Soundscan 2016 YTD Final Album Sales: Adele #1, Drake #2, Beyonce #3

[Hotlantan]

ALBUMS WEEK 52

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 4 / last year - 7
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 14 / last year - 25
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 52 / last year - 66

total album sales in 2016: 200.54m, down 16.7% vs 2015: 241.66m.

Rank - Estimated 2016 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )
01 - 1,731,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,172,000 )
02 - 1,608,000 - VIEWS - Drake ( 1,608,000 )
03 - 1,554,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,554,000 )
04 - 1,085,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 1,770,000 )
05 - 915,000 - A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS - Pentatonix ( 915,000 )
06 - 820,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 989,000 )
07 - 738,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,330,000 )
08 - 668,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Prince ( 2,756,000 )
09 - 603,000 - ANTI - Rihanna ( 603,000 )
10 - 554,000 - PURPOSE - Justin Bieber ( 1,823,000 )
11 - 540,000 - IF I'M HONEST - Blake Shelton ( 540,000 )
12 - 538,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 538,000 )
13 - 518,000 - HYMNS - Joey + Rory ( 518,000 )
14 - 517,000 - HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 517,000 )
15 - 497,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,569,000 )
16 - 479,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 479,000 )
17 - 472,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 472,000 )
18 - 456,000 - BLACKSTAR - David Bowie ( 456,000 )
19 - 452,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 452,000 )
20 - 421,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 421,000 )
21 - 412,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 412,000 )
22 - 403,000 - ISLAH - Kevin Gates ( 403,000 )
23 - 392,000 - A MOON SHAPED POOL - Radiohead ( 392,000 )
24 - 382,000 - THE GETAWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 382,000 )
25 - 380,000 - NOW 57 - Various ( 380,000 )
26 - 373,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 373,000 )
27 - 370,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 370,000 )
28 - 354,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 530,000 )
29 - 354,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 354,000 )
30 - 347,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 6,001,000 )
31 - 343,000 - BLONDE - Frank Ocean ( 343,000 )
32 - 331,000 - CALIFORNIA - Blink-182 ( 331,000 )
33 - 325,000 - DIG YOUR ROOTS - Florida Georgia Line ( 325,000 )
34 - 323,000 - A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS - Coldplay ( 646,000 )
35 - 322,000 - DANGEROUS WOMAN - Ariana Grande ( 322,000 )
36 - 321,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11,774,000 )
37 - 318,000 - THIS IS ACTING - Sia ( 318,000 )
38 - 313,000 - THANK YOU - Meghan Trainor ( 313,000 )
39 - 309,000 - BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS - The Weeknd ( 1,171,000 )
40 - 305,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 305,000 )
41 - 301,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 301,000 )
42 - 298,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed ( 533,000 )
43 - 296,000 - ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY - Barbra Streisand ( 296,000 )
44 - 291,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 701,000 )
45 - 284,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,253,000 )
46 - 278,000 - UNTITLED UNMASTERED - Kendrick Lamar ( 278,000 )
47 - 274,000 - THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME - Pentatonix ( 2,046,000 )
48 - 267,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,486,000 )
49 - 266,000 - TANGLED UP - Thomas Rhett ( 523,000 )
50 - 257,000 - T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller ( 415,000 )
51 - 256,000 - STORYTELLER - Carrie Underwood ( 722,000 )
52 - 251,000 - THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE - Various ( 251,000 )
53 - 248,000 - BLUE & LONESOME - Rolling Stones ( 248,000 )
54 - 245,000 - NOW 59 - Various ( 245,000 )
55 - 244,000 - KILL THE LIGHTS - Luke Bryan ( 1,095,000 )
56 - 241,000 - YOU SHOULD BE HERE - Cole Swindell ( 241,000 )
57 - 241,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 241,000 )
58 - 239,000 - WE GOT IT FROM HERE…THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE - A Tribe Called Quest ( 239,000 )
59 - 226,000 - BLACK - Dierks Bentley ( 226,000 )
60 - 222,000 - WHEN IT'S DARK OUT - G-Eazy ( 383,000 )
61 - 220,000 - BEST OF BOWIE - David Bowie ( 1,735,000 )
62 - 220,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 2,642,000 )
63 - 217,000 - CRY BABY - Melanie Martinez ( 340,000 )
64 - 217,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 217,000 )
65 - 212,000 - MR MISUNDERSTOOD - Eric Church ( 484,000 )
66 - 211,000 - NOW 58 - Various ( 211,000 )
67 - 209,000 - I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP: FOR YOU ARE… - 1975 ( 209,000 )
68 - 206,000 - BADLANDS - Halsey ( 475,000 )
69 - 205,000 - NOBODY BUT ME - Michael Buble ( 205,000 )
70 - 202,000 - KIDZ BOP 31 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 202,000 )
71 - 197,000 - NINE TRACK MIND - Charlie Puth ( 197,000 )
72 - 197,000 - THIS IS WHAT THE TRUTH FEELS LIKE - Gwen Stefani ( 197,000 )
73 - 196,000 - MIND OF MINE - Zayn ( 196,000 )
74 - 194,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 194,000 )
75 - 192,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 6,133,000 )
76 - 190,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,679,000 )
77 - 187,000 - 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 187,000 )
78 - 183,000 - CHRISTMAS TOGETHER - Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood ( 183,000 )
79 - 180,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,104,000 )
80 - 178,000 - EVOL - Future ( 178,000 )
81 - 177,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 956,000 )
82 - 176,000 - COSMIC HALLELUJAH - Kenny Chesney ( 176,000 )
83 - 175,000 - REVOLUTION RADIO - Green Day ( 175,000 )
84 - 175,000 - THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE - Bon Jovi ( 175,000 )
85 - 174,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 1,180,000 )
86 - 172,000 - RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS - Blake Shelton ( 361,000 )
87 - 172,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,575,000 )
88 - 170,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,026,000 )
89 - 168,000 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell ( 168,000 )
90 - 166,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 1,259,000 )
91 - 166,000 - ROYALTY - Chris Brown ( 364,000 )
92 - 165,000 - NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE… - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats ( 302,000 )
93 - 165,000 - 1999 - Prince ( 954,000 )
94 - 164,000 - SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - Jordan Smith ( 164,000 )
95 - 163,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,215,000 )
96 - 159,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé ( 4,081,000 )
97 - 158,000 - KIDZ BOP 32 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 158,000 )
98 - 157,000 - 'TIS THE SEASON - Jordan Smith ( 157,000 )
99 - 157,000 - HERO - Maren Morris ( 157,000 )
100 - 156,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 5,925,000 )
101 - 156,000 - A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH - Sturgill Simpson ( 156,000 )
102 - 154,000 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING - Metallica ( 4,834,000 )
103 - 152,000 - OFF THE WALL - Michael Jackson ( 2,362,000 )
104 - 151,000 - NOW 60 - Various ( 151,000 )
105 - 151,000 - UNLEASHED - Skillet ( 151,000 )
106 - 151,000 - 19 - Adele ( 2,960,000 )
107 - 151,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,122,000 )
108 - 150,000 - DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC - Tim McGraw ( 246,000 )
109 - 150,000 - STRANGER TO STRANGER - Paul Simon ( 150,000 )
110 - 148,000 - DYSTOPIA - Megadeth ( 148,000 )
111 - 146,000 - GOT YOUR SIX - Five Finger Death Punch ( 427,000 )
112 - 146,000 - LUKAS GRAHAM - Lukas Graham ( 146,000 )
113 - 145,000 - PENTATONIX - Pentatonix ( 488,000 )
114 - 144,000 - REVIVAL - Selena Gomez ( 402,000 )
115 - 144,000 - THE STAGE - Avenged Sevenfold ( 144,000 )
116 - 143,000 - THE FIRST TIME - Kelsea Ballerini ( 241,000 )
117 - 143,000 - ULTIMATE - Prince ( 422,000 )
118 - 142,000 - DAY BREAKS - Norah Jones ( 142,000 )
119 - 138,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Eagles ( 3,508,000 )
120 - 138,000 - MAJOR KEY - DJ Khaled ( 138,000 )
121 - 138,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses ( 5,893,000 )
122 - 136,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day ( 6,502,000 )
123 - 136,000 - MADE IN THE A.M. - One Direction ( 879,000 )
124 - 136,000 - WILDFIRE - Rachel Platten ( 136,000 )
125 - 136,000 - GLORY - Britney Spears ( 136,000 )
126 - 135,000 - GORE - Deftones ( 135,000 )
127 - 135,000 - YOU WANT IT DARKER - Leonard Cohen ( 135,000 )
128 - 133,000 - STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - Soundtrack ( 133,000 )
129 - 132,000 - THE HITS/THE B-SIDES - Prince ( 833,000 )
130 - 131,000 - SOUND AND COLOR - Alabama Shakes ( 473,000 )
131 - 131,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 5,228,000 )
132 - 130,000 - FETTY WAP - Fetty Wap ( 384,000 )
133 - 127,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson ( 2,145,000 )
134 - 127,000 - 1 - Beatles ( 12,788,000 )
135 - 127,000 - CHAOS AND THE CALM - James Bay ( 241,000 )
136 - 127,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson ( 6,730,000 )
137 - 126,000 - DIG IN DEEP - Bonnie Raitt ( 126,000 )
138 - 126,000 - WALLS - Kings Of Leon ( 126,000 )
139 - 125,000 - A SEAT AT THE TABLE - Solange ( 125,000 )
140 - 125,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse ( 3,131,000 )
141 - 124,000 - KIDZ BOP 33 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 124,000 )
142 - 124,000 - I'M COMIN' OVER - Chris Young ( 254,000 )
143 - 124,000 - MEAT AND CANDY - Old Dominion ( 175,000 )
144 - 124,000 - THE ART OF HUSTLE - Yo Gotti ( 124,000 )
145 - 124,000 - SEAL THE DEAL AND LET'S BOOGIE - Volbeat ( 124,000 )
146 - 124,000 - RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. - For King & Country ( 306,000 )
147 - 124,000 - I STILL DO - Eric Clapton ( 124,000 )
148 - 123,000 - LOVE STUFF - Elle King ( 326,000 )
149 - 123,000 - NOW COUNTRY 9 - Various ( 123,000 )
150 - 123,000 - STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - Soundtrack ( 248,000 )
151 - 122,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem ( 10,747,000 )
152 - 122,000 - MORE ISSUES THAN VOGUE - K Michelle ( 122,000 )
153 - 119,000 - LOVE REMAINS - Hillary Scott & the Scott Family ( 119,000 )
154 - 119,000 - WOW HITS 2016 - Various ( 244,000 )
155 - 118,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Dwight Yoakam ( 1,028,000 )
156 - 118,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,463,000 )
157 - 117,000 - EVERYBODY LOOKING - Gucci Mane ( 117,000 )
158 - 117,000 - WOW HITS 2017 - Various ( 117,000 )
159 - 116,000 - BLANK FACE LP - ScHoolboy Q ( 116,000 )
160 - 116,000 - THE VERY NEXT THING - Casting Crowns ( 116,000 )
161 - 116,000 - BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Troye Sivan ( 212,000 )
162 - 116,000 - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - Guns N'Roses ( 5,551,000 )
163 - 116,000 - TRAP OR DIE 3 - Jeezy ( 116,000 )
164 - 115,000 - SANTANA IV - Santana ( 115,000 )
165 - 115,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 1,256,000 )
166 - 115,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana ( 9,460,000 )
167 - 115,000 - 20 GREATEST HITS - Merle Haggard ( 187,000 )
168 - 114,000 - 22 A MILLION - Bon Iver ( 114,000 )
169 - 113,000 - THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS EVE - Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 113,000 )
170 - 111,000 - THIS IS NOT A TEST - Tobymac ( 270,000 )
171 - 111,000 - AWAKEN MY LOVE - Childish Gambino ( 111,000 )
172 - 110,000 - THREAT TO SURVIVAL - Shinedown ( 264,000 )
173 - 110,000 - THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ( 110,000 )
174 - 110,000 - TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS - Amy Grant ( 110,000 )
175 - 110,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson ( 2,551,000 )
176 - 109,000 - NOW 56 - Various ( 445,000 )
177 - 108,000 - GREATEST HITS - Simon & Garfunkel ( 3,573,000 )
178 - 108,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton ( 359,000 )
179 - 107,000 - BIRDS IN THE TRAP SING MCKNIGHT - Travis Scott ( 107,000 )
180 - 107,000 - HERE - Alicia Keys ( 107,000 )
181 - 107,000 - BRAVE ENOUGH - Lindsey Stirling ( 107,000 )
182 - 106,000 - PURE AND SIMPLE - Dolly Parton ( 106,000 )
183 - 106,000 - WONDERFUL CRAZY NIGHT - Elton John ( 106,000 )
184 - 106,000 - MISADVENTURES - Pierce The Veil ( 106,000 )
185 - 106,000 - TAPESTRY - Carole King ( 2,351,000 )
186 - 105,000 - ABBEY ROAD - Beatles ( 5,302,000 )
187 - 105,000 - WEEZER (WHITE ALBUM) - Weezer ( 105,000 )
188 - 103,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd ( 10,054,000 )
189 - 103,000 - KILL 'EM ALL - Metallica ( 2,943,000 )
190 - 103,000 - ADORE: CHRISTMAS SONGS OF WORSHIP - Chris Tomlin ( 258,000 )
191 - 103,000 - BAD VIBRATIONS - A Day To Remember ( 103,000 )
192 - 102,000 - HARDLOVE - NeedToBreathe ( 102,000 )
193 - 102,000 - GREATEST HITS - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 8,465,000 )
194 - 101,000 - KNOW-IT-ALL - Alessia Cara ( 150,000 )
195 - 100,000 - TRUE SADNESS - Avett Brothers ( 100,000 )
196 - 100,000 - THE SERENITY OF SUFFERING - Korn ( 100,000 )
197 - 99,000 - 7/27 - Fifth Harmony ( 99,000 )
198 - 99,000 - SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Bon Jovi ( 3,571,000 )
199 - 98,000 - LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL - Beatles ( 98,000 )
200 - 98,000 - CALIFORNIA SUNRISE - Jon Pardi ( 98,000 )

 

[doe moe]

How in the fuck does Bieber make the top 10?

 

[havelcok]

How in the fuck does Bieber make the top 10?

low key

that album was nice

 

[Smoke Van Gundy]

Appetite for Destruction still moving units

 

[ugk]

Those Weeknd numbers are crazy.. I thought he would do far more than that

 

[Coldchi]

not many rappers on that list.
smh at mufuckas that still actually "Buy" albums.

 

[Esther]

low key

that album was nice

very nice.

 

[Hotlantan]

How in the fuck does Bieber make the top 10?

SIX of the Top 10 best selling albums of 2016 were actually released in 2015.... or earlier.

 

[Esther]

TLOP?

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/27/drake-half-naked-chicks-super-bowl-weekend-party/

 

[Day_Carver]

not many rappers on that list.
smh at mufuckas that still actually "Buy" albums.

where meek at? and i think those numbers include streams...

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Adele is doing it like that?

 

[dtownsfinest]

low key

that album was nice

His last two albums was nice........shocks me to say that but that shit was dope.

 

[dtownsfinest]

Those Weeknd numbers are crazy.. I thought he would do far more than that

I don't think this includes streams. Some of these albums were certified platinum. Like Bryson Tiller was certified platinum but it says he's at 412k on here.

 

[Better]

Looking at Beyonce's sales . . .

. . . she's really not generating interest like she used to, huh?

It seems weird, because Beyonce always came off - to me, anyway - as the biggest star in the western hemisphere. Or at least on the level of the biggest.

She probably still get crazy show money, tho'.

 

[stretchwallz]

Adele is doing it like that?

Looking at Beyonce's sales . . .

. . . she's really not generating interest like she used to, huh?

It seems weird, because Beyonce always came off - to me, anyway - as the biggest star in the western hemisphere. Or at least on the level of the biggest.

She probably still get crazy show money, tho'.

Music is so easy to steal these days ...if you can sell a million copies your doing very well.

Adele and Taylor Swift come out the gate with 500k in sales. Beyoncé has a cult following who will buy her singing in Klingon

 

[Better]

Music is so easy to steal these days ...if you can sell a million copies your doing very well.

Adele and Taylor Swift come out the gate with 500k in sales. Beyoncé has a cult following who will buy her singing in Klingon

Naturally people will steal, but look at Adele's numbers. If no one was selling, I'd understand that.

. . . and, once again, Beyonce is huuuge. Drake is above her, and I don't think, at both of their peak, Drake's starpower was nearly as big as Beyonce's.

 

[Hotlantan]

Looking at Beyonce's sales . . .

. . . she's really not generating interest like she used to, huh?

It seems weird, because Beyonce always came off - to me, anyway - as the biggest star in the western hemisphere. Or at least on the level of the biggest.

. . . and, once again, Beyonce is huuuge. Drake is above her, and I don't think, at both of their peak, Drake's starpower was nearly as big as Beyonce's.

After Rihanna, who is the next Black woman on the list? Her sister Solange at #139 with less than 10% of her sales? Notice the number of actual Black *singers* on the list? Black "groups"? Times and tastes have changed and those changes are reflected in the charts.

Seems like you're trying EXTRA hard to find any comparative justifications to help belittle and marginalize her current achievements. But do you. I'm not saying... I'm just saying...

 

[Better]

After Rihanna, who is the next Black woman on the list? Her sister Solange at #139 with less than 10% of her sales? Notice the number of actual Black *singers* on the list? Black "groups"? Times and tastes have changed and those changes are reflected in the charts.

Seems like you're trying EXTRA hard to find any comparative justifications to help belittle and marginalize her current achievements. But do you. I'm not saying... I'm just saying...

I didn't knock her accomplishments, I said she seemed to be on a decline. People haven't been buying albums for YEARS, but she was still selling a lot of albums prior to 'Lemonade'.

Beyonce is a megastar, and she didn't achieve that by only appealing to black people. So, using her race is pointless. She's done far greater numbers before, and was black then just like she's black now.

Noticing a downward trend in a megastar sales isn't hate, especially if it isn't intended to be that way. I could very easily say you're being sensitive, but what if you're not?

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele




Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006, Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut,[4] earning the singer numerous awards in 2012, among them a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK, and is the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time.[5] In the US it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified Diamond.[6][7] The album has sold 31 million copies worldwide.[8]

The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.[9] She is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100.[10] 21 is the longest-running number one album by a female solo artist in the history of the UK and US Album Charts.[11][12] In 2012, she released "Skyfall", which she wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song,[13] as well as the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. After taking a three-year break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's best-selling album and broke first week sales records in the UK and US.[14] 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the US.[15] The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2016, is her largest to date, taking in Europe, North America and Oceania, and will end with four concerts at Wembley Stadium, London in mid 2017.[16]

In 2011, 2012 and 2016, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.[17] Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012[18] and 2016.[19] With sales of more than 100 million records, Adele is one of the best-selling recording artists in the world.[20]

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists#100_million_to_119_million_records

 

[TeEdIzZeL]

Damn. Adele almost had back to back diamond albums. For her to even get close to diamond like that in todays market is CRAZY! And from what I heard that was only off that one single Hello, or at least thats the only song ive heard off that album.

 

[easy_b]

After Rihanna, who is the next Black woman on the list? Her sister Solange at #139 with less than 10% of her sales? Notice the number of actual Black *singers* on the list? Black "groups"? Times and tastes have changed and those changes are reflected in the charts.

Seems like you're trying EXTRA hard to find any comparative justifications to help belittle and marginalize her current achievements. But do you. I'm not saying... I'm just saying...

Hey a lot of CAC's ain't selling that many records as they used to sell neither

 

[Hotlantan]

Hey a lot of CAC's ain't selling that many records as they used to sell neither

That was EXACTLY my point! 2016 was not 1999! And I assumed that those facts were supported fairly clearly and concisely. But from that WTF personal attack response it elicited, it became apparent that continuing to acknowledge such a glaringly obvious troll trap would be a waste of argument time, so I decided to exit the conversation stage left....

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Damn. Adele almost had back to back diamond albums. For her to even get close to diamond like that in todays market is CRAZY! And from what I heard that was only off that one single Hello, or at least thats the only song ive heard off that album.

https://www.youtube.com/user/AdeleVEVO/videos

 

[BDR]

Drake pretty much put Meek in a body bag...

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

 

[ViCiouS]

not many rappers on that list.
smh at mufuckas that still actually "Buy" albums.

these numbers include streams - youtube spotify tidal etc...
imo real fans buy: albums singles tickets

I don't think this includes streams. Some of these albums were certified platinum. Like Bryson Tiller was certified platinum but it says he's at 412k on here.

Nielsen SoundScan figures are not used in RIAA certification; the RIAA system predates Nielsen SoundScan and includes sales outlets Nielsen misses.

How in the fuck does Bieber make the top 10?

numbers in the first column

 

[Mr. Del]

The Bruno Mars album is actually kinda decent.

 

[donwuan]

Drake not seeing any money from album sales. Damn shame.

 

[ViCiouS]

Drake not seeing any money from album sales. Damn shame.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Bruno_Mars

 

[Day_Carver]

these numbers include streams - youtube spotify tidal etc...
imo real fans buy: albums singles tickets

Nielsen SoundScan figures are not used in RIAA certification; the RIAA system predates Nielsen SoundScan and includes sales outlets Nielsen misses.
numbers in the first column

then something is off fam; because to pimp a butterfly is certified platinum; but in the numbers that was posted it shows only 975k; i think other album sales are off as well...

 

[ViCiouS]

then something is off fam; because to pimp a butterfly is certified platinum; but in the numbers that was posted it shows only 975k; i think other album sales are off as well...

welcome to the music business

 

[Day_Carver]

welcome to the music business