Love: 30 million S'il Suffisait D'Aimer: 4 million These Are Special Times: 12 million (All the Way...A Decade of Song: 22 million) (I've rounded up quite a bit on several of Celine's.) = 109.5 million pure sales. Compilations are slower sellers. For instance, the compilation was not certified 2x platinum until 2002. For the sake or argument, we'll assume that she sold 6 million in 6 weeks (unprecedented for a compilation and not reflected in any sales figures in 1999 for the album). That would put her at 115.5 million. So even with these overly-safe adjustments taking off a bit from Rainbow and adding a bit too much to All the Way, it's pretty safe to say that Mariah outsold Celine within the 1990s decade despite the latter winning overall when you look at figures for all 90s releases. The answer to the OP is going to be contingent on how you define sales for a decade. Falling Into You sold 32M WW so 28M for the 90s is way too low its closer to 30M. D'eux is certified for 8 million in Europe and sold 700k in Canada and 300k in the US alone so its at 9M at least. All the Way sold 3M in the USA for 1999, was already certified Diamond in Canada for 1999 so 6M is reasonable. So it would be 119.5 M for Celine vs. 116.5 M for Mariah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) the biggest female seller in the 90s was celine, and the male I guess it was Garth Brooks, although I dont´t know eminem´s numbers by the way, I will never understand how come I´m your baby tonight and Emotions that much less than their other albums. Both are amongst their best Edited December 10, 2022 by promise to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Probably? She was massive and peaked at the height of music sales. I think Mariah might be up there. Overall I think MJ probably has the record for the 80. Does anyone know how many records the Beatles sold in the 60s? They have strong catalog sales so I am not sure how many they sold in their first decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Thanks all, I was just genuinely curious - I just went by wikipedia numbers for albums released in a single decade for madonna, mariah, whitney, and celine as I figured those would be the only close ones for women at least. It seems celine had the highest for the 90s decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 MJ in the 80s? OTW peaked in early-1980, and Thriller and Bad were huge blockbusters. Does anybody have a breakdown of his sales by decade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 hours ago, naval23 said: Falling Into You sold 32M WW so 28M for the 90s is way too low its closer to 30M. D'eux is certified for 8 million in Europe and sold 700k in Canada and 300k in the US alone so its at 9M at least. All the Way sold 3M in the USA for 1999, was already certified Diamond in Canada for 1999 so 6M is reasonable. So it would be 119.5 M for Celine vs. 116.5 M for Mariah. Some of Mariah's numbers are too low as well because those are verified pure sales. 119.5 vs. 116.5 would not be accurate for the reasons I explained. Also, I only said 6 million for extra padding for argument's sake - All the Way did not sell 6 million in 6 weeks as a compilation. That's highly inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, suburbannature said: Some of Mariah's numbers are too low as well because those are verified pure sales. 119.5 vs. 116.5 would not be accurate for the reasons I explained. Also, I only said 6 million for extra padding for argument's sake - All the Way did not sell 6 million in 6 weeks as a compilation. That's highly inaccurate. All The Way sold 3M alone in the USA in 1999 which was ~33% of its total sales (9.3M) especially when it also cleared a million in 1999 in Canada alone. So 6 million in 1999 with 22 million total is not "highly inaccurate" (6/22 = 27%) considering it was also #29 for Europe's biggest 1999 albums - you could even underestimate it even more to 5M, but with D'Eux and Falling Into You being 10M and 30M respectively, she'd still come on top. Both Mariah's and Celine's are verified pure sales so that point is moot. Edited December 10, 2022 by naval23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popjunkie Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Using the current WW sales for all of these albums doesn’t really give an accurate reflection of how many of those were sold within one decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, naval23 said: All The Way sold 3M alone in the USA in 1999 which was ~33% of its total sales (9.3M) especially when it also cleared a million in 1999 in Canada alone. So 6 million in 1999 with 22 million total is not "highly inaccurate" (6/22 = 27%) considering it was also #29 for Europe's biggest 1999 albums - you could even underestimate it even more to 5M, but with D'Eux and Falling Into You being 10M and 30M respectively, she'd still come on top. Both Mariah's and Celine's are verified pure sales so that point is moot. That's the issue - they didn't sell that much in the 90s. Edited December 10, 2022 by suburbannature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besaid Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Probably Madonna or Celine. Mariah likely very close but no cigar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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