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Me and my friend were having an arguement on who was the highest selling female of all time. He said it was Mariah Carey but i thought it was Madonna..

Anyone got official statistics??

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This will end in an arguement I guarantee it.

 

But, when the Brits were on, on Mariah's official profile it said "Highest selling female of all time".

 

But it didn't say that on Madonna's.

 

However both sides have inflated sales figures so we'll never know. Also everytime Mariah appears on a show she's deemed "Biggest selling female artist of all time" something which I never hear Madonna referred as. But as I say, we'll never know.

 

The only people that know the true sales for their material are the record companies so we'll never know. Either way, Madonna has been around 7 years longer than Mariah and for Mariah to be anywhere NEAR close to Madonna (whose been out 7 years more) is amazing.

But in actual fact it's neither.

 

There's some foreign woman whose sold like 350m+ or some insane figure like that, she's like 70 odd. I'm sure Matty will know a bit about her. :lol:

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But in actual fact it's neither.

 

There's some foreign woman whose sold like 350m+ or some insane figure like that, she's like 70 odd. I'm sure Matty will know a bit about her. :lol:

is that enya?

is that enya?

:rofl:

 

Of course it isn't! David would love it to be, but no it isn't! :lol:

 

It's Nana Mouskiri or something. :blink:

Barbara Streisand is also up there, people usually forget about her, she's the female that has been certified platinum the most times in America, followed by Mariah, followed by Madonna

Surely it's Madge. :blink: I mean Mariah does'nt have THAT many famous songs does she? :unsure:

 

I have read loads of time that Madge is the best selling female arist of all time. Is it based on Album or singles sales? Or combined? :unsure:

Alot of people don't know about Mariah's succes album wise! lol one of her albums sold about 30 million worldwide, another about 25 million, then the next one down is 17 million I think...

 

 

:rofl: @ Lisa Scott-Lee

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Surely it's Madge. :blink: I mean Mariah does'nt have THAT many famous songs does she? :unsure:

 

I have read loads of time that Madge is the best selling female arist of all time. Is it based on Album or singles sales? Or combined? :unsure:

Combined. ;)

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i keep thinking its mariah.. then madonna...

so confused lol!

i hope you like your sig scotty! Its abit plain sorry!

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I'm surprised someone so little known has sold so many records :huh:... Here are Mariah's album sales if it helps:

 

 

Mariah Carey: 18 million

Emotions: 12.5 million

MTV Unplugged: 9.5 million

Music Box: 30 million

Merry Christmas: 16 million

Daydream: 25 million

Butterfly: 15 million

#1s: 15 million

Rainbow: 10 million

Glitter: 4 million

Greatest Hits: 4 million

Charmbracelet: 4.5 million

The Remixes: 1 million

The Emancipation Of Mimi: 10 million

 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_sales_a...or_Mariah_Carey

 

 

They are Mariah's album sales from Wikipedia, they seem right to me, except maybe Emotions, I'm not too sure on that!

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It was very popular in Asia, it bombed most places but sold well over there I think :unsure:. I thought Glitter was more around 3.5, I'm gonna check around...

 

 

According to Billboard magazine, 63 million copies of Carey albums had been shipped to retailers in the United States by July 2005. A Sunday Herald article published on December 11, 2005 reported that Carey had sold around 160 million albums worldwide

 

 

I'd say Madonna has sold more though... but I'm not sure!

 

 

Changed some of the numbers because I found different ones, added source too :P

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Well Glitter sold just over a million in the USA, so 4m doesn't seem THAT out there.

Well Glitter sold just over a million in the USA, so 4m doesn't seem THAT out there.

 

Mariah's main sales come from the US though, even TEOM only did 3 million outside the US. I'm gonna hazzard a guess at 2 million max for Glitter.

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