Top selling female artist by album sales US 2023

The album sales ranking of female artists in the United States is led by Mariah Carey. She sold 74 million albums as of October 2023. Barbara Streisand comes in second place with 68.5 million album units. Sales include digital sales, permanent track downloads (ten equal one album), and streams (1,500 streams count as one unit).

Leading female artist by album sales in the United States as of October 2023 (in million units)

Characteristic	Digital single sales in million units*
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Release date

November 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 2023

Supplementary notes

*One digital single is defined by the source as follows:

"Each permanent digital album or physical album sale count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.

10 permanent track downloads from the album count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.

me1,500 on-demand audio and/or video streams from the album count as 1 Unit for certification purposes."

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