Soundscan Top 20 New Artist of 2000's

Taylor Swift Becomes Top New Artist of the 2000's

CHART WATCH (November 26th, 2014):

"As of this week, Taylor Swift has sold more albums in the U.S. than any other artist who has emerged since January 2000. Swift's current album,1989, sold 214K copies this week, which enables her to surpass Linkin Park on Nielsen SoundScan's running tally of best-selling album artists. That's impressive because Linkin Park had a six-year head-start on Swift. (Of the 20 best-selling album artists to emerge since 2000, only Adele debuted after Swift.)"

1. Taylor Swift (25.2 million) - since October 2006 - (biggest seller - "Fearless": 6.9 million)

2. Linkin Park (25 million) - since October 2000

3. Nickelback (23.2 million) - since March 2000

4. Rascal Flatts (22.9 million) - since June 2000

5. Josh Groban (22.3 million) - since November 2001

6. Nelly (21.8 million) - since June 2000

7. Norah Jones (19.1 million) - since February 2002 - (biggest seller - "Come Away With Me": 11 million)

8. Alicia Keys (18.4 million) - since June 2001

9. Michael Buble (18.1 million) - since February 2003

10. Coldplay (18.1 million) - since November 2000

11. 50 Cent (16.9 million) - since May 2002

12. P!nk (16.2 million) - since April 2000

13. Beyonce (15.5 million) - since June 2003

14. John Mayer (14.9 million) - since June 2001

15. Carrie Underwood (14.7 million) - since November 2005

16. Ludacris (14.3 million) - since May 2000

17. Adele (13.8 million) - since March 2008 - (biggest seller - "21": 11 million)

18. Kelly Clarkson (13.5 million) - since April 2003

19. 3 Doors Down (13.4 million) - since February 2000

20. Kanye West (12.9 million) - since February 2004

https://www.yahoo.com/music/taylor-swift-be...7027360845.html