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Lie. Avril Lavigne had a higher peak: Let Go (19 M). Christina (17 M). And, in addition, her albums had a greater consistency: Avril (19 M, 9 M, 9 M, 3.5 M, 1.9 M). Christina (17 M, 11 M, 7 M, 1 M, 0.8 M). If Christina has a bigger total, it's because 10 million of her sales are from her feats. In addition, 2 million sales come from a song where she only sings 30 seconds.
The last album of Avril Lavigne sold as much as Joanne (around 2 M in sps) and the double of Witness. She has more consistency than everyone believes and she barely makes promotion. As she hasnt promoción, Katy and Gaga seem bigger than her, but they are not. And Christina is far away from her ...
Agree with you, Avril has more hits and probably sell a little bit more than Xtina. However, Xtina is much more appealing image wise and the fact that she has a very powerful voice makes her more widely known critically speaking.
Hi Uriel!
As Dan mentioned, Billboard is not an official source for worldwide sales. Only the labels knows worldwide sales, and when they report it, other sources might quote that with a mention of the label as a source. If not, they'll most likely use a source that is false but widely reported (eg. Wikipedia)
All figures listed in this article were backed by 2 sources of official data. One, Country by country breakdown using raw data reported, if not, through other sources (eg. chart data), and Two, reports from labels or official sources, mostly IFPI. While we can't be sure they're 100% spot on, we can say they are very very realistic and validated. As MJD mentioned, TBDT shipped 5m in 2007, an additional 4m afterwards would be ludicrous for an album which promotional campaign was almost over, even if factoring catalog sales!
Hi Lavinger and RLAAMJR!
The comparison between Xtina and Avril is interesting, but aside from comparing raw data, another way to look at it is through the investment to profit ratio pointed out by MJD in the Britney article comments.
Several statements pointed out by Lavinger were true:
-Avril had a higher peak than Xtina
-Xtina has the edge over Avril due to songs outside her studio albums
As for the consistency part, it is debatable. When Avril had the bigger album with their first album, obviously from a profit point of view, Avril wins comparing their debut, especially considering Xtina was a teen pop act, an act with a higher profile thus a larger initial budget. Speaking of initial budget, that of Avril's sophomore effort would be larger as her debut was bigger.
On to the 2nd album. Lavinge's did barely half of its predecessor, though still a respectable success. For Xtina, the initial budget for her would be similar to Avril's as her debut was the weaker one relatively speaking, though Xtina's profile is still bigger, allowing her to have still a large budget. Xtina's 2nd album, Stripped, managed to reach 75% of its predecessor's success and outsold in in Europe and Oceania. Thus, from a profit point of view, Xtina wins this round with a softer sophomore slump.
On to the 3rd album, Xtina's initial budget would be larger now, again due to the artist's profile and predecessor's performance. TBDT outperforms B2B, thus the former wins when looking at profits.
After that, Xtina's last 3 albums add for 4,3m units while Avril's last 2 add for 5,2m, again with the initial budget favoring the former due to the profile. In conclusion, we can say that the both of them were equally consistent for their first 3 efforts, while afterwards, Avril was more consistent from a profit's angle. The same case between Avril and Gaga, though Joanne had less time to accumulate sales and has already surpassed Lavinge's last effort, so it is debatable.
Hits wise, they are on par, but factoring orphans, Xtina edges out Avril.
This is how you compare Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne.
Popularity - Christina Aguilera pretty much wins in this category. More people around the world know who Christina is than Avril. Thanks to recording the Mulan soundtrack, being a judge in xfactor and having her own movie.
Hit songs -Christina's songs are more popular and unforgettable. You will even hear some Christmas songs from Christina during Christmas.
Net Worth:
Christina - $160 million
Avril -$50 million
Avril's first album may have sold more than Xtina's first album but Xtina had a lot of competitors in pop music especially Britney. Avril didnt really have a competitor.
RIAA has stopped updating the sales of the first Avril albums for several years so it is possible that she has sold more than that? true?
Hi RLAAMJR!
I'm sorry but facts prove you wrong. About popularity, it all depends on where you are from. In Western countries, both are equally known, maybe Aguilera is known by moms a bit more but it's no big deal. But then, if you look at Asia, easily the most populated continent of the World, Lavigne crushes Aguilera with ease. I'm quite sure if we had statistics about how many persons know each of them in the World, Lavigne would come ahead with a comfortable margin.
Hits songs, Complicated has way more streams than Aguilera's best, Beautiful. It is 50% higher. Then both have their Top 10 hits inside the same range of 40-80m streams. Obviously, this is from Spotify, which isn't used much in Asia. Avril leads on YouTube, 93m vs 77m views this last month, in spite of lower US views, confirming my statement above.
You say that Xtina had more competitors, it is because she performs on the most popular genre, Avril had no competitor on her category quite simply because her genre wasn't selling, which is all the more impressive.
Hi Pablo!
It's untrue, Soundscan continues to scan sales figures every week. Figures aren't limited to their RIAA certifications, they are estimates of up to date net shipment. On her case, considering how much data is available, the margin of error is close to 0.
And to add
Christina Aguilera - 50,732,000 EAS (as of March 2017)
Avril Lavigne - 43,059,000 EAS (as of February 2018)
Avril has bigger peak and more longevity, hence, Xtina edges out her? I really don't understand your logic tbh?
In US yet, worldwide no. Both have released 5 studio albums in English. Avril actually outsold Xtina each era expect for the second one.
those net-worth you've got ain't from an official source. Who can say it's 100% accurate.
The shipment figures only start this decade. TBDT can't just sold 5M ww because it's false. IFPI reported +5M copies ww, so til now, TBDT has sold at least 9M pure sales and 10M with SPS.
