B. Spears has had 3 top ten hits off of her most recent album while Beyonce has not had one single hit and Bey still managed to sell more albums than Britney in the U.S. this year. Beyonce had better 1st week sales this year, and she was also number 1 for two weeks in a row. I enjoy both artist but lets get real people, regarding LIVE performances and perfecting their craft Beyonce has been the most consistent artist of this era. For those that keep on citing album sales from over 10 years ago, you also need to get real. Britney came out during the peak of the CD era... everybody was multiplatinum. So though having debut sales over a million is impressive (so is diamond record sales) it's not indicative of how good or bad of an artist she is. Nelly has even managed to sell over 30 mil in the U.S... that def doesnt mean he is the best rapper out there.