Britney Spears :: Charts & Sales History

[Instinct]

I think "Piece Of Me" has a pretty big chance at becoming her highest grossing show

01. Britney: Piece of Me / May 03 - 20 / 9 shows / $5,855,011 - 37,712/ 40,541 tickets

$650,556 per show + 30 remaining shows = $19,500,000 + $115,846,603 gross to date = $135,346,603. "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" grossed $131,800,000.

[Instinct]

I agree. I really think Adele is #8 with over 20 million and Britney is #9 with 18 million. #10 is either Gloria or Diana imo. I'm pretty sure Britney has outsold Gloria in every European country except Spain and the Netherlands.

[MrLeonix]

^ Yep and it makes sense, there's no really reason for artists like Diana or Gloria to be bigger than Britney in any continent (except for Gloria in Latin America). There's nothing wrong with them, but Diana in parcticular was rarely an huge album seller.

[Instinct]

I believe Gloria's numbers are too high. The numbers here add up to 16,850,000 (as of 2007)

http://fanofmusic.free.fr/index.php?m=C ... riaEstefan

She has only released two albums since then, and both of them bombed hard

Miss Little Havana
Chart (2011) Peak
Position
US Billboard 200[8] 28
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[9] 27
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10] 93

The Standards
Charts (2013) Peak
position
Netherlands Albums Chart[21] 72
Spanish Albums Chart[22] 13
UK Albums Top 75[23] 66
Billboard 200[24] 20

Realistically speaking, she should be around 17-17.5 million. And Diana Ross also seems way too high

http://fanofmusic.free.fr/index.php?m=C ... =DianaRoss

The numbers here add up to 13,910,000 (though some countries are missing for some albums, I don't think it's enough to give her an extra 6 million).

[MrLeonix]

My list, posted a couple of years ago...

01. Madonna - 75m albums
02. Céline Dion - 60m albums
----- ^ Both acts are in the top 10 of all-time overall acts in Europe, Madonna is probably in the top 5 -----
03. Whitney Houston - 40m albums
04. Tina Turner - 32m albums
05. Barbra Streisand - 30m albums
06. Mariah Carey - 28m albums
07. Tracy Chapman - 24m albums
08. Diana Ross - 20m albums
09. Gloria Estefan - 18m albums
10. Britney Spears - 18m albums

Adele will probably be at around 20 MILLION in Europe. ++ According to MJD Mariah is at 29,3 MILLION.

I think Gloria is at 17m and Diana is rounding 18m tho. I wish MJD estimated them.

[stevyy]

My list, posted a couple of years ago...

01. Madonna - 75m albums
02. Céline Dion - 60m albums
----- ^ Both acts are in the top 10 of all-time overall acts in Europe, Madonna is probably in the top 5 -----
03. Whitney Houston - 40m albums
04. Tina Turner - 32m albums
05. Barbra Streisand - 30m albums
06. Mariah Carey - 28m albums
07. Tracy Chapman - 24m albums
08. Diana Ross - 20m albums
09. Gloria Estefan - 18m albums
10. Britney Spears - 18m albums

Adele will probably be at around 20 MILLION in Europe. ++ According to MJD Mariah is at 29,3 MILLION.

[MrLeonix]

BRITNEY: PIECE OF ME" is #01 on Billboard's Current Boxscore, grossing $5,855,011 with 9 shows & 37,712 tickets sold (93%)

Cool.

$115million total gross so far.

[Instinct]

BRITNEY: PIECE OF ME" is #01 on Billboard's Current Boxscore, grossing $5,855,011 with 9 shows & 37,712 tickets sold (93%)

[MrLeonix]

Europe started to move on from Britney during FF era right?

It depends on the market. Majority of Europe moved on during "Femme Fatale" era except for markets like France, Sweden, Portugal, etc.

[LiamPayne]

Oh wow. Thanks for all the answer about Europe sale comparison. Britney might have been outsold by those legends but she sold more than anyone from her peers and she is the youngest on that list too.

Brit Awards better honor Britney with a lifetime achievement award just like what Billboard did.

Europe started to move on from Britney during FF era right?

[CelinetoBarbra]

^ Can't wait for MJD to debunk and destroy those inflated Diana Ross numbers.

She sold over 50 million, at least

[Wayne]

^ Can't wait for MJD to debunk and destroy those inflated Diana Ross numbers.

They are his numbers...

[MrLeonix]

^ Can't wait for MJD to debunk and destroy those inflated Diana Ross numbers.

[Wayne]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

My list, posted a couple of years ago...

01. Madonna - 75m albums
02. Céline Dion - 60m albums
----- ^ Both acts are in the top 10 of all-time overall acts in Europe, Madonna is probably in the top 5 -----
03. Whitney Houston - 40m albums
04. Tina Turner - 32m albums
05. Barbra Streisand - 30m albums
06. Mariah Carey - 28m albums
07. Tracy Chapman - 24m albums
08. Diana Ross - 20m albums
09. Gloria Estefan - 18m albums
10. Britney Spears - 18m albums

Adele will be in there now as well - and Britney will probably still be #10 as she's had Glory whereas Estefan has had nothing.

[MrLeonix]

MJD has done his final Britney update for Oceania + Africa markets.

Oceania stats remained mostly the same. We now have South African estimates tho:

South Africa

Baby one more time - 125,000
Oops I did it again - 75,000
Britney - 25,000
In the zone - 35,000
Greatest hits: My Prerogative - 75,000
Blackout - 20,000
Circus - 25,000
The singles collection - 12,500

Up until 2009 it seemed a consistent market for her, "Circus" sold as much as "Britney" (2001).

He didn't include "Femme Fatale", "Britney Jean", "Glory" and other compilations. I guess "Femme Fatale" must have sold a similar amount to "The Singles collection" over there, while "Britney Jean" and "Glory" likely sold bellow 5K.

[MrLeonix]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

She actually did pretty good, some female legends like Madonna and Celine are on a much superior league in Europe, however Britney exceeded most of her direct peers in Europe.

The UK

In the UK, from 2000-2009 she registered 17 top 10 singles (The most Top 10s for any female in the decade) and she also sold the most singles during the decade in UK from what I know. So we can conclude Britney was UK's biggest female Hitmaker of the 2000s decade.

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FRANCE

There are other European countries where her career is even more impressive and simply in another level compared to her peers like its the case of France.

Take this as an example, according to 'MjDangerous', Beyonce and Christina Aguilera have sold 755,000 and 400,000 albums respectively over the course of their entire careers in France, they seem quite bellow and far away compared to the 2,700,000 units Britney's albums have sold there.

To put one particular example of her career dimension in France, we can look into this:

"Britney" (2001 album) sales in France = 415,000
Christina Aguilera's total career album sales in France = 400,000

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GERMANY:

In Germany Britney and P!nk were the only females from that generation that achieved blockbuster success in that country. Christina's top selling album in Germany sold 425,000 and Beyonce's top seller sold 350,000 there. Britney has two albums that are close to the 1million mark in Germany.

Britney was also the Biggest female Hitmaker of the 2000s decade in Germany with 14 Top 10 hits registered between 2000-2009.

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Overall Britney has sold more albums in Europe than any other female from her generation.
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[weare]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

She's the best selling single artist of the last decade in UK, so probably in EU as well.

This decade possibly belong to one of them; Rihanna, Katy perry, Taylor Swift and Adele.

Holy Cow! She ruled 00s.

It was either Britney or Madonna as the best selling singles artist in the UK during the 2000s

I know that Madonna was the biggest selling female artist in terms of album sales in the UK in the 2000s. The third straight decade that Madonna was the biggest selling female albums artist in the UK.

She is the selling album female artist in US, while single in UK.
That's more than impressive.

PS.During Digital sales boom, new artist like Rihanna, Lady gaga and Taylor Swift could beat Britney and other legends' sales easily (in term of records sales). but in Streaming era, nobody can beat that.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussio ... and-albums

From MusicWeek,

01 EMINEM 4,592,127 (not including a further 563,130 as a featured artist, and not including a further 723,240 with D12)
02 WESTLIFE 4,551,712
03 BRITNEY SPEARS
04 BLACK EYED PEAS 4,224,350
05 GIRLS ALOUD
06 MADONNA
07 RIHANNA
08 WILL YOUNG 3,532,410
09 SUGABABES
10 BEYONCE
11 LEONA LEWIS
12 ROBBIE WILLIAMS
13 PINK
14 KYLIE MINOGUE
15 LADY GAGA 2,952,097
16 S CLUB 7
17 MICHAEL JACKSON
18 OASIS
19 TAKE THAT
20 GARETH GATES
21 ATOMIC KITTEN
22 KINGS OF LEON
23 NELLY
24 COLDPLAY
25 AKON
26 KANYE WEST
27 ELVIS PRESLEY
28 PUSSYCAT DOLLS
29 SHAGGY
30 CHRISTINA AGUILERA
31 MARIAH CAREY
32 SHAKIRA
33 JENNIFER LOPEZ
34 U2
35 KILLERS
36 RONAN KEATING
37 CRAIG DAVID
38 JAY-Z
39 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
40 DESTINY'S CHILD
41 50 CENT
42 ALEXANDRA BURKE
43 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
44 NICKELBACK
45 MCFLY
46 LILY ALLEN
47 USHER
48 NELLY FURTADO
49 SHAYNE WARD
50 SNOW PATROL

[samo]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

She's the best selling single artist of the last decade in UK, so probably in EU as well.

This decade possibly belong to one of them; Rihanna, Katy perry, Taylor Swift and Adele.

Holy Cow! She ruled 00s.

It was either Britney or Madonna as the best selling singles artist in the UK during the 2000s

I know that Madonna was the biggest selling female artist in terms of album sales in the UK in the 2000s. The third straight decade that Madonna was the biggest selling female albums artist in the UK.

[LiamPayne]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

She's the best selling single artist of the last decade in UK, so probably in EU as well.

This decade possibly belong to one of them; Rihanna, Katy perry, Taylor Swift and Adele.

Holy Cow! She ruled 00s.

[weare]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

She's the best selling single artist of the last decade in UK, so probably in EU as well.

This decade possibly belong to one of them; Rihanna, Katy perry, Taylor Swift and Adele.

[LiamPayne]

Im sorry if this has been posted or answered before but how do Britney albums and single sales compare to other female artists in Europe?

[MrLeonix]

^
That leaves "Britney Jean" as her only album without a positive chart achievement right?, "Work Bitch" is among her most streamed songs tho.

Britney Jean was No.1 in Taiwan and stayed in Top 10 for several weeks?

I doubt that BJ was her first #1 there, so nothing new for her ......... Does that country even have an official chart anyway? ...

[LiamPayne]

^
That leaves "Britney Jean" as her only album without a positive chart achievement right?, "Work Bitch" is among her most streamed songs tho.

Britney Jean was No.1 in Taiwan and stayed in Top 10 for several weeks?

[chenrus]

Did MJD miss Columbia House sales for "Oops... I did it again" ?

Baby:
SS 10.6 M + BMG 1.6M + CH 2M =14.2M

Oops:
SS 9.22M + BMG 1.2M +CH ?? =10.5M

Oops sold only 0.08M via CH??? Thats ridiculous.

[MrLeonix]

Definitely. I believe Britney Jean is the only album of hers that failed to outsell her previous in any country. Even Glory outsold Britney Jean in Brazil and quite possibly Italy (maybe some other countries too).

Britney Jean is also her only studio album to miss the top 10 in Germany, France, Australia, Ireland, and Austria, as well as her only studio album to miss the top 3 in the USA and the top 5 in Canada. I consider "Britney Jean" the biggest bomb of her career in every aspect.

So rather that something good "Britney Jean" meant all the "Bad" / all time low chart stats for Britney's career. Litarally its her only album that didn't achieve anything.