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Hi Marcus! Outside of the UK, 40% is very precisely the share of its initial shipment 'Forever' sold. In most countries, a 80%-limit is applied for...

Hi Dabbyy! Certifications are based on shipments from the label to retailers rather than on sales to consumers. Most of the time, initial shipments...

Hello Geoffrey! You are fully correct on your figures! The current formula is temporary, I'm waiting for the IFPI Global 2016 Report to define the ...

Hi Teen Pop, Airplay is segregated into various music categories. To be or not to be #1 fully depends on crossing over those categories. Teen Pop n...

Hi Jason, Billboard themselves stated 12,5m worldwide not that long ago! Indeed, it sold very poorly outside of North America. It peaked at #13 in ...

Yes the RIAA accounts for all sales! The difference gets obvious with the examples you pointed out: - Baby One More Time 14xP (14 million) - Mill...

No they had no favoritism, they were only sticking with available information. Music Clubs weren't reporting their sales to Soundscan so they couldn't...

Hello Teen Pop, Living an era means nothing - the success of each artist is different in each country. A similar success in the same country will s...

Hi Slavisa, This is just a urban legend, it is nowhere near such a figure.

Hi Roulze, Your figures, now that's false 😉 Both Stripped and B2B figures are just delusional and completely contradicted by both IFPI official...

Hi Trish! No doubt Miley Cyrus is a good case to study. As requests are more and more numerous I'll maybe do a poll requesting for next artists!

Hi Kisser! Adding YouTube streams is actually in the pipe 😉

Hi Shaniqua, It is part of the Other long formats category, page 20!

Hi Fred! Yes, estimates include all countries - although very few outside of America / Europe / Asia / Oceania have a legal market.

Hi Al! Both countries Russia and Turkey are part of the IFPI Europe Panel / European estimates in all CSPC articles!

They are estimations rather than official figures (which aren't available) but they are by far the most reliable you can get online 😉

Yes that's correct - sales from other countries plus a bit of ringtones from the US 😉

Hi Raffi! If followers of Chartmasters.org had a name (like the navy, fighters or little monsters), no doubt you would be the leading one! Great an...

No problem Dan - myself I'm French / Portuguese and do a lot of English lanaguage mistakes 🙂 Download figures are estimates based on last known sa...

Hi Dan! I'm sorry I'm not sure to understand your question!

Hi Sinny! As you must know certifications aren't automatic. This is even more true for Fleetwood Mac with the messy changes of label along the year...

Hi Luminator! This is indeed the figure reported by the OCC - a wrong one. Their numbers are way less accurate than most people think, especially f...

Hi Maddy, Mediatraffic is everything except trustable, especially when divas are concerned as Freddy always inflates them to death. As per the IFPI...

Hi Mat! Yes, putting all figures together this is the closest to the truth you can get. Billboard reported long after its initial run it sold 12,5m...