With Swift having launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Dec. 2) with Reputation, marking her fifth No. 1, let's recap her career sales in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.
Album Sales 7.1 million, Fearless; 6.1 million, 1989; 5.7 million, Taylor Swift; 4.6 million, Speak Now; 4.4 million, Red; 1.2 million, Reputation (after its first week); 1.1 million, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP); 366,000, Speak Now: World Tour Live CD + DVD; 341,000, Beautiful Eyes (EP) Swift's career U.S. album sales stand at 31.4 million. She's the 23rd-best-selling album artist since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991, and the fifth-best-selling woman, after Mariah Carey (55.2 million), Celine Dion (52.8 million), Shania Twain (35 million) and Britney Spears (33.6 million). Garth Brooks leads all artists with 71.9 million albums sold in that span. And … Best-Selling Digital Songs 6 million, "Love Story"; 5.4 million, "I Knew You Were Trouble."; 5.3 million, "Shake It Off"; 4.8 million, "You Belong With Me"; 4.5 million, "Blank Space" 4.1 million, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"; 3.4 million, "Our Song"; 3.1 million, "Bad Blood" (feat. Kendrick Lamar); 3 million, "Teardrops on My Guitar"; 2.5 million, "Mean" 2.3 million, "Mine"; 2.3 million, "22"; 2.3 million, "Highway Don't Care" (Tim McGraw with Swift); 2.2 million, "Style"; 2 million, "Back to December" 2 million, "Wildest Dreams"; 2 million, "White Horse"; 1.9 million, "Safe & Sound" (feat. The Civil Wars); 1.7 million, "Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls feat. Swift); 1.7 million, "Picture to Burn" 1.6 million, "Today Was a Fairytale"; 1.6 million, "Tim McGraw"; 1.6 million, "Red"; 1.5 million, "Ours"; 1.5 million, "Should've Said No" 1.5 million, "Fifteen"; 1.4 million, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)" (Zayn / Swift); 1.4 million, "Eyes Open"; 1.1 million, "Everything Has Changed" (feat. Ed Sheeran); 1.1 million, "Sparks Fly" 1 million, "Crazier"; 1 million, "Fearless"; 1 million, "Begin Again"; 1 million, "Both of Us" (B.o.B feat. Swift) Whew. That's 34 million-selling songs (and spanning country, folk, pop and R&B/hip-hop). Swift's career song download sales: 96.5 million.
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