Report: Prince Sold More Albums Than Any Artist Since Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Since his death last year, Prince has sold more music than any musician out there.
According to a report from Billboard, The Purple One's catalog of album and songs sold a combined 7.7 million copies – just in the United States. That's through April 13, 2017.
Billboard says 2.3 million were traditional album sales and 5.4 million were from digital song downloads.
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Additionally, Prince beat out Adele in 2016 for selling more albums than any other artist with 2.23 million copies sold. Adele sold 2.21 million in 2016.
Remarkably, Prince sold about one-third of his total download sales since his death. Nielsen began tracking digital downloads in 2003.
