Forum
Taylor Swift's numbers are impressive, she could become the greatest singer of all time and even surpass Madonna.
Then if I can give some advice, it would take an update for artists like U2 and Rolling Stones as their articles were published among the first in 2016
Reputation and Lover are not on the same level as Debut and Speak Now. They are clearly selling far more units.
Lover and Reputation espically impress me a lot. They keep on climbing high, even though she released a lot of near them, and they does not have huge hits
"Her trend has been downwards for her last four albums now" Are you including Taylor's Versions? Because number wise reputation, lover and folklore are all similar sized which is why your comment aged horribly. You have to remember that they weren't released simultaneously so obviously they won't have the same numbers right away. Obviously you also ignored her massive streaming, and follower gains in the months preceding the release of Midnights. Next time check out those before you comment something like this. It's honestly a great indicator of what's to come for an artist. Hint, her next studio album will probably debut with even bigger streaming numbers.
I'll give you Evermore though. That was definitely a decline but Taylor is clearly about the long-term so don't count it out yet 🙂
Evermore is my favorite album from her, but I congratulate Midnights for surpassing evermore's sales!
I take it you are obviously only talking about female artists, as many other acts also have 7 or more studio albums, that have over10M EAS, including Mariah Carey.
Acts with 7+ 10M EAS Albums
The Beatles 12 > 14.5 M
Queen 11 > 11.6 M
Madonna 9 > 11.8 M
The Rolling Stones 9 > 11.2 M
Metallica 8 > 10.1 M
Led Zeppelin 7 > 13.2 M
AC/DC 7 > 12.1 M
Eminem 7 > 12.1 M
U2 7 > 11.8 M
Billy Joel 7 > 11.2 M
Mariah Carey 7 > 10.9 M
Pink Floyd 7 > 10.5 M
Elton John 7 > 10.2 M
Taylor Swift 7 > 10 M
Acts with 5+ 10M Selling Albums
Led Zeppelin 7 > 11.5 M
The Beatles 7 > 10.6 M (Soon to be, if not already, 8)
Pink Floyd 6 > 10.2 M
U2 6 > 10.2 M
Michael Jackson 5 > 18.6 M
Metallica 5 > 11.5 M
Madonna 5 > 10.7 M
Eminem 5 > 10.4 M
AC/DC 5 > 10 M
Whitney Houston 5 > 10 M
Yes . It's about notice on this page where Taylor have 6 albums 10M+ as Madonna , Mariah , Celine . Thank you for this complete list for now !
I am not seeing the per album breakdown CSPC chart. The bar graph is still showing, but not the chart with all of the data for each album.
Including compilations/live albums :
The Beatles 11
Led Zeppelin 7
Madonna 7
U2 7
AC/DC 6
Phil Collins 6 (+ 2 with Genesis)
Michael Jackson 6
Pink Floyd 6