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It is essential to provide reliable sources when editing this article. For examples, see the references section. Unsourced or unreliably sourced additions will be removed immediately.

The list is frequently edited in good faith to update the certified sales figures; however, claimed sales figures need to be supported by reliable sources, preferably from news organizations.

Artists with claimed sales figures below 75 million may not be added to the list.

Whilst we encourage editors to be bold, it is highly recommended to discuss changes on this talk page before editing.

Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists.

  • One lead artist and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both, the lead artist and the featured artist as both will have almost equal amount of part).
  • Two lead artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as both will have almost equal amount of part).
  • Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough).
  • One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part).

The year next to markets below indicates how far back the certification systems go in each country. The percentages stand for the global market share based on a 2007 IFPI report.

Christina Aguilera

Hi. What level of certifications should Christina Aguilera have under the new guidelines to adding her among the 100 million records sold group? It can be supported by this source from NME magazine. Melketon (talk) 14:25, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

She must have at least 82m certified sales and the source support must come from a news organization. Politsi (talk) 10:58, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
abtc.ng is a content scraper, not a reliable source with editorial oversight – I am not going to mess with the table in the article, but please find a reliable source for the "Clamed sales" info about Aguilera, which is currently sourced to abtc.ng. --bonadea contributions talk 13:32, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
abtc.ng is owned by Wiggles Creatives, which is an online media publishing. It's not a prestigious news source, but still it's a legal news organization. Therefore we can use it only for temporary. How about you? can you help us to find a better source for Aguilera's 90m claim?. Politsi (talk) 03:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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90.246.80.228 (talk) 22:03, 17 October 2022 (UTC)Sabhi Jaman is a popular youtuber
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Vladimir.copic (talk) 04:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

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In Section "250 million or more records" change table heading "Release year of first charted record" to "Release-year of first charted record".

This will match the other tables on the page. 199.27.253.151 (talk) 22:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

 Done Aoidh (talk) 08:11, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Rihanna

Why are Rihanna's claimed sales lower than her confirmed ones? 216.164.249.213 (talk) 17:46, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Lady gaga missing certification

Someone most add the missing certification of Lady gaga. In uk gold for Love game. In Canada Platinum for Hold my hand. In France a Platinum for Million Reasons. 151.66.39.126 (talk) 18:46, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

And in Germany the songs Million Reasons and Rain on me are now certified gold — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.66.39.126 (talk) 08:11, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera has sold over 130 -150 million records by now sony recently updated it she's the only 2000s female artist with a DIAMOND certified single so please update Xtina sales asap!!!!!!! 190.83.130.92 (talk) 09:16, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

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