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Old 19-10-2009, 16:59
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Is it Mariah or Madonna?
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:06
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neither. It's nana mouskouri.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:08
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From a bit of research.................Madonna.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:09
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:11
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since when did Wikipedia become the official source for information. I never use that website, it gets vanalised almost every day whatever article it is.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:12
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I always thought it was Celine Dion.....I was wrong then.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:15
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I always thought it was Celine Dion.....I was wrong then.
well according to The X Factor and Sony Records she is. But before Mariah got dropped from Sony, she was so who knows for sure.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:17
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well according to The X Factor and Sony Records she is. But before Mariah got dropped from Sony, she was so who knows for sure.
Ah ok thanks. Yeh, I don't think anyones 100% sure.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:23
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Its Madonna obviously

http://www.sortmusic.com/_m/madonna-biography,len.html
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:42
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Of course it's Madonna

Followed by Mariah and Whitney.
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:45
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It depends on who is performing on XFactor
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Old 19-10-2009, 17:53
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Of course it's Madonna

Followed by Mariah and Whitney.
Whitney is no way near the best selling female artist. She's not even in the top 5. Barbra Streisand has sold more than Whitney.
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Old 19-10-2009, 18:07
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It's probably either Madonna or Mariah.
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Old 19-10-2009, 18:18
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i think it is Mariah, people say it is Madonna but Mariah in her day sold a lot of records mainly in the USA and she outsold Madonna in the late 90s, the reason why people are unsure is because both Mariah and Madonna have had large breaks from music and in those breaks no one really counted their sales
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Old 19-10-2009, 18:23
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It's Madonna in terms of pure biggest selling female of all time.

Those saying Mariah think that because shes had the more chart success in USA. But Madonna has sold more and is better selling and had more hits at higher positions in every other country.

From what I know

1. Madonna
2. Mariah Carey
3. Celine Dion

Whitney I'd say was around 10thish
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Old 19-10-2009, 19:14
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It's Madonna in terms of pure biggest selling female of all time.

Those saying Mariah think that because shes had the more chart success in USA. But Madonna has sold more and is better selling and had more hits at higher positions in every other country.

From what I know

1. Madonna
2. Mariah Carey
3. Celine Dion

Whitney I'd say was around 10thish
Ya its Madonna by some distance.

She was already the biggest selling female artist in 2000 with 120 million albums sold

By 2005 she was at over 200 million albums sold so god knows what's amount she's at now

"In 2000, Guinness World Records listed Madonna as the most successful female recording artist of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of 120 million albums; in 2005, her record company credited her as having sold over 200 million albums worldwide."

http://www.sortmusic.com/_m/madonna-biography,len.html
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Old 19-10-2009, 19:27
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since when did Wikipedia become the official source for information. I never use that website, it gets vanalised almost every day whatever article it is.
So where did you get your information from then?
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Old 19-10-2009, 19:28
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Ya its Madonna by some distance.

She was already the biggest selling female artist in 2000 with 120 million albums sold

By 2005 she was at over 200 million albums sold so god knows what's amount she's at now

"In 2000, Guinness World Records listed Madonna as the most successful female recording artist of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of 120 million albums; in 2005, her record company credited her as having sold over 200 million albums worldwide."

http://www.sortmusic.com/_m/madonna-biography,len.html
Yep, which is exactly what I saw on Wikipedia.
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Old 19-10-2009, 20:36
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In the US Mariah is a bigger force these days, but Madonna certainly has a huge presence outside the US.
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Old 19-10-2009, 20:40
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Hasn't Mariah sold more than Madonna? I'm sure she has.
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Old 19-10-2009, 20:57
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Hasn't Mariah sold more than Madonna? I'm sure she has.
She hasn't even sold more than Madonna in the US never mind the world

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/List_of_wo...cording_artist
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