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1. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection - 4,225,000 

2. Shania Twain, Come on Over - 3,550,000

3. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill - 3,345,000

4. Lady Gaga, The Fame (+Monster) - 3,000,000

5. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman - 2,800,000

6. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me - 2,600,000

7. Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard - 2,575,000

8. Whitney Houston, Whitney - 2,400,000

9. Celine Dion, Falling Into You - 2,375,000

10. Madonna, True Blue - 2,300,000

11. Kylie, Kylie - 2,150,000

12. Celine Dion, Let's Talk About Love - 2,075,000

13. Celine Dion, The Color of My Love - 2,050,000

14. Tina Turner, Simply The Best - 2,000,000

15. Madonna, Ray of Light - 2,000,000 

16. Rihanna, Loud - 2,000,000

17. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad - 1,945,000

18. Madonna, Like a Virgin - 1,900,000

19. Christina Aguilera, Stripped - 1,870,000

20. P!nk, Misunderstood - 1,855,000

21. Avril Lavigne, Let Go - 1,820,000

22. Whitney Houston, The Greatest Hits - 1,775,000

23. Madonna, Music - 1,750,000

24. Mariah Carey, Music Box - 1,750,000

25. Kylie Minogue, Fever - 1,715,000

26. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway - 1,620,000

27. Beyonce, I Am ... Sasha Fierce - 1,615,000

28. Celine Dion, All the Way... A Decade of Song - 1,500,000

29. P!nk, I'm Not Dead - 1,405,000

30. Madonna, Like a Prayer - 1,400,000

31. Madonna, Confessions on a Dancefloor - 1,400,000

32. P!nk, Funhouse - 1,295,000

33. Katy Perry, Teenage Dream - 1,275,000

34. Britney Spears, Baby One More Time - 1,260,000

35. Beyonce, Dangerously In Love - 1,220,000

36. Madonna, Something To Remember - 1,200,000

37. Kylie Minogue, Enjoy Yourself - 1,200,000

38. Taylor Swift, 1989 - 1,200,000

39. Natalie Imbruglia, Left of the Middle - 1,100,000

40. Lana Del Rey, Born To Die - 1,095,000

41. Lady Gaga, Born This Way - 1,050,000

42. Cher, Greatest Hits 65 - 92 - 1,000,000

43. Britney Spears, My Prerogative - 1,000,000

 

 

 

*Source: CM. 

*feel free to correct inaccuracies. 

 

 

 

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Madonna :clap3:

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Don't forget Kylie :gayliecat1:

 

Kylie (1988): 2,150,000

Enjoy Yourself: 1,200,000

Fever: 1,715,000

 

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10 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Don't forget Kylie :gayliecat1:

 

Kylie (1988): 2,150,000

Enjoy Yourself: 1,200,000

Fever: 1,715,000

 

Came to post this. Ultimate Kylie at 1,035,000 too!

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11 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Don't forget Kylie :gayliecat1:

 

Kylie (1988): 2,150,000

Enjoy Yourself: 1,200,000

Fever: 1,715,000

 

I’ll add ha when Im on my PC again :gaydonnacat1:

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1. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection - 4,225,000 - 90's

10. Madonna, True Blue - 2,300,000 - 80's

14. Madonna, Ray of Light - 2,000,000 - 90's

17. Madonna, Like a Virgin - 1,900,000 - 80's

22. Madonna, Music - 1,750,000 - 00's

27. Madonna, Like a Prayer - 1,400,000 - 80's

28. Madonna, Confessions on a Dancefloor - 1,400,000 - 00's

Madonna, Something To Remember - 1,200,000 - 90's

 

16 million albums sold just from the ones in the OP :deadbanana2:

 

80's - 3

90's - 3

00's - 2

 

The stability :jonny6:

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It doesn’t even include streaming so pointless 

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2 minutes ago, Squall said:

It doesn’t even include streaming so pointless 

This. These are specific to an era not overall consumption. 

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Surprised Britney is N/A even though she though she peaked in the physical era. 

Posted

Whitney and Madonna slaying with 2 albums each in the top 10.

 

I'm sure some figures are missing.

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6 minutes ago, Squall said:

It doesn’t even include streaming so pointless 

Streaming shouldn’t be combined with pure sales in the first place. These are the best selling, you can make a thread for the most streamed 

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4 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

Streaming shouldn’t be combined with pure sales in the first place. These are the best selling, you can make a thread for the most streamed 

We get the point but its 2023, imagine how tired we are, we have been using SPS for years

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7 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

Streaming shouldn’t be combined with pure sales in the first place. These are the best selling, you can make a thread for the most streamed 

Then you need to add in the title that it stops counting consumption after 2015.

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13 minutes ago, Squall said:

It doesn’t even include streaming so pointless 

 

8 minutes ago, SwiftLover said:

This. These are specific to an era not overall consumption. 

 

1 minute ago, Clauss said:

We get the point but its 2023, imagine how tired we are, we have been using SPS for years

Since this is clearly about Taylor missing, she would still only have 1 album in the Top 30 on the list anyway if it was SPS so calm down. :rip: 

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Congrats to all these women :clap3: 

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2 minutes ago, Squall said:

Then you need to add in the title that it stops counting consumption after 2015.

I need to do that? It clearly says best selling and not must consumed. 

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3 minutes ago, CaptainMusic said:

 

 

Since this is clearly about Taylor missing, she would still only have 1 album in the Top 30 on the list anyway if it was SPS so calm down. :rip: 

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Congrats to all these women :clap3: 

What about it? I'm just saying these figures are not exact in 2023 :rip: 

 

2 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

I need to do that? It clearly says best selling and not must consumed. 

You want it or not, "equivalent sales" is how it works in 2023.

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5 minutes ago, CaptainMusic said:

 

 

Since this is clearly about Taylor missing, she would still only have 1 album in the Top 30 on the list anyway if it was SPS so calm down. :rip: 

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Congrats to all these women :clap3: 

And I still would care to see the list of SPS. This is basically a list to albums up to 2005 with mostly being 90s.

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Swifties are mad :dies:

 

OT: Madonna and especially the MUSIC figure :worship:

 

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Music above Like A Prayer. Madonna's career towers over all the others in the end

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Queen of Pop :clap3:

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3 minutes ago, Squall said:

What about it? I'm just saying these figures are not exact in 2023 :rip: 

 

You want it or not, "equivalent sales" is how it works in 2023.

 

2 minutes ago, Clauss said:

And I still would care to see the list of SPS. This is basically a list to albums up to 2005 with mostly being 90s.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-best-selling-female-albums-of-all-time-in-the-uk-revealed__34224/
 

This list is based on SPS, in 2021. Not that different to the OP. 

 

Certifications are automatic here, 1989 is still currently certified 5x Platinum less than Ray of Light (#30) which is 6x Platinum so I stand corrected either way Taylor does not have an album in the Top 30. Get over it :deadbanana4: 

 

 

 

 

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Essentially best selling albums pre-2013.

Still with a bias towards pre 2000s music. The most impressive album is LOUD essentially competing with 90s albums in sales in 2010. Gaga is also very impressive but The Fame combined with The Fame Monster will always skew those numbers higher than its peers.

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30 minutes ago, Squall said:

It doesn’t even include streaming so pointless 

Best selling albums, it said.

No streams and rivers allowed :redface:

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Xtina :clap3:

 

"The music industry" failing to make it. :sistrens: Them crying about streaming. 

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1 minute ago, CaptainMusic said:

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-best-selling-female-albums-of-all-time-in-the-uk-revealed__34224/
 

This list is based on SPS, in 2021. Not that different to the OP. 

 

Certifications are automatic here, 1989 is still currently certified 5x Platinum less than Ray of Light (#30) which is 6x Platinum so I stand corrected either way Taylor does not have an album in the Top 30. Get over it :deadbanana4: 

 

 

 

 

Your obsession over Taylor is scary :deadbanana4: 

 

My point was the numbers weren't exact/updated, not that it would totally change the list.

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