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12 minutes ago, Dark Miracles said:

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

LAP would have sold significantly more had they not stopped shipping it in favor of I’m Breathless & The Immaculate Collection. 

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Swifties automatically victimising themselves :dies: The UK always kinda paid Britney dust which is sad to see, when the US had their one of their ultimate popstars, the UK was just on a different wavelength unfortunately!

 

Those Madonna numbers are crazy, never realised she was so huge here, but she's a global icon for a reason. 

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Stripped really was that era in the UK! Made the album year-end chart there from 2002 to 2005 and the decade-end chart as well. :clap3:

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1 minute ago, La Reina said:

Stripped really was that era in the UK! Made the album year-end chart there from 2002 to 2005 and the decade-end chart as well. :clap3:

Mess I just realized this means Christina has an entry and not Britney :deadbanana2:

 

Actually, BOMT has sold 1,260,000 so I should edit her in when I can. 

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1 hour ago, Intuition said:

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

 

29 minutes ago, visions said:

Swifties automatically victimising themselves :dies: The UK always kinda paid Britney dust which is sad to see, when the US had their one of their ultimate popstars, the UK was just on a different wavelength unfortunately!

 

Those Madonna numbers are crazy, never realised she was so huge here, but she's a global icon for a reason. 

OP is going to update the list, as BOMT is at 1.26, while DIL has sold 1.22 million copies in the UK. She has always been more of a singles artist than an album artist in the UK. For instance, she has more #1 UK singles than #1 US singles :cm: Moreover, her second million-selling effort in the UK was a compilation of her biggest single, and BOMT (single) has been the biggest pop single in the UK since 1998. Britney just smashed in a different department.

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It’s interesting that the UK we’re buying Rih’s albums in bulk while the US weren’t. 
 

GGGB: 2 (UK) vs 2.8 (US)

LOUD: 2 (UK) vs 1.8 (US) 

 

The joint slay of Ray of Light and Music :clap3:

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Talk That Talk crossed 1m mark in 2013. It should be included in honourable mentions 

 

Rihanna global queen

 

Posted
1 hour 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: 

 

 

 

 

its so funny to see them fume whenever taylor isn't included in something :dies:

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Why is Baby One More Time not included? It sold 1.2M

 

Also Greatest Hits My Prerogative sold 1M

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Madonna’s entries on this list span 21 years. :clap3:

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Another list, another Mariah entry. We love to see it. 

Posted
2 hours ago, Jjang said:

LAP would have sold significantly more had they not stopped shipping it in favor of I’m Breathless & The Immaculate Collection. 

I hate these things. The streaming kids do not understand the concept of these labels tactics. Physical product could go out of stock and then that was the end for that album / single...

 

digital music has no limits. 

 

Another reason for not including these free streaming acts.

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Tracy Chapman :chick2:

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Whitney's debut hasnt moved a million in the UK yet? 

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Stripped has sold 2.05 in the Uk.

Posted (edited)
5 hours ago, Otter said:

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.

Album sales didn’t decline that much compared to the US. I know it’s about foreign artists, but Leona selling 3.1 million with only one smash is probably the more impressive. Amy with BTB at 4 million without a smash is probably the most impressive. Loud and TFM are very impressive too. Pink also has 3 million pure sellers and her greatest hit is at 975k too. Queen of consistency

 

@Jjang Funhouse is at 1.295m units, above teenage dream and dangerously in love 

Born to Die is at 1.095m too

Evanescence Fallen (of that counts since Amy sings all the songs solo) is near 1.5 million.

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Britney UK Album Sales

 

…Baby One More Time - 1,260,000 

Oops I Did It Again -  960,000

Britney - 477,000 

In The Zone - 590,000

GH: My Prerogative: 1,000,000

Blackout: 300,000

Circus: 400,000

The Singles Collection: 315,000

 

 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, Jjang said:

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

Beyoncé performing "Listen" w/ Alexandra Burke on XFactor really set her album era alight (going on to chart a whopping 9 IASF singles in the Top 75 - an unprecedented run). I couldn't imagine the carnage if "Listen" was from this album.

 

(Her team probably should've tacked on a Studio version of the duet instead of that Billy Joel cover "Honesty" to the Platinum edition)

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

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

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

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

 

She really mothered so hard! 

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Rih having 2 entries so high (whilst also selling a huge amount of singles, in a worse album sales climate) is and still up there with legendary albums from the 80s/90s is truly underrated

 

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Stripped is at 2M I'm pretty sure 

 

Wow Celine wow Whitney wow Madonna  all global chanteuses :clap3:

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Madonna

 

Posted
12 hours ago, Virgos Groove said:

Don't forget Kylie :gayliecat1:

 

Kylie (1988): 2,150,000

Enjoy Yourself: 1,200,000

Fever: 1,715,000

 

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A few more:

 

Natalie Imbruglia "Left of the Middle" - 1,100,000

Cher "Love Hurts" & "Greatest Hits 65 - 92" - 1,000,000

Nelly Furtado "Loose" - 900,000

 

:bird:

Posted
13 hours ago, Mystic Boy said:

OT: Madonna and especially the MUSIC figure :worship:

You mean Music (the album) sales? Im shook its that close to the 2M mark in the UK :jonny6: so deserving

 

O.T.: so Loose by Nelly didnt sell over 1.2M in the UK? I thought it + a bunch of Kylie albums would be there.

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