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Hi Christina! When I started working on Ayumi, digital sales were my main concern. Between Avex figures, early RIAJ certifications, market figures fr...

Hi Gary! The figure for the album is arrived at based on figures from relevant markets, the last IFPI report has yet to leak!

Hi Manuel! Actually Glee is mentioned in the downloads section, but not to say that it inflated them, instead to point out the impact is not as big a...

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Hi Musiic! The issue here is that you focus on statistics which are favorable to Taylor. For example, if we look at album sales and YouTube views onl...

Hi djdj! I do not believe all claims I have read about her sales in Taiwan as there is consistent data making them unrealistic. For example I Am... i...

Hi Esneyder! The article was updated 1 year ago only and album sales are correct. Do not believe everything you read. A figure of 5 million for Light...

Well Petersap, to get Orphan tracks we need to query every album on the 'appears on' section (about 500 for current successful artists), and then quer...

Hi Bill! Physical singles are worth 0.3 units under CSPC (0.5 for singles with 4+ tracks) so CSPC numbers can easily be lower than Oricon figures, it...

Hi Isaiah! Yes sure for the breakdown. About international artists, it's more an opportunity thing. We love to portray different artists, we always l...

Hi Orange! I fixed the last two, I'll fix the first one once I have the file at hand 🙂 the total in the final table is correct if you want the real ...

Hi Jsak! I haven't all numbers at hand but from my memories of the Aerosmith study they got big in Asia only with I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. Even ...

Hi Petersap! The tool retrieves songs from each artist page from sections Album / Single / Compilation. 'Appears on' category isn't listed that's tru...

Hi again TVL20! There is really no match, Drake is ahead in total SPS units for albums issued this decade, and if we add the rest, then he has countl...

Well TVL20, I only looked at numbers during charts, if we want to be comprehensive, then Thank Me Later is likely eligible for 3xP (2.6m+ from sales a...

Hi Musiic! That popularity and star power are two different things is exactly my point. She has way more star power than Maroon 5 for example, but he...

Hi Ryan! Thriller singles did sell over 33m as physicals stand on 17m and downloads on 27m, there is also over 2m sales for the making of Thrillre vi...

Hi TVL20! RIAA certifications are always down to awards that have been requested. If You Are Reading This It's Too Late is over 3m SPS and remains 2x...

Hi Wlodi! Through the years we have set a lot of formulas to extrapolate realistic estimates thanks to chart runs and year end charts which take into...

Hi Petersap! Not sure where you are at since all her songs from Burlesque as well as Lady Marmalade are counted on her streaming numbers / listed on ...

Hi Tobi! Taylor has an insanely successful discography in the US, but we can't talk about a domination while mentioning only pure sales in our day an...

Hi Tre! There is still a 8 million gap, it depends on how the album held in the long run, giving that Bodyguard too keeps climbing!

Hi TVL20! I already answered this point in the past: the issue with features is that they are not equivalent. For example we often blame Rihanna for ...

Hi djdj! You know that I know these numbers, I accounted for them all on our articles. When I say that there is near no physical market in China, it'...

Hi Musiic! It's just that the popularity of artists like Justin Bieber, Alan Walker and Maroon 5 are underestimated. The song Faded alone got 3 billi...