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Hi Trish! I'll have to go back to my files to fully answer you. It won't be easy as the format is constantly evolving as with experience they get b...

Hi Wibisana! All album sales mentioned in the article are up to date, none is limited to certifications. There is no way albums like RN1814 or Jane...

Hi Celiniac! The comment of Raffi was related to physical singles sold only 😉

Some 25,5 million!

Of course Raffi! Mariah overall is undoubtedly way bigger than Janet in more than a way. My comment was referred to average sales. Janet albums from 1...

Hi Raffi! A lot to diggest as usual 😉 I'll try to structure the answer! 1) Discipline typo is fixed, thanks! 2) Two main reasons explaini...

Hi Ethan! We can't overlook that Janet sold as many or more physical singles than most of those other female singers though. While in the whole vac...

Hi Luminator! I should have explained it inside the article itself but I directly added "Janet. remixed" to "Janet.". The main place of that re...

Hello Glory! The chart run you post make it look like the album sold averagely during 3/4 months. The complete one inside the Top 100 tells a diffe...

Hi Trish! Silly me, I must have added it by myself! Now fixed, it is added page 31 😉

Hi Raffi! To answer your question about physical singles sales, since IFPI started reporting the format in 1973 the best year has been, maybe surpr...

Hi again Juan! Yes, I saw this add on Billboard, but at no point it confirms 4m sales in the US - first, there is no reference to the US, it is mos...

Hi DD! Next one will be Janet Jackson!

Hi again Juan! Sorry to disappoint but I may even downgrade Spirits sales soon. I just ended to found out with 100% certainty the industry top sell...

Hi Jostein! A choice has been made many years ago to focus on 10 markets for Europe as they are representative from the others. The UK mirrors sale...

Hi Juan! I'm sure you are educated enough on the matter to not take those claims seriously, nor 15m WW nor 1m in Canada ^^ Most figures claimed ...

Hi Skkywill! If you don't consider ABBA into the female category, without getting deep into figures the most realistic answer is yes 😉

Hi Luminator! Sure, this can be done 😉

Hi Marcus! As mentioned inside the article, the Bee Gees label never bothered certifying their albums. In fact, SNF is the only one that ever got u...

Hi Raffi! The RIAA first introduced digital certifications in 2004 when the market was just getting started. Thus, they have set criteria in line w...

There is unsold copies everywhere all the time, why would it never happen in Brazil? Each time an album like Beyoncé's self-titled album ships 100k an...

No Erminio, what's not wrong are facts 😉

Hi again Marcus, You can't sell an album that the public doesn't want. The same happened with Robbie Williams (Rudebox), Guns N Roses or Forever it...