Diva Achievement: LIST OF BEST SELLING ALBUM BY FEMALE ARTIST EVER




Today, TheDivaJuice enlisted the list of Best Selling Album by Female Artist ever..All the albums listed below released before the DIGITAL era. The era where album sales are no more relevant. I mean take a look at todays chart. The best selling album of the year just sold around a million. Back in the 90's best selling album simply sold around 8 - 9 million copies in USA  alone..Now,sold 10 million copies worldwide is considered as MEGA-HIT album, and if a singer sold 3 - 5 million copies, considered as a successful records.WTF! back in the day, if a singer sold 3 - 5 million albums per released...well gudbye to her career..Its FLOP..well i guess.. the World change now..by da way..lets take a look at the list..




  1. Shania Twain: Come On Over (1997) - 40 million copies worldwide
  2. Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995) - 33 million copies worldwide
  3. Mariah Carey: Music Box (1995) - 32 million copies worldwide
  4. Celine Dion: Falling Into You (1996) - 32 million copies worldwide 
  5. Lets Talk About Love (1997) - 31 million copies worldwide
  6. Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990) - 30 million copies worldwide
  7. Britney Spears: Baby One More Time (1999) - 26 million copies worldwide
  8. Mariah Carey: Daydream (1995) - 25 million copies worldwide
  9. Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (1985) - 25 million copies worldwide
  10. Madonna: True Blue (1986) - 24 million copies worldwide
  11. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me (2002) - 22.5 million copies worldwide
  12. Dido: No Angel (1999) - 21 million copies worldwide
  13. Madonna: Like A Virgin (1984) - 21 million copies worldwide
  14. Britney Spears (2000) - 20 million copies worldwide
  15. Cher: Believe (1999) - 20 million copies worldwide
  16. Janet Jackson: Janet (1993) - 20 million copies worldwide
  17. Madonna: Ray Of Light (1998) - 20 million copies worldwide
  18. Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1984) - 20 million copies worldwide
  • Britney Spears is the youngest artist to appear on The Best Selling album list..she was just teenager when Baby One Time and Oops I Did It Again were released. Thus she established herself as The Best Selling Teenager Act Of ALL TIME.
  • Norah Jones: Come Away With Me is the Best Selling Album EVER released after the 2000's
  • Madonna has the most entry in the Best Selling Album List: total of 4 albums.
  • Mariah Carey: Daydream, is the BEST SELLING R&B ALBUM BY FEMALE IN HISTORY
  • Celine Dion is the only FEMALE ARTIST to have two albums sold more than 30 million copies
  • Shania Twain is THE ONLY FEMALE ARTIST in HISTORY to have her album Come On Over gained  Double Diamond Certification / 20 x Platinum from RIAA for selling more than 20 millions album in USA ALONE.
  • Believe is CHER only album to sold more than 20 million copies and the her biggest seller in a career that spanning over 45 years.
  • Most of best seller came from albums that were released during the 90's..
  • MUSIC BOX is the HIGHEST SELLING STUDIO ALBUM ever released by non-Koreans artist.Sold more than 1 Million copies.

Courtesy Of :IFPI / International Federation Of Phonographic Industry

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