US Record Sales Database - ARTPOP hits 746k, TD 2.97M, 1989 4.65M
Here are the latest SoundScan-reported career record sales of the best-selling artists in the digital era of music, led by the four most successful female solo acts who all rose to worldwide fame in the late 2000s:
1. Taylor Swift - 109.44 million+ US records sold since 2006
Albums:
Official Singles:
2. Rihanna - 86.995 million+ US records sold since 2005
Albums:
Official Singles:
3. Katy Perry - 72.228 million+ US records sold since 2008
Albums:
Official Singles:
4. Lad
Eminem - 96.393 million+ US records sold since 1999
Official Singles:
Total US records sold, as lead: 96.393 million at the minimum
Sources: https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/chart-watch-frozen-place-1-193233473.html http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26230/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-10-2013 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5944791/eminem-marks-sales-hot-100-milestones http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6062417/chart-moves-journ