madonna is the best selling female artist of all time.
madonna is the best selling female artist of all time.
who's the best selling female artist of all time?
madonna
madonna is ranked by the recording industry association of america as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the united states, with 64.5 million certified albums. she has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by "guinness world records". madonna has won 20 vmas from a total of 68 nominations, second highest number of accolades in the history of the award. she is the first female artist to receive the lifetime achievement video vanguard award. in 2008, she was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, as one of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry.
list of awards and nominations received by madonna
throughout carey's career, she has collected many honors and awards, including the world music awards' best selling female artist of the millennium, the grammy's best new artist in 1991, and "billboard"s special achievement award for the artist of the decade during the 1990s. in a career spanning over 20 years, carey has sold over 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the biggest-selling artists in music history. carey is ranked as the best-selling female artist of the nielsen soundscan era, with over 52 million copies sold. carey was ranked first in mtv and "blender" magazine's 2003 countdown of the 22 greatest voices in music, and was placed second in "cove" magazine's list of "the 100 outstanding pop vocalists." aside from her voice, she has become known for her songwriting. yahoo music editor jason ankeny wrote, "she earned frequent comparison to rivals whitney houston and celine dion, but did them both one better by composing all of her own material." according to "billboard" magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the united states. at the 2000 world music awards, carey was given a legend award for being the "best-selling female pop artist of the millennium," as well as the "best-selling artist of the 90s" in the united states, after releasing a series of albums of multiplatinum status in asia and europe, such as "music box" and "number 1's". she is also a recipient of the chopard diamond award in 2003, recognizing sales of over 100 million albums worldwide. additionally, the recording industry association of america (riaa) lists carey as the third-best-selling female artist, with shipments of over 63 million units in the us. in japan, carey has the top four highest-selling albums of all time by a non-asian artist.
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