The 12 Top Selling Female Artists Of All Time (3 of 4)

Celine Dion

Best-Selling Album: Falling Into You

Sales: 200 million

No. 1 Singles Billboard: My Heart Will Go On, The Power of Love, I’m Your Angel, Because You Loved Me

While she ranks 6th on the list of all-time top-selling women artists, she is ranked one in Canada.

She began her career selling French music albums and even won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988. Soon, she became immensely popular due to her English music and she hasn’t looked back since then.

Albums Success

Dion is the singer of two albums that feature on the best-selling lists. While Falling Into You was eleven times platinum-certified, Let’s Talk About Love included the best song of her career in terms of ranking – My Heart Will Go On.

Celine Dion is also quite popular in France, and her album D’eux is considered the highest-selling French album in history. And not to forget the fact that her Greatest Hits have all featured and topped the music charts worldwide.

Singles Success

My Heart Will Go On, The Titanic theme track was a huge success worldwide and was certified multi-platinum, diamond certified, and gold worldwide. She also has a few more top spot baggers in her name, which includes Because You Loved Me and The Power of Love; the latter being her biggest hit to date, selling over 2 million copies just in the US!

Dion also has had the most weeks at the top spot in Adult Contemporary music charts, with a total of 87 weeks. A New Day Has Come has been on the number one spot for the longest, for exactly 21 weeks. Billboard has honored her with the “Queen of Adult Contemporary” for this rare achievement.

Other Ventures

In the early years of the 2000 era, Celine was popular as an entertainer and performer and got herself a spot at the Las Vegas strip that continues to be the biggest concert residency to date.

The iconic singer has also bagged a total of five Grammys in her illustrious career.

Whitney Houston

Best-Selling Album: The Bodyguard

Sales: 200 million

No. 1 Singles Billboard: The Greatest Love of All, Didn’t We Almost Have It All, Saving All My Love For You, So Emotional, How Will I Know, All The Man That I Need, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Exhale, I Will Always Love You, I’m Your Baby Tonight, Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Whitney Houston is a powerhouse who has delivered some of the biggest hits of all time, and she is rightfully considered the greatest singer of all time. She had those incredible vocals that helped her bag a contract when she was just a teen. She made her way slowly and steadily and became a superstar who was known all across the world, eventually ending her career with 200 million sales.

Albums Success

Whitney released her first major album Whitney Houston back in 1985 that went on to become the best-selling music album ever and sold close to thirty million copies. She created another eight albums that were all a raging success and certified multi-platinum, diamond, gold, or platinum-certified.

The iconic singer also holds the world record for best-seller gospel ever, with The Preacher’s Wife. On the other hand, The Bodyguard album is the most sold soundtrack album of all time.

Single Success

Whitney Houston was in her prime in the era of 80s, and had seven back-to-back songs on the Hot 100 music charts, which included Where Do Broken Hearts Go to Saving All My Life.

Apart from recording music, she also acted in a few movies, the most popular of which was The Bodyguard. The soundtrack of the movie, I Will Always Love You, became the best-seller and sold close to twenty million copies of the same.

Other Ventures

Whitney Houston to date is the most awarded woman artist ever and holds the Guinness World Record for the same. She has also won the Grammys multiple times.

Mariah Carey

Best-Selling Album: Music Box

Sales: 200 million

No. 1 Singles Billboard: Fantasy, Vision of Love, I Don’t Wanna Cry, Love Takes Time, Dreamlover, Someday, I’ll be there, One Sweet Day, All I Want For Christmas Is You, My All, Heartbreaker, Always Be My Baby, We Belong Together, Thank God I Found You, One Sweet Day, Touch My Body, Don’t Forget About Us, We Belong Together

Mariah Carey is one of the most talented singers to have ever graced the Earth. With a range that spanned across the five octaves to a whistle register that sounded like a dolphin, Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her smash hit Mariah Carey.

Album Success

Mariah Carey has the same number of certified album units as Barbra Streisand – at 68.5 million – and that in itself says a lot about her success. She has had over platinum-certified albums nine times, and also became the first singer to have her first five songs reach the top spot on the Hot 100 Billboard, which included songs like Emotions and Vision of Love.

The legendary singer released another fifteen music albums, which included her best-seller All I Want for Christmas, which earned her the “Queen of Christmas” crown. Mariah Carey got two of her albums certified as a diamond in the US, which includes Music Box that has sold close to twenty-eight million copies across the globe.

Singles Success

Mariah Carey has released 75 singles! With a total of nineteen reaching the top spots, Mariah has the record for having the most chart-topping songs by a single artist, or a female songwriter.

She also holds the record for staying at the number one spot for 82 weeks at one go. Her biggest hits include My All, Fantasy, and We Belong Together.

Other Ventures

Mariah is considered the most successful singer of the 1990s according to Billboard, and also the best-selling pop woman artist of the millennium as per World Music Awards. She has won a total of five Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, and 19 World Music Awards.

Mariah has also been a part of Hollywood. After a disastrous performance in the movie Glitter, she came back strongly with Precious. Mariah has also appeared on American Idol as a judge and has starred in other popular flicks.