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Can you name the best selling female solo singers in the U.S.? Enter a singer's name (last names acceptable) in the box below Correctly named singer's names will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by awallaceunc on 10/10/2009 Source: RIAA Note: RIAA criteria is listed here You have 7 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 5758 Broadway Opening Lines 3847 TV Shows (U.S.) 3830 You Do Know Jack 1606 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1575 Same Last Name 1291 And more...
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Rank	Singer	Primary Genre(s)
1.		Broadway / Pop
2.		Pop
3.		Pop / R&B
4.		Pop / R&B
5.		Pop
6.		Country
7.		Country
8.		Pop
9.		Pop / Rock / Country
10.		New Age
11.		Pop / R&B
12.		Country
13.		Rock

Rank	Singer	Primary Genre(s)
14.		R&B
15.		Pop
16.		Pop
17.		R&B
18.		Blues / Country
19.		Contemporary Christian / Pop
20.		Country
21.		Jazz
22.		Rock / Pop
23.		Rock / Blues
24.		Latin Pop
25.		Country

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	Nolij:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 09:23 GMT	31 points
	I am shocked that all of these women outsold Aretha, and to a lesser extent, Gladys Knight, Pat Benatar and Diana Ross.

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	Mearn:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 20:01 GMT	21 points
	Obviously a lot of people listen to them, as they are among the 25 best selling female sings in the US. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean nobody does. Get a clue.

	leviper:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT	12 points
	Patsy Cline is a goddess.

	Duodelisto:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	5 points
	no beyonce?

	dudemanbearpig:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT	9 points
	No Dusty Springfield makes me a sad panda.

	heatherh:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	12 points
	Shocking. Where's the rest of them? Jewel and no Beyonce? Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, even Dusty Springfield, Patti Smith, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone? It's a shame.

Can you name the best selling female solo singers in the U.S.? Enter a singer's name (last names acceptable) in the box below Correctly named singer's names will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by awallaceunc on 10/10/2009 Source: RIAA Note: RIAA criteria is listed here You have 7 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 5758 Broadway Opening Lines 3847 TV Shows (U.S.) 3830 You Do Know Jack 1606 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1575 Same Last Name 1291 And more...
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	debbiedoesnothin:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	8 points
	I'm always guessing Linda Ronstadt on music quizzes. The one time she's one of the answers, I didn't guess her.

	newenglander:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 21:18 GMT	8 points
	@duodelisto,heatherh-beyonce rose to fame in the age of digitally downloading music. this list is based on record sales

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	GrooGruxKing:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT	27 points
	I'm just glad there is no Mi* Cy*

	BamaRainbow:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 22:02 GMT	6 points
	@newenglander: From the RIAA website (which is, after all, the source of this): "The RIAA’s shipment statistics for the recorded music industry include key formats (CD’s, cassettes, downloads etc.), and both the number of units and dollar values are included as well."

	mennoknight:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 22:19 GMT	9 points
	Can you put "of all time?" It's unclear what time frame we're looking at here.

	Kuzybus:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 22:29 GMT	3 points
	No Beyonce or Kelly Clarkson..The whole quiz I was like, who sings brodway, and I put Midler in like 10 times, and at the last second I was like STREISAND, but alas, time expired!

	MovieDynamic:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	2 points
	This was actually a really good quiz, guys!

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	JayHankEdLyonJr:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 22:54 GMT	5 points
	Wait wait wait wait wait, this list can't be right. No Hillary Duff!

	GoldLion:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 23:15 GMT	13 points
	@bostoncane: that's Mary J. Blige, not Toni Braxton.

	raggedyanne:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 23:19 GMT	7 points
	Sad commentary that the world at large today is missing out on true divas like Aretha, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughan and Astrud Gilberto.

	BigThing:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 23:23 GMT	7 points
	Keep at it, Björk!

	Freddie:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 23:26 GMT	5 points
	Thank god for Patsy!

	kingstony:	Oct 18th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	8 points
	No Christina Aguilera?

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	thefooman:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT	6 points
	@SAEinSoCal: there is source listed at the top of the page, what part of that is fiction?

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	DRB:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 00:14 GMT	7 points
	According to the source, Sade is at 22.5 million units, putting her between Faith Hill and Alanis Morissette.

	HarryNJ:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	10 points
	To add to the list of surprising absences: Donna Summer and Cher.

	kidcanada:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 01:20 GMT	5 points
	no Dolly Parton!

	cheezguyty:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 01:30 GMT	-4 points
	This list isn't accurate. Miley Cyrus has sold almost 16 million albums and should be ranked 23rd.

	curses:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 02:06 GMT	6 points
	Linda Ronstadt - she's that woman on the simpsons mr. plow episode, right?

	CharlieBrown:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 02:10 GMT	1 point
	@BamaRainbow: P2P

	zalagreensbury:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 02:26 GMT	5 points
	I'm surprised Aguilera wasn't on the list she's actually had more billboard hits than Britney...hmmm. Also, I thought Beyonce would be higher up for some reason--maybe cause she had one of the greatest videos of all time--all time! I kid about that last part.

	DisplacedScot:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 02:30 GMT	6 points
	I couldn't believe some that weren't on there. I'm typing 'Dolly Parton' and 'Beyonce' over and over again, thinking 'Is there a different way to spell these names?!!!'

	BHW:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 02:57 GMT	3 points
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists Nice quiz, slighlty confusing source. Some of the omissions do seem bizarre. Dolly Partons not even on the RIAA list and i'm sure she must have sold more records than Nine Inch Nails, Avril Lavigne etc. Plus ABBA are very low given that they have sold over 300 million.

	SexualCamel:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 03:21 GMT	2 points
	"How come Patsy Cline don't make no more records?" Kudos if you know the reference.

	mathy:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 03:33 GMT	1 point
	Oh "U Turn!"

	thefooman:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 04:21 GMT	3 points
	@DRB - Sade is a band, a one woman band, but billed as a band nonetheless.

	bayareamech:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	4 points
	The RIAA uses a very bizarre set of criteria, and thus aren't a very accurate source for measuring total album sales. The best way is to go to the individual record label for your favorite artist and research, for they take into account all revenue generated (whether it be singles, mp3s, cassettes, CDs, etc). When using that criteria Celine Dion is number one with a little over 200 million albums sold, Mariah is second with around 180 million, and Whitney is third with 150 million. The greats like Aretha and Dolly also have over 100 million according to their labels.