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List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s


. Cher's song "Believe" spent 7 weeks at number-one at the end of 1998 and became the biggest-selling single by a female artist in UK history. Also, Cher is the female solo artist with the most number-one singles in the 1990s (a total of three) and the female solo artist with most weeks at number one (13). The final number one of the decade was the double A-side "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" by
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Diamonds (Rihanna song)


"Diamonds" has sold over one million copies in the UK, and became Rihanna's fourth single to achieve that feat. With that, she became only the second artist to have four million-selling singles in the UK, only behind The Beatles, who have six. The single is the 30th best-selling song of all time by a female artist in the country. "Diamonds" debuted at number one in France, becoming Rihanna's fourth number-one single in the country and remaining at the top spot
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Murder of Selena


artist after Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey to sell over 300,000 units in one week. It debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart, becoming the first album by a Latino artist to do so. "Dreaming of You" was the first posthumous album by a solo artist to debut at number one. The recording was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, and was the best-selling debut by a female act. "Dreaming of You" joined five of Selena's studio albums
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UK Albums Chart


also holds the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist (13) and most top ten albums by any artist (53). Madonna has the most number one albums (12) by a female artist in the UK, though this includes the "Evita" film soundtrack which was a cast recording and not strictly a Madonna album. Adele is the female solo artist with the most weeks at number one, with a total of 37 weeks. Queen's "Greatest Hits" is the best-selling
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To Love You More


artist who reached number 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, since Irene Cara's "Flashdance... What a Feeling" in 1983. "To Love You More" remains the second best-selling song by an international artist and the best-selling single by an international female artist in Japan. It is also one of only three international songs that has sold more than 1 million copies. To date Dion is the most recent North American artist to reach #1 on the chart and only the 4th overall. In July 2010
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List of artists influenced by Madonna


Music twice in 2012 (by the staff) and in 2002 (voted by the public). Madonna is officially certified by the "Guinness World Records" as the best-selling female recording artist of all time. According to J. Randy Taraborrelli, Madonna is one of "the most emulated female performers in show business history". Generally, magazines and other publications compiled "lists of artists influenced by Madonna", who also are named "Madonna" as a honorific nickname. Madonna has taken inspiration from a number of
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List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1952


weeks in the top spot before being replaced by "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells. Wells' song, which had been written as an answer song to "The Wild Side of Life", was the first million-selling country single by a female artist and the first "Billboard" country number one by a solo female. Despite this level of success, it did not top the jockeys chart, as the content of the song was deemed controversial and it was not played by
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around the world, such as: "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer". After her "Like a Prayer" album release in 1989, Madonna was named artist of the decade by a number of magazines and awards. Whitney Houston was one of the best selling female artists of the decade in the US, behind Madonna and Barbra Streisand. Her eponymous debut studio album became the best-selling debut album by a female artist at the
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Misia discography


-selling remix album of all time in Japan. In October 2000, Misia released "Everything." The single debuted atop the Oricon chart, becoming Misia's first number one hit. "Everything" is Misia's most successful single: it won a Japan Gold Disc Award for Song of the Year and, with 1.9 million copies sold in Japan alone, it is the fourth best-selling single of all time by a female artist and the best-selling single of the decade by a female artist. Misia's
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A (Ayumi Hamasaki EP)


of the charts for two weeks, and lasted 17 weeks in the top 100. By the end of 1999, it had sold over 1,630,540 units in Japan and ranked at number three on Oricon's Annual 1999 chart. It resulted as the highest selling EP–single by any artist at the time, and was the highest selling single by a female artist. Similarly, it ranked at number six on TBS' Annual Chart, the third highest selling single by a female artist (behind two entries by Japanese recording artist Utada
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List of Oricon number-one singles of 2008


. The single was then certified by Guinness World Records as "the best selling download single in Japan". Pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki's "Mirrorcle World" debuted atop the chart, this makes Hamasaki the only female artist to have a number one single for 10 consecutive years. Technopop girl group Perfume's "Love the World" is the first technopop single to ever rank number one on the charts. Mr. Children and Greeeen are the only two artists that had an extended run on the charts. The best-selling single
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Alicia Keys


the United States and was certified four times Platinum by the RIAA. It sold eight million copies worldwide, becoming the sixth-biggest-selling album by a female artist and the second-biggest-selling album by a female R&B artist. The album's lead single, "You Don't Know My Name", peaked at number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eight consecutive weeks, her first Top 10 single in both charts since 2002
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Mariah Carey


million albums worldwide. Additionally, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lists Carey as the third-best-selling female artist, with shipments of over 63 million units in the US. In Japan, Carey has the top four highest-selling albums of all time by a non-Asian artist. Carey has spent 79 weeks at the number-one position on "Billboard" Hot 100, the greatest number for any artist in US chart history. On that same chart, she has accumulated 18 number-
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Whitney Houston (album)


certified 10× platinum for sales of over one million copies, making it the best-selling album of 1986, and later Diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association(CRIA). "Whitney Houston" was also the 1986's top selling album in Australia, staying at number one of the Kent Music Report albums chart for 11 weeks, the longest stay by a female artist at the time. It became the first time an African American artist had a number 1 album in Australia. In Japan, the album was ranked number two on
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Confessions on a Dance Floor


of the Phonographic Industry for becoming one of ten biggest-selling international album for 2005. Across Europe, the album peaked at number one in Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Madonna won the Best International Female Solo Artist at the 2006 BRIT Awards. She also won World's Best Selling Pop Artist and Best Selling U.S. Artist at the 2006 World Music Awards for the album. She was nominated for
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Baccara


Guinness Book of Records" as the highest-selling female musical duo to date. They were the first female duo to reach number one in the UK, and had the only number one by a Spanish artist in the UK until Julio Iglesias, four years later. Later that year, a self-titled album, written and produced by Soja and Dostal, was released. The album Baccara was the first platinum selling album - actually double platinum in 1978 - by a foreign group in Finland. In 2013, the album
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I'm Not Dead


; it returned to number one in its 61st week on the Australian ARIA chart. The album spent a record 62 consecutive weeks in the top ten. Pink's most successful album in Australia, it was the second best selling album of both 2006 and 2007, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist in each year. It also became one of two Pink albums on the ARIA Chart's top 100 selling albums of the 2000 to 2009 decade, positioned at number 3 behind her 11x Platinum
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All for You (Janet Jackson album)


to Call My Lover." She received the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. "All for You" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200, selling 605,128 copies in its first week. It made Jackson the first artist to have five consecutive number one albums debut atop the chart, and was the largest opening sales of her career. At the time of its release, it had the second highest opening sales from a female artist in
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1990s in music


act to sell over 1 million copies, eventually going double platinum. Among artists whose success continued from the 1980s, Reba McEntire was the most successful of the female artists, selling more than 30 million albums during the decade, gaining eight number-one hit singles on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and six number one albums internationally, including her best-selling album, "Greatest Hits Vol. 2", which was released in September 1993 and has sold over an international amount of 10 million copies to date
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True Blue (Madonna album)


well as the best-selling album of the 1980s by a female artist. With estimated sales of over 25 million copies worldwide, "True Blue" remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. All five singles released from the album reached the top five on the "Billboard" Hot 100, with "Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach", and "Open Your Heart" peaking at number one. The album was promoted on Madonna's second concert tour, the Who's That
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Who's That Girl (1987 film)


, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom, while topping the charts of Germany, and "Billboard"s European Album chart. Worldwide, the album went on to sell six million copies. Three of the Madonna tracks were released as singles. The title track became her sixth number one single on the "Billboard" Hot 100, making her the first artist to accumulate six number-one singles in the 1980s, and the first female performer to get that many number-ones as a solo act. "Causing a Commotion
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Innocent Eyes (Delta Goodrem album)


2003, spent eighty-seven weeks in the top one hundred, and won six ARIA Awards for Highest Selling Album, Best Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Pop Release and Channel V's Oz Artist of the Year. In 2004 the album again won the award for Highest Selling Album. It went to sell over a million copies in Australia. In the UK, the album debuted on the charts at number two behind Beyoncé Knowles's album "Dangerously in Love" (2003). It spent thirty-
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Namie Amuro


Prix Award for her song "Don't Wanna Cry", the highest honor at the Japan Record Awards, making her the youngest artist to have won the award. On February 19, 1997, she released her single "Can You Celebrate?", which became her fifth number one single. The single became a huge success in Japan, eventually selling 2,750,000 units there, making it the best-selling single by a solo female artist in Japan. After releasing her sixth consecutive number one single "How to Be a
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Misia


as the fourth best-selling single by a Japanese solo female artist of all time. In 2001, Misia and her agency, Rhythmedia, signed a recording contract with Avex and formed their own label, Rhythmedia Tribe. The first album under Rhythmedia Tribe, "Kiss in the Sky", became Misia's fourth consecutive number-one album on the Oricon albums chart. This made her the fourth solo female artist with the longest streak of number-one albums since their debut. Following a series of successful records, including
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Vinegar (Anna Abreu song)


the eighty-eighth best-selling single of all time in Finland and Abreu's most successful single to date. The song also reached number one on the Finnish Download Chart, as well as number one on the Radio Airplay Chart. In the UK, the song hit number seven on the Official Dance Chart. To date, Abreu continues to have the highest placing on the chart for a Finnish female artist. The music video for "Vinegar" was directed by Jaakko Manninen, who had previously directed the videos for Abreu
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1980s in music


as the highest-grossing tour at the time. In addition to being the biggest selling artist of the decade, Jackson had nine number-one singles, more that any other act during the decade, and spent the longest time at number one (27 weeks), throughout the 1980s. He also won numerous awards, in retrospect such as “Artist of the Decade” and “Artist of the Century.” He was arguably the biggest star of the 1980s. Madonna was the most successful female artist of the decade
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The Complete Studio Albums (1983–2008)


sales for the 21st century in the United Kingdom stood at 7,279,423, as of April 2012, making her one of the biggest selling acts of this period. In Japan it sold 13,000 copies and debuted at number nine (and "MDNA" at number four) making Madonna the first international female artist in Japanese chart history to have two albums in the top ten simultaneously and the first international artist in 20 years to achieve such feat, after Bruce Springsteen, who occupied two simultaneous top-ten albums in 1992 with "Human
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Katherine Jenkins


worth £1 million. Six out of seven of Jenkins's studio albums reached number one in the UK classical charts between 2004 and 2008, selling a total of more than 4 million copies. After her first album, "Premiere", made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date she became the first British classical crossover artist to have two number one albums in the same year. She is the first female artist to win two consecutive Classical BRIT Awards: her second album, "Second Nature", reached
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Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album)


record for the most weeks spent at number one for a music DVD by a female artist with 23 weeks at number one. In May 2013, the DVD logged its 28th week on top of the chart, extending its record for the longest-running #1 music video by a female artist. Midway through 2012, "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" was the best-selling music DVD in the United States with sales of 464,000 in the first six months of 2012 alone and bringing its total US sales to 915,000
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We Found Love


Charts Company, consisting of the best-selling singles in the UK that have sold at least one million copies since 1952. It charted at number 76 out of a total 123, having sold 1.13 million copies. As of February 2016, the song has sold 1.39 million copies in the UK, making it Rihanna's biggest-selling single there. The song debuted at number one in Scotland on October 15, 2011. The single is the 9th best-selling song of all time by a female artist in the UK
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Encore un soir (album)


sales for a female artist in France. In its second week of release, the album stayed at number one selling 90,408 units (86,141 in sales and 4,267 in streaming), bringing the total to 309,092 units. After just two weeks, "Encore un soir" already became the third best-selling album of the year in France. In the third week in France, "Encore un soir" stayed at number one selling 56,204 units (54,900 in sales and 1,304 in streaming), bringing the total to 358,900 units
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List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2011


Big Bang had the most album number-ones, with two each. Girls' Generation's "The Boys" topped the monthly chart for three consecutive months from October to December. Overall, Girls' Generation's "The Boys" album was the Gaon Album Chart's best-selling album of 2011, selling 385,348 copies. For "The Boys", Girls' Generation earned two awards at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Artist of the Year, and Best Female Group. The second highest-selling album was
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Cheryl (singer)


Capital FM's Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium. "Crazy Stupid Love" was officially released in July and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, selling 118,000 copies. It became Cheryl's fourth number one single on the chart, making her the third British female artist to achieve four numbers ones as a solo artist, after Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora. The song also peaked at number one in Ireland. The second single from "Only Human", "I Don't Care", was released on 2 November
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Who's That Girl (Guy Sebastian song)


ARIA Top 100. "Who's That Girl" became the second highest selling Australian artist single of 2010 within six weeks of release, and was also the fifth highest selling Australian artist song in 2011. It reached 5× platinum certification in September 2014. "Who's That Girl" won the Highest Selling Single ARIA and Sebastian was nominated as "Most Popular Australian Artist" in the 2011 ARIA Music Awards. "Who's That Girl" debuted at number 16 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and reached number one in
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Fergie discography


female artist with three number ones from one album since Christina Aguilera in 2000. The second single, "Fergalicious" with will.i.am, and the fifth single, "Clumsy", peaked at number two and number five, respectively. The singles sold over two million downloads each in the US, making "The Dutchess" the only album in its original release to spawn five singles to do so. The album became the third best-selling album of 2007 in the US, and the twentieth best-selling globally. The
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Take a Bow (Madonna song)


it was one of the best selling singles of 1995, selling 500,000 copies that year. With "Take a Bow"'s certification, Madonna ranked with Janet Jackson as the female artists with most gold certified singles. In Canada the song debuted at number 85 on the "RPM" Singles Chart, and reached the top after 11 weeks, becoming Madonna's 12th number-one single in that country. "Take a Bow" was present for a total of 25 weeks and placed at number three on the "RPM"
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Cry Pretty


seventh consecutive number one album on that chart. The debut of "Cry Pretty" at number one on the "Billboard 200" prompted Underwood to rise from number sixty-one to the top of "Billboard" Artist 100. It made her the first female country artist to top that chart. "Cry Pretty" was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 23, 2018 for 500,000 units including streams and track sales in the US. It was the seventh best-selling album of 2018 in the United States, with
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Elissa (Lebanese singer)


Elissar Zakaria Khoury (; born October 27, 1972), commonly known as Elissa (), is a Lebanese singer who is one of Lebanon's most famous singers and one of the best known artists in the Arab world. She has been the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist since 2005. In 2005, 2006 and 2010 she received the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist and became first Lebanese singer to receive the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist in 2005. She has currently sold over
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Moves like Jagger


the United States, "Moves like Jagger" became the band's second (after 2007's "Makes Me Wonder") and Aguilera's fifth number-one single and is among the best-selling singles of all time. The song also made Aguilera the second female artist to score a number-one hit in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (the first being Britney Spears), which in turn made her the fifth female to score number-one singles in three different decades, after Janet Jackson, Madonna
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Anna Vissi discography


This page includes the discography of Cypriot pop singer Anna Vissi. From 1995 to 2015, Vissi received 38 Platinum certifications in Greece and has become one of the country's best-selling female artist. Her album "Kravgi" still remains the best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade), and one of the best-selling of all time, while two others "Travma" and "Antidoto" are among the best-selling. She also had some success in the United States, reaching number one on the
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Whitney (album)


"Bad" and U2's "The Joshua Tree", and was ranked number six on list of "The Best-Selling Albums of the 1980s in UK". With 1.2 million copies sold there, it would become the biggest selling album by a female artist in the UK, a record that has since been broken. With her debut also selling over a million copies, this would make Houston the first female artist to have two albums sell over a million copies in the UK. With current sales of over 2.2
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Britney Spears


on its first day, and peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, topping the chart for two consecutive weeks. It has sold more than 10 million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. "...Baby One More Time" later received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The title track also topped the singles chart for two weeks in the United Kingdom, and became the fastest-selling single ever by a female artist, shipping over 460,000 copies
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1970s in music


and Billboard Hot 100 charts; the first of the lot was "Lucille," a No. 1 country and No. 5 pop hit. Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Eddie Rabbitt, and Linda Ronstadt were some of the other artists who also found success on both the country and pop charts with their records as well. The most successful of the female artist in the 1970s was Loretta Lynn, releasing her best selling album "Coal Miner's Daughter" in 1970. She gained a total of seven number one albums
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Ultraviolence (album)


in the US; at the time of release, it held the record for the largest album sales debut by a female artist in 2014, until was overtaken by Taylor Swift's "1989" in November. The album went on to sell over 31,800 vinyl copies in the US, making it the eighth best-selling vinyl album in the US in 2014. Overall, "Ultraviolence" debuted at number one in 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, making it her second consecutive number-one album, following "Born
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Adele


Year, and four Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist, British Album of the Year, British Single of the Year for "Hello", and British Global Success. Adele's seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums, surpassing Madonna's previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act in the UK. The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one
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Selena


", the crossover album Selena had been working on at the time of her death, was released in July 1995. It sold 175,000 copies on the day of its release in the U.S. — a then-record for a female vocalist — and sold 331,000 copies its first week. Selena became the third female artist to sell over 300,000 units in one week, after Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. It debuted at number one on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, becoming the first album by a Hispanic artist to do
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Ayumi Hamasaki


Duty," selling nearly three million. "A Best", her first compilation album, is her best-selling album, with more than four million copies sold in Japan. Since 2006, after her album "Secret" was released, album and single sales have declined. Hamasaki has sold over 50 million records, making her the best-selling Japanese solo artist of all time. Hamasaki has several domestic record achievements for her singles, such as the most number-one hits by a female artist (38)
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The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)


produce the 1990 international smash hit cover by Cher. Cher's cover was cut for the soundtrack of her 1990 film "Mermaids" in which it played under the closing credits, and the single's U.S. release coincided with the November release of the film. It peaked at number thirty three on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number one in the United Kingdom, where it remained for five weeks, selling a total of 520,000 copies, making it one of the biggest-selling singles by a female artist in Britain
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Twenty Ten (album)


fifth highest selling Australian artist album of 2010. It reached 2× platinum certification in 2014. "Who's That Girl" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and achieved 5× platinum certification, and was Sebastian's fifth of six number one singles in Australia. It won the Highest Selling Single ARIA Award in 2011, and received nominations for Single of the Year and Best Pop Release. Sebastian was also nominated as Most Popular Australian Artist. "Who's That Girl" also reached number one and Platinum certification in New Zealand
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Twenty Ten (album)


the ARIA Singles Chart and was the second highest selling Australian artist single in 2010, and the fifth highest selling one in 2011. It won the Highest Selling Single ARIA Award in 2011 and achieved 5× platinum certification in 2014. This was his fifth of six number one singles and Sebastian is currently the only Australian male artist in Australian music history to achieve six number one singles, and he is third overall for all Australian acts. Only Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem have more. "Who's That Girl" also reached number
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Rolling in the Deep


number one for seven weeks. By February 2012, "Rolling in the Deep" had sold over 8.7 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling digital song by a female artist in the US, the second-best-selling digital song in the US and Adele's best-selling single outside her native country, topping her previous best-selling "Chasing Pavements". Worldwide, it was the fifth-best-selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 8.2 million copies. As of
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List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart


This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Australia's singles chart from 1956 to the present. The Beatles hold the record for the most number-ones songs on the Australian charts. Elvis Presley holds the record for the most number-one songs by a male artist, while Madonna holds the record for a female artist. Artists who reached number one on both the Australian Music Report (AMR) and Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts are included here. The AMR existed until 1999
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As I Am


' fourth consecutive number-one album on the "Billboard" 200, selling 742,000 copies in its first week, the largest amount ever for any female artist since Norah Jones' "Feels Like Home" sold one million copies in its opening week in 2004. It was ranked the best-selling album overall and the best-selling R&B album of 2008 in the United States by "Billboard", while its lead single, "No One", became the most listened-to song in the country that same year
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Daydream (Mariah Carey album)


number one on the Oricon charts. According to the Oricon, "Daydream" made the top five of the best-selling albums in Japan by a non-Asian artist, with 2.5 million copies sold. "Daydream" remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales of more than 20 million copies worldwide. The music industry took note of Carey's success. She won two awards at the 1996 American Music Awards for her solo efforts: Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/
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Celine Dion


, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is regarded as one of pop music's most influential voices. She has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. "Billboard" named her the "Queen of Adult Contemporary" for having the most number ones on the radio format for a female artist. She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era. In 2003, she was honoured by
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Cardi B


the chart and made her the first female rapper to achieve multiple chart-toppers. Her collaboration with Maroon 5, "Girls Like You," also reached number one the Hot 100 chart, extending her record among female rappers and also making her the sixth female artist to achieve three number-one singles on the chart during the 2010s The song's music video has received more than 2.2 billion views on YouTube, making it the most viewed video of 2018, and was the fifth-best selling song of the year globally
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Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)


's cover charted at number two and Cohen's original version at number 36. On 28 December 2008, the UK Singles Chart listed Burke's version as the biggest-selling single of the year, with "NME" announcing sales of over one million copies since its release. This also made Burke the first ever female British artist to have a million-selling single in the UK. It has sold 1.297 million as of August 2016, making it the biggest-selling "X Factor" winner's single to date.
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Mai Kuraki


In 2009, Kuraki saw a revival in her popularity. Her eighth studio album, "Touch Me!", debuted atop the Oricon album charts; becoming her first number-one album in five years. Kuraki holds the record for being the only female artist to have all of her singles consecutively debut in the Top 10 since her debut, and is the 38th best-selling Japanese music artist of all time. To date, Kuraki has seven number-one albums (five originals and two compilations) and two number
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Love Story (Taylor Swift song)


-selling singles of all time. In the United States, the song peaked at number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and sold over 9 million paid digital downloads, becoming Swift's best-selling single to date and was once the best-selling download by a female country solo artist. It is also one of the best-selling singles in the United States and it was once the best-selling digital country single of all time there. The single was certified 8× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of
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The Heat (Toni Braxton album)


lost to "Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1" by Jill Scott". Braxton won two American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album ("The Heat"). "The Heat" debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200, selling 199,000 copies in its first week. It debuted at number one on the magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while the album's lead single, "He Wasn't Man Enough
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Mouth (song)


stayed there for six consecutive weeks. This feat gave Bainbridge the accolade of having longest running number one by an Australian female in the 1990s. "Mouth" spent a total of twenty-six weeks in the charts, was the fourth highest selling single for 1995, and was accredited platinum by ARIA. The song was nominated for five ARIA Awards in 1995 - "Single of the Year", "Best Female Artist", "Best New Talent", "Breakthrough Artist - Single" and "Best Pop Release"
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Kalanta (EP)


Kalanta () is an EP by popular Greek artist Despina Vandi. It was released on 22 November 2006 by Heaven Music. The album went double platinum. "Kalanta" was the best selling CD single for 2006 by a female artist. "Kalanta" "Mehri Mai Mina" "Kalanta" peaked at number one on the Greek Singles Chart (where EPs chart in Greece) and stay there for 5 weeks. The EP was certified double platinum, selling 31,000 units. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
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List of Madonna records and achievements


Dubbed as the most successful and most influential female artist of all time. When she reached number one with "Music" in 2000 at Billboard Hot 100, it made Madonna the second artist to achieve number one hits on the Hot 100 in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Also, when she released "Who's That Girl" in 1987 it became Madonna's sixth number-one single in the United States, making her the first artist to accumulate six number-one singles in the 1980s, and the first female
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Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection


Definitive Collection" became Minogue's seventh number one on the UK Albums Chart, making her the female artist with the second-most number ones on the chart. The album also debuted at number-one on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart, and was the biggest-selling cassette of the week. In Ireland, it debuted at number four on the Irish Albums Chart, scoring the highest new entry of the week. In Austria, "Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection" debuted at number 21 on the Austrian
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List of songs recorded by Britney Spears


singles in the United States only, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. "Billboard" ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, and also recognized her as the best-selling female album artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) also recognized Spears as the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 34,5 million certified albums. Spears is among the few artists
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Guy Sebastian discography


at number four and was certified double platinum. The album's only single "Who's That Girl", featuring US rapper Eve, reached number one. Sebastian's seventh and eighth albums were mixtures of soul, R&B and pop. "Armageddon" peaked at number one and was certified double platinum. The album was the second highest selling album by an Australian artist in 2012. Four top ten singles were released from the album, including "Battle Scars" which reached number one and was the highest selling Australian artist single
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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1999


as diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it made her the youngest artist that reach the ten million sales mark and the top selling female act of 1999. TLC's third album, "Fanmail", the year's top selling hip-hop album, remained at number one for five weeks and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards. "I Am…", the third studio album by rapper Nas, stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks
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Barbra Streisand discography


Barbra Streisand is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and author. Her discography consists of 117 singles, 36 studio albums, and 9 compilations, 7 live albums and 15 soundtracks. She is one of the best-selling female music artist of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the United States and with a total of 145 million records sold worldwide, making her the best-selling female artist among the top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America. (The only female in
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Shania Twain


for the next two years, going on to sell 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling album of all time by a female musician. She continued to break international boundaries for country music and female crossover artists. It is also the eighth biggest-selling album by any type of artist in the US and the top selling country album in history. Songs from the album won four Grammy Awards during this time, including Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance (for "You're Still the One"
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Jenny Morris (musician)


hook. In addition, it featured a strong feminist theme, and quickly became a favourite among Morris's female fans. "She Has to Be Loved" became Morris' first Australasian top ten hit reaching number five in Australia and number three in New Zealand during October 1989. "Shiver" continued to chart over the Southern Hemisphere summer of 1989–1990, peaking at number five on the Australian album charts and number six in New Zealand, it established Morris as one of the best selling female artists in Australia. The track "
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Mariah Carey


collected many honors and awards, including the World Music Awards' Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium, the Grammy's Best New Artist in 1991, and "Billboard"s Special Achievement Award for the Artist of the Decade during the 1990s. In a career spanning over 20 years, Carey has sold over 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the biggest-selling artists in music history. Carey is ranked as the best-selling female artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, with over 52 million copies sold. Carey was
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List of Madonna records and achievements


one albums. Also, in 1984 Madonna was the first female to sell over 5 million albums in the US in a single year with "Like a Virgin". Madonna is the artist with most top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, with 21 (20 in 2012, with "MDNA") George Strait places second with 17 top 10s, followed by Mariah Carey (16). Also, she is the female artist with most number-two albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums, with six, tied with
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4 Hot Wave


with 489,000 in total. Despite losing the number-one spot to KinKi Kids' "Natu Moyou," "4 hot wave" outsold them by over 80,000 copies. At the end of the year, the single ranked #2 on "Highest Selling Single Female Artist," losing out to Naoru Amane's "Taiyou no Uta," which was used in her film "Midnight Sun." Due to the single's success, it reclaimed the title of "Highest Debut Sales Female Artists," from Ayumi Hamasaki
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Kelly Clarkson


" (2011), made Clarkson the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. It spawned her third Hot 100 number-one single "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)". She became the first American female artist to achieve the best-selling holiday album of the year with "Wrapped in Red" (2013). Following the release of her third number-one album "Piece by Piece" (2015), Clarkson concluded her contract with RCA Records and signed with
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Britney Spears


on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "Billboard" ranked her as the eighth-biggest artist of the 2000s decade. One of the world's best-selling music artists, Spears has sold over 150 million records worldwide and more than 70 million records in United States, including 36.9 million digital singles and 33.6 million digital albums. In the United States, Spears is the fourth best-selling female album artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era as well as the best-selling female album artist of the 2000s. In 2004,
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Baccara


Baccara is a female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951 in Logroño) and María Mendiola (born 4 April 1952 in Madrid). The pair rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all-time by a female group, eventually selling more than 18 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single ("Sorry, I'm a Lady
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List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2000s


by Kings of Leon were the third and second highest selling downloads of the decade respectively. The single that spent the longest time at number one was "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, which spent 11 weeks at the top and became the UK's 18th best-selling download of the 2000s. The most successful artist of the decade was Barbadian singer Rihanna, who featured on five different number-one singles for a total of 13 weeks. The most successful record label was Universal Music Group; with an artist roster that included
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Minnie Pwerle


". Described by art dealer Hank Ebes as the works of "a genius", Minnie's paintings were typically selling for $5,000 in 2005; the highest price fetched on the secondary market at that time was $43,000. Regarded as one of Australia's leading contemporary women artists, Minnie ranks alongside other notable Indigenous female painters Dorothy Napangardi, Gloria Petyarre and Kathleen Petyarre. One of a number of women such as Emily Kngwarreye who dominated central and western desert painting in the first decade of the 21st century, Minnie is
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Speak Now


"Speak Now" debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, selling 1,047,000 copies in its first week of release. It was just the 16th album in United States history to sell one million copies in a single week. Of the 1,047,000 copies sold in the first week, 769,000 were physical CDs and 278,000 were digital downloads. It was then the second biggest debut ever for a female artist, the second biggest ever by a country album, the biggest in five and one half years, and the
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Britney Spears discography


records worldwide and more than 70 million records in United States (36.9 million digital singles and 33.6 million digital albums), making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. "Billboard" ranked her the eighth overall Artist of the Decade, and also recognized her as the best-selling female album artist of the 21st century's first decade, as well as the fifth overall. Additionally, the Recording Industry Association of America recognized Spears as the eighth best-selling female artist in the United States,
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25 (Adele album)


of a calendar year by a female artist in Nielsen history, only trailing behind Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again" which sold 7,890,000 copies in 2000. In its seventh week, the album remained at number one, selling another 164,000 units, becoming the first album by a female artist to top the "Billboard" 200 in its first seven weeks since Whitney Houston's 1987 album "Whitney". In total, the album has spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart,
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List of Madonna records and achievements


became the second most-successful dance song of decade, reaching number two on the record chart. Furthermore, "Music" was also the longest-running number one song on Dance/Club Play Songs in the 2000s, with a longevity of five weeks at number one. She is the second female artist with most number ones albums, with 8, behind only Barbra Streisand, who has 10 number one albums. Her other achievements on the record chart, tied with Beyoncé as the female artist with most consecutive number-
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Elena Paparizou


Paparizou released a new CD single "Mambo!", which peaked at number one on the Greek Singles Chart for 10 weeks and the airplay charts, and gained Platinum status. It is her most successful single to date and was the second highest-selling single of 2005, surpassing "My Number One". She performed "My Number One" at the MAD VMAs in 2005, and in 2006 won awards for Best Pop Video ("The Light in Our Soul"), Best Video by a Female Artist (
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Hips Don't Lie


38 weeks. "Hips Don't Lie" finished the 2000s decade as the 11th best selling single by a female artist in the 21st century in the UK, and also the 10th best selling collaboration. It is also the 46th best-selling single of the 2000 decade in UK. In Ireland, the single remained at the number one spot for a total of nine weeks throughout the summer. "Hips Don't Lie" was the most successful song of 2006 worldwide and it reached #1 in the majority of charting
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List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom


14 November 1952. The highest-selling by a solo female artist is "Believe" by Cher – released in October 1998, it has sold over 1.84 million copies in the UK. The highest-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants" by Wham!. Released in December 1984, the single sold more than 500,000 copies in its first week, but was kept off number one by "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and peaked at
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Jolin Tsai


by any Chinese singer. However, the album received mixed reviews and sold only more than 65,000 copies in Taiwan. It became her lowest-selling studio album of her career to this date in Taiwan, but still became the best-selling album by a female artist of the year in Taiwan. The hit song, "Honey Trap", reached number one on the Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year. Two more tracks, "Nothing Left to Say" and "Love Player", reached number twenty and
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Wait & See (Risk)


for a sole week, and spent a total of 21 weeks on that chart. By the end of 2000, the single was ranked at number three on Oricon's Annual 2000 chart; it sold 1,662,060 units by the end of the year. This became Utada's highest entry in that annual chart, the highest selling female recording artist based on single sales, and made "Wait & See (Risk)" the highest selling single of 2000 by a female recording artist. The single was certified Million by the Recording Industry
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The Immaculate Collection


that time, entering the chart at number fifteen and peaking at number nine. "The Immaculate Collection" became Madonna's second album to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over ten million copies in the United States. It also spent the second highest number of consecutive weeks at number one for a female solo artist in the UK, being at number one for a nine-week stint. The album has sold 31 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling compilation album by a
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Whitney Houston


and "The Bodyguard Soundtrack" was named the Top-selling Soundtrack Album of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She also won The Artist of the Decade, Female award for extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s at the 14th Soul Train Music Awards, and an MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B. In May 2000, "" was released worldwide. The double disc set peaked at number five in the United States, reaching number one in the United Kingdom. In addition, the album reached
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Girls' Generation-TTS


in a row. In September 2014, the group released their second EP, "Holler", selling 87,513 copies. The album debuted at number 1 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart and the "Billboard" World Albums chart. With this achievement, TTS become the third Korean artist, and the first female artist, to have more than one number 1 on the "Billboard" World Albums chart. During an interview with "Billboard", the three singers shared, "This album was really personal for us and
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Ugly Beauty


appeared on the chart of Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Russia. The album reached number seven on the 2018's year-end sales chart at QQ Music, and it became the second best-selling digital album by a female artist of the year in China, with total sales of more than 220,000 copies within six days as of December 2018 in China. The following year, it became the best-selling digital album by a Hong Kong/Taiwanese female artist of
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Brandy Norwood


Norwood has sold sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and is ranked one of the best-selling female artists in American music history by the RIAA, having sold over 11 million albums in the United States. According to the RIAA Brandy has 10.5 million Gold & Platinum certification's and in the United States She has sold over 8.62 million albums. Her song "The Boy Is Mine" is also one of the longest running number one songs in the United States, and is one of the best selling duets of all time
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Shout Out to My Ex


Out to My Ex" was also the first UK number one single of 2016 with a female lead, as the three women with number one singles earlier in the year, Kyla, MØ and Halsey, were all featured artists. It stayed at number one the following week, making it Little Mix's second song (after "Black Magic") to spend multiple weeks at number 1. It was also certified silver by the BPI for selling over 200,000 copies in its second week. It spent a third week before being
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Mariah Carey albums discography


American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey has released fifteen studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, four greatest hits albums, one extended play, and one remix album. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold over 200 million records globally. She was presented with the Millennium Award at the 2000 World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of the millennium. According to the RIAA, she is the third highest-certified female artist and seventeenth overall recording
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List of awards and nominations received by Madonna


States, with 64.5 million certified albums. She has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by "Guinness World Records". Madonna has won 20 VMAs from a total of 68 nominations, second highest number of accolades in the history of the award. She is the first female artist to receive the lifetime achievement Video Vanguard Award. In 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as one of the best-known and
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Mary J. Blige


cover art was photographed by Markus Klinko & Indrani. It debuted at number one on both the "Billboard" 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Selling 727,000 copies in its first week, it became the biggest first-week sales for an R&B solo female artist in SoundScan history, the fifth largest first-week sales for a female artist, and the fourth largest debut of 2005. Since its release, "The Breakthrough" has sold over three million copies in the U.S and over seven million copies
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Rolling in the Deep


song by a female artist. It was the second song to have crossed 8 million digital copies sold in the country. In France, despite not having been certified, the single has sold 348,900 copies and became one of the best-selling singles in France. As of 26 July 2011, "Rolling in the Deep" was the third-best-selling digital single across Europe with 1.26 million copies sold. As of 5 November 2011 issue of "Billboard", it had been number one on the Adult Contemporary chart
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List of songs recorded by Cheryl


2014 called "Only Human". It was preceded by the lead single called "Crazy Stupid Love featuring Tinie Tempah". The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, selling 118,000 copies in its first week, becoming Cole's fourth number one single. The album's second single, "I Don't Care", was released before the album on 31 October 2014 and became Cheryl's fifth number one making chart history as she is the first ever British female solo artist to have five number ones in
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Blackout (Britney Spears album)


at number two, with sales of 290,000 copies. It became Spears' first studio album not to debut at number one. The album, however, set the record as the best-selling digital album debut by a female artist in a week at the time. Following the release of "Circus" in December 2008, "Blackout" re-entered the chart at number one-hundred-and-ninety-eight, with sales of 4,600 copies. As of March 2015, the album had sold two million copies
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Some Hearts


the album rose back up to number four on the "Billboard" 200 chart after selling close to 300,000 copies. "Some Hearts" became the best-selling album of 2006 in all genres in the United States. The album was also the best-selling country album in the United States of both 2006 and 2007, making Underwood the first female artist in "Billboard" history to earn back-to-back honors for Top Country Album. Additionally, it was the best-selling female country album of 2005,
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