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Top selling digital artists include artists who are big hit with iTunes generation. Apart from selling million of their record worldwide, they have also sold million digital songs. Over the years, they have been able to make their mark with their songs.
However, those who make it to this list didn’t get there by fluke. There is something about their voice and music that enchants us all. In this report, BOLA AKINBOADE presents to you, the top selling digital artists.

RIHANNA
Robyn Rihanna Fenty popularly as simply Rihanna, is the youngest solo artist in Billboard charts history to achieve eleven number-one singles on the Hot 100.
Since her début album Music of the Sun was released in 2005, Rihanna has moved a total of 47.5 million digital tracks. In 2011 alone, the ‘You Da One’ singer sold 13.9 million digital copies. Regardless of how well her songs perform on iTunes and other download websites, Rihanna’s fans are generally not interested in buying her actual CD’s. Her top-selling disc, ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’, which included the mega-hit ‘Umbrella’, has sold only 2.7 million copies in the US to date. Meantime, none of her other albums has surpassed the two million mark. Her sixth and latest studio effort, ‘Talk that Talk’ was released on November 21, 2011. The album premièred at number three on the US Billboard 200, but has only recently been certified gold, meaning it has sold 500,000 copies. The disc’s latest single ‘We Found Love’ is its most popular, currently ranking as the number two song on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. Despite her seemingly slow CD sales, there is no disputing the pop star is a big hit with the iTunes generation.

BLACK EYED PEAS
The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip pop group (originally an alternative hip hop group), formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995.
The Black Eyed Peas transcended hip-hop to become one of the most commercially successful pop groups of the 2000s. Their career began modestly, with a pair of albums inspired by the positive-minded likes of A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. After adding Fergie, the group’s pop instincts reached full flight.
The Black Eyed Peas are a glorious exception. They have become one of the best selling, most popular and most innovative groups for over a decade. They have transformed themselves from a beloved backpack rap troop from the West Coast Underground into fully-fledged, massive global superstars whose music can be heard in any country around the world.
Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 65 million records worldwide. They’ve also sold over 3-million tickets and headlined over 300 different tour dates in 29 different countries. Black Eyed Peas has moved a total of 42.4 million digital tracks.
Simply put, there doesn’t exist another contemporary artist or group who can come close to their sustained success.

EMINEM
Marshall Bruce Mathers III better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem’s popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition.
Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines.
He has also sold more than 42.2 million track downloads and 41 million albums in the United States alone, and 86 million albums worldwide to date.
Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, ‘The Slim Shady LP’.That first album, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ and his third major album, ‘The Eminem Show’, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem’s best and most successful albums.
Eminem has opened other ventures since the beginning of his success. He founded his own record label; Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45. Eminem began an acting career in 2002; when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile in which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award. He is also set to star in the 2013 films Shady Talez and ‘Have Gun, Will Travel.’

LADY GAGA
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta better known by her stage name Lady Gaga is an American singer and songwriter.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut albumThe Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”. After embarking on the Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles “Bad Romance”, “Telephone” and “Alejandro” and allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest- grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles that include “Born This Way”, “Judas” and “The Edge of Glory.
Gaga is well-recognized for her flamboyant, diverse and outré contributions to the music industry through fashion, performance and music videos. She has sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and her singles some of the best-selling worldwide. She has also moved 42 million digital tracks.
Her achievements include four Guinness World Records, five Grammy Awards and thirteen MTV Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga has consecutively appeared on Billboard magazine’s Artists of the Year (scoring the definitive title in 2010), is regularly placed on lists composed by Forbes magazine, and was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress. In 2006, she released her debut single “Tim McGraw”, then her self-titled album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year , at the
Swift is rated the fifth most successful digital artist in music history with over 41.8 million digital tracks sold.
As of March 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 41.8 million singles worldwide. She has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records as the Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for her albumSpeak Now, and Most Simultaneous U.S. Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist.

KATY PERRY
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson better known by her stage name of Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a career in music.
She rose to fame with the release of her second single “I Kissed a Girl” in 2008, which went on to top international charts. Perry’s first mainstream studio album “One of the Boys” followed later that year and subsequently became the 33rd-best selling album worldwide of 2008.
Her third studio album “Teenage Dream” was released in August 2010 and became the eleventh best selling album worldwide of 2010 and ninth best selling album worldwide of 2011.
The Teenage Dream all the songs have approximately sold a total over 30 million copies worldwide aside from the album. The Teenage Dream singles alone have sold approximately 28 million copies worldwide.
Katy has sold over 37,620,000 million digital tracks alone United States, and sold more 11 million albums worldwide which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time.

LIL WAYNE
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label and half of the duo, The B.G.’z with B.G. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys
Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group’s major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album The Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles.
His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single “Lollipop” featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles “A Milli” and “Got Money” featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Lil has sold over 36, 788,00 digital tracks

BEYONCE
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles simply known as Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress.
Beyoncé Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.
During the hiatus of Destiny’s Child, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, which spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—”Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”—and became one of the most successful albums of that year, earning her a then record-tying five Grammy Awards. Following the disbandment of Destiny’s Child in 2005, Knowles released her second solo album, B’Day, in 2006, and included the hits “Irreplaceable” and “Beautiful Liar”. Her third solo album I Am… Sasha Fierce, released in 2008, spawned four commercially successful singles—”If I Were a Boy”, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, “Halo” and “Sweet Dreams”. The album helped Knowles earn six Grammys in 2010, breaking the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night.
Apart from her work in music, Beyoncé has also launched a career in acting. She made her debut in the 2001 musical film Carmen.
In 2004, Knowles and her mother introduced their family’s fashion line, House of Deréon. In June 2010, she was ranked first on Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential musicians in the world, and second on its list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world.
Beyoncé work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 16 Grammy Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Billboard Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Destiny’s Child.
As of May 2010, Knowles has sold over 11.2 million albums in the United States .
She has sold over 30.4 million digital singles in the US. Beyoncé has also sold 75 million records worldwide, which makes her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

KANYE WEST
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z’s album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing ’70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock,folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative album, Watch the Throne, with Jay-Z on August 8, 2011, which is the duo’s first collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of 2011, West has won a total of fourteen Grammy Awards. All albums have been very commercially successful.
He has sold 30,242,000 million digital songs in the United States placing him second for solo male artists on the list and ninth overall for best selling digital artists.

BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album “Baby One More Time” in 1999. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks “Baby One More Time” and “Oops…I Did It Again” became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s.
In 2001, she released her third studio album Britney and expanded her brand, playing the starring role in the film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, “In the Zone”, which yielded chart-topping singles “Me Against Music”, “Toxic” and “Everytime”.
Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide. She has sold 28,665,000 million digital songs which makes her tenth overall for best selling digital artists.

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