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Hi Anton! The whole point of the CSPC is to avoid this kind of incorrect comparisons. For example, if you are paid $3000 at your job and pay a rent o...

Hi Marie! Yes, this edition was counted by virtually all charts / industry bodies around the world along with the original album. That was treated th...

Hi RLAAMJR! It is treated the same for all artists, and duets or solo tracks doesn't change the picture. For example, there is no sales of Trolls add...

Hi XM! Actually, no, Madonna was already updated in August 2017, a couple of month after the template fix, and her figures were then corrected.

Hi François! I haven't see that book, but some tips: - it could be completely made up by a fan and not appear on it at all - it could come from the ...

Hi Michael! Nope, Canada is also one of these markets that got ride of physical singles long before Europe and even the US. During the 90s, there was...

I'm Nathan! Horner's total would be tricky, he participated in so many soundtracks and charts of various countries treat them differently, so it's ha...

Hi RLAAMJR! Nope, it won't! 🙂 They are sales of albums that aren't credited to her. For example, Rihanna receives only a part of Love The Way You W...

Hi Pat! (& François & Will) The decrease of MHWGO was expected. All articles posted before that date had Global sales extrapolated from key m...

Hi Pkuc01! The whole methodology of Mediatraffic (I suppose it's where the 1m SPS comes from) is massively flawed. You can learn more about it with t...

Hi Jsak! In terms of pure album sales, Van Halen will be close, they should land somewhere in the 90 to 100 million range. Both Kiss and Def Leppard ...

Hi Goliath! All official information is used when compiling sales. They would require adjustments only if former estimates were incorrect though. For...

Hi Jorge! It's the one on page 12, the typo is now fixed, thanks!

Hi Goliath! It can't be 78,294 actually. The IFPI mixed data on their entries, there is no 3 versions of The Fame that have been issued in Finland bu...

Hi Bren! Turkey was absent from the list of countries where JLP was certified as provided by Billboard in 1999. We must say that the Gold criteria, a...

Hi RLAAMJR! All versions of songs available on Spotify inside the artist's page are included.

Hi Chrysalynne Lingling! Well, both JLP and COO sold virtually the same. At this level of sales, it's impossible to commit when the gap is so tiny, l...

Hi Kris! The issue is that most of these 8 million units weren't achieved by SFIJ's merits, but instead thanks to the fan base created by Jagged Litt...

Hi Unbreakable! As it stands I'll be unable to fix these figures if there is no additional information. While these numbers are valid, they would con...

Hi XM! To be honest you are mostly wasting your time going through old myths posted on online boards more than 10 years ago. It's true for all these ...

Hi Marcelo! From Brazil, Feast On Scraps 45k in CD and 30k in DVD. Then Acoustic moved 50k to date, The Collection 55k.

Hi XM! This message dates from 2006. Back then we knew close to nothing about Brazil, there wasn't even an official database available from the ABPD ...