female group (not band) of all time? these 4 always come up. i heard the other day it was TLC; then today it's Destiny's Child, etc....
so can someone clear it up for me? not that i care, but would like to know.
global sales figures would be best if you can post them. i'm just not sure which site would be most acurate.

thanks

Destiny's Child are the best selling female group of all-time. They've sold around 100 million records.
[Edited 5/30/07 20:25pm]

DarlingDiana said:

100 million? yeah right??!

DarlingDiana said:

twink69 said:

they "supposedly " have but that includes all their cd sales as a group and solo cds

this is what wikipedia says


Girl Group/Sold/Years active

1. Destiny's Child 100 Million 1997 - 2005 (8 Years)
2. Spice Girls 50 Million 1996 - 2001 (5 Years)
3. TLC 42 Million 1991 - 2005 (14 Years)
4. Bananarama 40 Million 1981 - 2007 (26 Years)
5. En Vogue 20 Million 1990 - 2005 (15 Years)
6. Salt-N-Pepa 10 Million 1986 - 1997 (11 Years)

mimi07 said:

Then it's not nearly 100 million, now, is it?

Supremes are the biggest selling...they just are not certified as such. Selling millions of copies of one single was the norm for them.

mimi07 said:

Wiki's source for the DC stats is a Kelly Rowland fansite

VoicesCarry said:

you sure its not matthew knowles? lol

Someone seriously needs to break down those DC sales because 100m is absolutely ridiculous. You can easily understand Spice Girls doing 50m because they had about 35m from their first 2 albums alone, so add on singles sales and it's easy. But 100m for Destiny's Child?
[Edited 5/31/07 0:28am]

Ellie said:

Believable.

DC put out what 8 Albums during that span, plus countless singles.

8 albums? Yeah, if you include their very low selling first and last albums, the low selling #1s, the low selling Christmas and Remix albums. And another EP called Love: Destiny which I just looked up and had never heard of before. I doubt it was even released worldwide.

As far as DC hit singles they had about 5 or 6 really big hits, but none that can be classed on the scale of all time big sellers, especially since singles sales in the US are practically nothing this decade.

how relieable is wikipedia? because, can't anyone just add "facts" to that site?

CHIC0 said:

not very that why i judt siad that what wik. said cuae it's not verified stuff though most of it is true

CHIC0 said:

OMG YES I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT
I SEEN IT ON THE NEWS

Ellie said:

I'm breaking it down. According to Soundscan..these are DC's US stats:

Total US Album sales for Destiny's Child: 16,648,717
Total US Single sales for Destiny's Child: 4,174,838

Album Breakdown:

Destiny's Child: 823,234
Writings On The Wall: 6,245,161
8 Days of Christmas: 673,414
This is the Remix: 277,408
Survivor: 4,315,648
Destiny Fulfilled: 3,055,354
#1's: 1,231,533

Unless they sold 80 million outside of the US..which is doubtful..then those other stats are incredibly false.

peace

Stats for TLC according to US Soundscan sales:

Total US Album sales for TLC: 15,436,175
Total US Single sales for TLC: 8,493,914

Album breakdown:

Ooooh..on the TLC Tip: 2,549,649
CrazySexyCool: 7,258,723
Fanmail: 4,730,949
3D: 684,669
Now & Forever - The Hits: 192,861


peace

VoicesCarry said:

I agree.. cause there was no such thing as piracy back in the day .. ppl went out and spent all their money on the music... which they dont do today .. today everything is bootlegged ..

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Thanks for those. During The Writing's On The Wall album they were much more successful in the USA and didn't really breakout into guaranteed star status until 'Independent Women' - even though the grammatical nightmare of 'Bills Bill Bills' was quite a big hit. So they only had a few years of worldwide success before splitting, and the Christmas and Remix albums did absolutely nothing worldwide.
[Edited 5/31/07 16:07pm]

so what's the answer?

Bananarama? wtf?

Raze said:

u don't like them?

CHIC0 said:

don't care one way or the other. Cruel Summer and Venus are cool. it just seems odd for them to be on the list of all time best selling girl groups

Raze said:

26 years and still kicking.

Remember the French and Saunders pisstake of Bananarama? http://www.youtube.com/wa...LH9FM344O8

Ellie said:

i haven't seen that in a long time!! OMG .. thank you Ellie

oh my stomach

CHIC0 said:

as awesome as it is, it's not. you're not even supposed to use on thesis papers/any kinda paper. damnit.

I think it was VH1 that listed TLC? I think it was on that really long left eye documentary