When it comes to record sales, few can boast stats rivaling that of Madonna.
The best-selling female artist of all time globally, the Pop Queen boasts a whopping 12 multi-Platinum albums in her native USA alone – a feat that once placed her in a firm tie with Barbra Streisand for the all-time top spot in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history books among women.
On Tuesday (September 30), however, that all changed thanks to a slew of certification updates for Taylor Swift.
As reported here, Swift saw a whopping 14 beloved titles from her expansive discography get certification upgrades (to historic measure).
Collectively, the updates pushed her career-wide Stateside album sales to 105 million – knocking Mariah Carey out of the top spot for overall best album seller among women.
Together, the certification upgrades also lifted her career-wide Stateside multi-Platinum-certified album count to 15 – the most of any female act since the RIAA began certifying albums in 1952. It should be noted that number does include Tay’s re-releases.
The previous recordholders, Madge and Babs, are still tied at 12 apiece.
Click here to see the full list of Swift’s albums that saw their certification statuses upgrades.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of A Showgirl’ now expected to earn the biggest first week sales for any album in US history, surpassing Adele’s ’25’.
More than 3.5 million units; 4 million within reach (via @HITSDD).
This album will be going head to head against ACT 3 for the AOTY 🏆.
🫙 MAYONNAISE VS HONEY 🍯
Madonna will always be known as the 1st to open the doors of boundaries for women in pop music, I’m just glad that women in music are still breaking records, the torch continues….. CONGRATULATIONS 👏🎉👏 TO ALL WOMEN IN MUSIC.