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Hi Carlos, You are correct there! A typo on their last album in Japan which is on 130k, now fixed. For other records, pleaase keep in mind digital...

Hi Speed of Life! Those sales will be counted and assigned to Queen 😉

Hi Selig, I see a lot of delusional ranting with very few figures / evidences or whatever contesting the article on your comment. You appear to be ...

Hi Marcus, Criterias are not mine, they are from ABPD. Greatest Hits hasn't stop selling, may I remind you Whitney Houston passed away a few years ...

Hi Skkywill! She won't come within' the very next artists as the schedule is already very busy for next 4-6 weeks while Barbra requires a lot of ti...

Thanks for your nice words D.D!

Hi Vivian! I fully updated Whitney article with the two new methodologies, for physical singles as well as for streaming, both less favorable than ...

Hi Luminator, As soon as I'm back home and have my files again I'll add it!

Hi again Robby! Yes, a few years ago I posted the complete catalog of Columbia House as of 1997 on UKmix and DOAD was definitely part of it from th...

Hi again Robbie! A&M certified many albums in 1996 including from artists not in their roster anymore. Janet own DOAD music video was certified...

Hi Luminator (& Robby), Janet US album Club sales were explained in the related Columbia House article. Virgin stopped selling their albums in...

Hi Raffi! For recent albums you would need to go on Pandora website to get full Top 100 charts, I do not have them by hand at the moment. Of course...

When stating such gross figures as 90m album sales you need to put evidences of it. For Janet we do have financial reports of her labels for most year...

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...