Chartmaster Debuts Most Successful Female Artists

[elsamars 7,097]

 

 

Most successful female artists, by format.

 

Digital Singles Sales

1 Rihanna - 257.6m

2 Taylor Swift - 175.6m

3 Beyoncé - 164.0m

4 Katy Perry - 135.4m

5 Nicki Minaj - 133.4m

 

Streaming (EAS)

1 Taylor Swift - 148.7m

2 Ariana Grande - 79.8m

3 Billie Eilish - 68.4m

4 Rihanna - 68.1m

5 Dua Lipa - 50.4m

 

Pure Album Sales

1 Madonna - 201.9m

2 Celine Dion - 171.6m

3 Mariah Carey - 152.8m

4 Barbra Streisand - 138.6m

5 Whitney Houston - 128.6m

 

Physical Singles Sales

1 Madonna - 75.2m

2 Olivia Newton-John - 51.9m

3 Aretha Franklin - 51.3m

4 Whitney Houston - 49.5m

5 Cher - 46.2m

 

Do you agree?

[dynamite 64,815]

1 minute ago, elsamars said:

1 Rihanna - 257.6m

Impressive considering it feels like she abandoned music in the 1800s

2 minutes ago, elsamars said:

Physical Singles Sales

2 Olivia Newton-John - 51.9m

[weed 76,934]

is this 100% fact purely based on factual statistics or is this only certified or something else?

[NUTELLA 18,512]

I know they were/are big deals, but seeing names like Celine Dion, Olivia Newton John & Barbra Streisand on these kinds of lists always shocks me

Edited 22 hours ago by NUTELLA

[elsamars 7,097]

6 minutes ago, weed said:

is this 100% fact purely based on factual statistics or is this only certified or something else?

They expain it here but I don't know exactly. People seem to be dismissive of his data

https://chartmasters.org/best-selling-artists-of-all-time/

They have been using a list that combines physical/digital ones and everybody was raising eyebrow for that. At least this one separates them.

Edited 22 hours ago by elsamars

[gagzus 18,044]

This feels 100% more accurate than what some very young people on the internet assume. Like Madonna is and will remain the most successful female popstar of all time. Because she did it when it was harder to be successful. Plus as someone who grew up with artists like Celine and Whitney, their fans (like true fans like how were true Gaga fans) BUY their sh*t.

Theres loads of people on here who are “fans” but haven’t spent a single penny on Gaga media outside of maybe a tour ticket and a Spotify subscription. Which isn’t buying proper Gaga media like buying albums (physically or digitally). Which shocks me.

But maybe that’s just an age difference between me and a lot of the Gen Z fans now. We consume media differently.

Edited 21 hours ago by gagzus

[meltedplastic 670]

PURE SALESSSSSSS

[weed 76,934]

10 minutes ago, elsamars said:

They expain it here but I don't know exactly. People seem to be dismissive of his data

https://chartmasters.org/best-selling-artists-of-all-time/

They have been using a list that combines physical/digital ones and everybody was raising eyebrow for that. At least this one separates them.

Taylor has 121B while Madonna has 10B on Spotify, manyyy more views on youtube, but only 10x more units for streaming, so it's interesting...