Saturday 30 October 2010

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)



COMMENTS
There are not yet comments to this article.

Only registrated members can post a comment.
© MCArchives 1998-2024 (26 years!)
NEWS
MESSAGEBOARD