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Hi IE! Their success in the US is indeed unreal and using pro-rata to the catalog surely only the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Garth Brooks can challeng...

Hi Ingrid! It is mostly due to the low market / low competition the album had in various countries. The figure from Germany was way too high for th...

Hi Kevin, The OCC is much less accurate that it claims to be. Just like Soundscan, it excludes Music Club sales. Morning Glory alone sold nearly 400,...

Hi Matty! Labels need to be accurate on their claims, they can't inflate figures. If they publish an official statement saying an album sold 7m while...

Hi Thomas! Yes, all versions of tracks are added together, it isn't rare to get more than 5 versions of one song on our Excel sheets 🙂

Hi Stephane! It came out only in Australia - everywhere else there was only promo singles / imports!

Perfect! You will be a great ally to identify interesting artists to study 😉

Hi Matty! Champagne Supernova was certified in 2005 for Digital Sales, it wasn't released as a physical single which is why it never made the Hot 100...

You are right about MJ's upcoming records! Bad's 3rd song is already on 97 million now so it is only a matter of days before it joins Thriller. The fo...

Hi Thomas! Well spotted! Ten has four songs over 60m. The main version only: - Even Flow 92,8m - Alive 101,5m - Black 73,4m - Jeremy 63,1m I always ...

Hi Thomas! Adding some more details to the ones posted by Anthony 🙂 About Back to Black, its 3rd and 4th biggest songs are both on 52m so while...

Hi Thomas! We are lucky enough to have various factual evidences to answer those questions! 1) Sales of the studio album In 1995, 432 million physi...

Hi again dear! On page 33 it refers to the CD1 of the package! The CD2 is counted too but as a studio album. The CSPC methodology distinguish albums ...

Hi Ingrid! Yes, he has. He is far and away ahead of anyone else on this category as the number #2, Madonna's TIC, is more than 7 million lower and se...

Hi Chrysalynne! Sadly Jamaica lacks both market numbers and official charts. From what I know, albums have never been really big there, it was mostly...

Hi Rell! I suppose you refer to male artists only. He is clearly among the leading pack but most likely not second. MJ is at 1 but then Bruce Springs...

Hi IE! Yes, the Top 3 international male acts in France in terms of album sales are 1/ MJ 2/ Bob 3/ Collins!

Hi ASJ! All album sales mentioned on those articles are pure album sales. Each format is treated on its own, this is only the final CSPC numbers that...

Hi IE! Yes, this article has been drafted even before the release of the ravaging impact of downloads article. One of the chapters from the impact of...

Hi Harry, This is a very wrong reasoning - his album sales are not spectacular in comparison to 90s artists because of streaming, they cannibalize ...

Hi Anna! There isn't one unique reason for variations, each album has been updated as per up to date information available which may led to slight ch...