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Hi Nick! No, I don't think so. We tend to think about how much artists do well, but streaming isn't that much about the artist really. It's about the...

Hi John GM! It has about 270 million!

Hi KantClark! It was 75 million away from the list / 25 million away from being mentioned among the 300m+ albums.

Innuendo is coming close to 200 million but that's still a long way to 350 million! Well, maybe because rock fans still listen too much to these olde...

Hi Martin! I collected even-numbered decades while Anthony did odds ones. Myself I wasn't going to include them but they had near 0 impact on the ran...

Hi pat200! They are LTAL / FIY, both around 220 million give or take a few millions.

Hi false Dan! How on earth a list based on 100% verifiable facts can depend on "hate" or whatever?

Hi Tre! Drake's article is clearly one that is poised to be updated frequently considering his current pace of sales. His streams were updated one mo...

Hi Ultimate Master! As stated by Michael, it is needed to read the articles first. Everything is already explained, there is no need to copy / paste ...

Hi Izack! Careers of most artists is a wave. It grows, it peaks for about 6 years then it slowing goes down with the back catalog representing a larg...

Hi Stephon! Well, it always depends on where you set the 'critical acclaim' bar. Reviews were good, especially since critics weren't necessarily expe...

Hi Michael! Yes, they did. Here too they grew afterwards, at least in 2009 since in 2012 views were already getting big. But as usual with streams, t...

Hi Stephon! Their reception was mostly OK but nothing close to a critical acclaim. The Rolling Stone for example said that Thriller was "a step forwa...

Hi Dan Gomes! Says who? 😉

Hi Mee! No, all CSPC articles include YouTube views too. These articles are done because Spotify celebrated recently its 10th birthday, which is why ...

Hi Calvin! Her debut only has about 50 million streams!

Hi Orange! Yes, streaming top artists tend to look more like the ASR ranking than the CSPC ranking which is very telling!

Hi Queen! The genre here sound-wise doesn't matter that much. Classical music fans will say Bocelli is pop, hardcore Metal fans that Metallica is pop...

Yes, overall records smashing are the same on Spotify now than on iTunes some years ago.

Hi Grønvold! Not much really, Famous Last Words has less than 25 million and then everything else is under 10 million!

Hi Rell! Well, the point is to promote artists rather than Amazon. In all fairness, all physical records are a wreck for the environment. We do prese...

Hi Dan! A Kind of Magic was dropped from tracking before the completion of it because it wasn't going to make the list. It should be on about 175 mi...

Hi Izack! Like A Virgin had 218 million streams by the same date all these numbers were retrieved. Remaining also weren't inserted in our list becaus...

Hi Pepper! CSPC articles have been put on a hold while completing Spotify's lists. These are important as they help identifying the big omissions as ...