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Blue Banisters only has 250,514,831 streams and Chemtrails only has 307,524,178 streams. Not nearly enough to be added
Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia has 488,413,678 streams, Body Talk by Robyn has 471,185,738 streams, and Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend has 471,972,873 streams. I know it's not 500,000,000, but they're all pretty close.
"I was expecting the black album just below Appetite for destruction."
Well it's not very far (2.7b vs 3.1b), actually 2.7b is also the total of the three big songs from Appetite...
I'm not sure what you mean about the "wider North American market", and yes Nevermind is much more popular than all of these albums, it's also probably in the top 5 most popular albums in the world.
I am not surprised that Nevermind is above the black album, but that the black album is below Morning Glory and Californication because it has significantly higher sales in the North American market than the other two in the European market.
Just below AFD I mean 2.9b as Thriller.
Let's do 10 most popular albums in the world 😉
https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/best-selling-artists-albums-and-singles-of-all-time/11/?y=alltime
I expected less detachment between Sweet child o'mine and Nothing else matters
I've no idea why you're referring to these "markets"... If you mean that the black album sold more than Morning Glory therefore it should have more streams, well it's not that simple, Nevermind has more streams than Thriller for example.
As for the link you posted, surely you don't believe that the Bodyguard soundtrack is as popular as Dark Side Of The Moon ?
Thriller compared to Nevermind is at a disadvantage in being an album from the early 80s, if it had been released in the 90s on spotify it could have been closer to it.
It seems more truthful to me that Nevermind is among the 10 (and not 5) most popular albums that's all.
Bodyguard soundtrack and Dark side of the moon as far as popularity is concerned are very close but I see the test of time in Pink Floyd's favor.
Could you please add "all the things I never said" by Tate mcrae? It has 500M +