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This gives their BMG sales, which are already factored in. Where does it says that album sold 14.5 million in the US?

Hi Steve! It involves studio albums, compilations, lives, box sets, and remix albums. All are counted as 1. Music videos aren't included.

Do you mean by November 2018? There I agree with you!

Hi Isaiah! About The Fame Monster, since the figure refers to the EP most sales come from the US (1675k) and Canada (165k). About The Remix: US: 33...

Great data Martin as always! The figure for the UK is then about 75k short! Would you happen to have Spiceworld too?

Hi Nick! Not sure if it has been true at some point, but it certainly isn't right now! Singles certified Gold or more in the US: 70 Drake 61 Taylor ...

This number was manually added by Nelson back in 2004 at UKmix, using certifications as displayed on Billboard in 3/18/1999. Checking them back, he go...

It's unclear as to when exactly the award changed its criteria and also the release date doesn't matter but instead the certification date, same as in...

The point Johnny is that they already know! From outside we tend to see playlists individually, check where an artist is / isn't. Spotify have algoryt...

To be honest, I'm not sure Spice was available at Britannia Music Club. Then there is issues between OCC's DUS figures (restricted to some panel) for ...

You would be surprised! Markets fans of teen pop are markets with a few casual buyers / a lot of hard fans. In them, artists sell a lot with various r...

An overall comment on all these awards dudj: you seem to be using the thread "Certifications Levels Around The Globe" in UKmix. AutomaticBR did a grea...

Right!

There have never been an official award in Saudi Arabia, when it was created that was in 2008 and it encapsulated various gulf countries named GCC wit...

They were but that level was already a 'new' one, at some point in early 00s it changed from 50k to 40k! There are various references on Billboard of ...

The question djddj isn't how much it sold but how much it shipped from November 1997. When an album reaches the end of its promotional campaign (remem...

In-house awards are often very useful, the point is to make sure they refer to what you would expect. Here, it isn't related to sales of Spice, but in...

Hi Michael! I have to disagree here, while from a pop eye singers like Pink / Avril can be seen as more rock than the likes Spears / Aguilera, there ...

Hi Djddj! Again it's very important to be very precise with these articles. It does not tell that Spice sold 2 million by May 1997, instead that it i...

Hi Djddj! While these links are often useful, it's key to truly understand what they stand for. Here, it is an ad of EMI music listing sales of Spice...

Hi Johnny! These conspiracy theories bring nowhere. Spotify aren't dictators purposedly going after singer X or Y. Their decisions are taken on the b...

Hi djdj! From their creation to 2002, Gold / Platinum awards levels for international artists were 25,000 / 50,000 in Taiwan.

Hi Orange! As you can expect, it's really difficult to know precisely which album made it past to 1 million first. Arguably, Koori No Sekay is the mo...