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3:42 pm - 01/19/2012

Guess Who's The Best Selling Female Artist Of All Time.. OF ALL TIME!

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The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2011 Music Industry Report was recently released, and includes Mariah's updated Soundscan career tally.

TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS
(Based on album sales from 1991-1/1/2012)

Mariah ranks at number 3, with 53,612,000 units sold. She is bested only by The Beatles (63,299,000 units sold) and Garth Brooks (68,561,000 units sold).

Also of note from this report was that "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was #6 on Top 10 Holiday Airplay for 2011, with 34,000
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tinymisfit 19th-Jan-2012 01:52 pm (UTC)
Garth? I really would not have guess him.
Ugh, I really want to skip my first class today but it's only the second week of classes :/
ixmissxyouxx 19th-Jan-2012 02:24 pm (UTC)
omg in the exact same boat. already contemplating skipping, dear lord baby jesus, get me out of this bed and into my classes.
viakyusu 19th-Jan-2012 02:34 pm (UTC)
lol skipping my first class right now~ Yup, I'm a badass.
rogue 19th-Jan-2012 03:35 pm (UTC)
it's the first week of classes and i want to skip the class i'm in right now

instead i'm in class, but on ontd
kstew 19th-Jan-2012 11:51 pm (UTC)
lol I skipped my first class today

I regret nothing tbh
wauwy 19th-Jan-2012 01:53 pm (UTC)
I give her props but UGH and GROCE at Garth Brooks.

I really don't understand a good 98% of my own nation.
beatlesluv 19th-Jan-2012 03:07 pm (UTC)
not really a Garth fan either tb
mixtape_reverie 19th-Jan-2012 03:59 pm (UTC)
I know even word to every Garth song and I don't even like country music. I ain't even mad.
__restless 19th-Jan-2012 05:17 pm (UTC)
two words: chris gaines.
tuluum 19th-Jan-2012 10:19 pm (UTC)
i remember when thunder rolls was everywhere, not even gonna lie i loved that one. i liked a lot of what i heard from him in the 90s but i dont remember much now. great production and he always sounded good live.
kstew 20th-Jan-2012 12:02 am (UTC)
and tha thunder rrrooollllsss
and tha lightnin striiikes
and...idk the rest of the words but yeah
retromaury 19th-Jan-2012 01:54 pm (UTC)
Is this a U.S or world wide thing? Cuz I know Madonna is more popular world wide than Maria i mean Mariah had to play a show in a fair in Brazil while Madonna sells out stadiums everywhere
alexislex 19th-Jan-2012 01:56 pm (UTC)
US. I don't think anyone outside North America listens to Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks.
tuluum 19th-Jan-2012 11:09 pm (UTC)
garth brooks got a lot of airplay in the 90s in my country on adult contemporary. country music always has, grew up with dolly and kenny songs on the radio. it's not a dominant genre but the big names do get played.
drammh 19th-Jan-2012 01:56 pm (UTC)
true talk. Mariah is also super popular worldwide though... just saying. not that much of a fan
heartlockedx 19th-Jan-2012 02:21 pm (UTC)
Mariah is huge in Asia too.
popartpistol 19th-Jan-2012 02:35 pm (UTC)
Srsly, I've never even heard of Garth Brooks.
ouronlylight 19th-Jan-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
IDK where this study was based, but it says that they only started counting the numbers in 1991, which cuts out a LOT of Madonna's album sales.
drammh 19th-Jan-2012 01:55 pm (UTC)
she deserves it. there's a gold mine in her throat
alexislex 19th-Jan-2012 01:55 pm (UTC)
I guess ppl really do love their Garth Brooks. Pretty surprising tho. I didn't think two country music artists would make it to the top ten.
playedinloops 19th-Jan-2012 02:32 pm (UTC)
4 country artists in the top ten! I think it shows more that those are the fans who still buy albums, though. And those are the people who were big in the 90s, before downloading.
alexislex 19th-Jan-2012 02:48 pm (UTC)
Four? Who are the other two?
childish 19th-Jan-2012 02:59 pm (UTC)
I downloaded the Billboard Top 100 tracks for 2011, and I'm stunned at how much country ended up on my mp3 player. It's like a good 1/4 of the charts apparently.
loganx2 19th-Jan-2012 01:56 pm (UTC)
Wait where is Michael Jackson?
champagnexdream 19th-Jan-2012 01:57 pm (UTC)
This, WTF.
my_bitch_face 19th-Jan-2012 02:12 pm (UTC)
it's a list of artists, not pedophiles
laetifico 19th-Jan-2012 02:22 pm (UTC)
lmao irl
fiddlemearound 19th-Jan-2012 02:31 pm (UTC)
hm.
frigginbgeek 19th-Jan-2012 05:42 pm (UTC)
NO
leitao 19th-Jan-2012 02:18 pm (UTC)
The list's based on sales from '91 to now . . . so, yeah, it is a bit odd. The '91 Dangerous album alone sold 32 mill. worldwide; not sure of the domestic numbers, but it was MJ's fastest selling album ever in the U.S. o_O

To say nothing of his other three studio albums. I mean, HIStory is also one of the best selling albums of all time; Blood on the Dance Floor is the best selling remix album of all time; and Invincible's numbers aren't too shabby, despite no promo and the controversy that soon followed its release. Hmm. *shrug*
belkisa 19th-Jan-2012 03:05 pm (UTC)
ikr, what is this list?
beatlesluv 19th-Jan-2012 03:09 pm (UTC)
i have to agree...im totally side-eyeing this list for that.

run_atreyu 20th-Jan-2012 12:39 pm (UTC)
Maybe they meant artists who are alive. But some of The Beatles are dead so IDK
champagnexdream 19th-Jan-2012 01:57 pm (UTC)
She deserves it, tbh.
nullteiler 19th-Jan-2012 01:57 pm (UTC)
Only in the USA though..
ani_di_franco 19th-Jan-2012 01:58 pm (UTC)
I'm always drunk when I hear Garth Brooks which is a good combination.

nullteiler 19th-Jan-2012 02:45 pm (UTC)
Reminds me of "the sweetest thing"

love that movie idc
ani_di_franco 19th-Jan-2012 02:46 pm (UTC)
You're too big to fit in here
jaded_fae 19th-Jan-2012 03:07 pm (UTC)
Not even gonna lie, I LOVE this song, especially when I'm out getting drunk.
nullteiler 19th-Jan-2012 01:58 pm (UTC)
Where is Brandy?
roseofjuly 19th-Jan-2012 04:18 pm (UTC)
Only Brandy's first two albums sold well.
frigginbgeek 19th-Jan-2012 05:43 pm (UTC)
I didn't know she had two albums.. I thought the only one thing she had was that Grammy when she was featured on some song.
benihime99 19th-Jan-2012 01:59 pm (UTC)
And I thought MJ would be here...
roseofjuly 19th-Jan-2012 04:18 pm (UTC)
It's only from 1991. Not that MJ wasn't a seller after 1991, but I think a lot of his success was strongest before then.
sparklepixie 19th-Jan-2012 02:00 pm (UTC)
If it's from 1991 I'm not surprised. She had a #1 every year of the 90s
baboona 19th-Jan-2012 02:00 pm (UTC)
U.S tho
dearmisterecho 19th-Jan-2012 02:00 pm (UTC)
Every time I see that gif or gifs from that the "Heartbreaker" video I can never remember the correct lyrics...just the lyrics to "Love Muffin":





and lmao Garth Brooks. AAAAND THE THUNDER ROOOOOOOOLLS, AND THE LIGHTNIN' STRIKES~
shinagara 19th-Jan-2012 02:33 pm (UTC)
lol it's the same for me! Love Muffin is totally superior though, Missy Elliott feature and all
hola_meg_a_cola 19th-Jan-2012 03:04 pm (UTC)
MadTV is flawless.
dearmisterecho 19th-Jan-2012 03:07 pm (UTC)
it became unbearable after the sorta-original cast all left :\ (i.e. Will Sasso, Debra Wilson, Nicole Sullivan)
henryevil 19th-Jan-2012 03:37 pm (UTC)
Debra Wilson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
hellicoptajuuce 19th-Jan-2012 02:01 pm (UTC)
The Heartbreaker vid made me believe that she could dance lol! I want a new album so bad T_T
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