Rihanna Is The Biggest Selling Digital Artist Ever

Rihanna has sold in the USA more digital tracks than any other artist.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Rihanna has sold more than 47 million tracks to the end of 2011 putting her ahead of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Beyonce. Black Eyed Peas are in number two spot but also hold the honor of having the biggest selling digital track to date with ‘I Gotta Feeling’. The list doesn’t include the tracks Rihanna has featured in.

Adele ‘21’ was last year’s biggest selling digital album.

Top 10 Selling Digital Artists of All Time:
1. Rihanna – 47,571,000
2. Black Eyed Peas – 42,405,000
3. Eminem – 42,290,000
4. Lady Gaga – 42,078,000
5. Taylor Swift – 41,821,000
6. Katy Perry – 37,620,00
7. Lil Wayne – 36,788,000
8. Beyonce – 30,439,000
9. Kanye West – 30,242,000
10. Britney Spears – 28,665,000

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs:
1. Black Eyed Peas ‘I Gotta Feeling’ 7,688,000
2. Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’ 6,529,000
3. Lady Gaga – ‘Just Dance’ 6,458,000
4. Black Eyed Peas – ‘Boom Boom Pow’ 6,267,000
5. Flo Rida – ‘Low’ 6,152,000
6. Ke$ha – ‘Tik Tok’ 6,149,000
7. Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’ 5,921,000
8. Jason Mraz – ‘I’m Yours’ 5,919,000
9. Train – ‘Hey Soul Sister’ 5,741,000
10. Taio Cruz – ‘Dynamite’ 5,719,000

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Nick

Suck on that every other artist! Rihanna is tops! FOREVER!
- LilMsSunshine
  
  No, "suck on that" Sandra Rose!!!!! You troll.
  - Nick
    
    what the hell does that mean?
    - LilMsSunshine
      
      Sandra Rose is blogger (SandraRose.com) who despises RIHANNA. (She writes horrible slanderous articles about her). She often takes an actual news article about RIHANNA, post it on her website, and then add her personal hate and anger into the article.
      
      RIHANNA is not the only entertainer that she attacks. Other entertainers have attempted to serve Sandra with Cease and Desist Orders, however, they have never served her properly, which has to be done in person, therefore, she's never been challenged legally for printing false and inaccurate information. (Sandra has bragged about being served improperly on her website).
      
      She absolutely DOES NOT care what anybody says about her, lest of all RIHANNA's fans. Threats, hate emails, tweets, etc. will NOT STOP HER.
      - SOSMANDOWN
        
        I don't even want to waste my energy checking out her blog. Do you know how she looks? I'm picturing that she looks like the girl in the movie "JUICE" You know, the one in the record store, behind the counter! Or was that before your time? Anyway check it out.
        
        Kerry Johnson
        
        LMAO!!!!!!
        xD
        
        LilMsSunshine
        
        I hear you. I remember the movie "Juice", however, I don't remember the girl that you're talking about.
        
        It's funny you would ask what does Sandra Rose look like, and I'm being 100% honest in saying that she's EXTREMELY UNATTRACTIVE. And that's NO EXAGGERATION.
        
        She often hides her face from cameras whenever people try to get a photo of her, when she's out and about. She's hiding her face in the photo on her Twitter page.
        
        Sandra Rose in the last person who needs to be saying anything mean and "UGLY" about ANYBODY.
LilMsSunshine

That's HUGE!!!!

I'm really proud of RIHANNA. And I'm proud to be part RIHANNA NAVY BABY!!!!
Bodacious

Wonderful & very Exciting News, Thanks!!!
wahabo

Britney and Rihanna you are on the top.. :*
- http://twitter.com/DrMonkeyBoyJr @DrMonkeyBoyJr
  
  nope just riri is number 1
  - Quinni
    
    But Britney too ♥
TK-75523

YEAH!!! No one does it like Rihanna & her fans!!! :D
I LOVE RIHANNA <33333333333333333333333
Bodacious

@LilMsSunshine Cosigns You we can stay strong and let the Trolls Talk
help keep us Motivated and working to keep supporting RiRi!!!!
Bodacious

@ Natalie, Rodrigo and "RD Team" Thanks for another Great Year!!!!
http://twitter.com/IssamKh15 @IssamKh15

Rihanna Rules Music Industry!! <3 <3
Cash

She might not have the biggest selling album of 2011 but at least she ended the year with something! The best selling singles artist in the UK and US of 2011.Haters can go on with the never ending rant about her album.Your favorite you claim that is slaying does not have the best selling album of 2011.__Adele has it.Congradulations to Adele and Rihanna.
Bella

Lets support Riri and keep requesting the songs on the radio…..

Also lets keep promoting TTT on facebook and twitter

Lets keep the hype up while rihanna takes some time offf….

Support go to http://ryanseacrest.com/american-top-5/

vote as many times just delete ur cookies of ur computer to vate as many times
Bella

http://ryanseacrest.com/american-top-5/

z100 Ryan Seacrest countdown common guys vote as many times

vote vote vote

lets make sure the song gets lots of airplay its important
Jamal

The world know Rihanna sell only singles. Before you get excited look at that list Gaga has 3 albums and she is #3 and only few mills away from the top. On the other hand Rihanna has 6 albums. Gaga is the winner here that’s why she is the new queen of Pop. Gaga sell albums and singles so Navy chill wid dat. TTT just reach 500k those are 1st and 2nd week sales for great artist. Rihanna is still not good enough. 6 wks and TTT only sold 5ook in the US. Well I see why the Navy excited about the singles b/c she sure don’t sell albums in the US. How Pathetic….Rihanna is WHACK! Mindless puppet!
- Vic
  
  I've really don't know why all you haters are here ( ON RIHANNA'S fansite) to write stupid pathetic stuff about her… Why don't you (OR ANY OTHER HATERS OUT THERE) keep YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM to yourself you no-brain worthless POS!!
- Kerry Johnson
  
  Plz Gaga aint really nothing, she's about to dry out. I give her 1 years max, she's done with;)
- Truth Teller
  
  Gaga's sophmore album(the most hyped album of the last 10 ten years) sold as much as Rihanna's fifth…. Lets see Gaga's fifth album sell that much, cause at this rate she'll get dropped by her label AGAIN before she even gets there.
  
  Her sales on all fronts were sad this year, people are tired of her, her novelty factor is gone. Start saying your goodbyes. If you look at the number Gaga didn't top Rihanna in a single area. So your post makes about as much sense as a wet carrot.
- cash
  
  like I said your favorite doesn't have the #1 album of 2011.lady gaga please.Adele ate her up 2011.Adele best selling album artist of 2011,Rihanna best selling singles artist of 2011.Lady gaga best selling nothing of 2011.Sorry but Rihanna owned 2011 with 1 single.I know the gaga stans are jealous.
SOSMANDOWN

ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY "THE EMPRESS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD!"
Jamal

For the person who say she may not have the best selling album. Guess what she can’t. She will never have the best selling album. She will never have a #1 album in the US b/c she can only sell singles. 42K copies her sale declinig like her self esteem. Yes congrats to Adele who is still selling more copies than Rihanna. Adele 21 will sell more than Rihanna’s 6 albums combine lmao!
- Music My Life
  
  Adele is just a starter.. She has a long way to go! And Adele & Rihanna are totally different! Their songs, their personality.. everything.. Rihanna is more of a Britney Spears type, not Adele! And Rihanna may not sell albums as much as Adele, but she sure is not a flop in album selling! "Loud" is a grammy-nominated album if you don't know..
- http://rihannalietuva.wordpress.com pressgurl
  
  Please, shut up.
  - Truth Teller
    
    Adele is the new Norah Jones, don't know who that is? It's okay, because no one will know who Adele is 10 years from now either. I don't think the same will be said of Rihanna, she'll be around for years to come, still being dragged by losers like you over the flavor of the moment.
    
    Rihanna is the flavor of the decade.
    - Terry
      
      You gotta lotta nerve putting down Adele who has an awesome singing voice, Rihanna can'[t sing like that live you fool. How dare you put another talented artist down, you're stupid!!!!
      - Truth Teller
        
        Im stupid? Talk to me in 2 years when Im right, we'll see how stupid I was. A one trick pony loses it's novelty factor real fast, and goes back to the barn. You seem to have a very limited understanding of how artistry in the music industry works; and why artists like Rihanna and Madonna have careers 5 times longer and more successful than the "ubertalents" like Jones and Adele.
        
        And in the meantime GTFO off this site and go smooze on Adele's while she still has one. And I'll put down Adele all I want as long as someone is dragging her flash in the pan appeal over Rihanna,
        
        Terry
        
        Get off this plantet fool. You are stupid, Do you place any value on good voices, there are a lot of them out there.Adele is just one of them, if you have ears.
        
        Truth Teller
        
        Do you place any value in your posts? Failed English 101 I suppose? At this point it's like debating something with a 4 year old child. There's no sport or anything constructive to be gained at this point.
        
        Truth Teller
        
        Do you place any value in your posts online? They're like reading something from someone who had a lobotomy and failed English 101 ten times over. Not remotely joking about this.
        
        You're plain stupid, any way you cut it. Pure observation from what you've written here.
      - Truth Teller
        
        I also doubt she would have a career at all if this were the 90's and her competition was Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Even those two during their peaks weren't as overrated as Adele is now. And they can sing circles around her, even still.
        
        She benefits from being THE ONLY VOCALIST in the game right now, and people like you fall for it.
        
        Terry
        
        She is new and she made it so big because of her talented vocals, not remixing and digital technical support. When you hear a vocalist sign LIVE thats when the truth comes out.
        
        Terry
        
        And by the way Adele writes all of material.
        
        Truth Teller
        
        "sign"? Is she signing on stage? Good lord, you didn't read a single thing I said did you? It was like throwing a snowball at a brick wall. How are you this dense? You just completely ignore what someone else says and go off on your own nonrelated tangent.
        
        How does anything you said in that post relate to mine? It wasn't even a reply, it's practically it's own comment.
      - cash
        
        RIHANNA CAN SING.HOW DARE YOU PUT RIHANNA DOWN FOOL.I don't understand why people who are not die hard Rihanna fans are on her FAN MADE WEBSITE.WHO IS THE STUPID ONE.YOU! GTFO!
        
        Terry
        
        I like Rihanna, but don't put other artists down .hypocrite, And GFYS
        
        Truth Teller
        
        Your posts hurt my brain, Im not even joking. You're like the kid in class that the teacher has to keep for hours after school just to get a single bit of knowledge crammed into their brain before they go home.
        
        It's like trying to communicate with a couch or some inanimate object at this point.
        
        Cash
        
        You just put Rihanna down.Who is the hypocite now.You are.
- cash
  
  Who were the ones saying she was a one hit wonder 7 years ago? now that her singles are doing well ,its not good enough.You just wanna find something to hate on.Adele has sold more than any artist of 2011 not just Rihanna.Her albums are successful.THEY SELL MILLIONS.HER ALBUM DOESN'T HAVE TO BE #1 IN THE US.
- Mike
  
  Yeh she never has 1# album but At The End Of The Year She Sells More Than An Artist that Sold 500K In A week.
  Adele well this Year she kicked everyone ass
  If Rihanna Is A Flop Cuz Of That Well Katy Perry,Lady GG,Bruno Mars,LMFAO,Marroon 5 Etc are All Flop This Year…
Bodacious

@Navy less take it to the Top and get another Top 100 after all Billboard Named Adele #1 and RiRi # 2 for 2011 and we know that Rihanna sale Albums because she is on the Year End List Posted Two Different Times One for "Loud" and 3.4 Million in Sales and "TTT" WITH 1.7
Million and the Trolls & Haters or Bitter as always and Remember that when she Accomplish something New, Ground Breaking and History Making the Trolls or Salty & Bitter!!!!
- Terry
  
  Get a life.
  - Truth Teller
    
    Take your own, someone as oblivious to their own blatant stupidity as you is an insult to humanity. How you even manage to breathe or function in life is beyond me.
Bodacious

@Navy,,,,Just think of how certain blogs will not post on her unless
they can put a Negative Spin on it like the chick who runs the "grape"
but that is okay because the NAVY is strong, Humble and a Great Group
of many People from all Demographics who love and support her no
matter how mean Spirited Others might be toward Rihanna!!!!
http://twitter.com/Zayd_ENCG @Zayd_ENCG

Congratulations #Rihanna <3
Bella

http://ryanseacrest.com/american-top-5/

vote so that We found love will be #1 @ 12:00 pm on the countdown

Vote vote
Diana

It may be right, that gaga has sold more than Rihanna, but gaga has I don.t know for sure, I think 3 albums, ( i am a fan also of gaga), but I think they are the same. It.s the same picture in all of them, WEIRD,that.s the only word that describes her the most, but Rihanna tried to create herself another image on every album. I like Gaga, but my personal opinion is that i am bored of her.
The greatest hits have a major influence in life, because they make the fun, I mean, I remember that time(doesn.t matter which) because of a song. When I go to a party, it is impossible to hear one of rihanna.s songs like we found love, or s&m. I think that both of them are trying to be number one, but gaga tries too much(not offense to gaga.s fans).
Excuse my english or writting if I did any mistakes, I.m from Romania, where rihanna is listened everywhere. Take care!
http://rihannalietuva.wordpress.com pressgurl

Such a great way to start 2012 RiRi. :*
Joey Badr

Rihannaa !!!!! <3 Best Artist Of The World !!
Karima

Keep it it babay girl- Love You
lilly

Rihanna is officially the biggest selling Digital Artist EVER! rihanna should receive a special award because of that title.
lilly

vote for Battleship! http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/01/03/mtv-movie-br…
lilly

I can't believe We Found Love has been in the top 5 on Itunes US for 5 months.
Rihfan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDH0Jr_EaWw&fe… WATCH THIS!!!!!!!!!!
- Rih4life
  
  OMG he is too cute, he has that Rihanna fever.
lilly

I hope rihanna gets to do SNL next month. that would be great promo for her, then the grammy's performance and mybe a sit down interview.
Maex

Hey RD, I have a question…
What about the COMING HOME DOCUMENTARY they said she filmed in Barbados?
and you have information about LOUD TOUR DVD?
- ahuh
  
  ask the BTA about "coming home" (maybe SG or Diddy know something too :D)!!!
  
  and… the Loud DVD? You just wait. :D
  - lilly
    
    what do you mean BTA what do they have to do with the documentary.
    - ahuh
      
      Barbados Tourist Authority?! It's their project I thought. Not in R's hands. ;)
- doubline47
  
  we have an album to promote[TTT]
Michael

rihanna could be presented on March 3 with eminem in INDONESIA :D
http://www.facebook.com/daniellecoco Danielle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaOQxWXNCfs&fe…

One of Rihanna's best vocal performances from Praque, Should be showed!
lilly

don't forget to keep voting for rihanna http://nrjmusicawards.nrj.fr/ http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/…
TYTY

SO ARE WE DONE WIT TRYIN TO PUSH #YOUDAONE SINGLE NAVY???? JUS ASKIN
- Truth Teller
  
  You can't push something that won't move. It was a bad choice for a followup, the masses didn't like it.
TalkThatTalk

RIHANNA NAVY “I drink to dat!” Rihanna has been workin her cute little toosh Off to get where she Is today! And I’m sooooo proud! No wait thats an understatement….Im over the definition of proud of her! And to think that she recorded a kick-ass awesome album while traveling WORLD WIDE, even when sometimes suffering from exhaustion, just goes to show that RIHANNA GOES HARD FOR HER NAVY! Now if that’s not dedication, commitment and love for her fans? Then I dont know what is……Riri we got yo back! Xoxoxox!
MissRiandMrsMJ

Rihanna is a great arist with a talent that critics haven’t seen since the likes of Madonna and Michael Jackson. Yeh, ADELE may have a voice, but Rihanna has been around longer and has snatched up the records that no one I’ll be able to break. Atleast Rihanna has been around long enough to not be able to make a critical mistake. During Rih’s earlier years, I noticed that she hardly made any mistakes and wasn’t foolish as far as her public image went. Btw haters, dnt forget that Rih won both Rolling Stones and Vogues Sexiest Woman Alive, not Ga ga!!!

P.S Congrats Rih, well done!!! I would usually be angry since I am also a Michael Jackson Fan, but because I love u too, you deserve it!!
P.S. S how much would Rih have sold now???
MissRiandMrsMJ

@TalkThatTalk you r the most spirited person here!!! U r cutteee
cleb

she deserve it!!!!! love yah riri<3 <3 <3