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Hi Isaiah! Yes sure for the breakdown. About international artists, it's more an opportunity thing. We love to portray different artists, we always l...

Hi Orange! I fixed the last two, I'll fix the first one once I have the file at hand 🙂 the total in the final table is correct if you want the real ...

Hi Rod! To be honest this argument is fairly flawed. Cumulative streams from the platform pre-Xmas 2015 are ridiculous in volume in comparison to cum...

Hi Jsak! I haven't all numbers at hand but from my memories of the Aerosmith study they got big in Asia only with I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. Even ...

Hi Petersap! The tool retrieves songs from each artist page from sections Album / Single / Compilation. 'Appears on' category isn't listed that's tru...

Hi again TVL20! There is really no match, Drake is ahead in total SPS units for albums issued this decade, and if we add the rest, then he has countl...

Well TVL20, I only looked at numbers during charts, if we want to be comprehensive, then Thank Me Later is likely eligible for 3xP (2.6m+ from sales a...

Hi Musiic! That popularity and star power are two different things is exactly my point. She has way more star power than Maroon 5 for example, but he...

Hi Ryan! Thriller singles did sell over 33m as physicals stand on 17m and downloads on 27m, there is also over 2m sales for the making of Thrillre vi...

Hi TVL20! RIAA certifications are always down to awards that have been requested. If You Are Reading This It's Too Late is over 3m SPS and remains 2x...

Hi Wlodi! Through the years we have set a lot of formulas to extrapolate realistic estimates thanks to chart runs and year end charts which take into...

Hi Lola! At times the call to the API faces issues and doesn't retrieve 100% of the discography. It looks like this happened for Beyoncé, thanks for ...

Hi Soky! Well, not in a near future at all. In the whole vacuum of things a temporary boost for 1 song out of such monster catalogs is irrelevant. At...

Hi Petersap! Not sure where you are at since all her songs from Burlesque as well as Lady Marmalade are counted on her streaming numbers / listed on ...

Hi Nuno! Honestly you views about streaming are fairly inaccurate. The US is far from being that strong for the streaming market, quite the opposite,...

Hi Tobi! Taylor has an insanely successful discography in the US, but we can't talk about a domination while mentioning only pure sales in our day an...

Hi Nuno! At this point the US represents less than 25% of Spotify's users. Also, it's not like Madonna is taken the remaining streaming platforms by ...

Hi Tre! There is still a 8 million gap, it depends on how the album held in the long run, giving that Bodyguard too keeps climbing!

Hi TVL20! I already answered this point in the past: the issue with features is that they are not equivalent. For example we often blame Rihanna for ...

Hi djdj! You know that I know these numbers, I accounted for them all on our articles. When I say that there is near no physical market in China, it'...

Hi Musiic! It's just that the popularity of artists like Justin Bieber, Alan Walker and Maroon 5 are underestimated. The song Faded alone got 3 billi...

Hi Elias! We apply weightings to Chinese downloads as we do for various compilations so it's just more convenient to put there here as our macros can...

I was referring to the number of 10+ million sellers. Mariah has 7, then one album at 9m+, but then everything else is at 3 million or less. Celine ha...

Hi Michael! 10 million is a truly big number, but I wouldn't rule Lover out of the race just now. So far, it hasn't one truly big single, but I can s...