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Hi Behzad! At the moment the RIAA counts album sales + downloads of songs (ratio 1/10) + streams (both audio and video) of songs (ratio 1/1500). You ...

Hi Timothy! I don't think Thriller is eligible for new certifications. Number Ones, The Essential, Off the Wall, and Bad for sure are but not Thrille...

Hi Nurturer! I'm sure you can understand that a wild claim like this, with no methodology whatsoever, is 100% pointless. There is no way in Earth The...

Hi Jason! There isn't half the countries unavailable. The same ones are listed on all pages because they are the most representative. If you check As...

Hi guys! I have seen the RIAA updates as well as your comments. I may post an article about these awards, but here are some points that need to be ...

Hi Jason! These figures are just as inaccurate as the one for BIB. Once again don't believe everything you read!

Hi Nick! Definitely not with physical sales, The Ketchup Song is the only song that came close to that mark since 2000.

Hi Scorn1031! Surely what's bad is thinking that a fans board of people backing each other in believing their fave artist have been shaking the world...

Hi Nathan! There is no error, it actually outsold the top selling album of its year. The DVD/BluRay sold 3,6 million units in the US and 2,5 million...

Because Soundscan sales are just that, Soundscan sales! What matters in this industry is the number of copies net shipped to date. That's on the back...

Hi RLAAMJR! 172 million in Indonesia and now 216 million in the Philippines, what's next? 😉 You may notice the the 216:172 ratio is similar to 22:1...

Hi KantClark! Actually, it has! The single was released in December 1997, going straigth into the Top 10 of the Sales chart. Hanboo reported 1,224,00...

Tonk, ARIA is the Australian equivalent of the RIAA, it doesn't track global sales at all.

Hi Tonk! Misquoting grossly isn't the way to go. You showed nothing from Billboard / ARIA proving 6 million global sales. All you did prove is 70,000...

Hi ArtpopMonster! Artpop scanned 775,000 units in the US, definitely more than Joanne!

Hi Tonk! Definitely not, that's not enough a start of a proof. You can copy/paste 100 claims that are themselves weak copy/pastes of fake data, that ...

Hi Tonk! I'm afraid but official sales figures from bodies like the RIAA, BPI, SNEP, CRIA, IFPI, etc. will never be "way off" because of claims from ...

Hi XS! I suppose the confusion comes from the definition of "Southeast Asia". It isn't a geographical term in that context - although that would alre...

Hi Wayne! Sales claims aren't considered when we build our articles, only valid charts & sales related data. We go through every relevant market ...

Hi Jazmine! We can't forget that Madonna has her origins in Italy, many artists in that situation (Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Bruce Springsteen, e...

Hi Tonk! The question is how you come with 6 million 😉 that's a figure only reached by the very biggest hits of all-time, Together Again did already...

Hi Nathan! It's a situation similar to some singles that are released as Orphan physically but then get downloads / streams as part of an album. We a...

Hi Andhrew, Yes they did, except for the stand-alone Monster EP.

Hi Lenda! Correct, the typo is now fixed 😉