Britney Spears is the female artist who has sold more albums in the United States over the last decade (1998-2008). Thanks to Billboard, who was in charge of publishing this list, we know that the Pop Princess has sold 41,800,000 copies in total. This makes Britney #2 overall, below the rapper Eminem and above Queen of Pop (?) Madonna.

Here is the top 10:

#01 Eminem 46,900,000
#02 Britney Spears 41,800,000
#03 Madonna 40,000,000
#04 Norah Jones 36,900,000
#05 Avril Lavigne 30,000,000
#06 P!nk 29,500,000
#07 Nickelback 25,500,000
#08 Alicia Keys 24,300,000
#09 50 Cent 23,500,000
#10 Mariah Carey 22,000,000

Source: Billboard