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​She is having her overexposed period the only difference is that it's super late into her career compared to Gaga's being at the beginning of hers.

She's had this overexposed period going on a decade now. Every one of her albums has sold over 4 million in the US, with the majority of them coming closer to 5 million. 

Taylor has been very consistent since her very first album. 

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Shortly before Lady Gaga turns 29 this coming March 28th, her debut studio album, ‘The Fame’ (2008) moves up to become the 63rd Nielsen Music-reported best-selling album released this millennium so far (2000-present) in the United States. It’s also the millennium’s 16th best seller among major debut releases.

List of the best-selling albums of the millennium so far, ranked according to their last Nielsen Music-reported sales:

Albums released since 1/1/2000 selling over 10,000,000 units = 8
Albums released since 1/1/2000 selling over 7,000,000 units = 15
Albums released since 1/1/2000 selling over 6,000,000 units = 30
Albums released since 1/1/2000 selling over 5,000,000 units = 47
Albums released since 1/1/2000 selling over 4,500,000 units = 65

Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Label / Last reported sales (as of week ending)
1. 1 (2000) - The Beatles - UMG - 12.50M (2/8/15)
2. No Strings Attached (2000) - N Sync - SME - 11.16M (10/5/14)
3. 21 (2011) - Adele - SME - 11.1M (1/11/15)
4. Come Away With Me (2002) - Norah Jones - UMG - 11.02M (10/5/14) [DEBUT]
5. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - Eminem - UMG - 10.834M (3/16/14)
6. The Eminem Show (2002) - Eminem - UMG -10.270M (11/10/13)
7. Hybrid Theory (2000) - Linkin Park - WMG - 10.222M (6/22/14) [DEBUT]
8. Confessions (2004) - Usher - SME - 10.114M (8/11/13)
9. Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) - Britney Spears - SME - 9.212M (7/28/13)
10. Country Grammar (2000) - Nelly - UMG - 8.561M (6/23/14) [DEBUT]

11. Get Rich or Die Tryin (2003) - 50 Cent - UMG - 8.273M (6/23/14) [DEBUT]
12. O Brother, Where Art Thou? OST (2000) - Various Artists - UMG - 7.9M (1/25/15)
13. Fallen (2003) - Evanescence - IND - 7.743M (7/28/13) [DEBUT]
14. All The Right Reasons (2005) - Nickelback - WMG - 7.836M (6/22/14)
15. Some Hearts (2005) - Carrie Underwood - SME - 7.392M (6/22/14) [DEBUT]
16. A Day Without Rain (2000) - Enya - WMG - 6.958M (7/28/13)
17. Fearless (2008) - Taylor Swift - UMG - 6.909M (3/8/15)
18. Let Go (2002) - Avril Lavigne - SME - 6.841M (7/5/13) [DEBUT]
19. Hotshot (2000) - Shaggy - UMG - 6.824M (7/28/13)
20. Chocolate Starfish & the HDFW (2000) - Limp Bizkit - UMG - 6.762M (7/28/13)

21. Nellyville (2002) - Nelly - UMG - 6.505M (7/28/13)
22. Weathered (2001) - Creed - IND - 6.458M (7/28/13)
23. Songs in A Minor (2001) - Alicia Keys - SME - 6.348M (6/23/14) [DEBUT]
24. Breakaway (2004) - Kelly Clarkson - SME - 6.307M (6/22/14)
25. Greatest Hits (2000) - Tim McGraw - IND - 6.275M (7/28/13)
26. American Idiot (2004) - Green Day - WMG - 6.144M (7/28/13)
27. Meteora (2003) - Linkin Park - WMG - 6.1M (6/22/14)
28. Home (2002) - Dixie Chicks - SME - 6.054M (7/28/13)
29. Closer (2003) - Josh Groban - WMG - 6.033M (6/22/14)
30. The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - Mariah Carey - UMG - 6.027M (3/30/14)

31. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) - OutKast - SME - 5.717M (7/28/13)
32. Noel (2007) - Josh Groban - WMG - 5.710M (11/23/14)
33. Break The Cycle (2001) - Staind - WMG - 5.665M (7/28/13)
34. Silver Side Up (2001) - Nickelback - WMG - 5.658M (7/28/13)
35. The Better Life (2000) - 3 Doors Down - UMG - 5.653M (6/23/14) [DEBUT]
36. Missundaztood (2001) - P!nk - SME - 5.628M (6/23/14)
37. Taylor Swift (2006) - Taylor Swift - UMG - 5.492M (3/8/15) [DEBUT]
38. Greatest Hits (2004) - Guns N’ Roses - UMG - 5.475M (7/28/13) 
39. Black & Blue (2000) - Backstreet Boys - SME - 5.441M (7/28/13)
40. Up! (2002) - Shania Twain - UMG - 5.414M (7/28/13)

41. Encore (2004) - Eminem - UMG - 5.343M (11/10/13)
42. The Massacre (2005) - 50 Cent - UMG - 5.313M (7/28/13)
43. Cocky (2001) - Kid Rock - WMG - 5.311M (7/28/13)
44. Feels Like Today (2004) - Rascal Flatts - IND - 5.274M (7/6/14)
45. Josh Groban (2001) - Josh Groban - WMG - 5.165M (7/28/13) [DEBUT]
46. Songs About Jane (2002) - Maroon 5 - UMG - 5.149M (6/25/14) [DEBUT]
47. Number Ones (2003) - Michael Jackson - SME - 5.054M (5/18/14)
48. Me and My Gang (2006) - Rascal Flatts - IND - 4.954M (4/20/14)
49. Daughtry (2006) - Daughtry - SME - 4.945M (4/23/14) [DEBUT]
50. A Rush of Blood to the Head (2003) - Coldplay - WMG - 4.925M (6/22/14)

51. Dangerously In Love (2003) - Beyonce - SME - 4.924M (6/22/14) [DEBUT]
52. 8 Mile OST (2002) - Various Artists - UMG - 4.922M (7/2/14)
53. Celebrity (2001) - N Sync - SME - 4.918M (7/28/13) 
54. High School Musical OST (2006) - HSM Cast - IND - 4.878M (12/29/13)
55. ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits (2002) - Elvis Presley - SME - 4.868M (7/28/13)
56. NOW 5 (2000) - Various Artists - SME - 4.789M (7/28/13)
57. 8701 (2001) - Usher - SME - 4.710M (7/28/13)
58. Greatest Hits (2000) - Lenny Kravitz - UMG - 4.709M (7/28/13)
59. The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) - Alicia Keys - SME - 4.682M (7/28/13)
60. Feels Like Home (2004) - Norah Jones - UMG - 4.649M (7/28/13)

61. Recovery (2010) - Eminem - UMG - 4.622M (10/26/14)
62. Here For The Party (2004) - Gretchen Wilson - SME - 4.600M (7/28/13) [DEBUT]
63. The Fame (2008) - Lady Gaga - UMG - 4.6M (3/1/15) [DEBUT] [16th best-selling debut]
64. FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) - Justin Timberlake - SME - 4.546M (3/30/14)
65. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - UMG - 4.505M (3/8/15)
66. Room for Squares (2001) - John Mayer - SME - 4.484M (6/23/14) [DEBUT]
67. Speak Now (2010) - Taylor Swift - UMG - 4.480M (3/8/15)
68. Shock’n Y’all (2003) - Toby Keith - UMG - 4.420M (5/24/09)
69. All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000) - U2 - UMG - 4.4M (3/7/14)
70. Britney (2001) - Britney Spears - SME - 4.4M (5/27/12)

71. Stripped (2002) - Christina Aguilera - SME - 4.383M (11/1/14)
72. Survivor (2001) - Destiny’s Child - SME - 4.3M (10/10/09)
73. Monkey Business (2005) - The Black Eyed Peas - UMG - 4.272M (3/6/11)
74. The Sickness (2000) - Disturbed - WMG - 4.247M (8/14/11) [DEBUT]
75. Red (2012) - Taylor Swift - UMG - 4.160M (3/8/15)
76. Coyote Ugly OST (2000) - Various Artists - IND - 4.116M (6/5/11)
77. Toxicity (2001) - System of a Down - UMG - 4.116M (9/1/10)
78. When The Sun Goes Down (2004) - Kenny Chesney - SME - 4.111M (5/24/09)
79. Greatest Hits (2004) - Shania Twain - UMG - 4.102M (8/28/11)
80. Unleashed (2002) - Toby Keith - UMG - 4.075M (7/18/04)

Bubbling Under:
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow (2003) - Sheryl Crow - UMG - 4.062M (5/11/08)
Stankonia (2000) - Outkast - SME - 4.025M (9/18/05)
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004) - Gwen Stefani - UMG - 4M (5/17/09) [DEBUT]
Metamorphosis (2003) - Hilary Duff - IND - 3.996M (4/21/13)
Need You Now (2010) - Lady Antebellum - UMG - 3.959M (12/30/12) 
Frozen OST (2013) - Various Artists - UMG - 3.927M (1/4/15)

Overview:

UMG albums released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 33
SME albums released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 27
WMG albums released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 13
Independent albums released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 6
Debut albums released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 18
Official soundtracks released since 1/1/2000 within the top 80 best-sellers = 4

Quick Guide:
UMG = Universal Music Group (Interscope, Capitol, Republic, Island, Universal, Def Jam, Mercury, Virgin, Motown, other acquired EMI labels, Big Machine Records*)
SME = Sony Music Entertainment (Columbia, RCA, Epic, Legacy, Arista, BNA)
WMG = Warner Music Group (Atlantic, Elektra, Warner Bros. Records, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Asylum)
IND = Independent labels currently not owned / exclusively distributed by any of the big three music groups

*Independent label whose albums are currently distributed by UMG and whose record sales are included in UMG’s annual year-end reports

 

About Nielsen Music:

Popularly known as SoundScan, it’s the leading music sales measurement company which collects and tracks over-the-counter record sales at music retail stores, both in-store and digitally, and is the official source of Billboard for their record popularity charts. 

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I'm guessing this is TF + TFM right?

Anyway, fab place to be default_legend.gif

Taylor Swift is REIGNING omg.

Pretty sure it's just the Fame. TFM has sold 1.7m in the US.

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The early 2000s were such great years for album sales, most albums on the list are from 2000-2005 :omg: Congratulations to Gaga :applause: And an even bigger congratulations to Taylor Swift, who knows how high she'll be on this list in a few years :party: 

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