Who's the top selling digital artist of all time?
Rihanna has been named as the biggest selling digital artist of all time.
The Barbados-born 23-year old has beat the likes of The Line of Best Fit favourite Katy Perry, walking Christmas tree Lady Gaga and comedy troupe Black Eyed-Peas to the title, with sales of more than 47.5 million by the end of 2011.
Five female solo artists feature in the top ten, all of them US-based.
The full list is:
1 Rihanna – 47,571,000 digital downloads
2 Black Eyed Peas – 42,405,000 digital downloads
3 Eminem – 42,290,000 digital downloads
4 Lady Gaga – 42,078,000 digital downloads
5 Taylor Swift – 41,821,000 digital downloads
6 Katy Perry – 37,620,000 digital downloads
7 Lil Wayne – 36,788,000 digital downloads
8 Beyonce – 30,439,000 digital downloads
9 Kanye West – 30,242,000 digital downloads
10 Britney Spears – 28,665,000 digital downloads
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