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Hi RyanS! Yes, they were included. New formulas could give him a boost but not as much as big hits from years 2007-2009.

Hi Kris! Functionally speaking it would seem more rational for sure. I'm not convinced results would be better though. Among people who bought The Fa...

Hi Moore, Expectations aren't defined by wishes of fans but by investments of majors. Labels always invest their money as per the sales history of an...

Hi Nicolas, Its higher EAS from streams provide it a bigger share of sales from the original album. It puts Telephone ahead in all formats except dow...

Hi Reader123, Luckily for readers, artists studied aren't only based on requests. The relevancy of the artist matters too. The RHCP crossed 300m Spot...

Hi E, No, you are double-counting audio streams. Spotify multiplied by 212/132 already reflects comprehensive audio streams.

Hi E, Witness has over 750m streams on Spotify... and Joanne has over 600m, the gap is nowhere near as big as you suggest. The basis is explained in ...

Hi Moore, Comparing absolute numbers to judge the success of a record is nonsense. The whole notion of success / flop is always relative to expectati...

Hi Teca! EPs are valued as 0,5 albums, The Cherry Tree Sessions and A Very Gaga Holiday fell in that situation, so their 100,000 units are worth 50,0...

Hi Teca! The OCC includes Streaming Equivalent Albums into its sales figures, the 105,000 number refers to pure sales only!

Yes, I mentioned "international" rather than "foreign" to avoid Brazilian artists. I still remember the absolute madness around Iran Costa back in the...

Hi Lorrane! Not sure it is needed to bump a message a few hours later only 😉 Nevermind, Dire Straits are indeed massive in Portugal. They got a...

Hi Jorge Suárez! As previously explained, the track did well everything - in all countries and in all formats. With ringtones, it sold nearly 15 mill...

Hi RLAAMJR! No doubt she came close but she hasn't sold 100m from 95 to 99. What's official is these pieces of data: 1) "Celine Dion sold over 60 mil...

Hi Taylor! I would love to help but the question is too vague! There is plenty of sources for all countries, if you have one more specific question I...

Very good work Thomas keeping us updated with these truly interesting stats! Some real massive albums there!

No worries Stephen, I for sure agree with that. I always let it go once to give the benefit of the doubt but keep in mind this kind of comments!

So that's it? You got no valid argument anymore so you come with insults to someone who argued (nicely) something you don't like? Well done. There is ...

@JRVV As requested on Gaga's article, here are estimated / calculated US ringtones for the main Taylor singles: 1 Love Story - 1500k 2 Our Song -...

Hi Anastasia! Most online boards focus on downloads from a few countries, basically the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany. While this is...

Hi JRVV! Please find below her estimated / calculated ringtones singles in the US: 1 Poker Face 1425k 2 Just Dance 1375k 3 Bad Romance 900k 4 Teleph...

Do you know the main difference between me and 99% of people following charts? It is that most people follow one specific artist or at best 2/3, while...

Hi Manuel! No figure is explicitely mentioned for Eh, Eh because I have no Soundscan figure for it, so not enough data to commit in a figure that wil...

You are completely off the mark. It seems you don't really care about what's true / real but I'll still take the time to give you a detailed explanati...