Stats: 1) Eminem 2) Adele 3) Coldplay this millenium

This is a list of the best selling artists this MILLENIUM ( not overall careers) and only regarding ALBUM SALES not singles.

* Albums released PRE 2001 are not counted because it is not possible to know exactly how much they sold before the millenium began *

* This is about pure album sales, no streaming or single sales included *

1) Eminem : 72,743,000

2) Adele : 61,375,00

3) Coldplay : 55,949,000 millions.

4) Britney : 34,752,003

You can check the sales in detail here with certifications to see these are fair estimates and done by people who know about charts.

http://chartmasters.org/2016/08/cspc…y-analysis/19/
http://chartmasters.org/2016/07/cspc…y-analysis/10/
http://chartmasters.org/2016/09/cspc…y-analysis/17/
http://chartmasters.org/2016/08/cspc…y-analysis/20/