Britney Spears :: Charts & Sales History

[Instinct]

Given your history with trolling Britney (not only here, but on other forums), I think it's clear that your opinion shouldn't be taken seriously.



Pathetic.

[LostAvenger]

Stop posting in this thread. 100% of your posts in every Britney thread are negative.

[Haribo]

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Thanks, Wayne!

I actually don't understand why people can't accept those sales are fake.

I think the best proof is the following:

The Femme Fatale Tour: 103,014

This number is based on the already-inflated number that Britney fans use: 100k.

Now, it's good to know that the DVD left the chart with 62,412 in May 2012 and the thought of it selling 40k in three years is ridiculous and impossible.

EDIT: Why did this get reported? This is pure chart analysis and there's also no need to be rude/bitter/mad.

[Instinct]

Now that we're officially into the second half of the decade, I decided to collect Britney's achievements and sales during this time frame.



ALBUM SALES

Femme Fatale - 1,900,000
Britney Jean - 600,000
Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears - 150,000
B In The Mix 2 - 100,000
Oops!... I Did It Again: The Very Best Of Britney Spears - 75,000
The Essential Britney Spears - 45,000

Previous releases

The Singles Collection - 450,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 325,000
Circus - 150,000
...Baby One More Time - 125,000
Blackout - 100,000
Britney - 85,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 80,000
In the Zone - 60,000
B In The Mix - 50,000

Total Albums: 4,300,000+

SINGLE SALES

Scream & Shout - 8,500,000
Till The World Ends - 5,000,000
Hold It Against Me - 3,500,000
I Wanna Go - 3,200,000
Work Bitch - 1,800,000
S&M (Remix) - 1,500,000
Criminal - 800,000
Pretty Girls - 600,000
Perfume - 500,000
Ooh La La - 450,000
S&M (Bangerz) - 125,000
Scream & Shout (Remix) - 100,000
Tom's Diner - 75,000

Previous releases

3 - 1,700,000
Toxic - 1,400,000
Womanizer - 1,200,000
Circus - 1,000,000
...Baby One More Time - 500,000
Piece Of Me - 500,000
Gimme More - 450,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 400,000
Everytime - 400,000
I'm a Slave 4 U - 400,000
If U Seek Amy - 400,000
My Only Wish (This Year) - 325,000
Radar - 250,000
Me Against The Music - 250,000
Lucky - 200,000
Stronger - 200,000
(You Drive Me) Crazy - 200,000
Break the Ice - 150,000
Sometimes - 150,000
My Prerogative - 100,000
Do Somethin' - 100,000
Overprotected - 100,000
I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman - 100,000
Boys - 75,000
Born to Make You Happy - 75,000
Don't Let Me Be The Last to Know - 50,000
Someday (I Will Understand) - 50,000

Album Tracks: Femme Fatale - 1,200,000
Album Tracks: Britney Jean - 550,000
Album Tracks: Catalog - 350,000

Total Singles: 39,000,000+

DVD SALES

The Femme Fatale Tour: 200,000
Catalog - 100,000

Total DVDs: 300,000

Total Albums Sold: 4,300,000+
Total Singles Sold: 39,000,000+
Total DVDs Sold: 300,000+

= 43,600,000+ records sold from 2010-2015.

[MrLeonix]

BTW, the great "Toxic" has turned 12!

"Toxic" reached the #1 in several countries (including UK) and went top 10 in every market it charted. The songs was subject of acclaim and became the biggest female hit and one of the biggest hits overall of 2004. Its the 9th biggest song of 2004 in the UK according to UK's 2004 year end chart and its the 5th biggest song of 2004 according to Mediatraffic's 2004 year end chart.

As of today, it's become Britney's top catalogue song and has sold 2,3 million digital downloads and close to 1 million mastertones in the US taking its sales to over 3 million units just in the US alone. Its music video, despite being released more than a decade ago, still gets streamed constantly and has scored a VEVO certification with over 170 milliom views.

Happy 12 "Toxic".

[joiPrince_JO]

Question: I was on ig and saw a pic of Britney looking phenomenal. So i was stalking her feed and came across the Pretty Girls promo. I almost forgot that single existed.

I searched the topic here but its been locked. Is there any news on the era that I assume was going to take place after PG landed. I mean, I'm sure there was an album to go with it.

She has been working on the album for a number of months now but by the time PG was released, there was no album to go with it or scheduled for that matter. She said it herself that releasing an album is not her main priority right now.

[TrinidadNavy]

Question: I was on ig and saw a pic of Britney looking phenomenal. So i was stalking her feed and came across the Pretty Girls promo. I almost forgot that single existed.

I searched the topic here but its been locked. Is there any news on the era that I assume was going to take place after PG landed. I mean, I'm sure there was an album to go with it.

[MrLeonix]

No other female scored more Top 10 hits than Britney in the UK during the 2000s decade.

I have this info in UK for the 2000s decade (2000-2009):

1. Britney Spears - 17 Top 10 Hits
2. Kylie Minogue - 16 Top 10 Hits
3. Madonna - 15 Top 10 hits

Despite Madonna being 3rd in Top 10s, she was the female that scored the most number 1 hits in the 00s decade with 5, followed by Britney with 4 number 1s and Kylie scored 3 number 1s. Overall Spears is the top female singles artists of the 00s in the UK.

[toni_pest]

Now that we're into half the decade...

Oh my god, this also crossed my mind!

we're already 6 years into this decade tho

[MrLeonix]

^ Yayy, happy anniversary to "Hold it against me", a truly stunning single.

It was the first Hit for Britney in this decade. The song reached #1 in six countries including the US and reached the Top 10 in nearly every market. Some haters always try to shade this single because it didn't have much longevity. But judging by Britney's standards (Not Katy Perry standards) the song did ok, its not like it charted and was out of everything in 2 weeks, for those who don't know about Britney's own standards the song actually spent more weeks inside the top 10 of the Billboard hot 100 than several other of her previous singles like "Oops I did it again", "Toxic" and "Gimme More". Also it was a radio hit for her, in fact one of her biggest ones, and it also remains as her biggest and only Top 10 hit in Japan in this decade. To this date it has sold around 3,5 million units WW and was met with critical praise.

[RememberMyLove]

Happy 5th birthday to Hold It Against Me!

[GetBack]

Now that we're into half the decade...

Oh my god, this also crossed my mind!

[JBLover]

That is impressive if you ask me.

In term of earning:
2011: 10M
2012: 58M
2013: 15M (?)
2014: 20M
2015: 31M

Over 130M. That is not bad. Only Beyonce, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift can earn more than that from those year.

[MrLeonix]

Now that we're into half the decade, here's a brief summary of Britney's achievements in this decade (2010-2015):

Britney has sold around 34million records (not including catalogue sales), has scored one #1 Billboard 200 album, has scored two #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit singles, has grossed over $136 million in touring from over 1,1 million tickets sold in this decade so far.

So far in this decade, She has scored: 5 Top 10 Hits in the US ("Hold it against me" #1, "Till the world ends" #3, "S&M remix" #1, "I wanna go" #7, "Scream & Shout" #3), 3 Top 10 Hits in the UK ("Hold it against me" #6, "Scream & Shout" #1, "Work Bitch" #7), 1 Top 10 Hit in Germany ("Scream & Shout" #1), 4 Top 10 Hits in France ("Till the world ends" #8, "I wanna go" #5, "Scream & Shout" #1, "Work Bitch" #6), 1 Top 10 Hit in Japan ("Hold it against me" #8), 6 Top 10 Hits in Canada ("Hold it against me" #1, "Till the world ends" #4, "S&M remix" #1, "I wanna go" #5, "Scream & Shout" #1, "Work Bitch" #5), 3 Top 10 Hits in Australia ("Hold it against me" #4, "Till the world ends" #8, "Scream & Shout" #2), and 3 Top 10 Hits in Italy ("Hold it against me" #2, "Scream & Shout" #1, "Work Bitch" #6).

She has received the following official certifications in this decade:

6x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Australia
4x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Italy
3x Platinum - Till the world ends - Australia
3x Platinum - Till the world ends - Sweden
3x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Sweden
3x Platinum - Scream & Shout - USA
3x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Venezuela
2x Platinum + Gold - Scream & Shout - Mexico
2x Platinum - Hold it against me - Australia
2x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Belgium
2x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Germany
2x Platinum - Scream & Shout - New Zealand
2x Platinum - Hold it against me - Sweden
2x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Switzerland
1x Platinum - Femme Fatale - Argentina
1x Platinum - Work Bitch - Australia
1x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Auatria
1x Platinum - Femme Fatale - Canada
1x Platinum - Work Bitch - Canada
1x Platinum - Scream & Shout - Denmark
1x Platinum - Scream & Shout - France
1x Platinum - I wanna go - Sweden
1x Platinum - Work Bitch - Sweden
1x Platinum - Femme Fatale - Portugal
1x Platinum - Scream & Shout - UK
1x Platinum - Femme Fatale - USA
1x Platinum - Femme Fatale Live: The Femme Fatale Tour - USA
1x Platinum - Work Bitch - Venezuela
Gold - Femme Fatale - Australia
Gold - I wanna go - Australia
Gold - Femme Fatale Live: The Femme Fatale Tour - Australia
Gold - Britney Jean - Canada
Gold - Femme Fatale - Czech Republic
Gold - Till the world ends - Belgium
Gold - Till the world ends - Denmark
Gold - Work Bitch - Denmark
Gold - Femme Fatale - France
Gold - Femme Fatale Live: The Femme Fatale Tour - France
Gold - Femme Fatale - Ireland
Gold - Till the world ends - Italy
Gold - Work Bitch - Italy
Gold - Femme Fatale - Mexico
Gold - Hold it against me - Mexico
Gold - Till the world ends - Mexico
Gold - I wanna go - Mexico
Gold - Britney Jean - Mexico
Gold - Work Bitch - Mexico
Gold - Hold it against me - New Zealand
Gold - Till the world ends - New Zealand
Gold - Pretty Girls - Poland
Gold - Femme Fatale - Russia
Gold - Femme Fatale - Singapore
Gold - Scream & Shout - Spain
Gold - Femme Fatale - Sweden
Gold - Till the world ends - Switzerland
Gold - Britney Jean - Venezuela
Silver - Femme Fatale - UK (Eligible for Gold)

6 of her music videos that were released in this decade are VEVO certified: "Hold it against me", "Till the world ends", "I wanna go", "Scream & Shout", "Work Bitch", "Pretty Girls".

Additionally she participated in one of the biggest hits of the 10s decade ("Scream & Shout") and scored her two biggest Solo Radio / Airplay hits of her entire career in this decade ("I wanna go" and "Till the world ends").

[joiPrince_JO]

Both songs were total non-events so..

[MyDecember]

But Perfume was the second single to be fair.

[MrLeonix]

What song do you consider bigger flop? Perfume or Pretty Girls?

"Perfume" is a bigger flop to me, it failed to reach the top 40 in the BB hot 100, it charted worse internationally, it sold less, had less airplay and worse streaming. "Pretty Girls" reached the top 40 on the BB hot 100 for several consecutive weeks, it reached the top 20 in UK, sold more, had more airplay and its music video is VEVO certified.

[Dee1]

Do you got a source for that?

THAILAND

certification - album - sales
6x platinum Baby one more time 240
6x platinum Oops i did it again 240
5x platinum Britney 200
4x platinum In the zone 160
4x platinum Greatest hits my prerogative 160
1x platinum Blackout 15
2x platinum Circus 20
2x platinum The singles collection 20
1x platinum Femme fatale 10

[suben]

THAILAND

certification - album - sales
6x platinum Baby one more time 240
6x platinum Oops i did it again 240
5x platinum Britney 200
4x platinum In the zone 160
4x platinum Greatest hits my prerogative 160
1x platinum Blackout 15
2x platinum Circus 20
2x platinum The singles collection 20
1x platinum Femme fatale 10

[RememberMyLove]

What song do you consider bigger flop? Perfume or Pretty Girls?

I think Pretty Girls

[Instinct]

The Work Bitch radio edit really killed the song. Even more so than no promo.

[MyDecember]

Last update we had for Work Bitch was in November last year; it's sold 141,400 up till that point in the UK.

[JBLover]

Work Bitch has been certified Platinum in Sweden (40,000).

Yay!

Plus, should be at 1,015,000 in the USA and 2x platinum including streaming.

So many unfortunate situations prevented Work Bitch to have better peaks!

No lyric video on debut week.
Video search error on premiere week.
Discount in Germany on physical release week (would have peaked higher).

And probably some others here and there...

The "Work Work" version killed the song even faster on radio. In the UK, it was released too late (2 months after it was released in the US).

Work Bitch video should have been released the day the song was released or at least one week after. It deserved to be Top 10 and it could have been Top 10.

[AnnDroid]

Work Bitch has been certified Platinum in Sweden (40,000).

Yay!

Plus, should be at 1,015,000 in the USA and 2x platinum including streaming.

So many unfortunate situations prevented Work Bitch to have better peaks!

No lyric video on debut week.
Video search error on premiere week.
Discount in Germany on physical release week (would have peaked higher).

And probably some others here and there...

[LostAvenger]

Work Bitch has been certified Platinum in Sweden (40,000).