The sales of the new album brings Jay-Z’s total album sales to 28,976,000, per Nielsen SoundScan. That puts him in third place among rappers, behind
Eminem (42,307,000) and 2Pac (29,010,000). So in this coming week, he’ll surpass 2Pac, who was shot to death in September 1996.
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-14-2013-albums-jay-z-030009697.html
Swift has sold 20,487,000 albums, which is more than any other artist who has come on the scene in the past 10 years. Her closest rivals are
50 Cent (16,535,000) and
Michael Buble (16,137,000).
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart...c-9-2012-albums-swift-birthday-191345471.html
USA SALES:
Jay-Z: 28,976,000 as of July 2013
50 Cent: 16,535,000 as of December 2012