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Category: Insights

Welcome to ChartMasters’ insights section! Here we discuss industry trends, local markets, and surprising data points. Let us go deeper in understanding the music industry.

How streaming will change the music industry

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on November 10, 2017 32 Comments

Streaming is organically increasing. When I first wrote The Music Industry, an infinite journey way back in early 2014 I concluded the study with the chapter titled The Future, which determined how the industry would be by 2020. One section …

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Streaming World: Back To 2012

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on November 7, 2017 3 Comments

Not all elements can face the test of time the same way. Some will get erased within’ seconds, others will last forever. This samelogic perfectly applies to our favorite music tunes. As a music industry watcher, one of the most appreciated …

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Flashback Chart – P!nk’s I’m Not Dead debuts at #7 in France

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on October 14, 2017 4 Comments

More than a year and a half ago, I introduced this blog by mentioning that our role was going to include three main

Understanding: the true sales of Michael Jackson’s Thriller

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on September 21, 2017 21 Comments

In 1983, long before the Night King, Michael Jackson was the one terrorizing the World… and he did it in incredible fashion. In its March 17, 1984, edition, Billboard printed an article telling us that Michael Jackson‘s cult album Thriller had become …

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Understanding: RIAA / Label audits – The case of Michael Jackson

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on September 13, 2017 17 Comments

It’s time for a little Thriller. Michael Jackson‘s Thriller. Among the big mysteries of charts and sales the most fundamental one is the true understanding of certifications. What better to

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Understanding: Billboard BB200 vs US Album Sales

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on September 11, 2017 47 Comments

If you are a chart freak surely you wished you could convert all the chart runs of your favorite artists into retail sales. Well, from now on you can consider that it is

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The Ravaging Impact of Download Sales 2004-2014

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on July 11, 2017 23 Comments

When something dies down, there are two ways to feel about it – Rest In Peace or Good Riddance. The choice is easy while speaking about the music industry-killer from iTunes, legal downloads. They downgraded way more physical sales than …

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The truth about Britney Spears’ album sales in Oceania & Africa

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on May 29, 2017 70 Comments

This is it! After establishing detailed figures for Britney Spears‘ albums sales in as many as 38 countries, the last 3 markets, plus combined totals and analysis, are

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The truth about Britney Spears’ album sales in Europe

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on May 28, 2017 28 Comments

Teen pop is big all over the Americas and Asia. Europe has been a tougher place for artists belonging to this category. Has Britney Spears‘ star power been enough to break those boundaries and make it big in a continent encouraging

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The truth about Britney Spears’ album sales in Asia

By Guillaume Vieira Posted on May 22, 2017 60 Comments

Yesterday, you learned Baby One More time sold over 1 million units in Latin America while Britney Spears moved over 4 million albums in total to date in this region. The subject of today is Asian

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  • RE: The 34 Best-Selling Country Singers with Over 30 Million Equivalent Album Sales

    I did look at her quickly, and clearly she did - I was focused on 30m contenders as treating 10-30m ...

    By Guillaume Vieira , 44 minutes ago

  • RE: The 34 Best-Selling Country Singers with Over 30 Million Equivalent Album Sales

    The issue with Taylor Swift is that any solution would be highly debatable. Technically, her first 4...

    By Guillaume Vieira , 47 minutes ago

  • RE: The 34 Best-Selling Country Singers with Over 30 Million Equivalent Album Sales

    Cash's top 4 markets for album sales: 75m - US14m - UK8m - Canada7m - Germany Also, 11 million o...

    By Guillaume Vieira , 59 minutes ago

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