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Justin, Ariana, J Lo... are not artists of a huge success and many albums. They are easy to calculate.
I think: Justin Timeberlake, less than 50 million albums equivalent. NSYNC, around 35. Ariana Grande, no more than 20. J Lo, less than 35. Selena Gomez, less than 20 million. Avril Lavigne, around 45.
It is much more interesting an analysis of Julio Iglesias, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Queen ...
Sorry, but i call BS.
It's either a nerdy and bored fangirl, who switches on and off her router to change IP and gain tens of votes, or it was shared on Grande / Lopez FB pages, hence the sudden influx of votes.
No Dan, it's the poofs and their tedious diva wanking. The same shite that ruins every sales based forum on the web.
Exactly Pelvis. We want to see the true sales kings, not these inconsequential female acts.
I hate being gender specific about music sales but these silly little diva lovers need to get a grip and realise men rule when it comes to sales & consumption, always have, always will.
Martin,
Do you really think it is needed to call names when nobody went after you? Please slow down your useless attacks or I'll move your comments to spam.
That Martin person needs to stop trying to tell people what to do. People are voting for the likes of Ariana and Selena because they have a huge online following. I don't see anything wrong with fans wanting to know the sales/stats of their favorite artists. Just vote for your dead acts and move on.
No offense but "these silly little diva lovers need to get a grip and realise men rule when it comes to sales & consumption, always have, always will" is such a sexist and stupid thing to say. And if you haven't noticed, this site isn't just for acts who have sold 200 million albums, but for every act that's been successful at some point. Ariana, for example, is a streaming force and has the most streamed female album on Spotify. We're currently in the streaming era. Welcome to 2017. Try to step out of the 1970s for once.
Besides, just take a look at the biggest CSPC articles on this site. Aside from the King of Pop and The Beatles, the "divas" always get a lot more comments/likes than other acts. Why is this? Because most "divas" have big, devoted fan bases with huge online followings. Plus most of them are still alive and releasing music, thus there's more buzz around them. Nobody is "cheating" or "manipulating" anything. If it bothers you so much, don't look at their articles and scroll down. MJD can see the IPs anyway so he won't count faux votes.
If people want to argue about "divas" and their sales, what is it to you? How exactly does it affect your life? You seem way too bothered about "divas". I'm sure MJD doesn't mind if people discuss his figures or get into arguments about them on ATRL or UKMix. Take your homophobic + sexist undertones, as well as your useless personal attacks somewhere else. It's never that serious.
Oh, and I hope you realize that the best selling act of this decade is a woman. Adele will undoubtedly end up as the biggest act of the decade (male or female), followed by Taylor Swift.
So much for "men rule when it comes to sales & consumption, always have, always will.". 😉 Like I said, perhaps you should get with the times.
So, maybe we just need two CSPC's. One for the older stars (Barbra, Elton John, Sinatra...), and one CSPC for the younger stars (Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Timberlake...). And everything will be just fine. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I think there are a handful of other artists over 150 million........eagles, garth brooks, rod stewart.............maybe a couple surprises........plus the ones you mentioned
