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Hi Raffi! Exactly, for singles too Soundscan sales appear to be fairly incomplete. Supposedly the situation improved over the years although as sal...

Hi Michael! "About A Girl" being displayed under Bleach is due to the concept. We focus on albums that created the value, About A Girl was created ...

Hi Raffi! Singles you mention from the Soundscan era have definitely not sold as much outside the US as they did inside! The gap comes from the US ...

Hi Innocent Eyes! I was expecting this exact question precisely from you 😉 I voluntarily downgraded that certification, the very first time I d...

Hi Anon! Please search for Katy Perry article, I answered this exact point recently there 🙂

Hi old friend! 😉 I haven't compiled a full list of Norwegian sellers. I felt free to do the assumption on Bruce Springsteen because he is way, way...

Hi Trond! Sales of Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney or John Lennon were also not accounted for into their respective bands articles. They ...

Hi Geoffrey, Yes, MHWGO sales should be attributed to Celine - in fact, they are, its singles sales, downloads and streams are accounted for insid...

Hi Raffi! Several of your answers are now available on a new page I'm introducing, page 52, "Records & Achievements"! 😉 In Australia, he is...

Hi Trond! The European panel is made of countries that: - have enough information to accurately gauge sales from at least the 80s - are represent...

Hi Brianna! Yes, as one of the very top selling acts ever in the US Garth Brooks will no doubt be added at some point 😉

Hi Geoffrey, I don't think it is a bottom line at all - in fact this question is irrelevant. You ask how many copies would have sold the Soundtrack...

Hi RLAAMJR, Wham is George Michael. There is no valid reason whatsoever to remove sales of the 'group' from him.

Hi Lucas! In Australia yes the run / certification was indeed related to Royals rather than the EP. That's why it was counted inside the Singles Ch...

They are now even over 229 million thanks to the new weight of download sales 😉

Hi Pelvis! Yes, I was just going to post that I updated those numbers. The higher figure of post-WYWH albums is due to the package The Box (1975-19...

Hi Dabbyy! As you can see, the next on the list was Nickelback! The following act to be studied is releasing a new album at the moment too...

Hi Lucas, It is already accounted for in the 8th page. It sold way less than that though as its Australian sales were in reality downloads of Royal...

Hi again Dan, The era doesn't matter. Fact is Lorde's debut has been way more successful than debut albums of legendary acts - even with 40 or 50 y...

Hi Dan, Boston's debut is on par with albums like BOMT or the others named by Raffi. Appetite for Destruction is definitely the #1 there though.

Hi Pelvis! Simple - Mediatraffic is fake as hell. The album shipped 1,9 million units in 2015 and 1,4 million in 2016, as you can see those estimat...

Hi Pelvis! You spotted an error - the track list used for Shine On is fine, it relates to the CD 9, the one of early singles, including one from Pi...