The Spice Girls (here in 2008) are the best-selling girl group in history.[1][2]
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop style. This article covers only girl groups from that era and later.
Sales figures records in most countries are not available before the 1990s, so it is difficult to accurately determine best-selling records, either by country or worldwide. Certification levels have been used for most countries, but certification was not common until the 1970s in the US and UK, and later in other countries. In addition, in many countries certification is for shipments of a record to retailers, rather than actual sales. Complicating matters further, the changes from 2010 onwards as certifications have become based on combined sales figures and streaming instead of sales alone.
As a result, these tables should not be considered finalized of the best-selling records by girl groups in each country.
Best-selling girl groups worldwide
Groups with claimed total record sales of more than 20 million:
It is extremely difficult to assess worldwide sales of singles, due to the lack of auditing in many countries, and that no country officially tracked sales before the 1990s. In the second edition of The Book of Golden Discs, author Joseph Murrell calculated a worldwide sales figure of 18 million singles for Baccara's "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie",[26] but this figure is disputed and has never been officially confirmed. Other claimed worldwide sales figures for singles by girl groups are shown in the table below:
Singles certified platinum or more by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Only includes certifications since 1989, when ARIA took over compiling the Australian charts. From November 2014 onwards paid-for audio streams were included in the Australian singles chart and counted towards sales and certifications.
Based on certifications awarded by Pro-Música Brasil. Single certifications have only been awarded since 2008, and have included audio and video streaming from 2017 onwards.
Note: Certification levels in Germany have changed several times over the years – the certification level for a gold single was 250,000 until the end of 2002, 150,000 between 2003 and mid-2014, and 200,000 from mid-2014 onwards. These different levels are reflected in the table above.
From January 2014 onwards, paid-for audio streams were included in the German singles chart and counted towards sales and certifications.[85]
Japan
The ten biggest-selling girl group singles in Japan based on total sales (May 2020):
From January 2014, RIAJ changed calculation method for Detailed Sales and the Gold Record.[105]
New Zealand
Singles certified platinum or more by Recorded Music NZ. Since November 2014 certifications for singles have included streaming, and therefore cannot be compared to certifications from before this date.
The Circle Digital Chart, a component of the Circle Chart, released download sales from its launch in 2010 until 2017, and began a certification scheme in 2018. Prior to the establishment of the Circle Music Chart, the country's music charts were supplied by the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK), which did not track digital single downloads.[118]
Prior to certification (2010–2017)
South Korea experienced a decline in digital music sales volume which began in late 2012.[119] The price of digital downloads was greatly inflated, and as a result, no girl group songs released since 2013 have surpassed the three million sales mark.
The Circle Chart stopped releasing download sales in December 2017. However, the chart began implementing record certifications in April 2018, at a level of 2,500,000 sales per Platinum level.[138] Every song released since 1 January 2018 is eligible for a certification.
There were few certifications awarded in Sweden before 1996, so singles before this date are not represented in this list. There have been three different certification levels since 1996: from 1996 to June 2003 the gold/platinum levels for singles were 15,000/30,000, from July 2003 to September 2010 the levels were 10,000/20,000, and from October 2010 onwards, when streaming was included in the certification levels, the levels have been 20,000/40,000. The tables below reflect these changes in certification levels.
Since July 2014, certifications have included audio streams so they cannot be compared to sales-only certifications before this date. The ten biggest-selling girl group singles in the United Kingdom:
Physical and digital sales only (before July 2014)
Sales figures of records in the US were not tracked accurately until May 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan started recording sales of singles and albums electronically at point of sale, rather than relying on figures provided to them by record store staff.[172] As a result, there are no reliable sales figures available before this date, and therefore it is not possible to rank the best-selling singles by girl groups in the US in sales order.
Since 2013 certifications have included legal on-demand digital streams – separate figures for the pure sales component of singles released after 2013 are not available so they cannot be compared to sales-only certifications before this date.
Certifications based on sales only
RIAA sales certifications began in the US in 1958 – there are very few records with certifications before this date. Until 1988 a million-seller received a gold certification (and a two million-seller received a platinum certification). From 1989 onwards the levels were revised so that a million-seller received a platinum certification instead, with multi-platinum awards for multiple million sales.[173][174] However, these pre- and post-1989 certification levels are not currently reflected in the RIAA database.
The following singles have been certified by RIAA as selling one million copies or more in the US.
In addition, the following singles have been stated as selling one million copies or more in the US – however, they have not been certified by the RIAA.
Based on certifications awarded by Pro-Música Brasil. Certifications have only been awarded since 1990, so there is no sales information before this date. Some of the certification thresholds have changed over time.
Rouge were Brazilian's biggest girl group and have the best selling album by a girl group of all time there.
Note: the IFPI Europe Platinum Award was only created in 1996, therefore there are few albums on this list from before that date. No awards are publicly available after 2014.
Sales of albums released after 2010 are according to the Circle Album Chart published monthly and yearly with detailed album sales by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Sales of albums released before 2010 are based on data collected by Music Industry Association of Korea (from 1999 to 2007) or claimed sales based on reliable sources. The 15 biggest-selling girl group albums in South Korea:
Blackpink's The Album (2020) and Born Pink (2022) each broke the record for the best-selling girl group album of all time in South Korea.
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.[339] 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.
^Nielsen Music has reported over one million in sales, however the song has only received a digital certification from the RIAA.
^Nielsen Music has reported over one million in sales, however the song has only received a digital certification from the RIAA.
^As of October 1997, Funky Divas had sold 3,500,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan,[348] which does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Club, where it sold 916,000 copies.[349] Combined, it has sold over 4,416,000 copies in the US.
Sales beyond 17 November 2012:
Total album sales: 2,425,132
Korean studio albums: 1,065,459 = 375,886 (I Got A Boy) + 187,861 (Lion Heart) + 191,407 (Holiday Night) + 310,305 (Forever 1);
Korean sales:
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Live albums: 21,499 (2011 Girls’ Generation Tour);
Korean sales
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Compilation albums: 207,400 = 24,600 (Best Selection Non Stop Mix) + 182,800 (The Best);
Japanese sales:
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Video albums: 278,600 = 89,000 (Girls’ Generation Complete Video Collection) + 77,000 (Girls & Peace: 2nd Japan Tour) + 48,300 (Love & Peace: 3rd Japan Tour) + 37,000 (‘The Best Live’ at Tokyo Dome) + 27,300 (Girls’ Generation–Phantasia-in Japan);
Japanese sales:
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Korean songs sales: 8,370,135 = 444,178 (2012) + 3,225,501 (2013) + 1,628,133 (2014) + 2,265,565 (2015) + 379,716 (2016) + 427,042 (2017)
Korean December 2012 songs sales: 444,178 ("Dancing Queen")
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2012 songs sales: 8,695,952 = 2,269,557 ("I’ll Think of You") + 1,383,331 ("Do Men Cry") + 1,261,418 ("Love is All the Same") + 435,594 ("If It is Like Tonight") + 471,581 ("Don’t Say Goodbye") + 1,960,395 ("We Were In Love") + 914,076 ("Because It’s You");
2,269,557 ("I’ll Think of You") + 1,960,395 ("We Were In Love") + 1,261,418 ("Love is All the Same") + 914,076 ("Because It’s You")
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2013 songs sales: 7,024,921 = 1,439,190 ("Turtle") + 778,673("Just Two of Us") + 1,316,544 ("Be Warmed") + 1,137,915 ("Missing You Today") + 723,636 ("The Letter") + 168,851 ("Bikini") + 98,021 ("You Are My Everything") + 87,164 ("Cry for Love") + 79,722 ("One Person’s Story") + 64,026 ("Nagging") + 57,554 ("I Want to Be Brave and Breakup") + 55,508 ("Things That Still Come Up in My Memory") + 53,835 ("Taste of Tears") + 867,745 ("Don’t You Know?") + 96,537 ("Don't Say Goodbye");
1,439,190 ("Turtle") + 778,673("Just Two of Us") + 1,316,544 ("Be Warmed") + 1,137,915 ("Missing You Today") + 867,745 ("Don’t You Know?")
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79,722 ("One Person’s Story") + 64,026 ("Nagging") + 57,554 ("I Want to Be Brave and Breakup") + 55,508 ("Things That Still Come Up in My Memory") + 53,835 ("Taste of Tears")
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269,345 ("Don’t Move") + 13,837 ("The Letter")
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^
35,217,050 breakdown:
Total albums sales: 857,088;
South Korea album sales: 600,149 = 25,000 (2009) + 58,340 (2010) + 121,478 (2011) + 175,886 (2012) + 40,263 (2013) + 46,179 (2014) + 21,617 (2015) + 17,977 (2016) + 39,453 (2017) + 53,956 (2021)
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^
26,475,740 breakdown:
Total albums sales: 396,873
Korean albums sales: 333,850 = 98,206 (2007) + 136,578 (2008) + 31,775 (2010) + 41,262 (2011) + 12,789 (2015) + 13,240 (2016)
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Japan albums sales: 13,023 = 929 (2011) + 12,094 (2012)
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^20,552,090 breakdown: 6,766,044 album sales = 6,305,957 (South Korea) + 225,487 (Japan) + 234,600 (US);
South Korea album sales: 6,305,957 = 230,656 (2018) + 375,338 (2019) + 1,706,814 (2020) + 432,337 (2021) + 2,825,311 (2022) + 735,501 (2023)
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Japan album sales: 225,487 = 60,668 (Blackpink) + 11,978 (Square Up) + 22,464 (Blackpink in Your Area) + 29,040 (Kill This Love) + 66,862 (The Album) + 34,475 (Born Pink);
Japan physical sales for Blackpink: 60,668 = 39,100 + 13,123 + 8,445
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Japan physical sales for Square Up: 6,419 = 3,890 + 2,529
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Japan digital sales for Square Up: 5,559 = 3,915 + 1,644
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Japan physical sales for Blackpink in Your Area: 22,464 = 20,861 + 1,603
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Japan physical sales for Kill This Love: 8,846 = 4,055 + 3,054 + 1,737
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Japan digital sales for Kill This Love: 3,531 = 2,548 + 983
週間 デジタルアルバムランキング 2019年04月15日付 [Weekly Digital Album Ranking 15 April 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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Japan physical sales for Kill This Love -JP Ver.-: 15,836 = 11,971 + 2,616 + 1,249
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Japan digital sales for Kill This Love -JP Ver.-: 827
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Japan physical sales for The Album: 28,554
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Japan digital sales for The Album: 3,929 = 1,863 + 1,074 + 569 + 423
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Japan physical sales of The Album -JP Ver.-: 34,379 = 24,290 + 4,680 + 2,647 + 1,786 + 976
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Japan physical sales for Born Pink: 31,385 = 23,595 + 7,790
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Japan digital sales for Born Pink: 3,090 = 1,599 + 777 + 404 + 185 + 125
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US album sales: 234,600 = 7,000 (Square Two) + 9,100 (Kill This Love) + 117,000 (The Album) + 101,500 (Born Pink);
US sales for Square Two: 7,000
13,786,046 single sales = 13,348,556 (South Korea) + 58,090 (Japan) + 208,400 (US) + 171,000 (Global);
South Korea single sales: 13,348,556 = 605,048 ("Boombayah") + 243,508 ("Stay") + 2,500,000 ("Playing with Fire") + 2,500,000 ("As If It's Your Last") + 2,500,000 ("Whistle") + 2,500,000 ("Ddu-Du Ddu-Du") + 2,500,000 ("Forever Young");
240,789 ("Boombayah")
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128,111 ("Boombayah")
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90,804 ("Boombayah")
2016년 10월 Download Chart [October 2016 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
79,468 ("Boombayah") + 182,138 ("Stay")
2016년 11월 Download Chart [November 2016 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
65,876 ("Boombayah") + 61,370 ("Stay")
2016년 12월 Download Chart [December 2016 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
2,500,000 ("Playing with Fire") + 2,500,000 ("As If It's Your Last")
C., Daniel (26 February 2019). GAON′s 관찰노트 [GAON′s Observation Notes]. Circle Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2,500,000 ("Whistle")
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Japan single sales: 58,090 = 29,388 ("Ddu-Du Ddu-Du") + 8,604 ("Kill This Love") + 11,106 ("How You Like That") + 7,438 ("Pink Venom") + 1,554 ("Shut Down");
Japan physical sales for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du": 29,388 = 24,385 + 2,878 + 1,160 + 965
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週間 デジタルアルバムランキング 2018年09月10日付 [Weekly Single Ranking 10 September 2018]. Oricon News (in Japanese). p. 3. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
週間 デジタルアルバムランキング 2018年09月17日付 [Weekly Single Ranking 17 September 2018]. Oricon News (in Japanese). p. 5. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
週間 デジタルアルバムランキング 2018年09月24日付 [Weekly Single Ranking 24 September 2018]. Oricon News (in Japanese). p. 5. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
Japan digital sales for "Kill This Love": 8,604 = 4,372 + 4,232
週間 デジタルシングル(単曲)ランキング 2019年04月15日付 [Weekly Digital Single Ranking 15 April 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). p. 2. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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Japan digital sales for "How You Like That": 11,106 = 5,506 + 5,600
^"[한국음악콘텐츠협회] (사)한국음악콘텐츠협회, 음원∙앨범에 대한 '가온 인증제' 시행" [[Korea Music Content Association] Korea Music Contents Association, 'Gaon Accreditation System' for songs and albums] (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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^ ab"Sverigetopplistan". (requires search – type artist name into box and click "Sök", then click "Visa" for relevant song to see certifications)
^Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. London: B.T. Batsford. pp. 214–215. ISBN0-7134-3843-6.
^ ab"ゴールドディスク認定検索" [Gold disc certified search]. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 July 2024. Note: User must enter "MAX" into the "アーティスト" field to produce results.
^ ab"ゴールドディスク認定検索" [Gold disc certified search]. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 17 August 2021. Note: User must enter "Speed" into the "アーティスト" field to produce results.
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^(in Chinese) MTV 200. S.H.E's newest album, Youth Society. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Since Super Star and Together combined for 580,000 copies, and Super Star sold 300,000+, then it can be assumed that Together sold around 280,000.
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