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Hi comuna65! For now we are valuing at our end the most interesting artists to update based on how much they went up since the last article and the w...

Hello Lucas! None of these artists meet the criteria of 50 million equivalent album sales for international acts and 30 million for local ones. For B...

Hello Henrygb! I would say there are from 400 to 500 artists worth a study. There are 144 done, 1 ongoing, 135 in the voting list, that's 280 in tota...

Hi Jazz! Something often underrated in these all-time top selling lists is the productivity. We often think it's a reflection of who's the most popul...

Hi Kalmanta! They will be added once they cross 500m, they are all close!

Hi Donchano! In China there are next to no physical products, only downloads, and they are usually sold at 20 yuan for standard releases, 25 yuan for...

Hi Gustavo! We are working on them right now 🙂

Hi Fanofpop! Back then I posted this comment to one of your question that explains it 🙂 To be entirely transparent, to me it sold a bit more than 1...

Hi Patrik! I have absolutely no idea why, but the number Spotify retrieved for On The Floor yesterday was 124,683,326 while it was 414,713,001 the da...

It has been added to the database along with some catalog albums from Luis Miguel, Europe, Mumford & Sons, etc. They will appear from tonight!

You're correct Jonasl91! Our batch is scheduled after 10pm French time to make sure new daily numbers are in, but Spotify updated it much later still ...

Exactly Fanofpop, + Drake!

Hi Dan! As stated in the voting page, the requests are related to new studies only. We won't let popular artists of today outdated for years though. ...

Work, do you understand that: 1) no matter if there are 5 or 15 or 50 countries listed on pictures, it changes nothing to global estimates 2) the fac...

Hi Work! There is a very simple explanation: you are comparing a 1987 album with a 2000 album. I hope you understand that while markets like the US, ...

Hi again cass! I would say that both Stephen Stills and Manassas are safely well past Platinum by now. When I apply my formulas to convert runs into ...

Hi Rc! You sound very frustrated, your feelings are up to you so I'll focus on the concrete points. Firstly, Neil Young was picked before the votin...

Hi everyone! As Deep Purple were the leaders when Neil Young was published, I've now removed their votes among everyone's votes. I also capped votes ...

Hi cass! To be honest, it took us so much time to remove songs from individual singers from their merged releases and to search for group songs into ...

Thanks to you for taking the time to read it! 🙂

Hi Smiley! This wouldn't be the correct score as a good part of CSNY's total is down to records on which Young wasn't involved.

Hi Luan! The version you mention is purposedly excluded since it increases to 1.5b thanks to songs from her previous album (Moment 4 Life, Roman’s Re...

Hi Budada! What about wondering how numbers are compiled to avoid comparing apples with oranges instead of suggesting there are bias here and there?

Hello Jiyede! The list is based on lead streams, Moira dela Torre is up to 877 million up to date. The billion is achieved thanks to features, which ...