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Hi Stephon! It's debatable. It depends if we add both Elvis' Christmas Album versions (from 1957 & 1970) together or not. The latter is a reissue...

I agree with Donald. I wouldn't even say Jackson topped Elvis, to be honest 11 million at this level is nothing, under 4% of their sales, that's a vir...

Hi Tom! Yes I did, Moody Blue was insanely successful in Norway. As a general trend, I increased default calculations for Europe in order to accoun...

They come just behind, George Michael / Wham! are at 14,835 million while Dire Straits stand at 14,15 million.

Hi KantClark! The Beatles sold 333 million albums, 116 million singles, 5,6 million music videos, some EPs, and 35 million downloads. A total of o...

Hi Tom! As I said in my previous answer to Dan, totals involve only albums for which there is an estimate / a calculation. Many albums had no version...

Thanks Al 😉 The typo is fixed! Elvis was big in both Brazil and Chile but fairly weaker elsewhere. It must be said that totals per country include o...

Hi Dan! Precise numbers only for acts studied so far: 01 The Beatles 33,140,000 02 Queen 26,695,000 03 Elvis Presley 26,585,000 04 Michael Jackson 26...

Hi Gonzalex! We already used long lists with no assignment details to avoid more pages, and 'remaining albums' folders to avoid adding 500+ more albu...

Indeed Jake! I really think that the billion sales myths ultimately downgrade achievements of Elvis / Beatles. We end up thinking "oh, so they haven'...

Hi Zack! He sold over 405 million physical records: 244,5 million albums, 135,2 million singles, 15,9 million EPs, and 9,6 million music videos. Many...

Hands down 😉

Hi Behzad! At the moment the RIAA counts album sales + downloads of songs (ratio 1/10) + streams (both audio and video) of songs (ratio 1/1500). You ...

Hi Timothy! I don't think Thriller is eligible for new certifications. Number Ones, The Essential, Off the Wall, and Bad for sure are but not Thrille...

Hi Nurturer! I'm sure you can understand that a wild claim like this, with no methodology whatsoever, is 100% pointless. There is no way in Earth The...

Hi Jason! There isn't half the countries unavailable. The same ones are listed on all pages because they are the most representative. If you check As...

Hi guys! I have seen the RIAA updates as well as your comments. I may post an article about these awards, but here are some points that need to be ...

Hi Jason! These figures are just as inaccurate as the one for BIB. Once again don't believe everything you read!

Hi Nick! Definitely not with physical sales, The Ketchup Song is the only song that came close to that mark since 2000.

Hi Scorn1031! Surely what's bad is thinking that a fans board of people backing each other in believing their fave artist have been shaking the world...

Hi Nathan! There is no error, it actually outsold the top selling album of its year. The DVD/BluRay sold 3,6 million units in the US and 2,5 million...

Because Soundscan sales are just that, Soundscan sales! What matters in this industry is the number of copies net shipped to date. That's on the back...

Hi RLAAMJR! 172 million in Indonesia and now 216 million in the Philippines, what's next? 😉 You may notice the the 216:172 ratio is similar to 22:1...

Hi KantClark! Actually, it has! The single was released in December 1997, going straigth into the Top 10 of the Sales chart. Hanboo reported 1,224,00...