Celine...the 5th Top Selling Artist Of SoundScan Era

[thesupernova]

Top-Ten-Selling Artists Of SoundScan Era (based on album sales from 1991 to January 3, 2010) ***only U.S. sales

 

01. GARTH BROOKS (68,363,000)

02. THE BEATLES (60,370,000)

03. MARIAH CAREY (52,388,000)

04. METALLICA (52,160,000)

05. CELINE DION (50,933,000)

06. GEORGE STRAIT (41,843,000)

07. TIM MCGRAW (38,677,000)

08. ALAN JACKSON (37,447,000)

09. PINK FLOYD (35,867,000)

10. EMINEM (35,326,000)

 

Top-Ten-Selling Albums Of SoundScan Era (1991 - January 3, 2010):

 

01. "Metallica" - METALLICA (15,500,000)

02. "Come On Over" - SHANIA TWAIN (15,487,000)

03. "Jagged Little Pill" - ALANIS MORISSETTE (14,642,000)

04. "Millennium" - BACKSTREET BOYS (12,109,000)

05. "Bodyguard" soundtrack - Various Artists (11,815,000)

06. "Supernatural" - SANTANA (11,687,000)

07. "Beatles 1" - THE BEATLES (11,564,000)

08. "Human Clay" - CREED (11,547,000)

09. "No Strings Attached" - 'N SYNC (11,113,000)

10. "Falling Into You" - CELINE DION (10,781,000)

 

***there's an article to go along with the numbers but its written about metallica so if you want to read it:

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheyd...949.html#cutid1

 

***i thought it was ironic that she's number 5:)

[miel_sourit]

congrats, Celine!!! :clap:

[Timster]

It's a shame Mariah's ahead of her

 

Who's Gareth Brooks??

Edited January 13, 2010 at 07:46 AM by Timster

[Scramasboy]

Celine is more successful worldwide than she is in the USA, but of course she is very successful in the US as well . Garth Brooks is an extremely succesful country musician. Edited January 13, 2010 at 08:36 AM by Scramasboy

[Charlie92]

Great for Celine!!

 

Garth Brooks... never heard of him and he has sold more than Celine and Metallica etc.

[smw]

Are the people who are asking who Garth Brooks is being serious??

[Macaronie]

Garth isn't really popular in Europe I assume lol.

[Charlie92]

the name doesn't ring any bells maybe if I heard a song from him...

[Prince Whiskers]

Celine would've most probably remained at #3 if she had no Vegas distractions.

[stevo]

Can't believe people don't know who Garth Brooks is - there are probably many kids in their early teens who have never heard of Celine. sad.

 

But this is an awesome achievement

[Lymon]

It's a shame Mariah's ahead of her

 

Who's Gareth Brooks??

 

Why is that a shame?

 

And Garth Brooks is a famous Country musician, he was huge here in the 90's. Great artist.

Edited January 13, 2010 at 11:09 AM by Lymon

[davidjag79]

Way to go Celine!!! After 2010 with her new documentary movie, tour dvd release, and her upcoming album we will make her #1!!! Thanks for sharing..... Congrats Celine!

 

 

J'adore Celine!

[Leo]

Way to go Celine!!! After 2010 with her new documentary movie, tour dvd release, and her upcoming album we will make her #1!!! Thanks for sharing..... Congrats Celine!

 

 

J'adore Celine!

 

It is impossible. She has to sell 18 million copies to overtake Garth Brooks. Hardly anyone can sell over 2 million albums in the USA nowadays. Remember how TC struggled to reach 1 million.

 

She will be at #5 for a long time since there is a 10 million gap between #5 and #6. But FIY will soon fall to #11 or #12 because it has barely sold 4,000 copies last year while "Legend" by Bob Marley & The Wailers and "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones are good catalog sellers and both crossed the 10 million mark some time ago.

[manu23]

I think in a few years she could be ahead Mariah

[Moleque20]

Country music has HUGE fanbases. For a r'n'b singer it is hard to have a multiplatinum album, but for a country singer, it's ...piece of cake.

[Terre]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[PatrickDion22]

That's awesome!! I knew Metellica would overtake Celine, though. It was only a matter of time. Fifth place is incredible, nonetheless.

[celinedream]

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

[PatrickDion22]

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

 

No, Falling into You has been certified 11x Platinum by the RIAA (but should be 12x Platinum) and Let's Talk About Love has been certified 10x Platinum (but should be 11x Platinum). Also, FIY has sold more, annually than LTAL.

[thesupernova]

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

 

i thought the same thing

[Shaun]

When you think about all the attention and success the "Let's Talk About Love" album had purely down to the inclusion of "My Heart Will Go On" on it and it's tie to the Titanic movie, the fact that "Falling Into You" has outsold it makes you realise just how successful "Falling Into You" actually was. Edited January 14, 2010 at 01:53 AM by Shaun

[SuperLove4Celine]

Congratulations to Céline!

 

As for those who don't know who someone is...YouTube, Google, and Wikipedia are your friend.

[PatrickDion22]

Congratulations to Céline!

 

As for those who don't know who someone is...YouTube, Google, and Wikipedia are your friend.

 

Haha, yes. But as a registered Wikipedia contributor, I would advise against utilizing their resources too much. FYI, a lot of information there is innacurate and unreputable. That said, Google is the way to go.

[helios.apollon]

Are the people who are asking who Garth Brooks is being serious??

 

i guess country music is not very popular outside USA... thats it! do u know Dulce Pontes? Eleftheria Arvanitaki? Cesaria Evóra? Daniella Mercury? Patricia Kaas? Tiziano Ferro? Despina Vandi? probably not... and they are very famous artists in their countries too...

[dj4celine]

Way to go Celine!!! After 2010 with her new documentary movie, tour dvd release, and her upcoming album we will make her #1!!! Thanks for sharing..... Congrats Celine!

J'adore Celine!

 

It is impossible. She has to sell 18 million copies to overtake Garth Brooks. Hardly anyone can sell over 2 million albums in the USA nowadays. Remember how TC struggled to reach 1 million.

 

She will be at #5 for a long time since there is a 10 million gap between #5 and #6. But FIY will soon fall to #11 or #12 because it has barely sold 4,000 copies last year while "Legend" by Bob Marley & The Wailers and "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones are good catalog sellers and both crossed the 10 million mark some time ago.

 

I think in a matter of months, FIY is gonna drop to #11 and then in about a year to #12 cos the ML collection killed the sales of this album

 

 

 

I think in a few years she could be ahead Mariah

 

Oh yes cos she's gonna sell truckloads of her next release

 

Sorry, it ain't happening anytime soon.

 

 

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

 

No, Falling into You has been certified 11x Platinum by the RIAA (but should be 12x Platinum) and Let's Talk About Love has been certified 10x Platinum (but should be 11x Platinum). Also, FIY has sold more, annually than LTAL.

 

Umm.. why should it when it has sold only 10,781,000 which makes it eligible for 11x platinum and LTAL has sold only around 9,320,000 copies as per soundscan?

Edited January 14, 2010 at 04:30 PM by dj4celine

[Bellamy]

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

 

No, Falling into You has been certified 11x Platinum by the RIAA (but should be 12x Platinum) and Let's Talk About Love has been certified 10x Platinum (but should be 11x Platinum). Also, FIY has sold more, annually than LTAL.

 

Umm.. why should it when it has sold only 10,781,000 which makes it eligible for 11x platinum and LTAL has sold only around 9,320,000 copies as per soundscan?

Cause soundscan doesn't count the music club sales, which should be around 2 million copies for FIY I think.

[dj4celine]

i always thought LTAL had sold more than FIY

 

No, Falling into You has been certified 11x Platinum by the RIAA (but should be 12x Platinum) and Let's Talk About Love has been certified 10x Platinum (but should be 11x Platinum). Also, FIY has sold more, annually than LTAL.

 

Umm.. why should it when it has sold only 10,781,000 which makes it eligible for 11x platinum and LTAL has sold only around 9,320,000 copies as per soundscan?

Cause soundscan doesn't count the music club sales, which should be around 2 million copies for FIY I think.

 

That's exactly what I mean, Bellamy. In here, we are talking about the SoundScan sales and not about the RIAA certifications cos RIAA uses shipments and not sales for the certifications unlike SoundScan which uses point-sales for its numbers.

 

EDIT: Also the club sales are not around 2 million but only 987k for the data that we have.

Edited January 14, 2010 at 07:37 PM by dj4celine

[Celininha17]

I really don't care if she's a #5 ou # whatever. To me she's #1.

[I Love You]

Wow Congratulations Celine on being number 5 your lucky number. Also with the 10th highest album.

[thesupernova]

Are the people who are asking who Garth Brooks is being serious??

 

i guess country music is not very popular outside USA... thats it! do u know Dulce Pontes? Eleftheria Arvanitaki? Cesaria Evóra? Daniella Mercury? Patricia Kaas? Tiziano Ferro? Despina Vandi? probably not... and they are very famous artists in their countries too...

 

ohhh i love despina vandi! i love gia and thimisou:)