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A girl group is a popular music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together.
Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production values and backing by top studio musicians. In later eras the girl group template would be applied to disco, R&B, and country-based formats as well as pop music. The best selling girl-group of all time are the Spice Girls who have sold 75 million records worldwide.[1]
Best-selling girl groups
Group | Country | Sales | Genre | Studio albums |
Members | Years active |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spice Girls | UK | 75 million[1] | Pop, Teen Pop, Dance-pop, R&B | 3 | 5 → 4 → 5 | 1996–2001, 2007–2008 |
TLC | USA | 57 million[2] | R&B, Hip-hop, Rap, Pop, New jack swing | 4 | 3 → 2 | 1991-2003, 2005, 2009-present |
Destiny's Child | 50 million[3] | R&B | 4 | 4 → 3 | 1997-2005 | |
Bananarama | UK | 40 million[4] | Pop, Hi-NRG, New Wave | 10 | 3 → 2 | 1981–present |
Speed | Japan | 20 million[5] | J-pop | 4 | 4 | 1996–2000, 2003, 2008–present |
The Supremes | USA | 20 million[6] | R&B, Pop, Disco | 29 | 4 → 3 | 1959-1977 |
En Vogue | 20 million[7] | Soul, R&B | 6 | 4 → 3 → 4 | 1989–present | |
Salt-N-Pepa | 15 million[8] | Hip hop, dance | 5 | 3 | 1986–1999, 2008–present | |
SWV | 15 million[9] | R&B, pop, new jack swing | 3 | 3 | 1990–1998, 2005–2007, 2008–present | |
Atomic Kitten | UK | 10 million[10] | Pop, dance | 3 | 3 | 1999–2004 |
Sugababes | 10 million[11] | Pop, dance | 7 | 3 | 2000-present | |
All Saints | 10 million[12] | Pop, dance, R&B | 3 | 4 | 1993–2001, 2006–2007 | |
Girls Aloud | 10 million[13] | Pop, dance, Electropop | 5 | 5 | 2002–present | |
MAX | Japan | 10 million[14] | Pop, dance, Eurobeat J-Pop | 5 | 4 | 1995-present |
Best-selling girl group albums
Worldwide
Album | Group | Sales | Year | Genre |
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Spice | Spice Girls | 23 million[15][16] | 1996 | Teen Pop |
Spiceworld | 20 million[17] | 1997 | ||
CrazySexyCool | TLC | 16 million[18] | 1994 | R&B/hip hop |
Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | 12 million[19] | 1998 | Country |
The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 12 million[20] | 1999 | R&B |
Fly | Dixie Chicks | 11 million[21] | Country | |
Fanmail | TLC | 13.5 million[22] | R&B/hip hop | |
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 10 million[23] | 2001 | R&B |
UK
Certifications according to the BPI.[24]
Album | Group | Sales [citation needed] |
Certification | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spice | Spice Girls | 3,928,826 | 10 × platinum | 1996 | Teen Pop |
Spiceworld | 1,976,709 | 5 × platinum | 1997 | ||
All Saints | All Saints | 1,330,000 | |||
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 1,210,000 | 3 × platinum | 2005 | Pop, R&B |
Always & Forever | Eternal | 1,180,000 | 1993 | R&B | |
The Sound Of... Greatest Hits | Girls Aloud | 1,053,000 | 2006 | Pop | |
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 1,020,000 | 2001 | R&B | |
The Writing's on the Wall | 970,000 | 1999 | |||
Angels With Dirty Faces | Sugababes | 918,000 | 2002 | Pop | |
Taller In More Ways | 887,000 | 2 × platinum | 2005 | ||
Feels So Good | Atomic Kitten | 885,000 | 2002 | ||
Three | Sugababes | 856,000 | 2003 | ||
Out of Control | Girls Aloud | 750,000 | 2008 | ||
Right Now | Atomic Kitten | 700,000 | 2001 | ||
What Will the Neighbours Say? | Girls Aloud | 600,000 | 2004 |
U.S.
Sales according to Nielsen SoundScan and Platinum certifications according to the RIAA.
Album | Group | Certification | Sales | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CrazySexyCool | TLC | 11 × Platinum[25] | 11,200,000[26] | 1994 | R&B |
Fly | Dixie Chicks | 10 × Platinum[25] | 8,289,000[27] | 1999 | Country |
The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 8 × Platinum[25] | 8,400,000[28] | R&B | |
Spice | Spice Girls | 8 × Platinum[25] | 8,400,000[29] | 1996 | Pop |
FanMail | TLC | 6 × Platinum[25] | 4,700,000[26] | 1999 | R&B |
Home | Dixie Chicks | 5,979,000[27] | 2002 | Country | |
Very Necessary | Salt N Pepa | 4 × Platinum[25] | 4,400,000 | 1993 | R&B, hip hop |
Spiceworld | Spice Girls | 4 × Platinum[25] | 4,400,000[29] | 1997 | Pop |
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 4,300,000[30] | 2001 | R&B | |
Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip | TLC | 2,500,000[26] | 1992 | R&B, hip hop | |
Break Out | Pointer Sisters | 3 × Platinum[25] | 3,000,000 | 1983 | R&B |
It's About Time | SWV | 3,000,000 | 1992 | ||
Funky Divas | En Vogue | 3,200,000[31] | |||
Destiny Fulfilled | Destiny's Child | 3,000,000 | 2004 | ||
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | Platinum[25] | 2,900,000[32] | 2005 | Pop, R&B |
Canada
Certifications according to the Canadian Recording Industry Association.[33]
Album | Group | Certification | Sales | Year | Genre |
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Spice | Spice Girls | Diamond[34] | 1,000,000[33] | 1996 | Pop |
Spiceworld | 1997 | ||||
CrazySexyCool | TLC | 8 × Platinum[33] | 800,000[33] | 1994 | R&B |
The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 5 × Platinum[33] | 500,000[33] | 1999 | |
Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | 4 × Platinum[33] | 400,000[33] | Country | |
Break Out | Pointer Sisters | 1983 | R&B | ||
FanMail | TLC | 1999 | |||
Very Necessary | Salt N Pepa | 1993 | R&B, hip hop | ||
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 2001 | R&B | ||
All Saints | All Saints | 3 × Platinum[33] | 300,000[33] | 1997 | Pop, R&B |
Fly | Dixie Chicks | 2000 | Country | ||
Home | 2003 | ||||
Taking The Long Way | 2 × Platinum[33] | 200,000[33] | 2006 | ||
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 2005 | Pop, R&B | ||
Forever | Spice Girls | 2000 | |||
Destiny's Child | Destiny's Child | 1998 | R&B | ||
Doll Domination | Pussycat Dolls | Platinum[33] | 100,000[33] | 2009 | Pop, R&B |
Girlicious | Girlicious | 2008 | R&B/Urban Pop |
Europe
Certifications according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Album | Group | Certification | Sales | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spice | Spice Girls | 9 × Platinum[35] | 9,400,000 | 1996 | Pop |
Spiceworld | 5 × Platinum[36] | 5,500,000 | 1997 | ||
All Saints | All Saints | 2 × Platinum[37] | 2,000,000 | Pop, R&B | |
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 2005 | |||
The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 1999 | R&B | ||
Survivor | 2001 | ||||
Destiny Fulfilled | Platinum[37] | 1,000,000 | |||
CrazySexyCool | TLC | 1994 | |||
FanMail | 1999 | ||||
Feels So Good | Atomic Kitten | 2002 | Pop | ||
B*Witched | B*Witched | 1998 | |||
Angels With Dirty Faces | Sugababes | 2002 | |||
Taller In More Ways | 2005 | ||||
Three | 2003 | ||||
The Sound Of... Greatest Hits | Girls Aloud | 2006 | |||
Saints & Sinners | All Saints | 2000 |
Germany
Certifications according to the IFPI.[38]
Album | Group | Sales | Certification | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elle'ments | No Angels | 1,050,000 | 7 × Gold | 2001 | Pop |
Spice | Spice Girls | 750,000 | 3 × Gold | 1996 | |
Now... Us! | No Angels | 600,000 | 2 × Platinum | 2002 | |
Spiceworld | Spice Girls | 500,000 | Platinum | 1997 | |
Temptation | Monrose | 400,000 | 2 × Platinum | 2006 | R&B, Pop |
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 300,000 | Platinum | 2001 | |
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 200,000 | Platinum | 2005 | |
The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 150,000 | Gold | 1999 | |
When The Angels Swing | No Angels | 2002 | Pop, Swing | ||
Pure | 2003 | Pop | |||
Right Now | Atomic Kitten | 2001 | |||
Feels So Good | 2002 | ||||
Forever | Spice Girls | 2000 | |||
Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination | 100,000 | 2008 | Pop, R&B | |
Taller In More Ways | Sugababes | 2005 | |||
Three | 2003 | ||||
Volume I | Queensberry | 2008 | |||
Strictly Physical | Monrose | 2007 | Pop, R&B, Dance | ||
Girls In The House | Preluders | 2003 | Pop |
Australia
Certifications according to the ARIA.[39]
Album | Group | Sales | Certification | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spice | Spice Girls | 420,000 | 6 × Platinum | 1996 | Pop |
Spiceworld | 1997 | ||||
The Secret Life of... | The Veronicas | 280,000 | 4 × Platinum | 2005 | Pop, Rock |
The Writing's On The Wall | Destiny's Child | 210,000 | 3 × Platinum | 1999 | R&B |
PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 2005 | Pop R&B | ||
Home | Dixie Chicks | 2002 | Country | ||
Taking The Long Way | 140,000 | 2 × Platinum | 2006 | ||
Wide Open Spaces | 1998 | ||||
B*Witched | B*Witched | Pop | |||
All Saints | All Saints | ||||
Bardot | Bardot | 2000 | |||
Hook Me Up | The Veronicas | 2007 | |||
Survivor | Destiny's Child | 2001 | R&B | ||
Destiny Fulfilled | 70,000 | Platinum | 2004 | ||
#1's | 2005 | ||||
Doll Domination 2.0 | Pussycat Dolls | 2008 | |||
Fanmail | TLC | 1999 | |||
Feels So Good | Atomic Kitten | 2002 | Pop | ||
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits | Spice Girls | 2007 | |||
Fly | Dixie Chicks | 1999 | Country |
See also
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling singles worldwide
- List of best-selling albums worldwide
- List of best-selling boy bands
References
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(help) - ^ [ TLC's Chilli Partners With Dasani Wahttp://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7630444ter To Reveal Beauty Secrets]. "With 57 million albums to her credit".
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- ^ Motown. Record Sales Figure for Diana Ross & The Supremes. "Their sales of more than 20 million records are outstanding and in their own day they were second only to the Beatles for No1 hits".
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- ^ BBC. All Saints: Where it's at. "It went multi-platinum, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide".
- ^ Girls Aloud. [3]. "A band that has sold 10 milloin records around the world".
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(help) - ^ a b c Ask Billboard. According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip" (1992; 2.5 miilion), "CrazySexyCool" (1994; 7.2 million), "FanMail" (1999; 4.7 million).
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- ^ All Dolled Up. "PCD" has sold 2.9 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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(help) - ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards > 1998 Albums". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
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(help) - ^ a b "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
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(help) - ^ [4] German certifications database
- ^ [5] Australian certifications database