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Hi Lance! Yes, Pink Floyd's albums sales are largely deflated by their RIAA certifications. Their label hasn't been caring about certifications for ...

Hi Alan! Sales of video singles were added to the singles directly. That's how Justiy My Love broke 2 million! About MDNA World Tour, Brazilian cert...

That's correct. Thriller has the biggest video, but Billie Jean is the biggest song. It was the trigger that made everything happen.

You are both correct! I changed the spelling to best selling english-speaking album for Latin America countries due to the local superstars!

Hi Marcus! Good spot - figures of Ghosts (200k) and HIStory on Film: Volume II (1650k) were reversed. As Ghosts go to Orphan while HIStory to the big...

Hi Nathan, Thanks for pointing out the typo, now fixed!

Nor MJ nor Madonna, the Beatles 😉 Their Love from 2006 is on 6,1 million!

Hi Stephon! As mentioned by GUS, the real credited artist on We Are The World is USA For Africa. While the impact of MJ is clear on that song, this i...

Hi Marcus! Codes of his first 3 CDs are pretty big - 11,500, 17,200 and 5,000 respectively with codes eventually missing and of course no digital sal...

Hi Alfonso, Every country is free to use the ratio they want but most of them have a ratio equal /close to 1500/1. This is the way the IFPI does. In ...

Hi Tom! Spotify counts only streams on which the artist is the main credit and also often excludes all remix versions, which explains the gap between...

Hi again Anon! I have to contradict the end of your message that states features are counted as their own material, they aren't! In fact an artist fe...

Hi Raffi! DC's Survivor sold 2,88 million in Europe. MJ's Invincible did 2+ million, as an album produced by Jerkins I suppose it may be considered, ...

Hi Anon! The case of features is definitely a tricky one. To be honest, I don't like the 100% attribution that much, but I can't see a better solutio...

Hi Alfonso! I'm not sure to really understand your question. The streaming method is not supposed at all to concern the US only, in fact all streamin...

Hi Stephen! Cher (the 1987 album), charted from 1988, it was released in 1987. You can see its release date on BPI site. I Found Someone was released...

Hi Mary! Sorry for the delay in answering, I someway missed your message on first place! About your two questions: 1) Anthony is the one doing ...

Hi Stephen! There is no way It's a Man's World is at 150k max with its chart run, you are massively downgrading the Xmas market. The year 1995 was bi...

Hi again Duddy! Obviously, the market evolved, but not on those proportions. First, CSPC method make up for most of the drop. Second, even factorin...

Hi Duddy, You are wrong there. Millennium outsold both Supernatural and One during their respective promotion campaigns, they catched it (and topped ...

Hi Alex! Nothing is wrong - 3,9 million is only its Soundscan sales, which are not comprehensive.

Hi Yes! One Direction's albums sold on par with standard top sellers of their years. They haven't reach the impact of the likes Adele, Lady Gaga, Amy...

Hi Nathan! You can use the search function, Fleetwood Mac was already studied 🙂 Some of the others may come during the next months!