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The Weeknd albums and songs sales

It’s been exactly 6 months since we reviewed The Weeknd‘s career sales and achievements.

His latest effort After Hours is the most streamed English-language album of the year with an insane 3 billion streams on Spotify alone.

Today, we will find out just how much has changed since the release of the R&B superstar’s fourth studio album.

Streaming Masters – The Weeknd

Since 2015, Canadian singer The Weeknd is one of the leading forces of streaming platforms.

Now that this market dominates the industry, the artist releases his highly anticipated comeback, After Hours.

BTS albums and songs sales

Just a few short years ago, not many people knew who BTS were. Today, they have the #1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second week in a row.

Nearly a year has passed since we last updated the sales and streams of the biggest boy band in the world. How much have they increased after releasing the best-selling album of the year so far? We’ll find out shortly!

Streaming Masters – BTS

K-Pop superstars BTS are bigger and bigger each year, beating each time their previous sales. So far in 2020, they are far and away at the top.

One may wonder if their streams are just as good as their pure sales so let’s review their performances online.

The Receipts Database arrives

The pop culture is more and more obsessed with receipts. When you get involved into a stan war on social media, it’s always better to have them backing you.

Charts geeks also love receipts. They portray the history of the music industry, being are a fundamental piece to build all-time lists of top selling artists.

Today, we are launching a new database that will please all of you: an entire database dedicated to rare receipts.

Santana albums and songs sales

If there was a doubt, American rock band Santana proved that it is possible to sell a lot of records without a real lead singer.

It does take a genius guitarist and unstoppable tracks like Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Smooth and Maria Maria.

Streaming Masters – Santana

In over half a century, Santana has released dozens of albums and hundreds of songs, sometimes reaching the top of the charts.

Which ones are the most listened to nowadays on streaming platforms?

Best selling records and artists in the USSR and Russia

If you go through various online sites covering music sales, you’ll find close to no information at all about the best selling artists in the USSR and Russia.

A black box up to this day, we digged through the data of this market and identified receipts covering over 100 million unit sales.

Get ready for some heavy surprises as the USSR market looked like none other.

Billie Eilish albums and songs sales

Billie Eilish is such a household name since one year and a half that it is hard to believe she is still only 18.

No matter how hyped they are, can artists really belong to the top sellers at this age and with a tiny discography?

Streaming Masters – Billie Eilish

Since the release of her first single Ocean Eyes in 2016, Billie Eilish popularity got bigger day after day until reaching the top some 3 years later with the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

What’s her biggest hits? How big is she? We’ll find it out thanks to her streaming statistics!