Music industry – One step closer to being accurate
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.
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 …
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 …
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. …
The most streamed International artists in the MENA region Read more »
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 …
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.
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, …
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 …
Going through South Africa’s top foreign albums sellers of the 80s Read more »
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 …
Going through Italy’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s Read more »
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 …
Going through Mexico’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s Read more »