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Hi pat200! To be honest, Genesis isn't on the plan for the moment. While they sold a lot too, they won't impact much annual lists so they aren't as m...

Hi RyanS! Yes, not everyone can say they out-did both the Beatles & MJ in a country! He has a lead of more than 1 million over both of them.

Hi RLAAMJR! Best selling international solo artist in Germany, if bands are included then Queen top him 😉 He tops AC/DC, the Beatles, the Stones, e...

Hi Rob! The BPI certifies records when they reach some criterias, sales aren't blocked there though! Joanne has over 130k sold to date as per the OCC...

Hi RLAAMJR! Most of these packages have been put together into the "Early Material Album" folder while sales of 2CD sets are added directly to indivi...

Hi Morales! Figures from Kworb can be very useful but they miss on pre-album release singles. They do not take off "Complete My Album" downloads, whi...

Hi RobinsonMS! The conversion rate for Audio streams is Spotify * 212/132. It is then converted into Equivalent Album Sales with a 1/1500 ratio. Vide...

Hi RyanS! Most lists online about UK sales are inaccurate mostly because they act as if OCC figures are the bible while they are incomplete and inacc...

Hi RLAAMJR, The set in all its formats is already inside the article at 2 million units sold.

Hi Nid! Streaming took over sales very early in Sweden. BTD achieved most of its chart units in late 2013 / early 2014 when sales were almost dead wh...

Hi Hagai Tambayong! Both Pearl Jam & Beastie Boys have one album bigger in pure sales than Californication, but overall they both sold less albu...

Hi Nid! There is no typo, the BTD album was indeed 2xP in Australia, but it is only for the first edition. The edition containing Paradise went Plati...

Hi RyanS! Yes, they were included. New formulas could give him a boost but not as much as big hits from years 2007-2009.

Hi Kris! Functionally speaking it would seem more rational for sure. I'm not convinced results would be better though. Among people who bought The Fa...

Hi Moore, Expectations aren't defined by wishes of fans but by investments of majors. Labels always invest their money as per the sales history of an...

Hi Nicolas, Its higher EAS from streams provide it a bigger share of sales from the original album. It puts Telephone ahead in all formats except dow...

Hi Reader123, Luckily for readers, artists studied aren't only based on requests. The relevancy of the artist matters too. The RHCP crossed 300m Spot...

Hi E, No, you are double-counting audio streams. Spotify multiplied by 212/132 already reflects comprehensive audio streams.

Hi E, Witness has over 750m streams on Spotify... and Joanne has over 600m, the gap is nowhere near as big as you suggest. The basis is explained in ...

Hi Moore, Comparing absolute numbers to judge the success of a record is nonsense. The whole notion of success / flop is always relative to expectati...

Hi Teca! EPs are valued as 0,5 albums, The Cherry Tree Sessions and A Very Gaga Holiday fell in that situation, so their 100,000 units are worth 50,0...

Hi Teca! The OCC includes Streaming Equivalent Albums into its sales figures, the 105,000 number refers to pure sales only!

Yes, I mentioned "international" rather than "foreign" to avoid Brazilian artists. I still remember the absolute madness around Iran Costa back in the...