Britney Spears :: Charts & Sales History

[goddessriah]

I think MJD is a great estimator, and if he has deflated some of his artists' estimations, he has his own reasons. By the end of the day, all of us are just estimators. We don't really know what our favs' albums really sold, so we can't say that other's estimations are not as close to reality than our own. Besides, while MJD did deflate some of Britney and Celine's album sales, i find that he slightly inflated some of their single sales as well. Not everyone is perfect, but being conservative is nothing wrong.

Regarding Britney's album sales, I think 80m should be the consensus. The only massive deflation MJD has on Britney is on Oops I Did It Again (Album), which I believe should be in the 19,5-20m range. Moreover, I think that Femme Fatale should be upgraded as well. MJD has it's US shipments at 850K, but it is certified Platinum, so the 1,7m figure should be upgraded to closer to 1,9m. Also, we should round up Circus to 4m, as I believe it will reach there in a matter of time. 24m and 10,5m is OK for BOMT and Britney. All in all, Instinct's estimation should be the consensus. 80m albums and 100m+ singles, totaling to over 180m records sold for the biggest selling female artist of her generation.

[MrLeonix]

^ I think he estimated well all of her albums except "Oops I did it again" which was the one he underestimated the most.

There were some minor / little underestimation (but no big deal) on "Britney" which IMO is around 11m (not 10,5m) and "Britney Jean" which is over 650K (not 600K) I would even say that 700K wouldn't be out of reach.

I think most underestimate her success in Latin America. Many probably don't know that "Britney Jean" sold / shipped 100K in Latin America alone.

[Kevinmakeme]

UK iTunes

#154 Make Me
#212 Womanizer
#1074 Toxic
#1080 ...Baby One More Time
#1297 Oops!:.. I Did It Again

Can't wait to see the effect of her Jonathan Ross performance on Saturday

UK single sales, estimations to date:

...Baby One More Time: 1,545,000
Sometimes: 460,000
(You Drive Me) Crazy: 290,000
Born To Make You Happy: 340,000
Oops!... I Did It Again: 485,000
Lucky: 240,000
Stronger: 215,000
Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know: 65,000
I'm A Slave 4 U: 210.000
Overprotected: 165,000
I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman: 170,000
I Love Rock N' Roll: 80,000
Boys: 90,000
Me Against The Music: 150,000
Toxic: 440,000
Everytime: 365,000
My Prerogative: 130,000
Do Somethin': 80,000
Gimme More: 245,000
Piece Of Me: 285,000
Break The Ice: 110,000
Womanizer: 450,000
Circus: 230,000
If U Seek Amy: 125,000
Radar: 50,000
3: 185,000
Hold It Against Me: 170,000
Till The World Ends: 180,000
I Wanna Go: 30,000
Scream & Shout: 870,000
Ooh La La: 10,000
Work Bitch: 90,000
Pretty Girls: 50,000
Make Me...: 60,000

I think these are pretty on point, feel free to correct anything. All #s are rounded. Britney should be #7 for female singles artists in the UK.

OCC confirmed 240k for 'Me Against The Music'. Although it wasn't certified silver

[Westen]

MATM is not at 240k lol

[Instinct]

UK iTunes

#83 Sometimes
#142 Make Me...
#361 Everytime
#376 Womanizer
#569 Oops!... I Did It Again
#617 ...Baby One More Time
#693 Make Me...
#778 Stronger
#874 I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
#957 Toxic
#1112 Lucky
#1122 Born to Make You Happy
#1293 Overprotected

[MrLeonix]

UK itunes

#85 Sometimes (-2)
#128 Make me (+14)
#239 Womanizer (+137)
#337 Everytime (+24)
#349 Oops I did it again (+220)
#363 Lucky (+749)
#591 Make me (+102)
#621 Baby one more time (-4)
#628 Born to make you happy (+494)
#668 Toxic (+289)
#680 I'm not a girl not yet a woman (+194)
#1258 Work Bitch (RE)
#1346 Overprotected (-53)
#1391 Scream & Shout (RE)

[Instinct]

I'm trying to find all her peaks in Latin America to include them in the OP (which is being updated soon). Any help is appreciated and feel free to correct any mistakes.

Glory officially debuts at #2 in Brazil (#1 international), #5 in Argentina, and #5 in Mexico (also #1 international)

Official peaks in Brazil:
Circus - #1 (Source)
Femme Fatale - #6 (Source)
Glory - #2 (Source)

So now we're only missing Britney Jean, since I doubt there's a lot of information for albums released before this decade.

[Instinct]

14 Britney Spears The Axis at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Nev. Aug. 31, Sept. 2-3, 7, 9-10, 2016 $3,391,303
23,026 /25,757 6 / 0 $495, $179, $94, $54 Caesars Entertainment

Total gross: $91,032,540

[RLAAMJR]

You're right, it's harder to estimate sales for older acts, so we will never know for sure. 17-18m is a good estimation though.

On another topic, MJD estimated the following single sales for her (physical/digital format)

Scream & Shout – 8,500,000
...Baby One More Time - 7,400,000
Womanizer - 7,250,000
Circus - 7,200,000
Toxic – 5,500,000
Till The World Ends – 5,400,000
3 – 4,900,000
Piece Of Me – 3,800,000
Hold It Against Me – 3,800,000
I Wanna Go – 3,600,000
Gimme More – 3,550,000
Oops!... I Did It Again – 2,900,000
Everytime – 2,850,000
If U Seek Amy – 2,700,000
Work Bitch – 2,100,000
(You Drive Me) Crazy – 2,000,000
Stronger – 2,000,000
I'm a Slave 4 U – 2,000,000
Lucky – 1,800,000
Sometimes – 1,600,000
S&M Remix – 1,600,000
Born To Make You Happy – 1,450,000
Me Against The Music – 1,400,000
Ooh La La – 1,400,000
My Prerogative – 1,350,000
Break The Ice – 1,320,000
My Only Wish (This Year) – 1,200,000
From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart – 1,100,000
Radar – 1,000,000
I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman – 900,000
Criminal – 800,000
Do Somethin' – 725,000
Overprotected - 650,000
Pretty Girls – 500,000
Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know – 500,000
Perfume – 500,000
I Love Rock 'n' Roll – 400,000
Boys – 400,000
Someday (I Will Understand) – 225,000
Outrageous – 200,000
Anticipating – 150,000
Others/Album Tracks – 5,100,000

Total: 103 million

I think he did a great job, however Ooh La La and My Only Wish make 0 sense to me. Way too high. And I think he underestimated Circus (it's around 6.5m) and Pretty Girls (closer to 600k, it definitely outsold Perfume).

I always hear Britney's Christmas song "My Only Wish" every Christmas season here in the Philippines. I love the song.

[Instinct]

Did Sometimes chart in the UK this week?

[Instinct]

UK iTunes

#273 Born To Make You Happy
#274 Make Me...
#522 Sometimes
#917 Toxic
#1181 Everytime
#1192 Oops!... I Did It Again
#1369 Stronger
#1478 ...Baby One More Time

The IHeart Radio festival airs tonight, so hopefully it has an impact on her catalog in the US.

Edit: BTMYH is #253 in the UK now Any idea why?

[Swimmingbritney]

Britney has sold around 86 million pure albums worldwide

[goddessriah]

Britney has sold around 86 million pure albums worldwide

Care to break it down? Album by album? Or market by market?

[Instinct]

86m is too much. 80m is fine.

[goddessriah]

Does anyone knows how many albums Britney has sold in South America? I've heard she's one the biggest artists there. According to MJD (who you all think give deflated estimations), Britney's album sales in the 3 biggest market in South America are:

Argentina: 515,000
Brazil: 1,185,000
Mexico: 1,290,000
Total: 2,990,000

Almost 3m from the 3 biggest markets! However, MJD has some blanks for some of her albums, so the total should be higher than this. I'm very impressed with Mexico! Can't believe she sold more albums there than Brazil, when Brazil is the bigger music market!

What about the whole continent? I've heard that she sold 6m albums, but based on this info (though deflated a little, so let's upgrade it to 3,5m), and the fact that other South American markets are pretty small, I'd hazard to say she sold around 1-1,5m for the rest of the markets, making a total of 4-5m albums sold. Very impressive!

[Instinct]

Latin America

Brazil:
...Baby One More Time - 300,000 (or 1,000,000)
Oops!... I Did It Again - 250,000 (or 850,000)
Britney - 120,000
In The Zone - 120,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 80,000
Blackout - 55,000
Circus - 80,000
The Singles Collection - 75,000
Femme Fatale - 75,000
Britney Jean: 40,000
Glory: 25,000
Other Releases: 55,000 (Remix Albums, Compilations)

Total: 1,275,000 (or 2,575,000 if you go with Billboard/Jive)

Mexico:
...Baby One More Time - 425,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 350,000
Britney - 200,000
In The Zone - 160,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 100,000
Blackout - 50,000
Circus - 75,000
The Singles Collection - 50,000
Femme Fatale - 50,000
Britney Jean: 30,000
Glory: 5,000?

Total: 1,500,000

Argentina:
...Baby One More Time - 140,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 125,000
Britney - 50,000
In The Zone - 50,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 60,000
Blackout - 20,000
Circus - 30,000
The Singles Collection - ?
Femme Fatale - 30,000 (although apparently it was certified Platinum for 40,000)
Britney Jean: 10,000
Glory: ?

Total: 515,000+ (or 525,000)

Venezuela:
...Baby One More Time - 60,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 60,000
Britney - 50,000
In The Zone - ?
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 20,000
Blackout - 5,000
Circus - 5,000
The Singles Collection - ?
Femme Fatale - 5,000
Britney Jean: 5,000
Glory: ?

Total: 210,000+ (based off certifications alone and missing In The Zone)

Colombia:
...Baby One More Time - 50,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 50,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 10,000

Total: 110,000+ Unfortunately there's not a lot of info regarding this country

Chile:
...Baby One More Time - 40,000
Oops!... I Did It Again - 40,000
Britney - 20,000
In The Zone - 20,000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - 10,000

Total: 130,000+ (based off certifications alone and missing half of her discography)

...Baby One More Time has sold 20,000 in Uruguay and Oops!:.. I Did It Again has sold 30,000

Fun fact: She has sold more albums in Mexico than in Australia

[Swimmingbritney]

Having over 80 million pure album sales is great

I'm sure if we added SPS sales she may be at 90 million!

[Instinct]

I was looking into Britney's digital sales yesterday and noticed that we were underestimating some of her catalog, particularly her 1999-2004 singles.

I had estimated 300,000 for Stronger, but that was actually quite underestimated imo

August 2010: 189,000
January 2011: 211,000
June 2012: 270,000

From August 5, 2010 to January 20, 2011 (5 months and a half): 22,000 (average of 4k copies per month)
From January 20, 2011 to June 5, 2012 (1 year, 4 months and a half): 59,000 (average of 3.5k copies per month)

Using an average of 3.5k for the remaining 7 months of 2012 = 24k/294k sold as of 2012. Using an average of 3k for 2013 = 36k/330k sold as of 2013. Using an average of 2k for 2014 = 24k/354k sold as of 2014. Using an average of 1k for 2015 (digital sales going down and all) = 12k in 2015/366k sold as of 2015. Using an average of 750 for 2016 (10 months so far) = 7,500/373k in total, which we can round to 370k to be safe. 370k digital copies is pretty amazing for a third single from a 2000 album!

I did the same with her other singles and got the following results:

Sometimes - 120,000
Crazy - 185,000
I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman - 190,000
Overprotected - 75,000 (I've always been curious, does this include the remix?)
MATM - 340,000
Stronger - 370,000
Lucky - 330,000
Slave - 655,000
Oops - 655,000
BOMT - 755,000
Everytime - 630,000

[Instinct]

I have a question regarding Femme Fatale. MJD estimates it has shipped 850,000 in the US, 150k less than its RIAA shipment. Is he underestimating it or could it be that they shipped it some of it back?

[MarlonBS]

chart data ?@chartdata
US album sales: @britneyspears, Femme Fatale 806,000.