Digital divas
Hi Gary. Seeing how digital song sales now far outpace sales of physical singles, I'm curious about the to-date digital sales of the "divas" who enjoyed a large portion of their success in the '80s and '90s.
I'd appreciate information on the top-selling downloads for the following acts since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital data: Madonna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. Thank you and keep up the great column. Jim Radenhausen, Reeders, Pennsylvania
Hi Jim. Here is a breakdown of the five singers' top-selling digital songs. Madonna (two) and Carey (four) are the only artists of the quintet with songs that have each shifted more than a million downloads:
Madonna
2,814,000, "4 Minutes"
1,224,000, "Hung Up"
493,000, "Like a Prayer"
366,000, "Sorry"
347,000, "Material Girl"
Whitney Houston
739,000, "I Will Always Love You"
447,000, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
267,000, "Greatest Love of All"
215,000, "How Will I Know"
206,000, "I Have Nothing"
Janet Jackson
242,000, "That's the Way Love Goes"
235,000, "All for You"
212,000, "If"
179,000, "Call on Me"
155,000, "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
Mariah Carey
1,591,000, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
1,563,000, "Obsessed"
1,467,000, "Touch My Body"
1,362,000, "We Belong Together"
718,000, "Shake It Off" (Ask Billboard)
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