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Hi Elias! We apply weightings to Chinese downloads as we do for various compilations so it's just more convenient to put there here as our macros can...

I was referring to the number of 10+ million sellers. Mariah has 7, then one album at 9m+, but then everything else is at 3 million or less. Celine ha...

Hi Michael! 10 million is a truly big number, but I wouldn't rule Lover out of the race just now. So far, it hasn't one truly big single, but I can s...

Hi Meat Is Murder! Like A G6 returned to the top one week in-between the two Rihanna songs!

Hi Chrysalynne Ling-Ling! They have been added under the old singles on Discogs so I completely overlooked them, thanks for pointing that out, this w...

Hi Mister Silver! As explained when they were added to the formula, Chinese downloads are included using the Price in Yuan / 50 formula to put them o...

Hi Miss Archer! Surely you should read my comment to Samsas to avoid fooling yourself with the value of Chinese market. Surely too, you should point ...

Hi Nathan! She was on 76 million before the update!

Hi Samsas! I see that as soon as the name of Taylor Swift returns, you are back with the same broken record! 😉 Manipulating data won't make your cl...

Hi Nuno! Not contradicting your numbers at all, but adding a point that is important: we refined a lot our formulas since we started CSPC articles. T...

Hi again Nuno! Actually, I was answering on the formula used for Madonna's article, since then maxi-singles ratio has been changed to 0.5. Also, when...

Hi Gustavo! Sure but once again the query may be more specific. I can provide explanations / data behind every number, but explaining all numbers at ...

Hi Ryan! Thanks for pointing that out, it's now fixed 🙂 the 80.05m total is the good one!

Thanks for the link, now I'm back at it! Yes, back when I wanted to compare 21 to previous blockbusters, to do it correctly I re-checked its main comp...

Hi Orange, Yes, that's completely true! He is hands down the biggest artist to emerge in the last few years!

Hi djdj! I'm struggling to see where I confirmed COO has now sold 35 million pure units, can you refresh my memory somehow?

Hi djdj! David Kronmeyer posted old Warner and EMI reports, they can be retrieved with Wayback machine IIRC although I don't have the URL saved on th...

Hi RLAAMJR! No disrespect at all towards Nicki, but since when top female rapper is a real thing? What's next, top female metal singer? Limiting char...

Hi Matrix! In absolute terms, Bowie indeed had a lot of "average" sellers, but getting multi-million sellers over 30 years is likely more difficult t...

Hi Eternium! Vinyl sales are obviously counted - all pre-90s albums which sold tens of millions would be nowhere near as high without this format!

Hi Wonderer! The case of Garth Brooks is really fascinating for these reasons - his catalog was handled like no other one. Data can be very tricky fo...

Hi headshot! There is difference sources or methods for each country, you need to be more specific in your request! Which figures interest you?

Hi but! Vivendi used to publish the top 10 selling albums for the year plus the previous year up to 2013 in their annual financial reports. In the ...