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"her first three albums add for a history-making 31.2 million average."
Madonnas first three albums Madonna (18.72m), Like A Virgin (40.07m) and True Blue (37.36m), have an average of 32.05m.
Guns 'N Roses have a 34m average if you don't include Lies, which is basically an EP released in the middle of their first album's era, with half of its songs previously released on a live EP before their first album...
That's an achievement! And they are still selling/streaming well. Adele also sells incredibly well so those number are bound to grow rapidly.
Yes, of that I am aware but wrongly imo, GNR Lies does seem to be thought of as their 2nd studio release. Also, there is the slight issue of the Illusion albums, they're not really their 2nd and 3rd or 3rd and 4th releases, depending on how you see GNR Lies, both are either their 2nd or 3rd release, given they were released at the same time.
Hello, you need to update the sales of adele digital albums in China, 25 sold a total of 232963 digital albums in China, link source: http://y.saoju.net/szzj/artist/81/, the official website of statistics has corrected the error. Hope you can change it, thanks!
Hello, you need to update the sales of adele digital albums in China, 25 sold a total of 232963 digital albums in China, link source: http://y.saoju.net/szzj/artist/81/ , the official website of statistics has corrected the error. Hope you can change it, thanks!
Hi Aruo!
Chinese sales for it are included already, look at the compilation section.
Hi, thanks for your reply. But according to http://y.saoju.net/szzj/album/145/, the Chinese digital album of the album "25" sold 232,963 copies, while the data provided by chartmaster was only 91,000 copies.
Hi Sheerio19!
The gap is due to overshipment rather than bundles. Bundles aren't excluded in full, they are excluded only when the side product isn't available to purchase by itself (alone) for a cheaper price. In 30 case, the only case are the t-shirts bundles as I'm not sure this was sold alone. But its sales were mostly irrelevant.
The cassette + t-shirt bundle has 4 owners on discogs, against 162 owners for the cassette without the bundle. Now consider that the ones who got the most expensive product, the most fan-targeted one, are the ones collecting the most on Discogs, it suggests sales of this bundle are below 2% of the sales of the cassette, which is already a low number.
Then there was a CD + t-shirt bundle. That one has 13 owners, it compares with 3,020 owners for the remaining CD editions, so again a tiny amount (0.4%), especially when we consider how many units 30 sold with downloads and LPs.
Hi Aruo!
Brazil has completely got rid of pure sales in recent years. Here are physical revenue per country in 2019 (the last breakdown we got):
MX 10.4m
CL 3.4m
AR 3.2m
BR 2.0m
UY 400k
CO 300k
PE 100k
CA 100k
As you can see, Chile is now 2nd in the region, Brazil 4th. Also, the top 4 countries represent more than 95% of the total, hence 19k in Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile is indeed not more than 20k in Latin America.
Also keep in mind that certifications are based on shipments, and considering 30 overshipped in many countries, it's not 100% safe that it really sold 3.5k+ to date there.
Hi Kanye!
That's a good question. In this case, it was kinda easy to decide, as singles from 25 did go to streaming platforms upon release back then, it's the full album that was delayed / sold in China at first. These *50 numbers are in line with our former numbers from Xiami which were very strong for 25. It would be another story if we study a single like Shake It Off for example, as that one was available for sale only for very low. It's a case by case situation really, I do not rule out using intermediate factors for some songs when it makes sense.
Hi Martin!
Shine my light of foreigner, does the "history-making" wording suggests nobody did it before? I though it was valid for anything that had an historical impact, not necessarily something unique / never done before!
Hi Aruo!
Chinese sales pre-regulation are weighted according to their price. CSPC units = Chinese sales * price in yuan / 50 for releases before September 2021.
