Celine Dion joins exclusive club (Mariah and Celine)

[djs31982]

Celine Joins Exclusive Club: Celine Dion tops the 50,000,000 mark in album sales during the Nielsen/SoundScan era, just five weeks after Mariah Carey reached that same milestone. (Dion's total jumps to 50,010,000. Carey's jumps to 50,811,000.) These are the only female artists in the 50 million club. They're also the only female artists with five albums each on Nielsen/SoundScan's all-time list of the top 200 albums.

 

While being the second female artist to cross the 50,000,000 plateau is bound to take some of the luster off the achievement, it really shouldn't. And Dion is ahead of Carey in one key respect. Dion is the only woman with three albums in the top 50 of the Nielsen/SoundScan era (Falling Into You at #10, Let's Talk About Love at #22 and All The Way...A Decade Of Song at #44). Carey has just one in the top 50 (Daydream at #46).

 

Only two artists in Nielsen/SoundScan history have sold more albums than Carey and Dion-Garth Brooks, whose current total is 67,847,000 and the Beatles (56,247,000). All four of these artists first hit the chart before Nielsen/SoundScan set up shop in May 1991, so these totals don't take into account their entire histories. The Nielsen/SoundScan data doesn't include the first four months of Dion's chart history, the first 11 months of Carey's, the first two years of Brooks' and the first 27 years and four months of the Beatles'--during which time I have it on good authority that the group sold a fair number of records!

 

I know this was mentioned (the soundscan) but I don't think we got real numbers from it. I am pretty sure these are just US sales.

[Davey84]

WOW COOL!

[paulisia1984]

That's out Celine

[Hilda]

yeh must be just US

[aicee]

Huge!

[grobandion]

Thanks for sharing those accurate data.

Way to go Celine!!!!

[carlottazenere]

thanks for the information great!!

[Nmj]

Of Cource Mariah and Celine it's like the Devil and the Angel

-Nmj

[CelineAndRene]

Good, it's about time she gets a little more d*amn respect..

[VintageCeline]

Yayyy!

 

Celine is a SUPERSTARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

x

[idroveallnight]

I remember someone mentioned this a few weeks ago in the off-topic section when Mariah hit this milestone and the article mentioned that Celine would likely reach 50 million within a few weeks as well (I think she was trailing by about 40,000 albums or something). I didn't think it would actually happen this fast though. Good for her!!

[celinecolombian]

AWESOME

[celinerific]

Celine for the win!

[rhaps]

although mariah might sell more in the US, i bet celine could really outsell her when it comes to worldwide figures.

[aicee]

although mariah might sell more in the US, i bet celine could really outsell her when it comes to worldwide figures.

 

 

I agree!

[Prince Whiskers]

Japan is the only country where Mariah has a commanding sales lead over Celine. FACT.

[destin139]

Wicked! thats awesome! To use a phrase "You go girlfriend!!!"

[marc-02]

although mariah might sell more in the US, i bet celine could really outsell her when it comes to worldwide figures.

 

It's actually not "could" but actually she "did" outsell her already...

 

sales-wise and chart-wise celine is far superior than Mariah. FACT... Mariah has only managed to amass more #1s than Celine in the US.. anywhere else (except for Japan maybe as someone said before, Im not sure about this though)... anywhere else, Celine is tops... as simple as that... problem is most people equate the US music market as "the" overall market, which of course is false...

 

the 50M mark mentioned in the article was just album sales in the US....

[Snowhite]

Celine Dion superstar!!!!!Thank you for the information

[hamhamCeline08]

You go, CELINE!

Everytime I see some videos about "CELINE vs. MARIAH"

I hated it `cause they love Mariah..

But I know CELINE is better that her.

GO CELINE!

NEVER LET US DOWN!!

[Thecolourofmylove]

Well deserved for BOTH Mariah and Celine!!!

[beautyroses]

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