The reason people compare Beyonce to MJ is because she's probably the artist with the must natural born talent next to him. Nobody is going to see MJ's numbers with all the illegal downloading and bootlegging that wasn't around in MJ's heyday. Beyonce sells in the US and worldwide. Her 3 solo albums always finish in the Top 10 Worldwide End of the Year Charts. Beyonce does only have 3 solo albums, compared to Rihanna's 5 solo albums. With 3 albums, Beyonce still has sold more worldwide than Rihanna. Just look at their last albums. Rihanna sold about 2 or 3 million worldwide while Beyonce sold 7 million.