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Whitney Houston has six albums on the list (1985–2000). Janet Jackson has three albums on the list (1986–1993). Enya has three albums on the list (1988–2000). Shania Twain has three albums on the list (1995–2002). Britney Spears has three albums on the list (1999–2001). 21 by Adele is the best-selling album by a female artist in the ...
First holiday album by a female artist to be certified 5× Platinum by RIAA: These Are Special Times is the first holiday album by a female artist to be certified 5× Platinum in the United States. [26] Longest gap between chart-toppers on the Billboard 200 among women In 2019, Dion scored her first No. 1 album in the US since 2002 (17 years ...
The book includes a timeline of key events in the history of recorded sound and divides the main discussion into seven chapters, starting with "The Birth of the Long Player, 1952–1962". The other six chapters cover the periods 1963–1967, 1968–1971, 1972–1976, 1977–1985, 1986–1990 and 1991–2008. [11]
Albums certified platinum or more by the RIAA. The sales figures shown for the quadruple and triple platinum albums are sales recorded by Nielsen SoundScan plus known sales from BMG's Music Club. [342] These do not represent the total sales of the album in the US as they exclude unknown sales figures from Columbia House and other music clubs.
[17] [18] This double album contains "You Are Not Alone" – the first single ever to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number one. [19] Death of Jerry Garcia, Dean Martin, Phyllis Hyman, Selena, Burl Ives, and Eazy-E. Mariah Carey becomes the first female artist in history to have a song debut at number one with Fantasy.
In 1986, the album stayed at the summit of the chart for 11 non-consecutive weeks, a record for the longest-stay by a woman during the 1980s. (see the list of number-one albums of the 1980s in Australia) Whitney is the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the albums charts simultaneously in the United States and the United ...
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
In 1989, one of the most famous female bands, the Dixie Chicks, began playing on street corners in Dallas, Texas. The band is trio consisting of Natalie Maines as lead singer, Natalie Maguire on the fiddle and mandolin, and Emily Robison on banjo, the Dobro, guitar, and the accordion. The Dixie Chicks sold more CDs than all other country music ...