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Tonk, ARIA is the Australian equivalent of the RIAA, it doesn't track global sales at all.

Hi Tonk! Misquoting grossly isn't the way to go. You showed nothing from Billboard / ARIA proving 6 million global sales. All you did prove is 70,000...

Hi ArtpopMonster! Artpop scanned 775,000 units in the US, definitely more than Joanne!

Hi Tonk! Definitely not, that's not enough a start of a proof. You can copy/paste 100 claims that are themselves weak copy/pastes of fake data, that ...

Hi Tonk! I'm afraid but official sales figures from bodies like the RIAA, BPI, SNEP, CRIA, IFPI, etc. will never be "way off" because of claims from ...

Hi XS! I suppose the confusion comes from the definition of "Southeast Asia". It isn't a geographical term in that context - although that would alre...

Hi Wayne! Sales claims aren't considered when we build our articles, only valid charts & sales related data. We go through every relevant market ...

Hi Jazmine! We can't forget that Madonna has her origins in Italy, many artists in that situation (Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Bruce Springsteen, e...

Hi Tonk! The question is how you come with 6 million 😉 that's a figure only reached by the very biggest hits of all-time, Together Again did already...

Hi Nathan! It's a situation similar to some singles that are released as Orphan physically but then get downloads / streams as part of an album. We a...

Hi Andhrew, Yes they did, except for the stand-alone Monster EP.

Hi Lenda! Correct, the typo is now fixed 😉

Madonna used to have a large European fanbase which collected her singles, also she performed very well in the UK. But even for her, if you take off h...

I really don't see what troubles you so much. Nobody said that 334k for Lemonade is a pure sales figure, you are the one talking about that. I'll make...

Hi Jazmine! Unlike in the US, European charts never combined airplay plus CDs were cheap at the time, so when an artist had even a small amount of ar...

Hi Sarah! I suppose 3 clarifications are needed: 1) the article is from April 2) the 100k figure you state is pure units shipments estimates, the 288...

You are the only one claiming that 340k is without streams. All figures stated by the OCC since 2014 refer to comprehensive sales + streams formula. I...

Question from another article but related to Drake: Hello MJD, Drake’s Scorpion was released this week ofcourse and lots of people were very shocked ...

Hi Marc! As you may have seen through the various articles / updates formulas are constantly improved with newly identified data so in case of update...

Hi Lorrane! Not all albums have the same nature of catalog sales. Some are highly consistent like Dark Side while others rely more on huge surges tim...

Hi Lorrane! I don't have their details at hand right now since the article was done by Hernan and back then we weren't storing our data through the s...

Hi Lenda! To expect credibility it would be better to state accurate information. The 334,000 you mention is dated from February 9, 2017 chart. The e...

Hi Wayne! Sales are all based on up to date data. Original albums of ABBA have been very low catalog sellers due to compilations selling a lot. Nowad...

Yes it is! Sales are hard to tell for Asian-only releases, but it would be in the 10-25,000 units range.

Hi RLAAMJR! I hope you aren't serious with that Kevin Costner argument 😉 In any case, with Anthony we agreed for several months that to avoid neve...