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Hi Bret! 1. MJD used a formula that helps convert chart runs into sales for most markets taking into account the market size and the period. In this ...
Hi Donald! Unfortunately, Hootie and the Blowfish isn't part of the roster right now. The team is currently digging into their recent RIAA certific...
The last figure for Come on Over was at 33,5m, but Shania's article was published 2 years ago. Considering the gap is less than 0,2%, we can call it a...
Hi Lorrane! To answer your question, the order would be Bon Jovi, then Aerosmith then U2 in terms of album sales in Japan. Interestingly, while U2 ...
Hi Mary! Music videos are excluded from the album sales total, which is probably why you came to a figure of 31,63m. If you don't count the sales o...
Hi MusicFan! DIL didn't necessarily outsold Survivor everywhere as there are various countries/continent where the latter sold slightly more (eg. C...
Hi MJD! I was just looking over all the estimates and found a calculation error in the album sales total concerning her Asian sales. Adding all ...
Great work on this article everyone! I have one question to ask about their success. Why did they have rather low physical singles sales? Is it becaus...
Hi IRIS! Don't know if you read the articles on other artists here on this site, but some of them have estimates on the countries you listed and some...
Hi again havok! I asked MJD about this issue and apparently, all the songs' total were multiplied by 1000 because when using Spotify figures, MJD and...
Hi havok! I checked out Aaliyah's page on Last.fm, and you're right! The streams posted on this article is way higher than that listed in the website...
Hi Havok! The problem with Aaliyah's catalog is that bar her debut album, her other albums are not available on any digital platform, including Spoti...
Hi Innocent Eyes! We'll keep those acts in mind. Collins is probably one of the last few huge acts to be on 100m+ or more, with the likes of Prince, ...
Apparently, MJD also referred to this situation as well! MJD: Elton really suffers from an exploitation of his catalog that doesn’t benefit sales uni...
Hi Lance! Interesting question there! Though MJD might explain it further, I believe the main reason for this is because of the nature of the 2 sets....