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You said it yourself, they were "Top 20 in 1983", e.g. they were band that was still selling their albums to the Rock fans only. Pre-1987, their highe...

Hi Pat! Anthony is keeping the results updated regularly inside the article itself 🙂

Hi Liz, It's pure sales (downloads + ringtones) with no streaming, they are treated apart.

Hi Dan! Certainly not 😉 As mentioned, we can see the IPs of requests. The message of Luana has voted 13 times for Selena Gomez for example, I valid...

Hi Colin! Hope you are doing well 😉 Yes, the major of Sam has been using this figure while starting the promotion of his new album. It is a full c...

Hi Raffi! The totals were correct, 'Omen' was incorrectly displayed under the album rather than Orphan which translated 90,000 equivalent album sales...

Hi LMAO, This is your 21st comment about Katy Perry download sales under Taylor Swift article. Don't you think it makes sense to simply wait for t...

Hi Erdos! The US isn't like the UK. In the UK, an act can get various super-sellers quickly (Robbie, Coldplay, Oasis, Adele, Ed, Beatles, MJ, etc)....

Hi LMAO! The thing is that your ratios are valid in the US but the IFPI has been very secretive about the ratio they use. It may be 750=1 just like i...

Hi Al! Only figures backed by enough information are explicitely mentioned but all countries are estimated in order to build the Asian and Worldwide...

Hi Gildo! Well, if we talk about the "truth", then we can't say Michael Jackson, nor anyone, sold in the billions 😉

Hi LMAO! The case of Love Story was raised on the first version of the article. It sold 6,5 million units from Dec 2008 to Nov 2009 as per the IFPI ...

Hi Daydreamer! This is a promo single meaning no copy was commercially sold!

Hi Raffi! It really depends on what you count. If it is albums, then the Beatles lead as you mention. If you add music videos, MJ has a real shot ...

Hi Hagai! The page with totals is now a recurrent on all articles. Only the oldest ones do not have it and as they are being updated it is added! As...

Hi Nathan! With 150 million downloads / ringtones, the change of formula alone provides her an extra 7,5 million! YouTube views have also been integr...

Hi again Lulu! No, actually this is a false myth. In fact, labels never gave nor sold copies to music clubs. The main reason why Clubs were for lon...

Hi Marcus! Closer To The Truth kept going in-and-out the BB200 due to her tour bundles. By the end of July 2014, it had already scanned 337,000 copie...

Hi Lulu! You are mixing different concepts which bring you to wrong conclusions! The first things which needs to be said is that albums certified r...

Hi Elke, The RIAA does not make "estimations", let alone about Worldwide sales. They have 0 authority on that point and are barely quoting the nonsen...

Hi Nathan! You should add the likes Neil Diamond, Bob Marley, Claptan, Santana, Simon & Garfunkel and the Beach Boys who definitely outsold the l...

Hi HengeBoy, Yes, Sam Smith is among the artists to come during the next weeks 🙂

Hi IE! Thanks for noticing, it has been fixed 🙂