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Hi Finn Scott!
You're right, we're obviously deflating her numbers cause we have a personal vendetta against her.
Jokes aside, I think you're confusing pure sales with EAS units. This article is old so it has sold a bit more since. UMG reported 800k shipments to IFPI during 2017. It hasn't done much more in later years in pure sales based on charts.
Still the article has been updated at least once in 2019 right? then why doesn't it list the pure sales as at least 800k? chartmasters is definitely biased. It'd be really interesting if you actually explain why witness didn't sell 4M EAS or why PRISM didn't sell 15M EAS.
also, Katy sold over 60M EAS albums worldwide but when you add the EAS album sales figures that are provided in this article, they add up to 54M. When I add the "other" figure to that number, they add up to 56.7M. Can you explain why? this isn't the case with other artists like Adele, Taylor etc. I strongly believe that you've deflated the sales of witness and PRISM.
Because by all accounts Witness wasn't selling consistent pure and never got close to selling the 800k shipped. In fact in the nearly 4 years since this article was updated Witness only moved another 11k pure in the US ( https://www.billboard.com/pro/katy-perry-career-bests-american-idol/). Sure the pure numbers might be a little lower than they could be, but their impact is so minimal and doesn't warrant updating the entire article, especially when streaming updates are automatic and thats where the vast majority of her sales comes from. As for why Witness didn't sell 4m or PRISM didn't sell 15m, it just comes down to calculation methodologies. For example many labels and freelance people who calculate sales use /1000 instead of /1500 for audio streams for albums of certain countries, and then sometimes also use /1500 or /5000 for video streams. PRISM and Witness are two albums that do very well on YouTube so both are just disadvantaged by the CSPC model which weighs YouTube views less because they generate less revenue -- which in all fairness to the chartmasters team many labels and official certification bodies do themselves. This is an example of UMG ratios they use for their units calculations for instance ( https://help.musicinsights.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000779253-Consumption)
an update will be required. witness had sold 800,000 pure units globally according to IFPI in 2018. also the streaming numbers are outdated, they mostly doubled on spotify. witness had sold 4 million units worldwide according to ABC and Capitol Record in 2021. moreover, we need the total sales of smile, not just the streaming.
Hi. I’m a bit confused about what her best seller in Germany is (digital+physical). Is it I Kissed A Girl, Roar or Hot N Cold? I Kissed A Girl is her highest in the YEC, Hot N Cold is her longest #1 here (8 weeks), while Roar came out in the best time for digital sales. The teenage dream singles didn’t do well here.
I fear she needs an update so bad, Smile didn't sell that much but the numbers would be interessting
Because there is essentially nothing to update. As of Aug 2020 according to billboard she was missing about 10k album sales from Witness, 20k from PRISM, and OOTB was 20k overestimated in this article, for a net 10k gain. Based on how stagnant her career is I severely doubt there would be more than 25k pure to add max, excluding the new box vinyl set which had a pretty limited stock. Smile was at 67k US pure as of March 2021, and given it hasn't charted since late 2020, it is probably at no more than 75k. There is just nothing relevant to add because streaming numbers automatically update.
Why is her "singles CSPC result" just top 10 instead of top 15 as other singers? Who knows, please explain?
It tends to depend on when the article was written, if you check some earlier studied artists, they have no list of top CSPC tracks atvall, let alone a Top 10. It's not some vendetta against KP.
it was just a mere question, nobody said there was a vendetta against katy. chill lmao
Great deal and now invest it properly. Even though her streams are good, there is no sure thing she would get same money in next decade Or two ( factoring inflation). Her chart top days are gone. But tv and tours will keep the money coming.
