Did people under the iron curtain buy western music? What are flexi-discs and postcard-discs? And what sales records exist? We’ve dug into archive material and pictures to shed a light on some of the most mysterious, yet sizable records sales.
Several months ago, we launched our Receipts Database with the objective of putting together as many factual data figures as possible. The database keeps growing. This week, we injected over 17,000 shipment codes from Brazil amounting to 162 million sales.
Since the summer of 2016 dozens of artists have been analyzed using the CSPC method. Some of them destroyed the competition during a short time thanks to only one album, while others have proven longevity through the years. In the …
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[UPDATE] The most streamed artists list is now updated automatically at this link. If you visit us, you surely saw a lot of news in recent years stating streaming records. What’s unlikely is that you ever saw a comprehensive list …
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Since their breakthrough in 1963, the Beatles have been the number one force of the music industry. It’s regarded as a given that they are massively popular all around the world. How true is it yet? Their records sales in …
Beatles global heatmap Read more »
After going through the fantastic atmosphere of the 80s in this country, do you wanna know which were Brazil’s top foreign sellers of the 70s? If you search for “Brazil 70s” on Google, everything you find is related to their …
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Are you ready for a fascinating ride in the Brazilian atmosphere of the 80s? We may caricature the local music scene and say that moms were crazy about Roberto Carlos, that kids went wild with Xuxa and that youth’s idols …
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The success of Paul McCartney as part of the Beatles has been out of this world for 55 years and counting. What about his solo career through? At 76, he is still able to shot to the top of the …
Paul McCartney’s albums and songs sales Read more »
Expectedly, streaming numbers of the Beatles are impressive. Paul McCartney released 25 studio albums plus classical material since then, including an album which came out during the streaming era. Is that enough to challenge results of the fab four with …
Streaming Masters – Paul McCartney Read more »
The decade-old streaming service Spotify is now close to 200 million active monthly users. While new music is always preferred, these subscribers still show plenty of love to 70s classics. If the Beatles were inevitable during the 60s, one can wonder …
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