Nicki Minaj extends her lead as the highest-selling female rapper of all time once again.
Good news below…
With a discography driven by pure sales, the performer is now the first female rapper to sell 100 million units in the U.S alone.
This, making her the highest-selling female rapper of all time as well as one of the highest-selling musicians to debut within the last 100 years thanks to a sales figure largely made up of paid-for purchases.
1. Rihanna 198 million units (22.5 million of which are albums)
2. Taylor Swift 169.5 million units (43 million of which are albums)
3. Katy Perry 108 million units (6 million of which are albums)
4. Nicki Minaj 100 million units (8.5 million of which are albums)
5. Mariah Carey 90 million units (66 million of which are albums)
The rapper has sold 8.5 million albums within the last nine years and over 92 million singles within the same period. Impressive, as she reached her epic milestone despite seeing her sales decline following the advent of the now stream-dependant chart system which pulled some of her fan base away from iTunes and towards Spotify where she also reigns supreme on a number of Hip-Hop fronts.
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Highest Fraud of the Elite…watch the posts flood as Cardi scoops them Grammies. #Karma Oh and be sure to stream #ANoNoRemix when it drops next week. ?
Cardi will not get a Grammy
Biiitttcccchhhh the only fuccckkkin fraud is that stripper h** who can’t even rap or come close to Nicki in pure sales & ?ain’t nobody checking for no damn no no remix, that’s how u kno u a damn hater cuz U can’t even give credit when it’s so dumb ass h**
How is Nicki the fraud when there’s loads of rappers that don’t even write their own rap songs.
Love her or hate her. Nicki’s impact is undeniable.
Exactly ppl hate on this woman so damn much & she still winning smh she earned her damn crown as Queen of Rap
See When u a legend, when you legendary… ?Phucking QUEEN SHIITT ?????Now all we do is Beyoncé’s ass to have her label update all her certifications so she can take her seat @ top of that list as well??
NICKI mINAJ IS THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. ARROGANT.
?rappers are suppose to be arrogant in their music & feel like they’re the best at what they do
its not a hard thing to do when the majority of sales these days for artists come from streams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48V0GCP9Xl4
?good thing she got majority of her sales from pure sales before streaming was a thing & started making easy for these new artists to get #1’s ?
Take out streams and Nicki has sold 3.7 million albums.
How many are her OWN?! 7641 featured on singles ✂️
?how many of Rihanna’s sales are from features ?damn stop hating & give her damn props sheesh
Girl stop! Rihanna has more solos than features, and this isn’t about Rihanna. Glad she’s on your lips tho.
Stop with the pure sales BS most artists on this list are Surviving on streaming in this generation except for a select few.
?the point of saying that was cuz majority of her sales & the ppl on that list is from pure sales & not streaming. Pure sales will always overshadow streaming.
Preach. No one sells anymore. And Nicki is selling AND getting streams.
Pure sales will not always overshadow streaming clown. Cardi is already at 50 million with streams and pure sales off one album and a few features.
Nicki’s pure sales are 3.7 million albums.
Caleb honey can you show receipts? Sorry but I think those “pure sales” you say are made up…
Nicki run was cute until greed played a factor. I wished she really learned from the ones before her because is she did she would literally be the best. Instead she took sides with foxy and further ruined her rep in the industry. She enjoyed being the only female rapper out and she said for year how it’s ok for everyone to feed her grapes while she reign supreme. No unity nor leadership skills only greedy I’m the only one skills. Cardi wants everyone to win and for that she will reign . First time a big female rapper collab with new girls and look they chatting “city girls” this is something Nicki could have been did for years. Instead she runs to the white pop girls for cute boos.
?When did Kim ever show love to Nicki tho?? The only female rappers who did were Trina & Foxy. She did the My chick Bad remix with several female rappers, she showed loved & discussed about her love & influence of Foxy, Kim, Lauryn & Remy. She tried to do a song when Remy got of jail & Remy turned her down. She had Dej Loaf on her PinkPrint Tour. She showed Cardi genuine love, congratulated her on Bodak Yellow going #1, liked her pics on IG & everything. She agreed to let Cardi & The rest of the Migos hop on Motorsport & that’s when things went left. The only reason why Cardi did a song with the City Girls is cuz they’re on the same management company Quality Control & they asked her too, cuz she wasn’t even on the original version. Roxane Raxane came for all the rap girls back in the day & don’t get this hate. There’s legit a video on YouTube of her showing love to almost every female rapper. & the pop & r&b girls request Nicki to be on their songs you mean
It sounds good the way you typed it and put it together. Let’s be real Nicki showed Kim love but at the same time took shots at her. You can’t say that you love this person but your here to take there spot? That’s not genuine. Nicki had dej loaf on her tour after she realized she needed a female rapper to show she about unity. My chick bad was Ludacris song who put it together. Not Nicki. Why haven’t she hoped on a foxy single or even a dej loaf single? She threw foxy a bone after the hype was over. Once she brought her on stage the first time she was supposed to do something. She tried to do a song with rem n Fox knowing they didn’t like each other so that offer was never real. Nicki plays chess not checkers. Cardi showed no signs of slowing down so Nicki had no choice not to look salty. But truth is sis is mad she not the only one. Whatever happened to the song she promised Asain doll and kash doll ?
Why would Kim show her love when she was dissing Kim as early as 2003 before she was even well known? And Foxy only joined with Nicki after she started beefing with Kim. Before that she dissed her. And as far as the my chick bad remix, Nicki wasn’t even on the remix so there goes that.
92 millions is itunes $0.99 / $1.29 singles. if we used standard BB calculations for album sales, 10 singles sale is equivalent to 1 album sales. so 92 million = 9.2 million album + 8.5million album = 17.7 million album. just mediocre
Can you calculate without the features? That would be really interesting to see.
@Caleb – You are a hating @ss motherf^ck3r. Nicki is good. Focus on Cardi, the copy of a freakin’ copy. Nicki’s not going ANYWHERE so you may as well continue to sit on your @ss and count her money and sales.
#Loser
When TGJ metions Nicki Mjnaji so much you know she is about to take another L so y’all know her nemesis Cardi B is about to take home a Grammy just waiting for the meltdown.
?that b**** ain’t taking home no damn Grammy they using her for viewers, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye SZA, & Jazmine Sullivan were all nominated for 5-8 Grammies & walked away with 0. She has heavy competion in the caterirgies she’s in, so ain’t nobody worried ?
Taylor has sold 43 million albums. This is amazing!
?a white b**** that ain’t got s*** to do with this damn post, take that s*** to TMZ
She is mentioned in the list.. If you can’t see, then maybe you need glasses.
Sadly Nicki McFraud is doing what she’s been hired to do, highest grossing female pop/rap act and doesn’t touch her money until 5 folks touch it first!!✌?? ?”Bzzz”? Lil’Kim is laughing at this FRAUD!!
?Yo ass stay on a Nicki post u a fan sis? & ?lmao Kim can’t even move her damn face & cant laugh @ nobody with her bankrupt ass?u have Nicki confused with Ol girl who has a 360 deal with Atlantic ?
Girl you are pathetic replying to everyone who has something to say about Nicki! ????. I see why people talk about the Barbs. You are embarrassing! ????. Just stop. Now go ahead and reply back to me! ???
How many stories do y’all have to write a day to fulfill your obligations to Nicki ? I know she has y’all on payroll, ask for more $$$$
Congrayz to Ms Nicki, she put in the work she earned every cent ever accomplishment, love are hate her numbers don’t lie, and must of these is from pure sales. as to someone said and I agree she has more than earned her crown.
Most is from pure sales how? Just look at her album sales. 8 million plus with streaming but without it’s only 3.7 million. The same is probably true of the singles.
Congrats to the Queen. Keep seething hating hoenas. You just jelliana.
Jealous of a bunch of singles ??????
cardi is trash and everyone will realize it in a year.
So basically she’s sold 17.6 million albums, if you figure 10 songs on an album. Oh ok.
Exactly!
Exactly! And less than that if you take out all the features.
Someone who sold less than 8 million albums is a best-selling artist of the 21st century?! Usher sold more than that with one album yet he’s not in the top?! The way they calculate these numbers is ridiculous.
AND MARIAH HAS STILL SOLD MORE ALBUMS THAN THEM ALL.. LOOK AT THE RATIO OF “UNITS” VS ALBUMS AND IT’S REALLY ACTUALLY A FUNNY HEADLINE AS TO WHO IS THE HIGHEST SELLING FEMALE.
I’m glad someone mentioned it. This is when it was about album sales and not about selling singles.
um someone is definitly paying for this promos… according to every record so dont make the list..
Top 8 Pure-Selling Artists of this Decade (2010-2018)
Adele – 23.7 million;
Talyor Swift – 21.1 million;
Eminem – 12.1 million;
Justin Bieber – 12 million;
Drake – 10.8 million;
Lady Antebellum – 9.1 million;
Luke Bryan – 9.0 million;
Lady Gaga – 8.5 million.
https://chartmasters.org/2018/02/data-collector-most-successful-artists-per-decade/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_21st_century
BEFORE CARDI THERE WAS NICKI AND EVERYONE WAS FOR NICKI so stop eating d*** point blank perioddttt I don’t care what y’all have to say Nicki made cardi she was a LHH kidd before she wanted to be a rap kidd periodt
YES QUEEN. all the cardi fans are just fake nicki fans.
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