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Category: Artist focuses

BTS dominance is the only unflawed bit of IFPI annual list

By MJD Posted on March 13, 2021 31 Comments
BTS dominance is the only unflawed bit of IFPI annual list

As they have been doing since 2001, the IFPI published this week the top selling albums of the year. Unlike the previous edition, when they got the #1 wrong, this time they properly reported the global domination of Korean superstars …

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7 by BTS debuts with over 5 million sales

By MJD Posted on March 2, 2020 17 Comments

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.

New BTS album is 32nd top Spotify debut ever with only 7 songs

By MJD Posted on April 22, 2019 13 Comments
New BTS album is 32nd top Spotify debut ever with only 7 songs

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?

What to expect of Adele’s next album?

By MJD Posted on October 30, 2018 27 Comments

If all albums are strongly anticipated by fans of its singer, the fourth album of Adele is eagerly awaited by virtually everybody, even more now that we know she is working on it. Many want to listen to her new …

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Prediction Lab: Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty

By MJD Posted on September 10, 2018 2 Comments
Prediction Lab: Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty

There is always excitement around the release of an album. Fans are eagerly waiting to hear new music, media are curious about what will happen, and chart geeks can’t wait to see the first results come in from iTunes, Spotify, …

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Spotlight on Elvis Presley’s hidden sales

By MJD Posted on August 28, 2018 31 Comments

Charts-excluded budget releases, CDs issued thanks to loopholes, direct marketing series, albums from state-owned labels, etc… the number of Elvis Presley‘s records that remained out of the spotlight was huge. The revolution brought by Discogs means their sales to consumers …

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Elvis Presley’s EP sales

By MJD Posted on July 27, 2018 63 Comments
Elvis Presley’s EP sales

It’s hard to not forget about Elvis Presley’s EP sales. Not that they are weak, but this format disappeared so long ago that when talking about records sales we tend to think about singles and albums only. Introduced to the …

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Elvis Presley’s physical singles sales

By MJD Posted on July 25, 2018 58 Comments

If his album sales are subject to various utopic myths, Elvis Presley‘s singles sales aren’t a mystery at all. Fact is, he sold an insane number of them. More than anyone who debuted after him, that means more than the …

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Elvis Presley’s US album sales

By MJD Posted on July 19, 2018 125 Comments

A few days ago we went through the 101 albums by Elvis Presley that have been certified by the RIAA in the US. While it was already an enormous task, that was only one part of the picture. In fact, …

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Elvis Presley’s US RIAA album certifications

By MJD Posted on July 7, 2018 41 Comments

A lot has been said about Elvis Presley‘s sales awards. Fact is, even when they are 100% official like the RIAA certifications, they are often largely misunderstood. Various parameters like the price, the number of discs, the running time, the …

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