Talk:Britney Spears discography/Archive 1

message: Womanizer reach the #1 in the U.S. Dance chart?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.44.46.118 (talk) 02:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's currently reached #9 so far CloversMallRat (talk) 00:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Womanzier in the U.S. Dance

message: I'm just wondering where all these random peak positions from the Pop 100 came from. They're listed for all of her singles since "... Baby One More Time" despite the fact that the chart has only existed since 2005. Have people just been pulling these figures out of nowhere, or are they actually based on real data? And even if the latter is true, should such data be included for those earlier singles even though the chart did not even exist at the time?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.171.124.237 (talk) 15:10, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop 100 data 

message: Could editors please discuss the issue of sales figures rather than revert without explanation? Thanks. Extraordinary Machine 21:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit war 

message: These "two" users may not be two users. I'm "they" are just one person who is using two or more counts.
Both User contributions are basicly the same:
*Fardiva: User contributions
*Dayvid6143259: User contributions
Every day both users do vandalism in this page, using the same version of the page all the time.
It wouldn't surprise me if both users are the same person. Kraft. 22:24, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You might want to take this to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser if 3RR would have been violated by a single User. --Mel Etitis  (Talk) 22:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My English is a disaster I don't understand how I should request that. Also I understand how fair use images should be used, but why you keep on inflating sales, using flag icons and adding small markets to the singles table? Kraft. 17:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

text: You're totally wrong, ups numbers? can you red this, please? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Britney_Spears_discography&action=historyI've been adding sources for about six months, read the whole talk page and then you'll understand what I'm talking about. You've changed the format of the page, I just restored it. Page said 85 million ww? what the f***? I've changed to 76 mill. according to the real source. Kraft. 07:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fardiva and Dayvid6143259 

message: I've reverted once again to something resembling MoS and WikiProjecy format.  The tables are still far too tarted up, but that's a minor point.  The number of problems introduced by various editors is astounding: aside from some people's insistence on reverting to the version with copyright-violating images, there's a host of formatting weirdnesses, such as dates — what on Earth is going on with formatting like this: 2006-09-15?  It's as though people sat down and tried to work out how many ways they could violate the MoS.
If figures are wrong, then by all means correct them (with explanations and sources, of course), but if people continue to revert to poor formatting and especially to the misuse of images, they'll be blocked for disruption. --Mel Etitis  (Talk) 20:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Certifications are not the same thing as sales.  They represent the amount shipped not sold.  By removing the US sales from the chart you are removing valuable information.  I suggest you put the US sales somewhere in the article. 8.04 21:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Clearly Britney's discography is one of the most watched on Wikipedia but if you are trying to revise hers to meet Wikipedia's standards why have you done nothing about others including Christina Aguilera or Beyonce.  The discographies were all in the same format until now. 8.04 02:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Format

message: The whole thing (aka Britney) looks a mess at the moment: just about every table is in a different style. --Mel Etitis  (Talk) 10:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know, next week I'll try to fix it, but for now we just can revert inflated numbers. Kraft. 03:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Britney Clean-up 

message: This is a summary of the consesus reached regarding Album Sales for Britney Spears, the entire thread has been archived.
An opportunity was presented to all interested parties to submit a list of reliable sources for album sames, and this list has been evaluated by several administrators - resulting that the 76 million figure is the proper number for Wikipeida. Edits to the article which do not agree with this can, and will be promptly reverted, and edit wars will not be tolerated regarding this issue. 
My two cents: Since this will probably continue to be disputed and will likely increase over time, it may be better to simply avoid sales figures all together. However, if we are going to use sales figures, then we must use the consensus above. Tiggerjay 00:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Sales 

message: And Then We Kiss. Removed from the singles list. Why? Celebrity-Benji 08:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it never was an official single, there was no official release date neither physical release. Kraft. (talk) 08:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Was 'I Just Begun Having my Fun' officially released? BSLILO (talk) 14:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  And Then We Kiss 

message: Britney had a song in the first English language pokemon movie. It was called Soda Pop. It should be listed. Anyone agree?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.148.50.249 (talk) 19:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Soda pop 

message: I think all the songs that are in fact going to be released on the album should be deleted from this part. All of the tracks from "In the Zone" and "Britney" were previously leaked, and none of them are on their respective area. So... I think those should be deleted. What do you think?? --Crunkier21 12:24, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Blackout' era

message: she sold much more albums than that
-bslilo
Break the ice has got to no. 36 in the UK now.
Someone Should Change It.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.40.165 (talk) 15:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  someone funked around 

message: she sold much more albums than that
-bslilo  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.235.119 (talk) 04:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  someone funked around 

message: ”…Baby one more time”		1
”Sometimes”			3
“(You drive me) Crazy”		1
“Born to make you happy”		1
“From the bottom of my broken heart”	—
“Oops!... I did it again”		1
“Lucky”			1
“Stronger”			4
“Don’t let me be the last to know”	7
“I’m a slave 4 u”		5
“Overprotected”		2
“I’m not a girl, not yet a woman”	4
“I love rock ‘n’ roll”		15
“Anticipating”			—
“Boys”			11
“Me against the music”		3
“Toxic”			2
“Everytime”			3
“Outrageous”			—
“My prerogative”		6
“Do Somethin’”		10
“Someday (I will understand)”	10
“Gimme More”			2
“Piece of me”			9
“Break the ice”			11
Number one hits: 5
Top ten hits: 19
Top twenty hits: 22
Charted singles: 22
can someone put in on the page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarfall (talk • contribs) 14:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweden 

message: It's impossible that In The Zone sold 10 millions worldwide..
let's count:
2x Platinum in US: that means 2.000.000 copies sold
1x Platinum in Europe: that means 1.000.000 copies sold
and so you wanna tell me, that In the Zone sold 7.000.000 copies outside US and EU????? That's pity! You should use references, please!!!!!Olliyeah (talk) 17:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In The Zone sales 

message: Please! If Britney hasn't yet a new album, so it's not neccesary to write about it in the discography section!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.137.246.57 (talk) 21:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Album 

message: The source for Blackout's worldwide sales redirects back to the page. In other words there is no source. PhoenixPrince (talk) 00:02, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackout 

message: This page is a mess. I don't think anyone has bothered to check the sources for this page. I also think it's very frowned upon to use an artist's official website as a source for their record sales, and even so, the sales the the wikipedia page sites are larger then Britney's official web page.PhoenixPrince (talk) 00:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Radar charted din Sweden and Ireland . Why is not listed on the chart with other songs.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.97.4.229 (talk) 15:17, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Radar

message: It seems to make no sense to list 6 studio albums, yet show "5" in the table. Either Circus belongs on this page or it doesn't. MrMarmite (talk) 23:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  5 or 6 

message: Okay the irish chart is contradictory. It says she's had 7 number one's but when you add them you get 9. I've checked the charts and some songs aren't on there i have the site here(http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=2). I'm just wondering if somebody could clarify this as it's misleading. 89.100.221.196 (talk) 15:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish chart 

message: Blackout has been certified Gold in the Us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.66.24 (talk) 11:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackout 

message: Adding the Covers to Britney's Albums does not go against non-free use.
If you go to the page of any of these images of the covers. they have a 'Non-free use media rationale' box. the Purpose of use states that: 
"Image illustrates an educational article about the album from which the cover illustration was taken. It is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic; as such, it is a more appropriate image than any other available. It illustrates the appearance of the cover artwork."
-Each of these album cover images illustates this article which is about the albums themselves.
-They are only being used as visual identifcation for the albums. 
-It illustates the appearnce of the cover artwork.
So adding these images violates nothing.
also, if you look at the licnesing or copyright box it states:
"This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers 
-solely to illustrate the audio recording in question, 
-on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, 
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. 
Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information."
-these images are of Low resolution being only 300x300 pixels.
-Adding these images illustrates and represnts each of their audio recordings
And thats why these images should be allowed to appear in the table.
-itsandrewomg
There seems to be a fairly wide community consensus that album covers are not used in lists, including discographies.  If you want to see how widely held this viewpoint is - and I agree it's not universally accepted - go to :Category:Discographies, click on a few random articles and see how many discographies contain album covers.   Rossrs (talk) 09:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Refer Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Discography where it states album covers are not to be used in discographies.  If you wish to add them again, you will first need to take your viewpoint to that project talk page, and have that decision reversed.  Rossrs (talk) 09:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ALBUM COVERS IN THE TABLE

message: can someone tell me what's going on with britney's music video she has only ever made 26 not counting the chris cox megamix so why is their 28. all the other music videos are not true because they have been made up or have been taken from live footage. there should only be 26, "circus" is her 26th video YES or NO???? thank youNmjg123 (talk) 04:25, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music Videos? 

message: I really can't understand. Why are you always editing when I put "5" on the charts for 'circus' in France??? 'Circus' is fifth of our charts right here in France, it's a fact. It's written on the official website : http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Britney-Spears/news-67189.html. It sold 18,319 copies in 2 days... and it's fifth of the weekly charts... so stop editing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bliss59 (talk • contribs) 17:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circus #5 in France album charts 

message: Why was "That's Where You Take Me" deleted from the discography? What reason does anyone have? It in fact was released in the Philippines. Ask any Britney fan from the Philippines that have not only seen the video but bought the CD Single. Someone needs to get a hold of either Britney or Jive Records and ask them to clear up all the singles and what not. Avram44 (talk) 02:31, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was actully just moved down to the "other charted singles" part of the discography; since it was only released in Philippines CloversMallRat (talk) 00:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  That's Where You Take Me 

message: I checked these chart positions again and came across a few mistakes they're listed below:
Sometimes - highest placement was 5th not 3rd.
Stronger -  highest placement was 6th not 3rd.
Overprotected - highest placement  was 9th not 7th.
Boys - it says not charted when it charted at 10th.
The link is http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1
If anyone has any other information as to how they got the other chart positions then thats fine but this is the site that has the official irish chart positions, so that's where im getting my basis from. 89.100.221.196 (talk) 01:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish Chart Mistakes 

message: According with the United World Chart "Circus" has sold 1,8 milion copies worldwide in 2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.66.24 (talk) 13:45, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circus (album) Worldwide Sales in 2008 

message: It's not true! Please check it again!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.0.121.132 (talk) 11:58, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Canada Singles Chart

message: I do not want to start a edit war, so I wish someone could tell me why these songs are listed as Other charted songs, since, their pages on Wikipedia says that were released as singles. Thank you. Sparks  Fly 14:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Chris Cox Megamix" & "And Then We Kiss" 

message: Can someone please add sufficient proof that "If U Seek Amy" is the third single from Circus? 86.153.52.77 (talk) 22:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  If U Seek Amy 

message: Circus, the album, peaked at No. 4 in the UK (everyhit.com, which is cited as a source say so as well). I have a feeling that someone has been playing around with the numbers.
Also, the 3.4 million worldwide sales seems a bit high. It also doesn't add up from individual country totals on the Circus (album) article. A source should be cited.
193.51.16.187 (talk) 09:49, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circus peak positions 

message: Why not add the Turkey Top 20 Chart in the singles section? Her latest singles had charted well on this chart --Smanu (talk) 15:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkey singles chart 

message: I really like the section, im just sugesstion soimeone find the a link that proves Blackout went gold in the US, because it obviouslly did, maybe went platinum even. Billy4kate (talk) 00:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Album Certification Section

message: BritneySpears.com  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.119.163.21 (talk) 20:06, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Radar 4th single

message: That section lists fan-made compilations, those are no official and they shouldn't be listed, those links send you to fan-made blogs or illigal music site. Someone should delete it, cause i can't do it. PLEASE!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fortunato luigi (talk • contribs) 01:38, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 01:50, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Compilations Sections???

message: The U.S. Pop 100 column is included in many other discographies: Christina Aguilera discography, Jessica Simpson discography, Taylor Swift discography, Kelly Clarkson discography, Leona Lewis discography, Pussycat Dolls discography, Katy Perry discography, etc.
Shouldn't a pop singer like Britney also have this column in her discography? An American pop singer should have her singles that charted on her country's official industry pop chart included in her discography. Thoughts? If the article's editors come to an agreement, I could begin adding the column. --Caponer (talk) 02:48, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely agree, it should definitely be added. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 04:41, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Caponer (talk) 16:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Billboard Pop 100

message: Shouldn't be this EP listed on the Albums section??? I mean, the EP is mentioned on the right board, but the link that appears on the EP section doesn't work. I think this EP should appear on the albums section like the rest of her albums and her compilation albums does.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.181.109.233 (talk) 02:43, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the EP to the section. However I did a little bit of searching around, and I couldn't find any sort of chart positions or sales for the disc. I guess since the EP came with the DVD, it would sell as many copies the DVD sold. However I haven't found that information either. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 14:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Britney & Kevin: Chaotic

message: The picture on this page is terrible. No picture at all is better than this. Looks like a tabloid photo. She looks terrible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.136.132 (talk) 22:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol, I always kinda thought the same thing about this picture. She's performing 'Boys' here but she looks a bit surprised at something else, I don't know. I'm not familiar with uploading pics here so I can't really help, but maybe somebody will change it. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 00:54, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Come on, now

message: I know that Britney wrote a song for BoA which was released as a promo single and later on her debut album BoA. Where should we put this song (and any other songs Britney may have written)? Tikkuy (talk) 14:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Songs Written for Other Artists 

message: I decided to remove the certifications section as many featured discographies do not have it included. Besides, certifications have significantly changed since 1999, when "...Baby One More Time" was released, until these days. Therefore, I do not think it is enough to include only one specification for the meaning of each platinum and gold award in each country, it would most likely look messy and full of unnecessary and excessive information. Thoughts? Kraft. (talk) 11:07, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no dispute with this and I agree, for reasons you've mentioned, Kraft. Go ahead. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 06:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Question tho - if removed, where will this information go?  Personally I don't have a strong opinion either way, but a certification is a certification, regardless of what it may represent at any given time.  And there are a lot of discographies that do have the certs included.  Has a definitive consensus been reached, perhaps at WP:DISCOGS?  A gold single in the U.S. used to mean 1 million, but in the 1990s was changed to 500,000.  So the digital age isn't the only thing that has changed the concept of a "gold record". - eo (talk) 09:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Certification section 

message: Why don't someone change this picture to Britney singing RADAR on the tour, it's MUCH BETTER! PlatinumFire (talk) 18:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Did Britney wrote some of the b-sides like Walk on by, Right now, Girls & Boys......? Cause if she did that should be added to it aswell. PlatinumFire (talk) 19:00, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing discography 

message: People shouldnt include thah supossed EP cuz it was a promo, its not even an official EP, it was just for do a little promotion, maybe we should remove it from all the articles and just link it on the B in the mix article...just there...Fortunato luigi (talk) 05:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Key cuts from remixed 

message: According to the page, neither Blackout or Circus have been certified in Europe, eventhough they reached #1. And another thing, why did Oops! only reached #67 in Japan? I SERIOUSLY doubt it. Rogue Leader User talk:The Rogue Leader 28 August 2009 19:04
:Her last two studio albums reached #1 in Europe, however, quickly fell off the chart. Last time I checked both had only spent two weeks inside the top ten. And yes, "Oops!" peaked at #67 on the Oricon overall chart. You can ask any Japanese member to confirm this, he/she can check out the position on official Oricon web site.Kraft. (talk) 00:15, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Really? I wonder why though... Serously though in Europe, the albums must have been certified at LEAST silver--124.149.58.113 (talk) 07:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Europe Certifications and Japan Peak for Oops!

message: According to "People Magazine", worldwide sales since October 7, 2002 for Britney's three albums since including;
*...Baby One More Time- 24 million copies(since 2002)
*Oops!...I Did It Again- 19 million copies(since 2002)
*Britney (album)- 9 million copies(since 2002)
Although sales were incredibly high for her fist two albums, but for her third self titled set..sales were down
As of 2008, ...Baby One More Time hadsold more than 25 million albums worldwide according to Telegraph.co.uk News  and Fox News. But after 7 years, sales for her albums must be higher.  
For:
*In the Zone- 6 million copies(according to Britney Spears Official Website at Jive Records) no reliable source yet
*Greatest Hits: My Prerogative- 5 million copies(according to Britney Spears Official Website at Jive Records) no reliable source yet
*Blackout- 3.1 million copies(according to Yahoo! Music News) despite the fact having minimal promotion
*Circus- 3 million copies(according to Virgin Mobile News) since March 2009.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelbutt123 (talk • contribs) 08:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know why her official website shouldn't be taken as a reliable source, if they wanted to mask the sales to make 'em look higher, they could easily say In The Zone sold 10 + million since it's been in many place stating so, but also, her official website isn't updated to many things so shall not be taken as reliable source for that, also cause there it's said that BOMT has sold 22 million WW while many other places say it has come to 25 million and the same happens with "Britney" that is said to have sold 9 million in Britney.com, but many places say it has come to over 11 million....  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zefron12 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide Sales Update 

message: Since it was decided to keep the List of Britney Spears songs, a discussion should be had where to include what information, and what to make of the list. I personally would opt to include most notable information here, like maybe her writing credits, and turn the list into a tabular list that can be sorted, similar to List of The Beatles songs, but I know from the AfD that there are differing opinions on that.Currently, the list contains lots of highly unreliable sources (forum comments, wikis), so it requires cleanup anyway, but determining where to draw the line between the discography and the list would be helpful.Amalthea 10:48, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Britney Spears songs 

message: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/3-to-1-britney-beats-odds-to-debut-atop-1004021929.story
It's official, '3' debuts at #1 tomorrow, being her third number-one. Could someone please add this? RayOfLight (talk) 15:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This has already been added!--Zefron12 (talk) 20:49, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 3 is #1

message: It's TOO long now and some here have been discussed from long time! Should we do a clean-up in the discussions page??? --Zefron12 (talk) 13:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Peronsally, I don't believe we need to do that. The discussion page isn't that long.--The Rogue Leader 09:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-Up Discussions page? 

message: What is "The Original Doll" and where does it come in here?--The Rogue Leader 09:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Original Doll" stands for an unreleased (and also not confirmed) album from Britney that was expected to be released in 2004, but then she decided to do the first GH. "Original Doll" was never released and never even confirmed to be official, so shall not be included here at all! --Zefron12 (talk) 00:10, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Doll 

message: i have noticed that the us charting for "Boys" has been deleted several times, while it did not chart on the hot 100, it did under the bubbling under @ 22, the format of showing that chart is used for "My Perogative" "Do Something" "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" and others, so i dont understand why "Boys" keeps getting deleted  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackballoon222 (talk • contribs) 08:56, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Boys

message: "In The Zone" should be 3x platinum according to billboad.com someone asked about it and that was the answer because it has sold more in the U.S now the certification has not been changed because Jive has not yet paid for that shipment of albums.
:Look at riaa.com :  You can search for "In the Zone" - and find double platinum. The Wikipedia can't report "that someone said it would be 3x Platinum". We need sources - RIAA, Billboard or the record company, then we can change it. But rumors are not enough. --Red-Blue-White 10:44, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Certifications "In the Zone"

message: Wikipedia:Verifiability: Wikipedia should only publish material that is verifiable and is not original research. One of the keys to writing good encyclopedia articles is to understand that they should refer only to facts, assertions, theories, ideas, claims, opinions, and arguments that have already been published by a reputable publisher. The goal of Wikipedia is to become a complete and reliable encyclopedia, so editors should cite credible sources so that their edits can be verified by readers and other editors. --Red-Blue-White 19:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rumored albums

message: Please, can someone fix this. The whole page is a mess of inflated album sales. I like Britney a lot but she ahsn't sold THAT much! Her discography along with Madonna's and Lil' Kim's are known to be full of inflated sales.
::I've been fixing inflated sales EVERYDAY! this page looks like a FAN page, Britney fans are still inflating albums sales. I know that Britney Spears is an amazaing seller but not as much as some fans say. These are the REAL sales:
::1."...Baby One More Time"
::*Worldwide: 25 million (According to her official web site http://www.britneyspears.com/)
::*U.S.: 10.5 million USAToday.com (March, 2006)
::*U.S. certificacion: 14x Platinum RIAA.com
::2."Oops!... I Did It Again"
::*Worldwide: 20 million
::*U.S.: 9.2 million USAToday.com (March, 2006)
::*U.S. certificacion: 10x Platinum RIAA.com
::3."Britney"
::*Worldwide: 12 million
::*U.S.: 4.3 million USAToday.com (March, 2006)
::*U.S. certificacion: 4x Platinum RIAA.com
::4."In the Zone"
::*Worldwide: 8 million
::*U.S.: 2.95 million Billboard.com (August, 2006)
::*U.S. certificacion: 2x Platinum RIAA.com
::5."Greatest Hits: My Prerogative"
::*Worldwide: 7 million
::*U.S.: 1.2 million USAToday.com (March, 2006)
::*U.S. certificacion: Platinum RIAA.com
::6."B in the Mix: The Remixes"
::*Worldwide: 500,000
::*U.S.: 74,000 USAToday.com (March, 2006)
::*Spears has sold 28 million albums in America since the bow of her debut set, "...Baby One More Time" in 1999. Billboard.com
::*Sales are not the same that Shipped Sales!!
::Kraft. 02:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All corrected.  Thanks for the links! Herewego123 03:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: INFLATED ALBUM SALES

message: according to Media Traffic.de 
Baby One More Time sold over 8 million copies worldwide. 
Sometimes sold over 2 Million worldwide
You Drive Me Crazy sold over 4 million worldwide
Born To Make You Happy sold over over 2 million worldwide
Oops...I DId It Again sold over 4 million worldwide
Lucky sold over 2 million worldwide
Stronger sold over 2 million worldwide
I'm A SLave For You sold over 2 million worldwide
Overprotected sold over 2 million worldwide
Me Against The Music sold over 2 million worldwide
Toxic sold over 4 million worldwide
Everytime sold over 4 million worldwide
My Prerogative sold over 2 million worldwide
::MediaTraffic.de is a realiable source about sales BUT (there's always a but) MediaTraffic.de use Airplay points + Sales points, not only Sales points. Kraft. 02:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: cool--Hotwiki 14:31, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh no, the discography is not very big no need to separate--Hotwiki 15:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Britney Spears' singles 

message: Should that be added to her singles? There is a music video for that song.
Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The page says that the video was shot January 2001
--L.a.m.b 14:49, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  When Your Eyes Say It 

message: I removed the unreleased/ unconfirmed songs to a separate site Unreleased Britney Spears songs (Madonna has a similar site Unreleased Madonna songs). --Red-Blue-White 23:41, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: cool--Hotwiki 14:31, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unreleased/ unconfirmed songs moved

message: Somebody should to do a separate site to Britney with "promo singles and special releases" and p[ut in there the cpovers and tracklistings.
::Oh no, the discography is not very big no need to separate--Hotwiki 15:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's source's to the promo singles and special releases 

message: This page needs to have the sales fixed and then locked. It's so annoying when people come in here and inflate her sales to almost 90 million in album sales. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.171.42.13 (talk) 06:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree this page should be locked again, too much vandalism. Kraft. 23:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page need to be LOCKED 

message: All the numbers claim that they are coming from Billboard but the link provided is to Billboard.com.  That is NOT a source.  Where does it say it?  The whole page is like this.  Either add credible sources of citations needed is going up.
::Taken care of.  Corrected. Herewego123 03:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: THERE IS NOT ONE SOURCE

message: With the removal of the pictures from the discography we lost some very valuable information on the number of albums Britney has sold.  Those numbers were very well cited, this whole article was loaded with citations.  Record sales are a sensitive issue and by removing those citations it has caused some issues.  One question I would like answered is, if you wanted to remove the pictures, why did you remove the citations and valuble information with it?  The pictures could have simply been removed with no harm done to the table.  I ask that someone please hunt for those citations and proper numbers or we should simply revert back to the original version and remove the pictures.
8.04 05:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Please find a solution to the mess

message: I suggest that we remove the Album Sales all together for the moment. That should satisfy both sides of the edit war. Please provide you feedback below. Otherwise I will boldly edit and remove the sales figures in about 3 days. Tiggerjay 18:00, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally I don't mind this, but I don't see that it will stop any reverting wars... two minutes after you remove them someone will come along and stick them right back in. - eo 18:05, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not a bad idea, however the failing point in this case is that we've already established above that there is an abundance of non-notable "sources" online. With a topic such as this, there is plenty of fan based websites, etc., which have a general tenancy to provide bad information, either due to improper research or a desire to inflate numbers. IF we could establish that all of the "sources" meet the requirement to be included as a notable source, then it would be great. However I don't believe that is possible. At this point, I believe that no information is better than bad, or disputed information. Tiggerjay 03:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

text:  Agreed, there does need to be a longterm solution to this, however until that point, we need to keep this disputed information removed. AH... How about this... see next article. Tiggerjay 17:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Album Sales 

message: :The following discussion is an archive of the submitted sources for consideration regarding Britney Spears Album Sales. Please do not modify it.  Subsequent comments should be made to a new section on this discussion page.  No further edits should be made to this section.  
Here is an attempt to resolve this issue. Please list any source you have on this issue. Please only list (1) total sales; and (2) source link -- follow the example of the first few. Do not (1) include any additional information; (2) remove or dispute any entry; (3) re-order information. After a reasonable about of time and/or a reasonable amount of entries, I will close and archive section. I will seek the assistance of 1-2 administrators to evaluate each source for notability and will then take the revised list and use that number. Again, please only add to this section, do not remove, delete, strike, etc. Hopefully with everybody's cooperation on this issue, we can have this finally resolved. Tiggerjay 17:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Sales 

message: ok we did the discussion part now lets procced to to the sales part! let's put some sales people what are you waiting for?!
--Mysterious Spy 09:45, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We're waiting for sources, as easy as that, thanks. Kraft. 23:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry for the delay, I was on a short wikibreak, and on vacation for two weeks IRL. See the below post for the results. Tiggerjay 15:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sales????????? 

message: First, thank you to everybody who contributed links to be evaluated. After a short wikibreak, and with the input of various administrators, the general consensus is that the ~75 million figure is more reliable for the purposes of Wikipedia due to the references provided. While ~85 million figure might possibly be correct, there is no reliable sources available to satisfy Wikipedia policy, and therefore should not be used in this article. A quick review of the administrator input is as follows:
Source        	TiggerJay	MastCell	Sarah	Comments
1. 85 Million 	         	        	     	syndicate of WP
2. 85 Million 	         	        	     	Unverifiable sources
3. 85 million 	         	        	     	syndicate of WP
4. 85 million 	         	        	     	404 Page not found
5. 85 million 	         	        	     	syndicate of WP
6. 85 million 	         	        	     	Blog
7. 85 million 	         	        	     	Game description only, unsourced
8. 85 million 	         	        	     	syndicate of WP
9. 85 million 	         	        	     	No sales figures on this page
10. 76 Million	         	        	     	Appears reliable
11. 75 Million	         	        	     	Appears reliable
12. 75 Million	         	        	     	Appears reliable
Where to go from here:  Since a opporuntiy was presented to all interested parties to submit a list of sources, and this list has been evaluated by several administrators, the 75 million figure is the proper number for Wikipeida. Edits to the article which do not agree with this can and will be promptly reverted, and edit wars will not be tolerated regarding this issue. 
My two cents: Since this will probably continue to be disputed and will likely increase over time, it may be better to simply avoid sales figures all together. However, if we are going to use sales figures, then we must use the consensus above. Tiggerjay 15:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Sales Results 

message: now it only adds up to 65 million which doesnt even make sense since in the article on Britney Spears it says according to Zombel she has sold over 83 million...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soxsfan417 (talk • contribs) 22:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  wow this is completely wrong 

message: it has sold 850,000 copies in the US
why has it not been certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA
that needs to be changed  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.35.83 (talk) 16:16, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Blackout" Sales