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Hi Mikko! It isn't as simple as picking total EAS units moved in a year to see who has the greatest "firepower". The market changed so much, so did t...

Hi Anonymous! You are mixing together numbers of different nature, like SPS (sales plus streams) for Thriller at 35m in the US with pure sales, then ...

Hi Zee! Streams listed here are 100% accurate. They reflect the most streamed songs, with their live/remixes combined with the main recording. The mo...

Hi Terrell! Sorry somehow I missed this comment. Well, it is one more example of why I created ChartMasters in first place: the music industry is full...

Hi Terrell! For old albums, there are 4 distinct 'blocks' which are estimated to value US sales to date: - initial sales at retail, as reflected on B...

Hi mriv13! Actually it's more down to a method issue so far. While in the future I think we will be able to directly map sales updates with new US/Uk...

Just a small word on the Chinese downloads: they are virtually gone. With the increase of streams and the regulated market, next to no foreign album...

Hi May! Numbers from the picture in this article date from a dozen of days ago, although streams converted into album sales in the final tables are c...

Hi Denysanatol! Tbh I don't know how you, Smiley or Tommy keep spotting these data glitches so precisely 🙂 After checking, his physical singles' CS...

Hi Tommy! Very well spotted. I checked the code and fixed a couple of errors. Taylor just keeps winning, as it appears she is already on 187m instead...

For older albums, technically it was Born in the USA although it's somewhat debatable as Thriller did 78+5+8, through original, 25th year reissue, and...

Hi Lala! Your feelings about which albums should be bigger or weaker may not portrait a definitive truth. All numbers are out there, detailed by fo...

Hi omi! Rap fans move away from higher priced products earlier than other consumers. They translated from album sales to downloads very early, and ...

Hi Don! We can't just through out totals without caring about the method. US units ignore ringtones, totals here include them, they are worth 540k un...