Highest Grossing Female Artist Of All Time

Best Selling Female Albums Of All Time are 1. The Bodyguard 2. Come On Over 3. Jagged Little Pill and more.

Here are the female artists whose discography is filled with best-selling albums.

• Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (40-45 million)
• Shania Twain - Come On Over (39-40 million)
• Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (33 million)
• Celine Dion - Falling Into You (32 million) and Let's Talk About Love (31 million)
• Adele - 21 (31 million sales)
• Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (30 million)
• Mariah Carey - Music Box (28 million)
• Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (27 million)
• Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (25 million)
• Spice Girls - Spice (23 million) 

Most number-one hits from a female is by Mariah Carey who has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles on 19 different occasions.

Mariah is recognized for her five-octave vocal range, her songwriting, vocal improvisation capabilities, signature use of whistle register, and melismatic style of singing. Guinness World Records has referred to her as the "Songbird Supreme".

Carey is also called the "Queen of Christmas" for gaining popularity from her 1994 song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which is regarded as the best-selling holiday song by a female artist of all time.

In the course of her career, she has been horned with many awards including 5 Grammy Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 12 Guinness World Records.

The first female singer to sell a million records is Kate Bush. She was also the first woman to write a million-selling debut album.

She released her debut album "The Kick Inside (1978)," which was also a self-written album, that sold over a million copies in the UK alone. Her million-selling debut album made her the first female singer to sell a million records in the history of pop.

Bush is known for her dramatic soprano vocal range which consists of elements of Anglo-Irish, British, and English accents. Her music contains melodramatic emotions and music surrealism.

Kate Bush has been awarded for Brit Awards, Ivor Novello Awards, NME Awards, and so on. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023.

Best Selling Female Rapper is Nicki Minaj. Also known as the Queen of Rap, she has sold over 100 million records.

Below is the list of best-selling female rappers who have sold more than 20 million sales records:

• Nicki Minaj- 100 million
• Iggy Azalea- 70 million
• Lauryn Hill- 50 million
• Lil' Kim- 45 million
• Cardi B- 31 million
• Missy Elliott- 30 million

Rap has been regarded as a male-dominated genre, until the rise in the popularity of these female rappers.

Nicki Minaj

The pop and rap icon, Nicki Minaj is recognized for her versatility in music, alter egos, animation flow in rapping, and accents.

The queen of rap is regarded as one of the best-selling female rap artists and, as stated above, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, a rare feat.

Her achievements also include 8 American Music Awards, 12 BET Awards, a Brit Award, 4 Billboard Music Awards, and 3 Guinness World Records.

Iggy Azalea

The best-selling female rap artist, Iggy Azalea has sold over 70 million records worldwide. For many, she is the best White female rapper.

She has been blessed with many awards which include 2 American Music Awards, 3 Billboard Music Awards, a People Choice Award, an MTV Video Music Award, and 4 Teen Choice Awards.

Best-selling female group that has sold more than 20 million sales record are:

• Spice Girls- Over 100 million
• The Supremes- 50-100 million
• The Andrews Sisters- Over 75 million
• 2NE1- Over 66 million
• TLC- Over 65 million
• AKB48- Over 60 million
• Destiny's Child- Over 60 million
• Little Mix- Over 60 million
• The Pussycat Dolls- Over 54 million
• Twice- Over 42 million

The "female group" has been a significant part of the music industry for years.

Spice Girls

The best-selling girl group of all time, Spice Girls is one of the most popular groups and has sold over 100 million records worldwide.

The group consists of five members that use dance-pop as a musical base and promote women's empowerment and solidarity in their lyrics.

They are the recipient of 5 Brit Awards, 4  Billboard Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards, and many more.

The Supremes

The Supremes are the most commercially successful female vocal band to have 12 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Their three songs were listed in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. They have sold 50 to 100 million records.

These female country singers have become legends in the role of country music which made them one of the best-selling female country artists of all time. Below is the list of female country artists who have sold more than 10 million sales records.

• Dolly Parton- Over 100 million
• Shania Twain- Over 100 million
• Reba McEntire- Over 75 million
• Taylor Swift- Over 200 million
• LeAnn Rimes- Over 37 million
• Carrie Underwood- 85 million
• Faith Hill- Over 40 million
• Linda Ronstadt- 100 million
• Martina McBride- Over 14 million

Shania Twain

Shania Twain is one of the best-selling country music artists who have sold more than 100 million records.

She is regarded as the "Queen of Country-Pop" and has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the top-selling studio album by a female solo artist.

Twain has been the recipient of 5 Grammy Awards, 39 BMI Songwriter Awards, 2 World Music Awards, and so on. Her three albums have been certified diamond by the RIAA making her the only female artist to be certified diamond on three albums in history.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is known as a "music chameleon" for proceeding into several music genres and sustaining artistic reinventions.

She is one of the best-selling female country music artists who have sold over 200 million records worldwide and the only one to sell five albums with over a million copies in the US.

She is a 12 Grammy Award holder who has been honored with various titles such as Artist of the Decade and Women of the Decade.