Rihanna hits 10 million in U.S album sales

It might have taken seven
albums to get there, not
including a re-release, but
Rihanna has notched 10 million
in album sales.
Billboard broke the news
Saturday, tallying up Rihanna's
U.S. album totals to date,
including her best selling effort
to date, "Good Girl Gone Bad,"
which has sold 2.8 million
copies in the United States.
"Rihanna surpassed 10 million
albums sold in the United
States, according to Nielsen
SoundScan. The diva's catalog
moved another 5,000 copies in
the week ending Nov. 10,
bringing her total sold
to 10,001,000," reports
Billboard.
Also included in the total are
"Unapologetic," her latest
album, which has now sold
1.113 million copies; "Talk That
Talk" (1.118 million);
"Loud" (1.761 million); "Rated
R" (1.110 million); "A Girl
Like Me" (1.349 million); and
"Music of the Sun" (609,000).
While this is great news,
Rihanna hit 10 million in sales a
long long time ago if you look at
her single sales. Just to put it in
perspective, combined U.S. only
sales of "Umbrella," "Don't Stop
The Music" and "Disturbia"
totaled over 12.35 million.
More recent singles
"Diamonds" and "Stay" total
over 6.408 million thus far.
As previously reported,
Rihanna will be honored with
an Icon Award at next Sunday's
American Music Awards.