y'know I'm still always floored when I remember their single sales in the UK are 18.9m (probably 19.2m~ now?)

 

I'm sure that makes them one of the best selling singles artists of all time?

There single sales are just over 67 million worldwide. Still have to count album tracks and albums. Surely this would place them as the third best selling girl group of all time (below the spice girls and the supremes) and just over The Andrews Sisters

There single sales are just over 67 million worldwide. Still have to count album tracks and albums. Surely this would place them as the third best selling girl group of all time (below the spice girls and the supremes) and just over The Andrews Sisters

 

 

Surely Destiny's child have sold more that that

 

Also, where are you getting the 67 million sales figure from? That seems pretty high to me. Maybe at a push they could have sold close to that figure including albums etc. But I doubt it

There single sales are just over 67 million worldwide. Still have to count album tracks and albums. Surely this would place them as the third best selling girl group of all time (below the spice girls and the supremes) and just over The Andrews Sisters

please don't say your source is that twitter acc that makes the pretty graphics cause those are grossly inflated. i doubt their single sales sit at 67m..

@chartlittlemix on twitter posted all their single sales from each album from some reliable source. It seems you’re all forgetting they went from 19 million sales when shout-out to my ex was released to 45 million a year after. It’s been 3 years since that update with 2 new albums and more sales from their most popular songs

 

The last update on Destiny’s Child was 60 million (all records)

I feel like they get their sales from the source I was talking about though. 67m is awfully high for JUST singles.

If they've sold (what is it) 18 million records in the UK, I doubt they've sold over 40 million elsewhere.

If they've sold (what is it) 18 million records in the UK, I doubt they've sold over 40 million elsewhere.

 

Well you say that, they've definitely sold MILLIONS in the Americas and Asia which are much larger markets the the UK alone, combined with millions they must have sold across Europe as well... for me it adds up.

 

I've kept a tab of all their sales since the beginning. Last time I updated they were at 26 million total. However, we don't have updated US Sales which would increase the total by a lot. I estimate they've sold around 40-45 million records WW.

Well you say that, they've definitely sold MILLIONS in the Americas and Asia which are much larger markets the the UK alone, combined with millions they must have sold across Europe as well... for me it adds up.

 

 

They may have sold millions in those markets but they also are not 'huge' in those markets so I don't think the millions will add up to that much to be fair

They may have sold millions in those markets but they also are not 'huge' in those markets so I don't think the millions will add up to that much to be fair

 

Hmm, if Columbia were to update their US certifications we could realistically say:

 

Wings - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

DNA - 500,000 (Gold)

Move - 500,000 (Gold)

Black Magic - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

Love Me Like You - 500,000 (Gold)

Shout Out To My Ex - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

Touch - 1,000,000 (Platinum)

Reggaeton Lento - 500,000 (Gold)

Woman Like Me - 500,000 (Gold)

 

I think DNA, Get Weird & Glory Days would be at least Gold too.

 

It would bring their WW totals up by at least 10 million.

label says they're at 50-55m which seems more believable than just singles at 67m

Hmm, if Columbia were to update their US certifications we could realistically say:

 

Wings - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

DNA - 500,000 (Gold)

Move - 500,000 (Gold)

Black Magic - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

Love Me Like You - 500,000 (Gold)

Shout Out To My Ex - 2,000,000 (2x Platinum)

Touch - 1,000,000 (Platinum)

Reggaeton Lento - 500,000 (Gold)

Woman Like Me - 500,000 (Gold)

 

I think DNA, Get Weird & Glory Days would be at least Gold too.

 

It would bring their WW totals up by at least 10 million.

 

 

Where are you getting these numbers from? Half of them never made the top 200 on iTunes or Spotify ever and the ones that did (Wings, Black Magic and Shout Out) were very minor hots. These figures seem like a huge stretch. Love Me Like You doing 500K?

Where are you getting these numbers from? Half of them never made the top 200 on iTunes or Spotify ever and the ones that did (Wings, Black Magic and Shout Out) were very minor hots. These figures seem like a huge stretch. Love Me Like You doing 500K?

dripped streams. a lot of their songs are eligible in the US based on their somewhat decent success in the GW/GD era (well "success")

I won’t believe they only sold 5-10 million in 3 years when they sold 26 mil in a year even when streaming wasn’t as big compared to now which makes up loads of sales😂. The label said 50 mil in like 2018, they need to update it.

Those US numbers seem super inflated

I won’t believe they only sold 5-10 million in 3 years when they sold 26 mil in a year even when streaming wasn’t as big compared to now which makes up loads of sales😂. The label said 50 mil in like 2018, they need to update it.

 

Was it the label that said 50 million

 

or was it the X-Factor?

i assume since Syco was Simon's label and X-Factor was his show as well that it all comes from the same source really? but yeah it was one of their XF entrance videos back in 2018

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