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Hi Minerva! It's very wrong to apply old comments to a situation that is now getting sorted but that was previously a huge mess. To exclude the first...

Hi Xavier! When there is a large gap between retail sales and shipments it's only logical that some copies are shipped back. It happens very frequent...

Hi Kris! Haven't noticed it was still on auto mode, gonna change it from now on 🙂

Hi Jsak! Iron Maiden did extremelly well in many countries, and I wouldn't rule out the possibility that they outsold Metallica in one market or anot...

Hi DHdhhp! Just like for MJ, I'll give you the details once I access my files tonight. As a general remark yet the RIAA certifications for legacy son...

True Michael! At the end of the day, 50 million EAS is 50 million persons giving you $12 to listen to your work. It's incredibly amazing. People are ...

Let me check it tonight once I have the file available, may be a silly mistake since J5's figures are on the same sheet as well as some music videos, ...

Hi Emiliano! Bryan Adams is being treated right now. Then probably TLC & BTS! A bit of everything 🙂

Hi dhhd! I'm not seeing this 25.69 million figure, where is it that I can explain if needed?

Hi Rell! We are now moving to Bryan Adams for the next CSPC article and TLC follow just after. R.Kelly isn't in the immediate pipeline but that would...

Hi Samsas! In these lists, they always go by lead artists only. If you take off features of Rihanna, she isn't much over Taylor in updated audio stre...

Hi Taylorstan! It's hard to tell since tracking CSPC ongoing sales of all these albums takes a lot of time, and that won't give a definite answer sin...

Hi Max! The best is to check Elvis' US album sales and US certifications, technicalities of the RIAA are explained in full there, how they work right...

Hi Rey! It's not specific to 3rd albums. It's about volume in general. A fan that purchased your first 7 albums is very likely to buy your 8th, even ...

Hi Lawyeris! Indeed you have nothing to do with Steve. I can disagree with you on many subjects but you have in fact never create multiple accounts a...

Hi Max! The RIAA has been messing with various records in their recent database. When artist name and song name is the same, awards have been often d...

Hi Jsak! I'm not sure to understand your message. Figures by market are the same as always: for individual markets, they add only albums which detail...

Hi Jsak! As you can see on albums breakdowns, no figure has been set for Brazil / Mexico / Argentina. These 863k units only includes sales of a few c...

Hi Jules! One of your wishes will be realized today itself 😉

Hi Michael! Well, the gap with older figures are certainly lower than we think it is, for several reasons. 1) For "the past", we tend to check about ...

Hi Tre! Wikipedia list is based on OCC figures which, while being official, are hugely flawed as far as historical data is concerned. Music clubs are...

Hi Michael! Updates of old articles take nearly as much time as new articles, that's why they are fairly rare. To change that though we are going to ...

It was on IFPI's own site, although they removed these lists of Platinum albums for very long. I have all them saved in a Word document. A typo in my ...