Here is a look at Spears’ U.S. album sales to-date, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
Sales, Title, Release Year
10,555,000, “…Baby One More Time,” 1999
9,199,000, “Oops!…I Did It Again,” 2000
4,342,000, “Britney,” 2001
2,991,000, “In the Zone,” 2003
1,667,000, “Circus,” 2008
1,395,000, “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative,” 2004
991,000, “Blackout,” 2007
172,000, “The Singles Collection,” 2009
105,000, “B in the Mix: the Remixes,” 2005
With 31.6 million albums sold, Spears ranks as the 16th-best-selling album artist since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.
In that span, Spears places fourth among women, trailing only Mariah Carey (53.2 million), Celine Dion (51.1 million) and Shania Twain (34 million).
Source: Billboard
That’s pretty damn impressive! I’ve got some high hopes for this new album. Got a feeling that her single may be #1 next week, which would make her the only other artist to have multiple debut #1′s other then Mariah Carey (3 times) and the first to have them back to back. She had her first #1 debut last year with “3″!
