Playing with numbers isn’t always a good idea. You are no doubt aware that the internet is full of false data. If you have been reading us for some time, it’s just as clear for you that official data can be inaccurate too. That article pointed out various severe flaws of UK’s Official Chart Company (OCC). They have now gone a step further by trying to re-write history, erasing everything that happened before their personal involvement.
Category: Rubbish Alert
Rubbish Alert: the Ed Sheeran’s Divide sold “under 11 million” thing
Has Ed Sheeran‘s Divide sold under 11 million units to date or well over 15 million? The latter answer is obviously the correct one, although an immense amount of fake experts online continue to vigorously entertain the ignorance of the general View More
Rubbish Alert: the inaccuracy of Forbes
Now that I’m covering the nonsense which is being said here and there about Taylor Swift‘s mega-hyped new album let me point out more piece bad press on that subject. We can allow bloggers or small entities to make mistakes at times, but when you are named Forbes the expectations are View More
Rubbish Alert: the childish drama of Hits Daily Double
It starts with some random feelings. It then morphs into a lie. Uneducated people hear about it and make up conspiracy theories. It all ends up a huge mess that creates a myth. This scenario happens day in day out. I can’t point out all of them, but at least when I read rubbish about charts and sales I can try to block it before it propagates all over the web. The last master in making up lies to get into the spotlight is the website Hits Daily Double. View More