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Who is the 2nd highest selling female recording artist of all time, after Madonna?

By Anonymous Asked Mar 1 2006 6:42PM
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Answer 11 out of 17

by Anonymous on Mar 30, 2008 at 6:45 pm Permalink

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whitney houston or celine dion
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Answer 12 out of 17

by Anonymous on Mar 1, 2008 at 5:05 am Permalink

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janet jackson
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Answer 13 out of 17

by Jimkantero on Mar 1, 2008 at 2:24 am Permalink

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The question itself is wrong, as it presumes that Madonna is THE best-selling female artist of all time.

She is arguably the most well-known, but the best-selling? Nah.

Which of her studio albums has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide? You'd be hard-pressed to find one. Her best-selling, True Blue, sold only an estimated 17 million (although it WAS #1 in 28 countries).

Contrast that with the 28-million selling Falling Into You of Celine Dion and the 24-million selling Music Box of Mariah Carey. And these are just two CDs off of their mega-selling catalogues.

I'd say the best-selling female worldwide is STILL Mariah...due to a combination of her propensity for recording (her latest is now her 11th STUDIO ALBUM, not counting 2 Greatest Hits Compilations, a best-selling Christmas Album, etc.), and the fact that many of her INDIVIDUAL ALBUMS (Music Box, Daydream, Mariah Carey (the debut), #1s, Butterfly, Merry Christmas) have sold more than 15 million albums EACH, worldwide.

And Nana Mouskouri? Please, since when has ANY artist VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN OUTSIDE OF EUROPE been able to sell 450 million albums?

Isn't it ironic that the ones who CLAIM to have sold more are those who are in the MOST DIFFICULT POSITION of proving their alleged sales, when you get right down to it?
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Answer 14 out of 17

by PeanuT on Feb 29, 2008 at 11:16 pm Permalink

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janet jackson
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Answer 15 out of 17

by zoobzoob1958 on Feb 29, 2008 at 10:31 am Permalink

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Mariah Carey
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Answer 16 out of 17

by JazzieFizzle on Jun 13, 2007 at 8:51 am Permalink

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Whitney Houston
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Answer 17 out of 17

by Alan on Jun 7, 2007 at 6:08 pm Permalink

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Paris Hilton.
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