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The hidden sales of Eastern Europe during the Cold War

By Al Posted on August 4, 2021 14 Comments

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.

Brazil best sellers since 2003

By MJD Posted on February 5, 2021 31 Comments
Brazil best sellers since 2003

This week, we injected over 17,000 shipment codes from Brazil amounting to 162 million sales to our Receipts Database. As it happens, they reflect perfectly album sales in the country since their introduction in 2003. So let’s dig into them …

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France Best Selling Albums Ever

By MJD Posted on January 16, 2021 60 Comments

It has been 5 years since ChartMasters.org is online. It started with a large string of articles about the best selling albums of all-time in France, articles which served to created the comprehensive top sellers list. Several years later, we …

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The most streamed International artists in the MENA region

By Al Posted on April 15, 2020 27 Comments

The MENA region (short for Middle East and North Africa) has been a place of mystery for very long with no official charts and very few certifications ever coming out. This resulted in very little awareness of sales happening there. …

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Most successful artists by decade

By Anthony Blanchard Posted on April 8, 2020 187 Comments
Most successful artists by decade

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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7 by BTS debuts with over 5 million sales

By MJD Posted on March 2, 2020 17 Comments

Korean music behemoth BTS continue to make history. The boy band from Seoul sold over 5 million units with their new effort Map of the Soul: 7. This is the second fastest selling album of all-time.

Most streamed artists in India

By MJD Posted on December 20, 2019 13 Comments
Most streamed artists in India

After going through the most streamed international songs in India, we want to get a larger view by looking at the top artists. The likes Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, BTS, Ariana Grande all seem very strong, …

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Going through South Africa’s top foreign albums sellers of the 80s

By Hernán Lopez Posted on November 26, 2019 11 Comments

Who’s popular in South Africa? A lot of information is available for many countries from Europe and America, but what about the main African market? One would instinctively expect hugely popular black artists from the decade to dominate, like Michael …

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Going through Italy’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s

By Hernán Lopez Posted on July 30, 2019 18 Comments

Which artists were popular in Italy during the 70s? From the break-up of the Beatles to the domination of disco music, who did the best there? Today we review the top selling singles of the decade, year after year, in …

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Going through Mexico’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s

By Hernán Lopez Posted on July 5, 2019 8 Comments

After analysing the performance of foreign albums in the Mexican market during the 70s, it is time to give the singles market some time because, after all, this format used to have a bigger market in terms of total units …

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