Music industry – One step closer to being accurate
The pop culture is more and more obsessed with receipts. When you get involved into a stan war on social media, it’s always better to have them backing you. Charts geeks also love receipts. They portray the history of the …
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Korean music behemoth BTS continue to make history. The boy band from Seoul sold over 5 million units with their new effort Map of the Soul: 7. This is the second fastest selling album of all-time.
Map of the Soul: Persona, the new bomb from K-Pop masters BTS, records an absolutely impressive first week on Spotify at 98 million streams with a mere 7 songs. How does that compete against the top performers ever?
It’s time to welcome the IFPI Global Top 10 Albums of 2018! It’s a good ol’ list, focusing on pure album sales. This atypical methodology leads to the most unique list ever by the IFPI since they debuted them in …
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The IFPI has now published the most awaited list of the year: the official Worldwide Top 10 best selling albums of 2017. Expectedly, Ed Sheeran‘s Divide leads the way. The ranking still includes several strong surprises! Please be aware that …
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After providing the 1995 Year End list with sales in Norway here comes Batch 2 with 1996’s top sellers. For the second year in a row Celine Dion
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has been providing a delightful annual ranking of top album sellers since 2001. Despite them having been leakedfor some years, actual sales figures weren’t included. What if I was to say, I have …
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For more than two years now I have been explaining to you the mechanics of the music industry. We can’t analyse without
Hi guys! Today the IFPI had the good idea to publish their yearly music industry report. It refers to 2015 year from January to December.