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Hi Rom! To answer your pre-modification message asking why your vote hasn't count, that's correct, when you create 15 fake accounts in minutes to vot...

Hi guys! Read this message if you want to help us with the accuracy of this list 😉 I've added a couple of admin functionalities to the streaming too...

Hi Gary! The Artist Spotlight: tracking history enables Gold and Platinum users to see how an artist evolved through time, the top 1,000 list isn't ...

Hi Ludaluda! This has already been answered, downloads are only eligible up to the end of 2017 since the downloads aren't real downloads after that. ...

Hi ojd! Well, if we try to question the original release dates, it will get messy for many albums instantly, leading to debates that aren't too meani...

Hi Drewwwwww! You can check explanations and formulas here.

Hi Brunito! It's due to this compilation which added the corrupted track. I've now updated the code to explicitely exclude it as it corrupts too widl...

Hi Lou sun! Not sure to understand your message as the last is over 5.5 million. The process is automated, if he gets into the top 200, he will appea...

Hi Matt! Yes, we have set up an API with QQ to know if the parent stream has streams or not. As If It's Your Last has 14 music videos available, 10 o...

It's important to note that unlike many K-Pop albums, The Album also had foreign editions. In Europe, North America, Latin America, Japan the album wa...

Hi Broken! We are well aware of these certifications, they aren't in line with how downloads are counted elsewhere though. By downloads, it's implici...

Hi Athienia! Studio albums are pure sales (physical + downloads) of the album itself. The exception comes from Chinese downloads, which are weighted ...

Hi Lovesickgirls! If you want to convert all singles data into singles sales, you need to use the Songs' table last column and add a 0.

Hi noct1! Just like with remaining artists, 'download' sales for SK are discontinued from the end of 2017. At that point downloads were already part ...

He/she was asking why the album wasn't on the list, as it was missing until we studied them, not if it was at the top!

It is!

Good point Fanofpop, it's updated!

Hi bprtbot9! You can check the list here.

Hi Raffael! We used to add albums when they passed 200 million at the start of the year as in all likelyhood they would be Top 100 of the year when a...

Hi Matt! This part of the formula isn't supposed to reflect only South Korea. Their streams is accounted for by the Genie * 3.05 part. If we take you...

Hi césar / L145! Yeah, the LP sales have already been considered. The album has 197k and 44k pure sales to date in the US and the UK, respectively, y...

Hi guys! Just to let you know that with Deep Purple posted, I removed R.E.M. from the votes since they won this round and will be the next artist stu...