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Hi Pelvis, It really depends on the artist. Madonna sold bucketloads of physical singles in the period that had formulas inflating numbers, she su...

Hi Raffi! You are right about Adele's 21, myself I didn't really how to mention it knowing the figure at the end of the article was lower but the u...

Hi Pelvis! Please refer to the answer to Mat's similar question. I'll add details inside the Fixing log article too 🙂

Hi Mat! The life of every human being is important so please don't bet it on Madonna having sold 90 million singles, you would lose yours! 😉

Hi RLAAMJR! Singles happen to be limited at times when the major thinks enough people will buy the album if they don't find the single. As MHWGO sing...

Hi Mat! Her small drop of 3m is almost exclusively due to physical singles! Since the last article, especially while working on Spice Girls article, ...

Hi Yog! It is no doubt disappointing but if George Michael gets updated now his sales would barely change. He was updated after the main formula upda...

Hi Gus! Definitely, I someway mixed weeks in the US and songs #1 in the UK! Now fixed, thanks 😉

Hi Leon! I Gotta Feeling tops Uptown Funk, Poker Face, Love The Way You Lie, Someone Like You, Just Dance etc. It is tied with Rolling In The Deep ...

Hi Dan! The ratio is 10 to 1,5 between one album and one digital single. The explanations are posted here.

Hi but! The Dutchess went 3xPlatinum in Russia for more than 60,000 unit shipped, making it her third European market after the UK and Germany!

Hi Angelogilly, Yes, the "after" word isn't exclusive, for example Beyoncé too released a successful debut solo album and then a new Destiny's Chil...

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...